Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM 20170311 : compare

KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM March 11, 2017

Danger is its not exactly where we are right now. Reporter we spoke to San Francisco pd and they said this is how it got started in the first place. The victim was attempting to enter the apartment for Pest Control Services when the occupant point a firearm. The victim treated, fled and called 911. Reporter entire area is locked down. Police have been escorting people out of buildings in the area. Most of the people in the restaurants have already been escorted out. Now, if you are wondering why the bomb squad is out here, police say this is out of an abundance of precaution. They dont believe the suspect has an explosive at this time but they one sure when they first started the situation. Crisis negotiators are on the phone trying to get that man right now who sfpd says they have had plenty of contact with in the past and they know exactly who this man is. Live in the Mission District, andria borba, kpix 5. We appreciate it, thank you. More breaking news to get to right now. Two people in San Francisco are in Critical Condition after drinking herbal tea tainted with a lethal poison. According to the health department, the tea leaves were bought at Sun Wing Wo Trading Company on grant avenue in chinatown. And this is what that tea looks like. One of the cases happened earlier this month. The other happened in february. A man in his 50s and another in his 30s got critically sick within an hour of drinking the tea. It contained a plantbased toxin which can be deadly. People who have purchased and drank it from the shop and have no symptoms are safe but throw the rest away immediately. If you have symptoms or are sick, call 911. New at 6 00 the campaign to fix crumbling bay area roads a critical deadline is looming now local leaders are getting creative to push for more money. Thats because the price tag is adding up to repair roads hammered by the recent storms. Our Team Coverage begins with emily turner with some new information on the damage and what its going to take to foot the bill. Reporter state is going to have to pay in the hundreds of millions of dollars for those repairs. At the same time, the state coffers are running dry. The gas tax which funds all that went into effect 23 years ago, in that amount of time there have been hybrids, electric cars, big push for public transportation, driving down all the tax revenue that pays for transportation repairs. Tire after tire. Closure after closure californias roads are taking their toll on drivers. Thankful i didnt have a wreck after hitting that hole. We have seen slides but nothing like this. Reporter this winter has done almost 7 million worth of damage to state roads leading to more than 200 emergency projects and plenty more lined up behind them. That doesnt count the mess on local roads. A lot of trouble. Reporter add that to an aging infrastructure already riddled with potholes, structural damage and a 136 billion backlog, and you have what governor jerry brown has deemed a top priority problem. Used to be called public works. And theres a lot of public work to be done but you have to face up to it. Reporter so brown gave the legislature an april 6 deadline to increase funding for local roads by 2. 3 billion but how thats done is the battle. Are taxpayers prepared to pay . I would be willing to pay that, yes. That would be a problem for me. Because the surprise going up. And people cannot afford too much gas. Reporter supermajority democrats are tagas, increased reg strays fee and a 100 flat fee per vehicle increased registration fee. Santa clara county sent legislators postcards outlining the dire situation of roads there and asking them to vote in favor of it. I feel like its needed especially where what we have seen with the rain and snow. I am a believer in improving our infrastructure. Reporter that 2. 2 billion is just for local roads. Thats not the total amount the governor is asking for. He is asking for 6 billion overall for infrastructure repairs. Reporting live in San Francisco, emily turner, kpix 5. Some of the biggest most immediate road problems are up in wine country, landslides deep cracks this is asphalt, crumbling shoulders, you name it. Kpix 5s Susie Steimle shows us the rough going and learned it wont be a quick fix there, either. Reporter people from around the world come to napa county to see the Rolling Hills and impressive wineries. But this winters strong storms have left county roads crumbling. We need some attention on this so we can get some solutions before somebody dies. See the barricade . Reporter chris lives on redwood road in napa, one of the worst mudslides the area saw all season was next door to his home. Half the mountain came down across the road. We were blocked in for a week. Reporter now more than a month later the roads are still in disarray and he is worried fire season here wont be safe. And if we had a windy day and a fire that started on the mountain, it could be catastrophe. We have work do but it is going to take time. Reporter the supervisor for chris district says its on the countys radar and roadwork will start this summer but returning things are to normal will take years and thats if they get help. We are also hoping the state and the feds will come through and give us some help. Were estimating about somewhere between 20 and 30 million in damage and that could change. Nobody seems to care and all we get is political answers that well, this is going to take that long and this grant wont come until then and fema this and five years and its just not acceptable. Reporter the county has dipped into its emergency reserve to cover this years storm damage and implemented a sales tax to cover road repairs. But that wont go into effect until 2019. In napa, Susie Steimle, kpix 5. Alameda county has now declared a local