Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM 20160218 : vimarsana

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM 20160218

Commute would be virtually affected with the rain. It was the morning commute which we experienced the very gusty winds and then the winds carried on over all day long, 61mileperhour wind gusts yesterday. Thats pretty significant so down go the trees. I wanted to put together our time stamp map for you so you could see the bands of rain. Did you see any of the lightning strikes or hear in the overnight hours . It caused a burst of hail in the city of San Francisco after 3 00 this morning and thats pretty much the case. We are going to continue to see a scattered shower throughout the day today. This is all wraparound moisture with the passage of the front. Temperatures are much cooler than just 24 hours ago. In fact, at this time yesterday we were at 66 degrees in livermore, right now 16 degrees cooler so you will feel the difference heading out the door plus you couple that up with the wind thats been blowing up about 15 Miles Per Hour, 20 now in oakland, 16 San Francisco, sustained winds today 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour, but not as aggressive as what we experienced yesterday with the winds over 30 Miles Per Hour. Currently a wind speed at 13 in napa so heres the deal. A scattered shower today, breezy conditions, temperatures under 70 degrees everywhere. I am tracking storm number 2. And ive got those details, 18 minutes after the hour. And i am tracking the roadways right now. Weve got a pretty serious accident northbound 680 at ignacio valley road, a series of cars involved in this wreck. One of the vehicles overturned, now stuck on the through with the two left lanes down for the count. Fire crews and chp on screen. A lot of activity. Traffic coming in hot through there so expect delays as you approach the scene. Other accidents, eastbound 80 at highway 4, this one is in the clearing stages out of lanes but still may cause a bit of spectator slowing as you work your way past the scene. Heading to the south bay, north 87 around kirtner avenue, still got the right lane blocked for this wreck. Chp and Activity Still on the scene in the area through the south bay. The rest of the southbound quiet, no delays along 101, or 280. We have reports of an accident eastbound 580 around flynn as you work your way through the Altamont Pass, a couple of cars tangled up. We are hearing maybe three and four lanes blocked as you work your way through there so the two right lanes may be shut down because of this accident. Delays on that eastbound side, westbound, though, the bubble of your delays coming out of tracy, as you work your way coming away from Mountain House and 205 it eases up a bit at the top of the pass and then stopandgo conditions right at 680 where you connect over to the dublin interchange. Drive times still looking okay, 15 minutes between the Altamont Pass and 680 and still pretty windy out there. They have kept the wind advisory for some of our bay bridge areas. Breaking news in vallejo where an overnight Apartment Fire claims the life of an infant. Kpix5 anne makovec is live at the scene with more on this tragic story. Reporter because this was a fatal fire, the whole area behind me is considered a crime scene. You can see significant damage when youre looking at the balcony and fire also spread partially to that second story unit next door, but it is the first apartment where that baby died overnightly. Check out the flames you can see in the window, around 11 30 last night. This is on kathy ellen drive here in vallejo. When firefighters got here they found that first apartment fully engulfed in flames. The flames spreading to the apartment next door, a couple and a 4yearold child were able to escape the first apartments but we know between the two apartments at least 13 people are homeless this morning. It took firefighters almost two hours to get this fire under control. Due to the fatality, theres a joint investigation being conducted by the Vallejo Fire Department and Vallejo Police department. The conclusion will be available at a later time. Reporter and investigators are really going to begin their work at first light. They have already just been in to do sort of a preliminary investigation in which they say it looks like the fire started toward the front of the apartment, which is the living roomkitchen area. Live in vallejo, anne makovec, kpix5. The man accused of killing two people and wounding a third in San Franciscos twin peaks area earlier this week will be in court today. 25yearold Richard Contreras will be arraigned in San Francisco for two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder. Police say he shot and killed 21yearold julio phrasea ferasa and 19yearold renee mora on valentines day. An 18yearold victim still being treated at a hospital with life threatening injuries. Contreras fled the scene in the stolen gmc. Is also is facing carjacking charges. The man accused of killing an offduty Richmond Police officer made his First Court Appearance on wednesday. Robert vega was only in court for a few minutes. He spent most of it looking at the victims daughter. The two have a 6yearold son together. Investigators say vega shot officer gus vegas last week over a domestic dispute. The Funeral Service for officer vega at friday at 10 00 a. M. At the richmond auditorium, the burial and reception private. Showdown between apple and the fbi continues dispied despite a federal judges ruling that apple must help fbi agents to break into a phone of a shooter. We are live outside apples headquarters with how apple customers are responding to apples position. Reporter it looks like apple got exactly what it wanted, a