Locked in their house is because you dont have power. Plus, the wind driven wildfire just breaking out as the winds start to get worse plus, how pg e is trying to stay ahead of the fire danger by being in one certain type of worker from out of town. Since i have been a peer, i have actually been called to a couple of emergency jobs where pg e is like hey, we need to address this right away. Kpix news at 7 starts right now. Good evening. The utility crew is operating a new website to get customers much needed information since the old one was crashing. That new website will enable customers to see the maps of where the outages are occurring. They will be able to put their addresses in and searched their addresses. We are still waiting for pg e to activate the new website. Once they do, we will push it out across our social media channels. In the meantime, pg e is preparing to cut power to more than 250,000 additional people tonight. Now, these counties a little closer to home are gearin
The kpix 5 news at 7 00 starts now. That tech executive went missing, and then the discovery of a body in santa cruz county. Good evening i am veronica de la cruz. I am ken bastida. Police are investigating two time scenes tonight. One is the tech executives home in santa cruz. The other is a long a adro i reporter this began as a kidnapping case. It is now a mu errd leaving people with more than their fair share of questions. Location deep into the santa t cruz mountains. Roughly 15 miles inen hours after first receiving a frantic 911 call. We had a kidnapping around 3 am this morning. We now have that carand there is r orter a investigators h not identified the person that was found in or near the white bmw associated with the kidnapping. Earlier the Sheriffs Department says the victim of the kidnapping was a 50year old. The founder and ceo of a tech company in santa cruz. He says that he saw him the night before the kidnapping. He is struggling quartochande su quiet neighborhood. I
Kpix 5 news at 7 00 starts now with the patriots releasing antonio brown. Good evening i am ken bastida. And i am veronica de la cruz. It is hard to forget all of the drama that he cause the raiders. He was immediately signed with the patriots. But it lasted 13 days. Brown this afternoon cut. By his third nfl team that has given up on him in the last six months. This is its own investigation, he is accused of Sexual Assault and misconduct by a former trainer. On wednesday, that artist displayed threatening Text Messages allegedly from brown. Heres a seemingly fed up Bill Belichick. I think i have already addressed the so i would be happy to answer any football questions. So, yeah. Yeah. Thank you. So Bill Belichick walked out of the press conference. The team later released a statement. We appreciate the hard work of many people over the past 11 days, but we feel it is best to move in a different direction at this time. He will not play for another team the rest of the season. I dont w
Is it is frightening them. The guy was waving the gun around. Kpix 5 news at 7 00 starts right now with an original report. Good evening i am ken bastida. I am veronica de la cruz. We have uncovered information about a Couple Company that is going to run two navigational centers for the homeless. They have had serious violations at a local drug and alcohol treatment facility. Are cities all over the bay area , the homeless navigation sensors are designed to provide shelter and social services and a pathway to permanent housing. It is a challenging job. Some have concerns about the company that is going to run the one in their city. The debate over where to put a Homeless Navigation Center in fremont, or whether to have one or not. The council finally voted on a location, any parking lot behind city hall. But the controversy is not over. A fremont interest once more details on the Company Selected to run the center. He calls the Bay Area Community services. I dont think they provide eno
I have been to several homes, it is like an oven. Large, Climate Change protests on the ground, as one Bay Area Company looks to space to combat the issue. We are really focused on building earth observation satellite that help us understand global change. In the new kpix5 news at 7 starts right now with two major investigations. One an outofstate man was just arrested. Police say the 68yearold missouri man got off a plane, rented a car and sparked at least a dozen small fires in the hills above milpitas. It happened near and 11 park, and the calaveras reservoir. Len ramirez is there. Reporter what is alleged here is scary for california. According to the District Attorneys office, it appears this is the case of someone flying in from out of state just to light wildfires here in california and it all happened during dangerous red flag conditions. The Santa Clara County District Attorney charged 68yearold Freddie Graham of lone jack, missouri, with 15 counts of arson including two count