Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM 20150919 : compare

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM 20150919

Landlord threatened to call i. C. E. To deport them. [ crying ] the children start to crying as soon as they see him because they afraid to see him. Reporter the childrens teachers and Community Organizers are stepping in. I think theres a cultural right now building of landlords from hell. This is a extreme and tremendously frightening case. Reporter Oakland Police are investigating the attack on the 3yearold but say its unlikely the District Attorney will press charges against the landlord. How do you prove intend . How do you prove that it was purposely planned this way . Reporter we went to the landlords house even called him on his cell phone to try to get his side of the story. He had no comment. The family, theres not a lot they can do. So they are going to move. Live in oakland, da lin, kpix 5. The landlord gave the family a 30day eviction notice. They are look firing new place firefighters battling the valley fire will be keeping an eye on the weather this weekend. The forecast is calling for a mini heat wave. Well have more on that in just a moment. But first, the latest. Some students returned to school for the First Time Since the fire erupted. Pg e crews are working to restore utilities in the area. Thats one of the things keeping evacuees from returning home. The valley fire is now 40 contained. In a live look right now from middletown, where a small army of workers is making it safe for people to return back to their homes. Part of that process, of course, is cutting down the trees and were looking at some live pictures right here. You can see the workers there. Wilson walker has more. 46 years i have done this. Its hard to explain what weve seen in the 6 days we have been here. Reporter for a town that suffered so much devastation rebuilding starts somewhere. This is it. If you were to go through town now, you would see way more outside of the area, people putting up power poles and driving fire engines than would you see any locals, thats for sure. They may not necessarily try to put everything back together right now. But they are absolutely going to try to make things safe for the general public to come back in the area. Reporter middletown is now swarming with workers stringing up power lines, phone lines, fixing roads, putting out hot spots, pretty much anything required to get least some of the residents back into their homes. Its not going to be one large, you know, lifting of the evacuation order. Its going to be neighborhood by neighborhood in some cases. Smaller community by smaller community. When we say theres work going on, on every street, there is no exaggeration. For example behind me is lincoln street. Lincoln street right now is doubleparked with utility vehicles. [ chainsaw ] reporter over here on jefferson street they are taking down every, single tree. Im trying to help these people get things back to normal. [ chainsaws ] reporter on some streets the only thing standing that isnt burned is the brandnew telephone pole that was installed about an hour ago. Just another sign that the rebuilding process here will be a long one. But with an army of workers and volunteers, at least the job is under way. This is what its about. We help each other whether we know them or not. Reporter wilson walker, kpix 5. As for the damage estimate, it is way too soon to tell. State farm says its received at least 320 claims from valsvik tips so far. Many insurers are just start to get into the burn areas to assess the devastation. They received at least 320 claims from victims so far. There was a break from tent city for the last six days. A High School Football game is helping bring peoples spirits up. Emily turner reports. Reporter it is bringing peoples spirits up. Calistoga right now is ahead and not just ahead they are way ahead and if they can clinch that win thats a victory not just for calistoga but from the folks who are here from middletown, as well. That momentum is something they so desperately need moving forward. Its the wrong field and the wrong game time but Everything Else about this calistoga High School Football game is right especially the reason they are still having it. We wanted to give the evacuees a sense of normality and a little football, live Football Game and watch calistoga take it. Reporter calistoga usually plays here. Your home is on the edge. Reporter but the fairgrounds are taken over by more than 1,000 valley fire evacuees so rather than cancel the game they moved it to unlit athletic field. It will hopefully be a bright spot in a dark time. It will be stress leaf. Its going to make the kids forget about the fire for the night. Its a big deal. Reporter especially since this was supposed to be middletowns homecoming weekend. Now a homecoming of any kind for some of these folks is impossible including players. Theres a couple of kids on the team. No renters insurance. So when they came home, they had just what was in their pockets. [ cheering ] reporter but tonight at least they will have football and everything special that means to a community thats going through so much. Forgetting to be around that football. When we have our Football Games up there, well have, you know, three or four hundred people come to every game, you know what i mean . Thats a place for the community to get together and, you know, root for a team and and, you know, have some camaraderie. Thats what it does. Its for the valley fire victims. Go calistoga. Come on valley. Reporter one thing you may not know is calistoga high schools Athletic Booster Club they were here on the grounds serving the evacuees before the red cross got here cooking food for them. And so for the cooks from middletown, this is a great way for them to not only support the Football Team but also to say thank you to a community thats supported them. Live in calistoga, emily turner, kpix 5. Things are getting