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Sense. A useless degree for a job that doesnt exist anymore, yeah, and 200,000 in debt. Reporter the Obama Administration wants to write a new chapter on College Costs proposing ideas like, more federal aid for colleges that keep costs down and capping student loan payments at 10 of income so students dont earn a seconddegree in personal debt. I avoid loans as much as i can, but i do have to you have to get loans. Its almost impossible. Reporter until then, parents will pinch pennies and students will study hard hoping when they graduate, they dont move straight into the poorhouse. Im just excited that she gets to do this. Its something that i wanted to do for myself but i get to experience that with her together. Reporter now, it costs about 3,000 a semester here, nothing to sneeze at. Because prop 30 passed tuition is lower this year than last year. One more number to wrap your head around. These freshmen are part of the clash of 2017. Reporting live in San Francisco, im brian webb, kpix 5. The bay area is home to two of the top three universities in the world. Thats according to new rankings by a university in china. Stanford came in second only to harvard. Ucberkeley was third. M. I. T. And the university of cambridge round out the top 5. San Francisco City attorney is trying to stop city college from closing. The Community College was notified that it would lose its accreditation next summer for failing to meet Quality Assurance standards. Today Dennis Herrera asked a judge to block the accrediting commission from taking action. He accuses the commission of playing politics not judging by performance. A political debate over the future of californias Community Colleges that was going on in sacramento, the Accreditation Process was being used unfairly to squelch that debate. Because unaccredited schools are not eligible for state and federal funding the revocation would force the college of 85,000 students to close. A huge embarrassments for the nasdaq today. Trading was halted for three hours because of a technical glitch. Thats a long time to sit idle when trading happens so fast. As kpix 5 reporter ryan takeo tells us, the blackout raises Uneasy Feelings about all electronic trading. This is the nasdaq trading it stops and you have a flat line. You know, if you are in a hospital, thats a very serious thing. Reporter from securities experts to the casual investor there is no longer a certainty of investment. Reporter nasdaq going dark is an issue. It has a real impact. All the prices are going in on a computer basis all being handled at the same time and all being sorted out and thats what crashed. Reporter barry doesnt like the markets reliance on computers. Theres a real problem with the Way Investment takes place nowadays. When you have any type of lack of confidence in the market, then its a problem for everybody including the people who dont actively trade. That it could be very disruptive. Reporter the us treasury secretary tried to calm any confidence issues while speaking to a Silicon Valley crowd today. And sometimes, they are just system failures where machines break and they need to be fixed and get up and running. Reporter speaking of redundancy, if it seems like we have been here before, well this is bringing back memories of just last year when a Software Glitch on the nasdaq tanked facebooks ipo. Nasdaq was fined 10 million because of that. This is just bringing back those confidence issues once again. There were no signs of panic in the financial district. By midafternoon, nasdaq was back online after surviving the threehour freeze and closed up 1 . In San Francisco, ryan takeo, kpix 5. That 1 equals the nasdaq ending up 38 points. The dow was also up 66. Santa clara county 911 dispatchers are the ones calling for help this time. They say they are fed up with working overtime and are threatening to strike. Kpix 5s len ramirez is live with the potential threat to public safety. Len. Reporter being a 911 dispatcher is one of toughest jobs around, its a very high stress job and you cant make mistakes. But Santa Clara County dispatchers say they are afraid they may not be able to perform at that high a level because of what they describe as hours and hours of forced overtime. They called it blowing the whistle on Santa Clara County and shining a light on a shortage of 911 operators. Were so short staffed that management has instituted a mandatory overtime policy to the point of preventing dispatchers from going home for up to 14 hours a day. Reporter Union Members including 911 dispatchers say they are prepared to walk off the job in order to fix what they call their own staffing emergency. Voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike by 96 . Reporter no strike has yet been called but the possibility of a walkout is hanging over salary negotiations with the county. The affected dispatchers are those who answer the call for 911 in unincorporated areas. The staffing level is authorized for 75 dispatchers but the union says only 50 are on the job. The county says the number is closer to 64 but both sides agree it is a shortage. I agree that there is a number of vacancies. We are recruiting. We are using all methods at the moment. We are looking for transfers from other agencies. Reporter the problem according to union is Santa Clara County doesnt pay competitively and skilled dispatchers are leaving to work for other agencies where they can earn more. Compared to San Francisco, Santa Clara County 911 dispatchers are on the shortened of a salary gap starting out at about 8,000 less a year. Were among the lowest paid in the county. Reporter this person doesnt want to strike but says he cant go on working 14hour days six days a week. Its stressful. It wears on you after a while and it does make it more difficult to stay focused and do your job. Reporter if there is a strike by county workers, its unclear right now as to whether or not the 911 dispatchers would be allowed to participate in that strike. Just to be sure, the county executive is thinking of going to a judge to get a court order to prevent 911 dispatchers to walk off the job saying that they are essential to public safety. Live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Another round of contract negotiations with dispatchers and other workers with the county is scheduled for this weekend. In bay area headlines no word on any agreements between bart and its Union Leaders today. But the two sides did meet for a closed session. The examiner reports some San Francisco Business Leaders are urging Governor Brown to personally get involved in the contract talks. And today police shut down a San Mateo County Office Building after an employee came across a letter that had white powder on it. The woman reported feeling a Burning Sensation on her fingers and lips. More than 45 employees were evacuated. Hazmat tested the powder determined it wasnt harmful and allowed the building to reopen. Developing news as Governor