People are in the wrong place when that shaking begins. Reporter the amount of warning depends on how far away you are from the epicenter. From no warning in the worst case to seconds to tens of seconds. You will get it on your smartphone, radio, you get it over, um, you get maybe an audible alert. Reporter the bay area is one of the first regions to test out the Early Warning system so late 2017, early 2018, is when you could be hearing the alert in a major earthquake. In sacramento, im da lin, kpix 5. The plan now is to make the quake alert an automatic feature on your cell phone and you wont need to sign up for it. The quake warning sensors work by measuring primary waves or pwaves. [ pause ] you see how those two dogs reacted before the shaking happened . Animals thought to be more sensitive to the pwaves. They are the first waves from a quake generally smaller and harder to feel. But the baby is jolted awake by secondary or the swaves. Those come in that more rolling motion we all feel and they do the most damage. The goal of the Warning System is to get alerts out to people before the swaves come in. Just 40 days until election day. We have new results from our exclusive kpix surveyusa poll. And it seems california voters might be ready to vote for gun control. Prop 63 winning strong support. It would require among other things a background check for people who want to buy ammunition. 64 supporting the idea while 30 are against it. The measure is being spearheaded by californias Lieutenant Governor gavin newsom. Kpix 5 political analyst melissa caen shows us the politician is now in a public feud with an nrabacked olympian. Reporter our poll shows that even 47 of gun owners support these background checks to buy ammunition. But one Gun Rights Group against prop 63 has a new weapon in their arsenal. A threetime olympic Gold Medalist in shooting and this campaign is getting personal. Prop 63 has several parts. Among them, a requirement for a permit and a background check in order to buy ammunition. Also, ammunition purchases would have to be reported to the department of justice. A professional shooter kim road ysaias these restrictions are a big problem and in this commercial against prop 63 gavin newsom was in the crosshairs. As a sixtime olympic medalist it takes hard work to achieve success. For me it takes over 800 rounds of ammunition daily. If gavin newsom has his way it will make it incredibly hard to keep up my skills. Say no to newson, say no to prop 63. Reporter when this ad went up yesterday, newsom tweeted to her, congratulations on your six olympic medals they are impressive but did you know it exempts ammo bought and used at a range . She said, first, you dont understand how an olympic athlete acquires ammunition the press secretary for the Gun Rights Group responsible citizens of california. He says going after newsom is fair game. Prop 63 is a bill that gavin newsom authored and, um, you know, if there is some type of ire being directed at him its purely because, you know, he is the one or his staff, you know, came up with the idea. Um, you know, he has been a gun control proponent for years. So, you know, i dont necessarily feel that, um, you know, any rhetoric being, um, directed at him is, um, unfair. Its interesting they decided to personalize. I think its so far down the rabbit hole they have gotten, they cant really argue on the facts. So they have to personalize it. Theres nothing in proposition 63 that limits the amount of ammunition that anyone can purchase so i dont know what their argument is they dont like any gun control legislation. Reporter as for whether he will root for her in the 2020 olympics. I wish her the best. I wish though that she, um, was, [chuckling] not, um, out there misleading the public. She was not available for an interview. We reached out to the no on 63 campaign and asked what part of prop 63 would inhibit a professional shooter like hrode . They have not yet responded. Melissa caen, kpix 5. Its happened again to chinese tourists, robbed of their cameras near the crooked part of lombard street in San Francisco. Police say a pair of robbers threatened to shoot tourists about a block south of lombard at 1 45 yesterday afternoon. No gun was ever shown. Its just the latest in a string of crimes in that famous area. Back in june, two tourists were attacked and mugged. Then august of last year, two people chased down a tourist, stole his camera, then he fought back and they shot him in the shoulder. A live look at the big wildfire burning in the santa cruz mountains. Chopper 5 over the fire zone as you can see. Late today a firefighter suffered a leg injury while battling the flames and was taken to a hospital. Here are the latest numbers. The loma fire has burned more than 4,000 acres. Cal fire says containment has increased to 34 . The fire has destroyed 8 homes and is threatening more than 300 other structures. Kpix 5s kiet do joining us from inside the fire zone with a closer view of that destruction. Kiet. Reporter allen, we are live here on Loma Chiquita in the heart of the burn area where on monday they saw some of the hottest flames and most destruction. Firefighters call this a clean burn. Thats because theres nothing left out here but ash. And that includes that house there, 32480 Loma Chiquita road nothing left on that house but the chimney and the foundation. If you pan out wide here, you can see theres a lot of smoke, you might be able to hear but not see some of the helicopters making drops out here. This inversion is making life miserable. Improving conditions means we can finally go deep in the burn area and see the destruction firsthand. Firefighters call this moonscape. Some homes were lucky, not others. This home on Loma Chiquita road, the car, the front door, the bathtub, a mattress, a treadmill, all