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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM July 14, 2024

San jose camera and you can see the clouds in the sky. 62 in concord and oakland and 60 in downtown San Francisco was santa rosa at 57. Below average temperatures through the afternoon was San Francisco a high of 67 in oakland, 71 and 78 for san jose and daytime highs are 15 degrees below average for this time of year but a warmup is coming. Details coming up. Looking at the travel times from your Realtime Traffic Center, looking good for the most part with the exception of the Altamont Pass in pretty good for this time of morning. We are at a 33 minute ride, only yellow travel time and in the green on the eastshore freeway and highway 4 and 101 out of the south bay. The Golden Gate Bridge, all lanes are open and the lane closures are approaching. The bay bridge metering lights are not yet on and its getting slower in the fast track lanes with an issue on the approach to the toll plaza and the Center Divider is blocked with chp saying there is something going on in the parking lot and that wont affect you into the city this morning. The san mateo bridge westbound looks good with some brake lights going toward the peninsula and other than that come up pretty good with eastbound having no problems. The nimitz northbound and southbound is good to go with no problems in either direction. Im Katie Nielsen at the live news desk and right now in San Francisco, firefighters are still on the scene of an Early Morning fire at 204 gerard street. Its just south of the 280 101 interchange and firefighters are trying to put out the hotspots still remaining at this home. From what we understand at this point, the fire was reported around 3 30 this morning and firefighters had it under control 1520 minutes later and according to the citizen app, there were five people in the home at the time that made it out safely and the red cross is now at the scene trying to help those who lived at the home. Im Katie Nielsen from the live news desk. A shocking start to classes on the cal state fullerton campus with a mountain found stabbed inside a car in one of the College Parking lots. Police believe he is a cal state consultant and the bomb squad was brought in to investigate a backpack and adding to the mystery. Inside the backpack there was an incendiary device located in an obviously not triggered nor set off. Inside the backpack were items that one would use to potentially use to kidnap somebody as well as a weapon similar to the weapon we believed was used in the actual homicide. Police are looking for a man dressed all in black seen running from that area and officers do not believe this was a random attack. In the bay area, deliberations have to start over in the ghost ship fire trial after three jurors were dismissed for apparent misconduct. Three alternates, two man and one woman were replacing the female jurors with no immediate explanation. The judge Trina Thompson gave instructions to those remaining that suggested it may have been because of improper use of the internet, cell phones or exposure to Media Coverage of the case. She ordered the jury to disregard previous deliberations and start fresh. The jurors dismissed for misconduct, very unusual. The judge issued a gag order against us and we cant talk to you. Sorry. The men were accused of 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter and all were ordered to stay silent. Friends of the victims and accused hold out hope. What do you want out of this . Guilty and i have confidence the jury will do the right thing and get a not guilty verdict for both max and derick. Scheduling issue questions were submitted and there is a high probability of the final alternate juror will be pressed into service and the whole process is threatened and could be heading toward a mistrial. The man accused of attacking a woman in front of her San Francisco condo is back in jail and will face a judge. 25yearold Austin Vincent was arrested and then set free by a judge after allegedly attacking a woman in front of her building on the embarcadero but more victims are now coming forward. Yesterday, Austin Vincent surrendered at a Court Hearing wearing a suit and tie and accompanied by a lawyer. He faces two new investigation charges in court. The embarcadero attack has sparked a debate about how San Francisco deals with the mentally ill on the streets. The city wants to use an industrial part of the waterfront beneath interstate to wait he in bayview, an area with few houses, but quite if you small industrial businesses and at a Community Meeting last night, some neighbors have their doubts because there is already a Navigation Center in the bay view. You will notice that orbiting these are encampments and why have they not taken care of that . We fight to make sure that we have this so that the un house population has a place to go. City leaders want to take the comments into consideration and its now up to the Mayors Office if the proposed Navigation Center moves forward. Its back to youll school week and the School District is moving away from the Junior High School model and instead creating middle schools. They are now making room for sixth graders and it starts with what was once walters Junior High School and that is where we have jackie ward this morning. Reporter good morning. My gps still says walters junior high