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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm September 5, 2014

Had to leave. Lets go. Reporter it was very chaotic. We were doing the interview, we were told they had to leave they evacuated one side of the block between 23rd and 22nd on mission. All those stores are closed. They contained most of the damage to that one building. It was called big house. There was some damage to a building next door. It was so bad at one time firefighters pulled out because they feared that the roof could collapse. They pulled out and then half hour later the roof in fact did collapse and about an hour after that, the second floor collapsed. And thats why they are so fearful that the building could come down on its own. They have a no go zone around the building right now between 22nd and 23rd. Allen . The people who were evacuated are still out of there, mike . Reporter yeah, they are. They cant get to their apartments or stores. I talked to two or three people who were having lunch. They parked their cars like on 22nd and one of the side streets. They went in for a chinese lunch and came back. There was fire going around. They have the fire blocks. They are still there four hours later they cant get their car out. Going to be going on for a while longer. Thank you, mike sugerman. Chopper 5 is on the scene, has been all afternoon. The view from above shows the large scale of this fire. Clouds of smoke billowing from the building for hours spreading over the city. Kpix 5s ryan takeo reported from ground where toxic smoke is a concern. Reporter four people suffering from smoke inhalation including two firefighters. One of those people was treated at the scene. But three of them had to go to the hospital. Toxic dangerous spoke were talking about rising up right over there. And its bad enough that it closed down this whole block right here, this whole block of businesses. You can see people show you some video right now lots of people covering their mouths so they didnt breathe in the smoke. The smoke was heading from the west to the east. Now, some wanted to leave the area but they didnt have much of a choice. Take a listen. Its not helping. I cant go nowhere. Im parked on Mission Street. Reporter stuck there . Yeah. Reporter right in front of the fire . Right in front of the fire. It happened so quickly, we kept saying i thought somebody was upstairs just burning something and then realized all this black smoke just started coming down the street. Reporter Cesar Chavez Elementary School which is three blocks away downwind, school was out when this fire started but after school, the students they had to stay in the auditorium with the windows closed. No playing on the playground today. Back to you. Ryan, the fire was took place at 2632 Mission Street. You just showed us a bunch of stores that are closed. Where are you standing right now . Reporter were over at cap and 22nd about a block away you can see right there, the yellow line right there police are keeping people behind that for the most part not letting people through here. Some people have been able to go to the bank but for the most part, its people cross the line police are escorting them back. Mike was saying its a no go zone right now. All right, ryan takeo, thank you. We talked about how crammed that store was full of stuff. Heres a picture of what big house, inc. , wholesale center looked like before todays fire. Gives you an idea just how much merchandise was being sold and stored in that building. A quick recap now of the story. Flames erupted at that commercial building in the Mission District of San Francisco about 1 00. It grew to a fivealarm fire. Firefighters had to work from the outside of the building partly because it was packed full of all that stuff. We are told the smoke could be toxic. People being asked to stay away from the area. Four people have been hurt including two firefighters. All taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. New at 6 00 a dramatic showdown at the gates of a richmond railyard. Protestors disrupted operations to the facility. Its the only one in california thats bringing in 100car trains of full of fracked crude oil. Its a story kpix 5s Christin Ayers was the first to uncover. Reporter it was an extreme action a group of protestors chaining themselves by the neck with bicycle locks to the gates of the kindermorgan rail terminal in richmond. Were here to stop kinder morgans illegal activity here in richmond. Reporter their goal, to block tanker trucks from carrying explosive crude oil through their communities. Its the same kind of shale oil from north dakota that has caused deadly explosions and derailments in canada and across the country. I will do everything i can to prevent that from happening. Reporter kpix 5 discovered back in march that trains 100 cars long are delivering the volatile loads to the railyard every month where its transferred on trucks and driven to local refineries. But nobody knew the trains were coming into richmond because the operation never had to go through any kind of environmental review. They were grand a per granted a permit to bring in oil into this facility by the air Quality Management district without any public process. Reporter even richmonds mayor was kept in the dark. We hadnt been aware of it in richmond. I was aware of the greater issue but im very grateful to channel 5 for bringing this forward. Reporter she came by to show her support. This has been a big issue in richmond. I brought a resolution to the Richmond City council stating that we need to do whatever we can to stop these trucks from rolling on our streets. Reporter Police Showed up in force but did not move to make any arrests. For three hours, the protestors blocked tanker trucks from leaving. Then finally unchained themselves and left