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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm July 12, 2024

Says its unfair and unreasonable. I have maxed out my credit card, i used my loan a long time ago. I have asked for rent reduction, i have gotten a little bit, not much. But, my savings are drained, to be honest most of us are not going to be able to last much longer. You mentioned you didnt see anyone keeping track of how many people were entering the mall, so it seems like that 25 capacity, they are going to have to figure some things out. Lots of details to iron out, you would think they would have somebody who punches and count how many people when they come in the door and out the door. But certainly it was not happening this morning. It will be interesting to see if they get that figured out. The stores want people to come in. Absolutely, yes. In sonoma county, hair salons and barbershops are finally allowed to open for services, capacity there limited to 25 . Everyone has to wear a mask. Is a big space that we have here that we have been working together trying to figure out what we can do to keep our doors open, and we are still standing. I was just elated, so excited that i could get myself pampered and spent some time doing something for me instead of being with my kids all day every day. San francisco is allowing more businesses to reopen with restrictions, hair salons, barber shops, massage salons can operate outdoors and starting september 9th gyms and Fitness Studios can hold training sessions outdoors. For a list of what is reopening in your county and across the bay area, had to kpix. Com. The number of coronavirus cases in california has officially topped the 700,000 mark. The state reported over 4100 new cases in the last 24 hours and 28 new deaths. The Positivity Rate over the last 14 days has dropped to 5 . The u. S. Now has topped 6 million cases of covid19. The virus has killed over 180,000 people across the country. In the bay area, starting off another week with bad air quality. The smoky haze from all directions from our Salesforce Tower cameras. That is the view, barely seeing mount diablo there. With what we can expect for the rest of our week. Wekthe air ity not going to change dramatically day by day peer there are some fluctuations hour by hour, right now some of the least bad air quality is right over San Francisco and oakland. Its been this way for the past several days in the north bay downwind of santa rosa into napa and fairfield and concord have been seeing the smoke towards them, it depends on which direction the wind shifts. Even a little 10 degree shift can push it around for a bit. Its the same general story, poor air quality and that will be something we have to deal with the rest of this week. Current wins in the 15 to 20 mileperhour range. Not overly breezy but bay area standards, not mixing rum the atmosphere very well. It does kind of push the smoke at least a little bit. And other spare the air day for air quality for everyone across the board. Unhealthy folks with severe asthma. But theyre going to be times when the air quality is a little bit worse in the north bay locations the trivalley and starting off the day we will get into the details of tomorrowsfew minutes. Fire crews are worried about the lightning wildfires, the biggest burning in the north bay is now at 63 containment in the south and east bay. Those fires are at 60 contained and the fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mountains is 39 contained. That is where the California National guard arrived to help here the troops have just completed wildfire training and will be put to work reinforcing fire lines. The biggest area of concern is to the north near the state park. The fires have scorched more than 84,000 acres and for the first time in history, firefighters from israel are helping fight our wildfires are 10 of them arrived over the weekend and will spend two weeks battling the lnu and scu wildfire b moand destructive. We report that local leaders are rethinking their approach to planning for wildfires. There is no clear consensus about what community should be doing right now to be better prepared for the next wildfire or how much it is going to cost or whos going to pay for it, but what is clear is that the time to come up with a plan is right now and not when the fire is at your door. You have got to clear dead growth because it is kindling. He watched as the mass of fire raging in the hills east of san jose inched closer to his neighborhood. Its given him time to reflect on what could and should be done to be better prepared next time. We need to be proactive, and we are not, we are reactive, we wait until after it happens and we have got to be proactive. The supervisor says the size, frequency, and destructiveness of reason wildfires is forcing communities to completely rethink their strategy. For prevention and firefighting. Theres just no way that any single Fire Department or clusters of Fire Departments are able to withstand what we know is happening relative to wildfires. The supervisor wants the county to invest in hightech cameras used for rapid fire detection. More firefighting equipment helicopters and bulldozers in the ramped up Inspection Program to make sure homeowners are maintaining Defensible Space rental properties. In order for us to really start to fight these fires, its going to have to be a big part of her body of work. The plan would cost millions, there is no firm estimate of just how much and it is not clear who or how it will be paid for. Neighbors however worry about the high cost of inaction. Supervisors to the Fire Prevention plan. At tuesdays meeting. In san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. Five people were arraigned today. The firm ceo christian west pleaded guilty to two felony conspiracy counts. For his cooperation charges will be downgraded and potential