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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM February 19, 2018

Reporting life, joe vasquez. The winds have also been whipping out on the bay. And you can see all the white caps out there on the water. Some local Fire Departments say theyve been getting lots of calls about small boats, possibly in distress, but so far, they havent had to do any rescues. Earlier today we small amount of rain in fremont. Its going to keep temperaturesy low for the next couple of days. Freeze warnings are in effect for tomorrow night when temperatures will be in the mid 20s to low 30s. Tonight before the freeze warning goes into effect well go down to 33 in santa rosa. 34 in walnut creek. The coldest day of the week will be tomorrow. The coldest night, tomorrow night. And then it will warm up to 63 degrees by the weekend before you know it. Tonights drop in temperatures is having an impact in wine country. And as a result in kpixs 5, gross are now racing to protect their crops before the frost takes over. Reporter wine country is bracing itself for the cold weather tonight. Workers will be on frost patrol trying to save their crops from being damaged by mother nature. Its really the perfect storm. Reporter first the wine country experience unseasonably warm temperatures causing vines to come out earlier than normal. They think hey, its springtime. Its time to wake up. Reporter especially the chardonnay vines. But now here comes the frost where temperatures are expected to dip into the mid 20s overnight. This is one time you cant sleep in. Because it really this could be devastating. Reporter starting at midnight, vineyard workers will be out on patrol trying to limit the damage. One night of frost can damage the entire crop. Hes already experienced it more than a decade ago. Back in 2006, we lost about 20 acres of fruit. That was a big hit. That and for a small family winery, that hurts. Reporter once the temperatures reach freezing levels, wind machines will be turned on. Keeping the air moving keeps the cold air and potentially ice from forming on this little bud. Reporter but if temperatures fall below 28 degrees, theres not much that can be done to save the budding crop. Once it gets so cold, were really at the whims of mother nature. Reporter the vines should be okay since they typically bud a little later, but it is a wait and see approach to see if the temperatures will stay out of the 20s. In sonoma, andrea nakano, kpix 5. You dont see this every day, a small plane had to make an Emergency Landing on highway 101 in the south bay. But kpix 5, that wasnt the end of this wild journey. Reporter the pilot said he had engine problem shortly after takeoff. While Emergency Landings on phrase is not unusual freeways is not unusual, what happened next is what happened. They opted to tow the plane back to the airport nearby. The san Martin Airport is here. The plane landed here which means they had to tow it northbound, exit the freeway and get back on the other direction for a total distance of 41 2 miles. And what a drive it turned out to be. The pickup truck towing the plane, when it came time to merge back on the freeway, the c. H. P. Had a traffic break and the backup was horrendous. Across the wide lanes, the plane could make good time. But on the surface streets crews had to unhook the plane and get past traffic signs, mailboxes and fences sometimes with inches to spare. Reporter what do you think of this . It dont bother me. Reporter the sight of a slow slowmotion plane with emergency vehicles through the countryside was surreal. Reporter ever see anything like this . No, not at all. Its crazy. This is amazing. Reporter e pilot was okay. No one on the ground was injured injured. There was no damage anywhere, and the whole thing from start to finish took about two hours. And i think this pilot did from what i can tell, an outstanding job. I mean, exceptional to be able to do what he did on that on the 101 and do it without there being any injuries or damage to any property. Reporter in san martin. A pan of hot oil on the stove left several people homeless. A large fire broke out in a condo complex destroying five of the eight homes. The other three had smoke and water damage. Firefighters say the flames spread through a kitchen and other units. Makes me think about the theres no firewalls that go up into the attic. That had me worried. And, of course, that stuff traveled. A 19yearold man admitted he start the fire by accident because he left the pan unattended from the hot stove. Right around the same time the threealarm fire broke out at a Business Park on t garden street. Drivers could see the flames from the nip its freeway. No nimitz freeway. And here is a look at the after math. It took crews about three hours to contain the fire and nearly 12 hours after it started, they were still putting out hot spots. The building is unsafe to enter. The roof is completely burned off. Weve had some movement on the walls and we got to keep our personnel out and theres a lot of material still in there. Theres no word yet on the cause, but the initial call that came in was for a car fire. A fundraiser in cameron park is also raising eyebrows tonight over some of the items that were raffled off. Including several guns, at least 1ar15 rifle. Whats worse, the fundraiser benefited the department. Outside the flag was flown at half staff to honor the 17 victims of the shooting. Some who attended say the timing of the gun giveaway felt a little insensitive. Dont know who ended up with the rifle. Ar15s have been used in the deadly Mass Shootings since 2012. The whole process can take no more than 15 minutes. Reporter and would i walk out here with an ar15 . If you have a license. Reporter nikolas cruz didna concealed carry license, but the 19yearold did pass a background check. He had to wait just five days to get his gun. About 90 minutes ago San Francisco mayor tweeted we must continue to urge our congressional members to take action and improve existing gun control laws. We cannot sit back and wait for the next mass shooting. Our children deserve better, our