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KPIX KPIX 5 News March 20, 2017

They say they will talk and work with the community to come up with a longer Term Solution for homes and we are told Emergency Repair work already started. It could take between 2 to 4 months before it is complete. Cate cauguiran, kpix 5. Crews are blasting away at a crumbling bridge in big sur. Cutting off access to the coastal community. This weekends demolition is the start of a long rebuilding process. The most important thing is not the cost or the speed in which the work is done, the most important thing is that the work is done safely. Crews hope to have it done by the end of the week. It could take at least 9 months to build a new bridge. Meanwhile a mudslide left a community cut off for a month. It is still not fixed. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores shows us people did get some relief today. If only for a few hours. The road is closed again now but for six hours today it was open and for a short time for the first time in weeks resident were able to drive up to their homes. Relief today for hundreds of resident who live up Morgan Territory road. Thank you. Appreciate it. Reporter for weeks cracked and crumbling, the road now patched up, Contra Costa County says it is enough to allow resident to drive through for the day. The county public workdize apartment shows me the short term fix Works Department shows me the short term fix. Put holes down into the ground so they are monitoring the slide here and this is where they are showing the movement. The mudslide is still moving a foot a day. The county cant start working to repair the road till it stops sliding. We are worried today monitoring it that it could massively move so we are fully staffed out here today. Reporter but even with the temporary fix resident are fed up. Resident feel like it is that they havent been working full force for it. We need a consistent open route. Reporter she walks a half mile every die get to her vehicle on the other side of the slide. The only other way out is to the south, a narrow, winding road. Not safe and no cell communication. Reporter alternative routes go through private properties. Investigating routes as we speak, looking for alternative. The county will monitor the road to see if they could temporarily open it back up again. Jessica flores, kpix 5. Governor jerry brown requested a 4th disaster declaration for california to cover instructure damaged in february storms. The president granted three previous requests. Following breaking news. A major shake up at uber. Company president is calling it quits amid a storm of bad press. He has been on the job for a year. He says this is not the situation he signed on for. The company has been plagued by pr problems. Including other resignations, lawsuits and allegations of a frat boy culture. They gave us a statement saying we want to thank jeff for his six months at the company and wish him all the best. Joe vazquez is digging for more details. We will get an update from him at 6 30 p. M. Tensions between the assistant District Attorney and oakland over the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire. They are still waiting for the city to turn over the Fire Departments report on the investigation. Experts say a delay in handing it over may be a violation of the law. A spokesman said the city is waiting for a final report. 36 people were killed during a concert held in the warehouse last december. Two alarm fire ripped through home this afternoon. Firefighters arrived at the scene on seal tv find flames shooting through roof. No one was home when the fire erupted. Investigators are trying to pin down how it started. Menlow park, the Fire Department showed us the progress on the new downtown firehouse. Drone footage. The footings being poured. Construction should be finished by the end of the year. Final goodbye to a popular San Jose Little League coach killed in cold blood. Kpix 5s maria medina was there and shows us even the mayor turned out to pay his respects. Reporter they lined the Little League field where Frank Navarro spent so many days impacting kids lives. Shouting east ridge strong as frank Frank Navarros casket passed by. Frank navarro was a giant. Nobody had a bigger impact on kids. We have to honor his incredible equipment to all the kids. Reporter among the hundreds san jose mayor. Who made a promise to his parent. We will do everything we can to make sure the folks were brought to justice. Reporter six suspects are afused in franks accused in franks murder. He was stabbed to death after a man denied entry. Returned with other people and confronted security. I actually saw it on the news. Month later friends and family say they hope his legacy lives on. Pick up where frank left off. All the lives that he touched. Yes, and it was all in a positive way. Reporter he didnt have kids of his own, these were his kids, the Little League team he didicated his life to, now mourning dedicated his life to, now mourning his loss. Maria medina, kpix 5. Still to come, training day at the airport, the skills the dogs are learning to help their future owners. Oh, my god, he is huge. Watch your step on the trails. A bay areas man encounter with a Mountain Lion and the steps you can take to fight back before the first attack. A big story this week, the rain storms. We will have the forecast in a minute. ,,,,,,, for some paws on training. But as cute as they are its serious work. Puppies showed up at the Oakland Airport today for paws on training. Kpix 5s jong r shows us john ramos shows us how they are preparing to help their future owners find their way around. Reporter an airport could be a bustling, confusing place. And then there are the signs. Thousands of them. But