Contractor tim peterson tells kpix 5, there were braces. And he is not sure what happened to them. But he wouldnt answer any other questions. The city is investigating whether he had the right permit. What we need to explore is whether other work was done without the proper permits that may have contributed to the collapse. Reporter part of the collapsed house is resting on Michael Davies house shifting it. The city redtagged his house. The contractor of the collapsed house offered to fix it. He was saying, well, look like im gonna be fixing yo house next. I say i dont know, not the way yours falling down. Reporter call osha is investigating because a homeless man was sleeping inside during the collapse. That man says he was guarding the house for the contractor. So that makes him a worker now. Live in west oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. The citys planning and building inspector should finish the investigation next week. Any violations could lead to some hefty fines. The San Francisco pol
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A sex assault that led to shame and suicide. Good evening, im allen martin. And im julie watts. Ken and liz have the night off. Betty yu is live at saratoga high with the details. Reporter they were all students here when this assault took place. Today, the teens Insurance Companies were ordered to pay nearly a Million Dollars to the pot family. But it is the rest of the settlement that makes this case unique. It is an unusual deal that is not just about money. Two teens admitted to sexually assaulting 15yearold audrey in 2012. And had to apologize to her parents in court today. They have also agreed to make ten presentations at high schools about the dangers of drinking, sexting, sharing nude photos and slut shaming. It is like they are making this a School Project which it is very much not. I dont think it will teach kids a lesson. They are going to do whatever they are going to do regardless. Reporter retired judge cordell say
A tree that fell killed a driver around 8 30 this evening. The man was killed by a falling power line along the 2700 block of austin street. And cheryl herd joins us from oakland with more. Reporter as you can see, its pretty windy out here. The trees are sweeping back and forth. But just around the corner on east 22nd and austin street, a man was killed because of the wind. A 30foot tree limb came crashing down on a man who was on his motorcycle in a driveway. This happened about 8 15 tonight. Power lines came down with the tree limb. And right now, police are not ready to tell us if he was electrocuted or not. The guy was getting on his motorcycle or getting off his motorcycle. And the tree branch fell over and killed him. When i got here, everything was blocked off. Reporter down the road, firefighters were battling a twoalarm fire in an abandoned grocery store. And the wind didnt make things easy for them. This happened around 7 00 tonight. But around 10 00 tonight, it was all unde
Holiday destinations. Triplea estimate 16 million hit the roads today. Another 2 million are flying. This is the number of flights. Kevin told me a moment ago, 9900 flights are in the air right now over the united states. Some of them are facing delays because of a storm dumping storm in buffalo like these pictures. That storm hitting the east coast is affecting travel all around the country. We have several reports. But first here is kevin with a great look at holiday winter. Reporter thats right, toniy. Weve been watching this for days, and and the good news down here towards the south. Weve seen snow coming down. It didnt last very long. It wasnt cold enough. Theyre looking at delays up to the northeast. Well get to those later in the show. But were going to be seeing rain throughout the rest of the night. Its begin to go clear on the south moving to the north. Boston, portland maine. Look at all the snow coming off the great lakes. A major problem. Especially on the roads. Kevin, t
Hear two cases targeting Birth Control coverage. Two Companies Want to deny their employees the right to contraception. They are arguing their right to the exercise a religious objection. The two businesses bringing the suits, the arts and crafts chain, hobby lobby and conestoga woods. Lets talk about hobby loby, an arts and craft chain started in oklahoma city. Now with 500 stores, 13,000 fulltime employees. The 10th Circuit Court of appeals rules hobby lobby should be exempt from the Affordable Care act. Hobby lobby claims the aca requirement violates the companys religious principles because the owners believe some forms of Birth Control are ta tantamount to abortion but they have none with dye programs and Birth Control pills. T one issue is rather for profit operations have the right to religious freedom like an individual does under the first amendment. Hobby lobbys owners say they should be protected as their Company Operates in a manner consistent with biblical principles, for