nation must do better. Diane feinstein wants to raise the minimum able. Right now its 18. She wants to bump it up to 21. Growing number of states want to follow californias lead by approving socalled red flag gun laws. In 2014, california became the first state to allow gun violence restraining orders. They ban people from buying or possessing a gun if a Family Member reports that they may pose a threat. Assemblyman in San Francisco would introduce a bill by allowing anyone to file those reports despite all the signs of danger from nikolas cruz, the evidence wasnt enough to take away his ar15 rifle because florida doesnt have a law. Still to come, it could be game over or could it for californias booming video game industry. How other states are luring tech films away and the new game plan to keep them here. An out of control driver plows through a wall of an insurance company. The wine country wildfires robbed this young woman of her closest companion. Today we were there. She found a reason to smile again. For a pair of armed carjackers. Who didnt get very far in their stolen vehicle. The Victim Told Police police in santa rosa are looking for a pair of armed carjackers who didnt get very far in their vehicle. The Victim Told Police he was sitting in his van near west 3rd street around 11 this morning when two men came up and demanded it at gunpoint. This is how the yellow ford van looked when it turned up. Burned to a crisp. At this point its unclear exactly how it caught fire. The carjackers were gone by the time police got there. Well try fight thatting to your insurance company. Try fighting that to your insurance company. Happened about 6 00 in the morning. Wooden boards cover the large hole and theres a lot of damage inside too. Pieces of plaster, furniture thrown around. The driver of the car, Police Arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence. Luckily its sunday, the office was closed, there was nobody inside. Theres a little political miss direction going on tonight in the San Francisco mayors race. This is what you get when you go to londonbreed. Com. It sends you to mark leno, one of her components. It turns out someone snatched the domain name before breed could get to it. The socalled cyber squatter reported demanded 100,000 to give it up. When they refused, the redirection began. It is game over for more than 100 workers in an Online Gaming firm. Its shutting down its headquarters and heading to illinois and texas where the cost of doing business is cheaper. Its just the latest california game company to be lured away by incentives from other states. Reporter there are only a handful of video game creators. This is where we do all of our development. Reporter fifth planet games in rockland is pumping games. Its kind of like a giant machine and made of a bunch of little bits and pieces that have to fit together. I design the interfaces and interactions. Reporter she and a dozen other employees are a small part of a mass industry in california. With nearly 1,000 businesses, billions of dollars are pumped into the states economy. According to a report, california accounts for 27 of the gaming industry. No other state comes close. Californias high cost of living and taxes are being used against the state by other states trying to lure companies away. Theres a lot of Developers Making games and its harder to get users. Reporter georgia, new york and massachusetts are offering tax credit and grants to pull companies and talent from california. Video games are the most complex pieces of software out there. Reporter it takes bright people to put these creations together. At sacramento state, students are learning to build the games from scratch. Learning a whole bunch of technologies and programming techniques, so al gor itsdz. Reporter this is a huge benefit to californias competitive edge. Researchers also point to more that needs to be done at the capital including tax credit for video game related start up. A young woman who lost her beloved horse in the wine country wildfires has a reason to smile again. She was born with cerebral palsy. She met crystal in 2010 and crystal quickly became attached to her. But she was heartbroken when she lost her therapy horse to the santa rosa fire in october. The organization horses healing hearts donated a new horse after spending months working to find just the right match for her. We watched a moment where hana and chay was like souls connecting. And whether it was intuition and gut, it was really deep connection of two spirits coming together. Hopefully chay right now will help me with my physical aspect and my emotional aspect of gaining strength. Chay is a tenyearold mustang and rescue. Nice connection between the two. Somebody who has a horse herself. I can relate. As we get to kpix 5, there are showers and snow showers on the Mendocino County shoreline. And you can see the snow in white. The rain mostly offshore. Its going to be a similar situation for the bay area. We approach sunrise already. A few popup showers. They forgot to add water to the recipe. The result, theres not theyve got wind, weve got much colder readings but not in the way of clouds or moisture. We look at the golden gate bridge. We were in the low 70s yesterday. San francisco this morning at 7 00 a. M. Was 49 degrees. And now in San Francisco, its only 48. It has not changed much in 12 hours. Heres whats happening. Low pressure diving out of the gulf, will give us cloudy and windy, cold conditions on monday and tuesday. The readings will be in the low 50s. It will warm slightly as we get toward the weekend when that high rebound. Winds were a factor today. You saw joe vasquez in the newscast about the scaffolding blowing down in San Francisco. Winds will persist to be fairly high near the shoreline. Future cast, look at the showers overnight. But notice its raining in the fish. By tomorrow night well go severely clear. But just enough moisture and a thousandfoot snow level means at least a possible dusting of snow on bay area peaks. But the more you talk about a dusting of snow, the less it is likely to happen. Thats the way it works out. Forecast for tomorrow morning actually this is tomorrow daytime highs. Only in the low 50s. Putting the showers in by the coast just to remind you that in the early going and late tonight, a few showers by the coast. Monday night is the coldest night of the week. San jose is 37. It will be in the mid 30s tonight, snow level down to a thousand feet. It will be windy and cold for monday and tuesday. By the midweek it warms up in a little bit. Down in the south bay at 41, it will be down to 35. 