It. Theyve been doing highway work in this corridor forever. If its true, i say go, caltrans. Reporter it looks to us theres still a lot of work to be done, some concrete put on the wall, looks like theyre still making that extra lane, but you heard them say it here. Sometime in the next six to eight weeks they expect to be finished. We will come back here and verify it just to make sure that prediction comes true. Joe vazquez, kpix5. California is moving closer to charging drivers for every mile they drive. The state says it needs more money for road repairs and the gas tax just isnt cutting it. Kpix5s phil matier on sacramento wanting to look at your odometer. Phil . What cost to the rest of us . matier vo sot 2 09 if you own an older vehicle that re paying gas tax to mai reporter thats right. Because its not just an issue about money. Its also a question of fairness because of the cars that arent at the pump here paying the tax. Lets take a look. Cars are paying to maintain the roads matier vo one idea would ould clock you milage every one of the biggest selling points for electric cars and hybrids is that they save you big money at the pump, but at what cost to the rest of us . You on an older vehicle that is fueled by gas, youre paying gas tax to maintain the roads. Someone with a dramatically more fuel efficient vehicle is paying much less than you are, but theyre still using the roads. Reporter thats one of the reasons why state senator scott weiner and others are saying when it comes to road taxes, its time to look at charging you by the mile rather than by the gallon. People are going to use less and less gas in the long run. Reporter and less gas means less gas tax and that means less money for the roads. You want to make sure all cars are paying to maintain the roads. Reporter one idea would be to install devices that could clock your mileage every time you pull up to a pump or electric car charging station or put a tracker on a car. The reality is if you have a smart tomorrow, your data of where you travel is already in existence. Reporter none of this talk of a mileage fee is hitting well with joshua lee, owner of this super hybrid bmw. How much do you save on not using gas . I save around 200 a month. Reporter if you buy a small car that gets really good fuel economy, theres no doubt we dont get enough money to repair the local streets and roads and theres a pothole there. The fact of the matter is people are buying trucks like that person right there. Reporter the metropolitan Transportation Commission said the real answer is raise the gas tax even more and up the Registration Fee for electric cars. What do the people we talk to tanking up today say . I drive all over Northern California for work, so it would definitely be a problem. These are all consumption taxes taxing poor people. Reporter caltrans has just wrapped up a Pilot Program that used 5,000 drivers in the state of california to track them voluntarily. The results were positive enough to where caltrans is now asking Tech Companies to come up with possibly a way to make it masked. Phil, assuming this mileage fee plan goes through, whats going to happen to the gas tax that, oh, by the way, just went up . We still going to have to pay that . Reporter they say this is to replace the gas tax, but as you, i and everybody else on the road knows, rarely have we ever seen a tax go down and ive never recalled one going away. Yeah. Reporter but meanwhile thats what the party line is here in emeryville. Back to you guys. Phil matier, thank. There is some good news on the strike by city workers in oakland. Both sides will continue negotiations into this evening. Kpix5s melissa caen tells us a mediator is now trying to help hammer out a deal, right, melissa . Reporter yeah, veronica. Were live here at Oakland City Hall waiting on an announcement about whether or not the strike is going to continue tomorrow. Now boat parties met today. City leaders and both parties met today, city leaders and union leaders, with the mediator with the hope of getting closer to a deal. The crime said if progress is made, then they would the union said if progress is made, then they would consider suspending the strike. Thats the announcement were waiting to hear today, whether or not enough progress was made to warrant a suspension of the strike. Any final deal must be approved by the city council, but Oakland City Council members are not in these negotiations. And theres some other requests by the union that have been resolved. Reporter Oakland City Councilman nole guyyo is frustrated the city council is left out of the negotiations today. I believe my City Council President should be part of those negotiations and so we always get what the mayor wants to tell us and then i lean on the Union Negotiators to tell us their side and try to figure out what were going to do. Reporter the city council wont be able to meet to consider new proposals tomorrow to make matters worse. I just found out all the meetings just got canceled by tomorrow and we should never cancel the closed session because thats where we as council can vote. Reporter the city says it doesnt have the money to pay for the unions demands, but librarian janeane damanda said the city should have planned better. That would be a failure of planning on the part of the people elected to the citys elected offices to take care of those issues. I get impacted tremendously. So right now i have my neighbors coming to my home saying you better settle this contract quick because i want that trash picked up and i want my streets safe for my kids. Reporter we are just learning that the strike will be suspended as of tomorrow. Those 4,000 Public Employees in oakland will be back to work tomorrow. The union will be making an announcement at a press conference at 6 30. Well be back with you to tell you more about that. Our understanding is there hasnt been specific movement on particular parts of a contract, but that the unions were satisfied that the citys tone and openness to negotiation is what sort of allowed them to say they will suspend the strike while the parties continue to talk. Live in oakland, melissa caen, kpix5. Today marks one week since fast moving wildfires broke out in Southern California. Right now thousands of homes are still in danger. 