gone. Day 4 of the loma fire is all about a stubborn inversion layer traffic smoke in the valleys. As if conditions werent bad enough, firefighters are chasing down hot spots on steep terrain while breathing in lots of smoke and pilots are flying blind towards the flames to make water drops. They go in there with a hope and prayer. And lots of good instruments and training. Reporter the fire is deep inside the perimeter away from the containment lines. Do you feel like youre getting a handle on this fire now . We do. We are cautiously optimistic every day. Reporter do you feel like youre winning this battle . Yes. Thank you. Appreciate all the hard work. Reporter this man who didnt want to be identified says his marijuana crops on summit road were spared. The flames must have been pretty big and, wow. Those guys are tough. Reporter neighbor eric bishop is gladly giving firefighters access to his water today. They stopped the flames from coming up the hillside and burning his home monday night. Whats it feel like to see these guys out here protecting your property . My tax dollars at work. Its fantastic. [ laughter ] reporter all righty. We have been through this before. You get steep terrain, a lot of just loose soil like this. Come wintertime, this is going to be a problem because we are going to have a lot of mud slides and erosion. Also, this is an example of just how hot this fire is. This came off an engine block. Some of that metal melted right there as you can see. So firefighters say this should be cleaned up and contained by october 3. And by the way if you can see, there you go, we are in the last hour of helicopter drops here. Live in the santa cruz mountains, kiet do, kpix 5. Kiet, tonight theres a community meeting. What do they expect to cover there . Reporter yeah. They will be at loma prieta Elementary School. A lot of the commanders will be there to give updates on how things are going. All the evacuations are lifted within santa cruz county. And residents can ask questions and really they are just there to vent to the firefighters and let them know how they are doing. Thank you, kiet do in the santa cruz mountains. A key part of fighting the fire staying a step ahead of the weather conditions. Coming up, at 6 45, the team hard at work behind the scenes helping firefighters plan their next move. In the north bay, investigators now say a cigarette thrown from highway 101 sparked a destructive fire in petaluma. The flames on tuesday destroyed 4 homes damaging 10 others and killed a pet cat. New at 6 00 construction workers in the south bay hit the streets today. They are urging developers to, in their words, do the right thing and hire local. Len ramirez tells us the problem may be part of a larger trend. Reporter we have seen this before here in Silicon Valley with teachers and Service Workers janitors who can say they no longer can afford to live an work in Silicon Valley. We are starting to hear that now with construction workers. And its not because theres a lack of work. Reporter Union Construction workers filled the sidewalks in a line stretching several blocks long. They marched past a series of downtown highrises some recently opened others just getting started. Buildings constructed without their hands. The nonunion just taking over. Reporter robert gill supports his wife and six children as a union electrician. They are doing everything for cut rate prices. They are cutting our throats. You know what i mean . Its not right. Reporter the protest targeted a cupertinobased developer and builder which currently has the silvery towers luxury condominium project under construction near san pedro square. Union leaders say its using nonUnion Workers for one reason. Its greed. Pure simple greed. They can afford to share that wealth. They aut to be paying decent wages and providing benefits and they are not doing it. Reporter contacted by phone, the company had no comment. But workers say its part of a trend to hire workers from the Central Valley and in some cases out of state workers who will accept less than half of what san josebased Union Workers are paid. As a first year apprentice at 25. 66 in the union and at start off in the nonunion at about a little over minimum wage. Reporter and that does not include benefits. Union workers are afraid they will eventually be priced out of Silicon Valley. If you are really trying to help, you know, build the middle class, do your part. Give us a fair shake. Let us at least bid on this work. Reporter there are about 13 more highrises in the pipeline for downtown san jose and the unions hope they get at least some of those jobs. They are also hoping that local jurisdictions and City Councils will help support them to support living wages. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. They are once accused of faking a kidnapping. Now the couple in the infamous gone girl case comes forward on the same day the suspect pleads guilty. How they say the Justice System failed them. The bay area couple going big and bold for Hillary Clinton. They explain the idea behind this colorful show of support. And moving on from a crab season disaster, what early tests say about the chance of having this bay area favorite back on tables next month. Ill tell you whats going to be back in the bay area this weekend something we havent seen in a while by sunday. Chance of rain moving into the bay area. Well have the complete details as we look live towards the Transamerica Pyramid coming up after a break. ,,,,,,,, changed his plea to guilty today. The move was in exce for a potentially lighte as emily turner re the man accuse accused of kidnapping a vallejo woman pleaded guilty. The victims say the man doesnt is he serve any breaks. Doesnt deserve any breaks. Reporter the victims of the gone girl case stood with their attorney calling