Brown has declared a state of emergency for this massive fire near yosemite. The rim fire tripled in size overnight. San francisco also declared its own state of emergency. What that means is the city is now offering up the use of camp mather as a staging area for firefighters and their equipment. But that rim fire now covers more than 84 square miles. That is almost twice the size of the city of San Francisco. Teresa garcia in the thick of it where the flames are spreading nearly unchecked. Reporter it is massive. And out of control. The flames are burning towards a National Treasure the Yosemite National park. We are in a burnedout area where once behind me you had a mountainside full of brush and trees. Its now completely scorched and getting more threatening because the Tuolumne County sheriff just issued a mandatory evacuation for some communities yet you have nearly a dozen others that are also under voluntary advisories. Towers of flames shoot from the forest near Yosemite National park. Its at the top of the tree. Reporter the rim wildfire more than tripled in size overnight scorching more than 54,000 acres. The situation is is is bad. The smoke is really bad. This camp, were very fortunate to still be here this morning. Reporter the flames have destroyed at least two homes and threatened at least 2500 buildings including homes and hotels. The people who live in the area are shaken. I think im still in a little bit of shock, but ill be balling my eyes out when i start to calm down because this is my backyard. Reporter flames crossed a major road into yosemite closing a fourmile stretch of it. The blaze is one of more than 50 major fires burning in several western states. This noaa animation shows the trail of smoke from the fires. The steep mountainous terrain is making it difficult for crews to get to the flames burning around yosemite. Reporter thats forcing firefighters to attack the flames from above. But its not enough. Its bad. Im not going to kid anyone. Its a real bad fire. Reporter the wildfire is now just 2 contained. Fire officials are worried it will be a long, tough fight. Reporter firefighters are really doing all they can to keep up. It is a tough fight. You have droughtlike conditions so really tinder dry fuel out here and also in just the past 24 hours there have been more than 4,000 lightning strikes which in itself has sparked 45 new fires all around northern california. Just doesnt stop. So teresa, this is all outside of Yosemite National park as far as the park itself, things are still open . We have a holiday coming up . Reporter amazingly it is outside the park and where we are is 10 to 12 miles to the western entrance. The park is open but thats tentative. Things could change. At this point its pretty much smoke thats been pushing toward that area. Its full of people. Its summertime. We have labor day upon us. So a tough issue also for businesses in the area who certainly dont want to lose some income there. And the way this thing is growing, well watch it closely. All right, teresa, thank you. Freaking out. Never been in a situation like that before. Bay area students forced to cut their camping trip short. How the mad dash from the rim fire turned into a bonding experience of a lifetime. [ sirens ] a closeup look at the chps new crimefighting weapon, that suv is so hightech, officers need a Training Course to drive it. From the kpix 5 weather center, good evening, everybody. Sure, it was cooler today than yesterday. And certainly not as warm as it will be tomorrow. Well have your pinpoint forecast. It was emotional. If you buy organic produce in the bay area, it likely came from here. The bay Area Business thats bursting at the seams and enjoying sweet success. ,,,, female narrator its posturepedic versus beautyrest its posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep thats when crews will put e finishing touches on the new span. In just six days, the old bay bridge will shut down for good. Thats when crews will put the finishing touches on the new span. When it opens about 11 days from now, one thing will be conspicuously unfinished. Ken bastida took mobile5 to Treasure Island to show us why the bike path suddenly stops. Reporter only six more days of sitting into traffic coming into San Francisco westbound. You know, liz that some of those folks are look over to the right and looking down at three weird looking flatbed semis there and three weird looking structures on the back. Those are actually sections of the new bike lane that will be put into place this week. Another big indication that this big is about to open. Just getting over the ridge is a route itself. Reporter rain, shine or fog, the Golden Gate Bridge is always flooded with cyclists. Feel like youre constantly next to something thats just, you know, that you could soak in looking at. Its just beautiful here. Reporter and cyclists are about to get a few more miles of new path on the new bay bridge. The work thats going on today is to put a temporary connector at the oakland side so the public can start outing can start using the bridge. Reporter on yerba buena island, what looks like oversized ikea furniture is being hoisted up on to the new deck where it gets trucked across the bridge to oakland. Its all going up here because thats where they had room to build 270,000 pounds of bike ramp. The modules are made of douglas firs. Reporter once it opens you go from east bay soil on to the new bay bridge giving cyclists and pedestrians a path all the way across the new span stopping just short of yerba buena island. At least for now. After traffic has been moved on to the new eastern span, they will start to demolish the original east span near the tunnel freeing up the room to connect the bike path into the island. Reporter and while the path will remain incomplete for some time, it will still offer a brandnew ride with a view you have never seen before. A 2 grade all the way out and all the way back, and youre going to get some really great views of the original east span, which people havent had before, but also of the bay. Reporter so eventually the bike path will be on the concrete wing you see where the orange barrier on it right now. Theres where the bike path will be connected. When they take the s curve down in the coming months and years that bike path will eventually join up to the island. So the big question is, when condition we go from the island into San Francisco . Well, thats actually a Feasibility Study they have look at. They say it is definitely something they can do, liz. And its just going to take a lot more money and probably a few more years. Im sure. All right, kenny, thank you. Chps new soupedup Police Vehicle so hightech they need a Training Course before they can use it. Chp is the first agency in the state to use fords new intercepter suv. They say its faster, smarter, more fuelefficient. But it is also equipped with a computer, five radios and other hightech addons just for law enforcement. The chp officers will have to take a