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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM August 2, 2016

Escot vash paid. Its the tilting you worry about more. Are you worried about the value going down . We are, and there will be a temporary probably shock to everybody when they hear about this. Reporter the builder says it exists in a location where major underground construction work was subsequently worked on by others. A not so subtle hint that it may rely with the terminal being built across the street. They shot back saying engineering reports show the tower was sinking before work began on the transbay center. As for who is at fault, and who is going to pay for the fix . This is a lawyers delight. Reporter one thats going to involve the city, and possibly the counties of san mateo and the ac bucks district as well. Thats because theyre building this massive terminal next to the la men yum that people say possibly caused the problem. But to try to prevent that problem, they also spent 58 million shoring up this area. The question is, did it work, or is even that the problem . A popular vacation spot off limits to pregnant women. The cdc issued a travel advisory for part of miami after florida confirmed more cases of the zika virus. Now there are new concerns about whether the mosquito that carries the virus could return to the bay area. Live in menlo park where that specific type of mosquito was found just last year. Reporter were live here at the holy cross cemetery, where just 14 months ago, they found dozens of these critters right in this particular neighborhood. Vector control guys have been keeping an eye out for this mosquito alert since then. If they find it again, theyre ready to pounce. Reporter one of the primary care areas of the zika virus. Several dozen were found between 2013 and 2015 in menlo park. After an aggressive eradication campaign, Vector Control hasnt seen them since may of last year. How confident are you, that it is no longer in the county . We cant be completely sure. This mosquito could be redod to reintroduced to our neighborhoods at anytime. It could be that its not here at all. Reporter the cdc is issuing a travel advisory, telling pregnant women to stay away from miami. And for pregnant women who live in the area to do Everything Possible to prevent mosquito bites. Reporter anyone whos been to the area with active zika transmissions are being asked to use mosquito repellent for at least three weeks when they come home. The idea, to keep you from transferring zika to the local population. Thats especially critical in these parts of the bay area. Menlo park, and hayward, where it has been found. What do you say to people that say, it stinks, im not going to do it. Its important that people do the right thing, wear your insect repellent, whatever you do to avoid mosquito bites when returning from these areas. Reporter they wont hesitate it to follow you into your house. The females can lay huge numbers of eggs in very small amounts of water. If you travel to an infected area, do your part, and spray up. Its important to keep your whole community healthy. Reporter so Vector Control have traps all over the property. They are closely monitoring it. They examine every sing the mosquito that they catch under the microscope. We know the identities of a pair of bold trespassers who managed to climb the even tower of the bay bridge last night. Police arrested 18yearold deniel gregoria, and robert canales. Police say theyre charged with suspicion of unlawful access at a vehicular crossing, general trespass, and public nuisance. A malfunctioning gun may have saved the life of a an Oakland Police sergeant, who w asambushed when responding to a call. Police say that moss ran towards clark after she crashed her vehicle, july 23 on 73rd avenue. Court documents reveal moss made some antipolice statements before raising his gun and firing at clark. However, that gun malfunctioned so moss pointed it at the sergeant a second time, and it malfunctioned again. Moss then ran off. Clark managed to call for help. I just got shot at i cant get out of the car the sergeant wasnt hit by any gunfire, but she was treated for injuries she suffered in the crash. Moss was later arrested in stockton. His lair says they will fight to make sure he gets a fair trial. Theres going to be a lot of evidence. We need to thoroughly go through all of that, and see what the evidence is against him. Reporter hes due back in court later next month. Tesla ceo, elon musk is putting his car and Solar Energy Businesses under one roof. Tesla is buying solar city. Elon musk says he wants to create a one stop shop for renewable energy. Both companies are expected to lose hundreds of millions of dollars this year. On the one hand, you could argue, although have a better shot at a successful merger, because there are common interests, theres potentially shared values in the culture, and cousins running companies. On the one hand, that could be a real advantage. But on the other hand, that could breed other issues down the road. The deal still has to be approved by the government, and shareholders at both companies. Uber is getting out of the drivers seat in china. The San Francisco based Rideshare Company has sold chinese operations to its chief local rival. Some call the deal a surrender. Others say its a Good Business strategy. Uber is holding onto part of its assets which could pay off down the road. China is a tough market for american tech firms. Fierce competition has kept Companies Like google and facebook out. This weekend . Several water main breaks flooded parts of berkeley. Pipes burst along the gilman street line. East bay mud says the old pipes are starting to show their age. Jessica flores, joining us in berkeley, where the public utility says its a race against time until the next one breaks. Reporter according to east bay, you can see their construction has been there all day, trying to replace that pipe. Meanwhile, in this community over the weekend, four water main breaks, and east