Crashing in the eastern ukraine. Quinn lucas sandy man had a dual dutch citizenship living in the netherlands where he was studying. We believe his father spent time here in the bay area on business trips. An Indiana University doctoral student was also in the crash. The woman was a 25yearold from amsterdam studying in the Chemistry Department and a member of the womens rowing team. President obama is offering help to find out who is responsible for firing a surfacetoair missile that took down the plain. Kpix 5s anne makovec has more from the newsroom. Reporter president obama said this morning that the missile was fired from an area controlled by russian backed separatists. Pros separatists have shot down those separatists have shot down other planes in the past. The president says they are getting a steady flow of support from russia. The search for victims continues in a ninemile debris field littered with wreckage and body parts. Prorussian separatists control the area so its unknown if International Investigators will be allowed in. Prorussian separatists and ukraine must adhere to an immediate ceasefire. Evidence must not be tampered with. Reporter the u. S. Strongly suspects a surfacetoair missile brought down the civilian airliner as it flew from amsterdam to kuala lumpur but aviation experts say the wreckage needs to be examined for residue of missile propellant and evidence the jets skin was punctured by a highspeed impact. Russian president Vladimir Putin blames ukraine for the tragedy. But the ukranian government claims it intercepted a phone conversation in which a rebel commander admits shooting down the plane. That recording is unverified. This morning Malaysia Airlines defended the decision to fly over a region where rebels have been targeting military planes. We were not the only Airline Flying that route. Its a common route. Reporter many of the passengers were on the way to an International Aids Conference in australia among them the former president of the ias a dutch father of five. He is visionary, i think, since the very early days. Reporter the conference will go on this weekend. Organizers say its what the scientists who were killed would have wanted. There are conflicting reports from rebels whether or not the black boxes were actually located. What do authorities hope to learn from those black boxes . Reporter theres a chance we might not learn much at all. They are usually located near the planes tail, which is in pieces. The information being sought may come from the ground not the plane. We have the latest developments on the crash and the investigation. Check it out at kpix. Com. New at noon, police in San Francisco have now made an arrest in the robbery of an 8 yearold girl in the western addition. The girl was selling candy at davisadero and eddy streets on monday afternoon. Police say 46yearold Ladonna Christian approached and asked for change. She allegedly twisted the girls arm and took all her money. Christian was arrested last night suspected of Second Degree robbery and child abuse. New at noon, today police and Berkeley Police cleared out a homeless camp under the gilman street underpass and 80. It had an accumulation of food and waste. There were concerns about rats in the area. Campers had until tuesday to clean up or be evicted. Staff having here almost every day so they have been able to observe the conditions here very firsthand. We have had people from housing, people from mental health, people from environmental health. So this is requiring quite a bit of effort. A lawyer for the homeless had asked the city council for more time saying a cleanup was progressing but today time ran out. Today, tough new restrictions on pot clubs are in effect in san jose. Its likely to be a slow and steady tightening. Shutdown notices will start going out in the next 90 days for dispensaries too close to homes and schools. If owners find an approved location in one of the citys designated industrial zones, they have a year to move. Mayor chuck reed welcomes an end to what he calls a freefor all. The federal government says we have to have a strong and effective regulatory system if were going to allow medicine marijuana and thats what weve adopted. The dispensaries have banded together and collected about 60,000 petition signatures to overturn the new laws, but the problem is about half of them are invalid. Firefighters in San Francisco discovered an illegal marijuana grow operation today while battling a fire in a house in bernal heights. The onealarm fire on mayflower near franconia started about 4 a. M. It took nearly an hour to get it under control. One firefighter was injured, one person detained. Its not clear yet how that fire got started. The homeless woman who was beaten by a chp officer in l. A. Is suing now for money. The now viral video shows 51 yearold Marlene Pinnock getting punched repeatedly by an officer alongside a busy freeway earlier in the month. Chp hasnt released the identity of the officer but Officials Say he was trying to stop her from walking on the freeway. A 24yearold man will stand trial for the murder of a 13yearold sacramento girl stabbed and beaten two years ago. A woman walking her dog found the body in the Baseball Dugout of the county park. Police took dna swabs from students at her middle school looking for a match but that was ryan doug was. Surveillance video showed him running from the park. New at noon police are searching for a fourth suspect two days after a wild west style shootout in stockton. That man is believed to be the driver. Police are reeling from the violent gun battle that erupted during a Violent Bank Robbery wednesday. Part of the battle was captured on home video. Hundreds of rounds of ammunition were fired blowing out the tires