Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm 20140826 : compareme

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm 20140826

Nearly 100yearold building has put the tower in dirk of collapse. Half an hour ago engineers went inside the tower. We saw them from our chopper 5. They are trying to figure out the best way to tear part of the tower down. The pastor told us taking out the tower piece by piece is the only way to insure the safety of this area. Parishioner actually noticed the problem earlier today. They said bricks were crumbling at the top. There were cracks. Overall, the bell tower itself was unstable. It is actually separating from one wall from tore. So it could come down. Thats what we want to get taken care of before they open sonoma boulevard. Reporter in the meantime, snow ma boulevard is shut down for several blocks. One of the concerns is this Church Provides meals to the hungry. Another issue is the School Across the street. Lincoln elementary, that school cannot open until engineers out here are positive that this tower isnt going to come crumbling down. We expect to see crews coming in here thiefening with cranes to try to take this tower apart. We will keep an eye on it. Thank you, christin. Amazing new video tonight of another church in trouble. This one in napa. The video taken by a drone shows the First Presbyterian church on third street. You see how close is drone gets to the damage. There is the church. The man who took the video said he did it to show building owners the result of that quake. It has been a busy day for building inspectors. Linda yee in napa. She followed them as they checked auto thefts damage to homes. Reporter the big concern is making sure napas thousand structures are all inspected at least visually to make shower they are still structural sound. They say today they got about 75 of that done, but the newest numbers now show us that 70 buildings in all have been red tagged. Structural engineers partnered with building inspectorred are looking for downed chimney bricks, visible cracks. In this neighborhood, the sidewalk buckling stopped sound it moved the house. 2 house is safe. The house is safe. Its good news to have the city come out and check, especially when there is structural damage in the streets to make shower the houses are safe. Reporter the inspectors say they hope to have all these visual assessments done by tomorrow. They are also waiting for the city council to formerly declare the state of emergency. Once that is done, they can start to wave permit fees so recovery work can begin. Reporting live at napa city hall, Linda Yee Kpix 5. A major chain store was one of the ones redtaggedded today. Ann macovich has more. Reporter this chain link fence was put up because of this crack. This target steer is closed indefinitely. It is unfun for all the workers who unfortunate for all the workers who showed up. In napa, ann macovich kpix 5. The napa sanitation district has hightech tools to check lines all over town. They say so far no major sewer lines appear to be broken. We found another crew checking the integrity. Those holes in the ground. Pge uses them for hydrollic testing of the pipes. Earlier today, we found this team of volunteers from home depot helping with the clean up. Saw a lot of neighbors helping neighbors today. More on that coming up just a little bit later. New at 6 00, what if you could have a warning that an earthquake was about to happen. Earthquake. Expected in three seconds. The technology is available. We could have it in california except for one thing. Kpix 5s phil matier tolls us whatsalling the earthquake Warning System at the state capital. Phil. Reporter it is an interesting story, allen because last year they actually green lighted the idea of an early Warning System that could alert you on your cell phone no matter where you are in the state. So far it hasnt gotten that far. Here is why. Earthquake, earthquake. Its a simple idea, but a very expensive one using sensors throughout the state to blast out early earthquake warnings. It is already up and running at uc berkeley. You get two pieces of information. How much time until at the time quake and how strong it will be. To help slow down trains. To help doctors in hospitals. Even to send a warning to your own phone. You can have the system warn you when there is going to be strong shaking. Then you duck cover and hold on. The governor signed off on it. The thing is they didnt give it any money. What was behind that in. We certainly know what the Economic Situation is for the state. The states budget condition also. In other words, the 80 million start up cost coupled with the Maintenance Cost was too rich. This is the closest i have ever seen of putting the cart before the horse. Well, we are trying to leverage the lab trey ability of both the public and private sector. So what we are pursuing is the combination of special funds outside the general funds. Will the public bite . After the incident like yesterday the system will prove its value. Reporter after yesterdays incident am sure they are going to be asking sacramento, you said you were going to do it. Now lets figure out how. A teenager crushed by a chimney after the earthquake. An earthquake domino effect. Seismologist weighing in. Rain in the holiday forecast. Ill have that outlook straight ahead as the news continues right here on kpix 5. ,,,,,,, the people most seriously ht in the napa quake. The teenagers family says he s doing bett surgery. Good news today about one of the people most seriously hurt in the napa earthquake. The teenagers family says he is doing better after hours of surgery. Andrea borba on the sleep overthat came to a sudden sleepover that came to a sudden end. Reporter Nicholas Dillon was sleeping when earthquake hit in his Family Living room right behind me. He was hosting a sleepover with his friends. He had severe injuries following the earthquake, but his head was near the fireplace when it initially struck. It could have been so much worse. He jolted upward to reach for his friend, yes, maam his name. As he was crawling away, the shaking of the bricks fell on him. Reporter those bricks crushed his pelvis requiring surgery. He was life flighted to sacramento childrens hospital. 