and the sign behind me says walters junior high. It has been three years of construction but it will now be officially walters middle school, the first of five junior highs committed to be a middle school in the unified district. Every possible minute, crews will be putting on finishing touches until Students Walk through the doors. Fremont unified School District superintendent, kim wallace, said she cannot wait until they are here. Its one thing to do the infrastructure and the wiring and its another when you see the big beautiful buildings and happy kids going to school. Reporter measure e gave the district 650 million to upgrade schools and deal with population growth and modernization. The project at walters converts Old Buildings and adds new ones and cost about 50 million. Its nice to see this and finally get in the 21st century. Reporter the district is increasing enrollment while surrounded by declining districts. We have to find classrooms for students but wed much rather be in a place where kids come to fremont and want to be in our schools. Reporter as part of the shovel, they create a middle school model and move away from the junior high model and fremont will finally match what the rest of the state is doing. It gives more space so we dont have to overload students. People can go to their neighborhood schools. Reporter after a decade as principal, Brian Williams said there will be new challenges. Two thirds of the student body will be new. Eighth grade will be the only old card and they will be social and academic leaders for the new students. Reporter the next obstacle is to monitor demographic trends to project the right amount of space for their overbuilding or under building. It ends up if they are moving into the spaces, the big question would be are they older kids . Reporter four more junior highs have to go through this and then we have horner Junior High School where they tear down the buildings because they found out it was cheaper to rebuild than to modernize the Old Buildings. There will be a ribboncutting this afternoon. Jackie ward, kpix5. Tomorrow, or special back toschool coverage continues as students go back to class facing a new normal with School Shooting drills and how local Police Departments prepare students for worst Case Scenario starting tomorrow at 4 30. Facebook users are suing the site for discrimination, claiming they lost out on housing because of targeted advertising. Its the latest backlash against facebook for allowing companies to target housing ads based on demographic data. Facebook has already faced federal charges of violating the Fair Housing Act and the site now said it is ending the practice. Facebook said discrimination has no place in the platform and weve already made major changes to the way housing ads are run on facebook. As we look outside at the San Francisco international airport, sales of single use plastic Water Bottles are ending today to protect the environment. You will no longer find plastic Water Bottles in the airport restaurants, shops, cafis or vending machines. Water will be sold and recyclable aluminum, glass or compostable bottles. It will not affect plastic bottles of flavored beverages, sodas, tes or juices. Next, a live report for how vendors and travelers react to the change. Its 5 10. Who would steal an elephant . Real or fake, a tough task. The artists daring attempt to capture the thief who took off with the sculpture. We are tracking and ocean breeze and influence with low clouds and areas of fog and breezy wind. I let you know when the warm up will be in the forecast, coming up. Things are heating up in our drive times. To the dublin interchange, look at those cars on the roadways. You will have company this morning and i will tell you how long it takes to get where you are going, just ahead. We are here to discuss jessies online time. And out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. Thirty minutes. Thirty minutes . Objection overruled. One hour. Sweeten the deal by doing the dishes and ill consider it. I wouldnt do it. I hate the dishes. One hour with the tablet, you walk the dog and do the dishes. If you insist. Congratulations. Only xfinity xfi lets you take control of your familys online time. Thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity xfi gives you the speed, coverage and control you need. Manage your wifi network from anywhere when you download the xfi app today. Its not easy to make an elephant disappear. A labor of love, it was lost in an instant. These sculptures destined for burning man and the truck they were on are now missing. These photos show the work that jack champion said it took him months to construct. He did all the work by hand and had planned to leave for burning man yesterday. Its irreplaceable and has destroyed me. Im beside myself but i would like to ask the community if they see this, it will be noticeable. Reporter who wants the public to help him look for the tall elephants that probably will be discarded in pieces. When put together, they are 32 feet tall and his tools were also in that trailer. The crime happened at 30second and hannah and west oakland. He said a man broke into his pick up and started the engine with a screwdriver. Champion tried to stop him by hanging onto the drivers side of the car. It was an act of desperation. It was foolish and im damaged and beat up and cant walk right now. Reporter he said he