jail time is decreased. He and the others allegedly arranged to trade Campaign Donations for the 2018 reelection bid in exchange for concealed carry weapon permits for his firm solution. One of the other four defendants assures james jensen. James jensen didnt get anything, he seems like he is caught up in something that is not of his doing and has a political undertone. The investigation goes on as we gather more evidence. We expect to file more charges against more individuals in the coming weeks. We are not done. The other four defendants put off entering pleas until september 21st. They are wanting the District Attorneys Office to be taken off the case. A deadly accident along the San Mateo County coast. A woman was killed after driving off highway 1 near double slide. These images show how her car landed 200 feet below the roadway on the rocky cliff. It happened around 8 00 this morning, witnesses say the woman managed to climb free of the wreckage but then, she fell further down the cliff side. No one else was in the car and it is unclear what caused her to drive off the road. In sunnyvale, a teenager is in jail facing charges for deadly crash. It happened early sunday morning on the central expressway. Police say the victim, a 13yearold girl was a passenger in the car. Brian Gonzalez Lopez was arrested and accused of driving under the influence. The 18yearold is now facing stilleast charges. Y , the president ial candidates are pointing fingers u. S. Streets. The blistering war of words. Donald trump looks at this violence and he sees a political lifeline. And the coronavirus is impacting two bay area sports teams, the 49ers standout and where the as season stands at very positive case. Heart broken students told to go home at one Northern California college. The rush to leave campus as virus cases spike. More than two dozen people were arrested in protests calling for an end to Racial Injustice. On saturday, one man reportedly a trump supporter was shot and killed. Resident trump says the departments of justice and Homeland Security will launch a joint operation to investigate what he calls violent left wing civil unrest. His challenger says the president is the one sowing chaos. Reporter deborah has the latest from the white house. Dueling messages from the white house, and the democratic president ial candidate after violent protests over the weekend. Fires are burning, and we have a president who fans the flames. Left of the problem. A man believed to be a part of protrump demonstrations was shot and killed in Portland Oregon after clashing with Racial Injustice protesters. Pepper spray, they had large numbers of people that were supporters, that was a peaceful protest. And paint is a defensive mechanism, paint is not bullets. President trump has sent a barrage of tweets blaming Democratic State and local leaders for the unrest and praising protrump protesters as great patriots. Protests also continued over the weekend in kenosha, wisconsin and around the country one week after a Police Officer shot jacob lake in the back, seven times per the president says he plans to travel there on tuesday, despite a letter from wisconsins democratic governor asking him to reconsider the trip. I have to see the people that did such a good job for me and were meeting with numerous people. We have tremendous support in the state of wisconsin. And a scathing speech delivered in pittsburgh, president ial candidate joe biden says trump is to blame for stoking violence. Keep me believe that law and order make some strong but his failure to call on his own supporters to stop acting as an armed militia in this country shows how weak he is. A look at this violence and i see lives and communities and the dreams of Small Businesses being destroyed. And the opportunity for Real Progress on issues of race and please reform and justice being put to the test. Donald trump looks at this violence, and he sees a political lifeline. The former Vice President says he spoke with jacob likes family last week, so for the white house says there are no plans for the president to meet with the family. Cbs news, the white house. The president says he has had a conversation with the blake families pastor. The legal saga against the National Security advisor will continue for now. Today a federal Appeals Court ruled that a judge can hold a hearing to examine the justice departments decision to drop the criminal case against michael flynn. The retired general pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi during the russian investigation. However the attorney general has moved to drop the case, citing mr. Flynns fbi during the investigation missteps i should say. A live loe capital where plans are underway to subpoena postmaster general lewis, the House Oversight Committee Chairwoman says that joy has not responded to the committees request to submit documents pertaining to Postal Service delays and election mail. The chairwoman is saying the subpoena would make the request mandatory. San Francisco Police are investigating a crash involving a pedestrian and what appears to be a costco delivery truck. First responders transported a 61yearold woman to the hospital with serious injuries, please say the driver is cooperating. And a fire swept through a strip mall in hayward, the fire damage to the building housing the chalk it up billiards parlor on foothill boulevard closed for several months during the pandemic. Three other vacant businesses were damaged, the cause is still under investigation. Another fire this morning, this one were a gas meter was leaking and home that caused an explosion. Officers evacuated the home and neighbors, just to be safe, crews were able to put out the fire and prevent it from spreading to other homes. Back to the wildfires burning and the reason for all of the smoke sticking with us. Fire crews doing a great job of getting higher containment levels, but the