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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 5pm July 14, 2024

Fire under control. You can almost see it. This so often the case. Were speculating of course but it looks like it came across the dry brush on the highway. We do have tom on the scene and were going to hear from him coming up in a little bit. Hes gathering information and as soon as hes ready to go well bring him in. Two alarm grass fire in pacheco. It has slowed traffic but it has also burned several storage unit that is you can see in the center of the picture. Four small earthquakes ateded the area this afternoon. One was east of blackhawk and some felt it here in oakland as well as stockton, livermore, san mateo and San Francisco. A second quake, 3. 5, reported 13 minutes later and two more measured 2. 2 and 1. 5. Fire department say there is is no word of damage or injuries from the small quakes. The usgs says this the a good time to think about getting ready for a major earthquake with a quake kit and a plan for your family. Federal investigators arrived in hayward today trying to figure out why a Helicopter Crashed killing the veteran pilot and injuring student. Rob roth is in hayward and he talked to the ntsb and to some who knew the pilot. Reporter yeah, frank, its a sad day here. You can see behind me authorities are removing the wrecked helicopter from the field where it crashed yesterday. Theyve been at this for about an hour. The ntsb will have it taken to a secure location for further analysis. Investigators the National Transportation safety board arriveed today and began looking into yesterdays Helicopter Crash that kill add pilot and left the student pilot injured. The ntsb says its too soon to know why the Helicopter Crashed monday. The accident killed a well known and well respected flight trainer here. This helicopter mechanic trained the with roger earlier this year. He was a great person and very knowledgeable. Help had a passion for what he did. Reporter this is training video taken last year. The helicopter has the same tail number as the one that crashed on monday. Those we spoke with say he was a great instructor and a great guy. He loved aviation, loved teach, loved motorcycles. Great place to fly and ride a motorcycle and you couldnt get through a conversation without hearing about his grandkids as well. Great teacher. Hed see you down and provide you all the information you needed and hed walk you through it. Are the ntsb says there was no distress call. R prodger and hissen student were practicing a familiar exercise. We ear back live where authorities are trying to take the helicopter away. Theyll take to it a hangar nearby to inspect it further. The ntsb is expected to release a preliminary report in about two weeks and theyre asking if there were any witnesses that saw the crash to please come forward. Rob, thank you. Pg e found nearly ten thousand issues with its Power Equipment and some of problems need immediate attention. Tom has more now on the results of recent inspections released on pg es website. Reporter pg e posted a lot of information city by city, county by county about the ongoing special inspection and repair program taken since the deadly Paradise Camp fire. It covers the condition of the steel transmissions and lines that bring the pow ferrotramviaria the power plants. Second, the substations. They receive all of the power and redistribute it. Third, the distribution line that is carry pow tore its final destination, your home, business or other users. Pg es website says all of the most critical must fix immediately work discovered over months of inspections has already been done. The other category, work which must be fully corrected within three months of discovered, ranges from completely done to be only 20 done as in san leandro and fairfield. Pg e issued this statement. Throughout the inspection process pg e has been i dressing and repairing condition that is posed immediate safety risings while completing other high priority compares. Repairs for all other conditions are scheduled to be completed as part of pg es work execution plan. Consumer advocates dont see it that way. Its very hard to trust anything that pg e says. Pg e said we learned oduro lesson after the explosion in 2010. After the butte fire we learned hour lesson, safety is first. 2017 fires the same, 2018 fires the same and here in 2019 were hearing the same refrain. Reporter another problem, this list is a month and a half old. No word on when the repairs will be completed or precisely where the repairs are located so neighbors can keep an eye out. All told, piaget peers to have 601 more of the most important repairs still on the book, the books the public can see. A man accused of raping four women while posing as a ride share driver was back in court today in San Francisco. Cameras were not allowed in court. The attorney claims police illegally obtained his dna by testing him for drunk drive bying last july even taupe they didnt think he was intoxicated. Yesterday prosecutors called witnesses to the stand to support their case that police lawfully obtained the dna and with it were able to link him to the rapes. House of representatives voted late today to condemn President Trumps tweet which said four Minority Congress women should go back to their country. The comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting and the comments are racist. There have no excuse for any response to those words but a swift and strong unified condemn nation. The measure passed nearly along party lines be only four republicans supporting it. Earlier in the day President Trump was unapologetic about his statement. Avi a list of things here said by the Congress Women that is so bad, so horrible, that i almost dont want to read it. All of the Congress Women who President Trump was referring to in his tweet are american and are all but one was born in the United States or