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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM July 6, 2016

Freeways. Basically this is very close to the macarthur maze close to the oaklandemeryville border. The address is on 40th and san pablo but there are other road closures in the area, as well. Theres smoke pouring off the building blowing northeast right now towards berkeley and oakland. We have heard of evacuations but thats unconfirmed. No injuries reported yet. They will have to figure out the cause of the fire. This is one of those things a building under construction and the frame is up but theres a lot of open space in the middle of the building or the nonexisting building at that point so that turns things into a matchbox so thats what we saw here with this very fierce fire that continues to burn at this hour. Well keep you post the throughout the broadcast. Live in emeryville, anne makevoc, kpix 5. That video is amazing of that fire. I know that you saw it when you were driving on the highway and so did i when i calm out of the caldecott tunnel. You could see a huge fireball. Certainly drivers want to be careful. Keep your eyes on the road. When you see the red glow from miles away i waited until i got closer because i wasnt sure if it was a plane perhaps in oakland, you couldnt tell until you took the turn by macarthur. Its dangerous. I stopped and shot some video. Cars are just gathering you get that spectator slowing. A lot of people want to see whats happening. You could see the glow at one point. There are closures in effect. We are seeing some slightly slower speeds westbound. West macarthur boulevard on ramp to 580 is closed. You cannot access westbound 580 from macarthur boulevard. San pablo west of macarthur closed west of marketed. Well keep an eye on the directions towards the bay bridge. It will already be busy at the bay bridge in a halfhour. Our reporter anne makovec made a good point about the winds in the oakland and emeryville area up to 15 Miles Per Hour blowing smoke all around the bay area. This is our live weather camera towards the east bay at this time. Oakland 56 through emeryville. San francisco 54. Low 50s in santa rosa. Heres your wind speeds. Westsouthwest in oakland those winds have been variable so youre seeing that smoke and haze around the lining the lip of the bay actually at this particular time. 11mileperhour winds in san ramon. 7 napa. But 25 in the fairfield area. 10 in antioch. 14 in concord. Currently visibility down to 5 miles around the coast due to areas of low clouds and patchy fog and drizzle. 10 miles in the hayward area and also in napa, santa rosa at 7. Todays high 60 to 88. Your full forecast is coming up. A warming from police to drivers in south san jose. Be aware of flying bullets. Kpix 5s maria medina is live at a busy intersection where someone with a gun has been targeting cars. Reporter a scary situation, a close call for these drivers here on blossom hill road. The shootings happening between poughkeepsie right behind me and monterey right behind the camera. So far there have been four shootings, the first one happening in may, the latest happening this past saturday. All of them happened between 12 30 and 1 00 a. M. One man was grazed by a bullet. Another victim hit with shrapnel. We found one man who discovered his window shot out when he woke up one morning and heres what he says happened to him. My drives side window was shot out. Its a form of terrorism. They are going around town and terrorizing people and people in the car now . Thats just i would say its terrorism. Reporter so that shooting happened in march here on blossom hill road. He said several of his friends cars have been shot out in the area. Police say they have no idea where the bullets are coming from but they are stepping up patrols to find the person before it ends deadly. Live in san jose maria medina, kpix 5. New this morning, we are learning a South African judge has sentenced olympian Oscar Pistorius as he was gotten a 6 year sentence for murdering reeva steenkamp. He was convicted of manslaughter and it was changed to murder last september on appeal. He had faced 15 years. He made history back in 2012 by becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete in the olympics using prosthetics. Strong winds and curious birds wont make it easy but today caltrans removed another truss from the old bay bridge. In just more than an hour, crews kick off a complicated operation to take down the bridges fourth truss. Teams will lower the 504foot truss on to a barge and bring it to the port of oakland to be disassembled. Caltrans is so confident all will go well, they are Live Streaming it. Weather permitting, the project should conclude in a up conflict days. Tesla is tangled up in another selfdriving car crash. A model x had a wreck in pennsylvania. The two men inside survived after their ride hit a guardrail and rolled over. One day earlier the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a report about a crash in may involving a tesla model s. It was apparently on autopilot during that accident in florida. That drive who had even posted videos of his tesla on youtube was killed in the crash. It could be a sign of the times. It used to be if thieves wanted your car, needed a crowbar or a slim jim. But now, all they need is a laptop. This Youtube Video shows a man armed with a laptop getting into someones Jeep Wrangler sitting in the owners driveway. Police say the thief was disabling the alarms flashing lights and enabling the ignition with his computer. An auto theft officer says he believes the thief was tapping into the cars computer and marrying it with a key he may have already had with mim to start the car and drive away. Make sure theres nothing important in there for me so that if its stolen or something isnt there thats stolen its replaceable. The National Insurance crime bureau says they are seeing more reports of this type of car theft and believe this is the new way to steal a car. One of the bay areas most scenic highways is a death trap for wildlife. According to a sierra club study, 280 between