Transcripts For KPIX CBS 5 Eyewitness News At 6PM 20121027 :

KPIX CBS 5 Eyewitness News At 6PM October 27, 2012

[ music ] the band switched hotels. The man who grew up in the segregated south said he didnt hear the remark about those people but he says he recognizes discrimination. [ inaudible ] permanent indelible scar on your brain, you know . And for that to happen in 2012 is made me think about it. This has to stop. Reporter the Human Rights Commission is looking over the complaint. If they begin an official investigation and find violations, the hotel do end up on a list of businesses not in Good Standing with San Francisco. The hotel says they believe in diversity and have a National Reputation as such but for this local Franchise Owner they need to have a talk with them. Thank you. The governors tax hike proposal is slipping in the polls. Now an enormous amount of money is flooding in from out of state that could sing sink prop 30. Cbs 5 political reporter grace lee reports. Reporter this fight centers around a mysterious 11 million donation that came from arizona last week. It was given to defeat prop 30. He is not happy about it and he vows to find out who is behind the money. They may be from anywhere. I dont know where these people are from because theyre hiding. Theyre wearing masks. People like to run around in hoods because they dont want people to see who the hell they are. The state of california is going to court to unmask these people. Reporter strong words from the governor today at the naacp convention. Though he later clarified that he didnt necessarily mean to refer to the ku klux klan. No. What it is, is, that when people do things, sometimes they dont want to be exposed for what they are doing and this Arizona Organization says they are in business for transparency and they are not willing to come clean in california. I think they ought to unmask themselves. Reporter the governor is campaigning nonstop for prop 30 which would raise sales tax. 25 and state income tax on the rich. Its now in the hands of the court. The Fair Political Practices Commission filed a lawsuit demanding an audit of the arizona donor Group Americans for responsible leadership. It says in part, quote, respondents conduct will cause great and irreparable harm to the voters of california by potentially denying them Vital Information regarding the true source of large sums money n answer to that lawsuit, the arizona nonprofit says, quote, this motion is the result of intense political pressure to have them do something and keep the Campaign Issue alive. With ads clogging the airwaves, its a reminder there isnt much time left what would that accomplish to find out who they are . I think there may be something funny going on here. There are a lot of people giving money. Why didnt they put their name on it . There is an angle we dont know about. Reporter so this could all come to a conclusion soon. A Court Hearing is scheduled Tuesday Morning so there is a possibility that the mystery could be all figured out and we find out who is the behind the 11 million. A Police Sergeant calls it the most callous crime he ever saw. Today two teens were accused of brutally murdering a woman in her Castro Valley home then setting her house on fire. Cbs reporter da lin on how the suspects staked out the house for hours. Da. Reporter liz, prosecutors say this was such a gruesome crime that they charged a 16 yearold in the case as an adult. He appeared in superior court here in hayward this afternoon the both he and the 18yearold suspect will be charged with murder and arson. They are only releasing the mugshot of that 18yearold suspect right now. This is what nightmares are made of, of what these two ill use the term loosely people did. Reporter detectives described the two teens as evil and their crimes despicable. They say the suspect killed the woman at home, went to lunch, hung out with friends, came back at night to set the body on fire to cover up their tracks. Alameda county sheriffs investigators say 18yearold cody nicosia and 16yearold Christian Birdsall killed Barbara Latiolais last wednesday over money. Investigators say the 16year old is a distant relatives of the victims longtime boyfriend a retired San Francisco firefighter. They say the two teens planned the attack knowing the victim was home alone and her boyfriend was out of town. Deputies birdsall offered the woman to do yardwork since they knew each other. Once inside the house the suspects came behind the victim and choked her until she passed out. Miss latiolais started making noises. She was not dead at that point. And the two of them took a rope and together they strangled her to death. Reporter detectives say the teens robbed her of jewelry, money and guns. They say the pair admitted to killing the woman when a parent confronted the teens. Was asking them, whats going on, what are you doing . If you did anything you need to come clean. The kid told the father, we killed someone. Reporter the two teens will return to court monday morning and get an attorney. Live in hayward, im da lin, cbs 5. Thank you. Other bay area headlines, three east bay men are charged with the murder of a San Francisco couple. Sheriffs detectives from Contra Costa County arrested them in concord this week. They are suspected of shooting and killing two people. Police found their bodies on the ground outside a car in pittsburg last week. The motive for the murder is unclear. A driver nearly ended up inside the safeway senator San Franciscos Marina District today. His jaguar jumped a parking bumper and slammed into the line of shopping carts outside. The car stopped as you see just short of stores front windows. The driver was not badly hurt nor was anyone else. The san mateo bridge will stay open this weekend. Caltrans canceled the planned closure because crews made more progress