fourhour Training Course before they can take it out on patrol. New at 6 00, one organic business in San Francisco celebrating 25 years in the industry. And to mark the occasion earls produce in the bayview is undergoing a big expansion. As mark kelly reports, the key to decades of success is in the product. We have bananas that are fair trade from peru. Reporter for robert, talking produce can get a little personal. Food is emotional. Reporter for the past 25 years he has worked to spread the sentiment about food to others. These guys were in business back in 1988 before organic was cool or trendy. And boy, has the world of food changed since. I think 30, 40 years ago, we all dreamed of the day where the Big Box Stores and the big retailers and everybody would carry organics and lo and behold, it happened. The whole foods, Rainbow Grocery here in San Francisco, safeway. Reporter Randy Windham is a food buyer selling produce to all the Major Grocery chains. Today, the organic business is ripe. Demand is higher than supply. And this wholesaler is about to make a big leap. After 25 years earls organic is still growing about to add even more space. The new space, which opens at the end of the year, is right next door and two times the size of the current one. This room alone will be a giant refrigerator. Soon enough organic produce will line these shelves. Staff see a colorful future for organics. We eat what we sell. We taste it. We love it. Reporter but organics is not without challenges. Helping small organic farmers get goods to market is one of them. But those challenges are for tomorrow. Now earls is celebrating a silver anniversary and its growing business. Thank god. Reporter earls have another 25 years ahead of it . Absolutely. All right, roberta. Ro, ro, how does your garden grow. I brought in salsa today from my own serranos, jalapenos, onions, garlic, tomatillos, a little bit of heat. But actually it hasnt been really great weather for tomatoes season. We were unseasonably cool again today. Look at that right there. This is a live kpix weather camera looking toward Mineta International airport. You see a few planes on approach there. Everything looks smooth even though its a bit gusty at the airport there with west winds at 20. San jose reporting 71 degrees. Livermore now at 74. Oakland at 68. Our highs today were averaging about 10 degrees below normal. And our inland areas like this particular view from dublin, looking across pleasanton, towards the Diablo Mountain range, 68 degrees at this hour. Its cool. Westerlies at 20. In fact, i was reading some of the posts on my Obama Administration<\/a> wants to write a new chapter on College Costs<\/a> proposing ideas like, more federal aid for colleges that keep costs down and capping student loan payments at 10 of income so students dont earn a seconddegree in personal debt. I avoid loans as much as i can, but i do have to you have to get loans. Its almost impossible. Reporter until then, parents will pinch pennies and students will study hard hoping when they graduate, they dont move straight into the poorhouse. Im just excited that she gets to do this. Its something that i wanted to do for myself but i get to experience that with her together. Reporter now, it costs about 3,000 a semester here, nothing to sneeze at. Because prop 30 passed tuition is lower this year than last year. One more number to wrap your head around. These freshmen are part of the clash of 2017. Reporting live in San Francisco<\/a>, im brian webb, kpix 5. The bay area is home to two of the top three universities in the world. Thats according to new rankings by a university in china. Stanford came in second only to harvard. Ucberkeley was third. M. I. T. And the university of cambridge round out the top 5. San Francisco City<\/a> attorney is trying to stop city college from closing. The Community College<\/a> was notified that it would lose its accreditation next summer for failing to meet Quality Assurance<\/a> standards. Today Dennis Herrera<\/a> asked a judge to block the accrediting commission from taking action. He accuses the commission of playing politics not judging by performance. A political debate over the future of californias Community College<\/a>s that was going on in sacramento, the Accreditation Process<\/a> was being used unfairly to squelch that debate. Because unaccredited schools are not eligible for state and federal funding the revocation would force the college of 85,000 students to close. A huge embarrassments for the nasdaq today. Trading was halted for three hours because of a technical glitch. Thats a long time to sit idle when trading happens so fast. As kpix 5 reporter ryan takeo tells us, the blackout raises Uneasy Feelings<\/a> about all electronic trading. This is the nasdaq trading it stops and you have a flat line. You know, if you are in a hospital, thats a very serious thing. Reporter from securities experts to the casual investor there is no longer a certainty of investment. Reporter nasdaq going dark is an issue. It has a real impact. All the prices are going in on a computer basis all being handled at the same time and all being sorted out and thats what crashed. Reporter barry doesnt like the markets reliance on computers. Theres a real problem with the Way Investment<\/a> takes place nowadays. When you have any type of lack of confidence in the market, then its a problem for everybody including the people who dont actively trade. That it could be very disruptive. Reporter the us treasury secretary tried to calm any confidence issues while speaking to a Silicon Valley<\/a> crowd today. And sometimes, they are just system failures where machines break and they need to be fixed and get up and running. Reporter speaking of redundancy, if it seems like we have been here before, well this is bringing back memories of just last year when a Software Glitch<\/a> on the nasdaq tanked facebooks ipo. Nasdaq was fined 10 million because of that. This is just bringing back those confidence issues once again. There were no signs of panic in the financial district. By midafternoon, nasdaq was back online after surviving the threehour freeze and closed up 1 . In San Francisco<\/a>, ryan takeo, kpix 5. That 1 equals the nasdaq ending up 38 points. The dow was also up 66. Santa clara county 911 dispatchers are the ones calling for help this time. They say they are fed up with working overtime and are threatening to strike. Kpix 5s len ramirez is live with the potential threat to public safety. Len. Reporter being a 911 dispatcher is one of toughest jobs around, its a very high stress job and you cant make mistakes. But Santa Clara County<\/a> dispatchers say they are afraid they may not be able to perform at that high a level because of what they describe as hours and hours of forced overtime. They called it blowing the whistle on Santa Clara County<\/a> and shining a light on a shortage of 911 operators. Were so short staffed that management has instituted a mandatory overtime policy to the point of preventing