emergency. It wants to hear from anyone who has stormrelated damage to their home or business. Just send them an email. Bart riders will finally be able to ride the trains all the way down to warm springs in fremont in a couple of weeks. That five mile extension on the fremont line opens up on march 25th. Its the First Addition for bart in 6 years. Bart was scheduled to open it in 2014. But long delays kept pushing the project back. One problem was trying to get the Newer Technology to communicate with barts older computer systems. The new warm springs station has more than 2,000 parking spots and will also be a hub for ac transit and vta buses. New at 6 00 a plan to make it easier to build Affordable Housing in neighborhoods even if the neighborhood doesnt want it. Kpix 5s melissa caen has an example of how nimbyism delayed one project for a long time. Melissa. Reporter yeah, veronica. We are here at booker t. Washington Community Center. And its under construction. Getting ready to open in a few months. When its complete it, will have 50 units of housing about half of those for young people who have aged out of the foster care system. We picked this spot bass booker t. Washington is an example of a project that was delayed for years under a California Law that allowed neighborhoods and communities express Environmental Concerns and tie up Housing Development projects. You cant take 10 years to do Something Like this. Reporter pat scott is the executive director of the booker t. Washington Community Center in San Francisco. She is proud of this project which will provide housing and services for foster youth ages 18 to 24 but not Everyone Wants it. They essentially didnt want the kids in the neighborhood. And but they were smart enough to never say that. Reporter neighbors objected using the California Environmental quality act. Among other things they said the building was too tall and didnt have enough parking. The booker t. Washington won the fight and got to continue with the project. But still because of the increased constant construction costs, legal fees, it increased the cost of the project by in this portion of it, probably 4, 5 million. This is a process that should have taken a few years and it took three times as many years. Reporter scott says the washington project does comply with the citys zoning laws for height and parking. But they still had to go through the time and expense of responding to those objections. State senator weiner thinks thats wrong. Right now, if you are building a project thats entirely within zoning, thats totally kosher, it can still take you two, three, four, five years or more to get approved. And it shouldnt be that way. Reporter he proposed a new law, sb35, if passed in places where Affordable Housing is needed, it wouldnt apply if and a Affordable Housing project complies with local zoning laws. Community participation is important with a beginning, middle and end and we have to learn how to end the process and move forward. Pat scott agrees. You cant do Affordable Housing and have this process go on like this. Reporter now, the league of california cities is opposed to sb35 and while they do not wish to be interviewed on camera today, they did show me a letter they sent to weiner about it. They said eliminating opportunities for public engagements leads to, um, goes against the principles of local democracy and public review. Live in San Francisco, melissa caen, kpix 5. Hiker alost tonight in San Mateo County. She went missing yesterday afternoon and crews have been working to find her. The search is under way in woodside. The hiker last seen along skyline boulevard. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live at the command post. Reporter veronica, bethany was staying at a nearby airbnb with her husband and son. Now 70 people and 13 k9s are scouring a 2. 5mile area. But so far they havent found any clues that may lead to where bethany or her dog are. Bethany reporter while searchand rescue teams scoured this woods and look for bethany, this mother is keeping her eyes out for her, too. There were, you know, quite a few areas where they could have gotten off the top so i imagine perhaps this woman might have done that, as well. Reporter Law Enforcement officers and volunteers from several bay area counties are hiking the trails calling her name and cal fire is trying to see from above the redwoods. People actually live up here actually saw her at the Country Store walking by and then when we put out the information asking for that information thats when we were told she was seen. Reporter bets any has early onset dementia and and type 2 diabetes. That means she needs insulin but could go three days without injections. We were actually in really good shape. The weather is not terrible. The weather is quite mild. Because of the storms we have a lot of water around. The big concern is food. But there is food that is available if you know what youre looking for. The trail conditions are good and we took our little ones and you know, really hoping for the best. Reporter its the at makes less than ideal. This is a densely wooded area with steep dropoffs that make it treacherous if you go off trail. This map shows where the search has been focused. The red trails are whats already been searched. The blue is whats left to be done. Bethanys husband tells the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office that she has hiked this area before so she should be somewhat familiar with it. So far authorities dont believe that any foul play was involved. In woodside, jackie ward, kpix 5. It is an eyepopping number. More than 80 freeway shootings under investigation in the bay area. What were learning about the latest suspect who put innocent drivers at risk. And california like you havent seen it in years impressive video from sky drone 5 of a swollen river engulfing trees and the fear for farmers seeing their