than expected during last weeks shutdown. Crews will close lanes occasionally to finish the project. The United States could soon become the worlds top producer of oil. One of the main reasons is the new development in a technique called hydraulic fracturing or fracking. While some landowners are seeing dollar signs, others fear the worst. [ cows mooing ] reporter cattle land is oil land. The rancher likes it that way. Its been very good in the last couple of years. Reporter under the fields where her cows graze, theres lots of oil. Its a constant source of revenue that helps keep the ranch going. I have heard people say, because youre with an oilfield out here, its scorched earth. Well, this is anything but scorched earth. You saw the cows and everybody is kumbaya, right . Reporter oil wells are nothing new to ranchers here because this valley is home to an oilfield where Companies Like chevron having drilling for more than 60 years. But new technology would allow that drilling to expand to places where the oil lies much deeper. 14billion barrels of oil reserves could now finally be accessible in the hills and valleys beyond san ard doe in an area known as the monterey shale. These are source rocks for oil and gas. Reporter this physicist says shale oil is harder to harvest. You need go down and out horizontally in a technique called fracking. Now we have technology, enabling technologies, that allow these reservoirs to be produced economically. Reporter with oil at almost 90 a barrel, he predicts things are about to change. Fast. Theres just a lot more activity and a lot of that activity is in places where there hasnt been much for a long period of time. Reporter in Monterey County oil prospectors are knock on the doors of landowners trying to buy up leases. Now all of a sudden, the people that drilled for oil are more interested in going out and getting these mineral rights for property owners. Reporter the assessor says Oil Companies have to record the transfer with the county. We are starting to see more of those recently. Reporter but since oil leases arent taxed until the well produces, the county doesnt keep track of them. The Oil Companies also wont reveal how much they pay the landowners. The deeds all just read, one dollar. We dont know. Its not made public. Reporter its the secrecy that bothers vineyard owners the most. We feel that the Oil Companies arent necessarily as forthcoming as we believe they need to. Reporter especially about the potential impacts of fracking. Our biggest concern is quality and quantity of water. Reporter because it takes at least one million gallons of water to frack a single well. Were looking at reducing the water table to the point where we cant irrigate. Reporter the industry says the water gets recycled and theres never been a case of ground water contamination from fracking in california. But the woman who sells her wine all over the country remains unconvinced. Some of these people are going to have tasting rooms. And having an oil derrick behind your vineyard is not sending the message you want to send. Look at that coming in. That looks promising. Reporter this rancher disagrees. Maybe they tasted wine, didnt like it. Dont blame it on the oil. Come on. [ laughter ] reporter she has a word of advice for landowners who hope to strike it rich. I would be very careful. You cant just lease it to the first guy that knocks on the door. She Wont Disclose how much she earns from her oil leases. Just like the size of the cattle heard, its something ranchers dont talk about it. She owns the oil under her land. Some dont. They wouldnt get royalties and they dont have a choice whether an oil rig goes up on their property or not. Well have that story hat 11. A nanny suspected of killing two babies in her care. The bay area tie to the tragedy in new york. Im ken bastida in fremont in mobile 5. A major milestone in building a new bart station. Well show you the tunnel thats just been completed. And happy friday to you. Meteorologist paul deanno. Could it get any better than this perfect weather that we had outside today . Guess what. The answer is yes. Find out how beautiful our weekend is going to be and find out when that rain is going to come back. Its all in your forecast coming up. ,,, when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. Oh. Oh look the lion is out no mommy no dont worry honey, it only works on checks. Deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. Just snap a picture, hit send and done. Take a step forward and chase what matters. York, used to live in San Francisco. Theres a makeshift memorian front of the manhattan apart mother found her the father of two Young Children killed by their nanny in new york, apparently, used to live in San Francisco. There is a makeshift memorial in front of the manhattan apartment where the mother found the 2yearold son and 6 yearold daughter stabbed to death in the bathroom. On the bathroom floor was the nanny covered in blood. Police believe she killed the children and then stabbed herself. Unbelievable. Just unbelievable. I cant imagine what the mother is feeling. Screams were heard by a neighbor who alerted police and who arrived and found the children dead. The nanny is in the hospital in critical condition. The motive for the murders is unclear. New york police notified the childrens father as he arrived at the airport from a business trip in San Francisco. Kevin krim used to live in noe valley when he worked at yahoo a few years ago. Today we learned more about operation impact, the joint effort to curb violence in oakland. Starting in a week and a half, Christmas Tree lighting healthcare officers will help boost chp officers will help boost patrols and work out traffic control. They are still working out the number of officers and who will pay for. The men and women of my Police Department do an amazing job under difficult circumstances. A similar deployment is planned for stockton. Bart is celebrating a construction milestone. Ken bastida shows us more. Reporter to build the new station, this is warm springs, this will be the end of the line in 2015, they had to build that tunnel called the central park subway. That subway goes underneath the park itself central park and fremont and also goes underneath lake elizabeth. They had to drain the lake pull the fish out to build this. Today they announced the completion of the tunneling. Some mucky mucks from bart went down there and some state people including Carl Guardino from the california transportation commission. We are here to celebrate an amazing day of the extension and then we go another 16. 