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chattanooga coming together in the wake of the shooting that took the lives of five members of the u.s. military. iwe begin tonight with that historic chapter in the relations between the u.s. and cuba. tomorrow in washington a cuban flag will fly over a new cuban embassy for the first time in more than 50 years. at the state department, the cuban flag will be added to the flags of other 150 other nations. in havana where the anticipation is building. havana, any other day on the island inflation. for those americans worried or concerned about missing out on retrocuba, time is on jury side. yes, change is coming to the caribbean island nation but it won t happen overnight. it could take years. the relationship between washington and havana is difficult. and the opening of an embassy is not expected to change that dynamic. but a poll taken earlier this year showed 97% of cubans supportingsupporting normalizing ties with the u.s. there s happiness and relief but also a ....
two more squatters around the corner. are you done with it? crews boarded up the house today. police told neighbors they should expect some strangers stopping by. they said that because there are known prostitutes frequenting this house we should inspect people coming and going until realizing the people are gone. yes. this squatter about reports of prostitution. when i saw her this month. is there prostitution? i look like a whore because i have blonde hair and i m black? i don t know what people do. the neighbors are scheduled to meet with the district attorney this evening to give sworn statements part of a formal process the house is headed for foreclosure the owner had a reverse mortgage. are you hopeful? i am hopeful. i m hopeful now that they re gone. we d like the neighborhood back. we ve been getting interesting reports of other squatter houses around the bay area. if you have something we can look into, e mail me or call me. that story is ....
dan noyes was there today when police chased away the squatters. i got a look inside of the home today. neighbors hope this is finally coming to an end. i team arrived just in time to see two squatters leaving the house in the oakland hills. after the car pulled away police swept the house. anyone else inside? we got a look inside. and what they left behind. junk, trash, and discarded cloenling and rotting food. and a set of golf clubs. crime soared in this neighborhood. stolen cars and drug use and in may, a pit bull attacked a neighbor, biting him and breaking his arm. how many times are we going to be victimized? how long is it going to take to this these people removed? you can see one hauling stuff in a wheel barrow but they came back over the weekend. neighbors tell me they walked until the coast is clear and two more squatters around the corner. are you done with it? crews boarded up the house today. police told neighbors they should expect some ....
the trees. without a direct escape route it runs until it finds an opening in that fence and then darts towards another large tree, but flames and smoke from the fire line in the field at the bottom right cut it off. when it pops out from under that tree, the deer makes a straight shot through the burned grass towards the fire. but this time not deterred by the smoke and the orange flames on both sides he bursts through the fire line and finds freedom. well another fire erupted this morning, this one in by point, the third one in the past two week, the string of fires burned 3 acres near highway 4 started just after 4:00 this morning, the flames were quickly knocked down. no word yet on how it started. an unusual death for a man who tried to evade oakland police. large man got wedged in a small space between two buildings and we are talking a very small space. more on the story from our news room, ken. reporter: oakland police are still trying to figure out how th ....
animal evacuation center located nearby. there s so many ranches up in this area with cows, horses, you name it. so there are a lot of people and animals displaced this morning. as for the cause of the fire, preliminary reports say it might have been from a vehicle accident. but they are still working on that. we are going to get an update on where this fire is, what kind of progress they would make overnight at 7:00 this morning. right now live in vaccination, anne makevoc, kpix 5. thanks, anne. to the east a wildfire is burning in the sierra and forced the closure of highway 50 in both directions. the highway is closed right now from pollock pines to meyers. the flames broke out near kyburz in the whitehall area of the american river inside the el dorado national forest. that fire is 100 acres 5% contained. a passenger in the car captured the moments after the flames broke out yesterday afternoon. and more than 200 fires are fighting the flames from the ground and ....