Ext i knew the driver was on top of me trying to put his tongue in my mouth. Reporter three of the 20 women suing lyft appeared before reporters saying they had been sexually assaulted by the ride share companys drivers. Their lawyer. The bottom line is lyft does not take safety of their passengers seriously and never has. Reporter this is the second lawsuit filed against lyft since september. 14 individuals said in that suit they were the victims of rape and Sexual Assault by their driver. Since September Lyft says it has added more safety features. Bomberger says they dont work. The reason we know these dont work, eight of the women that are part of this lawsuit had their incidents occur after these features were in play. Reporter and there have been even more victims, he says. Weve gotten calls from 100 different women since just september of this year. Reporter one plaintiff who went by the name of ashley and her husband said lyft was uncooperative. They wouldnt give the police any
Now at 5 00, treacherous. Heavy rain pounding the bay area. So that means your morning commute will be put to the test. Good morning on this wednesday, december 4th. Jobina will have a look at the commute in a few minutes. First we get over to meteorologist mike nicco. Lets show you live no, well start with the storm impact scale. Our exclusive way of showing you are what to expect out of this storm today. Up to a third of inch is possible with ponding on the roadways during the morning commute. Altamont pass was foggy yesterday, its wet today withstanding water. Between livermore and dublin, we have a downpour hitting that area. Another part of the east bay is getting a downpour, highway 4 from Discovery Bay to pittsburg. The rest of us have a lot of green until you get into the santa cruz mountains, that will move into the south bay. Heres jobina with a look at the commute. Good morning. A live look at the richmondsan rafael bridge. You can see the rain is coming down from our video
Its a wet commute so lets get over to jobina. We are still continuing to follow this situation in san jose right now. Sevencar crash reported by the chp on northbound 280 before state route 87. Speeds are low at 9 Miles Per Hour in that area. The backup extends more than two miles at this point. Theyre focused on the injuries right now involved in this crash. Three left lanes have been blocked at this point. We will continue to follow that for you this morning. Leaving you with a live look at the san mateo bridge. Earlier this morning i was reporting that there was some flooding at the end of the bridge once you got off heading west bound there. That has been cleared up now. Thanks. The rain is being blamed for a landslide on the peninsula. Our Storm Watch Team coverage continues with Amy Hollyfield who is live in san bruno with the closures now in place. Good morning. This salk and this lane on san bruno avenue are closed. Were at the top of this hill of this slide. This is between Gl
You are watching kpix 5 news at 5 30. Right now, on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, rit intotheir home. E a bay amid at home is now red tagged. That evening i am allen martin. The crash happened on maria drive in petaluma. They tell us this is the second time a car has crashed into this exact home in the past month. It was through this crosswalk were the car failed to stop traveling across the intersection, crashing into that house. Get a small honda suv smashed completely through the garage wall. Continuing across the garage and finally stopping against another wall. Is unlike an explosion but it was just a really loud crash. And, then i heard my stepdad telling everybody to get out, get out. Get out of the house . He saw smoke and then it smelled like gas. There were eight People Living in the house, and no one was injured, but, now just before the holidays, eight people have nowhere to live. The house is red tagged, structurally unsound and it is raining. Did you have a tree
Could prove the man who jumped out of a plane with 200,000 in ransom survived after all. And how did she do that . Pink scales the side of a building while performing at the American Music awards. We talk to her choreographer about how she pulled it off. A good monday morning. Were going to start things off with breaking news this morning. The death of the man many called the face of evil. Yeah, the convicted killer and cult leader Charles Manson died of Natural Causes at the age of 83 overnight. He and his followers terrorized los angeles in the summer of 1969 with a string of coldblooded murders. Abcs Marci Gonzalez takes a look back. Reporter he was the mastermind of some of americas most chilling mass murders, the creator of a killer crime family. Im a convict. Im an outlaw. Im a rebel. Im not a sunday school teacher. Reporter for decades, Charles Manson occupied a lone place in american pop culture, the thing of nightmares, a man who convinced other people to commit murder for him