Down two lanes of traffic during the friday afternoon commute to investigate a shooting. But, it didnt end here. Police say one of the victims tried to drive to Kaiser Hospital in richmond. Reporter this is chopper five hovering over the crime scene on i80, the shooting happened just after 1 00 this afternoon. Two eastbound lanes shut down for nearly 2 hours, causing a traffic backup for miles. According to richmond police, one of the victims drove to Kaiser Hospital in richmond, but, this is the scene just blocks away. A mangled silver sedan sitting on the sidewalk on mcdonald avenue after slamming into a lamppost, a black toyota was also damaged in the crash. 2020 has been a mess. 2020, since the pandemic, its been a mess. Reporter richmond residents are tired of seeing the senseless violence in their community. Despite it is actually almost in the same area that we had the shooting and not too long ago. Not a couple blocks from here. Reporter a richmond wrapper was fatally gunned do
Shake up the race several states away. Plus months of protest calling for Racial Justice, why a new initiative for statewide affirmativeaction seems to be a losing traction. Good evening. First at 5 30, the state of the president ial race this evening, we are joined by kathy frank of it, she is one of the worlds leading experts in Public Opinion polling, kathy, welcome, and lets talk about how biden and trump are faring in the latest polls. What is going on . I should say the latest polls are come in away, not so different from the polls we have been seeing for a month or more now. The latest economist poll, which was conducted sunday through tuesday, has joe biden up by 10 points. 52 to the president s 42 , among likely voters. That is almost the same as it was just a few weeks ago. When joe biden was up by seven and eight points in the poll. Sirles in National Polls, and they look at everything, from coast to coast. Im wondering, do they drill it down to look at these states that are
You are watching kpix5 news at 5 30. Right now , and streaming on cbsn bay area, more local news here at 5 30. Guaranteed rent, even the tenant cannot pay. Scandals. Plus with the u. S. Census holding the keys to crucial federal funding, some local leaders claim the bureau is being shortchanged on federal resources to make the census count on time. Good evening. Devin fehely has details on what local governments are doing to make sure everyone is counted. Cities and counties across california and the country are trying to ensure that they get an accurate census count, often hiring their very own workers to supplement the efforts of federal census takers. On san joses eastside, homeless advocates offered free meals and free help filling up the census. My signature, my name, and my future matters. Reporter the process only took a few minutes. But will ensure he is counted for Political Representation in congress, and money for education, housing and transportation projects for years to c
Close we will be to record territory coming up in just a few minutes. And kenny choi the north northbay hills. You can see and here just how dry this brush is in this area. With the three major wildfires in the bay area, nearly 100 contained come the shifting resources is happening right now as crews get ready for whatever lies ahead this weekend. Helicopters will be gassed up and ready to go this weekend. More than 17,000 firefighters still battling wildfires burning across california. Should think and relocating crews in Central Valley in Southern California now part of the continuous and highstakes game against mother nature. Resources and other parts of the state with the fire is little bit lessons. That is why the last two strike teams of from the contra costa by district is battling the lightning complex fires of the last month just returned home thursday night. With no fire is expected in the cz you scu and avenue wildfires, cal fire says only about a dozen firefighters remain w
Didnt get quite as dry. So now weve got blue skies, the more active again. The visibilities increase, so that means the smoke layer isnt laying down on the fire. Any time we get a little bit more visibility, thatll allow more air flow. The fire does start to burn a little more actively. Its nice to see blue skies psychologically, but i think it does invite more fire. And so do you sort of dread seeing the better area right now . Well, im conflicted. So in the cant win department, lets go to darren to see whats up next. Well, i will take the good air quality. Yeah, me too. It is registering green, a. K. A. Good, bay area wide right now. Thats right. There is Something Else thats starting to come into the picture. Look at the view from the top of the salesforce camera. You can see mt. Diablo again. We havent been able to do that for a while. Im going to take the camera and switch our view now. Instead of looking east, were going to take the camera on top of the salesforce camera and look