Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News On The CW 20130824 : compar

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News On The CW 20130824



finishing you touches on the new eastern span. >> it's going to take a long time. it's primarily moving dirt and laying asphalt, letting it cure, and painting it, watching the paint dry, all those kinds of things. it's small stuff but it's important stuff. >> small stuff that'll not stop the bridge from opening on time or possibly even early. >> now, these three lanes will open back up monday morning about 5 a.m. they will not actually take out the actual toll both in that new fast track lane when that closes for labor day weekend. one week out and tonight, lots of delays on the bridge. so if you're coming out, keep that in mind. reporting live, kpix 5. bart is rolling to the rescue during the bridge closure, kpix 5, brian webb reports they're gearing up to handle the extra crowds with limited 24-hour service. >> the bay area commute's about to hit a hour show for close to week, bart may be your best shot to get from here to there. >> they probably will use bart. >> standing room only. very hot. >> while the bridge is closed, bart may see 20 to 30% more riders. maybe even setting a few records along the way. . >> when the bridge is shut down, bart will step things up with ten-car trains running day and night to get -- ten-car train running to get cars where they need to go. >> while the bridge is closed, less than half the stations will stay open during those late night hours. >> bart officials insist they're on track to handle the huge crowds. >> there aren't enough volunteers to cover night and weekends, what does that mean. >> that's an misconception. we're going to need our employees to sign up for over time. that posting hasn't gone out yet. we're confident people will sign up for over time. >> with bart workers ready and commuters on board with a plan, maybe next week's commute will be a smooth one. what a wonderful world it would be. >> brian webb, kpix 5. >> and we've got all the details on additional bart trains, as well as bus and ferr your service. >> check out the survival guide at kpix 5. the other big story, the massive wild five, now four times the size of san francisco, in yosemite, 125,000 acres. the rim fire is 5% contained tonight. 2,000 firefighters are on the front lines defending the nearly 5,000 homes in the fire's path. heavy smoke is prompting air quality alerts a as far away as reno. >> the plumb extends more than 200 miles. can you see it from space. the situation on the ground is even worse >> reporter: the rim fire has destroyed at least four homes and that's what's brought out around 3 to 400 concerned residents of this community meeting worried about their homes or when they'll be allowed back into their neighborhoods. the rim fire has already swallowed up thousands of acres. firefighter it is worked mostly on the western perimeter of the fire near the city of skwalomy. >> hand crews have been working on building containment line on the ground, as well as helicopters and d.c. 10 have been dropping water and retardant on to the flames. the bush is dryer than lumber you would buy in a yard, and any change in wind can change the direction of these intense flames. people are on the edge of their seatings bracing for the worse. >> we're up all night wondering if it's going to come cross the line and come towards us. it's scary. you just don't want to see your house go up. >> the fire has been burn nothing a northwesterly area, but there are still some activity flames along highway 120, which is a main access into yosemite national park. that cannot be reopened until 1,000 guardrail posts are replaced. kpix 5. today, a 22 member strike team from san francisco packed up and headed to the fire zone. crews from all over the bay area have been called into help with the fire fight. we could feel the impact here, as well. the governor declared a state of emergency for san francisco because the fire is threatening power lines that serve the city. water is also concerned. the flames worry in just a few miles of the hech hetchie reservoir. >> if it gets in the water and shows ash, we cannot serve that water. >> the puc says if there is a problem, it will temporarily switch to other local supplies for now the water is safe. tonight, cbs news learned the u.s. navy war ships are musing to syria to be ready for a possible missile strike. new photos out of syria explain why. and they're hard to look at. horiffic pictures showing the dead. u.s. intelligence is leaning towards the government carried out a chemical gas attack. we talked to some syrians from the bay area who are trying to raise awareness. >> the most heart wrenching video shows a mother embracing the footage of her dead children. nonetheless, part of a growing body of evidence pointing towards chemical weapons used by the ashad regime. >> need to at least have the credible threat of the user force which has been lacking and he takes that very seriously. all of those strong signals meant to hem a license to kill. >> the body count is well over a thousand victims. un investigators are in syria but the government is not allowed them into the field. >> 10,000 miles away, bay area syrians joined a crowd to raise awareness and pressure the u.s. government to do something. >> president obama has done nothing about it. don't give the impression you really care and you want to do something. >> the organizer says opposition forces need u.s. hope to keep up the fight. >> nobody in the opposition is asking for troops on the ground. we're asking for the opposition to -- to put an end to these atrocities. >> until there is conclusive evidence of chemical weapon attacks it's unlikely president obama will do anything. tonight's demonstration, a brought on by the syrian government counsel, tomorrow at noon. survivors cried today as the major hasan was consisted on all 13 counts of pre meditated murder. he showed no emotion as the verdict was read. the 2009 massacre was the deadliest shooting at a military facility. prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty. >> also, army staff roger bails is headed to prison for life. he admitted to murdering 16 afghan women and children back in march 2012. six military jurors decided today the 40-year-old father of two should not be eligible of parole. san diego mayor is out of a job. he retained today amid a slew of sexual harassment claims. the move was part of a remediation agreement of the city. >> 18 different women accused him of making you unwanted advances, including one city employee. he insisted her never harassed them. >> not one allegation, members of the council, has ever been independently verified or proven in court. they have never sexually harassed anyone. >> he just completed two weeks of therapy. other headlines a woman has been assaulted near santa clara university. police say the man sexual assaulted the woman