dispatchers from going home for up to 14 hours a day. Reporter Union Members<\/a> including 911 dispatchers say they are prepared to walk off the job in order to fix what they call their own staffing emergency. Voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike by 96 . Reporter no strike has yet been called but the possibility of a walkout is hanging over salary negotiations with the county. The affected dispatchers are those who answer the call for 911 in unincorporated areas. The staffing level is authorized for 75 dispatchers but the union says only 50 are on the job. The county says the number is closer to 64 but both sides agree it is a shortage. I agree that there is a number of vacancies. We are recruiting. We are using all methods at the moment. We are looking for transfers from other agencies. Reporter the problem according to union is Santa Clara County<\/a> doesnt pay competitively and skilled dispatchers are leaving to work for other agencies where they can earn more. Compared to San Francisco<\/a>, Santa Clara County<\/a> 911 dispatchers are on the shortened of a salary gap starting out at about 8,000 less a year. Were among the lowest paid in the county. Reporter this person doesnt want to strike but says he cant go on working 14hour days six days a week. Its stressful. It wears on you after a while and it does make it more difficult to stay focused and do your job. Reporter if there is a strike by county workers, its unclear right now as to whether or not the 911 dispatchers would be allowed to participate in that strike. Just to be sure, the county executive is thinking of going to a judge to get a court order to prevent 911 dispatchers to walk off the job saying that they are essential to public safety. Live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Another round of contract negotiations with dispatchers and other workers with the county is scheduled for this weekend. In bay area headlines no word on any agreements between bart and its Union Leaders<\/a> today. But the two sides did meet for a closed session. The examiner reports some San Francisco<\/a> Business Leaders<\/a> are urging Governor Brown<\/a> to personally get involved in the contract talks. And today police shut down a San Mateo County<\/a> Office Building<\/a> after an employee came across a letter that had white powder on it. The woman reported feeling a Burning Sensation<\/a> on her fingers and lips. More than 45 employees were evacuated. Hazmat tested the powder determined it wasnt harmful and allowed the building to reopen. Developing news as Governor Brown<\/a> has declared a state of emergency for this massive fire near yosemite. The rim fire tripled in size overnight. San francisco also declared its own state of emergency. What that means is the city is now offering up the use of camp mather as a staging area for firefighters and their equipment. But that rim fire now covers more than 84 square miles. That is almost twice the size of the city of San Francisco<\/a>. Teresa garcia in the thick of it where the flames are spreading nearly unchecked. Reporter it is massive. And out of control. The flames are burning towards a National Treasure<\/a> the Yosemite National<\/a> park. We are in a burnedout area where once behind me you had a mountainside full of brush and trees. Its now completely scorched and getting more threatening because the Tuolumne County<\/a> sheriff just issued a mandatory evacuation for some communities yet you have nearly a dozen others that are also under voluntary advisories. Towers of flames shoot from the forest near Yosemite National<\/a> park. Its at the top of the tree. Reporter the rim wildfire more than tripled in size overnight scorching more than 54,000 acres. The situation is is is bad. The smoke is really bad. This camp, were very fortunate to still be here this morning. Reporter the flames have destroyed at least two homes and threatened at least 2500 buildings including homes and hotels. The people who live in the area are shaken. I think im still in a little bit of shock, but ill be balling my eyes out when i start to calm down because this is my backyard. Reporter flames crossed a major road into yosemite closing a fourmile stretch of it. The blaze is one of more than 50 major fires burning in several western states. This noaa animation shows the trail of smoke from the fires. The steep mountainous terrain is making it difficult for crews to get to the flames burning around yosemite. Reporter thats forcing firefighters to attack the flames from above. But its not enough. Its bad. Im not going to kid anyone. Its a real bad fire. Reporter the wildfire is now just 2 contained. Fire officials are worried it will be a long, tough fight. Reporter firefighters are really doing all they can to keep up. It is a tough fight. You have droughtlike conditions so really tinder dry fuel out here and also in just the past 24 hours there have been more than 4,000 lightning strikes which in itself has sparked 45 new fires all around northern california. Just doesnt stop. So teresa, this is all outside of Yosemite National<\/a> park as far as the park itself, things are still open . We have a holiday coming up . Reporter amazingly it is outside the park and where we are is 10 to 12 miles to the western entrance. The park is open but thats tentative. Things could change. At this point its pretty much smoke thats been pushing toward that area. Its full of people. Its summertime. We have labor day upon us. So a tough issue also for businesses in the area who certainly dont want to lose some income there. And the way this thing is growing, well watch it closely. All right, teresa, thank you. Freaking out. Never been in a situation like that before. Bay area students forced to cut their camping trip short. How the mad dash from the rim fire turned into a bonding experience of a lifetime. [ sirens ] a closeup look at the chps new crimefighting weapon, that suv is so hightech, officers need a Training Course<\/a> to drive it. From the kpix 5 weather center, good evening, everybody. Sure, it was cooler today than yesterday. And certainly not as warm as it will be tomorrow. Well have your pinpoint forecast. It was emotional. If you buy organic produce in the bay area, it likely came from here. The bay Area Business<\/a> thats bursting at the seams and enjoying sweet success. ,,,, female narrator its posturepedic versus beautyrest its posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep thats when crews will put e finishing touches on the new span. In just six days, the old bay bridge will shut down for good. Thats when crews will put the finishing touches on the new span. When it opens about 11 days from now, one thing will be conspicuously unfinished. Ken bastida took mobile5 to Treasure Island<\/a> to show us why the bike path suddenly stops. Reporter only six more days of sitting into traffic coming into San Francisco<\/a> westbound. You know, liz that some of those folks are look over to the right and looking down at three weird