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Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5PM 20240714

Anthony, put your hands up anthony. Anthony. The 56yearold gomez was shot once in the upper body and died at the scene. Police say he was holding a dark painted piece of wood, similar in size to a handgun. San leandros police chief says an investigation will help determine whether officers acted in line with department policies. San Francisco Police are piecing details together in the fatal collision involving a pedestrian and a semi. The man was hit this morning at market and fifth. The tractortrailer was later stopped near front and battery street. Susies time on why the driver may not be charged, even though he didnt stop reporter i am standing right here on broadway, right near front street. As you said this is where that truck driver was pulled over. It is more than a mile away from the original crash site. I am told that he is not expected to be facing charges just yet. We are told he did not know that he hit anyone, let alone drive to them two city blocks. Know what to die that way, it is really horrible. Reporter a fatal crash at the end of the tenderloin has pedestrians on alert. The visitor section is pretty crazy, especially at rush hour. Reporter was like Walking Around here as a pedestrian . Uncomfortable. Reporter 54yearold Michael Evans was hit and mason and eddy street by this big rig truck and 5 40 this morning and then dragged to and market. The driver seen here did not want to talk but did speak to police. He is not facing any charges. We are told he did not know that he hit anyone by the time police and pulled him over, more than a mile from the crash site. This can happen to anybody. You want to think, it couldnt happen to me but at this point, with the state of our streets, i feel im no longer safe at all. Reporter michael is the 12 person to die while walking in San Francisco so far this year. Last year at this time, the number was eight. There have been 19 traffic related deaths in 2019. In 2018 there were 23 total. The citys vision zero call is to bring that number to zero. By 2024. The goal of the city is five years away. We want to get there because these, every life we lose, these are preventable. We can change our street reporter it is unclear at this point is michael, the victim in this case, was in a crosswalk at the time of the crash. Police say that is still under investigation. They are looking at Police Surveillance video. If you saw anything they are hoping to hear from you. Live in San Francisco, susie simo, kpix5. The bart evening commute is a lot drier right now after a messy morning commute, water started pouring out from the ceiling at 3 a. M. At the embarcadero station, leaving the platform and tracks covered in puddles. It was coming from the muni line, one floor up. Muni have been testing it to Fire Suppression system overnight with the drainage system malfunctioned. During the morning commute neither bart nor muni stopped at the embarcadero station. Bart cruz crews routes all morning cleaning up that mess, as you can imagine, they were backed up in stations throughout the city. Thousands of riders had to reroute their morning commute. We were able to stop the water and stopped the flooding. But, we are not going to Start Service back up at the station until you make the full repairs to the drainage system. Reporter with in just the past hour, muni announced everything is now back to normal for the evening commute. I am in the lives news desk. Tensions are escalating between the u. S. And iran. President trump announced today that a u. S. Navy ship has shot down an iranian drone in the persian gulf. It it the it is on patrol in the arabian sea and took action after the drone cut too close for comfort. The boxer took defensive action against an iranian drone which had closed into a very, very near distance, proximally 1000 yards. Ignoring multiple calls to stand down. This all comes as the u. S. Fleet steps up patrols around the vital strait of hormuz where a third of the worlds oil passes each year. And, just last week uk Officials Say their worship stock is trying to seize a british tanker. Todays incident is just the latest in a stream of hostile actions by iran. Now, last month the run shot down a u. S. A drone. It insist it was in their airspace but he was Officials Say it was an international airspace. Also, the u. S. Blames iran for sabotaging several tankers in the gulf of ormonde earlier this summer. Last night, the president supporters chanting send her back, echoing the president s own language in a feud with four democratic congresswomen. But today the president is backing away from the crowds words. Natalie brand is live at the white house with mr. Trumps son or sudden change of heart. Reporter good evening, all day long lawmakers across both sides of the aisle have been speaking out against these chance and the cbs news has learned tonight that the president heard from a number of voices in his inner circle to moderate his position. That includes from the first lady, his daughter ivonne, the Vice President and the rnc chairwoman. President trump says that he was not happy with the crowd and his Campaign Rally chanted send her back while he was talking about congresswoman illhan omar. I suest you go there, go to North Carolina and you, as the people, why did they say that . That is what they said. Well, i didnt like that they did it. I started speaking very quickly. Reporter the president pause or 13 seconds while the crowd chanted. Omar tweeted a picture of herself in congress saying she is where she belongs and added the president supporters will have to deal. It is supposed to be a country where we allow democratic debate to take place. So this is not about me. This is about us fighting for what this country tradition is and what it deserves to be. Reporter President Trump is working to make the four freshman lawmakers the