Reporter in the neighborhood where a 13year old boy was shot, there is raw emotion over a decision not to press charge against the sheriff deputy who killed him. Im a mother. And he was like my son. Guarantee will not be allowed around here. Reporter the demonstration came just a few hours after the Sonoma County District Attorney made her announcement. The wills of this young life under these circumstances if a loss for all of us and this community will be forever changed. Reporter eight months ago that deputy everyic goal house and Erick Gelhaus and his partner responded to a report. Andy lopez was walking with a toy ak47 thats it in the bottom picture which looks a lot like the real gun in the top picture. Andys toy gun didnt have the orange tip required by law. The report also released this still from a witness cell phone video. It shows both deputies taking cover behind their police car doors positioned just as they were when several witnesses tell authorities that both deputies drew their weapons and ordered andy to drop his gun. But instead, quote andy turned to his right, toward the deputies, with the weapon in his hand and the barrel which had been pointed down began to ascend. And thats when Deputy Gelhaus opened fire. The sheriff says Deputy Gelhaus will be back at work soon. Bottom loin here, the da says this was a tragedy but not a crime. But the family of andy lopez through their Attorney Says this was a mockery of justice and they will fight this in federal court. In santa rosa, joe vasquez, kpix 5. Protestors are planning another larger demonstration outside the das office at 1 00 this afternoon. Four people are recovering from injuries after a roller coaster car derealed in Magic Mountain in Southern California. Eyewitness news marlie hall explains how a fallen tree caused the accident in valencia. Reporter riders at six flags Magic Mountain, california were hanging nearly 30 feet in the air for hours yesterday. Officials say part of a tree came crashes down on it at about 5 30 p. M. Pushing the first car off the tracks. We were going across one turn and all of a sudden a loud noise happened. Reporter one by one crews rescued all 22 people on the roller coaster. Jeremy was one of at least four people who suffered minor injuries. I ducked down just in time. The hard branch. I was there bleeding from my head which was a little worse than this. But it took about 45 minutes to get any kind of response. Reporter in a statement, Amusement Park officials said reporter the parks website advertises that the ninja coaster swoops through trees at 55 Miles Per Hour to get riders a thrill but jeremy got more of a thrill than he bargained for and he says his first time at Magic Mountain will be his last, marlie hall, cbs news. The defense team for Oscar Pistorius closed its case. A lawyer for the sprinter said today hes finished calling witnesses. That sets the stage for final arguments from both sides about a month from now. Pistorius could get 25 years to life if found guilty but also get a shorter prison term if convicted of murder without premeditation or negligent homicide. And a video shows pistorius reenacting what happened the night he killed his girlfriend. The video is prepared by a private Forensics Company and on stained by an australian obtained by an Australian Television station. At one point, he reenacts how he found his girlfriend reeva steenkamps slumped over the toilet after being shot. Losing your home in a fire is bad enough. And now one of those families is afraid for their safety. They say neighbors are blaming them for starting this fire that destroyed eight homes in the small delta town of collinsville. They say a neighbor came to their property with a gun while the family was sifting through the debris. Well, why would we burn our own house down . It aint right to blame somebody hike us. Investigators confirm the fire friday started in the familys become yard but backyard but it could be an accident. Theres no evidence of arson. Crews are getting the upper hand on that wildfire in yolo county. More than 6400 acres burned sense the monticello fire erupted on the fourth of july. Cal fire says containment is now up to 45 . All evacuation orders have been lifted as the fire burns in a remote areas to the north. And fire damage will keep a wellknown los gatos restaurant closed for a while. Nobody was inside manresas when the flames tore through the popular restaurant yesterday morning. It was mostly concentrated in the attic, the dining room escaped heavy damage. They dont know what caused the fire, investigators say it might have started outside. The restaurant had been closed for the holiday weekend. Well, lets get right to lawrence with a look at our forecast. Yesterday, hot in some places and cool in others. Yeah. Really interesting day and of course we had all the clouds streaming eyases our skies across our coys, a really interesting day out there and part two today as a lot of the clouds move on through. Check out the hidef Doppler Radar its picking up the moisture in the atmosphere now. A lot of this is evaporating before it makes its way ground but to the ground but it tells you more of the very goo is going to be showing up outside. A couple of light sprinkles out this. Another very interesting day. Weve got soming the along the coastline and some drizzle too. Temperatures now in the 50s and some mostly cloudy 60s mild of 0s already. By the inland it will be cooler. 