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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 5pm November 14, 2017

We were up on the 18th floor and saw the light shaking and the blinds hitting against the windows a little bit. It felt like a little trompe loeil. Reporter rob west said it may not have been huge, but it was big enough to make him worry about the next one when its not huge one going to come . Just, that one will be scary. Reporter we talk to First Responders and they say there are no reports of any injuries or damage. Julie . In the north bay there was a rush of fire victims to an Information Center in santa rosa. They were there to sign up for the federal government three debris removal program. Today is the deadline for people who lost their homes. Crews from the army corps of engineers will clear property and dispose of Hazardous Materials with no outofpocket costs. Homeowners have to turn in a form saying the workers have the right to enter their property. 5000 victims are expected to do so. The center will be open until 6 00 tonight. New concerns for the potential of flooding and landslides burned out by the fires. Fires damage critical drainage pipes in santa rosa. Heres more on the repair work being done. It turns out the tubs fire damaged or destroyed a number of underground storm drains here in santa rosa at some of the community and thats a big concern is ray begins to pick up here in the northbay. These damage underground pipes could lead to flooding and landslides in the burned areas. This was the scene today just outside of santa rosa near cross creek as crews worked to replace a burnedout section of pipe that runs underneath the road. City and county officials have identified at least 23 different locations were storm drains have been destroyed by the fire and many this is in the hills of Fountain Grove. Part of this hillside collapsed near homes on Newberry Court. 250 feet of underground pipe earned during the tubs fire and runoff from recent rains cost caused the earth to give way. The pipes had vegetation around it. When that vegetation burned the pipe essentially caught fire. It burned back on itself underground back to where it originated from. City and county are identifying where storm drains were damaged or destroyed by last months fire and replace them as quickly as possible. With the series of storms moving into the northbay, authorities are warning people in those burn zones to keep an eye out for flooding and landslides and be ready to evacuate if need be. Near santa rosa, ktvu fox2 news. Its a and drizzly out there. I had an interesting experience. I was in Santa Barbara surfing and bumped into a guy that works for the epa. The epa is going to these buildings and he said we have to go through 7000 homes. We have to go through each one looking fors best those. We are looking for plastics and propane. Each houses a little forensic zone of its own. Try to imagine. How long will that take . He didnt have an answer. It didnt hit me until we talked about the rain because the rain can disperse these toxins. I never thought they had to go through each house individually and move around and look for asbestos, lead, whatever they can find. Over 7000 homes. There is such a long road ahead. The reason theyre concerned of toxins is because the rain is coming in the rain soon to come is going to create oneoff. It all ready has up to one half inch of rain in the northbay. Some areas that there are around one inch of rain. We have seen scattered showers around the bay area and current radar shows rain down around berkeley and oakland in San Francisco. Santa rosa is actually getting a break. A few more scattered showers in the forecast and the afternoon commute is getting hit a little bit. Oakland, hayward, richmond, a bit slow. It is coming down from the sky and its a heavy mist. Moderate rain at times like the yellow area north of antioch. You can get a feel for what we are looking at. That is tomorrow morning. So it will clear out in the morning and in the afternoon. Look what happens on wednesday. Just look at the next system. That system has a pretty good pop as well. And so that really drives at home. 7000 homes and theyve got to comb through each one of those and in response to the rain. When i come back, we will talk more about the rain and the potential for snow in the mountains. The prosecution indicates steinle murder trial pulled its rebuttal witness today. We have been following this trial. Is an undocumented immigrant who faces seconddegree murder charges for the shooting death of the victim on the San Francisco. More than two years ago. Were joined live from the hall of justice. Why did the surprise a lot of people today . Reporter we are we were expecting the prosecution to call john evans to the stand. He is being sued in another case where the defendant was wrongfully convicted. So his name was left off of that list today leaving many to wonder why. Reporter the defense of fire works thats firearms expert never took the stand because the prosecution scrapped its witness, supervisor john evans. Legal analyst Michael Cardozo thought the claim that the shooting of the 32yearold victim 113 in july 2015 was an accident. That there he came from the defense of firearms expert. A former member of the Royal Canadian mounted police. Is not a psychiatrist, psychologist, or a dr. His expertise is in handguns. Defense got away with the big one there. This is an obvious case. Reporter the ricochet bullet did not travel in a Straight Path therefore he couldnt have been aiming at the stein ways this is a next. Thats an easy thing to do. This is not like we need nasa for this. That is not how it happens. I have talked to people about him. Some dont like him. Some say hes not that good an expert. Some say hes a hired gun. Reporter he has butted heads with evans in the past. It came to light that north lasted evans findings in the murder trial of