Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm 20140904 : compareme

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm 20140904

Hitandrun accident. 29yearold jorge perez was allegedly behind the wheel when he hit a 50yearold woman walking on the sidewalk on sunday. Surveillance video shows the accident. The pickup truck veers and hits the woman on willow pass road on the sidewalk. A light pole hit the street after the accident. In a twist, officers also arrested the suspects brother. They say he tried to hide the truck in bakersfield. It looks like nevada has come out on top in the fight for teslas 5 billion battery giga factory. A source tells the Associated Press work will resume soon on a site outside reno. For now, all tesla will say is that it will be in carson city tomorrow for a Economic Development announcement. California was among several states vying for the project and its thousands of jobs but nevadas low tax rate and other undisclosed incentives may have sealed the deal. The Bay Area Council says its a good learning opportunity for california and should look closely at what factors led to tesla choosing reno and determine what we can do better Going Forward to attract and retain middle class jobs in california. Now, one california lawmaker is calling out tesla for picking nevada. That story ahead tonight at 6 00. Pg e plans to fight the record 1. 4 billion penalty its facing over the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion in san bruno. Pg e submitted papers today indicating it plans to file an appeal within 30 days. The utility didnt list a reason but a spokesman said yesterday the Company Wants state regulators that take into consideration the money pg e has already spent and plans to spend on Pipeline Safety improvements. What would you do if 10, 30, 45 second heads up that an earthquake was about to strike . [ beep beep ] earthquake, earthquake that was ucberkeleys Early Warning system just before the napa quake. Scientists from around the world are now gathered at cal for a threeday summit to work on improving it. Kpix 5s Ann Notarangelo has more for us tonight. Reporter and allen, this is the Third Annual International Conference but it comes just 10 days after the napa quake so its never been more relevant. Eight seconds before the napa quake a select few people in San Francisco knew it was coming. Another small group in berkeley knew five seconds before the ground started shaking. No one in napa knew what was about to happen. But the real test of the evolving statewide earthquake Early Warning is encouraging. Over the next threeday, experts from around the world will discuss how their Early Warning systems work in europe, japan and mexico and how to move it full speed ahead in california. Getting that warning businesses and individuals can do so much to protect their interests, their financial interests, as well as protecter their lives. With a 10 second lead time we would have been able to take a 30mileanhour train and bring it to a complete stop and take a 70mileanhour train and reduce it down to 40 miles an hour. I think its long overdue. We have had this technology for years. California needs to move forward. I know 80 million is 80 million. Plus or minus. But at the end of the day, this is not only something that can save lives; it can mitigate substantial amount of damage. Reporter 80 million is the initial price tag. But just today the state is hearing from private industry that wants to help pay for it if they can prevent or reduce their losses to their businesses, they will save money in the long run. And the idea is that some day well be able to get advance warning of an earthquake on our smartphones. Well be told 30 maybe even 50 seconds in advance that we should duck and cover. In berkeley, Ann Notarangelo, kpix 5. A lastminute fight today to keep a Bay Area Hospital open as a full service operation. Doctors, nurses and Community Members in concord rallied at the Contra Costa County board of supervisors. They want Doctors Medical center in san pablo to be a full Service Hospital and for contra costa to run the facility. If the money is there, what isnt there is the willingness from our local politicians and the state to step forward and move the money where it belongs. Theres no money for that. They think there is money for that. Earlier this year, contra costa voters rejected a partial tax measure that would have helped fund doctors hospital. Today we heard from 49ers coach jim harbaugh about the arrest of ray mcdonald for domestic violence. Things got heed and sports director Dennis Odonnell joins us with what felt more like a legal seminar, and things got heated. Reporter it did. This was of the coachs first time answering questions about what would happen to the defensive lineman. He was continually pressed about whether mcdonald would play on sunday against the dallas cowboys. Harbaugh went from coach to lawyer. Uhm, there is a principle at stake. You seem to keep questioning that. You have a lot of followup questions. Uhm, and a very fundamental principle that could indeed require patience, but uhm, i see a lot of polls, you know, that this should be or not or this or that. I see a lot of polls. We could have an informal poll right now. You know . Raise your hand if you are not in favor of due process. [ pause ] one hand. We never got a firm answer as to whether mcdonald will be allowed to play on sunday. However, mcdonald did practice this afternoon. Now, this is just the latest in a series of off the field problems for 49ers players. Just last week, aldon smith was suspended for nine games and the team leads the nfl in arrests since harbaugh took over as the head coach. Not good. I know that the players are required to go to some sort of