what if you couldnt read the signs . You would need help, right . This morning they were excited to see their friends. Reporter Oakland International got cuter this morning when guide dogs for the blind brought together 25 puppies in training to sniff around and get comfortable with the place. We are socializing them so when they become a guide dog they are familiar with the saudenedings. Reporter Alaska Airlines wepicalled them to the boarding gates, bag claim area and let them walk through an airplane. The luggage coming down, crashing, going through security having a stranger hold on to them. The beeps, getting into a small space on a plane. We know how much room is on an airplane. Reporter they need be calm if they are going to help someone who cant see and amazing how they can tune in. She remembers coming to this terminal with her guide dog when he began pulling her off to the side. I went with it. Followed him. See what he is doing. Straight to the ladys room. That is exactly where i wanted to go. Great. Crazy. One, two, three. Reporter later after a class photo the Young Students departed. One day they may return to help their partners feel at home here even if they cant read the writings on the walls. John ramos, kpix 5. They charge nothing for their services. If you would like to donate or volunteer there is a link on www. Cbs5. Com. Afcouple had their couple had a breathless encounter with a Mountain Lion. Look. Oh, my god, he is huge. Look at this guy. They were hiking in the hills friday afternoon when they spotted the big cat 15 yards away. We just stayed quiet and maybe move a little bit so they recognize us. We dont look like a deer ore a turk or a turkey. He did walk away. People should never approach Mountain Lions. They avoid confrontation as long as they are given a way out. California fishermen have a whale of a tale after this adventurer. Fishing off san diego when they crossed paths with a pod of gray whales. They got so close you could downtown barnacles on them count the barnacles on them. We would go couple hundred yards and they would follow us there and hang out under the boat. We have never seen this happen before. Experience. While this is rare, seeing whales from a distance is not rare. Between december and april 20,000 gray whales make the trip from alaska to the warmer waters off Baja California and that is where females give birth. The season for coffee, sniffing, wheezing. Allergies. The season is just beginning and it will be a doozy after the doozie after the record rainfall with more to come this week. Reporter the sights and sounds of early spring. Oh, and that sound too. Signs the start of allergy season has sprung. Cant breathe. The throat is sore. Sore throat. Nose running all the time. Reporter and it could be a monster season for allergy sufferers. Symptoms. Throat is itchy. When allergy season comes on it will be more severe. Reporter he says start treating your allergies now with overthecounter meds before they get worse. We had a lot of rain, it delays pollination. Especially with trees. When they start to pollinate we get it at the same time. Reporter last year we were dealing with a dry easen but after this easen but after this season season but after this season there will be higher pollen levels. Make sure you brush them once a day or rinse them off so they are not making you sneeze. Couple tips that i give patients is when they are driving drive with windows closed. At night time when you go to bed, dont go to sleep with the windows open and take a shower at the end of the day. Reporter if you have never had alerges it doesnt mean allergies it doesnt mean you are out of the woods. We havent even seen the peak yet. The next hot weather spell will start spreading the pollen. Did they get a cut of your pay that day my dogs. My puppies. Cute. Allergy season will be with us because tomorrow is spring. 3 28 a. M. Monday morning. Within 9 hours of that. 3 28 a. M. Spring is here. Here is the time lapse video of the fog pouring through the golden gate and has been. Pretty foggy going as you are crossing. South San Francisco, bleak from time to time. Doppler showing the showers from north to south. Gulf to the bay area. No, they are not. Low pressure. We have a southerly flow. The moisture is heading from south to north. We dont look for trine develop at all tonight in the bay area but around fort frag, a few echoes fort bragg, a few echoes. Low pressure. Jet stream lowers towards the Northern California area. So wet and windy week ahead. Showers from time to time. [ laughter ] so much for that is the camera looking towards the golden gate bridge. Obscured in the fog we showed you a moment ago. 65 degrees concord. Oakland 59 degrees. San francisco 56. San jose 61 degrees. Future cast, clouds tonight. And tomorrow. And monday afternoon that is when we get a few showers moving through the bay area. And then the day goes on. More showers on tuesday. All scattered variety. A break on tuesday. More coming in on wednesday. Windy tomorrow as well. The winds gusting. Amounts . They dont amount to too much. Half inch. Around the bay area. Winter storm watch monday afternoon through wednesday. Snow and wind returns to the mountains late monday. Blowing snow, up to a foot over the passes. This is not a cold storm. We are not going to get snow down to low levels but it will slow you down. Rain from time to time this week. Gusty winds. Especially tomorrow. They will peak to 35, 40 miles per hour. A break on thursday. A break in between all of this. A break on thursday. At this point friday looks like the storm will pack a punch when the low comes in. Friday will be the big day this week. We will set the stage. Over night lows 60. Sun up 7 13 a. M. Raining in the north pardon of the state northern part of