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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5PM September 5, 2017

Ravine 40 feet. He went to the hospital and was okay and wanted to go back out and fight this fire. Kiet do, kpix5. Pleasant hill firefighters quickly knocked down a fire at a townhouse on south wind and park haven drives. All three residents made it out safely. About 20 firefighters continued to put out hotspots as the building continued to smolder and crews provided extra oxygen tanks for those struggling with the already unhealthy air. Smoke from California Wildfires is hanging over the bay area. The view from our sutro cam is still showing, as you can see smoggy, as you can see. Kpix5s Juliette Goodrich is live in pleasanton for us. This is our fifth spare the air day in a row. Breathing this dirty air cannot be good. If. Reporter its not good. Its deemed unhealthy. Weve collectively have dealt with these triple digit temperatures throughout the bay area and now were seeing the hazy. Fortunately its starting to go away, but on a day youre supposed to relax and barbecue its been very unhealthy air quality. Yes. Some steak and ribs. Reporter the typical labor day picnics and barbecues come with a heavy side of smoke in the air on yet another spare the air day. I think its nice. Its perfect. Reporter not too hot. Its smoke from fires like the helena fire west of redding thats making its way into the bay area, this video sent from an Alameda County fire captain from the smoke filled fire line. What youre seeing lately in the bay area air is a lot of pollutants mainly coming from wildfire smoke and soot. Sky drone 5 is flying over the trivalley now. On a clear day you can see traffic on 580 moving from dublin to livermore. Thats not the case today. The bay area air quality district issues air quality forecasts every day. The air quality index or aqi is like an air quality thermometer. It translates daily air pollution onto a color coded number scale. Todays reading in the red for the entire bay area in all of its five reporting zones. Red is unhealthy. Im glad its cooler. Other than that its messing with my lungs, a lot of smoke. It was really random, really weird day today. Reporter on these spare the air days active children and adults and people with respiratory disease such as asthma should avoid prolonged outdoor exertion, sometimes easier said than done for those used to staying active daily. Saturday i was here for like six hours and it was like 110 and i didnt feel any effects from the smoke in the air, but i was just kind of tired. Reporter now were showing you mount diablo right now. Its kind of a silhouette. The haze is starting to move away. About an hour ago we could hardly even see mount diablo, so the breeze is moving in. Hopefully by tomorrow all this unhealthy air will move out. Stay tuned. More than 1,000 firefighters are battling one of the largest wildfires in los angeles history. The la tuna fire has burned through 7,000 acres since it started friday and four homes have been destroyed. Temperatures dropped and some within 15 minutes the house was overtaken. Theres nothing standing, no walls. Everything is just ash. The weather is now giving firefighters a bit of a break. Temperatures dropped and some rain fell on that area sunday. Check this out, something we dont see too often in summer accident raindrops. This labor summer, raindrops. This Labor Day Weekend weve seen the extremes from record heat to light showers. This was the view on highway 101 in morgan hill today. Also some raindrops on windshields in the santa cruz mountains, a viewer sharing this photo from along highway 17. Lets check in with chief meteorologist paul deanno. The remnants of a Tropical Storm spinning in the Pacific Ocean is the reason why its more humid, not as hot and why some of us got some showers today. Some showers leaving napa and Sonoma County heading toward lake and Mendocino County working their way north. The past 24 hours temperatures have fallen 11 to 21 degrees away from the water right at the beach 5 degrees warmer, half moon bay, but still much cooler throughout the majority of the bay area today. Heres the best news. Air quality tomorrow not unhealthy because of a sea breeze particularring in in the afternoon. Tuesdays air quality will be back to what is normal for this time of year which is moderate air quality. So things coming to an end with the heatwave. Where do we go from here . Well talk about that coming up. New at 5 00 a car jumps a curb, crashes through glass and ends up halfway into a tesla showroom. Kpix5s emily turner in San Francisco with a drivers trail of destruction. Reporter the trail of destruction 20 about 40 yards. It started where that first set of cones is and those men are working. Thats where the car jumped the curb. He landed in the tesla show room right here. Hes lucky no one was hurt because there are two bus stops, a crosswalk and sidewalk in his path. I was shocked. Reporter the lu familys Holiday Weekend ended abruptly this afternoon. John and his family were on their way to Fishermans Wharf when this mercedes skipped a curb at van ness. The car turned a little bit direction and go there. Reporter the car ended up partially in the tesla showroom. None of the merchandise was hit or people, but the driver took out the mailbox, utility box, crosswalk pole and several bumpers on his way into the building. