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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 11PM November 15, 2016

Tonight this is evidence of a wild bay area shoot out involving mass gunmen and a secret drug house. Good evening im ken bastida. And im elizabeth cook. The gun battle broke out near delaware drive. Kpix5s betty yu is there tonight. Reporter Freemont Police say inside this home was a very sophisticated marijuana grow operation. And from the outside, you can still see the evidence of what happened. A 27yearold oakland man in the home was hit. I heard one loud pop and my wife says dont go out there. I was going to go because i wanted to see what was going on. Reporter neighbors woke up to blood splattered on the sidewalk and chattered glass in their path. I walk out here every day. I walk my dog every single day. What i saw that was peculiar is there was all a van blocking the driveway. Nobody could drive in. Police say two guns were used to fire off eight shots. They had Little Information of robbers that got away in an armed car. It doesnt surprise me. You know, times are hard. People need money and theyll get it any way they can. Reporter police say there were four people inside the house at the time of the shooting. The man that was shot in the shoulder has been released from the hospital. And now Freemont Police begin two separate investigations. One into the Home Invasion robbery. Another into the marijuana grow operation. Live in freemont, betty yu, kpix5. A gunman opened fire on two Police Officers in east san jose. Tonight the suspect is being sought for attempted murder. Police say the gunman fired multiple rounds at the two foot patrol officers near luby and riply drive around 7 30 last night. Lets be very clear. These are not only Police Officers these are fathers, brothers, mentors in our community and ultimately Community Members and like everyone they have families that they want to go home to safely at night. The officers did not get hit and they did not return fire. Tonight the police union is offering a 10,000 reward to help catch the gunmen. President elect donald trump is meeting with mike pence tomorrow at trump tower in new york. Veronica de la cruz is saying one of the names is drawing a lot of attention. Thats right, steve bannon. A bright bart article from december argued that the equality and Development Department should only hire white men because only they can be impartial. His exwife said bannon refused sending their children to a Public School because he did not want their children going to school with jews. There must be no sugar coating the reality that a White Nationalist has been named chief strategist for the trump administration. Trump Senior Advisor conway. Campaign and frankly, people should look at his full resume. People may say bannon is not the right one. People are allowed to have their opinions on that. Remember if he had not appointed bannon if he had just gone in and appointed preibus he would have gotten a lot of criticism because people are going to say we thought we hired an outside person. And, i think the American People will judge over the course of the next couple of years whether they like what they see. And whether these are the kind of policies and this is the direction they want to see the country go in. Melissa cain mentioned priebus, trump named him as his chief of staff. Preibus is a well liked republican leader and friend to ryan. And Rudy Giuliani is the top pick for secretary of state. Trump is also expected there have been reports of dozens of racially charged attacks. Including one right here from the bay area. Reporter ken, the park near Fort Mason Center is supposed to be an urban oasis, but park police say it was an assault. Park Police Received a report of an assault at fort mason. Reporter it happened near the park palm tree. A nanny caring for two small children was approached by a man wearing all black, his face all covered. He told them, i understand in broken spanish, no latinos here. Reporter the man left her with scratches on her arm. Im very surprised to hear that. Reporter parent parents who bring their kids here in disbelief. Youre hearing a lot about backlash thats going on and i hope thats not what it is. Were adults and we need to respect each other, and respect the other nationalities. Reporter police say the nanny is okay. A Good Samaritan called police and the man was detained and booked for resisting arrest. An investigation into whether this was a hate crime is under way. This is a park for all people. This is a welcoming place. We want the National Park to be a place where people can come together and feel welcomed. Reporter but some parkgoers cant help but feel on edge. I think it would sort of make you want to look around and be a little more nervous. A little more cautious. The suspect has been taken to sf general for a Mental Health evaluation. Park police are telling visitors here to be aware of their surroundings. Live in San Francisco, christian ahers. At uc santa cruz, a woman was walking near the amphitheater when three men yelled at her and one of them hit her with a rock. She was treated for minor injuries. Of a protected group in this case we are looking at it through the lens of gender and sexuality. Police are still searching for the suspects its unclear if they were students. A bay area principal who was kicked off campus for what he said about the president elect will be back at work tomorrow. Phil morales is the guy with the me go mega phone. He used an expletive when he was using a mega phone. The principal apologized saying quote he used poor judgment. One man is getting attention for placing a racially charged sign outside his home. But joe vasquez find out theres a twist. Reporter when molina saw the sign he