looking flatbed semis there and three weird looking structures on the back. Those are actually sections of the new bike lane that will be put into place this week. Another big indication that this big is about to open. Just getting over the ridge is a route itself. Reporter rain, shine or fog, the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> is always flooded with cyclists. Feel like youre constantly next to something thats just, you know, that you could soak in looking at. Its just beautiful here. Reporter and cyclists are about to get a few more miles of new path on the new bay bridge. The work thats going on today is to put a temporary connector at the oakland side so the public can start outing can start using the bridge. Reporter on yerba buena island, what looks like oversized ikea furniture is being hoisted up on to the new deck where it gets trucked across the bridge to oakland. Its all going up here because thats where they had room to build 270,000 pounds of bike ramp. The modules are made of douglas firs. Reporter once it opens you go from east bay soil on to the new bay bridge giving cyclists and pedestrians a path all the way across the new span stopping just short of yerba buena island. At least for now. After traffic has been moved on to the new eastern span, they will start to demolish the original east span near the tunnel freeing up the room to connect the bike path into the island. Reporter and while the path will remain incomplete for some time, it will still offer a brandnew ride with a view you have never seen before. A 2 grade all the way out and all the way back, and youre going to get some really great views of the original east span, which people havent had before, but also of the bay. Reporter so eventually the bike path will be on the concrete wing you see where the orange barrier on it right now. Theres where the bike path will be connected. When they take the s curve down in the coming months and years that bike path will eventually join up to the island. So the big question is, when condition we go from the island into San Francisco<\/a> . Well, thats actually a Feasibility Study<\/a> they have look at. They say it is definitely something they can do, liz. And its just going to take a lot more money and probably a few more years. Im sure. All right, kenny, thank you. Chps new soupedup Police Vehicle<\/a> so hightech they need a Training Course<\/a> before they can use it. Chp is the first agency in the state to use fords new intercepter suv. They say its faster, smarter, more fuelefficient. But it is also equipped with a computer, five radios and other hightech addons just for law enforcement. The chp officers will have to take a fourhour Training Course<\/a> before they can take it out on patrol. New at 6 00, one organic business in San Francisco<\/a> celebrating 25 years in the industry. And to mark the occasion earls produce in the bayview is undergoing a big expansion. As mark kelly reports, the key to decades of success is in the product. We have bananas that are fair trade from peru. Reporter for robert, talking produce can get a little personal. Food is emotional. Reporter for the past 25 years he has worked to spread the sentiment about food to others. These guys were in business back in 1988 before organic was cool or trendy. And boy, has the world of food changed since. I think 30, 40 years ago, we all dreamed of the day where the Big Box Stores<\/a> and the big retailers and everybody would carry organics and lo and behold, it happened. The whole foods, Rainbow Grocery<\/a> here in San Francisco<\/a>, safeway. Reporter Randy Windham<\/a> is a food buyer selling produce to all the Major Grocery<\/a> chains. Today, the organic business is ripe. Demand is higher than supply. And this wholesaler is about to make a big leap. After 25 years earls organic is still growing about to add even more space. The new space, which opens at the end of the year, is right next door and two times the size of the current one. This room alone will be a giant refrigerator. Soon enough organic produce will line these shelves. Staff see a colorful future for organics. We eat what we sell. We taste it. We love it. Reporter but organics is not without challenges. Helping small organic farmers get goods to market is one of them. But those challenges are for tomorrow. Now earls is celebrating a silver anniversary and its growing business. Thank god. Reporter earls have another 25 years ahead of it . Absolutely. All right, roberta. Ro, ro, how does your garden grow. I brought in salsa today from my own serranos, jalapenos, onions, garlic, tomatillos, a little bit of heat. But actually it hasnt been really great weather for tomatoes season. We were unseasonably cool again today. Look at that right there. This is a live kpix weather camera looking toward Mineta International<\/a> airport. You see a few planes on approach there. Everything looks smooth even though its a bit gusty at the airport there with west winds at 20. San jose reporting 71 degrees. Livermore now at 74. Oakland at 68. Our highs today were averaging about 10 degrees below normal. And our inland areas like this particular view from dublin, looking across pleasanton, towards the Diablo Mountain<\/a> range, 68 degrees at this hour. Its cool. Westerlies at 20. In fact, i was reading some of the posts on my Facebook Page<\/a> and lots of people have just thrown open their windows in the inland areas because its refreshing now, we will see the buildup with the low clouds and fog back onshore again and locally marching inland later tonight but meanwhile, today, took a while before those clouds to retreat. Therefore, the temperatures were cool. 66 San Francisco<\/a>. 73 in san jose. 76 degrees in napa. Tonight overnight 54 to 60 thats pretty much the temperature span with the return of a robust marine layer. Right now about three dozen feet deep off the coast wants to push into the bay. Locally march inland at least a good 50 miles towards that dublin grade in the trivalley and just whoever around the inverness area. Otherwise we will see the clearing as this area of low pressure finally lifts to the north so lets go ahead and pinpoint your forecast. Temperatures at the coast tomorrow into the 60s. 70s peninsula. Up to 89 degrees in morgan hill. It was 58 there today. 