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Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. new at 6:00, mountain lion watch. a community on alert to protect small pets and children. the scary sight of what neighbors sight as a big, bold cat. >> the animal was spotted in martinez earlier this week near fountain head court and muir road. were there. >> reporter: families living in the fountain head garden community are on high alert. no, not over this little guy, but for a much bigger cat. >> with people is safety. >> reporter: ...

Captioned by companies makes a 200-million-dollar pledge.. to help heal the plague -- of homelessness. good evening, im now at 6:00, one of the bay areas biggest drug companies makes a plan to help heal the plague of homelessness. >> well have that story in just a moment but first were following breaking news in san francisco where a man and his dog went over a cliff and tumbled all the way down to the beach below. you can see the man in the gray sweater earlier getting up slowly. he appeared ...

Rampant drug use.. derailing ridership at san francisco bart stations. new at 6:00, rampant drug use, derailing ridership at san franciscos bart stations. now the transit agencies are taking a new approach to curbing the problem. im juliette goodrich. >> im brian hackney. melissa caen reports bart is now trying to recruit city cops underground to give its own police force some backup. >> the reality is we cannot operate this system if were losing riders. the riders have other choices right now...

Live from the cbs 5 bay area. >> this debris hollers dirty business practices are putting their health at risk. the city is hauling the company off to court good evening, i am brian hackney. >> the community says the air is being poisoned around them and has ignored court orders to stop. we are in west oakland where the city is now threatening to scrap the company altogether.>> reporter: despite not having a permanent and having been told by the city and a judge to stop operations, we saw worker...

>> tonight what all those words on the bottle really mean. the surprising tech boom far from silicon valley. >> whats it been like to watch the change overall of the city? "nightly news" across america, why people are flocking to pittsburgh. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. a look tonight at the andy warhol bridge bridge above the allegheny river in downtown pittsburgh. stop four as we travel across america this week. good evening, everyone, from the city of bridges...

Emergency.. ov new at 6:00, its a new twist on the bay area real estate crisis. the county declaring emergency overall lack of space outside -- underground. >> katie nielsen is live in tacoma where the city of ulof room. hey, katie. >> reporter: hey brian. so we have all heard the saying. two things certainly in life. death and taxes. with all the cemeteries here filling up whats not certain is where people in the bay area are going to be buried. >> we try to come every month. >> reporter: cla...

Away.. shortly after the wine country wildfires. now: a river of lava is threatening new at 6:00, a north bay couple moved away shortly after the wine country wildfires and now a river of lava is threatening their new home in hawaii. good evening. >> from the air you can see smoldering forrests as red -- forests as red hot lava chars numbers of trees in its path. and you can see the steam and smoke rise from the burn-scared roads. so far the nohelani estate subdivision has been destroyed. one ...

Regulations require inspections of 18,000 bridges across the country. what kind of shape is the golden gate bridge in? >> you know, for a bridge thats over 80 years old, she looks ksetty good. >> the golden gate is bridged. >> reporter: when the bridge was built with 70,000 tons of steel, those were daredevils, using none of the safety equipment that is standard today. >> we have one line that supports us, and then we have a second line thats a backup. >> reporter: this still doesnt look like mu...

>> glor: we end tonight on a high note. hundreds of feet in the sky with john blackstones riveting look at one of the most famous bridges on the planet. >> reporter: the daredevils dangling some 700 feet up the golden gate bridge may not be daredevils at all. >> the first time you go over, youve got a death grip on this rope. you can see it in the new guys. >> reporter: you dont do this for fun? >> no, i do not. i grew up in iowa, so i did not grow up around mountains. >> reporter: nick clark an...

Live from the cbs bay area studio, this is kpix 5 news. problems piling up for toyota as complaints continue to roll in. and now the carmaker is turning to a bay area company to help manage the crisis. >> at a dealership to explain why toyota for a massive legal battle. >> they acknowledged the problems with some of the electrical systems and even did a leak recall in 2014. decimate a recall in 2014. but they say did not fix the problem. now a company is getting involved. she said she was on t...