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KNTV Today In The Bay May 17, 2016

Well talk about the high heats and cooldown for the weekend. Youre tracking a crash in san jose. Traffic is light as you see from this live camera at the bay bridge toll plaza. Its tuesday and we expect to kick in 5 30. Overall the bay looks good as far as speeds go. In the south bay, northbound 880 at the brokaw off ramp, reports of a crash might be affecting lanes but not expecting speeds. This happened seven minutes ago. Well watch for reports of injuries or slowing. Overall san jose looks good right now. Back to you. Thank you, mike. 5 01, video just coming into our newsroom out of San Francisco showing a muni bus wrapped in crime tape after someone was stapd onboard. A man was taken to the hospital after being stabbed in the torso about 1 30 this morning at mission and ninth street. Its not clear how badly the passenger was hurt. Search is on for the attacker. Stepping up the fight against crime and string of freeway shootings. Prg leaders are moving forward with a plan to roll out new surveillance cameras in the hopes of preventing more crime. Bob redell with more on the 100,000 decision. Good morning. Last night Pittsburgh City Council Voted to spend that money, that 100,000 on new video cameras going up along highway 4. This will be in addition to the Extensive Surveillance Network that is in operation around Pittsburgh City streets. This decision comes as there was another shooting along the freeway yesterday afternoon. You see Police Walking highway 4 looking for evidence after a shootout that started in antioch and ended up on the busy roadway. Since november, chp says four People Killed in roughly 20 other shootings. These shootings are hard to solve. There arent many witnesses because many drivers cant hear the gun shots. c the suspects get away quick because they are driving at highway speeds. Law enforcement, city leaders and members of the Community Hope these new video cameras be installed could help put those shooters in jail. To find those people that decide that pittsburgh is the place to be the wild, wild west. I have to be honest with you, when i get on the freeway, im concerned. My family members are a little concerned. My wife wont take the freeway unless she absolutely has to. Pittsburgh police will have cameras installed along highway 4 as soon as possible. The citys manager is saying he is going to ask the state to consider paying for a camera system that covers other highways. Live outside Pittsburgh City hall, bob redell today in the bay. A trip to the dog groomer ends in tragedy. A San Francisco man is under arrest and facing animal cruelty charges after a dog died in his car. He was arrested sunday at pet smart in san mateo. Police say when the dogs owner came to pick up the 1yearold dachshund named henry, he was barely breathing. Not surprised because two years ago my dog was almost killed and had to have major hip surgery where they cut out his femur head. We are conducting an internal investigation and will take immediate action based on our findings. We are working with local authorities. The individual involved has been placed on suspension pending the outcome of this investigation. Happening today, the case against a victim of a widely seen beating by sheriffs deputies comes up in federal court in San Francisco. He faces gun and weapons charges. The Alameda County sheriffs deputies who arrested him during that beating last year are facing assault charges. The deputies that chased him into San Francisco on report of a stolen vehicle. 5 05. A 15year veteran of the department has been arrested and charged with overtime fraud. He faces one count of grand theft and four counts defrauding a Government Agency and is suspended without pay. More fallout for the Oakland Police department currently wrapped up in a sex scandal. A Fourth Police officer is on administrative leave. Sources tell nbc bay area that several officers had sex with a minor last year. She is now an adult. Last friday she posted that her sexual relations with the officers began when she turned 18. Internal affairs and prosecutors are refusing to release any information about the names of the officers involved. Changing tones to the campaign trail. Voters in two different states, oregon and kentucky, are heading to the polls today to weigh in on the race to the president. There may not be suspension surrounding todays primaries. Republicans are only voting in kentucky. Donald trump appears to be the last man standing on the gop side. He locked up the nomination. For democrats, Hillary Clinton has leads in both states. She is telling voters in kentucky she supports coal mining. Bernie sanders hopes to rally late in oregon. I am not going to let them be left behind. I know that weve got an uphill battle. Sanders is turning his attention to california which votes next week. Bay area will soon get a chance to feel the bern. Bernie sanders set to make stops in san jose and vallejo tomorrow, holding a rally at the santa clara fairgrounds at 1 00, then he heads north to Water Front Park for another rally at 7 30. Californias High Speed Rail Authority hoping an open house in san jose tonight. Planners will give update from the leg of the project that stretches from the south bay to central valley. There will be another open house on thursday. The project stretches from los angeles to San Francisco. Packed house last night. It was, but a disappointing house. Live look at oregon el reasona after the team lost their opening game of the conference finals. They were not able to protect it. Kevin durant and Oklahoma City thunder stunning warriors and their fan base. Now