problem is that we need a largescale shift in the weather pattern to kick the smoke out of here. This isnt the time of year where that happens very often. Its one of the consequences of this abnormally early start to wildfire season, a big area of High Pressure in the Pacific Ocean presses down on us to keep the smoke trapped in place. It was just off shore last week and it helped the marine layer return temporarily. It dispersed the smoke a little bit higher, vertically in the atmosphere but now the area of High Pressure is pushing down, not just keeping the smoke in place, but compressing it on top of us. Now there is more of it in the lowest levels of the atmosphere. Weve seen the consequences of that. As i mentioned during our first segment its going to be unhealthy across the board tomorrow and theyre going to be some hourly observations tilting into the unhealthy category for everybody. Later this week things are expected to may be improved marginally but we will see plenty of orange and red dots on the map once we get closer. It is hard to predict exactly how the wind is going to behave about 48 hours in advance. Plenty of fog along the coast but usually we will see this black and white satellite map. It stands out as a deep shade of gray but its not that case, because there is so much haze and smoke that it fades it a bit. The fog is visible as we look out, really thickening up already and the temperature is only 62 degrees. 67 degrees in oakland with low to mid 70s in santa rosa and san jose. These temperatures are below average for this time of year, this is about where we are going to have her as we have through the rest of the week. The fog is going to spread into the inland valleys as we head towards early tomorrow morning. Its going to back up towards the coast pretty quickly through the midday hours right along the coast. You will have a hard time seeing much more than a few glimpses of sunshine. The hazy, smoky sunshine is going to reappear overhead. Temperatures dropping down to what is normal for the last night of august, the first morning of september. Mid to upper 50s in most locations, the warmest spots around 60 degrees. Temperatures will warm up but still very close to what is normal for the first of september and a little below average around the bay. Low 60s to the coast, mid to upper 60s and 70s with low 80s for the santa clara valley. Another cool day with poor air quality and upper 80s to around 90 degrees for the hotspots east of the diablo range looking further down towards labor day. Labor day weekend right upon us and in inland heat wave going to kick in, starting on saturday but continuing into monday knocking on the doorstep of triple digits well into the 70s to around 80 degrees near the bay. England temperatures, pretty close to normal. Touching 90 degrees the rest of the work week and then the temperatures really take off. We head into Labor Day Weekend around the bay, cooler than ever temperatures and well into the 70s for saturday, sunday, and monday. Even a few spots touching 80 degrees. Coming up at 530 we will take a look at tomorrows temperatures. Coming up, a change of plans just one week into the fall semester. The urgent message to College Students on one Northern California campus. Coming up at 5 30, the death of lack panther actor is shedding light on colon cancer, the essential reasons behind want restaurants to open . And schools . Want the economy to get back on track . Youre not alone. And you can help make it happen. Stay 6 feet apart. Wash your hands. Wear a mask every time you leave your home. Choose to join the fight against covid19. Do your part. Slow the spread. We love our new home. Theres so much space. We have a guestroom now. But, we have aunts. Youre slouching again, ted. Expired, expired. Expired. Thanks, aunt bonnie. Its a lot of house. I hope you can keep it clean. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. Which helps us save a lot of money oh, teddy. Did you get my friend request . Uh, ill have to check. doorbell ringing aunt jonis here for bundling made easy, go to geico. Com. Hello . Visiting households to make sure we are counted. Because an undercounted community could miss out on billions of funding. Too much is at stake. Respond online today. Shape your future. Start here at 2020census. Gov. Moving Classes Online is telling students to go home. After a sudden spike in coronavirus. University announced five cases campus this weekend bringing the total number of cases to 27 this month. Now, there is worry the virus could spread more, the school asked students to leave campus by the end of the week. I am not actually surprised, because theres a lot of students in large gatherings going out every weekend, i am just not surprised that she go already has 27 cases on campus. I wish there were in person classes without covid. I would want to enjoy my freshman year without having to worry about all of this. A lot of the students say they plan to stay nearby in off campus housing. Stanford is closing most of its campus to visitors. They said the covert restrictions are necessary to help with research, the academic zones will be restricted to students and staff. But the trails around campus will remain open to the public as will the healthcare facilities. College basketball fans are remembering a giants of the game, john thompson, a former georgetown basketball coach has died at the age of 78. Thompson was the first black basketball head coach to win the national championship. He could coaching in 1999, but stayed close to the team. A family source says he had been suffering for multiple health challenges. More local news at 5 30, the coronavirus impacting two bay area sports teams. The 49ers placed the top linebacker with less than two weeks until the Season Opener and majorleague baseball postpones two more as games as they deal with a p

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