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Is more work to do. The not so good news, the racial achievement gap remains large when it comes to educating black kids and latinos statewide. So what can be done to close that gap . Looking at schools like this one. San leandro high school has been closing achievement gaps. Reporter how was that done. They have a variety of programs, career education, pathway, academic pathways. Reporter a junior at san leandro high takes at achievement test this year for the first time. He feels he is getting...

Jail. Thanks. Campaign 2016 is just weeks away. A pivotal vote on pot, the cannabis race may be closer than anyone thought. It is one of the controversial measures. They approved medical marijuana years ago. Now it would tax the recreational use. U. S. Sa poll says 32 say yes and 40 say no. Joining us and phil, the routs show no slam dunk. Usually with a controversial measure like this, you want to have a 5, 7, even 10 point edge because voters tend to say know in the closing point. That edge ma...

Absolutely lying. And what if i told you. That im jack. Whaaaat . no way no didnt see that coming, did you . Porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. Jacks new brewhouse bacon burger, new from jack in the box. Hey, where did jack go . He was just here. Live from the kpix studios this is kpix5 news. A fast moving wildfire in the south bay has now exploded to 1,000 acres. Hundreds of people have been evacuated. We have live team coverage. But first at 11 00 it ma...

We will talk about the heat we have endured and this fire we are told now is about 300 acres. It is moving quite rapidly. Have you seen it moving. The acreage is starting to spread out. When i saw this on the san jose side it was much narrower, now it has widened out and much thicker. That mean it is burn area is spreading out, obviously not good news for people that live in that area. There are several homes and roads up there. It is a very remote area. Now, this is also burning very closely to...

Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. The guy is drunk but there he goes somebody stop that man this is raising serious safety concerns at levi stadium. Tonight, the bay area field rusher told us he had no trouble sneaking past security. It is the play that everybody has been talking about. Christin ayers tracked him down. Tonight. And found out it was all because of a dare. Reporter william taking a walk this evening near his brentwood home. You want to go on a walk . Reporte...

Strong military town and tonights preseason game is military Appreciation Night. Although many in the military have taken to social media to support kaepernicks right to protest, police brutality, others like this veteran question kaepernicks motives. Its no longer just showing your respect or taking away and trying to stand up for what you believe in. I believe that now youre spitting in the faces of the men and women that actually fought for the right to let you do what youre doing. Reporter e...

Theres finally a code on employee time sheets to bill work to the stadium. Are you confident that santa clara will be made whole at the end of this . Im absolutely confident now. Now that we have the auditors in place, were taking a very proactive step to make sure we are complying with the law. Reporter former Police Union President pat niccolai is running for the chief position. He asked the Council Members that were here to lift a blanket order to prevent Police Officers from speaking to the ...

State of emergency to visit regular detectives to police patrol. A councilman says its a short term fix and all other options havent been exhausted. Even after seeing the rvs he stands firm. We need to give them more money. There are many things i think we can do. Declaring an emergency isnt going to get the Police Officers out of their mobile homes. Its going to exacerbate the problem. Reporter the police union has known about the rvs for a while but didnt want to talk about them because of off...

11 structures over i80 westbound lanes over a 20 mile stretch to the bay bridge. Green arrows mean good to go. A yellow x means a problem ahead and move lanes, a red x means crash is blocking the lane. Information display bordz were activated today when a semitruck caught fire, backing up several lanes on i80 and berkeley. We were caught right in the middle of it. So living in this area, has it shaved off any time. Absolutely. It is a junction between many, and you can reroute yourself. Reporter...

That the mother could be charged with a misdemeanor for driving without a license. Of course, they are continuing to investigate this and any factors that may have contributed to the crash. In petaluma, im jessica flores, kpix 5. Horrible tragedy. Thank you. Many of the First Responders today were on their way to the funerals for two young sisters who died in a similar crash last week. 6yearold caitlyn and 4year old haley marcus drowned in the back seat of a pickup truck last week. Their mother ...