Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20151215 : vimarsana.c

Youll see the orange coming in west 580 out of the altamont and clearing by the time we get over towards livermore. As we move the map out. Wider bay shot and no slowing sensors for any of the bay. We do have a concert. That is the only thing to mark on the map. No problems here. Youre just going well. Everybody is playing fine this morning so far. Back to you guys. All right. Watch what youre playing with out there, mike. New this morning, a hoverboard ignites setting an east bay home on fire. The family tells us they pot that hoverboard as a gift for their teenage daughter and when she went to plug it in to charge it, it exploded. Fortunately, she was able to move it to the front door. Now, this is just one in a string of buyers connected to hoverboards. Amazon removed them from their site and amazon is refusing to allow hoverboards on planes. Developing story now a south bay neighborhood on edge this morning. This as Police Search for a car thief for a shooter. A teenager girl was shot in the neck and the bullet crazed her neck and her shoulder area last night near coleman avenue in san jose. This as she was trying to chase down that suspect. Today in the bay Stephanie Chuang joining us live from the scene on where the investigation stands. They found the car, just no suspect. Thats right. No gunman, sam. The confrontation happening here but it started at lake park which is behind me over here. This is where police say the 17yearold girl stopped to talk with friends when she realized someone had hopped in and stole her car. Police finding that toyota about half a mile away from here. The driver side window shattered. The 17yearold had stopped again with friends around 6 30 last night leaving her car unlocked and running. Once she realized what was happening she got into her friends car confronting the thieves and investigators say thats when he pulled out a gun and shot her. Its frightening. Oh, its very quiet here. Very nice. Its just a beautiful area. Its nice. Ive been here for a long time. Its a beautiful, quiet area. So, im, im shocked. Im really surprised. Now, police so far working with a pretty vague suspect description. A young man wearing dark clothing maybe a hood. The 17yearold victim was grazed in her neck, shoulder area. The good news as the search for the gunman continues is that the victim is expected to recover. Live here in south san jose, Stephanie Chuang. Thank you very much, steph. Authorities this morning have not identified the man shot and killed last night by a Police Officer responding to a domestic disturbance call in gilroy. All unfolded about 7 00 last night at an apartment complex near gilroy high school. This is a live look at the scene this morning. Still as you see, very active. Police still investigating. They say that someone called 911 about a violent fight involving a couple. When officers arrived, they found a man and a woman in a heated dispute in the parking lot. Investigators say what happened next still not entirely clear, but one of the officers felt either his own life or the womans life was in danger and that officer opened fire. He was presented with something that he felt was life threatening and had to make a decision there. Unfortunately, particularly in this time of year, someone in the country is dead as a result of their actions. The woman is okay. The unidentified officer who fired his gun is now on paid leave while the investigation continues. This is the first Gilroy Police shooting in five years. Its 5 04 right now. Authorities investigating a salinas link to a very disturbing abuse case now unfolding. Police wearing protective gear yesterday investigated a salinas apartment tied to the discovery of two siblings found dead inside of a storage locker in reading. The victims 3 and 5 years old. Reading police also found a third young sister severely abused. She is now fighting for her life. Police have arrested a man and a woman tied to that case. They say the salinas apartment belongs to a woman who belongs to the young victims who may have had temporary custody. A murder case drawing attention to sanctuary cities. Mexican national Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez is facing murder charges for the death of kate steinle. She was sightseeing last july when she was shot and killed. Though Lopez Sanchez has confessed to the shooting, he says it was an accident. The attorney said he found the gun on the pier and it somehow went off when he picked it up. Lopez sanchez is due in court today to get the murder charges against him dropped. And with regards to that San Francisco case, supervisors expected to vote today on requiring that weapons in cars be locked up. The idea is to keep them in the trunk of the car or in the case of a truck, a weapon would need to be in a lock box. That box would need to be secured to the vehicle somehow. Supervisors drafted the proposal after Investigative Unit uncovered the surprising number of weapons stolen from Law Enforcement officers and then used to commit crimes, even murder. Well, its a quality of life issue for many people in San Francisco and an effort that is getting under way today to do something to help the Homeless Population that continues to shock many visitors to San Francisco. Union square Business Owners hear it all the time from tourists. They want to know why there is such a problem with homelessness in the city. Coincide with the season of giving, launching something called union square cares. The twopronged approach. We hired a team member that Homeless Outreach Team Dedicated just to this area to help put people in touch with services. Well, they will also be socalled ambassadors out and about. Theyre going to hand out information about how best to help the homeless with what to donate and who to call when someone needs help. To call when you get a look at that forecast. Lets