was shocked. The sign has since been taken down and it turns out the man that put it up is 75yearold Alonzo Parker a retired machinist. A 10foot long sign. Reporter who happens to be african american. Although thats not what he calls himself. The police came by after neighbors complained. They told me i should take the name [ bleep ] off the sign. I told them that i am [ bleep ] and im proud to be a [ bleep ]. Very proud of it. The word dictates what i suffered through, what ive been through. Reporter mr. Parker says this has nothing at all to do with the election. Hes angry about a court date involving his brother who passed away and left him some profit. It took several years and 50,000 to resolve so for the past year hes been putting up sign after sign all with provocative language he even flew a Confederate Flag to get attention. There may be people who you look like, and they might think this is a racial sign against black people. They may think that. I dont tell people what to think, just give them something to think about it. People may attack you. The only people i worry about attacking me is police. Reporter two young men are accused of ripping down the sign. He does not know if he will put up more. His neighbors hope he does not. His message has been lost with the political climate. Police want help catching a thief who stole six pets. Surveillance video shows the suspect Walking Around the office and sorting through different cabinets. Police say he stole several types of antibiotics. Speaking of intruders they were the focus of a Conference Meeting tonight that lasted for several hours. Only at kpix5s reports, these intruders have four legs and a tail. One small north Bay Community two very different opinions. As far as i know we dont have a problem here. I really think something needs to be done and i think as a responsible city council that you need to make some decision somehow. Reporter over deer. For months, the tiny island of belvedere has been talking about what to do after the growing population of the deer. Those neighbors are concerned about the safety of their roads, their yards. One thing theyre discussing is capturing and sterilizing the deer but many do not want that. Maybe a fence, like a 10 foot fence. Now youre saying replace the fence, whos going to pay for that . What about the people who cant pay for those new fences. Everybody is just talking about it, its time to do something. Do something people and they dont say what to do. Reporter City Council Members were still unsure what to do with the deer issue here in belvedere. City Council Members were concerned about what to do in the area. Looking for more humane options. Theres still a lot of Unanswered Questions and terms on this issue. A representative from the organization wild care suggests a city focus on areas with the most complaints instead of trying to tackle the deer issue as a whole. You might get thrown for a loop if youre driving through San Francisco. A Major Construction project is under way on one of the busiest corridors. Van nuys from lombart street all the way to Mission Street in soma. Work started late friday night but today was the first real test for regular commuters. Some drivers were surprised to learn more left turns are no longer allowed. To make matters even worse, google and apple navigation hasnt quite caught up to the changes. All we know is we worked with him over the next few weeks and its something that shouldnt be changed and if not we will work with him to get it changed by today. When the work is finished it will look a little bit like this. A Rapid Transit bus will run down the middle of the road. More trees will be planted and left turns will be nearly eliminated. Today google is taking aim at fake websites which proliferated during the election season. The company says that means ads supplies by google will not appear on pages that conceal who the publisher is or who put out information that is unclear. Facebook said it is also banning fake news sites from using its ad services. We learned about an abandoned mercury mine near the river. The water board started investigating if its poisoning the creek. And the fish people eat. Only on 5 tonight, Julia Goodridge asks why hasnt anybody cleaned it up. Reporter people keep a close eye on the Russian River, rising waters can flood the towns. But just upstream theres another threat when it rains. Found in the red piles of dirt, bordering a creek that runs into the city. One of the largest mercury mines in california it closed in the early 1970s after operating for more than a century. The mine owners are long gone but large piles of rock and dirt remain. That worries those who live near by. I have driven by the mercury mine. I noted that the piles dont seem to be covered obviously from the road. Some sort of plastic material so when it rains it doesnt contaminate the water way. Reporter he knows a lot about mercury. He inspected it in the 70s. When mercury plants shut down instead of following epa regulations. He contacted kpix after another story we did. He wanted to know if officials knew that the mercury was poisoning this fish and the fish people eat. Our investigation prompted the Regional Water Quality Control board to conduct tests in the area for the first time and their results. The levels that we found were about four times the levels of what would be considered a hazardous waste. Reporter four times the levels. The board discovered some of the mercury was going directly into the creek. When we first brought this to your attention. You guys moved on it. Correct, yeah. Did the testing, got the results and now moving forward. Correct. And thats our hope, you know our job here is to protect water quality. When youre under, 18, 20 years old your brain is developing and mercury