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First Oakland Athletic league team to win a title since 2005. It means a great amount to our community and to us because this is the first title oakland high has ever won. Reporter bishop and oakland tech are also competing. They are competing for the division 4 championship, the first since 2005. History being made right now because its been so long since we made it to state. So its a lot of pressure on us because we need this game and were going to win this game. For it to be National Womens day, i feel like it represents strength and unity. Reporter theyre confident they can do what oakland high just accomplished. Im really excited and happy for the kids. Reporter big congrats to my old high school, the wildcats. Next up bishop tips off at 6 00 this evening. After that oakland tech 10 a. M. Tomorrow. At the Golden One Center in sacramento. Im da lin, kpix5. Some late breaking developments in san ramon where a teachers strike has been averted. Late this afternoon negotiators resolved the final sticking point, class sizes. The tentative agreement reduces student to staff ratios for both elementary and high schools in the San Ramon Valley school district. There was already a deal earlier this week for salary increases. Teachers will get raises of about 4 retroactive to last fall. This ends months of negotiations. So we are very excited, a great day, a great week, just looking forward to being able to move on and really focus on what we all do best, which is teaching and learning. The proposed contract covers just the Current School year, although the raises are described as ongoing. Teachers will vote on the deal next week. The south bays Vietnamese Community is again rallying around a man to protect him from deportation. Duk nguyen has lived here more than two decades. Today he was ordered to report to immigration officials. He showed up for a second time since december with supporteiet unity. The group claims their preps helped. Im not a repeat offender im trying to live my life with my family, not be separated. Nguyen says he now has a family here and is the only supporter of his mother since his fathers recent debt. Hes not sure why immigration is sudden death. Hes not sure why immigration is suddenly targeting him. This is three years since a death at yountville. The tragic incident happened at the pathway home. Police say 36yearold albert wong, former member and veteran, opened fire on three clinical Staff Members before killing him. The Trauma Center was closed indefinitely. Tomorrow yountville will hold a remembrance ceremony at noon to honor the victims. Were learning about a connection today between President Trump and founder of the florida day spa where new England Patriots owner robert kraft allegedly solicited prostitution. The miami herald reports the president took this selfie with two women at his Super Bowl Watch Party in florida. The one in front is lee yang. Shes contributed thousands to the Trump Campaign. She also started a chain of day spas including orchids of asia where Authorities Say they caught kraft on camera paying for a sex act. The 77yearold billionaire is one of hundreds of men charged in a larger investigation into she was not charged. If kraft is found guilty, he could face jail time, a fine and community service. The white house, Trump Campaign and Trump Organization have not commented on the photo. There is another shakeup, the White House Communications director resigned, but hes not going far. Bill shine will serve as Senior Advisor to President Trumps 2020 campaign. He says hes looking forward to the job and spending more time with his family. Shine was previously the co president of fox news. Today the house of representatives passed a sweeping bill on voting and ethics reforms. H. R. 1 also known always the for the people act, the bill would change the way Congressional Elections are funded. They would make it harder for dark money to get into politics and force president ial candidates to disclose their tax returns. Democrats say this will help restore public trust in the election system and fight voter suppression. H. R. 1 restores the peoples fate that Government Works for the public interest, the peoples interest, not the special interest. While it did pass the house, the bill faces a huge challenge in the republicancontrolled senate. A weak jobs report for california to start off 2019, the state added 3,000 net jobs in january, just a slight increase from december bringing the total to just over 17 million jobs. The Unemployment Rate ticked up slightly to 4. 2 . Better news for the bay area, though. Employers here added almost 11,000 jobs in january. Santa clara county led the surge with 5,100 jobs, many of them in tech. The San Francisco, san mateo region added 3,900 and the east bay saw an increase of 1,200 jobs. Nationwide employers added 304,000 net jobs in january but only 20,000 in february. The Unemployment Rate fell slightly to 3. 