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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm July 13, 2024

Joining us. We begin with a surge in break ins overwhelming Bay Area Police and leaving drivers frustrated. A new lawmaker is cracking down on the crooks. Reporter car breakins are an epidemic in california and regrettably most of them dont result in an arrest or successful prosecution and one state lawmaker wants to change that. We know that people risk their life to save their personal devices. Reporter recognizing the valuable information stored on phones, tablets and laptops state representative chu wants to make it a felony to steal Electronic Devices separating felonies from misdemeanors. I want to provide another tool to the Police Department so they can prioritize the car breakins. Reporter the car breakins and thefts of Electronic Devices have spiked in cities in the bay area but the crimes are rarely solved by Police Departments or prosecuted by District Attorney offices to the growing frustration of victims. They are becoming more prevalent. Something needs to be done. Mike had his car broken into and supports tougher laws for the criminals. I feel violated honestly and my wifes brand new purse and credit cards, etc. , it is pretty big deal. Reporter in 2014 voters in california approved prop 47 it was meant as criminal Justice Reform and set crimes to be charged as a felony. Not sure if this could be carved out for Electronic Devices but the property crimes and people Say Something needs to be done. Laws are implemented that can discourage people from doing things like that, it is not your property, dont put your hands there. Representative chu plans to introduce the legislation as early as next week. In san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. We have an update on the bart Police Shooting at the el ceritto station yesterday. The suspect who was wounded is expected to survive his injuries. Police say his gun was also recovered. The shooting happened at 2 yesterday afternoon. It all started when the suspect was reportedly having an argument with a woman. A passenger that spotted a gun in his waistband called police. When officers confronted the suspect at the dell station he ran under the tracks. They say the suspect produced a handgun that prompted police to fire at him. Authorities have not released the age of the suspect. Inlock lapped police are looking for the attacker that shot and robbed a man in uptown at 3 00 a. M. This morning near telegram and 24th street. The victim says he was walking near the intersection when a man got out of a car and confronted him and demanded his wallet. When he said new york the man shot him and took his iphone. The man is in stable condition. Not information about the suspect except he was wearing a black beanie and red sweater. New video of a frightening prank in san jose. Police say a 14yearold girl drove a stolen golf cart off of a 2nd story building. She is in the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. She and a second juvenile are facing charges of vandalism and trespassing at the construction area on east santa clara street where the golf cart was stolen. Rancho San Antonio Park is closed after a child was attacked by a mountain lion. It happened at ten this morning. Adults nearby were able to scare the animal away. We are told that the child was treated and is doing okay. Now rangers are investigating and trying to trap down the animal. The park is closed until further notice. In washington, over 1100 former justice officials are taking a stand signing a rare statement calling on attorney general bill barr to step down. Former dog officials that served in republican and democratic administrations posted a statement today. It said in part mr. Barrs actions in doing the president s personal bidding speak louder than his words. Those actions and the damage they have done to the department of justices reputation for integrity and the rule of law require mr. Bar to resign four prosecutors with drew from the William Stone case after prosecutors overruled their recommendation that stone receive 7 to 9 years in prison. The attorney general also pushed back against the president in an unusual interview last week. Speaking to abc news barr fired a warning shot. Telling President Trump to stop attacking the justice department. I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that the under cuts make to have public statements and tweets made about the department make it impossible for me to do my job. Barr also ordered an examination of politically charged cases involving those close to the president. But today on cnn state you have the union the Vice President s chief of staff, mark short says the president s tweets are not going to stop anytime soon. It is something important to the presidency and what the american love about him. But even members of President Trumps open party are pushing back. Senator john kennedy said that president should cool it with the tweets. Does the president have a right to tweet about a case . Of course. Just because you can sing doesnt mean you should sing. You can have a choice like mick jagger but you wouldnt want to start belting out honkey tonk woman in church. Turning to campaign 2020 the caucuses will happen next saturday. Bernie sanders is in nevada leading supporters to early voting polls today. Michael bloomberg is in West Virginia fending off allegations in a Washington Post article, a Sexual Harassment and Pete Buttigieg is in sacramento making his case to voters. We are acting at our time to see to it that this country, your race has no bearing on your health or your wealth or your Life Expectancy or experience with law enforcement. Senator Amy Klobuchar and