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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 11PM January 29, 2016

His body. Breaking news. Nearly a week after this murder victim disappeared, San Jose Police found his body. Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators made the discovery off Jamison Creek road in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of big basin. Kpix 5s mark sayre is at the motorcycle shop where the victim was last seen alive and he talked to family about an hour ago. Tonight dozens of friends of kyle showed up here for the candlelight vigil and at the motorcycle shop where myrick and the suspect both worked. All here tonight with very heavy hearts. Reporter the news that the body of 28yearold kyle myrick was found spread quickly through the group of friends and family. John sperry is kyles stepfather. In some ways its a relief because weve been looking for him. Hes in a good space. So were happy. Reporter he was reported missing friday from gp sports on Camden Avenue where he worked. A Police Investigation revealed signs of a struggle including blood on the walls and a severed ear and Police Arrested myricks coworker steve lebow but in jailhouse interviews lebow denied any involvement with his disappearance. I really have nothing against him so i wouldnt have done anything to him. Reporter friends and family say while they now know myrick is not coming home, the fact that his body has been found is in many ways helpful. We had still hoped right up to the last day that hed be okay. We knew it was a long shot. Having him back though is so much better than not knowing where he is. Back to a live picture of the candlelight vigil here in san jose. San jose police not revealing exactly what led them to the body this afternoon. They are saying they did locate the body at about 4 00 in the Jamison Creek road area of santa cruz county. Mark sayre, kpix 5. Now to breaking news in Sonoma County where two people were killed in a Small Plane Crash a few hours ago. The faa says a single engine piper aircraft went down around 7 00 on final approach to charles m. Schultz Sonoma County airport. It was on its way from santa rosa to palm springs. The plane crashed on wood ranch road a few miles from the airport. Only about three or four seconds after hearing the noise of the airplanes engine we heard the impact which was a lot softer and quieter than you would have expected it to be. The faa and National Transportation safety board are headed to the accident scene to investigate. Tonight a dream house has turned in to a nightmare. Its now red tagged because of el nino. Andria borba tells us the owners of the hillside home in San Francisco were out of town when they got the fateful call. Reporter this is ronald martells home on casitas avenue and this is ronald watching those bones get picked apart. He and his wife bought the home in november and never even got a chance to move in. This weekend when he was at his fathers funeral in ohio, he got this text message from his neighbor, showing a growing crack in his driveway. Apparently the earth is moving. Reporter the home has slid 14 inches down the hillside in the past week. The city red tagged it on tuesday. Crunch by crunch ronalds dream home is being torn down. Its believed excess water, likely from el nino, is the cause. Engineers wont know for sure until the house is gone and only bare dirt is left. Ive had better weeks. Reporter neighbor charlene mogsley noticed the cracks over the weekend and never thought el nino would cause the neighborhood to change. Were thinking probably earthquakes than water. Reporter charlenes property is damaged too with a diagonal fissure cutting through her backyard. Directly downhill from the home on casitas where they have seeing and feel ing the effect. This is kyles backyard where the fence and retaining wall are buckled and the ground is moving. Its come out about two and a half, three feet. Reporter back up the hill, ronald says the sound of demolition has put a pit in his stomach, but says hell have the land shored up and rebuild. Right now were just thinking about everyones safety. Reporter andria borba, kpix 5. Thats what the land looks out. The ocean surf is up along the coastline. Betty yu is in pacifica where el nino has also done some serious damage there. I can tell you i was standing in this very spot last week and tonight the waves are much more fierce, more powerful, and more dangerous. In the last couple of minutes we had huge waves crash over the sea wall and the railing and take out much of our equipment including our lights but in the last 24 hours its done much more damage. Reporter tonight people in pacifica were as fascinated as they were startled by the monstrous waves that crashed over the sea wall. Theyre spectacular in one way but scary. Reporter from the air chopper 5 captured more coastal erosion from el nino waves. Homes that have become unlivable teetered on the edge of a cliff. This afternoon we saw a crane at work near one of the damaged properties. The pacifica peer has also been hit and is closed to the public. Ive noticed a change in el nino. It has brought a lot more crazy surf. Before it was a lot more calm. The waters have changed. And so has the climate and the land. The pounding waves were so big, the National Weather Service Today issued a High Surf Advisory for coastal parts of the bay that will last till saturday afternoon. The waves are expected to hit 16 feet. I wouldnt be surfing right now. And when im walking and running i have to watch