Power lines lurking overhead, a recipe for disaster. Were on top of the hill here. I feel fortunate i live next door to a firehouse. So i dont think theyll let that burn down. Reporter pg e says the Fire Prevention shutoffs will be phased into 13 different blackouts across Northern California affecting tens of thousands of customers in 24 counties. We expect for these to be smaller by a third and thats thanks to equipment that we have been installing that helps make these more focused and targeted. Its ridiculous. Its almost like saying oh, theres bricks down here. Somebody could trip on it. Lets outlaw bricks, you know. Reporter thats the concern, that power lines could spark some of the fires. Well, we have been alerted to the situation by phone calls and texts. Reporter so that is the plan for pg e to affect the fewest amount of people possible during this latest round. Pg e saying anything else about the latest shutoffs, how its going to affect other customers . Reporter yeah, they are saying this is going to be as targeted as they can. They also say that because of these shutoffs that have been going on and off for this year multiple times residents say, of course, its a concern. Residents here say theyre ready to deal with it and theyre ready for whatever happens tonight. We should all be prepared. Kenny, thanks. The high winds playing a big part in how long those customers could be without power. Meteorologist paul heggen joins us with a look at how the wind is blowing right now. Its turning to the offshore direction which is a dry direction and the winds are beginning to pick up in speed a little bit, not nearly as strong as they will be later tonight. Fairfield is seeing the offshore wind at 13 miles an hour, 5 miles an hour in napa. 25 to 35mile an hour sustained winds later tonight especially in the higher terrain. You combine that with already low relative humidity levels, only 9 in fairfield, 18 in concord, 12 in livermore. Thats the dangerous combination. Thats why we have the red flag warning in effect through 11 00 friday for the north and east bay, mountains and inland valleys and the Santa Cruz Mountains, sustained winds in that 15 to 30mile an hour range, but gusts in the tallest peaks especially could reach 55 miles an hour. Any fire that does manage to get going would rapidly spread. Well look at how strong the winds will be and how low the humidity will remain in a few minutes. Contra costa county fire a high alert stepping up staffing and resources during the red flag warning. With all the dry brush and windy conditions Officials Say they are indeed prepared to respond to any fires if they break out. In our Fire District i put up an extra dozer. We have dozers that can cut trails and cut paths for our access and actually to contain fires. We have two of those in service today. We have a helicopter resource that can drop water on our fires locally. Stay up to date on the weather conditions. Get the latest on the power shutoffs by using the kpix5 news app, your source for trusted bay area news. Police are investigating a deadly triple shooting in east oakland. Our ken bastida is following this developing story. 3 ken. Liz, details are still unfolding this hour. We know three people were shot just before 1 00 this afternoon. It happened at 84th avenue near birch street. Crime tape, yellow markers are scattered all around this east oakland neighborhood. Police say one victim died at the scene. Another died at the hospital. The third victim is being treated at the hospital, but their condition is unknown. This was the view of the crime scene from chopper 5 this afternoon, patrol cars blocking access to the neighborhood. The victims identities have not been released. There is no description of the shooter or shooters. Oakland police say this is the 78th and 77th homicide of the year. These are people. These are people from our community that have lost their lives to senseless violence. The Community Members that live in this block and in this area have to live with the tragic scene that theyve seen today, of bullets flying in their community indiscriminately and putting everybody at risk. Thats deputy chief leronne armstrong. He says the senseless violence needs to stop. Just last night 60 rounds were fired in a residential neighborhood just three blocks away. It is not acceptable for in broad daylight in the middle of the day for rounds to be fired in our community. Our children are home as a result of this pandemic. Theyre unsafe. We cant sit inside our homes and allow this to happen. The deputy chief says the department is looking into whether this afternoons shooting and the one from last night are related. Were getting our first look at a deadly officer involved shooting in napa county last week. Kpix5s andria borba is live in napa. The Sheriffs Department just released this body cam video of the incident . Reporter thats right, allen. The shooting happened on october 5th at 10 10 p. M. Sergeant david actman, a 21 year veteran, was on patrol when he noticed a car driving with no headlights near kaiser road and state route 221. He pulled the video over and that is when the video starts. Juan garcia, the driver, got out of the car and appeared to put his hands behind his back. The sergeant who unholsterred his weapon put it