very public debate over privacy versus security and it looks like both sides of this issue are digging in their heels getting ready for a long legal battle. Yesterday dozens of apple supporters lined up outside in the rain in the downtown San Francisco stores to write thank you notes to the company and with stickers on their iphones that say i do not consent to the search of this device. The court order came on tuesday and by that night apples ceo tim cook called the demands chilling and said it could lead to the tech giant being forced to build Surveillance Software to intercept your messages or even access your phones microphone or camera without your knowledge. The fbi says they still havent been able to crack the iphone in question after two months of trying. Senator Diane Dianne Feinstein says if apple doesnt help she is prepared to put forward a law to make sure it does. The National Security of this country makes eloquent testimony as to why this should happen. Its a terrible precedent to set that any of our devices can have back doors that can be created for any number of purposes. And apple sources tell cbs news they are prepared to take this fight all the way to the supreme court. We are live in cupertino, kip doe, cbs 5. The group will be at the state capital urging lawmakers to pass a bill that forces drunk driving offenders to install ignition locks in their cars. They require drivers to blow into a breathalyzer in order to start their vehicles. Four california counties have a Pilot Program like this but the group wants to see it statewide. Tonight santa claras county Heritage Commission will discuss the fate of a cubed shaped tower in the santa cruz mountains. It was designed to detect enemy planes during the cold war. Now people hoping to save the five story tower say it should be designated as a landmark on heritage resource inventory. That could spare the tower from demolition currently planned by an open space agency. The democrats are making a final push in nevada which holds its democratic caucuses on saturday and new polling indicates a very tight race. Bernie sanders is hoping to build momentum following his win in last weeks New Hampshire primary. The polls all show that the race is too close to call. Both were on the ground in nevada ahead of the caucuses rallying their bases. Everything in my political gut tells me that we have the momentum here in this state. We are going to go out and we are going to convince people to caucus on saturday, then we are going onto South Carolina. All eyes will turn on South Carolina next. Both clinton and sanders are ramping up their push for minority voters there. Meanwhile some of the g. O. P. President ial candidates took to the stage in South Carolina at a town hall meeting on cnn last night. What we really need are people who know how to solve problems, not people who know how to talk. We are seeing an assault on religious liberty and we need a president who will stand up unambiguously and protect those values. Last 15 years of experience turning conservative ideas into conservative action. Donald trump appeared at a separate town hall on msnbc. I will have states that nobody ever thought of getting in terms of a republican. Trump has a sizable lead in the South Carolina polls. The states primary is on saturday. Time now is 5 10. A rally for Affordable Housing, exactly what activists will be asking for when they take to the streets of oakland today. And a mystery from the sky. A tarlike substance found on homes, cars and driveways too. Youre going to hear from the residents asking for some answers this morning. And its no mystery. We still have rain in the forecast. We still have some isolated thunderstorms and we have storm number 2. We will track it together. And that rain means some slick surfaces on the roadways so weve got a couple of accidents, especially one causing big delays in the Altamont Pass. Choose, choose, choose. But at bedtime . Why settle for this . Enter sleep number, and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. Sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. You like the bed soft. Hes more hardcore. So your sleep goes from good to great to wow only at a sleep number store. Right now save 50 on the ultimate limited edition bed. As the weather turns from do stormy. San francisco good morning. 5 13. It is thursday. Cloudy skies, scattered showers around sfo but so far no reports of any local airport delays there. Yesterday over 2 1 2 hour delays due to the wind. Ill talk about this current storm and storm number 2 coming up and how it will impact your thursday as the news continues. It is 5 13. As the weather turns from dry to stormy, San Francisco hopes its Homeless Population will seek shelter at pier 80. The temporary shelter there boasts 150 beds, costs the city 1. 5 million, but as of tuesday it was only at half capacity. Recent storms have city officials encouraging the homeless to check out the pier 80 site. They say it welcomes couples and pets and allows residents to store their belongings. Later this morning, a grand opening for an Affordable Housing develop in menlo park. Its called willo housing and its a combination of public and private projects for at risk veterans. The complex has 60 units on the edge of a va campus. The project is part of a federal initiative to make use of va property for veteran housing. In oakland theres also an event this morning related to Affordable Housing. Marry libby schaap and more than 100 people from east oakland are holding a rally. They want the state to honor a commitment to fund 500 affordable rental units at a waterfront apartment complex. It happens at 10 30 at the brooklyn based site near the oakland effect wary evident wary estuary. Yesterday fire officials came out to collect samples from outside several homes and the fire chief says its not bird droppings but its hard to tell exactly what it is. There was a concern that it was a flammable liquid and it wasnt. Its more of an ash type consistency that has a little bit of it seems to have an oily type consistency as well. Concerns. I dont know what it is. Dont know if its hazardous. Some of the locals think it could have come from an airplane since the International Guard base is nearby but the air base says there is no sign the substance came from any type of military aircraft. Very strange, though. Car wash business is doing well there. Mystery. 