Community to bear. Reporter oakland councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan sits on the air quality district board. She wants the district to look at Health Impacts before issuing a permit. She gave us this graphic. The crematorium is here. East oakland is highlighted in red. This shows that we have the highest pollution levels, the greatest cancer risk and risk of other diseases for this community right around this crematorium. Reporter aside from air pollution, four asian workers at the business across the street quit their job saying its bad funshwa. In areas that are affluent and where there are more white residents this would never happen. Reporter the air quality district puts the blame on the city of oakland. Thats because even though the city Council Voted down the crematorium, the Planning Department actually gave a land use permit to the company before that vote and a judge says this council cannot backtrack. By the way, the workers inside did not want to talk on camera. Also the Houston Corporate Office did not get back to us. Live in east oakland, im da lin, kpix5. It turns out. We could g new at 6 00 california is outpacing its own ambitious goal for Renewable Energy. It turns out we could get to the 50 mark as soon as 2020. That would be 10 years ahead of schedule. Kpix5s kiet do on the forces at work that are driving a green energy future. Reporter this is certainly good news for california, but 10 years ahead of schedule . How did we get to this point . Well, it turns out when the Power Companies were investing in these Renewable Energy projects, they did a couple extra ones thinking some of them might fail. Well, it turns out they didnt. To see for ourselves we took a cruise around the Altamont Pass and up here it is wind farms for days as far as sky drone 5 can see. California has made a massive investment in Renewable Energy and its finally paying off. The state issued its 60 page annual report showing californias Renewable Energy capacity has sharply increased 40fold over the past decade to now 15,000 megawatts. As a result, the states three largest utilities have steadily increased their percentages of renewable sources now forecast to hit 50 by the year 2020. Thats a full decade earlier than required by law. Were you surprised at all . I was surprised that i didnt realize it was going so fast. Reporter stanford professor Mark Jacobson has made it his lifes work to push for Renewable Energy. He says as large storage batteries get cheaper, power plants that emit Greenhouse Gases will go the way of, yeah, the dinosaur and 100 Renewable Energy will very likely happen within our lifetime. You dont need fossil fuels like coal or natural gas for backup anymore because solar energy has come down in cost. Batteries are coming down significantly as well and when theyre combined together, theyre actually very efficient at providing electricity. Reporter and speaking of costs, that report has one more notable stat. The past decade has seen a dramatic drop in the cost of producing all that Renewable Energy. Utilities scale wind prices are down 47 . Solar prices are down 77 . So what does that mean for your monthly power bill . The costs will come down. Whether the utilities actually reduce their prices correspondingly, thats a different story, but the cost of the energy definitely will come down. Reporter pg e issued this statement saying in part, we stand ready to help the state reach its Ambitious Clean Energy Goals in a way that manages costs for our customers, insures electric reliability and gas safety that they expect and deserve. Along the Altamont Pass, kiet do, kpix5. Tonight tesla is poised to unveil an all electric semi truck, elon musk tweeting a photo of the trucks silhouette. Well get a better look at the vehicle when tesla holds a formal unveiling at 8 p. M. In southern california. Theres talk about how many batteries the truck will need and how much space they will take up. A live look at the Golden Gate Bridge right now, wet pavement for the evening commute after wet weather the month of day made for a very tough commute this morning. Standing water on bay area freeways including highway 101 caused multiple accidents, slowed down traffic. Flooding also caused problems in low lying areas and the exit ramps. Wet weather even caused delays on b. A. R. T. People out and about this afternoon in san leandro were trying to stay dry. Some of the heaviest rain fell in the east bay. Rain boots and umbrellas got a workout. Lets get to meteorologist paul deanno for the latest. Paul . After a very soggy day it will not be as soggy of an evening. Kpix5s hidef doppler is beginning to calm down. There are still showers, but they are becoming less numerous by the minute. Antioch picking up a few showers and also showers in the south bay where earlier today especially around the lunch hour it was pouring in the santa clara valley. It got you in milpitas, san jose, morgan hill where over an inch of rain fell in some parts of the peninsula and south bay in less than four hours. In the Santa Cruz Mountains nearly 5 inches of rain has fallen in the past 24 hours. Orinda and Castro Valley nearly 3 inches of rain, more than 1 1 2 inches in San Francisco and palo alto and more than 1 inch in san rafael. Just off the wine country burn zones for perspective this is how much rain fell over the past 24 hours, 11. 