behavioral training when they enter the nfl . Yes, they have seminars warning players against alcohol, drug abuse, Domestic Abuse and, you know, i think that the fact of the matter is there are a lot of temptations for nfl players. You got 53 guys on a roster. Youre not going to have 53 choir boys. The realistic that everybody is going to be perfect is not realistic. Thank you. All right. Its not what you want to hear in your neighborhood. Poisonous cobra on the loose . Have you seen a picture of this thing . have you studied what this thing can do . The hunt for a potentially lethal snake slithering around southern california. Scramble for a solution. The new deadline for home depot and other retailers to come up with a Protection Plan after a massive credit card breach. If it is the first wednesday of the month and you are in pleasanton, it means one thing, time for a street party. The weather is beautiful. Well be live in pleasanton with your sevenday forecast and beyond coming up. Well, it was a proud moment but now a glaring embarrassment exposed on the sidewalk tribute in the castro. Is identifying farmers within a 50mile radius of the Stores Within their community. Capay valley puts some of the most beautiful heirloom tomatoes in the box and we get those to the store on the next day. Its a really great relationship when you can buy fresh, flavorful, outstanding products from your neighbor. Its our passion for produce, combined with our strong sense of community. And were able to deliver that experience by living local. Albino cobra is on the loos southern california. The department of fish and heres something pretty unusual. A poisonous albino cobra is on the loose in southern california. The department of fish and wildlife searched for much of today trying to find a rare bright white snake. Authorities say its somewhere in Thousand Oaks but they havent been able to catch it. As cbs Kristine Lazar reports, the cobra has already attacked a dog. Have you seen this thing . This is a deadly poisonous snake reporter a neighborhood on alert with a cobra on the loose. Neighbor comes walking over, do you guys own a pet cobra . Were like, did you just say cobra . reporter zach was home monday when his neighbor told him his dog a whippet was bitten in the neck by a cobra which then slithered through the fence from his backyard into mcmillans. The dog owner snapped a photo of the snake before rushing his dog to the hospital. County animal control doesnt know where the cobra came from. They are illegal to own in california. A local expert on exotic reptiles was called in to help california fish and wildlife search for the cobra. Just pure white. Should glow in the dark. Reporter its venom can be lee thank. The dog was lucky, 17 of cobra bites are what they call dry bites. No venom is released. They are on the street going across the street. Minding its own business. Reporter rick was the last person to see it crossing the road into this wooded area yesterday. I just thought it was a piece of rope when i first passed it and then i was going, thats not a rope, thats a snake. Reporter l. A. County animal control has identified antivenom in san diego should anyone else be bit. That doesnt bring this resident much comfort. I have animals and grandkids out this is wrong reporter there is a business about 10 miles from here that rents out exotic animals for movie shoots and they advertise on their website that they have a monacled albino cobra. We havent been able to find out if the cobra came from there. Animal control is looking into it but now they are trying to find it. In Thousand Oaks, im Kristine Lazar, kpix 5. Okay. Well, a warning tonight for people who live in palo alto. Coyotes are on the prowl and they are killing cats the city says its seen a spike particularly in urban areas. Animal control says it has been picking up a cat carcass just about every day since the beginning of august. They have a theory as to whats causing the coyotes to go after peoples pets. Its its its alarming, uhm, because they are coming out of their natural habitat and and and finding food elsewhere. Only speculation the drought has something to do with it, two years of drought, two years of these related attacks, you know, an increase in these attacks. That might explain it. Coyotes come out at night to do their hunting. Mccartney says it goes without saying, keep your pet inside to be safe. Two drivers hot tempers, how a road rage confrontation took a scary turn in this parking lot. Another massive breach. Now the pressure is on. The new ultimatum for retailers to protect your personal information. Murdered by isis militants Steven Sotloff dedic giving voice to a spokesman for the family of the latest u. S. Journalist murdered by isis militants says Steven Sotloff dedicated his life to giving voice to the weak and suffering in the arab world. U. S. Intelligence officials confirmed today the video of sotloffs beheading is authentic. He is the second american executed by isis in two weeks. The militants warn, there will be more killings in retaliation for u. S. Airstrikes. The white house says america wont be intimidated. Those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget, our reach is long and justice will be served. We will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice because hell is where they will reside [ applause and cheers ] the president will meet with nato leaders tomorrow to try to build International Support for possible strikes against isis in syria. Details out today on the third american battling the ebola virus. He is 51yearold rick sacra. He is a doctor from boston delivering babies in liberia. Its not clear if he will come back to the United States for treatment. Now, one of the missionaries who survived