89 in brentwood tomorrow which is spot on for this time of the year. From the 60s through the 70s into the 80s in the northern portion of our bay area, 89 degrees in ukiah. So its going to be warmer tomorrow. But then it cools off gradually over the weekend and those numbers youre taking a look at from saturday through thursday are actually pretty spot on for this time of the year with 60s at the coast and 80s inland. And how does your garden grow . I have some good tomatoes. You do . Youre doing okay . I did heirlooms. Not the tomatillos. Still recovering from her hot salsa thank you, roberta. We are looking for good homes that can appreciate them as much as we do. Maybe theyre kind of like big dogs . Dozens of mini horses in needed of a second chance. How you can help them find a home. From bradley to chelsea. The man sentenced for leaking government secrets has a surprising request. And he wants taxpayers to foot the bill. ,,,,, goodnight. Thanks, olivia. Thank you. So you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyones phone or email. speaking french so you can express your gratitude. In the moment. Chase quickpay. So you can. Dozens have been rescued th to angels for minis. A herd of mini horses has just arrived in the east bay looking for new homes. Our don ford tells us dozens have been rescued thanks to angels for minis. Reporter they arrived by the dozen an entire herd of miniature horses into the corrals of angels for minis. Com a specialized care and rescue facility near brentwood. We take in miniature horses that have become too much for the owners. Reporter these horses came from the redding area and all from one owner. She had over 200 horses. And she surrendered 47 of them to us because she simply cant care for all of them. Reporter theyre not much bigger than some dogs. Some were a little worse for wear but theyll get vaccinations and their hooves trimmed and a bath. Animal rescuers have seen a glut of mini horses. They are given up by pet owners unable to pay for the upkeep. And all these horses will need new homes. We have about 30, 35 more to place. So we are looking for good homes that can appreciate them as much as we do. Ha, baby girl. I love you. Reporter gale burns came to help her friend karen who already owns full sized horses, adopt a mini. Very sweet natured just for being a mini. So i chose this little one. Reporter guess what happened to gayle . She adopted a horse, too. Of course i have to tell my husband that later. I havent told him that yet. I said i was going on an outing with my friend. [ laughter ] reporter hey, honey, look, i brought a horse home [ laughter ] reporter a few years ago during the recession, these horses were going for 3,000. Now after an application is completed and approved, you can have one of these for around 300. This saturday, students from the ucdavis school of veterinary medicine will be here to give each and every one of these new horses a thorough physical examination. In brentwood, don ford, kpix 5. Theyre not a pony. They are a horse. But if you want to find out more about these miniature horses, visit kpix. Com. So adorable. There are cute. They require a lot of work. I dont know what to do with them. You have a vet bill and you have to trim their feet. Yeah. [ laughter ] coming up in the next half hour the sheriff didnt even let us go to our tents and collect our stuff. We had to evacuate immediately. An unexpected adventure for bay area students at summer camp. How the race to evacuate turned into a valuable learning experience. His parting gift should be good riddance. A deal is in place to push san diegos mayor out of office. How his exfiance is trying to keep him from cashing in. Trained to sniff, track and tweet . How the newest members of a Bay Area Police<\/a> force are making a big splash on social media. Do you see the 10 back in points, aw baby, im seeing triple again. Plus another 10 , plus Free Shipping<\/a> . Yeah. Youre good. This is the member triple play deal. This is sears. [ male announcer ] wouldnt it be great if all devices had backup power . The Chevrolet Volt<\/a> does. Its ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. No wonder volt is americas bestselling plugin. Thats American Ingenuity<\/a> to find new roads. The 2013 volt. Charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. Br we came together quicker than any other camping trip i have been on. Now at 6 30, a rush to escape a raging fire turns into the best kind of ice breaker for some bay area campers. The rim fire near yosemite now covers more than 84 square miles. Almost double the size of the city of San Francisco<\/a>. Flames devoured two homes threatened 2500 other buildings. Governor brown has declared a state of emergency for the fire zone. The city of San Francisco<\/a> has donated the use of camp mather as a staging area for firefighters and their equipment. At only 2 containment the wildfire continues to rage out of control. An Evacuation Order<\/a> cut a camping trip short for some Bay Area High School<\/a> students. The trip was supposed to help them bond before classes began. Students told our da lin the fire actually enhanced their experience. Oh. Oh, my god. Reporter fastmoving flames chased about 100 Berkeley Students<\/a> out of their campsites near yosemite. A student recorded this video as they were fleeing. Around like 20 minutes after we left, the fire was where i was standing when i took the video. Reporter the small private Maybeck High School<\/a> in berkeleydoes a weeklong camping trip every year before classes start. Its meant for students and teachers to get to know each other. But within two hours of arriving at their campsite on monday and just after they had unpacked, sheriffs deputies ordered them to evacuate. The sheriff didnt even let us go to our tents and collect our stuff. We had to evacuate immediately. Reporter the buses that took them there had already left so students were jammed into any vehicles that were there including a cattle truck and a moving truck. Turning out of camp, you could see the fire just burning on the hills. I was freaking out. I have never been in a situation like that before. Reporter many students here say the evacuation gave them an even better opportunity to bond with each other. We were given the ultimate ice breaker in the form of fire. Going into a situation like this where we sort of have to improvise and think on our feet and stuff, uhm, were a lot more authentic in the way we interact with each other. Reporter instead of not having a trip this year, the school decided to have a minicamp today at their high school. Students say it was a great way to reconnect with others and talk about their experiences before School Starts<\/a> monday. In berkeley, im da lin, kpix 5. Personal items that were left behind will be returned to the campers once the fire threat has passed. The chp says the driver of a tour bus down in Southern California<\/a> made a dangerous lane change causing the bus to crash and as you see overturn. This morning the bus hit a car on the 210 freeway in irwindale before landing on its side going down the embankment. Senior citizens are among 52 passengers treated for minor injuries. The commotion shut down freeway traffic in both directions for hours. Look at this. How bad was it . People were getting out of their vehicles. Traffic backed up for miles before that mess was cleaned up. Hannah anderson is sharing new details about the family friend accused of abducting her. The 16yearold spoke publicly about her ordeal for the first time today. In an interview with nbcs today show, anderson explained why she exchanged more than a dozen Text Messages<\/a> with James Dimaggio<\/a> the day of her kidnapping. He was picking