back and mr. Garcia kept one hand behind his back and moved toward the sergeant and the car. The gun was unholsterred again. The sergeant began yelling for him to get back in his car. After mr. Garcia continued to advance ignoring multiple warnings sergeant actman fired six shots. All six shots hit mr. Garcia. The training of the napa county Sheriffs Department when we are by ourselves and faced with a deadly threat which sergeant actman believed he was faced with a deadly threat is we are going to meet that threat with our own lethal force. At no time did sergeant actman believe mr. Garcia did not have a deadly threat. A taser is not the right tool to bring to a situation where he believes that his own lifes in danger. Reporter now garcia died at queen of the Valley Medical Center the next day due to those six gunshot wounds to the abdomen. His blood alcohol level was 0. 338 at the time of the shooting. Before the sheriff released the video to the public mr. Garcias family viewed the video here at the Sheriffs Department this afternoon along with their attorney and a representative from the mexican consulate. Mr. Garcia is a mexican national. Many times the departments turn the investigation over to other agencies. Reporter this is the Napa County Major Crimes task force which involves the napa Sheriffs Department and the Napa City Police department and the napa county d. A. s office. Were told that this investigation could take between six and eight months. The sergeant is on paid administrative leave right now. Its all staying in the county. Thanks so much. Milpitas Police Offering a 20,000 reward in the case of a man suspected of killing his ex girl friend. Detectives believe the 35year old suspect Kevin James Gitmed of gilroy is armed and dangerous. They say he shot and killed his exgirl friend Causandra Inocencio in the parking lot of hilton garden on ranch drive saturday night. The victim is a 40yearold mother of two and died a short time later at the hospital. Gitmed is described as 6 feet tall, brown hair brown eyes and tattoos on his hands, arms and chest. Amy Coney Barrett faced a second day of questioning and the Affordable Care act played a starring role. Skyler henry is live on capitol hill. Reporter good evening to you. Much like yesterday judge, judge amy Coney Barrett shied away from wading into those hot button issues like healthcare, in fact, giving very little as to how she would rule should she get a seat on the high court but maintaining she would be an originalist in terms of how she perceives the law. This comes on the final day of questioning from lawmakers on both side for this potential Supreme Court nominee. Supreme Court Nominee amy Coney Barrett took the hot seat for her final day of questioning. Why are you doing this, judge barrett . Why not just say thanks, but no thanks, leave it for somebody else . For me to stay im not willing to undertake it even though i think this is something important would be, you know, a little cowardly. Reporter judge barrett continued to offer few clues about how shed rule from the bench on key issues, but she did give her views on the power of the executive and judicial branches. Do you agree that a president must follow a court order and the Supreme Courts word is final . As a matter of law, the Supreme Court may have the final word but lacks after that. Theres room for different approaches to the constitution and i think those approaches shouldnt be broken down into partisan boxes because judges are not partisan. Reporter Committee Republicans and democrats expressed polar opposite views on what it would mean for barrett to be confirmed to the high court. Youre one of the most amazing human beings ive ever met in my life. Your judicial philosophy i think is very mainstream. Your confirmation may launch a new chapter of conservative judicial activism unlike anything weve seen in decades. Reporter a Committee Vote on barretts nomination is scheduled for thursday. Democrats are expected to request a hold pushing that vote to next week. We should mention both california senators sit on this committee. We received a statement from senator kamala harris, the democratic Vice President ial nominee, a few minutes ago. It says in part that these reiterating her disapproval of Senate Republicans rush to confirm a Supreme Court nominee in the midst of a deadly pandemic and historic economic crisis. Again, the full vote for judge barrett in terms of her nomination to the Supreme Court is expected on october 22nd. Here on capital him im skyler henry, kpix5. Still ahead kpix5 streaming on cbsn bay area. Covid cases continue to surge across the world. Coming up what the cdc says you could be doing that may be contributing to the uptick in positive cases. Plus hes a coding wiz, a ceo of his very own company and hes just 13 years old. And the san fran when was the last time your property tax bill went down . What . Never. Are you kidding me . For years, the residential burden has gone up. While the corporate burden has gone down. Prop 15 reverses that. It closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. And when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. Thats right. A savings of a hundred twentyone dollars a year for the average home. Give homeowners a break. Vote yes on 15. Lets take another live look at the white house right now. We learned the president s teenage son baron was diagnosed with covid19 the same time his parents were fighting the virus, but the first lady said he never had symptoms and has since tested negative. Meantime experts say the fall covid surge is here and the map says it all. No state is trending in the right direction. 