Closures. It is a hazmat situation. Well break it down coming up. Right now, police are investigating a fatal accident in oakland around 2 a. M. Near fish street and broadway there. A car big rig, they collided. The driver of the car has died. Police dont believe drugs or alcohol were involved. New this morning, a potentially hazardous situation in san jose where there was a fire at a commercial building. Kiet do joins us from the north side. Reporter this is downgraded from 4 to 2 alarms but they are keeping us a quarter mile from the scene because there is a small lake of toxic stew down there. And also the fire itself is still offgassing spewing out smoke. The fire started around 12 30 a. M. At a large commercial building with multiple industrial businesses inside. The section of the building that caught fire appears to be some sort of automotive painting or repair shop with 55 gallon drums filled with chemicals. The firefighters got there, giant flames were shooting through the roof and it went to four alarms. They sprayed four massive streams of water on it for more than an hour. That work knocked down the flames but created green foamy runoff pooling into the small lake. They dont know whats in it but a test shows its acidic. Firefighters are blocking the storm drains to keep it from running into the creeks and bay and that also means there is a concentrated socalled hot zone. So for anyone in the hot zone getting a full scrubdown and decontamination, so literally a hot mess out here in the northern part of san jose. How large an area is closed off . Reporter right where zanker meets old bayshore highway and 101 in san jose. Its a threeblock radius of multiple businesses in the area. This is a very busy thoroughfare. Stay away from the area if you can. Live in san jose, kiet do san jose. A huge fireball in the east bay overnight at an oil refinery but there was no cause for alarm. The Contra Costa County Fire Department was swamped with calls from people who saw the flaring at the phillips refinery in rodeo. The Health Department says it was Hydrogen Burning off from an unplanned shutdown and there was no danger to the public. Game wardens corralled a Mountain Lion in the middle of a busy residential area of san mateo after several sightings yesterday authorities cornering the big cat on ninth avenue last night. They found the 90pound adolescent cat hiding in a tree there after missing the first shot the department of fish wildlife officials successfully tranquilized the animal on the second try and scampered into the bushes before the sedative finally kicked in. A Spokesman Says the Mountain Lion probably had wandered into town looking for food and water but was not acting aggressively. This is an example of that theres wildlife even in town. Its very unusual to see a lion this far downtown. We dont have an explanation. Something smelled good to it last night. The cat was checked out and found to be healthy. It was released back into the wild late last night near the Crystal Springs reservoir. Dub officials are holding a Public Meeting tonight to talk about ways residents can continue to cut back on water including keeping the emergency drought regulations in place through february of next year and offering more incentives for those who do save. The city says the Dublin Community is doing a great job of reducing water use by 24 percentage now its time to keep saving. And if all goes according to plan we might have a little rain sometime this week, right . We are hoping so. At this particular time, the computer models are still on track suggesting that well have some light rain on thursday perhaps carrying over to friday which is notable because thats a big getaway day for many people for the holiday. It doesnt feel like a holiday coming up. Its been unseasonably cool here in the bay area. Heading out the door thats it right there. Cloudy skies looking towards the transamerica pyramid. 50s in santa rosa to 56 in oakland. Winds under 10. Well continue to blow today west 10 to 20. As far as your forecast high temperatures are concerned, again, another cool day, well below average. San jose 10 degrees below average. 67 there. Mid60s in palo alto. I would count on mostly cloudy skies from the coast to the peninsula into our inland areas with very little hints of some sunshine 66 in antioch today. North bay mid60s except the coast in the 60s. 59 today cloverdale. Rain chances on thursday. Lets go back out to our breaking news in san jose. You just saw kiet do he was live there where theres still about a threeblock radius that is cornered off by police for an earlier fire in an Industrial Area. Sounds like they have it pretty well contained but there are a number of fire crews out there and the fire was burning with hazardous chemicals inside that commercial building just off zanker road close to the freeway near 101. Its near 237. So San Francisco Fire Department is working on decontaminating the area but it still considered a hazmat situation so zanker is closed off at ra mud da and old bayshore. Federal investigators say they busted baggage handlers in a drug ring. Ryan takeo reports. Reporter on instagram, one