84 degrees in concord and 80 segs san jose and degrees san jose and 67 degrees in San Francisco. Time for a road check for that wed to elizabeth. I mentioned a couple of accidents at the top of the half hour and one of them still there. Still blocking one lane. Were talking about san jose and northbound lanes of the gad law pay parkway. And it is the little slow trying to get around that accident scene. Fortunately this one in livermore was involving five cars, it is cleared to the right hands shoulder and no lanes are blocked but we are seeing the delays already through the Altamont Pass. The accident westbound 580 at north greenville again at one point five cars were blocking lanes and they cleared everything out of the way. So just some sluggish conditions as you pass that area. Outside, heres a live look at the bay bridge. As you can see it is very clear. Maybe some slight delays in some cash lanes but easy crossing the bay bridge all across the span from end to end. And they cleared the overnight road work that major connector ramp opened. That is traffic. Back to you guys. All right liz thank you. Part of the project to extend b. A. R. T. To san jose will be delayed by ten months. The vta which is leading the project wanted to completely shut down a stretch of Dixon Landing road for eight months. The city of milpitas rejected the idea preferring a partial closure to last 18 months. The judge ruled in favor of the city last week. Its unclear if this will delay the opening of the extension to san joses berryessa area colleged for late scheduled for late 2017. Happening tonight the Berkeley City Council will take a final vote on a plan to get medical pot to low income people. The Council Approved it unanimously in an initial vote last week. And tonights vote is also expected to be a yes. If so, the city will require med medical marijuana dispensaries to give away 2 of their stock of cannabis poor each year. Supporters say people most in need are often jobless due to illness. The jury trying to find whos financially responsible for the brian stow beating will try again today to make it to a decision. The team says the men who attacked stow back in 2011 are responsible. Last week the l. A. Jurors told the judge they were deadlocked but the judge ordered them to keep trying. A suspect is under arrest for a shooting near a San Francisco department store. 29yearold henry smith from oakland faces a list of charges including attempted murder. The shooting happened last month outside the tj maxx store on harrison street. According to police, smith stole a mans cell phone and then shot the victim when he chased him. Smith was arrested last week in San Francisco. New this morning, an 84 yearold woman who was missing and considered at risk has been found. In menlo park. Shes safe, Esther Velasquez has been missing since sunday night and reportedly in the early stages of dementia. Police have not released details on how she was found in menlo park. A thrill ride turned into a real life adventure. After a roller coaster in Southern California collides with a tree branch. How crews finally rescued the riders. And what is cool about your school . Or your summer camp . You can email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com. And we may come and feature your school on the show. ,,,,,,,, and palestinians to use restraint. And to stop the tara developing news, president obama is urging israelis and pam stain januaries to palestinians to use restraint and stop the violence. As cbs news Tara Mergener reports the president made his urge for peace in an oped in the israeli newspaper. Reporter reportedly showing overnight air strikes. Targeting about 50 locations in the gaza strip. And an operation launched after militants fired rockets at israel. Its the latest wave of violence sparked by the abduction and murder of three israeli teenagers last month in the west bank. And the suspected retaliatory murder of a Palestinian Teenager last week. In an oped piece for the israeli newspaper, president obama said this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. The president wrote all parties must protect the innocent and act with reasonableness and restraint. Not vengeance and retribution. President obama said as a father, he couldnt imagine the pain the parents of the slain israeli suffered and also heartbroken by the Palestinian Teens murder. The mother condemns the backlash. The shedding of innocent blood is against morality. Its against the forare and judaism and its against the basis of our life in this country. Reporter president obama said the United States is israels greatestfriend but he praised Mahmoud Abbas and said the lead receiver commit today a two leader is committed to a two state solution. The president said a statement remade in gyrus lem last year that peace is necessary, just and possible. Tara mergener for cbs news, washington. President obama says the u. S. Wont give up on peace in that region and is ready to do its part if and when peace talks resume. His oped piece was printed in different languages. Today president obama is expected to ask congress for 2 billion to help deal with the surge of illegal immigration aloss cross the u. S. And mix i across the u. S. And mexico border. It includes children in the past nine months alone. The white house wants to speed up processing and open up more detention facilities and most of the kids are not expected to qualify for humanitarian relief and they are likely to be sent home. Also no fishing signs are now posted on a pier at Manhattan Beach following that weekend shark attack. Shark bit a 50yearold swimmer saturday who had become the shark had become apparently agitated after being hooked by a fisherman on the nearby pier. The man suffered a nasty gash on one side. Hes going to be okay. The city now has banned fishing off the pier for two months. And just down the coast from that shark attack, a dramatic rescue was caught on camera at ran kho paless very doze. I had no plans at that point of getting wet. The sea was too crazy for me. A teenager was in trouble in the treacherous surf after he