10 hours of surgery later including screws and pins, they put his pelvis together. He is out of surgery. He apparently woke up and told his parents im never sleeping in the living room again. Live in napa, Andrea Borba Kpix 5. Queen of the Valley Medical Center has treated 208 people, mostly for cuts and scrapes. Dozens of aftershocks still shake napa. Kpix 5s len ramirez on the chance sundays quake could trigger a bigger quake on another bay area fault. Showing the main shock, the yellow dot here. That happened at 3 20 on sunday morning. Aftershock continuing on to the northwest. Earthquake maps in menlo park show how the ground around napa has been jumping ever since the main quake on sunday morning with about 60 aftershocks measured so far. Two larger ones, 3. 4, p. 6 right after the main shock. There could be more. The chances are 29 , they say. 5 for a magnitude 6 or greater. The reason being, a sort of domino effect triggered by the first shock. We reviewed stresses in the crust. You have nearby faults that get stressed. So you trigger faults that are close to failure prior to it. The larger the event, the more of an area you have of being involved in the fault that is close to failure or larger. There is a 6. 9 in peru yesterday, but it is too far to be considered related. There is a slight chance it can lead to a larger event, but that chance is less than 5 . Probably significantly less. That chance does exist, though. The good news is that the chances for further shaking are going down. The more time passes, the lesser the risk. In menlo park, Len Ramirez Kpix 5. We are lucky that we have science and Computer Systems that can tell us at least what the weather is going to be like in the next couple days. Reporter what difference in a day. There is no sit thing as earthquake weather. They such thing as earthquake weather. They still talk about it. Reporter that was the number one question yesterday. Lets check it out right now outside. I see the people Walking Around the bridge. I saw how many laze layers of jackets. Todays high in San Francisco 69 degrees. Spot on for this time of year. Inland, it was unseasonably cold for this date. We do have low pressure. Did you see it inland. That is an upper level trough. It really did cause that cooler air mass. Your direct result is the warm up we begins all the way through the holiday weekend. But. But there is a slight chance of rain showerings behind. That is coming up. But first things first. In fresno, 93. Mid 70s in the greater lake tahoe area where it is hailing from that upper level trough. 72degrees in moon terrae bay. You have the clear skies looking out towards the golden gate bridge. I think my 7 day forecast just disappeared somewhere. Bottom line is we do have temperatures rising by wednesday from the 70s to the 90s. Well hang on to that all the p way through friday. Over the weekend, the remnants of this hurricane begins to drift in the bay area. When that happens, higher humidity, high clouds, and that slight chance of rain showers for the holiday on monday. Allen and i remember this. I dont know if you do o. We had rain on labor day two years ago. Yeah. It was crazy. Reporter there is a slight chance of that happening again in the bay area. I say we need it. Thanks. Tens of thousands of students in the quakeaffected area will get the day off tomorrow. Schools will be closed in napa valley unified district. Napa high is almost ready for students unless they want something from the textbook room. It is in complete disarray. Buckled shelves, books strewn across the floor. There is no structural damage for twothirds of the school. However, onethird have yet to be row viewed. They will reviewed. They will announce at 1 00 tomorrow afternoon if classes will resume on wednesday. Parkings and Recreation Centers are open to help parents are child care while the schools are closed. Napa wineries gearing up for the labor day weekend. Thousands of bolts were smashed. An untold numb we bumper of barrels were damaged when they rolled off their racks. In spite of the damage, most tasting rooms remain open. Mark sayer has more. Reporter they are at the vineyard, now that we are in day two of clean up, they are finding even more damage. Barms they thought were perfectly fine, instead split open. Some of the worst damage i saw today was just around the corner from here. Thats where earthquake moved the entire winery four feet. One of napas oldest wineries twisted like a fun house at a carnival. It was heart breaking. Really a sad moment. Did not feel real. They hope this winery built in 1886 will stand tall once again. For now, it has been red tagged, unsafe. The most staff can do is stare through the windows until crews can repair. That will allow us to clean up the contents, exam the structure and look for a plan of putting it back in place. Over at the vineyard it is a big improvement over yesterday. This is what the barrel room looked like then. Staff worked fast to keep the spilled wine from permanently staining the floor. Assessing damage, moving rows out to clean. Just really licking our wounds today. It takes a lot of time. Sets you back a little bit. There is also concern that napas earthquake will set the countrys Wine Industry back a bit. After all, napas vineyards contributed 50 million to the u. S. Economy. To salvage some product, they are siphoning the good wine hoping it can be saved. In spite of the damage, wine makers say they lucked out. This time of year, days before the harvest, many grapes are still safely secured to the vine and not in the barrels. It would have otherwise been quite a catastrophe. Reporter city leaders have asked the Napa Valley Vineyards association to serve as a central hub for all of these wineries. They are going to be holding a workshop later on this week. Live in napa valley, mark kelly kpix 5. Special earthquake labels being made right now. Redtagged buildings ready to topple . We get a tour inside an old napa valley home that has been knocked off the foundation. The fitness app that tracked how people reacted to the quake in the middle of the night. Good chicken, isnt it . Uhhuh mhm