5 16. Get a check on the roads with gianna. We go straight to walnut creek, an eye on this accident involving three vehicles. One vehicle overturned. Two left lanes are blocked by fire crews. North 680 at i can 98 centsio i Ygnacio Valley roads. You might start seeing some delays as you work your way through there. Try to avoid the area if you can. Eastbound 580 at north flynn, we had a couple cars tangled up here. At one point the two right lanes blocked. Chp says all lanes are now clear. We still have a bit of slowand go conditions on that eastbound side as well as westbound, we are seeing some red on our sensor so that indicates speeds under 25 Miles Per Hour. So very slowandgo conditions as you work your way westbound 580 out of tracy this morning. Your drive time to get to 680, about 16 munns. Once you get to the top of Altamont Pass you are doing okay. A lot of volume on the roadway especially on the westbound side and slick surfaces out there so be careful. Eastbound 80 at highway 4, this accident in the clearing stages not blocking any lanes but its still stuck out there so maybe some spectator slowing working your way through there. High wind advisory stays in effect for the bay bridge so be careful across the span into San Francisco. 19 minutes east shore freeway. Looks like chp just cleared this accident northbound 87 near curtner avenue, right lane was blocked for quite a bit quite some time this morning, everything seems to now be cleared over to the right shoulder and the rest of the south bay off to a very good start this morning. No delays along highway 17, 85 or northbound 101 as you work your way out of san jose. 880 both directions near the coliseum, traffic is light. Drive time 60 minutes northbound 238 to the maze, no trouble there. Incredibly busy this morning, just turning 5 18. Weather watchers, everybody is up and checking in and they are talking about the rain. Lets see how much rain has fallen in many of our locations this morning. Looks like over half an inch to just about 7 10 of an inch of rain in santa rosa according to john miller. The air temperature is much cooler than 24 hours ago by a good 16 degrees in many of our locations and i really wanted to share this with you, 52 degrees so says george but what he observed this morning is right after midnight he said that he had some hail and thunder and lightning around 3 15. Thats notable, george because at 3 15 when you had that thunder and lightning, i actually took a photograph of some hail right here in San Francisco and you can go to our kpix Facebook Page and check that out. We have also been detecting lightning bolts within the past 10 minutes to the north around the willets area. Dont know if look at the lightning that just developed, right there. According to that cell thats moving towards Golden Gate Bridge, we are going to have to keep an eye on this because this is live radar. We have some hitandmiss scattered showers around the Bethel Island area. That just popped up so im concerned with that and we will try to keep a watchful eye on the lightning right here just off the San Francisco coast. A lot of this looks like its cloud to cloud lightning. If its cloudtoground lightning it can be very dangerous. Wind speeds right now up to 8 Miles Per Hour in hayward, 20 mileanhour winds in oakland, 8mileanhour winds in nevada. Obviously the winds are beginning to die down, but will blow today, 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. I took a look at the Golden Gate Bridge, i wanted to see the flag flying the direction of the wind. Pretty variable at this hour but still a blustery morning commute. Temperatures much cooler than it has been in the past 24 hours. This is the core, the center of low pressure, the front slid through yesterday during the evening commute. Now we see the wraparound moisture in and out of the rain showers all day long. You cant say its going to rain at a particular time. Its just going to pop up. This is a secondary front that will impact your friday afternoon into the evening commute. Modest amounts of rain associated with that as well and then clears out just in time for the weekend. More rain still will be noted, nearly 3 10 of an inch in pleasanton. Already seen over an inch in many of our north bay location, at least another 1 2 inch, 4 10 in San Francisco. 67 degrees at the state capital today, rain in monterey bay. We have had that winter storm warning in effect for the high sierra until noon. 2 feet of snow above 10,000 feet. Heavenly, go, be there but be safe driving. By the weekend in squaw its bluebird skies with nothing but sunshine. 60s, under 70 for our high today, a bit of a breeze up to 20, unsettled weather through friday and then we are talking back into the 70s by the beginning of next week. Have a great day. Coming up, are the warriors players worried about todays trade deadline and why spring training brings back some real nightmares for one new giant. His reaction straight ahead. You can email your nominato us at cool schools at kpix dotcom. We may come and whats cool a

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