the team trails in the series the First Time Since last years finals. What happened. The biggest lead of the first half was a measly 13 points. Thunder quickly caught up and outscored the warriors in the second half with a final score of 108 to 102. Have this opportunity to come back and show what we are made of, show our resiliency. Its going to be a long series. Weve got to be ready on wednesday. Its not easy to win a championship. This could be good to test us and put pressure on us. Warriors have a chance to take it back. They face thunder tomorrow at 6 00 at oracle arena. Meantime, good old San Jose Sharks getting a Second Chance to grab home ice advantage in their stanley cup series against st. Louis. Blues took the first game 21. The Sharks Foundation hosting a watch Party Tonight in downtown san jose. San jose sharkey will be there, as well. Joe pawvelski will not be there. But she now has a home. Its going to be a relief from the heat coming today. Anything to stay cool today as we feel temperatures that will be warming into the 80s and 90s. Still 70s along the coast. Its now 60 already in the north bay. It is 55 in San Francisco. Well have a clear sunrise up to 76 in San Francisco. 82 in the east bay and peninsula. 85, up to 92 in the north bay, south bay. 90s for the trivalley. Over the next couple of days, our temperatures go from 90s into the 60s and 70s. Ill show you that cooldown coming up in a few minutes. Mike is checking in on that slowing out of livermore. We had eastbound at livermore in toward tracy slowing down here. Lets show you the whole zone on the map. No problems as we get over toward livermore. It is heading out to the altamont pass. Eastbound 580. The slowing has cleared. All green getting out of the area. Typical slowing west out of the altamont toward this area. Bay bridge toll plaza, very light right now. Its tuesday. We should see a good volume of traffic. That sunrise is pretty. Coming up next, serious acquisitions leveled against tes lach tesla. A candidate for Congress Shows you way more about his internet habits than he meant to. Happening today. Cu san jose leaders are expected to answer a 6 point8 Million Dollar question. Vo thats how much money is now owed to san joses publi happening today, san jose leaders are expecting to answer a 6. 8 million question. That is how much money is owed to san jose Public Libraries for past due items. Council members are trying to come up with way to come up with as much of the money as possible without chasing patrons away. Did tesla under way about 140 factory workers . According to mercury news the answer is yes. The newspaper uncovered alleged labor violation. It reports tesla brought in employees from Eastern Europe through a third party and paid them as little as 5 an hour. Tesla released a statement after these accusations saying in part, if the claims are true, tesla will take action to ensure that the right thing happens and that all are treated fairly. More trouble this morning for San Franciscos lending club. Scott mcgrew, a stock you think couldnt go any lower got pummeled again. When youre trading less than a grande latte, youre trading low enough. Lending club saw its stock fall another 11 in afterhours trading after words that the San Francisco Company Received a subpoena from the Justice Department and worst, it says it has to start funding its own loans. And yes, that is worse than a subpoena from the Justice Department. We warned investors this day could come. That the Company Whose whole Business Model is lending out other peoples money might lose access to other peoples money. For a lender, that is a disaster. Speaking of disasters, this candidate from congress from virginia disappeared from the internet. His facebook posts are gone, Campaign Page is gone after he posted the screen shot to facebook showing what he thought was something innocent. Here is a look at that page now where he made the post. All gone. Erased. News. Com and several outlets saw the post before it disappeared. Mike webb from virginia. The primary thing he posted was internet but candidate webb left several other browser tabs open showing what else he was looking at which was naughty videos. You knew thats what it was before i said it. He said he was doing research. Twitter appointed a new board member, deborah lee. The notable thing about this is that its twitters first africanamerican board member and notable because lee actually tweets. Shes tweeted more than 7,000 times. Thats really unusual for a new board member at twitter. Would you think they tweet. They really dont. They dont use the product. Like being on the board of American Airlines saying, i havent actually flown on an airplane, but i think theyre nifty. You had a running tally. I cant wait for that. Start tweeting. Usually you want to be vested in what youre interested in. You would think. The boards i serve on, theyre a passion. Results to be revealed in 30 minutes. Later in the south bay, garlic lovers take note, your favorite new fast food item is back. Talking about the golden arches golden gilroy garlic fries. Mcdonalds has been testing them out at four locations. It was such a hit, all four restaurants ran out of the garlic sauce and sales were put on hold until today. I am the bearer of great news. That is as long as supplies last. Supply and demand. Taking credit for the garlic fries . No. Im taking credit for bringing you the good news. Im just the messenger. Also a hit. Well see more backup dancing moves in a few minutes. The between bee took over levi stadium last night. This is where she was actually about three months ago performing during the super bowl halftime show. If you missed last nights performance because she is so popular, she will be back in september for another show. Putting on a show did not end the way some people expected. Warriors games was a victory of sorts though despite the loss. There was a chance to be together to see their team one last time. This family saw the team the first time and the last time. He has a brain tumor and only a couple of months to live. Daughter hanna put the special night together with a gofundme account. The warriors energy vitalizes the family. Definitely gives my dad energy and we totally feed off of him. Theyve been really helpful. All he talks about is he wants to go see the warriors. Thats nice. Scott has a message for warrior nation. Dont worry about last nights loss. He picks the doves to win the series in six games. So many memories made for that family. 