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KPIX KPIX 5 News September 15, 2016

Theres a great chance, not public funding as it will relate going into the stadium itself. Reporter he says east bay agencies are still committed to providing about 40 million of public funds for infrastructure around a new stadium in oakland. Still, the raiders could hit the jackpot in nevada. In addition to public money, theres financing from casino mogul sheldon adelson, who has agreed to give 650 million towards the project. Is this bad news for oakland . No, i dont think its bad news for the city of oakland. Reporter although the momentum is clearly building for a possible raiders move, this afternoon the mayor libby schaaf said in a statement, i will continue to work with the nfl and the raiders to iron out a deal that works for the team, the league, the fans and the taxpayers in oakland. In nevada, lawmakers and the governor still have to approve that stadium deal. In oakland, im jessica flores, kpix 5. And speaking of football, as we said after this newscast, its thursday night football. The new york jets will be taking on the Buffalo Bills pregame will start right here at 4 30. And kickoff is at 5 25 right here on kpix 5. The woman at the center of a multiagency Sexual Misconduct scandal is back in the bay area after a bizarre turn of events in florida. Her attorneys claim Richmond Police sent her there to keep her quiet. Kpix 5 reporter da lin is live at the Richmond Police department. Da. Reporter yeah, liz. Her attorneys say jasmine is happy to be back home and close to her family. But the attorneys have some really harsh words for the Richmond Police department, suggesting a coverup and obstruction of justice. She is a new lady and she is committed to a new course of conduct. Reporter attorney pamela price and Charles Bonner say Jasmine Abuslin is safe and getting psychiatric treatment at stanford. She did not attend todays press conference. She is then going to go to school. She is going to get her ged. She is a very smart young lady. Reporter the 19yearold girl who went by celeste guap now wants to go by her real name, Jasmine Abuslin. While in rehab in florida, Police Arrested and locked her up after she bit a Security Guard and tried to leave the facility. Her attorneys flew her back last night after she took a plea deal. They say Richmond Police sent her there to shut her up. The joke is come to florida on vacation, leave on probation. We had to work hard to get jasmine out of there and bring her back not on probation. Reporter they say Richmond Police lied to her that it would be like a vacation. They put her on a plane. They flew her 3,000 miles away to florida. There was someone waiting in the airport with her name on a little piece of paper. Those two people put her into a car and drove two hours north and never said a word. Reporter they say she grew suspicious and tried to leave when they wouldnt let her call her father. Now that she is back, the attorneys say they want the officers to pay for what they did. Jasmine told me in june she had sex with at least 30 officers. It started when she was 16. She says they passed her around like a sex slave. The Alameda County District Attorney will file charges against 7 officers most of them former and current Oakland Police officers. But jasmines attorneys say more officers should face the law. Public safety requires public trust. We have to know that the police are going to protect and serve. When a young girl is running away from a pimp on the street, when she goes to a police officer, that he is not gonna take her to the back of the police car. Reporter the attorney is referring to the story of how jasmine met opd officer Brendan Obrien but independent investigators say that meeting never happened. So i asked the attorneys about some of the inconsistencies in jasmines stories. They say there are no reasons to, um, question jasmines credibility. They believe she is telling the truth. Liz . Now, da, the attorneys were very critical of the Richmond Police department. Whats their response to the allegations they sent her to florida . Reporter yeah, Richmond Police say because she is a victim of human trafficking, they cant comment on the allegations or, um, who sent her there or why she was sent there. But i can tell you richmond leaders in past days have said they are not involved in a coverup, not trying to shut her up. They are not trying to send her off so the cant do this criminal investigation. They say thats not the case at all according to city leaders. Thank you. A man suspected of beating an elderly woman in a south bay Home Invasion is under arrest tonight. Detectives say physical evidence led them to 19year old zachary cuen, accused of beating this 88yearold woman known in the community as miss flo. She is in Critical Condition tonight. Investigators say it happened at her home in the East Foothills area of san jose sometime sunday night or early monday morning. Right now, they are working to figure out if the suspect had an accomplice. It was my grandmother, could be yours. It could be your mother. [ crying ] please, if you have any additional information, call. The detectives are looking for any home Surveillance Video from people in the neighborhood that may help in the investigation. Campaign 2016. Hillary clinton is back on the trail today after her recent pneumonia diagnosis. Allen martin is here with the details. Reporter liz, clinton was steady on her feet as she walked to meet reporters on her campaign plane. She he collapsed during a 9 11 memorial event last sunday. How are you doing . How are you doing . Im doing great. Thank you so much. Reporter the latest cbs news poll shows the race is a dead heat. Third Party Candidates are included. Hillary clinton with a two point lead over donald trump but thats within the polls margin of error. She still has an advantage among women. And an 83point advantage among blacks. Trump leads by 11 points among men and white voters. Trump today released some details on his health. He disclosed that he is taking a drug to lower his cholesterol. I experimented with three statins. And one seems for me to work the best. And its really brought my cholesterol down into a good range. Meanwhile, donald trump, jr. Under fire for comments he made on a philadelphia talk radio show. Listen to his choice of words when complaining about how the media treats his father compared to clinton. They have let her slide on every, you know, indies strep pansy on every lie on every kfc game trying to get Bernie Sanders out of the thing. If republicans did that they would be warming up the gas chamber. He was not making any comparisons to nazi genocide but, rather, gas chambers used in capital punishment. Liz . Thank you. For many races, the election could come down to voter turnout. Here in the bay area, democrats are counting on latinos. One latino leader says targets stopped him from register latinos in san jose. Kpix 5s len ramirez is at the target store in East San Jose this afternoon. Len. Reporter target says that it does continue to support the communities in which it has stores but this particular target was the target today of a protest alleging latino voter disenfranchisement. [ chanting ] reporter longtime latino activist returned to the target store where he was arrested while registering voters only this time Voting Rights advocates faith leaders and members of the city council were behind him. Guess what. Im back [ applause and cheers ] reporter a camera rolled during a confrontation on monday after target called the police to stop him from registering voters near the entrance to the target store on story and king roads. Storefront Political Activities can be deemed unlawful if they block or hinder people from shopping. Bustamante refused to leave and was arrested for misdemeanor trespass. Today, his Group Continued to register voters in the same place. We are waiting to be arrested not once but as many times as necessary to assert this fundamental right. Thank you very much. Reporter target issued a statement saying, quote, target is committed to providing a distractionfree shopping environment for our guests. Therefore, we do not permit solicitation or petitions in our stores regardless of the cause or issue being represented. To be clear, the policy is not about the cause being represented. The statement went on to say, target supports Civic Engagement projects. The police chief said they did nothing wrong. That doesnt mean that after the dust settles that bee cant look back at our policies and procedures and find ways within the law to find a different outcome as to what happened on monday and were trying to do that. Reporter although Voter Registration activities continued in front of the target store today, target did not call the police. They simply sent out Security Guards to ask them to step aside and not block the entrances which they did. Len ramirez existence. Governor brown just signed a bill to strengthen oversight of Building Contractors following a deadly balcony collapse in berkeley. In january of 2015, a fifth floor balcony failed near the cal campus killing 6 people including five Irish Exchange students. Some of the families were on hand for the signing of the bill which gives regulators access to more information about contractors. The builder in berkeley had paid millions in settlements for defects on previous projects. A groundbreaking today in alameda for a new Operations Center and a Maintenance Facility for a fleet of ferries. The site is at the former alameda navy base. Starting in 2018, berths will accommodate up to 12 ferries at a time being built for the water emergency transportation authority. Thats the Agency Charged with coordinating ferry usage in emergencies like earthquakes. [ music ] new claims of a sexist Work Environment at one of the bay areas largest companies. Coming up, the leaked emails exposing alleged workplace harassment in silicon valley. Plus a bay area dog shot. Now police want your help finding the person who pulled the trigger. Then, indy race cars taking over San Franciscos embarcadero. ,,,,, [ fly buzzing ] did you know people can save over 500 when they switch to progressive . I got your nose i got your nose right here. I know thats your thumb, grandpa. Talent learn about it want to find the person responsible. Contra costa. A horrible act of animal cruelty a dog shot in the leg. Investigators want to find the person responsible. Contra costa Animal Services says a Good Samaritan brought this twoyearold German Shepherd into the martinez shelter on saturday. Its back leg bone was shattered. They had to amputate. The dog is recovering. It will be ready for adoption in the next week. Apple is doing some serious damage control after employee emails were leaked with some complaints that it has a sexist company culture. Kpix 5 reporter devin fehely has some details. Reporter the leaks emails describe a Boys Club Culture inside apple one unwelcoming and unsupportive of women. I am disturbed with this. I am surprised that apple had actually let this get to this level . I would have expected that they would have nipped it in the bud. Reporter meg is the director of San