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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM February 23, 2018

And you know what . Im thinking about doing it. Trumps level of vindictiveness, knows no bounds. He is threatening to pull Law Enforcement out of california . A couple weeks ago, he threatened to arrest elected officials like myself just for being the heads of century cities. That is not america, that is not democracy. Senator Dianne Feinstein released a statement saying the president renewed his attacks on california with more insults and threats. The president s obsession with our state is growing more outrageous by the day. San Francisco Mayor said if the president believes that threatening century cities with federal action will coerce us into betraying the trust and cooperation of our immigrant communities, he is sorely mistaken. The mayor maintains that Immigration Enforcement is the purview of the federal government, and that it is a citys right, legal right, to be completely handsoff. A spokesperson for i. C. E. Referred all questions to the white house. Were live in oakland. New at six, concerned san franciscans are getting a bit of a trashy reputation. It is one of the worlds most beautiful cities, but there is a problem on the streets. Kpix 5 news shows us the impact on tourisms bottom line. Reporter there is concern about how the city of San Francisco is viewed from those coming from around the world. With the skyline this beautiful, San Francisco is not a tough sell for tourists, but if there is a complaint, it is that the view from the ground is not always as nice. The most common negative thing that they say is the condition of our streets. Whether it is aggressive panhandling, whether it is encampments on the street. Or even tourists on the street. In fact, that is kind of our brand tarnishing our brand. Tourists are big business. It is estimated that 2 million visit each year. The Tourism Industry employs more than 80,000. But, they have experienced a slowdown recently. San francisco travel ceo says it is because International Tourists worry that the us has become a unwelcome place under president trump, but also because of the conditions on the city streets. White is one of the wealthiest states and cities have to have streets that are looking like this . And people on the streets in this condition . It is unacceptable honestly. And, we are failing as a society, by not addressing this. How much of the citys dirty reputation is harming tourism . Nowhere is perfect, we did see a lot of the homeless where we were staying. Nicole is visiting a friend from new york, she says she was charmed by San Francisco, dirt and all. We love the city, it has a lot of charm. I plan to come back. Tourism is a 10 billion a year in business in San Francisco, so there is a great desire to protect, preserve, and grow what amounts to the citys largest private industry. In San Francisco, devon healy, kpix 5 news. Air b b is trying to attract more customers. Elizabeth cook on the San Francisco startups attempts to capture some of the luxury market. Airbnb is for everyone. Now, that includes high and travelers. The San Francisco startups celebrated its 10th birthday by announcing a new strategy, it includes new categories of accommodations, like bedand breakfast. It is accessible with social stays, and most notably unique or special properties that rent for upwards of 250 per night. And, a category the more expensive called beyond. Part of it is to be competitive with Luxury Hotels read they say airbnbs reason for that is simple. They get a cut from each listing. If a listing is 5000 a night, theyre going to get a big chunk of that. She says it is also intended to offset a decline in bookings. She says cities are imposing stricter regulations on a short term vacation rentals. For example, this new rule took effect this year in San Francisco, the number of airbnb listings has plunged to from a peak of 2720 16, to just under 4000 now. We have a partnership and there are more changes coming. The companys founder also announced new perks for the highest rated hosts and most loyal customers, like discounts and vouchers. As well as a new web design. All moves that the Company Hopes will keep customers coming back for a long time. Elizabeth cook, kpix 5 news. Tony mendoza called it quits today before his colleagues. He was going to be expelled over Sexual Misconduct claims. The picture has already been stripped from the walls, but we found out that mendoza made his presence known with some angry parting words. Members of the state senate were visibly shocked as they reviewed a letter of resignation from their former colleague, tony mendoza. He stepped down, just as senators were debating whether to expel him, something that has not happened in sacramento for more than a century. We were trying to grapple with the enormity of the situation. He wrote it is clear that kevin delhi on will not rest until he has my head on a platter. He needs to convince the me to movement of his sincerity. We must start here, and we must start now. An independent investigation revealed that mendoza, more likely than not, engaged in unwanted flirtation and sexually suggestive behavior with multiple subordinates, including asking a female staffer to share a room with him at an event in hawaii. Sharing alcohol with a 19year old intern, and asked a senate fella to come to a home under the guise of reviewing resumes. Mendoza consistently called the investigation unlawful and unfair. He is far from the only lawmaker accused of inappropriate behavior here. A assemblywoman, christine garcia, a leader of the me to movement is accused of groping a staffer, and Bob Hirschberg is accused of inappropriate hugs. We have zero tolerance, but it does not explain what the remedies are. The ramifications are. It is very vague, i think