check in with kari. Kari hall. She has the numbers for us. Patchy frost this morning. Again, you have to get out the door a minute or two earlier to scrape off the frost off of the windshield. It will be breezy and sunny today. Still cool. Heres what were looking at for lunchtime. In the lower 50s and the north bay will be at 55 degrees and San Francisco 54. Well see those highs in the upper 50s all across the bay area during the ride home with breezy winds and mostly clear skies. Into the next couple of days, no major changes, but you want to make sure you stick around for this weekends forecast, especially if you have a lot of plans. Thats coming up in a few minutes. But lets see whats happening now as you head out the door with mike. Kari, right this minute were seeing a few cars. Bay bridge toll plaza, thats great. Many times during the rest of the year well see the backup starting already. So far very light traffic and its a tuesday and well see more traffic than yesterday but as we look at the Golden Gate Bridge, no major problems over there either. The Center Divide has been moved in preparation for the morning commute and the flashing light and bridge crew has cleared. North bay down to the Golden Gate Bridge for highway 101. As we look down to the peninsula, the san mateo bridge crossing over from the hayward side over westbound to the peninsula side. A smooth, easy drive across that flat section and back over to the east bay. No problems. There was the high rise and there is the high rise. Breezy conditions. Back to you. Thank you very much, mike. Were getting that right there with our cameras. 5 08. Coming up next, up for the challenge. Donald trump has some choice words for his contenders ahead of tonights debate as another challenger gains ground and is looking in the polls. Got a tip for nbc bay areas Investigative Unit . Call 1888996tips or email theunit nbcbayarea. Com. Nbc bay area. We investigate. The fifth republican president ial debate is now just hrs decision 2016. The fifth republican president ial debate now just hours away amid a shift in the polls. Donald trump still number one, but another candidate is quickly gaining ground. Oh, whats going to happen tonight . Kris sanchez tracking the numbers for us. Trump has a message to all his challengers ahead of tonights debate. As you might imagine, a very frank message from the frontrunner donald trump. He is telling challengers to ditch the debate and stay home but two have very good reason to show up. Donald trump still leads the pack nationally, according to two recent polls. He gets 27 of the vote in the latest nbc news, wall street journal poll. 41 of the vote nationally, according to the Monmouth University poll. Ted cruz is closing that poll. He now has 22 of the vote, which is now double the number of voters who chose him in october. He is gaining ground among voters in iowa and among evangelicals and hes also gaining most of the voters that ben carson is losing. Donald trump is maintaining his tone while some voters are giving cruz another look. Many of us dont have a chance. What are you doing . Go home and relax. I like cruz better than trump at this point. Trump light. Trump light and politically correct. Hes a little bit more polished and been in this arena for quite some time and i think he knows how congress works. Now, heres another dimension and shows that florida senator marco rubio, that man there, the strongest candidate against democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the general election. In that poll, trump loses by 0 percentage points. But that poll has a margin of error of 3 1 3 points and it all is very close. More than the poll numbers this morning, sam and laura. A lot of folks may be talking about the moment in which a trump supporter gave a salute as a protester crashed a Campaign Event and was removed last night. Well give you more about that because he may be talking about that at work today coming up at 5 30 this morning. Sam and laura. Always interesting. A lot to talk about tomorrow, as well. Thanks so much. Secretary of state john kerry in meetings in moscow right now trying to find Common Ground on both syria and ukraine. The u. S. Supports moderate rebels trying to overthrow bashar assad. In the meantime russia is one of assads staunchest allies. Aimed at propping him up. The foreign minister says todays meetings will address what he calls outstanding issues. Most of us do this, we wait until the last minute to get those Holiday Gifts. Youre smiling because you know what im talking about, laura. Why you shouldnt do that this year. I actually brought your present already, sam brock. Landon dowdy, im still looking for hers. Got to get sdwlus right thing for you, landon. Thats right. How about some coffee . That would be good. Lets get a quick check of your markets. They look to extend their gain today. Futures are higher this morning. Volatile session on monday. A tripledigit loss into a tripledigit gain thank to oil prices. Look for data on Consumer Price inflation and housing and the fed begins its twoday policy meeting today which is widely expected to raise interest rates. The dow rise raising 103 points and the nasdaq up 18 to 49. 