early wednesday near the entrance to the university. she was able to run away. two other attacks happened in the same general area but police don't believe there's a connection. people inside the sfmta building were given blankets as they were checked out by paramedics, reporting breathing problems, itchy throats and ice. firefighters suspected pepper spray but never found anything. a massive search for daphne web, whose been missing for seven weeks. police say they'll search a missing space in oakland tomorrow morning. the father is a person of interest. he says someone snatched the girl out of his parked car. the reward is now up to $20,000. . grammy winner linda's shocking admission while she'll never be able to sing again. >> over charged at the gas pump, now safe way is paying back thousands of dollars thanks to one very alert customers. and they've got 30 seconds to prove they bleed blue and gold, the search for the ultimate plan and comes with a pretty cool prize. pretty mild temperatures. the cloud cover is not. >> talk about your weekend forecast and which day over the next seven is going to be the warmest coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, you're no good, you re no g, you're no good, baby you reo good. . new tonight, 11-time grammy winner linda ron -- rondstadt says she has parkinson's disease and can no longer sing. you're no good one of her best hits in the 1970s along with blue bayou and when will i be loved. 67-year-old rondstadt tells aarp magazine she was diagnosed about eight months ago. she says she initially thought the tremors and other problems with the result of a tick bite and shoulder surgery. millions of californians could have a hard time getting health insurance. the state's new online marketplace is suppose today go live in just a few weeks. ryan tells us covered california still has to cover a lot of ground. >> when president obama signed the ofrdable care act, that was only the beginning, executing the healthcare overhaul has been a monoyu mental path. covered california which has been in charge of implementing obama care in our state is scrambling. >> there are a lot of things that need to be done particularly on the it side of things and the system side of things. >> ross brown works at the state's nonpartisan legislative office. >> the vision is always beginning october 1, you would be able to -- to shop around and compare plans and look at plans and potentially be enrolled. >> the functionally of enrolling online fully is being tested currently. we don't know if we'll be ready for that functionalty on october 1. >> cover california admits you might not be able to sign up and enroll online october 1, but you will be able to look around. covered california knows a lot of people are keeping a close eye on the insurance exchange. it's almost a lose-lose. the exchange doesn't want to roll out a dud, and it wants to make its projected deadline. >> is that a missed opportunity? is that a let down for people? i mean, is that a big deal. >> we think -- we think it's important that consumers are not frustrated when they go onto our web site and they start to shop and compare. >> cover california stresses there will be other options to enroll. last week the agency started hiring call center workers who will likely be taking phone applications. >> covered california says they should know by beginning of next month whether or not the entire web site will be ready to go october 1. in sacramento, ryan, kpix 5. >> by the ebd of the year the agency expects to sign up lum one-and-a-half million californians who were previously uninsure snired. if you brought gas at safeway, you may have some money coming. safeway just agree today pay $46,000 to settle a lawsuit for overcharging more than 700 customers. most of them at this station on hamilton street in campbell. a computer problem wiped out special discounts. a customer caught the glitch in 2011, and safeway has reimbursed customers with a credit to their rewards cards. the golden state warriors held open try outs today, but they weren't looking for players. >> no. don ford shows us they're searching for a very different sort of star. >> the bay area commute is about to hit a sour note with the bay bridge closing for close to a week. bart may be your best shot to get from here to there. >> you know what, they probably will use bart. >> standing room only, very hot. >> while the bridge is closed, bart may see 20 to 30% more riders, maybe even setting a few records along the way. >> don't have to worry about everything like that. just sa a simpler way to go. >> all right. we definitely want you to take bart because they are going to be closing the bridge but they have nothing to do. the warriors fans piece we are going to show you as soon as we can cue that up. >> moe men tearly. >> until then, week at our weekend weather. >> we could not wait to get to this forecast. had to get to it. it is a spectacular one. if you enjoyed the weather today, slightly cooler than normal. got some live pictures i want to take you outside first and show you what's going on throughout the bay area with temperatures running in the mid 60s right now. look at the pyramid. not really that much low cloud cover yet. beautiful live picture. we also have one to show you of the bridge and one to show you out of san jose with mainly clear skies. tonight your low in san jose down to 57. san rafael down to 56. redwood city 59. mountain view 60. sunrise getting later and later. 6:33 the official sunrise tomorrow. microclimate forecast take you to bay point, afternoon sunshine with morning clouds both tomorrow and sunny, very comfortable. your highs other the weekend in the low 80s. the key to our forecast for the next several days is the same thing that gave us all the showers and widespread lightening strikes and thunderstorms, most of it offshore on monday. it's low pressure area moved off our coastline but still impacting our weather with a pretty strong on shore flow. that on shore flow will be with us for the next several days as low pressure drops anchor keeping that on shore flow going. temperatures stay near or below normal with morning clouds and afternoon sunshine, slight chance of sprinkle in far north bay coming up on sunday morning otherwise dry and very comfortable. highs tomorrow, livermore 82, san jose 76, san francisco 66 and your extended forecast, mid 80s inland all the way through the middle of next week. low 70s near the bay and mid 60s. near or slightly below normal every day with afternoon sunshine. really pleasant weather. >> looks really good. >> yeah. >> good stuff. i literally threw my phone on the counter. it fell to the floor. >> ben affleck cast as the crew sard, and the internet erupts in protests. we asked comic book die hards does affleck deserve the backlash. ,, goodnight. thanks, olivia. thank you. so you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. 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