san jose and San Francisco is one of the deadliest stretches for animals in the state. It cuts through the heart of the Crystal Springs watershed habitat to a variety of wildlife. Last year, of the 700,000 traffic crashes, 6,000 involved animals. Newer highways are built with wildlife migration patterns in mind with undercrossings. A group of parents opposed to the new vaccine law is filing a lawsuit. The law requires all schoolchildren to get vaccines. It went into effect on friday. The group wants the law overturned saying it violates the childrens right to an education guaranteed under californias constitution. Governor brown signed the measure saying vaccines protect children from infectious diseases. The group is asking for a judge to suspend the law while the suit plays out. A report due out today shows there are still profound deficiencies in veteran healthcare. The report comes from the commission on care which was formed by congress after the scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking healthcare. The report shows Veterans Affairs provides quality healthcare varying from one side site to the next and the operations require urgent reform. 5 09. A 4yearold girl nearly kidnapped as her mother stands nearby. The terrible drama unfolding on Surveillance Video. More on the catching of the suspect. Next well introduce you to the 11yearold who took a tour and turned it into a business. Its a cool down but not only here. Across the entire state. But this will not be the coolest day of the workweek. Delays due to a fire in emeryville. Details coming up. upbeat music [voiceover] you are San Francisco. Weve been with you from the beginning. Weve seen each other through good times and bad. Wrap sickness and health. Were with you San Francisco, and you bring out the best in us. Care. Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and trauma center. Its a parentss nightmare. Police say a Southern California woman was shopping in a store when a man snuck up behind her and snatched her 4 yearold daughter. It was caught on camera. Good samaritans jumped in to help. Reporter a young mother came into a Cell Phone Store with an infant while her 4year old played with the candy machine. The stores owner said she noticed a strange man in a parking lot. She said the man was looking at her. Reporter he followed her and grabbed the girl by the arm. The mom ran after him. She was screaming and crying and she couldnt believe it. Reporter the mom and another customer ran out and the managed to break free clinging to her mothers leg. She was crying. She wasnt screaming. She was really terrified. Reporter craig battles was cutting hair next door and ran out when he heard the commotion. So when he ran, we all like me, my clients, couple people was waiting we all ran around to see what was going on. Reporter the man then sat in traffic. I saw him sit down in the middle of the street and, like, laugh and then he got up and started running again. Witnesses say thats when people nearby tackled him and held him until police came. Police say the suspected identified as terry ransom was then arrested. The store owner and his wife have a 6yearold and say this is has reminded them to always be on alert. Knowing it could have been my daughter if i brought her to work with me. There were no injuries. Jennifer lopez and hamiltons Linmanuel Miranda are producing a song to honor the 49 People Killed at an orlando nightclub last month. [ music ] this is the sneak preview of love makes the world go around on youtube. Theres no relief date. It will provide Mental Health services for the survivors. Binge watching cw shows will be easier without a long wait. A new deal with netflix allows customers to view full seasons of current shows and future shows on netflix eight days after the Season Finale of the show. Thats good news for netflix but the new licensing deal put an end to the cws deal with hulu which allowed them to be aired the next day. Crissy may have been a swimsuit model but she didnt wear them. Neither she nor her husband can swim. Now both parents plan to learn as part of being good parents. You feel relieved that you know that now . Maybe one day they will be able to surf, too, right . Nap chat is catching on with a snapchat is catching on with adults. Those between 25 to 34 used snapchat, doubled from less than two years ago. Theres 5 more users over the age of 35. Experts say the increase in adult users has not made the app less popular with its core user base. Were you just talking about you were just talking about snapchat the other day. We havent downloaded it yet. Yet. Youre right. I was talking about it the other day because my friend had it and my daughter loves it. The animal faces. And the dog faces with the tongue and i just dont want it because i think its gianna, i think its too addict, right . Im on it. [ laughter ] yeah. My nieces and nephews are kind of teens and they are like get on snapchat. Its fun. Its actually fun. But snapchat, instagram, facebook, twitter, i cant keep up its too much. On the roads this morning towards the bay bridge we are keeping an eye on your commute especially through the maze. We have a fire burning in emeryville, five alarms. Anne makovec will have more information from the scene. It is causing closures and slower speeds westbound 580 because it is visible from the freeway. Right now the bay bridge is still moving. Traffic isnt doing too badly as you work through there. Its 5 17. Metering lights go on around 5 30 typically so lets check conditions east of there. If you are heading towards the bay bridge heads up there are some closures now in place. That may affect your access to 580. Westbound macarthur boulevard onramp to westbound 580 is closed due to the fire. Macarthur is closed west of market and san pablo avenue north of west macarthur also completely shut down. So speeds start to slow down through the area. Spectator slowing as you work your way through there. So keep that in mind. The rest of the bay area quiet. No major accidents or problems right now. Heres a live look at 880 past the coliseum and traffic is moving well. Northbound 