myself because i dont want to get wet. Reporter jill parsons has had to change her nightly routine with her dogs because of the detours. Mother nature always wins so hopefully she goes a little bit more gent frequently the rest of the year. Ive spoken to many long time pacifica residents tonight who say theyve not seen the ocean this upset or behave in this manner since the 9798 el nino season. Live in pacifica, betty yu, kpix 5. Kpix 5 chief meteorologist paul deanno has more on the High Surf Advisory. Its going to last all day tomorrow. It will last in to saturday morning. The 13 to 16foot waves will be persistent, three times every minute, all the way until saturday morning. The High Surf Advisory continues. Really its about the persistence. Weve had had storm after storm after storm. This is like our 12th High Surf Advisory so far this month. The coastline has simply not been getting a break. We did get a break from the rainfall. Lake county getting some rain right now. This will work its way from the north to the south and rain is in our forecast for tomorrow. Well talk about how much and well talk about a Second Chance of rain for the weekend. Tonight San Franciscos District Attorney is blasting the citys mayor and the citys police chief. We got our hands on a copy of his letter and this thing is scathing. Thats right, District Attorney is saying mayor ed lee and police chief greg suhr are refusing to cooperate. In the case of mario woods on december 2nd, five San Francisco Police Officers shot and killed woods in the bayview. Officers said woods refused to drop a knife. In a letter to mayor lee, gaston writes they, quote, engagedane dizzying array of stonewalling tactics and ignored the very existence of the thousands of cases that had been called in to jeopardy. Clearly things are very, very frosty between those two offices right now. With ed lee not looking for reelection, its unclear how effective Something Like this is going to be. Tonight mayor ed lees office responded. The mayor has proposed a number of Police Reforms to rebuild trust within the community and he looks forward to working with all Law Enforcement agencies including the District Attorneys office to restore that trust. Veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. Way before San Francisco was known for tech, hipsters, and Million Dollar condos, it was all about sex, drugs, and rock and roll. The summer of love. A legendary musician of the psychedelic 60s has died. Paul kantner, who founded jefferson airport. Christin ayers is outside the old victorian on fulton street. This is the home where Jefferson Airplane lived. Here across the street from Golden Gate Park it used to look a lot different. It was painted all black. It represented what the ball represented. A wild extravagant psychedelic moment in time. Life is different now without paul here. Reporter to San Francisco chronicle music critic paul kantner was not just a fun. He was the last great beatneck. He was the epitome of the hipster under ground alternative lifestyle. Reporter and here in San Francisco he was a rock music icon. In the 1960s the psychedelic sound of the Jefferson Airplane defined what would become to be known as the San Francisco sound. Songs like somebody to love. And the anthem of the acid rock era white rabbit. That summer, the summer of love, they were the biggest new rock band in america. Jefferson airplane broke up in 1972 and tonight pauls band mate marty posting on social media about paul, saying so many memories rushing through my mind. So many moments that he and i opened new worlds. He was the first guy i picked for the band and he was the first guy who taught me how to roll a joint. His pub licist said he died of organ failure after a heart attack. The gop candidates debate without donald trump tonight. Why one president ial hopeful called everyone else stupid, fat, and ugly. Just nine days until super bowl 50. Tonight we go to a secret command post to see how the feds are keeping you safe. Beyond these doors theres a bay area salon. Tonight why its getting death threats. The stage, for the final gp debate before the iowa cauc. Noticeably absen campaign 2016 and tonight these president ial candidates took the stage for the final gop debate before the iowa caucuses. Noticeably absent, the frontrunner, donald trump. Andria borba shows us even though he didnt show up, he still dominated part of the debate. Trump boycotted the debate on fox news because in august moderator megyn kelly asked him some tough questions about sexist remarks hes made in the past. Tonight some of trumps rivals didnt waste any time mocking him. Im a maniac and everyone on this stage is stupid, fat, and ugly. And ben, youre a terrible surgeon. Now that weve gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. I kind of miss donald trump. He was a little teddy bear to me. Reporter with trump out of the way, the gop candidates had a rare chance to step out of the frontrunners shadow, debating issues like illegal immigration. I know securing our borders is not antiimmigrant. We should have a path to legal status for the 12 Million People that are here illegally. Reporter at one point ted cruz threatened to leave the debate because he said fox news picked on him. If you guys ask one more mean question i may have to leave the stage. Reporter florida senator marco rubio took aim at the democratic candidates. I think Bernie Sanders is a good candidate for president. Of sweden. We dont want to be sweden. We want to be the United States of america. And Hillary Clinton is