36 states like colorado now are reporting a spike in new cases. The cdc director dr. Robert redfield says a rise in cases is due in part to small household gatherings. Now with the holidays coming up Health Experts are advising people not to have indoor thanksgiving dinners with people outside of their household. And particularly with thanksgiving coming up, we think its really important to stress the vigilance of these continued mitigation steps in the household setting. And as the war on covid19 continues, the battle over a stimulus deal drags on. Some House Democrats are urging House Speaker nancy pelosi to accept a proposal made by the white house and republican leaders, but Speaker Pelosi says the proposal doesnt go far enough. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says when the full Senate Returns next week, the first order of business will be voting again on relief for workers. Well, some Santa Clara County restaurants welcomed customers back inside today. Santa clara, alameda counties moving to the orange tier under the States Coronavirus guidelines. That means theyre allowed to have 25 capacity for indoor dining. Pedros restaurant in santa clara was happy to open the doors the first time in months hoping to be able to bring more of their crew back into work. To reopen indoors, businesses must submit their social distancing protocols to the county within two weeks. In San Francisco a sight we havent seen in months, kids on an open playground. The city reopened the slides, monkey bars, swings and all but with new rules. Playground visits are limited to 30 minutes when others are present. Social distancing is required and everyone over the age of 2 must wear a face covering. Today mayor london breed also unveiled no upgrades to six older playgrounds. So kids are going to have an opportunity to just enjoy something new and exciting in the city. Lets all do the right thing so that our children and San Francisco families can be healthy. For more information about the new rules for using San Francisco playgrounds, head to our website, www. Kpix. Com. An unusual missing creatures case, a male ring tailed lemur missing from the San Franciscozoo and police want a little help looking for him. Police are investigating a possible breakin at the lemur forest habitat. The lemur named mocky was discovered missing by staff this morning. Lemurs are a highly endangered animal native only to madagascar. Police say if anyone has information, please contact them. Lets find out whats unusual about the weather, shall we . Well, its going to be pretty hot the next couple days and that ramps up the fire danger, of course. Right. The whole setup isnt that unusual for this time of year. We can often see these hot, dry patterns shaping up. Whats unusual is the strength of this particular heat for this time of year and its a perfect position to send the offshore winds towards the bay area and ramp up the fire danger. Theres a storm system in the middle of the pacific. As it has been getting stronger its been amplifying this heat dome to lead to even hotter weather the next couple days. Lets start with the relative humidity levels. The forecast for tonight shows very little recovery to those humidity levels farther inland. In fact, they may even go down in some spots through the Early Morning hours. Its going to be bone dry by tomorrow afternoon. Those relative humidities in the Single Digits for most inland portions of the bay area. Once again tomorrow night not much recovery. So thats why the red flag warning continues through tomorrow night into friday morning. The winds arent that strong now, but those will ramp up as we head late this evening into tonight. 25 to 35mile an hour gusts especially the north bay, but there will be a few spots inland in the east bay and the Santa Cruz Mountains where the winds get stronger, similar to what were seeing here, and still gusty winds tomorrow to start the day. They die down a little in the afternoon and ramp back up as the sun goes down tomorrow night in the 20 to 30mile an hour range which would allow any fire that gets started to rapidly spread and, of course, when the winds are that gusty, were looking at the possibility of some downed tree limbs. Those can fall into power lines and causes all sorts of problems, which is why we have the power shutoffs scheduled through this evening and tonight. Temperatures are heading up. To the west no hint of fog as we look past sutro tower, 80 downtown, close to 90 degrees on the east side of the bay, upper 80s in san jose and low to mid90s for livermore, santa rosa and concord temperatures tonight drop down to the mid 60s. We heat up rapidly on thursday, temperatures well into the 80s for inland parts of the bay area by noon with high temperatures near record territory, even triple digits east of the diablo range. Well look at record highs tomorrow, see if well break any coming up at 5 30. Temperatures