5 19. We are going to wipe the slate clean and move on over to weather and move to a forecast that is going to be stifling for a couple of days. Just for two days then chilly the rest of the week. We are taking a look at the bay brinl and a beautiful start to the day as the sun starts to come over the horizon. We see a lot of oranges and blues in the sky. A beautiful start to this Tuesday Morning. Its 56 degrees now in the peninsula and 55 in San Francisco. Lets drop in on the east bay now to get a closer look from our Weather Underground sites. Hayward 49. 67 in brentwood and livermore. Already a wide range in temperatures. As we break it down from palo alto, 56 at 9 00. It will be 75 and then throughout the day our temperatures ramp up quickly into the low 80s. For tonight for the as game, it will be nice. Temperatures start to come back down. We have 76 at first pitch. By the end of the game 68. To the upper 80s for the south bay. Mid 70s for parts of the peninsula and San Francisco. Low 90s for some of those spots like fairfield, santa rosa, concord and the trivalley. Then well have a chance of rain this weekend as temperatures come down. Looks like we could see showers on saturday. Right now it doesnt look like well see a lot of rain. Something well be tracking the next few days. Ill have another update. We like that calm start. c starting to show delays in cash lanes. An easy drive. No problems speedwise. Through san rafael, well show you southbound traffic starting to bichltd number of cars increasing but speeds still. There is a little low to the lights but visibility is just fine out there. 5 21. A major tourist attraction shut down at our nations capital. A story we all thought kind of funny yesterday has a sad ending a story we reported on yesterday we all thought was funny had a very sad ending. Perhaps the lesson for anyone thinking about overstepping the rules inside a national park. That baby bison we told you about, some visitors at yellowstone believed it needed help. They put the calf in the back of the car because they believed it was cold. A photo taken last week you see here went viral. Now park rangers euthanized the calf because the herd rejected it. We made numerous attempts to put that bison back with the herd it came from. That newborn calf kept coming back to the road, kept chasing cars, kept trying to get close to visitors and not to the herd and its mother. So sad. The park service is reminding everyone to respect park rules and stay at least 25 yards away from park wildlife. The father and son were trying to help the calf actually ended up with a hefty fine. Tough lesson to learn. 5 25. The Washington Monument is expected to be back open next hour, but the elevator which had been out of Service Since saturday morning has now finally been repaired. A spokesperson says the problem was a faulty computer chip on the elevators control board. The monument has been closed several times over the past few months because of problems with that same elevators. Visitors in april were forced to walk down hundreds of stairs when it stopped working. Investigative unit exclusive. The government is concerned about toxic chemicals once found in foam firefighters what they use for crash landings. They are finding toxins are getting into our water supply. San francisco and san jose firefighters are using environmentallyfriendly foam. For decades, toxic foam was used at airports, water refineries and military bases across the country. The epa asked water public systems to test for the chemicals. They found positive hits in 28 drinking supplies in california. Water managers say because toxins are found in the water doesnt mean they pose a health risk. By all accounts, these chemicals are indestructible. Its extraordinarily long lived once it gets out in the environment, it almost never breaks down. Tonight at 11 00, the Investigative Unit reveals which east bay city detects this toxin in its water supply. The reason the epa does not regulate these chemicals in water. If you have a tip, call 888996tips. Could surveillance cameras be the answer to a string of freeway shootings . The decision made by one local city council that could keep freeways safe. Im Stephanie Chuang live in san mateo where a pet groomer is accused of killing a dog. For joining us. Im laura garciacannon. Sam 4shot and im sam brock. 4shot ad lib toss to weather good Tuesday Morning to you. Today we are going to feel the bern. Not just because Bernie Sanders is coming to town tomorrow but its going to be burning outside. Its going to be hot. Well have a wide range in temperatures, still 70s along the coast but a place to cool off. Its now already 60 in the north bay with mostly clear skies and highs reaching 82 in the east bay. 85 in the peninsula, and 92 in the north bay. Trivalley with t

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