of the suspects brags about the huge wads of cash that he makes referring to it at hashtag drugmoney. Oh reporter Trayvon Baker is one of 14 people the feds accused of smuggling hundreds of pounds of marijuana across the country. Three of the suspects are baggage handlers for Southwest Airlines at Oakland International airport accused of bringing did you feel bags of marijuana through the during duffel bags of marijuana through the employee entrance. Then the employeeses would hand them to some men who had already made it through the tsa checkpoints. One text message conversation intercepted by the feds has the baggage handler telling the courier to meet him in the mens restroom. Im at the gate 30 bathroom handicapped stall. Wait in the bathroom for five minutes when you come upstairs go to the sink like youre washing your hands. They took drugs around the country. One said he made 600 to 800 trips to nashville drug money that would take a while to count. [ music ] reporter joe vazquez, kpix 5. Police in waco, texas are on high alert amid concerns bikers from across the country are head there is to retaliate for sundays deadly shooting. Nine bikers died in the shootout. Yesterday, heavily armed officer gathered evidence outside the twin peaks restaurant. A former atf agent is not surprised by what happened. He spent nearly 30 years undercover infiltrating biker gangs. Its about territory. Its about colors. Its about money. Its about hate. Its about violence. Two. Five biker gangs are well known. The he could sacks are sed cossacks are said to be affiliated with the else will hills. The banditos have thousands in various countries. The cossacks are said to be associated with the hells angels. Islamic state militants have captured ramadi. Isis [ indiscernible ] threw bodies into the Euphrates River yesterday. Responding to a call from iraqs prime minister, shiite militiamen rushed to a military base there from ramadi trying to retake the city. Baltimore is speaking a gag order in the case of freddie gray the 25yearold man who died a week after being arrested by baltimore police. Six Police Officers have been charged in his death. Prosecutors say they are concerned Defense Attorneys are making public statements that could sway public opinion. They also want police and witnesses covered in a gag organize. Today the House Judiciary Committee will hear testimony about how police can be more effective by improving relations with the community a day after president obama restricted shipments of military equipment to the police. As Susan Mcginnis tells us, the main goal is to build trust. Reporter amid heightened tensions nationwide over police tactics, today lawmakers will look for ways to build trust between Law Enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. Public safety spokespersons will testify on Police Accountability and training. President obama is already taking action issuing an executive order monday to limit militarystyle equipment like tanks and grenades in the hands of state and local police. We have seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people the feeling like theres an Occupying Force as opposed to a force thats part of the community thats protecting them and serving them. Reporter the limits are part of the president s response to public calls for a dialogue after several High Profile Police shootings. Among them it the shooting of 18yearold Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri and most recently the death of 25year old freddie gray, who died from injuries while in Police Custody in baltimore. Ultimately, when violence erupts in a city, the police are going to bring whatever force they have to bear and they are going to ask for more if they need it. Reporter Law Enforcement agencies requesting gear will now have to announce their request publicly and explain how they will train officers to use the militarystyle equipment. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. It is 4 41 on this tuesday. Upset with upgrades why some people at this apartment complex say the changes are making them depressed. And whats cool about your school . You can email your nomination a 7yearold girl dragged by a school bus in kentucky is recovering. The Surveillance Video shows the girl being dragged by the bus last friday. Investigators say her backpack somehow got stuck in the door as she got off the bus. She was then dragged about 500 feet. She spent a couple of days in the hospital being treated for road rash and minor injuries, should be okay. Swimming pools are among many casualties of californias crippling drought, as len ramirez reports, homeowners are getting rid of their Backyard Pools giving a boost to a whole new industry. Reporter this pool was one of the epitome of suburban luxury but because of the drought and other factors they are quickly becoming a thing of the past. The drought definitely played a part in it. Reporter jerry casey is a growing number of bay area pool owners pulling the plug. The time and the cost of maintenance, new restrictions on refilling pools, and the guilt of topping it off with Drinking Water were all factors. Everything needs