jumped into the ocean at a popular but dangerous spot. One man tried to help, but ended up having to rescue himself and then his friend went in to make the rescue. He just happened to pop up at the right spot. Right when the waves subsided for a second. And i dont know. I just i went in. Climbed onto the closest rock. And somehow i got him up. A helicopter eventually got the teenager to the hospital where doctors told the two men their actions saved the boys life. Amazing. Cant fool with Mother Nature especially the ocean there. Unbelievably powerful. And boy it just happens again and again. Got to be careful. Hey guys got some very interesting weather coming our way today. More of the monsoonal clouds sweeping across our skies. Theres a slight chance of a couple more sprinkles and seeing drizzle already along the coastline. But the hidef Doppler Radar picking up on some of the moisture. So far though a lot of this really isnt hitting the ground. But nonetheless, we could get some interesting weather definitely some interesting clouds throughout the day today. Here it is on the latest satellite image. While down below the low clouds and manager moving in fog moving if along the coast and thats bringing the dense fog and drizzle. Out the door a lot of clouds the morning. Partly cloudy in the afternoon and cooler. And then some cooler weather ahead as we head in toward the next few days. High pressure breaking down just a little bit. The chance of some thunderstorms over the Sierra Nevada today if youre traveling there i think this week, you better be careful in the high country. More clouds headed in that direction. Meantime though it is going to be hot in the central valley. 105 degrees in fresno. About 95 in sacramento. And partly cloudy. 106 in redding. And 100 in yucaipa. Around the bay today youre going to see a lot of the clouds on and off throughout the day into the afternoon. Some of the monsoonal clouds sweeping on by from time to time. And low clouds and fog resurging and making their way on shore tomorrow and the next few days. Likely to be thickening up somewhat. About 80 degrees in san jose and 74 fremont 64 degrees in pacifica. East bay temperatures in the 80s and maybe some loonies. But bush low 90s. But that will be well in and maybe some low 90s. But that will be well into the bay. Over the next couple of days some cooler temperatures return back to normal through thursday and friday. Then warming up a few degrees over the weekend. All right lets check on the roads now with liz. We have a little bit of a brewing hot spot right now in livermore. Its a five car accident and its also involving a big rig as well. Everything is off to the right hand shoulder not locking lanes. But some delays in the area. The drive time was in the slow category still is. Only about 19 minutes right now between the Altamont Pass and 80. But you will start to see the delays actually out of tracy. On 205. Also this accident still there reportedly still blocking one lane but the sensors have showing some improvement to the drive time. Northbound 87 in san jose approaching taylor, a solo car accident blocking the fast lane and the center divide. A live look bay bridge toll plaza. Still clear out of the east bay into San Francisco. And they cleared that overnight road work that major connector ramp reopened about an hour ahead of schedule. Was scheduled to wrap up by 5 00 a. M. Looks like they picked up all the cones arnold 4 00. Westbound 580 to eastbound 80 so you can connect over to emeryville or berkeley with no problem or delay. Golden gate bridge, right now just one lonely car trying to come into San Francisco. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Brian michelle back to you guys. Lets continue this automote i have theme new this morning, General Motors massive recall problems began when the Company Launched a major effort to improve its cars in the late 1990s. Thats according to an investigation by the associated press. The a. P. Says gm attempted to improve its cars ignition switches. The redesigned switches have been linked to dozens of accidents and 13 deaths. If you werent able to make it to brazil. Chances are you caught the world cup action online and on tv. The visit tv. The twitter verse exploded over the past few weeks and as kpix 5s care care told cate cauguiran told us reporter talking world cup, remember this . This . And this . Ouch. This was most likely on your twitter or facebook feed. Not tv. People love to gossip on social media. Reporter thats because the world cup is quickly becoming the worlds biggest social media event. The biggest moments playing out on the pitch and on your twitter feed. Used to be a lot of celebrities love music and tv. Reporter in the usa versus portugal gamement there were eight million tweets about the game when it was happening. And when we lost to belgium. Bay areas own chris tweeted this if theres any kind of problem and any controversy any issue, cant go wait for the press conference. You cant have your agent say something. You can be there right now and speak to millions with one tweet. Reporter kind of like Brazils Neymar after this hard to watch tackle. He posted a friday owe letting fans know the dream was not over yet but that he wouldnt be playing any more games this cup. And brandon says his mill lilians continue to dominate the sweater sports even twitter sports scene, expect more to come. In San Francisco, cate cauguiran, kpix 5. Hundreds of millions of dollars could soon be paid to former nfl players suffering from brain injuries. On monday a federal judge gave preliminary approval to a settlement in concussion lawsuits. The settlement revised last month. The judge still needs to get final approval. All nfl players retired as of yesterday will be eligible. Time now