2 billion gallons of water, but thankfully no mudslides reported and no flash flooding reported from up to 2 inches of rainfall. Well talk about our next rain chance, when that arrives and the weekend forecast coming up. Its an east bay sinkhole so famous the city celebrated its birthday, but soon the massive hole in the middle of moraga will be just a memory. The sinkhole at marine boulevard and Center Street has been more than just an eyesore which is why our john ramos says they threw a going away part. Today were saying we survived the sinkhole. We are done with this. Reporter perhaps its fitting that todays ceremony should happen in a driving rain since thats what caused the problem in the first place. It started off as a small hole, but it continued to grow and grow and grow. Reporter on a rainy sunday in march, 2016 a storm drain collapsed and a sinkhole opened up on rheem avenue in moraga. The main intersection was blocked off and thats how it sat for a very long time as the town searched for the money to fix it. Its been a real challenge. Unfortunately as a small town we dont have that much funding. Reporter moraga asked the federal government for help but was denied because storm drains are not technically considered an emergency utility, but then the city lucked out. Because el nino rains caused the damage, the repairs qualified for disaster funding. So now 18 months later moraga had a ground filling ceremony. Fixing the street cost more than 3 million and all but depleted the towns reserve fund. The feds say they will reimburse the money, but no one seems to know when that will happen. Town leaders say theyve learned they need to raise the cash to upgrade their 70year old storm drains. Unless this happens during an emergency, a nationally or state declared emergency, youll have to be selfreliant when it comes to storm drains. Reporter and the mayor learned a lesson about politics. Everything is complicated. Reporter in moraga, john ramos, kpix5. Developing in the east bay a safeway worker was stabbed at the Safeway Store in shaddock avenue. The employee was confronting a suspected shoplifter. The employee was taken to the hospital and the suspect jumped in a car and took off. New at 6 00 there is talk of putting a new Homeless Center in the middle of one of San Franciscos busiest Tourist Spots either at an existing parking lot on broadway or at pier 23. Melissa caen is at the pier tonight where the idea is already running into resistance. Reporter were here at pier 23. This could be the next site of this citys homeless Navigation Center. Now San Francisco already has five Navigation Centers. Theyre basically places where Homeless People can live temporarily while theyre put with people and resources. Some people are already questioning, though, whether this prime waterfront real estate is really the best place for Navigation Center no. 6. Weve got the exploratorium, which is fabulous. They spent a zillion dollars. Weve got the cruise ship terminal. That cost a zillion dollars. Reporter the owner of pier 23 cafe speaking now, right nextdoor to the building that might be turned into a homeless shelter on the embarcardero. Then all of a sudden were going to try to take care of the destitute part of our population which totally needs help and we all support taking care of them, but to do it and compromise those commitments is questionable. Reporter on tuesday supervisor aaron peskin who represents the area said theres been a spike in homelessness at the waterfront. Along the embarcardero where homeless numbers have seen a large uptick while the rest of the citys numbers have stabilized. Reporter people posed two new he proposed two new locations. 88 broadway and pier 23 under the jurisdiction of the port. Reporter a port spokeswoman told us they have not received a formal proposal from the city, but he says the port has a plan to lease out the valuable space. Theres already plans for that space. We have part of that space and were being moved because of the plans for the space. So i cant imagine its actually going to work out. Reporter peskin said the 88 broadway location is his first choice, but theres a Public Notice there that says a developer already plans to build 178 Affordable Housing units for seniors and families. Of course, in San Francisco nothing is over till its over and building anything here is a long process. I admire anybody that comes up with a plausible solution. Reporter now flicka mcgern doesnt just work in the district. She lives in it. Shes not angry with the proposal. Shes just trying to find a solution to a really important problem. Live in San Francisco, melissa caen, kpix5. A wild accident, a professional dog walkers pickup truck rolls down a hill, a woman and child injured in that crash, the race to round up several dogs. And a revealing jailhouse interview with a hawaiian escapee deemed a violent psychopath, what he wants people to know about his run for freedom. Video just in of an Armed Robbery at a bay area liquor store. The robber opens fire on the Cash Register and wait till you see what he does after that. Three out of every four cars towed in san jose never get claimed. Theyre actually losing money every time they have to tow a car like this. We found most owners abandon them to avoid steep fees. After 5 00 its going to be another 90. Now the city may consider giving some offenders a break. Get towed for the first time or very low income. Expect original reporting from kpix5 news. Expect more. Wow nice outfit. When i grow up, im going to mars. Were working on that. Some people know how far they want to go. A personalized Financial Strategy can help you get them there. See how access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Up truck crashes. And leads to more than a dozens dogs running off into a San Francisco neighbohood. A runaway pickup truck crashes and leads to more than a dozen dogs running off in a San Francisco