8 . The disappointing news got wall street off to a bad start today but it managed to recover most of its losses. The dow lost 22 points. The nasdaq lost 13. The s p was down 5. Almost 2,000 people lined up at the Solano County fairgrounds today to get free dental care. The California Dental Association foundation hosting a twoday clinic there providing oral healthcare at no cost. P the president of the cda says the california system has improved over the years, but there are still many who need access to care. Its a way to improve peoples health, relieve pain, infection, swelling, restore smiles, peoples selfesteem. We get to treat people and really change lives, which is a great blessing both for us and the patients. Today was day one. The doors open at 5 30 tomorrow morning. A sign in free hospital is getting a lot of attention, but all for the wrong reason. The Police Department put up this warning urging drivers not to leave valuables in their cars, but too bad they missed the a. They blame the mistake on character count restrictions. That sign was posted following a string of car burglaries. Last month 11 suspects were arrested in eight days. A splashdown success for spacex, how its taking the company a crucial step toward carrying humans to space. Footlocker special. And this bay area girl got steph currys attention and changed the way he sold sneakers. Now theyre reuniting to share their new collaboration. Coming up tonight at 6 00 judging by the green bay area hills, looks like the recent rains have really put a damper on the fire danger, but looks can be deceiving. Ooh woo, im a rebel just for kicks, now beein since 1ow might be over now, but i feel it still ooh woo, im a rebel just for kicks, now ooh woo, im a rebel just for kicks, now let me kick it like its 1986, now might be over now, but i feel it still mightve had your fill, but you feel it still, ooh woo im ken bastida at the live news desk. The bay area air Quality Management district said it is investigating whats described as a weird smell in the richmond area last night. Theyre working with the chevron refinery there to try to identify potential sources of these odors. Now the refinery got a number of phone calls from people complaining about a strong odor, says after an investigation it did not detect any odors related to the complaints. They say the refinery has experienced a couple recent flaring incidents in the past months mostly caused by the storms, but they dont know whats causing it. One viewer sent us this message. Last night i was overwhelmed by a sulfur rotten egg smell in my house. Officials say they can phone in on a noise and odor hotline if they hear or smell anything unusual. At this point it remains a mystery. People cheered as these parachutes opened up. Today spacex took a huge step in Space Exploration with a splashdown off the florida coast. The next chapter of spaceflight splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean with Spacexs Dragon capsule returning toette after a fiveday successful mission. This is the dawn of a new era in spaceflight. The spacecraft launched march 2nd carrying 400 pounds of equipment to the International Space station. Also on board, ripley, a dummy crammed with sensors to test the stresses on human passengers. Space station astronauts tested air quality and checked the capsule before its return trip home. Veteran astronaut bob benkin will pilot the mission. Super excited. This is the precursor for our mission thats upcoming here. On reentry the spacecraft turned into a fireball speaking across the sky at hypersonic speeds and the deployment of a canopy of parachutes. When you look overall at this mission, it was a great dress rehearsal for demo two. If all goes well, the dragon capsule will carry its first human passengers into orbit this summer. This is part of nasas plan to replace russias soyuz rockets. The space agency awarded nearly 7 billion to spacex and boeing. They promise to provide cheaper rides and bring manned flights back to the u. S. A convicted murderer whose case became the focus of a popular podcast will not get a new trial. That ruling today from an Appeals Court in maryland which reinstated adnan syeds conviction after his case became highly publicized. He is currently serving a life sentence in the slaying of his exgirl friend 20 years ago. On this interNational Womens day an explosive lawsuit over gender discrimination, the u. S. Womens National Soccer team is suing u. S. Soccer claiming players are denied pay equal to men. The womens team has been far more successful than the mens winning three world cups, four olympic championships. The mens team has failed on both fronts, but the women earn on average less than 40 of what men make. A 9yearold fan got the attention of warriors star steph curry a while back when she asked why his new shoe line weight sold in girls sizes. That prompted him on make some big changes with her help. Dana jacobson was there when the two met face to face. No fractions