and windows of 14 police cars and a s. W. A. T. Vehicle. And now 20 Police Officers are off the streets on paid leave. The question today, who is left to patrol the streets . We do have plans for contingencies like this. Those plans are in place. They are coming back to duty and can be transitioned to street assignment. Outside Law Enforcement agencies are helping. Two suspects were killed in the gunfire and a third survive. Ed when he used a survived when a woman was used as a human shield. That woman was killed. Israel invaded gaza. They say it will not be an occupation. The operation is aimed at destroying tunnels used by the palestinians to enter israeli territory. Already more than 240 minutes are dead in 10 days of air strikes. Palestinians have fired over 1,000 rockets into israel. Many rockets were shot down by the antimissile defense system. New at noon the nations agriculture secretary has Just Announced a new funding nearly 10 million to help drought stricken communities here in california. The goal is to ensure clean Drinking Water for rural areas. This comes as californias in the middle of its third driest year ever. The entire state is now under severe, extreme or exceptional drought conditions. 57 counties have been declared disaster areas. Some new developments in the effort to keep the oakland as in oakland. The change of heart that should provide hope to the fans. And a social media giant opens its doors to the homeless. How linkedin is helping those who need it most get back into the workforce. From the kpix 5 weather center, good afternoon, everybody. We are taking a birdseye view from oakland across the bay in a westerly direction towards San Francisco and its cloudy. That marine layer and how it affects your weekend as the news continues. birds chirping softly in background. loud engine sounds what hows it going . Heard you need a ride to school. Oh, thats pretty cool big day at school . I know just the thing to help you get going. Power up with new cheerios protein. Try it today. Find cheerios protein cereal on sale now at your local Safeway Store the dow is up about 124 points today. Well, californias Unemployment Rate is at its lowest level in six years. The jobless rate went down to 7. 4 in june. Employers added more than 24,000 jobs with the largest increases in education and health services. Oakland as are getting closer to committing to a lease that will keep the team in the city. Their owner lew wolff says he is giving the contract serious consideration. City council made some changes to the deal before approving it earlier in the week. Among the changes, a clarification of the notice the team would have to give if they want to leave oakland. If the as agree to the modifications, the deal could be approved later this month. Star wars creator george lucas is encountering rebel resistance of sorts against his plan for a museum in chicago to hold his graphic art and memorabilia collection. He chose the windy city last month after being dissatisfied with what San Francisco could offer but now open space advocates in chicago promise to sue saying the land on Lake Michigan is supposed to be preserved for public use. Well, lets get a check on our weekend forecast. I guess its the same old same old, right . Its difficult as a forecaster because you have to find a different way to say the same thing every day [ laughter ] but actually, the hardest part is trying to forecast exactly when the clouds will burn off the coast. Good afternoon, everybody. Stemming out right now, stepping out right now, air temperatures responding nicely to the sunshine at 74 degrees in san jose. But where its cloudy, it is cool. It is 63 in San Francisco. 65 oakland. Heavy drizzle in santa rosa in the last hour and a half at 64 degrees. Im not anticipating clearing at ocean beach today so we are socked in at the beaches. We are experiencing a typical summertime weather pat elementary bay area with normal temperatures for this time of the year, with typical summertime weather patterns. High pressure over the four corners states isnt going anywhere. Its not impressive. Its not building or expanding, a pesky area of low pressure building to the south is enhancing the marine layer. Thats why were seeing drizzle in the earlymorning hours. Backing off but we still have that cloud cover at the seashore keeping us cool. This is a getaway friday. 90 today in sacramento and in stockton. Thunder bumpers still a possibility in the high sierra currently 77 degrees on the south shore. 95 at half dome today. Upper 60s with partial afternoon clearing in monterey bay and also in carmel. Temperatures locally close to normal. 68 degrees is the average high in San Francisco. Today we are forecasting mid 60s. Mid70s in Mountain View. West winds at 15. Upper 70s in san jose. Just a few degrees below average. This is a good five to six degrees below normal throughout the trivalley and 78 degrees in napa bested by 81 in sonoma. By the time the sun sets tonight at 8 29 well start to see the clouds pushing into the bay again marching locally inland over night waking up to cloud cover saturday and sunday and temperatures very moderate not much of a swing each and every day. Looks like a good weekend, though. It does it. Depends where youre at and what kind of conditions you like. You can have fog or sunshine. Welcome to the bay area. Very true well, you know what happens on friday . Wheres roberta . You were hanging out somewhere else. I had this wonderful opportunity to head to the south bay and i headed to the Beautiful Community of saratoga which is nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains and we jumped on a horse and went horseback riding for wheres roberta . Giddyup only 20 minutes from the heart of the Silicon Valley