u. S. Territory. Coming up on ktvu fox news at 6 00, well show you how pelosis speech today caused the vote to be delayed. The u. S. Justice department say theyre not going to pursue federal charges against a new York City Police officer for the death of eric garner. A video showed garner being arrested. He was 43 years old and suspected of selling untaxed cigarettes. One officer use add chokehold that the coroner ruled caused his death. Garner saying i cant breathe became a rallying cry. Five years ago my son said i cant breathe 11 times. And today we cant breathe because they have let us down. Federal prosecutors in new york say u. S. Attorney general william barr made the final decision in the case. Barr found there was insufficient evidence to try the arresting officer on federal civil rights charges. Whats going through your minds when you see a gunpointing at you . Scared like it scared me. Robbed at gunpoint in the middle of the afternoon right outside his house and it was all caught on home surveillance. Coming up at 5 30, where the witness says he recognized the suspect from. Well tell you about plans to transform this parking lot for those living in their vehicles. Its been 50 years since the u. S. Since astronauts to the moon. Coming up, the hornet played a key role in the Apollo Mission and well go there live. Were looking at the weather. Its chilling off and well notice a cool down by the end of the week. The fiveday forecast coming up. Right now, earn 60,000 bonus miles after qualifying purchases when you apply and are approved for the Hawaiian Airlines world elite mastercard. Plus, you earn miles on everyday purchases. Get closer to the travels and moments youll remember forever with this special offer. Need another reason . Enjoy an introductory no annual fee. To apply, visit hawaiianairlines. Com i switched to geico and saved hundreds. Thats a win. But its not the only reason i switched. Geicos a company i can trust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. Now thats a winwin. Switch to geico. Its a winwin. Back now to our breaking news in contra kosta county where a grass fire spread to a storage facility. These are live pictures from sky fox over the scene. You can see it appear that is they pretty much have the fire out. Tom bay car just arrived at the scene. Tom, it appears they knocked down the fire in a timely manner. Reporter thats simply because were in a highly populated area. Wouldve been a different story if it happened somewhere else. The trees are blowing around. The winds out here are pretty high. This problem with fire is imminating from highways where someone may have thrown out a cigarette or a spark is very real as long as the winds keep up. Firefighters had a primary concern and that is they knew they were rolling up on a storage area. They dont know what is in each one. Perhaps someone has ammunition or firearms in there, maybe flammables in there. A lot of people use these for work. All of that was something they had to consider. They got on top of it and got it done. The problem now becomes that the people who own property inside will have to be paid for that. There is insurance and if they dont have insurance theyll have a real problem. Thats another issue that comes up in this. The most important issue being that as the wind continue toss employee the idea of the cigarette or a spark cant do damage is nonsense. The truth is this thing out here is over at this point but its a potential everywhere else. Tom, thank you. San franciscos Homeless Population is gregorius. Officials say people live ng cars and recreational vehicles are the Fastest Growing population in the city. Now they may have a permanent home to park their vehicles. Christian is live now at the balboa bart station where there are plans to use a parking lot to help the homeless. Reporter were next to the balboa bart station. Right now the city is using this parking lot as a parking lot for the ssmta workers but theyre looking to transforming the parking lot into a triage area. For some in San Francisco this is the only home they have. A recent count found people live ng their vehicles is the Fastest Growing population of homeless. Now some city leaders are looking at this parking lot as a first step in getting more secure housing for those live ng vehicles. Weve seen a dramatic increase in those living on the streets. This is a way to step up, show compassion and take a positive step in the right direction. Reporter this parking lot is slated to be turned into 138 units of Affordable Housing n. The mean time they want to see it transform into a temporary triage center, a place for 30 cars and rvs to park, stay for 90 days or more and begin the process of getting into more permanent housing. It will have 24 hour security, officers for services to come on site. It will have bathroom, lighting and it will have privacy screening so not just everyone on display. We knocked on a dozen doors trying to get someone to weigh in on the new plan. Neighbors say theyre open to the idea oh of a centralized location to those using their vehicles for a shelter. I like the idea because you do see around here the rvs and People Living in them. Reporter others say the ideas sound good but they want more details. Bring them in one place and it can cause people walking home late at night to feel scared and not secure. They say theyre going to have security. Reporter the supervisors are looking for Community Input and have a forum len more and express concerns. That is saturday at balboa high school. They hope to have some sort of legislation on the plan in about a week or so. Today marks the 50 anniversary of the Space Mission to the moon, one of mankinds greatest scientific aachievements ever. It was the crew of the apollo 11 blasted off in florida for the First Mission to the moon. They landed tornado lunar surface four days later. The uss hornet played a key role when apollo 11 returned to earth. Tonight there is a special ceremony