retards that development. Reporter all the fish had mercury levels well over the epa limit when tested years ago. But the state has not posted any warnings along the river. Studies have shown eating contaminated fish poses a significant risk. Eating even half a fish that was contaminated with mercury only a couple of times a week for a short time could reduce your iq. Reporter Mount Jackson on their list and did nothing about it. We asked the epa why no action was taken in 1989. They sent us this statement. Though mercury was found these waters were not consumed. The site did not qualify for the National List and was given a no further remedial action plan. Over many months its a slow process. We set agencies and state agents they moved with glacier speed. I know i used to work there. Reporter as for solutions, Property Owners may have to foot the bill to cover the piles of dirt. The board is also testing fish in the Russian River now with results expected in the next few weeks. Juliette goodrich. The water supply does not have any detectable levels of mercury. People all over the world tonight cant get enough of this. The super moon. Bay bridge provided a dazzling backdrop for the biggest super moon since 1948. If you missed it, you will get another chance to check it out in, 2034. Our kids will be in college then. Basically. A 2yearold will be graduating college. Only 18 years. You dont have to wait 69 years like this last time. Good thing the super moon was tonight and not tomorrow night because by tomorrow were going to go cloudy and we may have some rain. Portions of mendecino county, that rain is heading toward us. We had clear skies this evening. More video of the super moon. 14 bigger, 30 brighter because the moon orbits earth in an ellipse. The closest it has been in nearly seven decade. San francisco 59 and clear. Maybe a little foggy come tomorrow. 60 in oakland, 50 right now for santa rosa. Santa rosa a couple of degrees. Oakland 54. Freemont, vallejo 59. Not the strongest front but its going to usher in a pattern change. Its going to keep us pretty soggy for the next week. Maybe two weeks. As a ridge of High Pressure over Southern California moves away. We watch whats coming in from the gulf of alaska. A series of fronts over the next week and well have rainfall here as soon as tomorrow morning. Here being sonoma county, mendecino county, its going to be cloudy. It wont be as warm and a slight chance of a shower or two any where in the bay area tomorrow afternoon before that front clears out. Theres another one on wednesday. Theres another one coming up over the weekend. Which may lead to our first soaking rain of the entire month. Therell be a foggy night tonight and cloudy day tomorrow with light rain showers. Watch out this weekend, soaking rain is possible especially on sunday where computer models have been suggesting more than an inch of rain for the entire bay area coming up on sunday. Well find that over the next couple of days, tomorrow will be cloudy with a chance of a couple of showers. Oakland 67, San Francisco 67. Best chance of rain in the north bay tomorrow. Slight chance of a shower wednesday, were dry for a couple of days, thursday and friday. Notice temperatures not moving were staying in the 50s to low 70s. Saturday showers and if i had to circle one day to be the wettest day it would absolutely be sunday. Maybe some, maybe the potential for a weekend wash out. You can watch football right here. Make some chili, thanks. Now im hungry. Elections still got you down . Well tonight, joe biden to the rescue. And here are tonights guests on the ,,,,,,,,, in m youre going to miss this guy when hes gone. Vice President Joe Biden is making the rounds on social media getting the last laugh. People are tweeting pictures like this one. Biden i took a staples red button and wrote nukes on it. Obama, joe, biden tweets to him in russian when not impressed. Wow. Thats a good one. There are others that are better. I like the one where he said, joe says, that the codes are in the desk in the oval office. And obama says thats the etch a sketch joe. Who was the best coach in bay area history . If you said bill walsh, you might be wrong. And what former warrior assistant started ,,,,,, lock it up this year with her 1,000th win. Tara is19 away from that mark, facing 8th ranked texas tonight at maple if vandev ere is not the best coach in the bay area shell lock it up this year. Facing texas tonight at naples. 11 of 15 shooting. Sanford is going to need it all with star Lily Thompson no longer on the team. Tar is 18 away. Let the count down begin for 1,000. You hear the one today about Clay Thompson getting traded to the celtics. What . Yeah we reacted the same way. The rumor started when former warrior assisted, bryan scalabrini mentioned it on sirius radio. The internet exploded making people wonder if there was some truth. Steve kerr not among them. I think our guys know that stuff is, almost always just bs. I will go home and get on the internet and decide whether to call clay or not. The internet is still buzzing about former cal quarterback jared goff who has yet to play a single snap for the rams. The rams offense is the worse in the nfl but head coach jeff fisher is sticking with case keenum and is tired of all the questions. Youre tired of the question. Yes we have three on our roster. Case is our starter. We drafted a rookie and hes doing really well. Well play him when hes ready. Monday night football only one thing comes to mind looking at Odell Beckhams hair. Manning wide open. Beckham. Yeah, beckham. Looks good in the crazy hair when hes catching touchdowns doesnt he. Another one tonight against the bengals. New york wins 210. And they are 63. And by the way, tom brad

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