former Vice President joe biden are 4th and 5th in number of delegates. They spent time in nevada trying to show their strength as the race continues. Senator klobuchar will be appearing in San Francisco at a fundraising event and we will have more on kpix 5 news at 11. And senator Bernie Sanders is bringing his president ial campaign to richmond tomorrow. He is set to appear at a get out the vote rally from noon until 3 at the crane way pavilion. Doors will open at 10 in the mornings. Organizers are encouraging voters to bring their votes to cast. Kpix 5 is your guide to kpix 2020. We are covering the candidates, races and issues that matter to you. Check out our super tuesday guide at kpix. Com campaign 2020. And still ahead, a bay area photographer that witnesses historic moments of a civil rights struggle is showcasing his work in the bay area. I knew i had a chance to Say Something important. Coming up, how he compares the mood of the nation during those Tumultuous Times to present day. Why an aficionados can expect to save green for ever drop of red and white they drink this year. You can see plenty of clouds coming in the bay area on all of the cameras we have throughout the area. When we come back i will talk to you when the clouds wont be able to turn into the rain that we would like to see and i will show you what that means for this upcoming weeks forecast coming up. Its time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. Can it help keep me asleep . Absolutely, it senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. Save 50 on the sleep number 360 limited Edition Smart bed. Plus 0 interest for 36 months. Ends monday. And new at five a san rafael hosted a show of his works and reflected on the 1960s and the state of the union today. Matt heron was an eyewitness to a Pivotal Moment in the civil rights struggles and thanks to his photographs his exhibit was as well. He addressed the library this afternoon as Award Winning press photographer. In 1965 matt heron was young and ideaistic and moved his family to mississippi to cover a battle over civil rights. He admits he was not objective journalist. I dont think you can leave your convictions at home. On the other hand you dont need to cram them down peoples throats. So he let his pictures speak for themselves. Africanamericans were frequently barred from voting so when marchers traveled from selma bams to birmingham tensions were high. I would strap cameras on my bodies and once that happened i was a different person. And i knew that i was photographing history and i knew that i had the chance to Say Something important. Herons images captured determination of the freedom marchers and the anger of the white citizenry that confidence them to be outsiders. He won a World Press Award for this picture of a policeman tearing a flag from a fiveyear old boy. But not all the photos are about conflict. He had moments of victory when people could vote for the first time. He experienced the struggle and is happy with progress he has mixed feelings about where the country is heading. I see kids who are kind of oblivious to race. And i think in long term i think feel optimistic about the country. Shortterm i am not sure. A turbulent chapter in our history, a chapter that is still being written to this day. In San Francisco, john rams on, kpix 5. Herons Photo Exhibit titled im walking for freedom is on public display at the gallery in the basement level of San Franciscos main library. A solemn commemoration in San Francisco for a dark time in californias history when japanese americans were imprisoned during world war ii. The victims of the mass internment marching in San Francisco to remember the horror of being caught up in the period. Some locked in camps and others given the opportunity to return to japan that one woman says was no choice at all. I felt quite clearly at the time that i am really not japanese, i am american. And the idea of leaving this country and going to what was essentially a foreign country to me was a terrible choice. The California Legislature is expected to pass a resolution to week condemning californias role in the camps. A new exhibit that is in oakland wants to show you there is more to maps that meets the eye. You are here california stories on the map. The idea is to share the stories of the community and people behind the places. Here is their interpretation of the bart map where stations are named for bay area residents that fought for social justice. 16th street is renamed the martinez. It runs through february 28th at the oakland museum. People in and around the capitol of mississippi are bracing for catastrophic flooding. All of the rain is causing the pearl river in jackson to flood. It is expected to crest tonight and many people had to be boated to their homes to see the damage. Most of those homes had several feet of water inside. The National Weather service says this could be the worse flooding the state has seen in nearly 40 years. Of course we contrast to what we are going through right now and a big difference. All we have our clouds that is it. And there are clouds bay area wants but just no payoff. No rain coming from them. Let me show you the view from ocean beach the camera the cliff house. Clouds here. If we go to our camera on top of the Sales Force Tower and look over the east bay you can see clouds to mount diablo. That peak on the right and in the try valley the clouds keep going. From Treasure Island to the city, at least it feels nice under these clouds. 