face of the Democratic Party in his Reelection Campaign but some republican lawmakers are concerned the war of words has gone too far. Congressman Adam Kinzinger says he was disgusted by the chant, saying the words are ugly, wrong, and would send chills down the spines of our furthering our founding fathers. The regret feared the divisiveness could lead to violence. We have created an atmosphere i am frightened about. And i certainly am concerned about my fellow members of congress. Reporter democrat lawmakers say they will introduce a love legislation to be put up security around some of their colleagues. President ial candidates also weighing in today. California senator Kamala Harris speaking at a cable interview said those chants were created and not by the crowd, but by the president s tweet she went on to say contrasted with an american leader like john mccain, referencing times on the 2008 president ial campaign when he condemned audience comments made against then candidate obama. Life for us tonight in washington. Natalie, we appreciate it. Former Vice President joe biden is in california campaigning and condemning the events of the president s rally. He told a crowd in los angeles that mr. Trumps behavior was speakable. Dispicable. To stand and attack those for women, in a way that he did, talking about them going back home, the racist, basic taunts. And then with the crowd started yelling send them back, send them back, send them back, when has that ever happened except for george wallace. Biden will attend a big money fundraiser in l. A. At the home of sony Motion Picture chairman tom rothman and his wife, actress jessica harper. A new poll shows governor gavin newsom is getting more unpopular. Political reporter melissa caen joins us with the numbers and what they mean. Reporter the pole poll shows that californians are making up their mind about governors son. Since february newsoms Approval Ratings have stayed the same but his disApproval Ratings have gone up. As fewer people remain undecided. Is a new governor and he just got there weve seen this a lot with governors in their freshman term. So, lots of time, im sure theyll take notice of it but this is not entirely rare. We just started polling polling in california but we have been tracking this governor approval metric for years. And if we compare the new numbers about newsom with the numbers of former governor jerry brown and his first year in 2011. We see that brown had heil of higher approval numbers and lower disapproval numbers. Since taking office newsom has made bold moves, holding the Death Penalty even though voters just endorsed it and pushing through wildfire legislation that doesnt require ratepayers to share the burden with utility companies. Right now the governor is on vacation with his family and Lieutenant Governor is in charge. Melissa caen, kpix5. Thank you. It is early. People living in palo alto are riled up tonight about a planned extension of a private allgirls school. I am devin fehely, coming up i will tell you why they are so upset. Japan reeling from a devastating attack. How a suspected arsonist turned a famed anime studio into a death trap. 50 a bay area captain accusing a city of sinking his retirement plans. A battle over a block to barter. Ski all that plus temperatures felt like a set of card keys today. The numbers came down areawide. But as we look ahead, there are changes on that cloudy horizon. We will have them in the forecast, when we come back. On the peninsula this evening, a bitter battle over plans to expand a private girls school in palo alto. The opponent say the schools expansion will flood their lyjoining us live from palo alto with the details. Reporter i am here at this high school. Now the opposition is focused merely on an underground parking garage that would build over in this area that they say will dump hundreds of thousands of cars into the otherwise quiet neighborhood. The Environmental Impact report describes the effect of the schools expansion on traffic is significant and unavoidable. Reporter echoing the complaint of many neighbors. They will basically destroy this neighborhood, the section of emerson street. There are only three houses on the side of the street, and they would bulldoze two of them. Reporter castilleja, a private allgirls middle and high school, is planning a massive renovation. Replacing classrooms on one side of its campus and building an underground parking lot underneath the softball diamond on the other. The problem is all the cars entering the parking structure would empty out onto the small treelined street behind the school. We need to work with the city of palo alto to revisit our plans and look at how we can modify our plans so that we can minimize at the traffic impact on the neighborhood. Reporter the schools plans have ignited fears and passionate bait among the neighbors whose yard signs and announce the project or announce their support. They have not been a good neighbor. Reporter and the neighbor says that castilleja has long it ignored its enrollment agreement with the city and now wants to up the number two 540, rewarding she says the schools bad behavior. At the moment it is outrageous for the density that it will cause in this little six acre lot. We have worked very hard to regain the trust of our neighbors. We realize we lost trust in the community where we learned it was over enrolled and we are working very, very hard to re earn their trust. Reporter castilleja hope the renovation will mark a new era for the school but past mistakes and all grievances may yet stand in the way. It is ultimately going to be up to the city council to decide what gets built, if anything, at castilleja. It also be whether or not this goal can modify its plans whether or not they can make converts out of their current critics. Devin fehely, kpix5. Chopper 5 was above highway 237 were a brush fire closed two eastbound lanes. This was just east of Great