peacefully. Because of our reporting, the Environmental Group earth justice has filed a lawsuit against kindermorgan to try to force an environmental review. Kindermorgan would like to see that lawsuit dismissed. The first hearing in the case is tomorrow. In the newsroom, Christin Ayers, kpix 5. Chevron has been hit with a fine for air quality violations at its richmond refinery, 27 different violations between 2011 and 2013. The bay area air Quality Management district says they varied from leaks to improper permits. The violations will cost chevron 270,000. The fine and violations are separate from the refinery fire in 2012. The first and probably only facetoface debate in the race for california governor is less than an hour away. Kpix 5s andria borba live in sacramento for the showdown between Governor Brown and the republican challenger Neel Kashkari. Reporter well, allen, this is likely the only debate that both candidates will and have agreed to the only date, the only forum. Governor jerry brown is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in sacramento. His republican challenger Neel Kashkari facing an uphill battle. Polls show him 16 points behind brown among all voters. And 32 points behind brown among moderates. Kashkaris goal during tonights debate will be to try to throw Governor Brown off his game. One, he has to prove he can stand toe to tow with jerry brown and understands the issues of the day that the state of california is facing but, second, he has to create a television moment. He has to create a confrontation that he, kashkari, can turn into a television commercial. In you are jerry brown, your only goal is to make sure kashkari doesnt get that moment. Reporter now, there will be plenty of chances for debate. They will focus on various issues. This isnt a large president ial style debate with an audience. Its in this small room inside the senator hotel across the street from the capital. It will just be brown, kashkari, a moderator, two reporters and a few cameras. That is it. Very, very tight venue. Thats what they agreed to at this point. The debate starts at 7 00. We will have a full wrapup tonight on kpix 5 at 11 00. Live in sacramento, andria borba, kpix 5. You can watch the debate streaming live on our website, kpix. Com. A bay area senator wants more money from a proposed pg e fine to go toward pipeline improvements. The Public Utilities commission is expected to fine pg e nearly 1. 5 billion for the san bruno explosion. But only 400 million goes toward pipeline improvements. The rest to go to other projects. Senator jerry hill wants to be sure that doesnt happen. All nevada needs to do is approve an incentive package and the state will become the home of teslas giga factory. The 5 billion battery plant would go marino suburb. The package includes various tax breaks and enticements totaling 1. 3 billion over 20 years. Elon musk the ceo says the plant is important for his company and is unlike any other in the world. The giga factory is really vital for the future of tesla in order to produce this mass market of Affordable Electric car which is our goal from the beginning. Its not just going to be the biggest lithium ion battery factory in the world but bigger than the sum of all the lithium ion batteries factories in the world. Despite the incentives and tax breaks, that plant could generate tense. Billions of dollars in revenue for the stays tens of billions of dollars in revenue for the state. Joan rivers died today. She was 81. Known for her sharp tongue she was a trailblazer for women. She was a frequent guests on the tonight show with Johnny Carson. That relationship soured when she launched her own show in the 1980s. Rivers frequently joked about death but spoke about it seriously with her daughter during an episode of their reality show. I have had a great life, an amazing life. If i died this morning, nobody would say, so young. Rivers went into cardiac arrest during a procedure on her vocal cords. Her funeral is set for this sunday in manhattan. Hollywood paid tribute today. A colorful wreath was placed in exto her star on the walk of fame containing a note saying, joan, now you will have a new stage to perform on. Joan rivers paved the way for female comediennes around the world including the bay area. Kpix 5s don ford talked to one comedienne who calls rivers a hero. I just found out so im still processing it. Reporter margo gomez is a nationally known comedienne starting her career here in San Francisco nearly 30 years ago appearing frequently at the famous purple onion. [ laughter ] reporter margo calls rivers a true trailblazer for all women in comedy today. She opened the door for many of us. She mentored and nurtured many young comediennes not that im young [ laughter ] i might be the oldest living female comic. Reporter gomez saw a different side of rivers too. And i had the pleasure of talking to her a few times off stage. Very gentle, the most caring person you would ever meet. Reporter in the castro, gomez says joan rivers will be enemiesed. She was certainly a hero to all of us in the Gay Community and a hero to women in comedy. Reporter in San Francisco, don ford, kpix 5. Gomez adds what made rivers special was she was constantly evolving and refining her act and coming up with new material. I remember her big fight with Johnny Carson and people thought its over for her, its over. Once he becomes an enemy but it wasnt. Not at all. Quite a career. Yeah. Still ahead, some crimes caught on home Video Surveillance leading police right to the bad guys. Well, now police want to map out whose cameras are rolling and where. And earthquakes usually hit fast but now scientists are learning about a slow motion tremor thats still going on. Park bathroom. New at 6 00 San Jose Police have identified a suspect in the brutal beating of a man in a parked