what we need to do is start tightening up for the future. Within hours of his resignation, Senate Staffers had already removed his photo from the wall. Mendoza says he will be back here, he is planning to run for reelection in june. In sacramento, kpix 5 news. We are getting our first look at the man accused of stealing a pricey unicycle , belonging to a popular warriors halftime performer. The theft happened last month. The Surveillance Video from the baggage claim area shows a man with a ponytail loading a black suitcase onto a luggage cart, then wheeling it out of the terminal. Other cameras outside captured him hurrying away down the sidewalk. So far, he has not been caught. The seven foot unicycle inside that bag is worth about 25,000. The red panda has been using a backup ever since. The warriors promised to buy her a replacement. A suspected gambling den busted in San Francisco. Police released photos of electronic gambling machines inside a building on ocean avenue. Officers raided the business around noon yesterday, and arrested a man and a woman. That was after neighbors complained about gambling, and possible drug use. We think these shops attract other criminal behavior. So, that was what we were also concerned with. Police seized a total of 25 machines, the two suspects are charged with possession of gambling devices, and paraphernalia. San francisco retailers are locking up the tents. This photo posted on twitter showing the metreon target keeping the tents behind glass. It has gone viral. It is responding to questions whether it was due to the homeless. They say they took additional steps to protect merchandise, including putting high theft items in locked cases. Target did not say how many tents had been stolen from the metreon store, but they said the move is not standard practice. Eventful sunset tonight, to close out this very chilly thursday. Look at that. Some neighborhoods saw snow and hail today. This is vallejo this afternoon. A snow hailed mix coming down and covering cars and even piling up on the doorstep. It is windy, cold, it definitely feels like winter out there. That was definitely hail in vallejo. If you look live at the radar, we can see one more shower. Let me show it to you. It is moving into the fairfield area. We will zoom in a bit closer. Watch out concorde, out towards the delta and discovery bay, you may get one shower before 7 pm. It will continue to snow in the sierras. Details, coming up. Anger boils over as friends of a man killed by park Police Demand justice. They want the officer jail. And, there is a new slick way to scoot around san jose. How you can catch a ride. Looking far beyond middle school, students go hightech at lockheed martin. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. My name is jamir dixon and im a locafor pg e. Rk fieldman most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg e. My truck is something new. Its an 811 truck. When you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you dont hit them when youre digging. 811 is a free service. Im passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. Theyre the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then ill drive it every day of the week. Together, were building a better california. Meeting today. Demanding action against a bart officer involved in a deadly shooting. Furious family members shutdown a Board Meeting today, demanding actions against an officer involved in a deadly shooting. Were live near the west oakland station where the body . Captured everything. Reporter the officer involved shooting happened at the corner right there. That mans family is calling the killing a public lynching. They want that officer prosecuted, and jailed. We are going to get it down unsatisfied with what they say is a lack of action, family and supporters of shelley henderson, stopped the Board Meeting and broke into chance. Before taking over the meeting, staff spent a couple of hours telling directors to fire officer just for dale, he thought he was a cowboy, and shot my brother in the back. We want the officer arrested, charged, and convicted. Police relieved released his body cam video. The shooting happened outside the bart station. You can hear two gunshots. Then, the officer running across the street, towards the gunshots. He saw two men fighting on the ground, he screamed at let me see your hands, five times. Then he shot schilling kendall in the back. Both of you, let me see your hands let me see your hands. Let me see your hands. My son was murdered. He was shot in the back. With his hands up. Unarmed. Authorities circled what they believed to be a man in his hands before the officer shot him. If their life is threatened, whether it is their life or a member of the community, this deadly force is justified at that time. Candles family does not buy it, saying that he defended himself by trying to wrestle the gun out of the other mans hands. It is a lynching, hands up it is a lynching. Some in the crowd even warned them that if they do not remove the officer, other people may go after him. The officer is back patrolling the street. What about your son, your daughter . You would have an uproar, it would be an uproar. The directors say they cannot do anything, they have to wait for the Oakland Police to finish up the investigation. Back at that meeting, despite that interruption, it was peaceful. Police stayed back, and allowed the crowd to express their anger. Live in west oakland, kpix 5 news. Time is running out to get state aid to retrofit your home, the deadline to apply for the earthquake brace and bolt program is tomorrow. Homeowners can get up to 3000 from the California Earthquake Authority to make safety improvements. To qualify, homes must be built before 1979, and be located in at risk as it goes, which is most of the bay area. They have a link for