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution but is expected to be okay. He came out and walked. Reporter but it was an older man . Older man and the Police Officer said he was sleep. Reporter police say the driver thought the bus line was a third lane and was attempting to pass people on the right. When he realized the lane ends, he tried to brake but told officers his foot slipped onto the accelerator. They come in here, go to pier 39 for lunch. Reporter no. Thats not a very good Holiday Weekend. Not a holiday. Reporter tesla is still waiting to have their windows covered currently and this intersection here at van ness and el faro is still not working. Live in San Francisco emily turner, kpix5. North koreas largest ever nuclear test is drawing condemnation from around the world and the u. S. Is pushing for stiffer sanctions. Cbs reporter nicki batiste is at the United Nations where the Security Council met earlier today. Reporter it was a tense meeting here today at the United Nations. U. S. Ambassador nikki haley had strong towards for north koreas leader saying hes begging for war. She also told the Security Council war is something the u. S. Never wants, but our countrys patience is not unlimited. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting about north korea. Mondays meeting is the second in less than a week to discuss provocations from the rogue nation. It is with a deep sense of disappointment, frustration and even anger that i address this council today. Reporter over the weekend north korea tested its most powerful Nuclear Device yet, what it claims was a hydrogen bomb. Scientists believe it was potentially 10 times more powerful than north koreas last nuclear test and at least five times the explosive power of the bomb the United States dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki at the end of world war ii. U. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley said there is no longer time for anything but the strongest sanctions. The time for half measures in the Security Council is over. The time has come to combust all of our diplomatic mean exhaust all of our diplomatic means before its too late. Reporter the United States is circulating a resolution for a vote next monday but could face opposition from russia and china. President trump said he will stop trade with countries doing businesses with north korea. Monday the president spoke with south koreas president and the two leaders agreed to increase the take load on south koreas missile warheads. Payload on south koreas missile warheads. South korea may be planning another launch, an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile soon. Russia and china are pushing for negotiations with the north korean government. They want the u. S. And south korea to stop joint military exercises in exchange for the north suspending its Nuclear Weapons program. Speaking of, how is this affecting the relationship between south korea and the u. S. . Reporter liz, you know, its really testing their relationship. South korea and the u. S. Have again allies for almost 70 years. South korean soldiers and american soldiers have fought in numerous wars together. This relationship has helped boost the south korean economy, but as north korea tests these nuclear bombs, the relationship between the u. S. And south korea is really being tested and President Trump has sent some comments this week that have really made south koreans wonder how long this align will last. He tweeted, talking is not the answer when it comes to north korea, sort of casting aside south korea to hold talks with the north and he also threatened to get rid of the five year Free Trade Agreement with south korea. So i think really only time will tell how this relationship will fare. Thank you. President trump plans to announce a decision tomorrow about daca, a program that protects undocumented people who came here as children. He reportedly is leaning towards ending it. Kpix5s maria medina in cupertino with the story of a tech worker worried about her future. Reporter there are nearly 1 million dreamers and 250 work here at apple. Apples ceo recently tweeted he stands by those dreamers. We spoke to one woman who moved here from mexico when she was a baby and she said its been an emotional journey. I love this country because it is my home. Reporter on paper karen ordaz may not be a u. S. Citizen. I am no different. Reporter but to karen she said she feels american. This is my home. I got here at 2 months old. I dont know anything else but america. Reporter as an undocumented immigrant growing up in america, karen couldnt get a Social Security number, a drivers license, but most of all she lived in fear. It is fear to know that at any moment i. C. E. Can show up in your front yard, in your backyard, anywhere and just take you away. Reporter that all changed when karen became a dreamer five years ago. Under the deferred action forchildhood Arrivals Program which protects young immigrants from deportation. Tomorrow, however sorry. Reporter her fears along with 800,000 others protected by daca could come rushing back if President Trump announces the end of the program which he threatened on the campaign trail. Some of the top ceos of the Tech Industry wrote a letter demanding trump continue daca including the ceo of linkedin where karen works. It makes me very sad that people dont want me here, dont want me in my on home. Reporter theres a saying love conquers all. Karen recently got married. Her husband works in the kpix5 newsroom. She says she is hopefully on the path to citizenship, but she continues to worry for thousands of others. I feel incredibly sad to know that over 800,000 people, young adults just like me, could just lose everything. Reporter and although President Trump is expected to end daca, he will reportedly give congress some time to save it. Live in cupertino, maria medina, kpix5. Floodwaters are receding, but incredible challenges remain for texans. Coming up the concerns now about environmental hazards in the water and inside homes. Plus this nurse wants justice, what shes saying today about her Violent Arrest and the video thats gone viral. We had a good time with this one. On this labor day we asked people what was your first job . Well share their answers next. The south bays first b. A. R. T. Station is fueling another big trend. Reporter local leaders tried to paratransit and housing. Weve constructed nearly 7,000 pair transit and housing. Weve constructed nearly 7,000 new housing units. Reporter but will bay area residents leave their cars behind . We really want to get folks off the road. Reporter expect original reporting from kpix5 news. Expect more. Kpix5 weather is sponsored by mancini sleep world. Enjoy huge savings at mancinis 65 off mattress sale. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. Closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by living spaces. A milestone for houston in the aftermath of hurricane harvey, 95 of the city is finally dry, but for hundreds of families the cleanup is just beginning. Cbs reporter Danielle Nottingham says theres concern about the toxic material the storm left behind. This was the kitchen right here. Reporter linda bonner gave us a tour of the wreckage of her home. It was huge and beautiful but not anymore. Reporter floods totaled her house and more alarming, environmental officials have been checking for damage at a nearby superfund site, a toxic waste dump shes worried about for years. You cant have a garden or anything here. Reporter what concerns you the most about it . The dioxin all over the area. Reporter that toxic waste site is about one of five in the houston area that were flooded and here in the west side of the city the trouble is far from over. This man came home to salvage what he could. Its still a lot of damage, all the furniture, the beds, all the electronic stuff. Its all gone. Reporter his house got worse when crews released water from two swollen reservoirs inundating the neighborhood with a foul mix of water, sewage and fuel. That release will continue for days. More than a years worth of rain fell over several days. Weve never seen the level of rainfall and never actually pooled water and retained it within the reservoirs to this extent. Reporter also in houston a line of officers saluted Sergeant Steve perez as his body was moved to a funeral home. The officer drowned on his way to work during the hurricane. Danielle nottingham, cbs news, houston. Officials now blame at least 60 deaths on harvey and now there is a new hurricane to worry about. Florida is under a state of emergency as Hurricane Irma gathers strength. It is now a category 4 storm heading towards the caribbean. Forecast models show its taking a turn towards florida as soon as this weekend. Check this out, a frightening scene at a Santa Barbara beach. Umbrellas fly as the storm barrels through. This happened yesterday. More than 50 people tossed into the water, lifeguards and brave bystanders rushed in to help them. A kayaking tour group got caught in the mess. The storm was considered to be a microburst similar to a tornado. A u. S. Violently arrested while doing her job is seeking justice. Somebody helps me alice wobles was handcuffed after refusing to draw blood samples from an unconscious patient. She was following hospital policy and state law. The parish who was not a suspect the patient who was not a suspect had not given consent. During the debate she put her supervisor on speaker phone. Thats when things escalated. Its so blatantly obvious what was right and wrong and i was not wrong. I want to continue the conversation. We need reeducation and i will be waiting to hear what chief brown decides should be done with his employees. Officer are on leave pending a investigation. Wobles was detained about 20 minutes. The detective and another officer are on leave pending a criminal investigation. W well, its labor day today. So in that spirit what was your first job . We were talking about this earlier. I was about 12. It was snack shack at West Lake Park selling hotdogs, pop corn. What about you . I sold organic soap, a little different, not as delicious. I think a lot of my customers needed to be your customers, if you know what i mean, but our john ramos went to the east coast to chat with people about way back when. Reporter on a quiet labor day morning in downtown pleasant hill, its the perfect time for a little stroll down memory lane. Your first job was what . I was scooping ice cream at lauras ice cream in danville. I worked at a little worm farm. It was a paper route. Reporter at 12 years old Steven Martell delivered newspapers on snowy boston mornings and he remembers hating sundays. The papers were like that thick and you could never get them all in a bag and use your bike. Reporter the first job was a seminole moment in most peoples lives. Ask about it and the memories come flooding back clear always day. This woman was in high school when as day. This woman was in high school when she worked at a pizza parlor and still remembers the number as signed to each topping. I dont remember what i did friday at work, but i do remember 8 was pepperoni. Reporter Matthew Hagens first job was loading trucks. Basically my work ethic is something i always carried with me from my first job to what im doing now. Reporter finally in concord we found one person who found their dream job at age 12 working for ringling brothers circus. He was told hed get to work with the elephants. The next thing i saw was the biggest shovel i ever saw in my life and i was like what is this for and he said thats part of your job. Reporter he spent four hours pooper scooping and never returned. He never got fade, but he did learn a valuable lesson paid, but he did learn a valuable lesson. Ask for all the details. Very good advice no matter how old you are. Hope you enjoyed the holiday today. Happy labor d

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