to move to a less waterdemanding landscape design. And this is just one step in that direction. Reporter but the turning point may have come from his real estate agent. Having a pool does not add value to a house. Reporter it may seem countser intuitive but its the basis of a thriving new kind of business. We hate pools. We dont like pools and we take them out. Reporter these siblings specialize in pool removal. They demolish about 120 pools a year. The glory days of the pool are gone. Reporter she says removals can cost about 15,000 most built in the 50s, 60s and 70s and instead of repair, owners would rather just fill them in. We do a lot of pool removals in the time where people are getting ready to sell a house or they just bought it and they want it removed before they move in. Hamburgers, lot of dogs and swimming. Reporter he says this was many of the scene of a High School Pool party and his girls have moved away and the backyard now belongs to his dog who will love the running room. Well do a different type of Backyard Party in the future. Reporter in walnut creek, len ramirez, kpix 5. The average builtin pool holds between 10 and 20,000 gallons of water. A neighborhood in novato now has its water supply up and running again. On sunday a man backed a rental truck over a hydrant. Firefighters had to let it gush for an hour while pg e cut storage to the line. It lost 40 of its line. The Water District filled it back up on monday. Its hard to see all that water gushing. Like gold. In the middle of a drought. Well be talking about how we feel guilty watering. When you are watering flowers especially when the neighbors are watching. I was doing that yesterday and a neighbor said came by and said, youre not supposed to be doing that. I said, you dont know how i conserve in other ways. We have to be mindful of our neighbors, as well. Especially robertas neighbor. Twominute showers [ laughter ] good morning, everyone. As you are heading out the door this morning, this is what you can anticipate. Another gray slate of clouds. Temperatures in the 50s. Winds are under 10 miles per hour. But well be increasing later today. In fact, hour by hour this is what you can anticipate by the city by the bay, well realize temperatures in the 60s toward the Mission District but pretty socked in all day long. It is the stratus, the marine layer, its very deep this morning. Wonderful 3,000 feet. We are experiencing drizzle and below average temperatures and rain by thursday. Low clouds are lining the state. Thunderstorms in tahoe and yosemite. Otherwise 58 in mendocino. Today well have temperatures into the 50s and 60s. These numbers are about 10 degrees below average for this time of the year for this 19th day of the month. Monday partly sunny skies and seasonal temperatures. A couple of breaking traffic stories happening overnight. Still causing street closures this. One in oakland, we mentioned this at the top of the half hour. Fifth and broadway. Its all happening near the webster street tube. Police will be investigating for the next hour or two. Shortly after 2 00 this morning, a car and a big rig crashed. The driver of the car was killed. They will be investigating for a while. Thats a spot to avoid. 880 itself looks okay between downtown and san leandro. There may still be overnight roadwork between marina and davis. It was scheduled in both directions of the freeway. Our second problem spot is san jose. Well have another live update from kiet do in a little bit but overnight there was a four alarm fire overnight burning in a commercial building with hazardous chemicals so they have that fire under control but there are still a number of street closures and fire crews out there. Its close to 101 and you can zanker is closed between bermuda and old bayshore. So the Industrial Area mainly but you will want to avoid it for the next little bit. And a quick look at the san mateo bridge. Everything is great. Tonight the warriors play game one of the western conference finals against the houston rockets. The first two games will be at oracle arena in oakland. Plus games 5 and 7 if necessary. A few tickets for tonights game are available on stubhub ranging from 160 on the upper level to 5,000 at courtside. Thats why i have a really cool couch and a good tv. The raiders and the chargers have reportedly hired former 49er Carmen Policy to push for the new l. A. Stadium. According to the times he will speak to an nfl teams Owner Committee today and tomorrow in San Francisco and raiders and chargers want to share a stadium in the city of carson. If they cant reach deals in their current cities. Source telling kpix 5 phil matier a deal to keep the raiders in oakland is looking more unlikely. Some seniors in palo alto are unhappy about the new color of their apartment complex. At issue, the dark bluegray paint. The seniors at the Sheridan Apartments say its making them depressed. They have started a petition to change the color. [ nonenglish language ] emphasizes the age of the residents a little bit like a jail almost. Everybody thats spoken to me has only spoken to me to tell me they thought the colors were unattractive. To be