15p the largest, most destructive is the thomas fire. Its now burned more than 230,000 acres. It is only 15 contained. Ellen degeneres who was forced to evacuate tweeted in part, everyone in the montecito area is checking up on each other and helping to get people and animals to safety. Im proud to be part of this community. Meantime Oprah Winfrey whose home is also nearby tweeted, peace be still is my prayer tonight for all the fires raging through my community and beyond. The wildfires prompted Uc Santa Barbara to postpone final exams. The chancellor said tests will be moved to january. Reporter jeff nguyen is live in carpenteria with the very latest for us right now. Reporter the fire is moving towards the west where we are where there are a number of private properties. I can tell you this afternoon fire crews basically used fire to fight fire by deliberately setting a fire in the Santa Monica Canyon area. I want to pan to your right and you can see the fire moving south. You may see twinkling on your screen. There are a number of homes in there. As we keep moving to the right of your screen, you can see just how massive this fire is tonight. There it is burning behind those palm trees as ash rains right down on us. This is one of nearly 30 helicopters that took part in an aerial Bucket Brigade over the hills of carpenteria. We saw this team set a deliberate fire to clear thick brush and create a break in the backcountry to he could the thomas fire to keep the thomas fire from moving north toward santa barbara. Down the hill eddie maya grabbed a few things from their family nursery. Their neighborhood was evacuated two nights earlier. Speechless. You never would have thought we would see carpenteria in this situation ever. Reporter throughout the day we saw firefighters positioning themselves at homes along the foothills as flames inched closer. Brad eastman wants to check on the water pump system that runs up to about half a dozen properties he manages. Obviously the water there is critical to assist in helping these guys fight the fires. Reporter from some of the Hillside Properties you can see the Rolling Hills that lead right into the pacific ocean. This view gives you a look at the many orchards that had been in harms way. Theres going to be many people affected by this, both short run and long run. Reporter and for people like eddie maya an Evacuation Order has not been lifted in his neighborhood, but his familys livelihood and so many others are still unclear. A lot of people, this is what they do for a living. They work around here. If this goes, i dont know. Imjust cant really say how it will i just cant really say how it will go for everyone else. Reporter we want to show you some of the flareups going on right now. Fire crews tell us they deliberately set this fire hoping the wind would push it towards us to chew up all the brush right there. There is a home beneath the ridge that is burning right now. Earlier we were up there. There is a strike team up there to keep an eye on that house. So all the houses along this foothill right now, there are fire crews in there to make sure that the burning does not get into those properties. Thats the latest from here. We will send it back to you. They need rain. Its not in the forecast. Thanks so much. It was one of the most brutal murders in recent bay area history. Today justice for a family of five killed inside their home. How the suspect went to Great Lengths to hide his crime. It played a crucial role helping wildfire victims get back on their feet, how this empty office is a new sign of progress to wine country. And a celebrity chef hit with Sexual Harassment allegations, the fallout for his multimillion dollar food empire. Coming up in weather well talk about the prospects for any rainfall here in the bay area and how does smoke from those Southern California wildfires end up above the bay area like it did today . I will explain next. Every path a sign of potential trouble. We found heavy tiles are falling off brandnew 1 million kaybee homes. If this was to fall on someone, it could do some serious damage. Now experts are inspecting the walls marking every bad tile. Somebody has to be responsible for the end product. Around 70 houses in this south bay subdivision will need repairs. Expect original reporting from kpix5 news. Expect more. Jurors found a man accused of brutally killing five members of justice today for the victims of a grisly bay area murder, jurors found a man accused of brutally killing five members of a San Francisco family guilty. Prosecutors accused 41yearold binh thai luc of fatally beating, stabbing and choking two men and three women in the lei family. Video from inside the ingleside district home captured gruesome scenes, blood spattered all over the walls and floors. Investigators say luc tried to cover up the evidence with paint, but prosecutors argued dna found at the scene linked luc to the murders. After hearing that evidence the jury convicted him on five counts of first degree murder. E this was a very complicated case. For the families we got some accountability. This was a very gruesome, brutal murder. I think hes obviously very disappointed. He is firm in his determination to continue fighting the case. The maximum sentence luc will face is life without possibility of parole. A man shot outside a target shore in emeryville has now died. The shooting happened last monday in a parking lot on 40th street. Investigators