bay mud says the problem could get worse before it gets any better. Just a few feet below us, theres a whole network of pipes. Made from heavy copper iron, many are on the verge of breaking. Theyre pipes at the end of their life. Projected to last about 80 to 100 years old, thats just about where they are. Reporter at gilman, and cornell streets, the force of water pushed the asphalt up, and poured out like a fountain. Ive been here through el nino. This is as bad as el nino to see the water at this level. Reporter east bay mud currently replaces 10 miles of pipe a year. At this rate, it would take the public utility the next 4 centuries to replace the 4,000 miles of pipes in its service area. But they want to replace up to 40 miles of pipe a year. If were on the 400 year cycle, and were trying to get to a 100 year cycle. Reporter theyre treading water. Just as they proactively work on up with pipe, several more pipes nearby break. This one, 79 years old. The limiting factors holding us back are skilled labor. And money. Reporter it cost 2. 4 million to replace just one mile of pipe. Customer rates have been hiked up 7 this summer. East bay mud says in 2015, they had 1,000 water main breaks. Thats a record for the public utility. In berkeley, jessica flores. Kpix 5. A massive fire grows on the scenic california coast. Now it could be another month before its out. The huge blow to an area that depends on tourism. What bay area pet owners should know. A story of courage that starts at a pig farm. A young bay area boy uses his hobby to help a stranger. How it turned into a gift bigger than he ever imagined. A whole lot of cloud cover out there this morning, but sunshine did come out in the afternoon for the entire bay area. Temperatures though, up to 20 degrees cooler, and heres tonights round of fog poised to move in, already invading San Francisco. Well talk about how long we will stay shy of 90 degrees, thats coming up. ,,,,,,,, the most recent was recorded about 5 30 this evening. It was h quake centered a couple of small earthquakes shaking things up in the north bay. The most recent was recorded about 5 30 this evening. About an hour earlier, a 3. 3 quake rattled the Sonoma County town of kenwood. No damage reported in either case. A Massive Wildfire burning in Canyon County is showing no sign of letting up. The fire is burning through forests between carmel, and big sur. An area thats normally packed with vacationers this time of year. As devin feely reports, thats very bad for business. This fire is burning in some rugged, and largely inaccessible areas, thats whats made it so difficult for firefighters to get the upper hand. This is normally, the height of tourism season. But the fire has changed that for many. For businesses up and down the central coast, a chunk of the summer tourism season has gone up in smoke. The firefighters are doing a heroic job. I mean, this is dangerous area to work and hear doing their all. Reporter michael shermans Jewelry Store the loyalty of the people that know the area and are just going to come, no matter what is always going to be there. I dont think that challenges them. Reporter that loyal at the is being tested. Businesses up and down the coast in carmel, and big sur depend heavily on tourism. An estimated 3 million tourists visit the area each year. Business owners say when the fire forced nearby state parks to close, it meant that fewer and fewer people visited the area. As far as businesses come, its kind of been hit and miss, and pretty bad. Reporter most Business Owners remain optimistic, that has the fire recedes, their customers will return. People want their chocolate, especially in times of need, they totally want their chocolate. I have one woman who actually said give me my medicine. Reporter when the fire first broke out, cal fire estimated that it would actually be contained yesterday. By the middle of last week, they had revised that. They said it would take them at least another week. And now theyre saying it could be sometime closer to the end of the month. Devin feely, kpix 5. More on the fire itself. So far, it has scorched more than 40,000 acres, and is now 18 contained. The blaze is threatening 2,000 homes, already destroyed 57 homes. A bulldozer operator was killed while fighting the fire. The spca has found at least 100 pets displaced by the blaze. They held an adoption event last weekend, and found homes for 74 pets. Theres a warning for bay area pet openers. A potentially deadly virus is infecting cats. Last week, a seemingly healthy kitten was brought into the hayward Animal Shelter but she began showing signs of illness, and so are other cats. Unfortunately, cats do come back positive because theyre at risk for exposing other animals, so pets are euthanized. Reporter the shelter is temporarily not accepting new cats. The vets say the good news is, if your cat is up to date on vaccinations, theres a low risk of infection. Were learning more about the bay area woman shot and killed over the streets of austin. Visiting the texas city, with her wife of four months. The couple were walking in the popular Downtown Entertainment district sunday, when someone started shooting. She was one of four people hit. She died in her wifes arms. Police have identified a suspect. They say they believe he was shooting at another man who disappeared in the crowd. Marin county coroners have identified the man who fell off a cliff and died in San Francisco. He was 28yearold Vincent Holland from merced. He fell at least 50 feet near point lobos at lands end. They also rescued his companion and unidentified woman from a nearby cliff. It was once known as speed city. Now san jose is sprinting toward rebuilding its once storied track and field program. The university alum, the olympic gold winners, john carlos and tommy smith with their black powered saloon. This statue on my right represents you all. John carlos, and thomas smith might be the ones who put on those steps who were standing, but when we walked off, we carried you with us. The program is expected