60s in oakland and San Francisco at 6 and santa rosa at 60 and san jose at 68. The temperatures will dip down in the mid40s and keep the clouds in the overnight hours to help keep the temperatures from dropping anymore than they should. Santa rosa is going to 40. Typically they are in the 30s. Tomorrow we wont have as many as high clouds. Future cast for tomorrow morning and the one thing that does stand out we start to build in a little bit of the marine layer and stratus clouds in the bay. This is not going to be widespread. Should not be an issue with fog. An offshore breeze tomorrow. No issues with fog and the clouds will clear out. Plenty of sunshine for the daytime highs tomorrow. And if we take a look at what is brewing off of the coast there is a storm out there. If you just saw that, you will go hey, maybe we will get lucky and we will see rain from this. But if i play that forward watch what happens that thing. It will get stopped in its track and falls apart. The big block in the atmosphere is strong. The storms are not getting here. In the meantime the daytime highs for monday. Mid to upper 60s. 69 for santa clara. We will see temperatures in the east bay. Look at Pleasant Hill at 70. 72 in vallejo. And the numbers for the north bay come in the mid and upper 60s. Santa rosa will be 72 and in the sevenday forecast it is more of that. We may cool down a little for the middle of the week but warm up by next weekend to sunny and 70, no rain. Juliette back to you. Here is something to toast to. Wine prices are going down in the bay area. Prices are expected to drop to the lowest levels in five years. It is all thanks to a surplus in california grapes. The annual state of the Wine Industry report predicts u. S. Wine consumers will enjoy the best retail values and trace it back to 1960s when there were vines planted. More harvesting methods have led to grape harvests. Juliet. I got a two buck shuck for a dollar 97 the other day. Sun is going down and giants hopes are rising. Hear from the skipper when we come back. Hello from scottsdale. That scoreboard in center field has the rays leading the giants 20. Fortunately games have not started but position players arrive today for the giants first practice tomorrow and already beginning of a new era and it has a feel of that as well. Assistant coach alissa knackin. We call her knack running a drill that i have never seen where pitchers come off of the mound to catch popups. Part of the new mind at camp under gabe kapler that he takes over a club averaging 90 losses in the past three seasons. The bar is set so high because of the world series. Ways a realistic goal giants fans can expect . The most realistic goal is that we will play a very tough and gritty style of baseball. Teams will come to oracle and we may win two out of three and we will fight a tough battle and it was a tough competitor. You talk about a 180 from boche one year ago. He is intense. You can see more with skipper on game day plus i will sit down with my annual spring training chat with marty larry as we preview the 2020 season. Nascar. President trump served as the grand marshal at the daytona five hundred. The president ial motorcade served as the race cars. Clint boyer said. It is truly an honor to be with all of you at the Great American race. Gentlemen, start your engines. The president ial motorcade served as the pace car. Clint boyer said that is awesome and Mother Nature spoiled the party. The race was called after 20 laps and they will resume tomorrow afternoon. College hoops the stanford women have not lost to colorado since 2002 season and you know what . That streak was in jeopardy this afternoon. But this did not happen. Cardinal down three and lexi on the corner drills the corner three to tie it at 56. 12 seconds left. Colorado out of timeouts. Back the other way and looking for the game winner. Maya holdingshed with a dribble. Stanford cranks up the pressure and williams steals a pass to beat the buzzer. Figure you kidding me . Her seven three of the game and finished with 29. Stanford beat colorado with the 16th straight time. Cal beat utah on the womens side for their 2nd conference win. Freshman kyle crockler scored a high of 26 points. Mark fox in the challenge men trying to cool off Arizona State less than four to play. A former bishop star. Paris austin with the three point play to bring cal within five. Austin finished with 17. But the bears have no answer remy his three. Asu wins 8675. Week two. Former quarterback matt mcgo in with the new york guardian was not happy with his team being shut out in the first half. Going to change the entire game plan. What do you need to change about the game . A lot moring for us as an offense. Well, the second half was not much better but goin with a touchdown on the teams opening possession leading to a change at quarterbacks. Mcgoin was benched and new york was shut out by them. The latest in the San Francisco giants game day on location. Gabe kapler. The giants have not lost a single game, juliet. Dennis, question. How are the giants players responding to this new vibe, have you gotten their reaction . Yeah, nobody is saying anything negative. It is a completely different atmosphere. The drills are different. The pace is different. The attitude is different. Old school versus new school this year. So far it is positive but again they havent played a game. Dennis, thank you so much and we will be right back. New video to show you. These two stunt doubles were captured leaping off of the San Francisco skyscraper and 43 stories high. The wild stunt was part of filming for the movie matrix 4. It is starting k eana reaves. You have seen some of the shots, the chopper shots. Yes. They just started filming for the movie. It is not coming out for another year. The weather is conducive for the good shots. Yes. If they like cloudy moodiness and sunny and warm. They didnt have to deal with any rain. All right. An

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