is 4 51. Outage over gays being turned away from donating blood. Many are calling aten outdated it an outdated practice. The bay area push to end the decades old ban. And we want to invite all you pet lovers send us your questions about the health and wellbeing of your pet. Just email pets kpix. Com. Or on our web page, kpix. Com petsful well have our pets. Well have our pet expert give you an answer every friday here at noon. ,,,,,, you can get a 1,000 turbocharged reward card with a new volkswagen turbo. So why are we so obsessed with turbo . Because theres nothing more exhilarating than a powerful ride. And you can get that in places you might not expect. Like the passat. And also in the funtodrive jetta. In fact, volkswagen has sold more turbos than any other brand over the last ten years. That is a lot of turbo. Hurry in and you can get a 1,000 turbocharged reward card when you lease a new 2014 passat s for 219 a month. All right, lets fly around the bay area today. Weve got some patchy dense fog to start out along the coastline. Fog going to hug the coast the better part of the day and youll find some partly cloudy skies inside the bay. Lots of 70s a few 80s as you head in toward the south bay. But temperatures will be cooler all across the board. Monsoonal clouds continue to work their way across parts of the east bay today and maybe a few scattered light sprinkles not going to be much but an interesting cloud day indeed. About 82 in walnut creek. 83 in pleasant hill. About 77 degrees little broncos into have breeze into vallejo. About 83 degrees in sonoma. 77 in san rafael. In San Francisco, 67 degrees. Governor jerry brown has signed legislation that officially changes the definition of marriage. The new law replaces the words husband and wife with the neutral terms spouse. And that word will appear in all state documents. The law also removes limits on recognizing same sex marriages performed in other states. Theres always need for blood donations but one group is not allowed to donate. Kpix 5s john ramos reports on a new push to get the federal government to change that. Reporter they call donating blood the gift of life. Its something ryan would love to do. But he cant. Because the federal government says gay peoples blood is unsafe. And it really makes you feel like something of another species. And youre youre inclined to do something to change it. Reporter when the aids crisis took off in the 1980s, the fda placed a lifetime prohibition on any man who has ever had gay sex. And potential donors are asked about it in the screening questionnaire. About a change in policy is now overdue. Reporter a group of lawmakers and activists met in san jose to urge the fda to drop the lifetime deferral. The current ban turns away many willing and worthy donors and helps perpetuate decades old stereotypes about gay and bisexual men. Its a policy thats still based on what our knowledge was of hiv three decades ago. Reporter dr. Marty says advances in broad testing blood testing and hiv detection means the chance of infected blood getting into the population is miniscule. He says its more effective to focus on an vigias behavior rather than on general on an individuals behavior rather than on general sexual behavior. Yes theyre gay but are they at risk to transfer any infections to the blood supply . No. Reporter both the American Medical Association and the Heart Association recommend dropping the lifetime ban. And the people here say putting some common sense into donor screening would mean less gay stereotyping and a larger blood supply. In san jose, john ramos, kpix 5. We contacted the fda but the agency declined to comment about their 30 year policy. Its 4 56 right now. Mideast tensions rise with streams of rockets from gaza and multiple israeli air strikes. The latest on the violence coming up. And the city of milpitas pushes back against the vta and the b. A. R. T. Extension project and guess who won . Im kiet do, weve got a live report coming up. More protests are scheduled today in the wake of Sonoma Countys decision not to file charges in the death of andy lopez. Deputy Erick Gelhaus shot the 13yearold when he mistook the boys replica rifle for the real thing. The shedding of innocent blood is against morality. President obama is urging restraint among israelis and palestinians riding writing an oped for an israeli newspaper declaring peace is the only way to resolve the ongoing conflict. The message comes after three israeli students were abducted and murdered and a Palestinian Teen was killed. I ducked down just in time. It was a hard branch. I was there bleeding from my head. Four people are recovering after roller coaster car derailed at Magic Mountain in southern zc. Officials say part of a california. Officials say part of a tree came crashes down on the crack. From crashing down on the track. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Good morning everyone. Im michelle griego. And im brian hackney. Time to get a quick look at weather and traffic. Well begin with weather here is mr. Car now. Very interesting day ahead. Some more monsoonal clouds sweeping on shore again and well, they are bringing with it some very interesting weather. In fact we could see a couple of scattered light sprinkles outside today a lot of clouds moving across the skies this morning. Both high and low soft dense fog a some dense fog along the coastline. Our hidef Doppler Radar showing you some rainfall trying to make its way to the ground although i think a lot of that evaporating before it hits the surface. Still a couple of scattered sprinkles and temperatures now fairly mild in the 50s and even some 60s outside. By the afternoon, it will be cooler but pleasant. Still quite a few
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