me up from cheer camp and he didnt know the address or like where i was so i had to tell him the address and tell him that he was going to be in the gym and not in front of the school. Authorities say dimaggio fled with anderson to idaho after killing her mother and brother. Dimaggio died days later in a shootout with the fbi. San diegos mayor may be on the verge of stepping down. Looks that way. Sources are saying its part of a deal following dozens of Sexual Harassment<\/a> allegations. Cbs reporter Melanie Woodrow<\/a> has the dramatic response from a prominent l. A. Attorney representing alleged ving alleged victims. The mayors resignation should not be bought at the expense of victims. Reporter she called for a public hearing prior to the City Council Voting<\/a> on a deal behind closed doors on friday. We dont know the details of the reported deal and we have not approved it. Reporter the deal was presumably reached by the mayor and the city. Both defendants in a lawsuit filed by allred on behalf of one of filners alleged victims irene jackson. His exfiancee is also calling for his resignation. In this Great American<\/a> democracy we expect and deserve our government and its representatives to serve the citizens and the community in a respectful intell gent and fair manner. Reporter through allremember, ingram said she never witnessed instances of Sexual Harassment<\/a> firsthand. But previously she said mayor filners behavior during a trip they took together and the current allegations led her to believe he is impaired in his ability to run a city. A sentiment echoed by those calling for his resignation. His parting gift should be, good riddance, instead of a handout. A potential deal could allow filner to resign without having to pay back legal fees that the city would have to spend to defend itself in the lawsuit. Well, a surprise revelation from bradley manning. He wants to serve out his wikileaks sentence as chelsea. The 25yearold man announced that he wants to receive hormone therapy and become a woman while in prison. Manning was sentenced to 35 years for leaking classified government documents to wikileaks. The army denied mannings request because it does not provide those types of medical treatments. Facebook ads you may not be able to ignore. How your homepage is about to get a lot more colorful. Oreos surprising twist how this favorite snack may not be all its stuffed up to be. And another look at the new bay bridge. By this time next week, the entire bridge will be closed for the grand opening. 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May not have enough stuff. But first, sue kwon on the on consumerwatch yahoo employees are walking with more swagger and your oreo cookies may not have enough stuff. First the changes to your facebook afghanistan. Sue kwon reports. Reporter facebook ads are about to be supercharged. The social network just signed a deal with shutterstock to license millions of images that can be used in ads. It will be easier for facebook to pull together visual ads toward the at users. This is after another tool that helps Company Create<\/a> apps to build ads. Get ready to see more intensely imaged ads in the next few weeks. Success is the best revenge for everyone at google who said she couldnt do it. Under the leadership of Marissa Mayer<\/a> yahoo slid past google in web traffic. Search and mobile results are not included but mark re Market Research<\/a> shows that yahoo out outpaced google in unique visits. Share share values a new york math teach her students challenge the oreo cookie claim that theres double the amount of cream filling in double stuff oreos and cookieloving consumers will be sad to hear the claims are untrue. His students measured cookie height and weight deducted the waivers and found theres only 1. 86 times more stuff. I dont know. That might need some more research because if you take two singles and you squish them, its about the same as a double stuff so you guys are going to have to research this. 1. 86 versus 2. 0 . Well have to try them just to see if its different. We need a ph. D. On this. Now, we need milk. True [ laughter ] that would be better. Thank you. Coming up, move over, turner and hootch. [ dog howling ] san rafaels newest k9 cops have a few tricks up their paws. How they are using twitter to connect with the community. Tricks up their paws . Are you serious . Hi, everybody. From the kpix 5 weather center, good evening. It was much cooler today than yesterday. But not as warm as its going to be tomorrow. Well have that pinpoint forecast. Im Dennis Odonnell<\/a>. Coming up, giants fans, you might want to close your eyes. All bearded up ready to go. From one wild pitcher to another. Thats 50 years ago. I threw a nohitter here. What bill lee did right here in the bay area last night. I bought him my rookie year instead of buying a car. And the raiders players bed you cant get at sleep train. ,,,, female narrator the mattress price wars are on the mattress price wars are on at sleep train. We challenged the manufacturers to offer even lower prices. Now its posturepedic versus beautyrest with big savings of up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Plus, free sameday delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. When brands compete, you save. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep the high cost. And as kpix 5s john ramos s t the community it is one Bay Area Police<\/a> departments answer to putting more cops out on the streets without the high cost. And as kpix 5s john ramos tells us, its got the community all atwitter. He camp be a total lover but he has a switch where he can turn it on. Reporter the 2yearold German Shepherd<\/a> is one of two dogs put into service this week by the San Rafael Police<\/a> department resurrecting a k9 unit shut down 11 years ago because of budget cuts. The difference now is the new unit is entirely funded by donations from the puck. Its not like money is falling in our laps. We have had to work for it but we found everybody wants to help out with this kind of program. Besides protecting officers, the dogs are trained to track. Sniff out drugs and be goodwill ambassadors for the department so everyone was excited at the swearingin sermoned night including one of the dogs himself. [ howling dog ] my partners dog basically was reciting the oath himself. We got through it. It was indiana, got lots of laughs. Reporter and the dogs are communicating with the public in mother more hightech way. They each have a twitter page where the dogs thoughts are translated for a growing number of followers including a little dogtodog razzing about the performance in the council chambers. Its lighthearted and helps with fundraising. Reporter thats the point because these dogs wouldnt exist without the direct involvement of the community. Lieutenant fink says social media have made people more informed and more engaged and they dont respond well to the old macho cop telling them to move along. The department has learned