the state. Rain tomorrow afternoon. Wimbledony. New york, partly cloudy skies. Thunderstorms for chicago. Los angeles 89 last week. 67 tomorrow. We will be in the mid60s tomorrow with rain in the afternoon. Not big time. Tuesday could get thunderstorms in the bay area. Wednesday lingering showers. Thursday a break. Friday wind and rain. Partly cloudy skies on saturday, sunday. Showers. Unsettled through the weekend. We will see. In the meantime, after a warm week last week we will go the other direction. High school team trying to do what no High School Public school in San Francisco ever has done and a high seed bites the dust in the ncaa. Grab your bracket and pens, you will need it. We are next. ,,, imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 50,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. Bitter disappointment on the basket [ cheers and applause ] a warm welcome home at st. Marys. The gaels returned from Salt Lake City today after being bounced from the ncaa tournament in the sec round. They second round. They beat virginia on thursday but they came up short last night losing to arizona 6960. [ talking at the same time ] it continues. In fact, as number one seeds are being threatened. We lost villanova. Kansas could sleep through their first round game against uc davis but the intensity ratches up with michigan state. Michigan facing kansas. Jayhawks up 8. The alleyoop. Kansas up by 10 point. Later in the half, jackson, lengths of the court, laze it in. Had a game high 23 points. Kansas nighttime70. Much closer 9070. Much closer than that. Michigan lead with less than two to go. German sophomore pump fakes his way to the rim. He had a career high 26. Two point lead. Walton. Dagen. Michigan 7369. 7th straight win. Head coach john leading the charge. The wolverines advance. We started a tradition of getting taking a shower i guess without going in the shower after a good win. Not stopping. The giants battle the brewers. Top of the fifth. He connects with the bases clearing single. He is struggling merchandise e. R. A over 10. The giants dont mind. 4 innings, 9 hits, 6 earned runs. Giants lose 64. Final round, Arnold Palmer invitational. Marc leishman hasnt won a pga in five years. Putt for eagle on 16. 11 under par. Goes down. Eagle landed. Final hole, putting on the last four holes. Separated himself from the pact. Wins the Arnold Palmer invitational, a million and a half dollars and an invitation, which i think he will accept to augusta. Shot a 69 today. 140 feet worth of putts. Nascar, camping world 500 at Phoenix International raceway. Final lap. Ryan newman holding on for a lead with kyle larson and kyle busch on his tail. Ryan newman takes the checkered flag. Ncaa wrestling with its own version of march madness. Clark shows his opponents the light while winning the national title. Clark out of his mind, that is his coach. Watch how he celebrates. Down he goes. Slams him to the go. He is the champion. Hope coach is okay. High school hoops. East side prep won. And San Franciscos Mission Bears are division 3 champions after closing in irfairfield last night. Clinging to a one point lead in the final minute but then harris threepoint play. They bears are one win away from becoming the first San Francisco Public School to win a state title. Norcal division 3 champions. How does that sound . Good. It sounds great. Feels so good to be the First Quarter Public School to go to state. First Public School to go to state. Off monday. Back at it on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. Sacramento on friday. [ cheers and applause ] i love it. I love it. I love it. Public school high schools in the city dont get a lot of respect. Underdogs last week and underdogs last night in fairfield and they won both games. Sacramento friday. That will be huge. Winner take all. Coming up, new details on a leadership shake up at uber. The words the president has. And a space not just for Building Muscle but for Community Building as well. What makes this bay area gem so unique. And training San Francisco librarians to save lives . Why they may be armed with the antidote for heroin over doses. ,,,,,,,, more turmoil at uber. This evening, the company nounced hes call you are watching kpix 5 news. More turmoil at uber. This evening the companys president is calling it quits. Joe vazquez live from uber headquarters. Jeff jones isnt going quietly. He has Harsh Criticism for the company . Reporter right. Took a shot as he went out the door. It is the president of uber, not the ceo. The departure does not appear to be pleasant. 36 increase in mobile sales. Reporter jeff jones the number two man at uber employed here for half year but now he is leaving. Jones, the president of uber is designing because of the controversies at the company. Two scandals, a female engineer revealed an atmosphere of Sexual Harassment and then this video showing jones boss, the ceo, lighting in to an uber driver. Some people dont like the take responsibility [ bleep ] reporter in december california officials reprimanded uber for trying to put selfdriving cars on the roads of San Francisco without a permit. Giving back is in the dna. Not an add on program. Reporter it is not clear where jones plans to go next. Late this afternoon uber released a statement, we want to thank jeff for his six months at the company and wish him all the best and jones sent this statement to kpix 5. It is clear that the beliefs and approach to leadership that guided my career are inconsistent with what i saw and experienced at uber and i can no longer continue as president of the ride sharing business. So it appears the president took a direct shot at the ceo on his way out the door. I should say that he sent out

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