her own ebola scare says it was an experimental drug and medical care that saved her life. There are many mornings i woke up and thought, im alive. And there were many times when i thought, i dont think im going to make it anymore. The World Health Organization says another doctor in nigeria who had ebola likely exposed dozens of people to the deadly virus before he died. Cbs is removing all tobacco cvs is removing all Tobacco Products from its 7700 locations a month earlier than planned. The nations second largest pharmacy chain released a study out of boston and San Francisco that shows a 13 drop in Tobacco Sales after Tobacco Products were banned at pharmacies. Cvs is also kicking off a campaign to help people quit. Home depots the latest in a long line of data breaches at highprofile retailers and restaurants. On the consumerwatch, julie watts reports. Reporter hackers made an estimated 50 million from the target breach alone and the initial reports are that this home depot breach may be even bigger. Its not yet known how many Home Depot Stores have been affected but this is just another example of how vulnerable our Current System is to thieves. Security experts are pushing upon industrywide adaptation of chip and Pin Technology cards which in addition to your name and card number, includes a chip with your account information and requires you enter a p. I. N. Number at the point of purchase so they are nearly impossible to counterfeit. Cbs this mornings financial contributor says both retailers and cardmakers are finally on board. Target was the wakeup call. They knew that they lost almost 2 billion in market cap, the profits plummeted. The ceo was fired. So now the retailers are saying we have to get in front of this and play offense. She says within the next two to four years most retailers are expected to adopt the special card readers needed for the chip and pin cards but the overhaul wont be cheap at an estimated 8 billion. Credit Card Companies have already begun rolling out the new cars and setting a deadline for retailers. If they dont install the readers by 2015, they will be held responsible for fraud. Currently the credit Card Companies are on the hook for the fraud. The card readers are in the stores but it doesnt do any good unless you have the chip and pin card. Many of them have them in storage waiting to be shipped out. So within the next six months to a year i would think that most of the card makers would send them out. Nothing like the present. Bay area headlines san jose firefighters worked quickly to knock down a fire that stemmed from a gas leak. The fire broke out at 4 a. M. At a commercial building next to the Capri Apartments on the alameda at west hedding street. The gas immediater in the back of the building gave way creating a gas leak that caught fire. No one was injured. East Palo Alto Police arrested this man for sexual battery. They believe there could be more victims. 66yearold bernardino valley has allegedly been operating an unregulated ma sarge therapy business from his home on brentwood court. He claims to help clients for a range. Issues. Police are encouraging witnesses or victims to come forward. Two North Carolina half brothers got their first taste of freedom after spending 30 years in prison for a crime they didnt commit. Give us back our family. [ crying ] give us back our family. An emotional reunion for the families of leon brown and henry lee mccallum. A judge ruled they had been wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of an 1yearold girl in 1983. Both confessed at the time after hours of questioning but newly uncovered dna evidence pointed to another man. Mccallum had been in prison so long he had to be shown how to use a seatbelt getting into his fathers car. The case of road rage guess violent when neither driver wants to give in. Tonight ones in the hospital, the other on the run. The drivers exchanged choice words on a road in new mexico and pulled into a parking lot. Surveillance video caught the confrontation as the black truck makes a uturn, the white truck tboning it. The individual climbed into it as he drove off and he lost his grip and was run over. Moments later you see the family of the driver in the black truck run to find their father injured. He is in critical condition. Expected to survive. The white truck the driver of the white truck took off but left his front bumper behind there in the parking lot. Im sure they will track him down. Yeah. Switching gears, chief meteorologist paul deanno joins us from the last street party of the summer in pleasanton. Paul, were sort of at the tail end of the season. Reporter yeah. This is a grea time of the year. Tourists leave and we have the best weather month. Its beautiful, sunshine 87 degrees, the setup in full swing. We are about 40 minutes away from the beginning of the final first wednesday street party here in beautiful downtown pleasanton. The weather could not be more perfect. It is not hot. It is not cold. The porridge is just right. And the party gets started at 6 00. Lets talk some weather. Its a little breezy in San Francisco where temperatures didnt hit 70 degrees. Talk about microclimates. Near 90 here. Not even 70 in San Francisco. Livermore warm at 87. Santa rosa 74. San jose 78. And san bruno 74 degrees. Overnight tonight the great equalizer we all cool down to the mid50s to low 60s. Vallejo drops down to 57. Napa 55. San rafael 57. Mountain view 60 degrees. Heres the deal. We had a stronger onshore flow yesterday. It was cloudy everywhere and we saw more clouds this morning because of an area of low pressure which was passing by to our north. That will begin to move away tomorrow. And as High Pressure moves in closer to u

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