American parkway. Officials say several homeless and kimmons are in the area. Chp says they are hoping to reopen lanes in the next 2030 minutes. No word yet on the cause. A mass murder in japan, 33 people have been killed in a suspected arson attack any popular Animation Studio in kyoto. You can see firefighters are trying to knock down the fire here in the daily aftermath. Authorities say the suspect poured gasoline around the studio and then set it on fire. They say he was also found with a backpack full of knives. The suspect was taken into custody with serious burn injuries. No word yet on his motives. This evening, billionaire Jeffrey Epstein remains behind bars until his trial on sex trafficking charges. That is after being denied bail. The defense had asked that epstein be allowed to wait trial underneath house arrest but prosecutors argued he is a danger to the public and a flight risk. Only by taking away the freedom of Jeffrey Epstein can we restore the freedom of these victims. They have been living in fear and intimidation since the day they were abused by him. Lawyers for epstein say that their client has stayed clean since pleading guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution charges in florida back in 2008. His lawyers also say the federal government is reneging on the plea deal. An unusual report out of Sonoma County jail today. An inmate has reportedly died of suffocation while eating a sandwich. Officials do not suspect any foul play, they are, however investigating whether or not the inmate may have done it intentionally. A Sonoma County judge declared the inmate mentally incompetent just last month. We have learned the man killed in a violent east bay crash overnight was a fleeing from Police Antioch police is in the man is suspected of stealing the suv during a residential burglary in a neighboring city. Officers try to stop the car on buchanan road around 1 00 in the morning but the driver sped away, hit the Center Divider and inflamed into a tree. His identity has not been released. The offramp for interstate 880 at the return parkway is now open again after this overturned truck shut it down for hours. The crash happened just after 5 a. M. The tanker was carrying 6000 gallons of liquid asphalt. Some spilled onto the roadway, the driver suffered minor injuries. We learn today a man who drowned in lake tahoe worked as a San Mateo County correctional officer. He was pulled from the water by a bystander on tahoes southeast shore on tuesday. He later died at the hospital. He served in iraq before beginning work as a correctional officer for San Mateo County. He leaves behind a wife and two children. A massive heat wave is underway across the nation. Forecasters are warning of dangerous recordbreaking temperatures over the next 24 hours. They say saturday will be the worst day of this heatwave. New york and washington expect rising temperatures from 110 115 and the concern is that if temperatures do not drop below 80 and night this would allow the heat to build an even faster paced taste the next day. It is hot, really hot. Reporter best thing to do during a heat wave and stay out of the sun when possible, stay hydrated, stay in cool areas. Of course taking steps to keep animals cool is also key. I the weekend, cities in at least 14 states are expected to break their High Temperature records. Meanwhile a massive object is approaching the bay area from the west. The fog. Oic okay. [ laughter ] i was like that is something i have not heard of. I love how the guy they said stay indoors it was a geophysicist. They have a meteorologist or shortness out there. Shortage out there. Tipsy as we look at San Francisco and the massive description of the fog and low clouds coming in over the city right now. And this eagles out there seagulls out there enjoying it all. Concord had 80 degrees in livermore 69, and in livermore 79, and 10 for cisco 62. Numbers have come down since yesterday which im sure you noticed. In fact if you compare yesterday at this time to now, you can see what the temperature differential is a. It is 13 degrees cooler in fairfield right now and in livermore it is 10 degrees cooler. Some places are warmer than others, this always happens, nobody ever comes down at once. Sfo is a little bit warmer and it mounted well but the general tendency has been a dramatic change from yesterday. As we get a look at the low clouds, you can see and south facing spot the low clouds have root moved inland, moved over the peninsula, into south marin and have not given up all day. You probably be about the same tomorrow. Bundle up if youre seeing the giants take on the mets. First pitch at 6 45. Itll be cool and breezy. Gametime temperature of about 60 degrees. It is all happening because low pressure, here is the thing you are getting warm weather out east, you can bet when somebody is getting really unusually warm weather somebody else is getting unusually cool weather. This isnt unusually cool but relative cool with the low pressure on the way. Even as High Pressure built over the east. In terms of the next 24 hours, low clouds will pack back and allow the shoreline, move into the east bay hills just up to the coast and then it melts back during the day. But, again with this kind of southerly flow you can expect the places that were overcast for a long time to have a repeat performance tomorrow. The drizzle was coming down pretty good in parts of the coastal regions and in south marin. To sum it up, here come the clouds again tonight. It was a mild for most of friday and will temperature change this weekend, maybe a little bit warmer in lent, overnight lows tonight. Oakland gets down to 58 degrees and generally in the mid50s overnight tonight with the set up at 6 02 a. M. Daytime highs not terribly different. Center was 85, 84 in the east bay at livermore and 83 in san jose. 61 at pacifica and in the extended foreca

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