fair, before the paint job, management did ask the seniors what colors they would like. But the residents say they didnt realize the gray accent color would be so dominant. Thats an expensive fix. City of pacifica now taking action as stench from the two rotting whale carcasses has become unbearable in town. The dead whales wash ashore at mori point in april and may. Driven by the wind from the pacific, the stench carries two miles into the valley in pacifica so the city brought in equipment to bury the carcasses. The normal solution is to let nature take its course but that can take months and the city has been getting a growing number of complaints about the odor. Well be right back. H atures below average, cloud cover, drizzle this morning and half moon bay. 60s as good as it gets around the peninsula and santa clara valley. East of the bay, west winds 10 to 20 miles per hour. Good morning, walnut creek at 67 degrees. Brentwood also mid60s. Stinson beach in the mid50s. Very blustery with the onshore flow. Upstream we go. Mostly cloudy skies. Rohnert park today at 66 degrees. Thats 10 degrees below average. And lets take a look at the bay bridge. We havent checked this out so far this morning. Everything is moving well. No major delays so far heading into San Francisco. You will see caltrans has a high wind advisory sign posted again this morning. So well show you the rest of your morning commute. Kcbs traffic is all just minutes away. Investigators still trying to figure out what caused last weeks deadly amtrak Train Derailment in philadelphia. The fbi on the scene yesterday to investigate whether a mark on the trains windshield was made by a bullet. It was later determined it was not. But officials have not ruled out that another object may have struck the windshield right before the train derailed. The crash killed 8 people, injured more than 200. A car thief who fled from Police Driving the wrong way on the freeway is on the loose. This happened early yesterday morning in berkeley. Heres a video of the aftermath. It started when the suspect drove the wrong way on highway 4 and i80 and slammed into an suv causing it to flip over. He fled after the crash and police have not been able to find the suspect since. 4 55. Two San Francisco Police Officers who arrested and shot a mentally ill woman cannot be sued. That was the ruling by the u. S. Supreme court yesterday. The justices say the officers did not violate the rights of Teresa Sheehan when they barged into her room at a group home in 2008. They shot her five times after sheehan came at them with a knife. Sheehan took legal action against those officers after it happened. We filed a lawsuit on the grounds that the city had violated the ada by failing to give reasonable accommodations to her on a certain stance where they knew she was mentally impaired. The justices said they wouldnt take up the question over whether sheehan should have been treated differently because the lower courts hadnt fully considered it. A metallic balloon caused another big power outage. 9,000 pg e customers lost power for several hours in San Francisco on monday afternoon. A balloon drifted into lines near fishermans wharf. Many shops and restaurants had to shut down early. Were trying to get into restaurants and we cant get in to eat so its not good. Not good at all. We been into five restaurant, all closed. Earlier this month metallic balloons also caused outages at two east bay bart stations. Im kiet do live in san jose. Firefighters are dealing with a fouralarm toxic fire. Well have details coming up in a live report. Im lisa chan live at the hall of justice in San Francisco. A place you dont want to be during an earthquake. Coming up, well tell you why the state calls this courthouse good morning, its tuesday, may 19. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Its nearly 5 00. Hazmat teams are on the scene of a fire in north san jose. Kiet do is there to explain why theres so much concern. Good morning, kiet. Reporter good morning. Yes, this fire has been downgraded from 4 alarms down to 2. Now, were still checking to see what the status is, but they have collapsed the perimeter allowed us in a lot closer than they did before. They tell us that there is some sort of toxic lake with a lot of chemicals down there. Well be checking that out in a little bit. But so far, this whole thing started around 12 30 a. M. This is right near zanker and old bayshore when a large commercial building with multiple industrial businesses inside caught fire. The section of the building that went up in flames is some sort of automotive painting or repair shop with 55gallon drums filled with chemicals. When firefighters got there giant flames were shooting through the roof. They quickly went to four alarms. They sprayed water on it for more than an hour. That worked to knock down the flames but created another problem. Green foamy runoff that pooled into a small lake. They dont know whats inside it but a field test shows it is very acidic. Firefighters were working to block storm drains to keep it from going into the creeks and the bay
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