1 miles to make sure that bart not only comes to southern fremont but to berryessa, downtown san jose, and on to santa clara where we link for caltrain Commuter Rail so after a 60 year wait, a wait that was worth it, but after a 60 year wait well finally have rapid rail around the entire bay. About 137 million to build the tunnel under the park there. As i say its finished. And by 2015, there will be a new station here the warm springs south fremont station all you can see now are the rails. Thats about it. Some of the grading work that they have done here. But then its on to berryessa and downtown san jose in the not too distant future. Live in fremont, ken bastida, cbs 5. Back to you. Thank you. Paul, its a great weekend for the bay area or great week for the bay area, big wins by the giants and, of course, topped it off with great weather here today. We are finishing it up with the driest mildest day of the week and the winning Streak Continues into the weekend. Wouldnt it be nice if the giants continued the winning streak . They took off for detroit which has a different climate than us. Hopefully they will come back on the ground in detroit, cold front comes through tomorrow. First pitch temperature 43 degrees, likely in the 30s about the fourth or 5th inning tomorrow. Heres a beautiful view outside. California at its finallest late october and we were in the 70s today. Current temperatures outside as we wrap up friday. Livermore 71. Oakland still 72. And san jose 64 degrees. Radar is clear. Well stay clear for a while. High pressure hanging out to the north and west. Thats a great spot because winds by rule of nature always flow clockwise by high pressure. Well follow the clock around and get a northwest flow of air. Thats about as perfect as it gets. If you like rainfall maybe you will like next week when low pressure moves n timing isnt great. Tens of thousands of kids want to knock on your door for candy on halloween. Thats when the rain is about to scheduled to arrive. For tomorrow saturday starting off the weekend beautifully even downtown San Francisco 70 degrees. 78 for concord and livermore. San jose 75. And pacifica 66 degrees. Mainly sunny skies both weekend days. Low 80s inland sunday. Showers return for halloween and thursday. That is your cbs 5 forecast. Coming up, in tonights consumerwatch, why california couches will soon come with warning labels. Governor, can i talk to you for a minute please . Why wont you look at any of the tape we have on caltrans . Why wont you show it to us . This guy is a thug. State workers going shopping on your dime. The investigation that led to this confrontation with the governor. ,, rachel and sam have a house. Now they want a home. A home where everything feels like its designed just for them. Where the styles they love fit into the wallet they have. Big or small they want furniture that makes life better. Thats why they visit us. Were more than a Home Improvement store. Were ikea, the Life Improvement store. Come with a warning label. As cbs 5 consumerwatch repor julie watts explains a controversial flame retardas now on the states list of cancer causing chemicals. In two days your couch will come with a warning label. Cbs 5 consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains a controversial name retar cant is on the list of the cancer causing chemicals on the state list. Reporter were used to seeing them on cigarettes and alcohol and even lead paint. But hot off the presses, prop 65 warning labels are coming to a Furniture Store near you. Dow any idea what chemicals are in this chair . No and neither do the people who sell it to you. Reporter he says thats the problem. The state of california has added one chemical flame retardant to its list of cancer causing chemicals but no one seems to know which chemicals are in which sofas. So theyre all getting a prop 65 warning label. If your couch was purchased in california it likely contains pounds of chemical flame retardants. This scientist explains the 40 yearold requiremen of tb117 applies to the foam inside the furniture so its doused with chemicals. He demonstrates in an actual fire its the fabric that catches first and once it is ignited, he says the chemicals have little effect except to produce toxic smoke and carbon monoxide. Because the flame retardants migrate and settle in dust studies have found high levels of the toxic chemical in toddlers, breast milk and babies. We know that it lowers iq that it does slow brain development. Reporter mark leno is relieved theres been a change. If my customers are concerned im concerned. The revision to the flammability standard is expected by next summer and would increase fire safety without chemical name retardants. In the meantime all couches sold in california must adhere to the old standard which means most will come with chemically treated foam and a prop 65 warning label. Remember, if you have a consumer question call us at 1 8885helpsu. Thank you. Coming up, bay area kids smoking pot right by schools, a tactic by teens so they ca

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