back to normal in pope valley. The k through 8th grade school reopened today. School buses pulled up eager kids filed in. Only about half the students showed up. But its a Welcome Change from weeks of displacement and parents and students alike. Its nice to know what tomorrow is going to bring. The valley fire displaced thousands of people many who now live in this makeshift tenth city. On monday, all schools from the kelseyville district and another district will be back open. Firefighters are concerned hot temperatures this weekend will make things more difficult on the fire lines. Paul deanno with the numbers. Reporter we are talking 90s. It will be 90 degrees if not hotter tomorrow in lake county. Hotter still coming up on sunday. And as the temperature increases, the relative humidity decreases so the already extreme fire danger is going to get that much worse. We did have some rainfall this week but make no mistake, a fouryear drought is not solved with one rain event so the dry weather is back. Its going to be with us for a while. Well see widespread 90s away from the water this weekend including up toward middletown and the fire. Winds have turned. They were southerly for most of week. Its northerly today pushing the smoke thats remaining to the south. And a northeast wind will develop over the weekend. Thats an offshore wind. Not that strong, only 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour with some higher gusts. Big story is going to be the heat in lake county and everywhere throughout the bay area. San francisco you will hit 80 tomorrow. Your average is 70. Thats 10 degrees above average and concord 94 degrees tomorrow. Its been comfortable the past several days but we leave the comfort zone getting hot as we medical toward the weekend. Over my as we head toward the weekend. Over my shoulder, eight super bowl trophies. Coming up, how you can take a picture with all eight of them in two different spots. Well talk about that coming up in eight minutes. A brutal beatdown outside levis stadium was caught on camera. It happened after monday nights game. The video shows people beating up a fan wearing a Minnesota Vikings jersey. Security guard tries to break things up but even he gets injured. Santa clara police say they have studied the video to find those suspects. They arrested these three men and a teenaged girl. Turns out one of the spokesmen a 9ers season ticketholder. The team has revoked his season tickets. A judge granted bail for three Correctional Officers accused in the beating death of a Santa Clara County inmate. The family is outraged. Kpix 5s kiet do on the Text Messages that were used against the officers. Reporter the judge set the bail for each guard at 1. 5 million saying the prosecutor did not prove they were a threat to Public Safety. We finally got our first look in public of these three guards today in court. Rafael rodriguez, jereh lubin and Matthew Farris appeared in shackles and jail uniforms that said Alameda County where they are being held in protective custody. They all face murder charges for allegedly beating a mentally ill inmate to death last month. Michael tyree was found unconscious an hour after surveillance cameras captured the three deputies entering his cell. The District Attorney asked for a 10 million bail each saying the guards posed a threat to Public Safety because of some incriminating Text Messages. We dont know how authentic they are, the context or what came before or after. Or whether in fact they are actually texts traced directly to our clients so we have to take more time to investigate the case and figure out exactly what it means. Reporter the next Court Appearance is september 28. In downtown san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. In a statement, Michael Tyrees family said the guards got special treatment and bail because they are a part of law enforcement. Still ahead, a comeback for a south bay police officer. A breakthrough deal brings this cop back to the department she started in but find out why she says its still a big risk. A disabled child being called a public nuisance. Neighbors are ,,,,,, female announcer want your best rest ever . Then dont miss sleep trains best rest event. Youll find sleep trains very best mattresses at the guaranteed lowest price. Plus, pay no interest for three years on beautyrest black, stearns foster, serta icomfort, even tempurpedic. And rest even better with sleep trains riskfree 100day money back guarantee. Get your best rest ever from sleep train. Guaranteed sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep the San Jose Police department is in the middle of a revival. A agreement between the city and police union is bringing cops back to the force. Only on 5, kpix 5s len ramirez spoke to one of them. Reporter officer lee an alfonso is back in blue once again wearing the uniform of the san jose pd. When i put the uniform on for the first time, um, to see the patches on my arms and it just was a very good feeling to be coming back. Reporter after 18 years as a cop in san jose, alfonso left the department earlier this year because of measure b, the pension reform plan that took more out of her paycheck and covered less of her disability and retirement. I had to make a decision for my family. Reporter she works six months for another department. But now with an agreement between the city and the police union to scrap major portions of measure b, she is the first of the socalled comeback cops to get rehired by san jose. Everybody has been extremely supportive. Everybody understands the goal of this place is to be able to move past measure b and continue to rebuild this department. Fantastic. I mean, quite frankly we never wanted individuals to leave in the first place. Reporter plenty did. Since 2012, the department is down about 400 officers because of retirements or lateral moves to other cities. Assistant chief eddie garcia says since the agreement, the exodus has slowed and is starting to turn