how to apply at cbs. Sf. Com. That they want to make a cashless cable car this spring. It will happen at the turnarounds that are already there at the kiosks. At the beginning of next year they want to require prepaid fares from every stop. The plan would eliminate opportunities for cable car operators to pocket the cash, two men were arrested last year for doing that. New at six, anyway to zip around the silicon valley. It does not involve a tesla, get this you just download an app, and then you scoot. You are looking at the hottest new thing in personal transportation. It is a shared electric scooter you rent by the right. It pops up on downtown san jose streets, and they are quickly catching on. It is pretty convenient. You can just go ahead and stand there with your phone and through the apple take off and go wherever you would like. There from a san mateo startup, which also rents bicycles. Unlike other Bike Share Companies which have rights of back bikes at supplications, these scooters are placed randomly by users around the city. The app uses gps to help you find them. Kyle just downloaded the app , added his credit card, and is trying it out. It is a little scary, but super convenient. I can tell it goes pretty fast and i could probably get home pastor. They come with a thumb operated throttle, lights, and a handbrake. This is my first time on one. It is pretty easy to read. The top speed is around 10 miles per hour. The company that makes these it says that it is cheaper than an uber, at a couple of bucks per right, and unlike a bicycle, you do not arrive sweaty at your destination. To me, it is more fun than a bike. They do offer bikes, but these are more fun. Limebike says unlike other companies, it is licensed by the city of san jose to legally operate. But, questions of safety, helmets, and whether to write on the street, bike lane, or sidewalk, at least for now seems to be up to the user. In san jose, lynn ramirez, kpix 5 news. We have something cool to show you. One final shower that is left to move through the area. Notice how it is just about to get to our radar site. It is minutes away. That is also where we have a live camera. Look at this shot right here. The leading edge of the precipitation is literally just moving over the camera right now. And, there is a chance in vacaville, at the top of mount back, that that precipitation, that it may fall as snowfall, above 3000 feet in elevation. So, right of that specific location. Highs today, concorde 57, santa rosa 55, redwood city 53, San Francisco 52. That means it may rain in vacaville or rio vista, or even concorde and martinez in the next hour if that holds together. Winter weather advisory continues for about 4 more hours. That is for anything over 2000 feet. We are getting reports of snowfall over 1000 feet. Lets fast forward to the weekend. Maybe you are headed out, lining the streets of San Francisco saturday evening for the Chinese New Year parade, bring your jackets. It will be clear and cool with temperatures in the lower 50s, cooling to the upper 40s. Our lowpressure area is now over nevada, and brought in unstable air. Maybe you got showers or hell. Maybe you saw a rainbow. That is moving out, but cold air is going to move in. It will be a cold night tonight. A couple evening showers moving out. Wait until you see the overnight temperatures, it will be in the upper 20s in the north bay. Santa rosa at 29, san jose all the way down to 34. Tomorrow, sunny but on the school cool side of average. Rolling through the weekend, we are milder. Precipitation free. Showers are possible monday, another round of showers or light rain next thursday. Watch out vacaville for some showers headed your way right now. [ laughter ] love the live weather cams. All right, thanks. A former student turned olympic gold medalist. And East Bay High School gets a new athletic center. There will be plenty of heroes in this country next week. 38 years to the day after the miracle on ice, the us offers another signature moment in hockey. How Britney Spears influenced last nights gold medal. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. Hockey. The us women captured their 2nd ever olympic gold medal, and it came at the expense of canada. A classic moment exhibiting the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat. It is being called one of the greatest moments in hockey. The woman captured their second gold medal and it came at the expense of canada. A classic moment, really exhibiting the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat. In the silver medal ceremony, josh lareau was so disgusted at coming in second, she took the metal off. It was a pair of twin sisters, jocelyn scored the decisive shootout goal, thanks to some incredible moves which were actually inspired by a Britney Spears song. The last four years, one of our coaches worked on that move with us. It is called oops i did it again. So, she did lips against russia, and then she did it again again. I have seen it a handful of times, and it usually works every time. [ laughter ] oops, i did it again. That is not the song the lawyers are hoping to hear tonight when they take the floor against the clippers. Their vacation is over. In january, lou williams scored 50, and they embarrass the warriors on their home court. Kevin durant insists the sky is not falling. We are a still a good team now. I mean, i know that it is not you know, the warriors over the last two years, you know as far as records are concerned, im not going to sit here and let anybody say that we are struggling, or you know, hang our heads because we lost of you. We are still getting. Tiger woods, back to competitive golf. Backtoback weeks for the first time in three years. Tiger was one under when he got to the back nine, but he took a double bog

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