back off sunday, but tomorrow, friday and saturday its going to be hot especially for inland parts of the bay area, even around the bay highs near 90 degrees tomorrow and friday. Coming up were helping you vote smart this election day. And the south bay 13year old getting rewarded for his big smarts. A reminder, kpix5 has a new woman 1 get your votebymail ballot . Woman 2 you can stay healthy and fill it out from the safety of home. Surfer or you can fill it out anywhere. Man 1 its easy to mail it back. You dont even need a stamp. Man 2 or you can use an official drop box. Woman 3 you can even drop it off at the polls. Man 3 then, track it to confirm your county got it. See . They got it woman 4 mail ballots are the simple, safe, and secure way to ensure that your vote is counted. In the tubbs fire. The flames, the ash, it was terrifying. Thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. Families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. Nineteen will help rebuild lives. Vote yes on 19. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. At just 13 years old a bay area teenager is it already a computer coding whiz. Kpix5s don ford on his recent award and why hes a young man to watch out for. My name is adrit row and im the ceo and founder of aerotuck. Reporter chief executive and chief technology of his own Company Already has an app on the app store. Hes 13 years old. I came up with this app called shop quick and the whole purpose of this app is to inform people on the wait time at local grocery stores. Reporter select your store, confirm your location and there you go. As one of the select winners of apples coding competition, he was invited to a zoom call with apple ceo tim cook. Did tim cook offer you a job . No. Reporter i think hes missing his mark there. At the end of our conversation he said, i hope to bump with you around town, because he lives here in palo alto. Reporter it all started with video games back in the third grade. He doesnt play video games anymore. What do you do for fun . Currently my fun is working with Artificial Intelligence and machine learning. Reporter not entirely. He enjoys fencing and has won several awards here, too. Then theres this. Adrian enjoys playing the violin, admits he still needs a little more practice, but he likes the sound. His parents, both engineers, realize hes something special, but what we want him to be is a normal kid who grows up normally. Reporter what is it you want to do when you grow up . When i grow up, i would really like to start my own company. Reporter youve already done that. Ive already done that, but this is more of a nonprofit in which i want to make a difference. Reporter an amazing young man with an amazing future. In palo alto, don ford, kpix5. He says his app has the most Popular Grocery stores on it. So if you dont see your store, you can request it in that app. Do you feel like a loser . Totally. I feel like such a slacker, wow. I dont play the violin or work with art. At 13 i was hoping my mom would drop me off at the movie theater. I could say i work with Artificial Intelligence because i work in a newsroom. Oh. Comedy is not my thing either apparently. I thought it was funny. Next at 5 30 we want to help you vote smart. Coming up a look at the latest poll numbers from key battleground states. Plus if its not passed, caltrain could be no more, a deeper look at measure rr. And he is not running for president i didnt choose this job because it was easy. But i cant say i expected this. To fight these fires, we need funding plain and simple. For this crisis, and for the next one. Prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. So firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. The big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. Its what they do. Well, i do what i do. If yould like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15. When you take a it all begins to unravel. Ann ravels no reformer, shes backed by big corporations whove poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. And she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. Only dave cortese is endorsed by the California Democratic party. Hes helping us battle the pandemic with a sciencebased approach. And expanding Health Services and child care to those in need. For state senate, Democrat Dave cortese. Right now at 5 30 our special coverage of campaign 2020, voters being asked to save caltrain, why the pandemic has hit this Transit System especially hard. Plus the state of this race, new poll numbers showing President Trump and joe biden neck and neck in several key battleground states. And President Trump speaking right now in one of those important states. Good evening. Im allen martin. Im elizabeth cook. This evening we are putting the spotlight on measure rr which provides funding for caltrain. Its on the ballot in santa clara, san mateo and San Francisco counties. Backers say caltrain is in trouble and if the measure does not pass, the Transit System could be shut down. Kpix5s john ramos on arguments for and against. Reporter before this pandemic began caltrain was looking for ways to expand service. Now theyre just looking for a way to survive. Back in the days before covid 19 no one
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