livelihoods washed away. And it is pupping seasons. The beaches closed to give harbor seals space. ,,,,,,,,, side of altamont pass. You can f up in the sky, sky drone 5 high above a bloated San Joaquin River right on the other side of the altamont pass. You can see the hundreds of submerged trees to the south of the town of tracy. Some locals who fish the river here estimate that it is a half mile wide in some location. The flooding is happening on highway 132 and between 580 and the town of modesto. The river started filling up very quickly after weeks of heavy rain. Its also getting an extra boost from all the snow runoff from the sierra and there are also major problems with water coming up from the ground around the river which is flooding out farmlands and some buildings. All nearby residents can do is wait for the water level to drop. There are still flooding concerns for farmers with crops downstream from the oroville dam. Marysville is about 20 miles down street along the feather river. The farmers are worried about what will happen when the dams main spillway reopens in a few days. Elisa becerra shows us a man who has already lost a lot. Reporter aside from the damage that farmers say could have been prevented, the question now is, what happens next . This was, you know, they lowered it so fast it just pulled it out. There was no reason for this. Reporter walnut farmer brad foster stanford on the collapsing riverbank of the feather river. The land is literally sliding into the water after the oroville spillway was abruptly shut down for repairs. I cant remember ever they went from 50,000 to 0 overnight. Thats something thats never been done. Reporter 50 cubic feet of flowing water to zero in a matter of hours. This is not just flooding or erosion. He is losing land. And theres nothing to hold this in place anymore, it will get washed away. Reporter what happens next week when the spillway reopens . The drastic ebb and flow is detrimental to his orchard. 10 days ago this water was above my head for four feed a half mile around. When the spillway was closed it dropped to about my hip the next day and three days it was down to the level it is now. Brad says the water receded so quickly, it took irrigation lines. This is upstream from someones irrigation system. Over here you can see plastic loaded down from somebody that red piece of plastic. Reporter he tied his down. We tied our irrigation system down so it didnt wash away. Reporter the water swept away soil at the base of his trees. Water levels are monitored and there will be releases next friday. Farmers will also be monitoring because thats all they can do. Farmers arent just worried about what happens when the spillway reopens next friday. There are more storms ahead, more for them to contend with. They said they are just going to have to brace themselves. Back to you. All right. Thank you. Two popular areas in the Point Reyes National seashore now closed for the next four months for the annual harbor seal pupping season. Two areas are shut down to visitors until the end of june. And that means no water access for kayaks, canoes, surfing or paddle boarding. Rangers are asking visitors to stay at least 100 yards from those resting seals. Its an area where because of the sensitivity of the animals, we want to make sure that their young are protected and born and nourished and raised, its a short time closure and when that closure is done, the he is stair ra will once again be open to kayak use. Its okay to photograph from a safe distance. Pilots keep your aircraft high above the seals. Worry about it plenty of other beaches you can visit. Its going to be a gorgeous weekend to do that. 70 degrees in San Francisco. You will be warmer this weekend. Fremont and san jose i hit 71. Concord 73. Santa rosa 74. It gets warmer this weekend. The only traffic problem getting tahoe this weekend is lots of traffic. No precipitation but it will be a popular place. At lake level 60 degrees in tahoe saturday and sunday with mainly sunny skies. St. Patricks day parade tomorrow in San Francisco. Sunny, upper 60s lots of green. No green on the radar. It stays away. The jet stream will stay to our north. It is just as active over the past week moving into the west coast storms as in january and february when we were getting pentiumbled. Pummeled. The rain is staying to the north. We stay dry. Storms in other parts of the west coast namely the pacific northwest. We are partly cloudy overnight tonight. Watch out for fog at the beach once again. It has been foggy the past couple mornings. It may be tomorrow. Oakland 51 low tonight. San jose 51. Napa 49. Mixture of sun and clouds more sun than cloud cover this weekend. Look at your highs. Its going to be a nice saturday. We stay mild to warm on sunday as well but the warmest day will be monday where for the first time this year a couple of inland spots antioch, pittsburg and fairfield may hit 80 for the first time this year on monday. In the middle of next week we are looking for a slight increase in cloud cover 5 to 10 degrees cooler but no rain for the next week. The warmest weekend since november and it begins right now. Guys, back to you. Thank you. Thanks, paul. A lost dog now a wedding postponed. The bay area couple goes to extreme lengths to find their missing pet before they walk down the aisle. Guess who was in front of Colin Kaepernicks old locker today. How about the new 49ers starting quarterback . Brian hoyer just ahead. ,,,,,,, breaking off fat checks. Seven new players we have free agency to talk about in the nfl the day two of the period. 49er general manager john lynch has been breaking off fat checks, 7 new players introduced today at team headquarters. Good afternoon, everyone. Check that. Its a great afternoon. We got a haul. Left to right juszczyk, tight end Logan Paulsen and linebacker malcom smith at the moment, hoyer is expected to be thei quar

© 2025 Vimarsana