another questioning practices and ethics and not case. Insiders say that was the reason evans was yanked as a witness today. The defense has done a magnificent job in this trial. I think the da is on their heels right now. Reporter attorneys have one week to prepare for closing arguments slated for next monday. All prosecutor prosecutor has to prove his wanton and willful disregard for human life. She could get a 2nd degree murder conviction. Anything less than that would be a loss for the prosecution. Live in San Francisco, back to you. Tara, why would that be lost . Wouldnt that be a win . You would think so except for the fact that the manslaughter charge carries a lesser sentence with credit for time served. That means he would be out in no time. The man accused of shooting and killing a teenager narrow high school in concorde made his First Court Appearance this morning. The 20yearold man did not enter a plea. He is accused of killing lawrence jensen. He was with a group of people outside Olympic High School when a honda pulled up. Jensen was hit and ran back to the campus and thats where he collapsed. Today the victims family left Court Without comment. Investors investigators say jensen was targeted but theres no word on the motive. I can address the issue of motive. I can say that he is charged as being the shooter in this instance for a senseless killing that happened in the middle of the day in concord. Concord police have arrested five people. Part of President Trumps travel ban could go into effect. A federal judge in hawaii block the president s third version of his travel ban last month. Todays decision from a panel of the ninth Circuit Court of appeals allows limit some pieces from six countries named in the band but exempts foreigners with close ties to members living in the u. S. The countries named art chad, iran, libya, somalia, syria, and yemen. Shock if youre a diehard raiders fan, this will be a tough one. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new stadium in las vegas started a few minutes ago. Our first look at the injury a 10yearold boy received when he flew off of a and east bay waterslide last may. The legal action thats about to be filed by the boys parents. Parents of a 10yearold boy that was hurt when he fell off of a waterslide are suing. The accident was caught on video last may at the waves water park on opening day of that new 43 million park. The boy was coming down the slide which is three stories tall when they flew off the slide and landed on the concrete. The boy cut scepter cuts and abrasions. s parents are set to sue tomorrow. They are suing the water park which is operated by the city of dublin. The city in a single representatives have attempted to reach an amicable settlement. The family lawyer has refused to provide any information about the injuries that will be necessary to resolve the claim. The boys parents are holding a News Conference to discuss the lawsuit. Federal investigators have released their findings on a bus crash that killed four people. The bus driver was sleep deprived in the bus company had a poor safety record. The driver was among the 20 people who were injured. He had only slept for five hours during the 40 hours preceding across. The bus was heading from la to modesto on highway 99 near the city of atwater when it veered off the road and hit a slide bus that sliced the bloods and. At the coast marched outside of San Jose City hall for the rent control vote. The city council will consider a measure to limit increases for rentcontrolled apartments. San joses current caps at 5 . Prince rising much faster than the cost of living. Some landlords say rent control laws are making it difficult for them to do business in san jose. Another woman came forward today and accused roy moore of Sexual Misconduct when she was 16 years old. This comes as Mitch Mcconnell today said that he wants roy moore to step aside even though this could mean a lost seat for republicans in the senate. Caroline shively is here with more. Reporter mcconnell says he believes roy moores accusers and republicans are considering a potential writing campaign. Do you leave do you believe these allegations could be true . Reporter hes not the only republicans are call for roy moore dont bow out. Roy moore is tweeting the person who should status step aside as Mitch Mcconnell. He has failed conservative some must be replaced. On monday another woman came forward to detail more allegations against the republican nominee represented by gloria allred. The chairman calling allred a sensationalist leading the witch hunt. I was terrified. He was also trying to pull my shirt off. I thought he was going to rape me. I roy moore has called the allegations a desperate and politically motivated attack. During a townhall in alabama he questioned why the accusations from 40 years ago are now coming up shortly below before the special election. These are false and untrue. Reporter the new yorker is reporting that roy moore was banned from a mall in alabama in the 1980s for approaching teenage girls. This is Jeff Sessions old seat. What about the idea of him leaving the Attorney Generals Office and becoming a writein candidate . Its a fascinating idea brought up by white house officials. Roy moore would have to stand aside and then he would have to get expelled from the senate or step down himself and then the alabama governor could appoint sessions. Sessions has had a rocky road but President Trump and so probably not going to happen, but it could happen. Anything goes here in washington these days. Juries in the corruption trial of bob menendez told the judge they cant reach a verdict on any of the charges. Menendez faith 18 counts against them. The judge excuse the jurors telling them to return tomorrow to continue with their deliberations. The trial is in its 11th week. The most serious charge is Honest Services fraud which is a form of mail and wire fraud and carries