say two men tried to steal marijuana from another man. Then he pulled a gun and shot them both. Yesterday 19yearold yandre bolton died of his wounds. The suspected shooter is under arrest facing multiple charges and now police say they will seek to add a murder charge. Today marks a milestone of sorts in the wine country wildfires. Its the last day to apply for federal assistance. Reporter even as the fires were still burning, counties began opening one stop Relief Centers to help people who suffered losses big and small. Now seven weeks later a new sign of progress. Today is the last day for the Napa County Local Assistance Center to be open. Reporter the room that was once jammed with people had shrunk to 1 3 its original size and today was largely empty. Only a small team of advisors from fema and the Small Business administration remained as the flood of fire victims seeking help has dwindled. But help from the county is Still Available since october 16th this team at the local Assistance Center has seen 4,000 homes and served between 12 to 13,000 people. Reporter people like sarah stacks laid off from her job with the Napa Valley Wine Train when tourism dried up. She says beyond those whose homes burned a lot of people suffered the kind of losses that never make the news. My family actually lost like all their food in the house because of it because they were close enough where like they couldnt nothing was edible. Reporter thats the kind of help fema had been offering, cash grants for losses not covered by insurance. Theyve handed out about 700,000 in napa county so far and today was the final deadline , but the empty seats signal the immediate disaster has passed and the hard work of rebuilding has begun. Its actually a good sign that this office is closing down . Yes. Because i think that means people are probably getting like more back on their feet or like hopefully theyre getting there. Reporter in napa county, john ramos, kpix5. The Disaster Assistance office closes at 7 00 tonight, but county help is available still online. There is a link to it on our website www. Cbssf. Com. Nced the San Francisco will soon have more places to drop off recyclables. Mayor ed lee announced the city will soon have mobile recycling centers where people can drop off bottles and cans and collect the deposits. The mayor made that announcement in front of a deli. Small businesses are required by state law to accept bottles and cans. Were here to also alleviate stores like teds and so many others who are struggling with the fact that there are no longer these very large and sometimes nuisance prone recycling centers. The new state law enabled the creation of the mobile recycling centers. So its expected more cities will follow suit. Redemption centers have been closing down statewide because of increasing property values. Paul, you know its nice outside when you see lots of people Walking Around without a jacket. 60 to 70 degrees, abnormal. Did you see the buffalo Football Game yesterday playing in about a foot of snow . Not here. 70 degrees at the beach, the warm spot half moon bay, perhaps too much of a good thing when were talking about the dry weather. San jose 69 degrees, redwood city and fremont 68 for the high. The notice the haze today . Especially in the north bay, the city and central bay and coastline unhealthy air quality, not as bad as the napa fires, but we do have particulate matter in the atmosphere. Its not the smoke from Southern California, at least for the most part. Lets talk about the big layer of smoke, how did it get here . Lower level winds are carrying the smoke from the fires in Southern California out to sea. Then that smoke eventually rises to about 10,000 feet. Thats when a southerly wind takes over, carries up the coastline and those upper level winds transport the smoke 300 miles and thats why you saw a hazy sunset in the bay area today. Theres no reason to think it wont happen the next couple evenings as well. High pressure moved a bit over the weekend, not close enough for a chance of rain in the next week. Clear and chilly once again tonight. Watch out santa rosa. You have fallen in the city below freezing six consecutive nights. You will get close to seven. Freezing fog was reported this morning. I wouldnt be surprised if you see that again tonight. We stay mild tomorrow, hazy sunshine, mid to upper 60s again, 64 in oakland, napa 66, mountain view, redwood city, mid60s. Next week the long range forecast is giving us a little hint perhaps this pattern breaks down the middle of next week giving us a chance of rain. Anything after seven days is a coin toss. The next seven days is not a coin toss. Thats dry. Another bay area sideshow turns violent, the wild scene caught on video, how an officer was injured confronting the driver. The raiders playoff hopes are on life support tonight, who derek carr is blaming for the raiders lifeless play. And a yankees pinstripes, why John Carlos Stanton said no to the giants. Today and at t park is still standing. Giancarlo stanton is officially a yankee. Stanton and new udge combined well, what do you know . The sun rose today and at t park is still standing. Giancarlos stanton is officially a yankee. He and new teammate aaron judge combine home runs are just 17 fewer than the entire giants roster. Stanton threw on pinstripes at the baseball winter meetings in orlando. Marlins brass had a deal with the giants and cardinals in place, but stanton refused to waive his no trade clause. He did not want to play for either club. They were great meetings and a Great Organization and culture there, but that just wasnt the fit for me. Reporter what didnt you hear from those two teams to not come to an agreement with either . You know, i really just wanted to learn what another organization is like. I wanted to see how other organizations went about their business, ho