neighborhood in the sunset at 26th and santiago. A pickup truck with dogs in the back slammed into a car and then into a house. Kpix5s andria borba at the scene where that crash led to a big dog roundup. Andria . Reporter it was a wild afternoon out here on sunset, but the only thing to show for it is this dent in the side of the house at the corner of 26th avenue and santiago. Now a white pickup truck began rolling down backwards toward 26th about a block and a half, hit a parked prius and the force of that collision caused it to take a 90degree turn and hit this house at the corner. The mother and child inside the vehicle were treated on scene and taken to the hospital. We were just told the mother has been admitted to the hospital. The child is fine. Now after all that sf fire suddenly had a truckload of dogs to deal with. Ironically the timing could not have been better. Coincidentally yesterday we got 70 animal canine care kits donated to us by the sfspca which includes a modular that we were training our crews on how to care for animals, specifically canines that are mostly injured during a fire event with smoke inhalation but also goes into other injuries such as traumatic injuries and so forth, but also goes into detail on how were supposed to care for them and be aware of how they could become agitated or defensive after an incident like that. So were happy to see that we were able to deploy those measures today. Reporter now there were nine dogs in the truck. Three of them ran off after the crash. One was located by someone in the neighborhood. Were told there was at least one dog still outstanding tonight. There are people out actively looking for that dog out here in the sunset. Were told they ran west at this point, but still one dog missing after this odd day here in the sunset. Live in San Francisco, andria borba, kpix5. A hawaii fugitive deemed a violent psychopath is speaking out from jail. He said he escaped because he was never going to earn his freedom. This evening he is telling a tale of being abused by hospital workers in hawaii. Kpix5s maria medina with the jailhouse interview. Im not a sex offender. Im not a psychopath. Reporter in a jail jumpsuit at the san hoe equip county jail, Randall Saito talked freely about almost everything, his escape, his 72 hours of freedom and the murder he committed. The woman i murdered in 1979, god bless her soul, i have regretted it every day since the day it happened. Reporter saito has been at the Hawaii State Hospital on oahu since being acquitted by reason of insanity in 1981. On sunday he casually walked off the property, took a charter flight to maui and hopped on a plane to san jose before making it to stockton. He said he escaped to prove to hospital staff he should be released. The only reason why i did it was because i was desperate to have some kind of existential tool, unequivocal tools that i could be in the Community Without messing up, that i could go back to hawaii and say you know what . You guys said all this crap about me. Now what have you got to say . Reporter at one point saito even appears to look for sympathy. Why would you do this to me . I mean im contrite for what i did. Im not a troublemaker. Why are you rubbing salt in the wound to me . Reporter but prosecutors say not only did saito randomly kill a woman, he used her body for sexual pleasure. Today saito denied that. Necrophilia is my fault. I used that as an excuse to get in the State Hospital from the get go in 1979. Reporter there was one thing saito didnt want to discuss, how he got the money to escape in the first place. I cant tell you. Thats my big secret. Reporter one of the other things saito talked about was that he admitted to having past relationships with hospital staff in hawaii. Hes expected to be in front of a judge tomorrow before he is extradited back to honolulu. In stockton, maria medina, kpix5. There is a brief break from the rain but no breaks for the city of santa rosa tonight. Crews will be working around the clock to repair storm drains in the Fountain Grove neighborhood after fires damaged at least 30 of them. Overnight the drain opened up a small sink hole on the side of stafford court. Crews shut the road down to remove part of the pavement. They will replace the melted storm drain underneath it. Its one of many projects crews are working on ahead of this winters rains. This is a small drop in the bucket when it comes to the amount of rain were going to get. Reporter are you guys concerned, though, about what is yet to come . Yeah. Obviously last winter was a wet winter. We had a tremendous amount of rain. Its definitely a concern of ours. This just added another level of complexity. Its something were definitely keeping our eye on. The Emergency Operation center is currently open in santa rosa allowing the city to use outside help to repair those storm drains. Theres been plenty of rain out there today, paul. It is the soggiest day since march 4th, 257 days ago, a long time. Typically were dry in the summer. Thats done. Now were in the heart of the rainy season. One more round of some light to moderate rainfall moving through North San Jose currently. It will head to the south. It will get you in morgan hill, gilroy, sunnyvale, cupertino, saratoga, campbell, los gatos and 880 and 680 driving through milpitas. North of there were dry because the showers are finished and working their way south. So one last batch of rain moving through. It was not warm today, santa rosa only 58 for a high, livermore only 62, concord and San Francisco 61, san jose 64, fremont 66. All that said the weather pattern changes tomorrow. We got the holiday ice rink and