to be up and running 2015. So much nicer, because you werent immediately sweating away from the water. Much cooler today, so yeah, if you went for the jog, it probably felt a whole lot more comfortable. Right now, comfort zone, 79 degrees. Is there a number better than 79 . The answer is yes for some of you, but thats a nice number. Concord, 82. San francisco, your temperatures didnt move that much. You are staying in the mid60s. We dont see a sliver of fog looking east. If we were to turn camera around, you would see plenty of fog building to the west. We get a deluge of rain in august. Right . Not so much. We average about a tenth of an inch of rain a month in Sonoma County. We have a very well defined dry season in the summertime, even though were kind of off hitting bottom, its going to be two, two and a half months before we see any rainfall around here. Fog is back. Take a look at overnight lows, getting chilly for you in the north bay. Weve been seeing 40s and will continue to see that. In the city itself, 51. San jose, 58. This time of year, we begin to see the temperatures dip into the bay, it will be a little warmer tomorrow, compared to today, especially away from the water. Livermore tomorrow, 92 for you. Mountain view 78. Now were still chilly on the water. That green color down through san mateo, 60s for highs. 65. Well stay near normal. All the way through the middle of the week. Look what happens at the end of the week. Our already moderate onshore flow get as bit stronger and temperatures continue to take a tumble. Only highs in the mid60s. As we approach the bay with lots of cloud cover. Well get plenty of afternoon sunshine, but highs only hit the low it to mid80s. Its kind of like a pendulum, swinging back and forth. We had about a week of cold, then a week of warm. Guess whats back . Cold. Back and forth. A little boy fighting for his life gets some help from a big pig and a stranger with an even bigger heart. Because hes, nobody should go through that. The gift of courage that brought a community together. Its on our state flag, but the grizzly has been extinct in california for nearly a century. The new campaign to bring the bear back. ,,,,,,,, leukemia. Juliett goodrich shows us how the boy and his pig named courage did more than anyone a 12yearold boy rallies his community to help a child sick with leukemia. How the boy and his pig named courage did more than anyone ever expected. Reporter 5yearold keegans family has been faced with medical bills. His future uncertain, but one things for sure. So this is the pig farm . Yes. In a way, its kind of like pay it forward. Reporter to a little boy hes never met. I just want to help keegan out. Because nobody should go through that. Reporter so he turned a hobby of raising pigs into something bigger than he ever imagined. I thought well, what do i have that pays the most . And i thought, fair auction. Reporter he donated his 270 pound pig courage to the Alameda County auction. A dire situation like that, you need to have courage. I thought, heres the courage right here. Reporter with a sign reading, this one is for keegan, and the bidding began. What happened at this Livestock Auction at the Alameda County fair caught everyone by surprise. The bidding started, and it didnt stop. I was thinking, 50 or so maybe. Maybe 100 if we were lucky. And we just, it skyrocketed. Reporter and ended up going to the highest bidder at 108,000. The average price per pound for hog . Less than 10. Current went for 400 per pound. I was just amazed. I couldnt believe what was happening. Reporter on top of that, more donations kept pouring in all for keyingen. The crowd bringing the final total to 150,281. This is courages mom. Shes 2 years old. Courage was her first litter. She had 14 baby pigs, and cooper says shes always going to be a family pet. Along with that one too. Reporter cooper says farm life is busy and raising pigs isnt easy. But he knows keegan has it tougher, and he will think of ways to help a little boy whose future is daytoday. Way to go, cooper. Keegans family set up a crowd funding site. That link is on our website, under the story, cbssf. Com. Its called the Hotel California and is a rare gem in the bay areas hot housing market. The chance to call a pricey neighborhood home at the fraction of the price. A bay area family challenges the Police Account of a deadly shooting. What happened moments before an officer shot a man who had a toy gun. , francisco is sinking. A new engineering report says the um tower has sunk 16 our top stories at 6 00, a luxury skyscraper in San Francisco is sinking. A new engineering report says the Millennium Tower has sunk 16 inches and is now tilting 2 inches off center. Condos in the high rise sell anywhere between 1. 6 million to 10 million. Expect a major legal battle over whos responsible. Bay area Vector Control, keeping an eye out for the mosquitoes that can carry the zika virus. Several dozen pound in the past years. The concern is people who traveled to the infected areas bring the virus back. And then introduce it to local mosquito population. And donald trump continues to catch heat for comments he made about the family of a Muslim American soldier killed while serving in iraq. Arizona senator john mccain was among several republicans criticizing trump today. Trump is now trying to claim that he is the victim. Reporter donald trump gets back on the campaign trail as the feud grows larger between the candidate, and the family of a Muslim American soldier killed in iraq. We want to maintain our dignity. We want to maintain my familys dignity, my sons dignity, and sacrifice. Reporter its been about four days since khizr khan tweeted about the tragedy. Trump tweeted mr. Khan viciously attacked me at the dnc, and is now on tv doing the same. Nice. We will continue until this candidate behaves in a dignified manner, deserving of the candidacy of this office. Reporter trumps former Campaign Manager defended the billionaire. We never would have entered

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