garrod farms offers horseback riding. Its a family owned and operated winery 28 acres organic vineyard. The family has been here since 1893. So we have been part of the community that long. Generations have grown up riding here at the ranch. My dad first took me there when i was about 2, 3 years old and would lead me around on a cute little Shetland Pony and thats how i fell in love with horses and i ride and have my own horse now so its a lifelong affair. Since 1994, people have come to know the coopergarrod wine label as well. Reporter how has the drought affected the stables . You will notice that our pond near the trails is a little lower than usual. In terms of vineyard practices, we have always been mindful of our resources use and we are a certified sustainable so thats part of our daily practice. Reporter what is your favorite sound here . Right now, its summer and we have day camps going on with children laughing and leading horses and having a great Time Outdoors every day. One hand here, one hand there. Reporter im getting ready to jump on a horse here. Give me advice. Listen to the instructions. Nice and straight. Thats all you have you have to dorr pat the horse, make sure youre connected with him. Mwa reporter and then just sit back and enjoy the ride. Wow this is a down shoulders kind of place. My friends who work in the valley always tell me when im coming to see you, i just hear my shoulders relax. Oh, that was amazing. Really, you have to understand, i have had a fear of horseback riding all my life not really a fear just a little bit of anxiety, nervousness not being able to control the horse. And i had the most wonderful experience on my hors scotch. If you want more information about garrod farms, visit us online at kpix. Com and click on links and numbers. Did you get it into a gallop . I did a little bit. I did. I really built my confidence up. That was a big, big plus for me. It was another check off the bucket list. We like it. Like scotch, too, the horse. [ laughter ] keeping pets healthy in the heat is important. Coming up we talk to our pet expert about what you may not know what to look for in pet ears. Social media giant linkedin holds a benefit for the local workforce coming up. Jake and i have been best friends for years. One of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. Sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. Come on, boy [ female announcer ] symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It should not be taken more than twice a day. Symbicort contains formoterol. Medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. Symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high Blood Pressure before taking it. [ man ] now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. And that makes a difference in my breathing. Today, im hanging out with my best friend. Talk to your doctor about symbicort. I got my first prescription free. Call or go online to learn more. [ male announcer ] if you cant afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. A viewer named m ear infections can be very painful for pets an frustrating for owners, as well. A viewer has a 3yearold poodle with frequent ear infections. Got ear drops to treat it but it comes back and an ear cleaning solution doesnt help either. Any thoughts . Today dr. Sandy hazanow is here to talk about the symptoms, causes and treatments for ear infections. How are you . Hi, frank, how are you . Lets kick it off with symptoms. The most common symptoms that people come in for are discomfort, shaking in the heads, scratching in the ears sometimes an odor or swelling. But what you have to remember is if a dog or cat has wax in the ear or you feel like you have to clean it out more frequently than usual, then i think thats abnormal. So that usually indicates an infection. Somethings wrong. How about some causes . How come that happens . The most common cause we see in cats is ear mites and they usually occur in young or outdoor cats. In dogs the most common cause that we see is yeast infections and bacteriaial infections. Ear mites are rare in dogs. Sometimes you get a fox tail in there, too, yeah. We talked about fox tails last time. That can cause a bacteriaial infection rupturing the eardrums. Yeah. So i think thats very important. Lets talk about some of the treatments. What do you do . Take them to the vet . What do you do . Right. If you notice that theres an odor or discomfort, you will obviously be taking your pet to the vet because its uncomfortable. The other thing that you should always think about is that if theres discharge you should get it looked at. When a veterinarian evaluates the ear, the first thing that we try to do is to assess what organism is causing the infection. We look at it under the microscope. We need a physical exam and clean the ear out. Sometimes thorough cleaning requires anesthesia because dogs and cats are painful, they dont want it done and so it can be uncomfortable. We then choose an appropriate medication and then theres home care thats required. The thing thats important to remember is that dog and cat ear canals are lshaped so that material and tissue accumulates in there and even though you feel like you have treated it theres still stuff left in there. It becomes food for the next infection. So followup care and figuring out what the underlying causes is essential. All right. So great advice. Thank you for coming in. Email your questions to pets kpix. Com or you can post them on our facebook page, just search kpix. Thank you. Hollywood is making its way to San Francisco. The new Reality Tv Show debuting in the city. And a reminder if you have a Consumer Problem or question call our hotline, at 8885helpsu. Volunteers are there right now. ,,,,,,,,,, stre