that sometimes, you can accomplish more by replacing a hardnosed officer with a wetnosed one. In san rafael, john ramos, kpix 5. Your dog that smart, roberta . My dog can type a lot better. [ laughter ] i have seen the typos on twitter from those dogs. What a sweet idea, reit . Adorable. What a ruff time that dog has trying to type. [ laughter ] lets look at this, downtown san jose. The rotunda. You know in san jose today the High Temperature<\/a> was 5 degrees below average and boy, other notable numbers in and around our microclimate shaping up like this from the low 60s at the coast to the low 70s in oakland. Livermore was about 10 degrees below average. And same story in santa rosa so it was unseasonably cool today. This is the scene in dublin looking towards pleasanton where it has cooled off. It is currently 68 degrees there. Otherwise, 74 in livermore and we have a robust sea breeze out of the west 10 to 20 miles per hour. Tonight, with the blanket of clouds, numbers 54 to 60 degrees for overnight lows. And that wind will begin to dial back but right now, its onshore flow. Its a westerly 10 to 20 all associated with this very deep marine layer that will penetrate the inland areas overnight. Heres your morning commute to the san mateo coastline. Its totally socked in but santa cruz is clear and we do see some clearing at inverness tomorrow right there in point reyes as well, occidental and guerneville will be sunny and bright and warmer than today. The reason is, area of low pressure right there spinning finally kicking out in a northerly direction. Its location right now is 145 miles north of San Francisco<\/a>. And as it continues to lift to the north, High Pressure<\/a> builds in. And we see seasonal summertime weather right here through the bay area. In fact, well pinpoint your neighborhood forecast kick starting with the coast that will be clear during the afternoon hours into the 60s including moss and montera. 70s will be common from san mateo back into redwood city all the way into los altos and 75 degrees in campbell. We jump up to 89 in morgan hill and gilroy, where today was 85. 88 in ptown. 90 in brentwood. 78 in pleasant hill. It will be warmer tomorrow in san rafael through novato into petaluma, sonoma, glen ellen and right there around the central bay. You will notice temperatures in the 60s and 70s a pretty robust wind in the afternoon house of representatives. Low 90s in clearlake. Heres your sevenday forecast. Were talking about seasonal weather each and every day all the way through thursday. Were talking about raiders tomorrow 7 00 clear skies as they host the chicago bears. Temperatures at 67 degrees. Im sure Dennis Odonnell<\/a> has something to say about that. Thats coming up after this brief timeout. Most popular players in team history pitch for their hat rival. As if things werent bad enough for giants fans in 2013 they now have to watch one of their most popular players in team history pitch for the hide rival. Brian wilson joining another former giant juan uribe in dodger blue. The beard was back on a Big League Mound<\/a> for the First Time Since<\/a> last april. He struck out two in a scoreless 9th inning as the dodgers beat the marlins 60. L. A. Is now 9. 5 games up in the National League<\/a> west. I threw a nohitter against drake here in 62. 72. 82. 02. 12. Thats 50 years ago i threw a nohitter here. You aint going to see a no hitter here today. Bill lee gave the fans their moneys worth. The 66yearold played all nine positions for the pacifics. I didnt get a ball in right. I didnt get a ball in center in left, third, ball, shortstop. And i didnt get the one ball at second that i thought i had a chance to get to because i hadnt played for such a long time. I caught really well. Balls that got by me were wild pitches. No one catches those. [ laughter ] good stuff. This is interesting. The 49ers backup quarterback competition has taken an interesting twist. The team signed sacramento native Seneca Wallace<\/a> who was released by the saints earlier this week. Wallace has started 29 games over his nineyear career. Raiders runningback mcfadden has never played more than 13 games in a season so finding a capable backup was high on mackenzies to do list this off season. It wasnt a paid role for me. Reporter Rashad Jennings<\/a> road to the nfl hit a detour in college. He transferred from pitt to liberty after his freshman year so he could be closer to his ailing dad. My dad was battling diabetes and had to get his leg amputated. I wanted to be closer to home help take care of the house and im a believer and you do things the right way. God will take care of the rest. Reporter jennings could have used a little divine intervention when he got the call from the jaguars on draft day in 2009. We are going to select you in the 7th round here at the 250th pick and are you glad to be a jacksonville jaguar and i was like yeah, man, and it just hung up. So for me, i didnt know what was going on. I thought i was going to get cut. I didnt know if i was part of the team anymore. And so they called me back and they said i guess you dont want to play for us, huh . Reporter he ended up playing three seasons in jacksonville and one of the keys to his success was the first big purchase as a pro a ninefootlong fourfootwide hyperbaric chamber. I bought it my rookie year instead of buying a car. I just drove the same car i had since high school because i knew that was going to prolong my career and being here in camp, you know, every time they do bed checks, somebody knocks on the door and i could just hear them like, ah, what is that . You know, they never seen one. Reporter sleeping arrangements arent the only thing that sets jennings apart. After signing with the raiders in the spring he quickly found out that the bay area was a little different than he was used to. I said i wanted to go to San Francisco<\/a>. I guys said make sure you have cash to pay the bridge tolls. I went to the atm machine put in a couple bucks. I looked down, and there was already 20 setting there. And im looking around im like, you know, Somebody Just<\/a> lost 20. I know they feel sick. Thats a terrible feeling. So i went to the restaurant and the lady said, why dont you go over there and toss it over to the officers. So i went over to a table of six and i said excuse me, sirs, anybody go to the atm lately and leave 20 bucks . And one guy he started patting his pocket he got out his wallet started counting his cash, and he was missing 20. And i said, well, here you go. I found it at the atm. I was just going to leave and they said, way. , sir, where are you from . Wait a minute, sir, where are you from . Im from forest, virginia. He said we know youre not from around here. [ laughter ] that would have been gone can you imagine that . A good guy. Youre giving me 20 . great story. Prove it. Yeah. Great personality and the way mcfadden has been playing historically he is going to get on the roster quite a bit. Nice kid. 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