out of the authorities. So far, the system has failed Denise Huskins and aaron quinn. If there ever was a man who deserved to do life behind bars, its matthew muller. Reporter he appeared shackled and in an orange jumpsuit in federal court where he change his plea to guilty in exchange for a potentially lighter sentence. We feel that this is the way that will someday open a door for him to return to society. Reporter federal prosecutors are recommending muller face a maximum of 40 years behind bars instead of life in prison. But a judge will make the final call. Matthew muller is accused of drugging and tying up quinn and kidnapping huskins from the couples vallejo home in 2015. Vallejo police initially called the crime a hoax once denise turned up in Southern California. So if anything, it is mr. Quinn and miss huskins that owes this community an apology. They didnt do a good job in this case. They impeded the investigation to the point where denise had to suffer through two days of anguish and assault. They could have found denise. They could have saved her. Reporter huskins and quinn are suing Vallejo Police saying they caused them emotional distress, ruined their reputations and put them in danger. Emily turner, kpix 5. The Vallejo Police department has not commented on the lawsuit. Now, as for muller, his sentencing hearing is scheduled for january 19. The attorney for Denise Huskins said she was not the intended target of the kidnapping scheme. It was supposed to be a different woman who had previously lived at that home. The Attorney Says that the lead fbi investigator had a conflict of interest, a personal relationship, with that other woman that he did not disclose. And i can be absolutely sure that he failed to disclose the personal conflict of interest that he, the head lead fbi agent on the case, had himself personally. The attorney would not go into any more detail only suggesting that a personal relationship between the fbi agent and the intended target hampered the investigation. We have reached out to the fbi. The agency has declined to comment on the allegation. Dramatic cell phone video of a chase in the east bay. Last nights pursuit reached speeds of 120 miles per hour. It started moments earlier when two armed suspects carjacked a woman. It happened in danville. From there police say the suspects sped northbound on to i680 and then high 24. Deputies trying to stop them with a spike strip near the caldecott tunnel. They got away near the College Avenue exit in oakland. Police are still trying to track down the suspects and the womans car. A Welcome Development for bay area crab lovers. Dungeness crab harvest could start on time. As lisa chan shows us fishermen hurt by last years big delays are hopeful. Reporter for 37 years, john mellor has been working daily to make a living. Twothirds of his salary comes from crab. Last year he lost a huge part of his income. Borrowing money from friends and i mean, you know, we live in the most expensive place in the nation probably. So its a very big challenge to survive with no income. Reporter last year high levels of domoic acid were detected in the crabs. So they posed a significant risk to the public if consumed. But the California Department of Public Health started testing dungeness crab a few weeks earlier than usual this year and so far results are normal for this time of year which is great news for fishermen like mel lor. Everything is looking good. So i would imagine stuff is going to bounce back big. And you know, just got to hang on until we can start fishing. Reporter the crab season starts november 5 for recreational fishermen. And november 15th for commercial. Just in time for people to get crab for the holidays. The department of Public Health will continue to test crab once a week and it will have a better idea if theres a chance that crab season will be delayed by the end of october. At fishermans wharf, lisa chan, kpix 5. Lets hope. She is wearing a jacket because it is cold out there once again. Whats going on . Things are cooling down. Its our indian summer. Right now, i know you know east bay south bay very nice and warm today. Morgan hill got up to 84. But look at the city right now. South from Transamerica Pyramid the low clouds are just floating over the city. Things are cool at the coast. San jose 73. It the Half Moon Bay just 650 and San Francisco 58 rather chilly degrees. In fact tonight for the game, at giants play the rockies, low clouds and this weekend for hardly strictly bluegrass in San Francisco, possibility of a few showers on sunday. Temperatures will be in the upper 50s. So bundle up weather there as well at least by california standards. Low pressure off of oregon is going to plunge south. That will pick up the breezes and temperatures not bad on saturday. Tomorrow looks okay. We have sunshine and 74 degrees. Concord 72. 62 in San Francisco with low clouds. But in the extended forecast, after we have sunshine on saturday, and temperatures in the mid70s, things will cool down and theres a chance of showers first in the north bay sunday morning, and then spreading south over the rest of the bay area. But there wont be much left by the time it gets down to the south bay. The extended forecast, it warms up by the time we get to midweek and if you happen to be heading to the 49ers game for sunday, as they take on the cowboys, game Time Temperature there 69 degrees with clouds and maybe a few drops on the game but not much. Rain in the forecast. Oh, my goodness. tis the season. Take the poncho. Thank you. Angry lawmakers rip into wells fargos ceo and they are not saturday with sorry. The blistering attacks over the fake accounts scandal that caused customers millions. And theyre with her. A bay area couple makes their election choice obvious with a very loud public lawn display. Usi