a maximum 20 year prison sentence. Gilroy police are issuing a warning to drivers who stopped at one gas station where a credit card skimming device was removed at the valero gas station on first street. They believe the card skimmer had been used at the pump for at least one week. No other card skimmers were found at this gas station. Police are telling drivers who recently used a credit card to buy gas to check their bank statements. Coming up next, bart police are teaming up with other Bay Area Police departments to try to crackdown. The California Senate is changing the way it investigate sexual conduct. By taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. If that isnt a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president , then what has our government become . Im tom steyer, and like you, im a citizen who knows its up to us to do something. Its why im funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. A Republican Congress once impeached a president for far less. Yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger whos mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. And they do nothing. Join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing whats political and start doing whats right. Our country depends on it. It feels good to be back. Fair invaders caused by millions of dollars every year. Bart Police Officers are teaming up with other agencies to come down hard on people who dont pay. Heres more on all of this. Henry . Reporter bart police are getting backup from other Police Agencies if they go after fair invaders. Bart in police are teaming up to crackdown on fair cheats. Officers were out in force at bar state dashboard stations. It is alexander saw the operation go down. There were three officers standing where that was. I was startled. And the woman officer asked me if i have a ticket and i said yes. I showed it to her. Reporter he had no problem being asked to show he paid. You should pay your fair. Its just that simple to me. Reporter bart police will start randomly checking riders on trains to make sure they have tickets. If they dont, they face fines. Officers are catching cheats at the gates. We always enforce fare ovation. We focus on fare evasions and we bring officers together to do the saturation patrol at a specific station. Reporter theres a number of ways people ride without paying. Ive seen people go up and down without having to pay. They push through affair paying patron. They follow them closely and go through before the device closes again. Reporter some fair invaders are busted for more serious reasons. Some have a theft offense or a warren. There going to raise the height of fair gates and writers who do pay say they support going after those who dont. So the prices will go up for people like me. Reporter bart says to expect further joint operations like this when in the future. Never plans for a San Francisco Police Officer to pair up with the bart officer. Live in oakland, ktvu fox2 news. Henry, what happens if you get caught . Reporter you might be cited for fair ovation if youre caught at the entrance or exit gates. But after that one month grace period you might get a ticket so its probably who shoots to pay for the ticket itself. Thank you, henry. Proved that the raiders are committed to las vegas. A look at the groundbreaking ceremony that just got underway for the teams new stadium in the show vegas is putting on. A month after the devastating northbay wildfires, the adrenaline and shock is starting to wear off. The grieving process and the depression are starting to set in. Sfx squeak sfx stair creak sfx clink sfx deep breath sfx grunt sfx tinny headphone music sfx feet shuffling sfx slice sfx gasp sfx inhale. Exhale. Sfx lights scraping on roof sfx metallic scrape sfx grunt covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. We have life pictures from las vegas of the groundbreaking ceremony that is just going on for the raiders new stadium in las vegas. The commissioner is there along with raiders owners and they just use their ceremonial shovels to pick up the first bit of dirt from the raiders new stadium. Actual construction is a ways away. For anyone keeping hope alive , today is proof the team is committed to moving to las vegas. Heres more. We are life in the newsroom with more. It looks like quite a show. Its official. Construction kicking off in las vegas just in the last half hour. Lets get you right to video of this groundbreaking. [music] into biggest fashion you can see this groundbreaking turned into a so. George lopez as master of ceremonies. The shooting tragedy wasnt dollars staying they are proud to be joining the city. This is the area that marks the spot of the stadium located just across the highway from the las vegas strip. Its an area that has a tarp covering the ground so people at the groundbreaking can see where the new stadium will set. This is a Long Time Coming for the raiders owner. Is been trying to get a new stadium built for years. Oakland was willing but said they wouldnt use public funds in las vegas stepped in and the owners approved the move in march. They will you 750 million of public money. The raiders and nfl are expected to contribute 500 million and the team has secured a 600 million loan from bank of america. They are keeping hope alive and believe the team has a lot of challenges to overcome before they move. The republican tax plan that would and taxexempt status. With the Trump Administration potentially changing the laws, they may not be able to be taxexempt. Were hearing there are issues with the campus right there. Its frustrating and they feel they need to move out there. In light of what the as are going to be moving downtown and that would free up the current coliseum site. Mark davis, i know youre putting a shovel in the ground but oakland is still your home. Reporter they have an option

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