really good yep do you like it . Mhm remember the taste of kfc original recipe . Its really good. Uhhuh surveillance images from yesterdays quake. Cars rocking back and forth as it hits. Look up on the top rit king was strong were now getting a look at some new surveillance from yesterdays quake. Cars rocking rocking back and forth. The shaking was Strong Enough to set off that tricks alarm. It was such a fluid situation yesterday. Our crews were out all over just trying to get a feel of how widespread and bad the damage was. At one point, we showed you this house. It had been clearly rocked of its foundation. There was no one there. Ed to, we went back. It had, indeed, been red tagged. Sure enough, the owners were there. They were cleaning up. It was two brothers and they let our crew take a looked in. This was my grand fathers. He bought it in 1966. The building was 1866 vintage. I call it ulysses. I have been working on it since i was a kid. Now it is a total loss. This is my unit. Thankfully, the others werent ready to rent so im glad we had nobody in here. Very grateful for that. We can see there is that and all this stuff here. Well, thats pretty. This was the second building my family lost. We lost a beautiful victorian and Santa Cruz Rafael to fire in 06 i believe. The second disaster thats hit us in the last eight years. T its another tough one. One of the things i think is important is gary is the kind of person that goes to mexico. He builds houses. He donates his time for many causes around the world. Whenever there is a disaster or need for a christian support group, gary is the one that goes. What are you going to do with that . I think that is going up stairs. Who has money for earthquake insurance . Thats never going to happen to you, right . Gary represents a lot of culture here in the community. His brother owns property here. With no resources, rebuilding will be important for all of us. A devastating loss. No loss of life. No injuries. Amen. Wow. Coming up, an engineer will explain exactly why that house collapsed. Coming up, the quake bringing out the best in neighborhoods. Tonight, a sign of napas small town spirit. How strangers are coming together to help each other pick up the pieces. Before you rush to repair, a warning about unlicensed contractors taking 50 vantage advantage of quake victims. The technology to use for inspecting bridge safety right after a quake. , coming up. ,, hey can you fix this . You bet thats our new interactive speaker wall. sup . Thinks its a speaking wall. This can even dim your lights. Your 3dprinted girlfriend will love that. Real mature. There you go. A laser drone for cats. I wish i had lasers. I dont. Pew pew pew. The new radioshack is finally here. The store of your past is now the store of your future. Come see one of our remodeled stores and save 50 percent off skullcandy headphones. Or get a 20dollar gift card with air raid speaker purchase. 0,000 extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. Joining the soccer team. Getting help with math. Going to prom. I want to learn to swim. Its hard to feel normal, when you cant do the normal things. To help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that, for most kids, are a normal part of growing up. Not everyone can be a foster parent. Now at 6 30, another great look at the sheer violence of yesterdays napa quake. Surveillance video from andys liquors in sonoma shows about half the stock flying off the shelves and quake hit. Welcome back. Im allen martin. Im elizabeth cook. Some of the worst damage may not have even happened yet. The First Baptist church in vallejo is in danger of collapsing tonight. Crews say a large portion of the building needs to be taken down after a brick wall separate 0 in the quake. Streets around the church are shut down as a precaution. Meanwhile, in napa, about 65 buildings have been redtagged. About 600 people are still without water. Pourer and gas service is back on, but schools will be closed again tomorrow. Engineers are flocking to the quake zone like crime scene investigators. Kpix 5s andrea borba says they have one simple mission. Now everyone has had a chance to survey the damage. There is a new question in napa. Thats the question engineerest wont answer. Why. A small army of engineers are trying to figure out why some buildings failed and others did not. Softer soil, unreenforced masonry buildings, some old stone building. Dozens of old buildings, each with a different degree of seismic improvements. One example would be this building on main street. It was recently given a steel skeleton with reenforcement bars in the windows. Building management says they are thrilled with how things held together. They did perform pretty well. There are some surprises, though. The big surprise would be this building which was built to modern earthquake standards. About five years ago aint has fairly significant damage. Were really surprised. It is probably one of the newest buildings in the city. Most homes took a hit in their weakest spot. The goodold fashioned brick chimneys. You see these chimneys that are fairly resilient when the ground is not shaking. The bigger problems came when old foundations couldnt take the shaking. The Foundation Wall is what they call an unbraced triple wall, basically short little studs, the ground moves, building comes down. As he said, more than 60 structure are also are red tagged. That number is expect 0 to rise. People are rebuilding a sense of community as they rebuild structures damaged by the quake. Kpix 5s john ramos on how volunteers are rolling up their sleeves and pitching in. For napa, sunday was a day overshining i. Now it is time to get to work. Sort of a roll up your sleeves day. This is a totally rollup yoursleeves day. Stately old homes took quite a beating. Just kind of pick at it and you try to throw things pay way while youre ate. Some items survived. Others didnt. Their beloved wine collection isnt what it used to be. Kind of like when you take a rug out and saying it outside. Think about doing that with your house. Amist all the instruction, the small town spirit of this place has remained

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