around. We feel that theres a lot of people getting ready to wanted to come back. A took a huge leap of faith in coming back before the things are finalized. Reporter the agreement still needs to be approved by a judge and could go back to the voters next year. But for alfonso coming back to the city where she started out as a cop is worth taking a chance. We all want to come home. This is where we call home. Reporter in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Under the tentative deal Police Officers who returned to the force get a 5 signing bonus. A legal battle in south bay has autism advocates outraged kpix 5s devin fehely on why some neighbors are suing a family with an autistic boy to get him declared a public nuisance. Reporter there has been an intense outcry and public backlash against this lawsuit. People say they cannot understand how anyone could file a lawsuit against a family with a child with autism. But the neighbors behind this lawsuit say they are parents too and that their goal is not to discriminate against the disabled but simply to protect their own children from a boy who is violent and out of control. Responsible for attacks on pets, people and Young Children in this neighborhood. But advocates for people with autism say the lawsuit is mean spirited and misguided. As a parent of the child with special needs, youre kind of concerned, like, what if theres a precedent set about this, you know . How many times might my kid have been considered disruptive . Or difficult . A lot of people are put there is on autism. It has nothing to do with autism. It has to do with behavior, you know, how a child is allowed to behave. Reporter the family that was the target of this lawsuit has since moved from the neighborhood. They are currently renting out their home. We did reach out to them and their attorney today but they could not be reached for comment. The case will go before a judge next week. In sunnyvale, devin fehely, kpix 5. Some orinda parents showed up at back to school night to a not so sweet surprise. New School District snack guidelines discourage sweet treats including birthday cupcakes. The district hopes to encourage parents to bring healthier alternatives instead. But some parents say the School District has gone too far. Its getting to a point where we are controlling too much of what our kids are doing. Not so sweet surprise. Applied to School Celebrations there is a currently a caning. Org petition to overturn the decision a change. Org pecks to overturn the decision. Paul deanno is live in fremont with the 50 tour. A lot of hardware there. Reporter tell you what, if you are a football fan, this is the best place on earth. More super bowl trophies in one location than any other place we. We have eight in the bay area. San francisco 49ers are you a fan of the niners . There are the five super bowl championship trophies. [ indiscernible ] the oakland raiders. Three super bowl championships. There are the three super bowl trophies there. Wasnt jim plunkett amazing in the super bowl, mark s. Allen, tim brown, you can a raiders fan, 9ers fan, just a fan of football. Its in fremont tonight. Its in santa clara this weekend. Ill have the forecast for you and the tour continues all fall long. This super bowl thing is not just a week of the super bowl. Its going to be the entire 16, 17 weeks leading up to the super bowl and we all get a chance to take part in fact activity. Its cool. Take a look at the highs today on this beautiful gorgeous clear day outside where livermore you hit 89. Morgan hill 88. San rafael 85. San jose your high today 81 degrees. Fremont 80. And San Francisco a very comfortable 74 degrees. Received some rainfall this week. Now the north wind is taking over and temperatures climbed about 5 degrees today compared to yesterday. Lots going on this weekend. The giants hosting the dbacks. The giants pretty much need to win out to get a chance to get to the playoffs. They need to start that this weekend. 7 15 first pitch clear skies 68 degrees. The walk to end alzheimers, Dennis Odonnell will be the emcee of that event tomorrow morning fort mason in San Francisco. 60s in the morning, 72 degrees your high in the city tomorrow. Santa clara art and Wine Festival thats where the 50 tour super bowl trophies will be tomorrow. If you cant make it to fremont tonight, its there tomorrow and sunday. Central park santa clara sunny hot 90 degrees. And the raiders they play at home against the ravens on sunday at o. Co 1 00. Your kickoff temperature a very balmy 86 degrees. Light offshore winds as High Pressure builds in over the weekend. Thats why we are warming saturday and sunday before we cool off monday. Highs tomorrow 90 in san rafael. Fremont 88 degrees. About 10 degrees warmer than today. Santa rosa 92. Oakland 85. Concord youre one of the hot spots at 94 degrees. Extended forecast hottest day sunday. Could see some record highs. Mid to upper 80s near the bay 70s at the coast, nice day to go to santa cruz with the kids. Inland well see some spots out toward the delta at 100 to 102 degrees. Somewhat cooler monday. Cooler still coming up on tuesday. As we head toward the middle to the end of next week well drop to the 70s inland and the 60s near the bay. Heres the great thing about the bay area. We have two awesome teams to root for. Raiders and 9ers fans. You can valid the straddle the line. You can see all eight super bowl trophies. Hot over the weekend but nice to head out to santa clara see the trophies. I lean i like both teams. Which way do you lean . You can see both. Yeah. If you add that on to all the giants world series championships, the as world series championships, a pretty good place to be the bay area. Reporter they would need a bigger truck. We have been on a nice run the past several years ago. The warriors trophy, giants. We have a lot of champions here, yes. Thank you. Still ahead, billed for classes he never took and the classe

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