52. Dont procrastinate until last to do your Holiday Shopping because a new study by a resulting Consulting Firm finds it is taking a week for online orders placed on cybermonday to arrive than they did last year. Retailers offer that are offering Free Shipping are choosing slower and cheaper ways to ship items. Ups and fedex who built their holiday networks to what retailers say they need are being overwhelmed by a surge in online sales. A lot of us over the river and through the woods to grandmothers house this season. Aaa estimates more than 50 million americans will travel more than 50 miles from home. Thats up 1 from last year. Rising incomes and lower gas prices. Guys, back over to you. Some of us have to drives of miles to go see grandma. Its always worth it because its grandma. Thank you very much, landon. Well, warnings right now going out this morning for the busiest time of year for carriers delivering packages. Landon was just talking about that. Authorities are suggesting you arrange deliveries when your home will require a signature for delivery and to report anything suspicious in your neighborhood. They say too many packages are end eedin eing up in the hands thieves. Many times they dont know their parcel is missing. Package was stolen and then i didnt know and Police Called me and said he had my package. Most of the time people dont actually know their packages were stolen unless you have surveillance videotapes. A lot go unreported or cold reported which means several days after the fact. What is worse than a late present . A present that never gets there at all. People are using more surveillance cameras right now to try to thieves. But police say they dont do any good if no one can identify the suspect. Keep your eyes out for that. A lot of grinches out there. Neighborhood cameras coming very handy in my neighborhood. People going up and down the street. Come find out. Thats the worst of what people have to offer, but we have the best right now. Kari hall. A great weekend. Everyone is getting those lastminute shopping things and trips and all of that stuff done right now. And into the next few days, hard to believe christmas is next week. We will have some rain moving in for this weekend. And thats when everyone will be out trying to get some of that stuff done. But as we take a live look and head out for work this morning, in the south bay, it is cold ask clear. Now, its 41 degrees in san jose and san carlos. 35 in concord and napa. You need to bundle up and make sure the kids have a couple extra layers on today. Winds coming in from the north and still feels breezy and that adds a little bit more of a chill into the air. Into the day, the winds start to calm down and still up to 20 miles an hour and then tonight well still see those winds coming in from the northwest. So, not really relaxing that much. And as we go hour by hour in oakland, well start out at 42 degrees at 00. A lot of sunshine throughout the day. Into the mid50s and maybe even a touch warmer there than yesterday. A look at all the microclimates. We will still have those highs in the mid50s and upper 50s sprinkled in here and there and maybe even hitting 59 degrees like pittsburgh and dublin looking at 57 degrees. Going into the next few days, all dry. Clear mornings and cool temperatures. And then sunny afternoons. But then well have some changes heading into late friday night and early saturday. Another system drops in and brings in a chance of some showers and then some gusty winds. Well take a break for a few hours and then see the next round moving in late sunday night into early monday morning. And as far as how much rain we can see with the storm systems, the possibility of another inch of rain, so with the ground already saturated, we may have some isolated flooding in some spots. Well keep you up to date on that and what to expect heading into the start of next week. That is coming up in just a bit. Lets see whats happening on the roadways now with mike. Just some folks driving around without a care. Thats good stuff. Look at a smooth drive for almost your whole bay. A slow down out of the altamont and new incident in dublin or san ramon area. Chp got the report for northbound 680. Over here on the east shore freeway, there is a car fire reported. Now, a car is engulfed in flames and just off the east shore freeway on central avenue. And bright enough for folks reported calling it in from the freeway itself. No lanes are blocked and as we look at the emoryville camera, turned it over from the bay bridge. The camera trembling. The camera itself is catching a breeze or two as you go across and that might be the case as you travel across that bay bridge. The north bay shows an easy drive right now. No problem. A light flow through the north bay. Back to you. Mike, thank you. Clean on the roads there, but littered on the beach. Today crews are going to continue to pick up the mess left behind from this weekends storm in pacifica. Strong waves caused a dozen shipping containers to slip from a cargo ship on friday. You probably know that. But the latest is theyre still trying to clean up that debris and locate ten of the containers which are still missing and floating somewhere off the coast this morning. Cant pick this stuff up by hand. I tried and, you know, theres too much of it. Were going to actually use leaf blowers and blow it into piles and were loading it into big, plastic bags. The National Park service closed down baker beach to facilitate that cleanup, but theres no word on when the beach will reopen. Coming up, the biggest art heist in richmond history solved. How police were able to nab the suspects months after the art was stolen. The biggest art heist in richmond history is solved. 5 24 right now. The biggest art heist in richmond history is solved and the suspect behind bars. The story youll only see on nbc bay area. 17 delicate and blown Glass Structures turned up in a dirt pile in a richmond neighborhood. Each piece worth up to 18,000. Police say 46yearold mario silva stole a trailer containing the pieces when it was parked on the street. He is now under arrest. 5 24 right now. An Investigative Unit exclusive. Drinking, smoking, even brawling. 20,000 feet in the air. Unruly passengers can cause headaches for both travelers and airlines. The Investigative Unit combed through years of flight records and found a dramatic increase in unruly passenger complaints. Disrupting a commercial flight is a serious crime. But as the Investigative Unit unkorved, many of these rowdy passengers are set free without ever facing criminal charges. Right now, too many times on an Internatio