disqualified from being the commander in chief of the United States. In fact one of her first acts as president may very well be to pardon herself. Reporter tonight trump staged his own show, a fundraiser for veterans at Drake University in des moines, just a few miles from the fox debate. When youre treated badly you have to stick up for your life. Reporter but will his boycott backfire . Kpix political analyst. His event across town was covered by two media outlets. Things seemed to go pretty well for him. He didnt seem to lose much ground. Iowa voters have until monday to back a candidate at the caucuses. Live in the news room, andria borba, kpix 5. Tonight nine days until super bowl 50. The game airs right here on kpix 5 next sunday. Heres a live look at super bowl city in San Francisco. Crews have been busy transforming the area along the embarcadero and Market Street keeping everyone safe though, no easy task. Today we got an inside look at how San Jose Police have been prepping for the big game. Theyre being trained for active shooter situations among other things. We learned today complained clothes officers will be out among the crowds on patrol. We also got inside the fbis super bowl command center. Weve agreed to keep the exact location a secret. Its here where agents will be closely monitoring all the activities at levis stadium during the game. The number one mission, prevent any acts of terrorism. What went up came down today. San Francisco City attorney forced verizon to remover its huge banner on the embarcadero center. The super bowl advertisement spanned 25 floors. Officials say it violated there citys 50yearold sign ordinance. Verizon says it was an honest misunderstanding. As for the big visa sign greeting bay bridge drivers, it can save. This logo is hanging from the side of a building on Market Street. We checked with the city. A spokesperson says this one does comply. The reason, the visa image is smaller with super bowl 50 being the main message. On saturday super bowl city officially opens. The bay lights will be turned back on. You can catch the kickoff celebration Live Saturday night at 7 00 right here on kpix 5. A casino billionaire is trying to lure the Oakland Raiders to nevada. The owner of the Las Vegas Sands casino is reportedly meeting with mark davis tomorrow to discuss building a new stadium. It could possibly be built on land owned by unlv. The university recently purchased a 42acre site. Tonight were getting a look at how weekslong standoff at a wildlife refuge in oregon finally ended. A protester named Robert Finicum speeds away and a chase ensues. When cornered, he plows his truck in to a snow bank. He gets out of the car and reaches for his weapon. Thats when Law Enforcement starts firing. Following finicums death, protest organizers called to an end to the occupation. The World Health Organization is warning the zika virus is spreading explosively. By the end of the year it could infect 4 Million People in america. Here in the u. S. There are 31 cases in 11 states and dc already. All of the patients here were infected by mosquitos abroad. In brazil crews are spraying insecticide to kill mosquitos that carry the virus. Zika is linked to a spike in birth defects in that country. World Health Organization will convene an emergency meeting monday to plan its response. Tonight walgreens is cutting ties with a bay area blood testing startup that promised to revolutionize healthcare. The drugstore chain has stopped using seronos lab. Yesterday the government said the companys deficient practices at the lab posed immediately jeopardy to Patient Health and safety. They conduct a wide range of tests containing a few drops of blood from a finger stick instead of a large vile. The company says its addressed concerned raised. An oakland salon is in the process of changing its names for obvious reasons. Thats because the salon is called isis, named after the ancient egyptian goddess, not the terrorist group. The longest flight from the u. S. Will soon take off from usfo. United Airlines Announced the first nonstop flight between San Francisco and singapore. 16 hours. More than 8,000 miles. To help pass that time the boeing 787 dreamliner will have complimentary food, drinks, and entertainment. Thats a lot of peanuts. Seriously. If you could sleep for eight hours, wake up, still watch two movies and have like three more hours to go. In theory, yeah. You wake up and youre in singapore. If youre saying here at sfo, here in the bay area we have rain showers out there that will work their way south overnight tonight in to tomorrow. Good evening in willets, ukiah. Showers moving in to north Sonoma County. Surf is going to be rough tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night in to saturday morning. Moderate swells once again. 13 to 16 feet, not as bad as it was two weeks ago but another pounding of the surf for the next 36 hours. Snow in the sierra. This is good news. Up to 16 inches of new snowfall above 7,000 feet in elevation but by saturday morning the snow level drops to 4,000 feet. Levi stadium, get ready for the super bowl. Looking good. They added about 5,000 seats that werent there for 9ers game to meet the nfl requirements. Theyre still building those right now. 58 in San Francisco. It is warm outside, nearly 60 in san jose. What are all these lines on your television screen. We added those a couple weeks ago to show the fastest winds of the jet stream. And the red, thats the path of least resistance. Thats storms

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