bathroom. Park bathroom. Police are looking for francisco olivo. Cell phone video captured the attack in the fowler park restroom monday. Olivo allegedly confronted the man about indecent exposure in the park and hit him several times. The victim has nonlife threatening injuries to his face. Police want to talk to any witnesses who saw what happened. If theres a crime these days, quite often its captured on video and now Police Departments all over the bay area are asking people to register their home surveillance cameras so police know whats out there. Mark sayre live in fremont with how the Registration Program is working. Reporter well, allen, fremont is one of the early adopters of this concept to have homeowners register their personal home Surveillance Systems and now cities from fremont to san mateo all the way to santa clara are asking for the same thing saying theres not much better evidence than surveillance video. In just the past three months, private Security Cameras all over the bay area have caught some of the most dramatic images of criminals in action. In may, a Home Security camera caught a man in san jose dousing a car with gas and then lighting it on fire right in the owners driveway. Last month, a Security Camera in sausalito caught a car being chased by police losing control hitting diners at a sidewalk cafe. Its helpful for us in the aftermath of a crime thats occurred. Reporter geneva is the spokesman for the Fremont Police department which rolled out its camera Registration Program over a year ago. Since then, 285 people have registered their private camera systems. We can map them out and then we can try to determine if any of these cameras might help in our investigations. Reporter here in fremont in june a burglar uses a stick to move a home surveillance camera so it wont capture his face but that strategy didnt work. And in this security video, from san joses willow glen neighborhood, a burglar uses a giant rock to breakthrough a sliding glass door. Fremont police say the registration process started only after residents began equipping their homes and neighborhoods with cameras and sending tips to police. Because if we do get them on video, then we are going to put it out to the world that we now have your photograph and that we are looking for you. Reporter now, since this program is completely voluntary and nobody has to participate, Fremont Police say they are not getting big brother type complaints for this because people that participate are doing so willingly. Live in fremont, mark sayre, kpix 5. We are getting look at plans for a new project in San Francisco. Five design teams are competing. They are laying designs for a new open space that will be above the new tunnel roadway in the presidio. The 13acre site will sit 35 feet in the air providing amazing views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay. Were looking for a design that really maximizes the natural features of the place, you know, a design that really talks about views that really looks at those views and understands why those views are so important to the history of the presidio. The Presidio Trust is expected to officially pick a design by january. Droughttolerant we hope. People in sebastopol have to cut their water use by 20 and irrigation in earlymorning hours. Sebastopol leaders say conserving is the right thing to do given our circumstances. Outside lets check the weather and i just cant say it enough. We need the rain. We do. Theres none in the forecast. Pretty good question, gentleman emailed between 5 and 6 00 news. Why cant we seed the clouds . Good question. The answer is, you need to have clouds that were going to rain and cloud seeding can make them rain more. Heres problem. We have no clouds that are going to rain. Thats our issue around here. It is a big time problem. Its been three years and i dont see a solution to it anytime in the immediate future. But i do see a gorgeous sunset about one hour from now. Well have a beautiful sunset just enough cirrus cloud cover out there looking from dublin toward mount diablo in the san ramon valley. Morgan hill 84 today. San jose hit 80. 79 fremont. Oakland 74. San francisco was 69. It is friday eve so lets start thinking about that weekend. Want to do a little art and Wine Festival . Go to mountain view. Castro street this weekend mostly sunny skies beautiful weather. Upper 70s in mountain view. Take the drought out of it. This weather has been spectacular for any Outdoor Activity and you can thank if you are in that category this area of High Pressure sitting offshore give us just enough of an onshore flow. Morning clouds cuts into the heat and prevents too much heat. Watch what happens moving forward in time. Hurricane norbert sitting off baja, california it is going to cause big time problems in areas as close as southern california, los angeles, san diego, likely getting rain from this. We will see some clouds from it but once again, its a near miss for us. We will not see any rainfall over the next seven days. But well see a very nice friday. Vallejo 82 tomorrow. Fremont you will hit 80. Mountain view 79. San rafael 83. Morning fog afternoon sunshine in San Francisco 68 degrees. Saturday, the sunnier choice over the weekend because some of those tropical clouds not rain, clouds, will make it here on sunday and monday. Next week, more of the same. We are dry. We are warm. We are not hot. We are patiently or impatiently waiting for the pattern to change. Until then, go outside and get a tan. [ laughter ] might as well enjoy it. Mother nature does not offer multiple choice. Get out and enjoy. Get the drought out. Like that. Hopefully soon. Okay. Thank you, paul. Well, the Oakland Raiders have settled a lawsuit with their cheerleaders. Some of the raiderettes had accused the team

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