this week . Nope. Reporter 9yearold riley morrisonn is like most 4th graders, lots of homework, chores around the house and her favorite pass time . Basketball. But last november rileys life changed forever when she noticed basketball shoes designed by her favorite nba player steph curry apparently werent available in girls sizes. I was thinking like this isnt fair. Reporter so she wrote a letter to steph curry. I hope you can work with under armour to change this because girls want to rock the curry 5s, too. Reporter three months later that letter is bringing riley and her family to this under armour popup store in oakland, home to currys golden state warriors. So proud of you. Reporter when you wrote that letter, what did you want to happen . I just wanted it to change because i didnt think it was fair. Reporter did you expect to hear from him . No, i didnt expect to. Reporter it turns out not only did curry read the letter, but also it inspired him and under armour to change the way they market the shoes to girls. But they didnt stop there. They invited riley to design the artwork on the inside of the latest version of the curry 6 shoe. I wanted to make sure she was a part of that. So its awesome to be here to see the entire story come full circle. Its two girls playing basketball and then encouraging words behind it. Ill let you do the honors. Just pull straight down on that lock. It should be open. Reporter and now its time for riley to see firsthand what writing a simple letter can do. Show everybody whats inside. Its cool. Its cool, right . Yeah. Confidence. Eup my before idi really shy. So this definitely helped. Reporter how much pride do you take when you see that knowing its yours . Can you even describe what thats like . No, i cant. Thats good. That means you did something special. Footlocker special. Ill grab that for you. Reporter the timing of riley getting her shoes is no coincidence. Later tonight shell wear these new kicks center court at the warriors game on interNational Womens day standing right alongside her idol and one time pen pal. I want when i grow up to be just like him. I just want to be able to do at least be as good as he is. I got you. Reporter dana jacobson, oakland, california. Good job, riley. Take a half court shot. Rising from the ashes, a familys emotional reunion with a beloved cat 100 days after he was lost in the camp fire. Ed gets copays as low as zero dollars on Medicare Part d prescriptions. Ed gets labels clear as day. And, lily. Lily gets anything she wants. Ed knows he could just have us deliver his prescriptions. But whats the fun in that . Switch to cvs pharmacy. They say you should always listen to your heart. And where better to do that, than the island of ireland . After all, your heart is the best compass there is. So get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. Fill your heart with ireland. Heavy rain in butte county has put cleanup from the camp fire on standby. Experts say the wet weather has created unsafe conditions for workers in the fire scarred hillsides in paradise, so they might not start cleaning up again until later this month. So far crews have cleaned up over 200 properties. A cat that went missing in the camp fire rises from the ashes virtually unharmed. And now dexter is back with his w d out of state after their home burned down in paradise. Reporter Angela Greenwood shows us the reunion. Reporter a reunion 102 days in the making. Tears and a lot of hugs as paul and Sandra Richie embrace their cat who just days ago they were certain they would never see again. Today dexter is back in their arms after flying from sacramento to st. Louis. This was the couples reaction on the phone eras they anxiously awaited his arrival. Its going to be unbelievable. I think im going to stand there and cry while i hug him. Reporter the couple lost think home in notice ofs camp fire and in a rush to evacuate could only find three of their four cats. Dexter was still inside the home but managed to escape. The windows probably burst out of the house and he was able to get out. Reporter the Field Haven Feline Center in lincoln helped bring dexter back to his family which was easy thanks to a microchip. He was found about a mile from his home. Reporter she joined the cat on his flht to missouri today. Surviving the camp fire and then living 102 days alone in the burn zone, hes been on quite the journey already. Dexter probably used up and fire cat survivor start a new one joining his owners and three feline siblings in their new home. Wow, that was Angela Greenwood reporting. Officials say there are actually about 200 cats from the fire still waiting to be reunited with their families. A lot. Lets get a check of the weather, paul deanno, and yeah, the fire danger seems to be over for now, but the rain is still coming. A little bit more. We are like at mile marker 25 and a half in a marathon, almost there, drier weather. We dont need any more rainfall. We have not been able to say that for