hung on to the car for to blocks and now is too injured to make it to burning man this year. He made a report with the Oakland Police and said last year, the same truck was stolen but he got it back in san leandro. In truckee, two teenagers faced off against a bear. The two friends were watching tv in the back room of the home when they realized there was noise in the other room that was actually a large bear. Surveillance cameras captured the beast raiding the refrigerator and shredding pints of ben jerrys and gobbling up taco meat before getting cozy on the couch. We were trembling. We are only 15 and we are so scared. We were shaking. We felt the door shake when we were holding it and it was crazy because it didnt lock. We had to hold the door while the bear was trying to break it down. Oh my goodness. A Placer County sheriffs deputy arrived to save the day, firing a nonlethal round to scare it off. The boys learned the hard way to always close and lock the doors and never leave out tempting snacks like ben jerrys. That would scare anybody ben jerrys and taco meat . It was a great situation. At 5 17, a pretty good situation on the roadways. A lot of green if you are getting ready to hit the road. Some troubled spots, this fire is still in place and they are working to get it off to the shoulder on southbound 101 on cesar chavez with no delays at this hour. It looks like theyve been able to clear this, the midspan of the carquinez bridge eastbound, the opposite of the commute but it looks pretty good right now. In the Altamont Pass, i dont know what the exclamation point is that vasco road but its not causing delays. Lets ignore it and pretend like its not happening. 13 miles from the tracy triangle and redding, 60 miles anhour and then to the dublin interchange and southbound 680 looks good as is westbound. The Realtime Traffic Center in the commute direction west on highway 4 at willow pass, you can see early slowing back to bay point for all the way into pittsburg. A slow grind for you guys. The highway 4 commute, 39 minutes in the yellow thanks to the accident westbound. The eastshore freeway looks good, as is the 101 commute. Altamont pass, in the yellow. Its got to love the Pacific Ocean breeze keeping us nice and cool with a live look at the Salesforce Tower camera looking east with low clouds and patching light fog and breezy westerly to southwesterly and that is the onshore flow. 62 in concord and 63 in san jose and 57 in santa rosa. Widespread low clouds with areas of fog and breezy conditions. Another cool day with below average temperatures this time of year and we will warm up starting tomorrow and through the weekend. The satellite view, this is low pressure bringing this ridge of High Pressure that will build in and with it, temperatures will be on the rise but nothing like last week with our heat wave but above average temperatures through the week. On futurecast, hourbyhour, you can see clear skies and plenty of sunshine with cloud cover pulling back through the coast. For the bay, some clearing and through tomorrow morning, low clouds and areas of fog but maybe not as widespread as this morning with a little more sunshine. Wednesday and through the week, when we have more High Pressure, it strengthens and builds in from the desert southwest. The daytime highs will be below average for this time of year, 79 in santa clara, 78 in san jose an 86 in morgan hill. 82 in concord an 82 for pleasant hill. 67 in San Francisco and berkeley and 71 in oakland. Upper 80s for cloverdale. The sevenday forecast, as we go through the next several days, temps will be on the rise. Starting wednesday, low to mid 90s inland and that will continue, mid90s thursday, friday and into the weekend with plenty of sunshine. Wildfires have hit the north bay in the past two years and destroyed homes and property and were also deadly. With the raging wind and the whipping flames, many couldnt get out in time. Others that were elderly or disabled were trapped in their own homes because the power went out and they couldnt get their garage door open to escape. I was never going to out run a fiveyear. The state has stepped in and in an effort to save lives and help people escape the coming danger of wildfires. The solution comes with a cost and a new law catches homeowners off guard. Watch our report, fire ready garages, tonight on the new kpix5 news at 7 00. Its 5 21 and the bay area is named the safest place to raise a child. A walk in a walk in the park could be the best medicine. Lets take a live look outside. We are looking at the Golden Gate Bridge and it is 5 21 and we will be right back. Just because were super hungry. Doesnt mean you got to spend a lot because dennys brought back the super slamâ„¢. With eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and buttermilk or pumpkin pancakes. All for just 6. 99. 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If you are in a cranky mood, walk in the park could be the best medicine with scientists in vermont finding that people who visit urban parks use happier words on twter then before the visit. The mood lift can last up to four hours. One east bay city has been ranked the safest in the entire state to raise a child. According to a report, san ramon takes the top spot in california and number seven in the nation. In all, 14 california cities made the top 50 nationw

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