Jose State University school of management. She says the allegations are deeply troubling with one female victim claiming that the Workplace Environment was, quote, a very toxic atmosphere in which inappropriate jokes about rape went unchallenged. Apple as well as many other Tech Companies have struggled to increase the percentage of women in the workforce. Currently about a third or 32 of apples employees are women. I dont think that just changing the numbers is going to solve the problem. If you have an environment thats toxic, um, you can have one toxic person in the company and that can create havoc in an organization. Reporter a spokesman for the company says they cant discuss specific employee complaints. But they did release a prepared statement saying, apple is committed to treating everyone with dignity and respect. When we receive complaints or hear that employees are concerned about their Work Environment, we take it very seriously and we investigate claims thoroughly. Several of the women say they wrote apples ceo tim cook directly about their concerns but have yet to receive a response. In cupertino, devin fehely, kpix 5. Apples shares are soaring as iphone 7 and 7 plus are going on sale tomorrow. People are already lined up outside the apple store in union square, San Francisco, iphone 7 plus sold out in all colors in presales but shoppers will be able to take home the smaller iphone 7 model. Even if it means spending the night on the sidewalk. Meanwhile, samsung as Flagship Smartphone the galaxy note 7 is officially recalled. Its over the risk of the batteries exploding and catching fire. Samsung has confirmed a few dozen cases. Customers will now be offered full refunds not just replacement phones. You will have to contact samsung and provide a number from the back of your phone to determine whether its at risk. Disney is pulling its healthy gumbo recipe from its social media page after backlash from people in louisiana. Disney originally posted it to promote the movie, the princess and the frog, which is based in new orleans. But the recipe has ingredients like kale and quinoa and leaves out the more authentic items like roux a mixture of flour and fat. Gumbostrong is trending on social media. Well, its not something you see every day on the busy streets of San Francisco. Race cars paraded along embarcadero today. They ended up at pier 39. Fans got to check out the indy cars, see the drivers and snap a few pictures of the trophy. Boudin bakery even had a replica trophy made of its famous sourdough bread to promote the grand prix of sonoma which starts tomorrow. Typhoon meranti left a wake of damage as it slammed into the coast of china but the most bizarre effect was caught on camera. Look at this thing its a runaway moon a balloon in the shape of the moon. It was part of a festival display. It broke free and chased people around. [ laughter ] due to the high winds. [ laughter ] an odd sight. New video in ocean beach with whats believed to be a great white shark leaping out of the water there it is. Unbelievable. It surfaced just beyond where the surfers were taking on waves. Shark experts say it was probably a 7 or 8footlong juvenile great white. Some surfers came in but others braved the water. Dont need to know how long it was. It was there. You had me at great white shark. See you late here . Scratch the weekend beach plans. We have a wide temperature spread at the beach 60 inland about 90 degrees. That big kind of San Francisco quintessential temperature spread is back and its going to be getting bigger toward the weekend. Carl the fog is take over the pyramid. We are losing the view of north beach. Its 84 in livermore, 60 in San Francisco. 86 in concord, only 65 in oakland. 76 beautiful degrees in the south bay in santa rosa, you are checking in at 78. Tonight upper 40s for a fourth consecutive night for santa rosa and points north. Napa 50. San rafael 50. And oakland 54 degrees. Fremont your low54. Speaking of fremont, getting warmer approaching the weekend. Tomorrow sunshine, 77. Hello 80s, sunny and warm in fremont on saturday. Our forecast for the raiders game here in oakland 1 25, kpix 5 thats on sunday mainly sunny skies should be a beautiful afternoon for football the raiders trying go 20. 73 degrees your kickoff temperature for the raiders. Theres a less efficient onshore flow but notice im not saying its gone. Its not entirely gone. As the ridge gets closer you wont feel the ocean influence. 90s in hot spots like antioch and fairfield but near the water the onshore flow will keep temperatures in check and even at the beach around 60 degrees for a high. Your numbers arent moving but well be about 5 to 10 degrees warmer way from the water. So fog returns to the coast and bay overnight tonight. Well push the repeat button for tomorrow. Couple of degrees warmer but not that much. Notice the green colors surrounding the bay. 60s and 70s there. 69 for oakland. But 90 for a high for livermore. And 80 in san jose. And temperatures warming up this weekend our own Dennis Odonnell is emceeing the alzheimers walk. The walk to end alzheimers, 10 a. M. On saturday fort mason, should be a beautiful morning for a walk. 65 degrees in San Francisco. Looking at temperatures warming as we head toward the weekend, well see mid90s in the hottest spots saturday, sunday and monday. But all you have to do to cool off is head near the water. 70s around the bay, 60s at the beach and everybody cools off next week. Another shot of carl the fog moving in warmer for the weekend but not for everyone. Th

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