years, almost the entire state of california is out of a drought. We have enough for now. Lets enjoy some sunshine. We will next week. We got some sunshine today. It was a dry day, santa rosa 58, san jose and hayward 56, livermore 54 degrees. Tonight under mostly cloudy skies, 40s, fremont 43, fairfield 40, a few upper 30s in our north bay and east bay valleys. Radar is dry now. By tomorrow morning not so much. It actually rained after midnight before sunrise in San Francisco making today the eighth straight rainy day, the first eight days of march with some rain from midnight to midnight. Well get at least showers or light rain tomorrow. That will make it only the third time in San Francisco history we have begun march with nine consecutive rainy days. As for why weve been so soggy recently, really not much in the rainfall totals, only a little above average. Its the rainy days. Were getting seattles weather where it could be drippy all day and 0. 1inch of rainfall. The storm track is aimed toward us. The blocking ridge of High Pressure which send the storm track to the north has been completely nonexistent this winter. Its out toward hawaii. Its taking a vacation. It returns from that vacation next week, but your weekend starts off wet, 9 00, 10 00, 11 00, a wave of light to moderate rainfall moves through. Theres a bit of a break in the afternoon, only scattered showers, but the scattered showers will be tough to exit because as the low scoots to our south, the fringe or periphery of that low will keep shower chances at least through sunday morning. We will be dry on monday. Lets talk about the good stuff. That big blocking ridge of High Pressure does return next week starting wednesday. This is futurecast next thursday, rain way up to the north, much warmer, much drier coming up next week. Have not combined those two in a long time. We will in the extended forecast. A chance of rain tonight, rain likely saturday and at least some showers sunday morning. The south bay may see a few showers sunday afternoon. High temperatures well below average, concord 11 degrees below normal tomorrow, a high of 54, santa clara, los gatos mid50s, union city, hayward mid50s, low to mid50s for antioch, san ramon and benicia with late morning rain, showery throughout the day, mill valley 52, daly city 51. How about a high of only 45 degrees in clearlake tomorrow. Sun afternoon we begin to dry out. Monday were dry with sunshine, tuesday a few light showers and then sunshine for three state days and highs returning to 60s. Thats your forecast. Paul, thank you. The world wants to know did this bird sucked into Lake Berryessa spillway live to fly another day . Hear from the man who took this viral video. An incredible story of survival or was it . You seen it . The bird sucked into the spillway at napas Lake Berryessa. Holy [ bleep ]. Oh, yes, the video went viral and many wonder did that bird survive . The man who took the video insists he knows. Ray fowler, yeah, thats his name, said he saw the bird shoot out the outflow pipe on the other side. He said the fact its a come comerant likely has a lot to do with it. Its the only reason it made it through that i could speculate. Keep in mind the water get sucked in fast at High Pressure, travels 200 feet to the other side, but fowler said when the bird shot out like the other side, it kind of looked like a rag doll but shook itself off and swam away kind of stunned. Its now a viral video superstar, too. Of course. Thats it for the news at 5 00. Kpix5 news at 6 00 begins right now with ken bastida and elizabeth cook. Now at 6 00 traffic heading in and out of Silicon Valley may ease up soon, but the commute convenience will come at a cost. Reporter are u. S. Tech companies too big . One u. S. Senator says yes and is making it a part of the 2020 election, details just ahead. Show everybody whats inside. Its cool. Its cool, right . Yeah. Her letter to steph curry was a game changer and tonight this napa 9yearold will be sporting some special shoes when she cheers on the warriors courtside. Kpix5 news at 6 00 starts right now. Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. Im ken bastida. We begin this friday rush hourwith some lief on the way for south bay commuters. Caltrans just broke ground on a project that will create 32 from san bruno clear down to sunnyvale. Kpix5s devin fehely live in santa clara tonight tells us that convenience will come at a cost. Devin . Reporter thats exactly right, guys. Behind me you can see traffic inching along on southbound 101. Im sure we have all gotten stuck in traffic and thought to ourselves i would pay good money to get out of this traffic. That may soon be an opposite even though everyone is not thrilled about it. The stretch of highway 101 connecting San Francisco to the Silicon Valley is one of the most congested corridors anywhere in the bay area. I think its really going to rae traffic congestion. Po stat say they

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