238 to the maze, 16 minutes. I know no southbound side delays. But slightly slower speeds on the eastbound side of 92 towards 880. Checked in with chp no word of problems. Might be construction through there but just keep it in mind if you are commuting from foster city towards hayward. Right now though, the commute direction which is hayward towards foster city, you dont have any troubles across the span. 13 minutes between 880 and 101. Roberta, are you on snapchat . Go to my Facebook Page, look monday at june 27. See if im on snapchat. You will see me looking like a dog [ laughter ] its true. Out the door on this wednesday, we have thin overcast skies over the bay bridge. This marine layer is not as expansive or as deep as 24 hours ago. But nonetheless its spreading across the area. We are now at 54 in San Francisco. Low 50s in santa rosa. I have been trying to keep on top of the winds in the oakland area. When i was out there this morning shot a little video i was amazed by the smell. The smoke smell from that burning fire out of control right now in the emeryville area is more like an electrical smell or burning brakes so all this wind is 15 westsouthwest so you will probably smell that smoke and that particular electrical smell in throughout the berkeley area and now drifting into alameda, as well. 7mileperhour winds in napa. 25 in the fairfield area. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s in the north bay. Los altos 50s. Clouds at the coast today but again we should see a little bit of clearing along the immediate seashore. Its just not as deep as it has been in recent mornings. Its about 2,000 feet high right now. A deeper marine layer will occur as this area of low pressure continues to sag to the south enhancing our marine layer daily bringing down our temperatures. Heres your lunch hour, clouds lingering around moss, montara beaches also the pacifica area. We have all the way through thursday the marine layer extending a little bit further inland each day. You will see it in the seven day forecast, the cooling trend. Around the state numbers coming down as well as. 76 in the high sierra. 5 54 sunset. 70s around the bay today. Extended forecast calls for a cooling trend saturday. 80 at best inland. Make it a great hump day. In knoxville, an 11year old boy wanted one thing and one thing only, a cell phone. Thats right. But his dad said his only shot was to work for it. So the boy put his mind to mowing some lawns. Thank you for your business. Thats right. Isaiah sawyer uses his best manners when he talks to customers at his own lawn mowing company. To earn the phone he pulls weeds from driveways and sidewalks. And he makes sure to mow front and backyards to perfection. Isaiah says he started his own business for a practical reason. But his dad says the move will teach him some lifelong lessons. I wanted to start it myself because, like, you cant really hire a 11yearold. He works for something and he earns it himself he was going to appreciate it even more. And by summers end isaiah will even have some extra pocket change because he says that just one day of work scored him enough money for his cell phone and he can also download snapchat now. Good for isaiah. Well be right back. Lois pricese. [ifrom Grocery Outlet. Hi, its. The rest of us hey there. Hi hey. Loifor over 60 years now, Grocery Outlet has been selling the brands you know and love, for up to 60 less than what youd pay at Traditional Grocery stores. And check this out. Lois weve got meats and produce, naturals and organics, at prices thatll make you wanna sing. Good thing weve got a really catchy theme song. Hit it Grocery Outlet bargain market bargain market. Now its stuck in my head. Good morning, everybody. Good a lot good news bad news for you for this sports segments. First giants catcher buster posey selected to be the starting nl catcher for the aall star game. Third time he is elected a starter fourth appearance overall. He will be joined by Madison Bumgarner and johnny cueto, brandon belt among the fan vote finalists for a vacant all star roster spot. The as will be represented by catcher steve vogt. Madison bumgarner night ruined last night against colorado. Looked good here a run scoring off brandon belts single in the first. 10. Then 20 after 6 when bumgarner left but that 7th inning, man whoo cory geren gave up a twohour two strike threerun bomb from the dangerous nolan arenado. 17 blown leads given up by the giants bullpen. Colorado won 73. Look at the elephants was night in minneapolis. Threehour delay. As at the twins. Twins 51 in the fifth. Keppler extended it. Second backtoback big flies off as sean menaea. Twins routed this one, 114. The as have lost five of six. Thats sports at this hour. Hey, in tennis, how about the williams sisters in the semifinals. Venus and serena. Back are more later on. Someone is using cars as target practice in san jose. The busy intersections where the shootings are taking place. I just picked us up 2 breakfast croissants for 4, when this bear attacked. With one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. Then jack showed up, and took care of the beast, so i could escape. And thats what happened to your breakfast croissant. And yours . It survived. Enjoy freshly cracked egg with ham and bacon. Or sausage. Two tasty croissants at an even tastier 4 price. Its a deal youll devour. By finding a policy to fit your budget. [ coughs ] sorry, tickle in my throat water would be nice, but that would go right through me. Ghost problems. Protests after police shoot a man multiple times in the back and kill him. Plus, the search for a suspect shooting at cars and drivers in san jose. Good morning. Today will be cooler but not the coolest day this week. Delays building at the bay bridge. Plus a close eye on the drive through the maze. Details coming up. Good morning, its wednesday, july 6. Im how long. And im kenny choi. Im michelle griego. And im kenny choi. Breaking news in emeryville where crews are fighting a five alarm five at a building under construction. Kpix 5s anne makovec reports

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