honoring those who took part. Were there to night with more, the history on board the hornet, the history of the Apollo Mission, just remarkable. Reporter frank, its so incredible to hear that this hi area. Were actually on board the uss hornet where the 5th Anniversary Gala is Getting Started behind me. Whats really special about the hornet is its critical and pivotal role it played in this historical moment. The uss hornet was a designated ship for the Recovery Mission when they blast back down into the Pacific Ocean after the launch of apollo 11. Now we spoke with one crew member who was an officer at the time in charge of the swimmers who helped to keep the command module afloat and he was on the helicopter that carried the astronauts to the shore. We also met another crew member who was on the flight decay cysting the Television Crews with their equipment and he said he had the best seat on the ship for that special moment in history. From the time the president arrived to our last recovery of the aircraft that afternoon i was able to see 360degree view of the whole recovery. Reporter so this is not just a gala to celebrate the 50 anniversary but a reconnection. Sisco web x is going to be Live Streaming connecting the astronauts from apollo 11 and 9 with navy seals and crew members here on the uss hornet for a Panel Discussion so they can discuss that moment 50 years ago and relive that moment. That is all happening right here behind me. That is happening at 6 00 p. M. Sisco web x. That is all the excitement happening tonight. Its going to be with the satellite track trackers in australia. Theyll reconnect with the astronauts and the crew members we spoke with today. Who can forget those word, one small step for man, one giant step for mankind. Its such a treasure here in the bay area, just so full of history. One of the things i remember was the air screen. Thats where they took the astronauts to be quarantined after they came back to earth. These days we know you dont need to quarantine astronaut bus back then they were not sure and they had to stay in the air stream for a couple of days. Reporter one gentleman that well talk to at 6 00 spoke about the decontamination with the astronauts once they splashed down into pacific. I want to point out the helicopter i mentioned. This is actually a real helicopter and what it looked like that was able to carry the crew from the water and up into the helicopter back on to the uss hornet for the meeting with president nixon. A lot of the history here, frank. Well see you back there at 6 00. Frank, you remember that evening . I do. I can remember that. We just got back from the lake camping. It was like 6 00 or 7 00. It was in the afternoon. We had just gotten home and it was on the grainy plague and white tv. It was amazing. It really was. It still gives me a chill. Where were you . I was at home watch ng the kitchen on the black and wyatt tv. So with that said lets go to the forecast which is going to include a cool down as we get towards thursday, friday and saturday. We talked about it last night. The weather tomorrow will be just like today alittle warmer in some places. Over all, upper 80s, low 90s. That is not a heatwave. Cooler on your bay area thursday, friday and saturday. Low to mid80s. You see the wind offshore. There is a little bit of wind. We tried to scour the fog out of there. You see the clouds overhead. There is a pattern, perfect if youre cal fire. You like the higher humidities and lower temperatures. This is the time of year we can get the 105degree weather but not today. Fairfield 89, temperatures is running about the same as yesterday. Livermore is 3 degrees cooler and san jose is 3 degrees warmer. The plan, tomorrow, like today, thursday, friday, saturday into your weekend its going to be chilly. Not chilly but cooler than youd expect. Bill, thank you. Coming up tonight, morning commuters learn the hard way what happens when you drive solo in an hov lane. i was trying to get to work on time. Boom there he is. Find out how many tickets chp wrote this more than ng contra kosta county. Coming up, increasing suicides on smart train tracks. also, the battle against this a. 15pound swamp Row Department and were learning how many millions of dollars the state is spending to eradicate this invasive animal. The chp spent the day on the lookout for carpool violators along highway 4 and caught a number of them including one who dressed up a mannequin and put them in the front passenger seat. Officers issued dozens of tickets in contra kosta county. A lot of traffic. Reporter one officer says they never know what theyre going to find when they make a highway stop. It doesnt take long to spot a woman driving solo in the hov lane. She admits to watching ktvu about a crack down on cheaters. I was trying to get to work on time. I thought id cross over for a quick second and there he is. Reporter within minute, another driver stopped in the same area. They wrote roughly 75 violations tuesday more thanking from brentwood to concord. Theyre looking for speeders too. Theyve been catching people going more than 100 miles per hour. Probably one of our favorite things to do is stop speeders because that impact that is specific driver, getting them off the roadway, slowing them down n. General, thats the thing that hurts people in collision, speed. We want to get the speeders off the road and get people to realize the 20 extra miles youre going over the speed limit is not working reporter they say people appreciate the en forcement. I know i shouldnt have done that but i still did it. This is the start of more enforcement and were trying to have a more regular impact. Are officers say theyve heard every execution in the book. People say they were jassidsing the lane to pass and others say they didnt know it was a carpool lane. If you get a violation citation it could cost you upwards of 500. Christina rendon. 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