38 for san jose. In fairfield, 33. 37 at dan danville and 34 at livermore. Ditto for clear lake and cloverdale, it will be near or below freezing. The highest tomorrow were all in the low 50s. Were going to look for chilly on monday, cold on tuesday, but then gradually we begin to warm it up. Theres a hint we might get a few showers wednesday night, thursday morning. For now well paint in some clouds. Either way its not going to amount to much. That, ladies and gentlemen is weather. And now for sports. Man, it was red hot and daytona. Opens the door for another. Well drop the green flag next. Year is always the first race of the year. The daytona 500 where a thrilling finish set up a firsttime winner. Nascars biggest race of the year is always the first race of the year. The daytona 500, two time super bowl champion Peyton Manning was driving a race car. Lap 102, Chase Elliott in the nine car hits the wall p spins out, in the seven car ending her day and her nascar career. Danica is done. Two laps left h12 car, ryan makes contact with curt. Set up a huge wreck, it means the race is going to go to over time. After the caution, eric on the left takes the lead from denny with less than two laps to go. On the final lap austin trying to pass almirola, dillon spun it out to take the lead. Dillon drives the car to victory lane 20 years after Dale Earnhardt also did it at daytona. It is so awesome to take the threecar back to victory lane 20 years ago. This is for Dale Earnhardt senior and all those senior fans. I love you guys. You got to win how you can win, right . Spring training is underway. The giants are hoping they did enough. The giants havent played a game yet but it looks better on paper than it did last season, right . Reporter yeah, dennis, its a good feeling out there. But you were right, nobodys lost any games yet and they also look good tossing around that pill. But i cant tell you that all the giants have checked in and this neild in this stadium is going to be mighty packed tomorrow, about 8 45, when they get together in that first full squad workout. Funny thing about this giants team. They havent lost any games, but theyre trying to get rid of that taste of that loss season. Some of the guys in the clubhouse thought they would be dropped or traded. Key word, thought. Were not thinking about any of that stuff. Its, you know, like here we go. Its 2018, here we go. Reporter spring training is especially true for bust are posey who is glad the front office chose to add rather than subtract after last years results. Its a boost of confidence because you look around the league and theres a lot of teams if they had our year last year, they would have torn it down. I might have been on the trading block. If youre a part of another organization. Were all lucky to were all lucky to be a part of the giants family. And hopefully we can do them proud. Reporter Evan Longoria is a new edition to the family. The 32yearold is like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting for tomorrows first full squad workout. Its kind of been the longest month of my offseason career just waiting to put on a new uniform and, you know, kind of get the offseason jitters out of the way. And i look forward to putting on the uniform. Reporter boy, quick turn around for me. Ill see longoria and the rest of the giants tomorrow morning. Hey, dennis, send it back to San Francisco. See you later on on game day. Yeah, you and marty drinking beer talking baseball. Been there, done that. Limit two for vern. Bubba watt sob revealed that watson revealed that he considered giving up. He had not won since playing at riviera two years ago. He was look toing win for the third time in his career. Pga in l. A. Making its last stop in the tours west coast spring p. Another week, another tournament with phil in the hunt. He shout out the lead. He was tied for sixth. This is bubba. Hes in trouble , right . Hes up by one, and in from the bunker, gave him a twostroke lead, watson went on to win by two for his first victory in two years. He was in tears after thinking that he was going to give the sport up because he was playing so badly. Coming up in our next halfhour, facebook may have had a way to stop foreign mettling. On demand. A grieving community is honoring the students in the floridas high school shooting. Their vou to make sure it doesnt happen again. Get paid as you go . A new app can deliver your paycheck on demand. Is it worth it in the long run . My husband is probably going to think im crazy. He thinks im going to see my sister sometimes the confidence to be spontaneous starts with financial stability. Once i heard it i was shocked. I just thought, i have to go get it its our tree see how a personalized Financial Strategy and access to j. P. Morgan investment expertise can help you. Chase. Make more of whats yours. A small plane makes an Emergency Landing. On highway 101 in the south bay. It happened just m. Near th top story tonight, a small plane makes an Emergency Landing on highway 101. It happened just before 11 00 a. M. No one was hurt. The pilot said he had engine problem shortly after takeoff. The plane was towed back to the airport. Grape growers bracing for a drop in temperatures this week. Workers will be on frost control tonight to try and save the crop from being damaged or destroyed once temperatures reach freezing, the machines will be turned on. Greece is giving way to anger tonight as three more victims of wednesdays deadly shooting are laid to rest. Students who survive the rampage say they wont let those deaths be in vain. Kenneth craig tells us some lawmakers

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