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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm January 22, 2014

Enforcement organization within the state of california. So they are allowed to do probation searches. They were trying to track down a suspect they believe were behind several robberies on b. A. R. T trains in recent months. Delay were doing this with assist from dublin pd. Dublin pd was stationed out front when the shooting happened. All right andrea, thank you very much. We were just seeing copter 5 pictures of officers lined up there at the hospital in honor of the officer who died. This is the first b. A. R. T officer killed in the line of duty. Some 1500 officers have been killed on the job in california. We couldnt find information on socalled friendly fire deaths. But according to the officer down memorial page 35 of those deaths are listed as accidental gunfire. We will continue to bring you information on todays shooting as we gyttjas in other news now, with atense standoff in san jose ending with a suspect surrendering to police, police say a man attacked police say a man attacked two people around 8 30 this morning and then took off running and barricaded himself in a nearby apartment. S. W. A. T. Officers surrounded the building and evacuated everyone inside. The suspect surrendered about four hours later. New details on a suspect shot to death by chp after a high speed chase in oakland. He is identified as a 19year old. Police spotted him driving a bmw without plates on 580. When the suspect didnt pull over, police started chase canning him through city streets. He eventually crashed into to parked cars. Officers fired at the suspect when he came out waving a gun. The draught emergency has been called, and now the dominoes are falling. The first bay area counties joining the governor in pleading for cutbacks. Marin county has already tapped into its reserve water supply for the first time in two decades. Kpix5s don knapp live where people are used to hearing the call to conserve. Don. Reporter thats right. Here in marin county the water supply is always an issue. And conservation is business as usual. People are taking it in stride. Most of the water marin county uses comes directly from runoff. Without rain, runoff quickly runs out. The Water District is calling for conservation. Our reservoirs are about 55 of capacity. Average for the state is closer to 80 . So we are asking people to conserve water. That is, cut water use by 20 . Not easy in a county where water saving landscape is the norm and folks deal with draught every few years. This was our lawn. We got rid of the lawn when the draught came and put all concrete in and did little planners here and there. So you really conserve water a lot. We try to, yeah. Now they are going to ask you to cut back 20 more. We all have to pitch in and do it. Were out of water, were out of water. Today, marin residents use 126 gallons per person per day, about the lowest in the bay area. Even before the governor called for conservation, marin county decided to tap into its reserves. With conservation, marins water could last two years, maybe more. Without it, they could be facing mandatory cutbacks as soon as as april. This resident learned to conserve water. Take short showers. Dont take bats. And you cut back on irrigation. That is a third of typical marin county water use there. The Water District says a third of customers have leaks they dont even know about. If people could find these leaks and repair them, that may well be their 20 right there. Marin may pay some customers who save. 100 for folks who buy water saving toilets and washing machines. Reporter mandatory cutbacks kick in when the water supply drops back to 40,000acre feet. Without rain that is not far to go. Reporting live in marin county, don knapp, kpix5. Governor brown has urged everyone in the state to voluntarily cut back on their water use by 20 . In contrast, another blast of Winter Weather is leaving the midwest in the east coast in an icebox. It is making commuting an absolute nightmare. Check this out. This snowed over stretch of interstate and indiana, officials temporarily shut down i65 for 60 miles because of icy conditionings and several accidents. Conditions. Traffic was backed up for miles. The cold air triggered lake effect snow in chicago. That is when cold air interacts with relatively warm water with lake michigan. The city picked up so inches. Move east now. The storm virtually shut down washington, d. C. The federal government was closed as people there prepared for as much as 8 inches of snow. As you might guess, plenty of travel trouble at east coast airports. Nationwide, airlines canceled about 3,000 flights today. More than a thousand flights have already been grounded tomorrow. San Francisco International is reporting 60 flight cancellations. So far, no flights have been canceled out of oakland or san jose. Meteorologist paul deanno is tracking the storm. Paul, how long is this deep freeze supposed to last . Reporter first comes the snow, then cold. It will be a couple days before they get back to normal. Pick your poison. Do you juan want a draught or snow warnings . I am talking from portland, maine, boston, philadelphia, washington, d. C. , everybody picking up at least a half foot of snow with highs today 4 for minneapolis. New york city, 21. Sat lake city, 37. Look at the contrast. 60s and 70s here in california, but thats randy page problem for us because we have been dry. When the winds pick up tomorrow night we have a potential for exstream fire danger. A fire weather watch has already extreme fire dirk. We will talk about how long this dry weather stick around and if there is any chance of rainfall. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Paul, thank you. Once again, we want to go live to chopper 5 over in cup linda dublin where a b. A. R. T Police Officer was shot in the line of duty today. The officers there have lined up in his honor. I believe you can see them saluting as they are about to or they gist have loaded the casket into the body into the coroners van. This happened this afternoon. A b. A. R. T officer killed in the line of dutiful we did confirm he was accidentally shot by a fellow officer. It happened during a probation search at an apartment complex in dublin this afternoon. As soon as we get more details, we will bring them to you. All right. We will continue to follow coverage of the b. A. R. T officer shooting. It is about to make riding b. A. R. T a whole lot easier. Our first look at a b. A. R. T car unlike any other. What it husband in common with San Franciscos has in common with San Franciscos cable cars. The 49ers are saying good bye to candle stick park. Now, we are getting a first look at its future. Shops and an entertainment venue. I realized it was a car. I said hello, how do you do. I am the guy you hit on the bicycle. He says the driver kept on going after he hit him. Hear from the bicyclist who survived this bizarre hit and run. , like. Without candlestick park. The Company Selected develop both candlestick and rd released s. We are getting our first look at what candle stick point will look like without candle stick park. They released a video showing what is in store for the more than 700acres. We said bye bye baby. The mad house at candle stick. We relived the catch. We even managed to conjure up a stadium feel the fans love to hate. Now it is time to pull back the curtain and see whats coming to candle stick point. I think well get the building some time between august and october of this year. So some time between october of this year and february of next year that building will be coming down. Delay released this 03 second video to give us some idea of how candle stick and Hunters Point will transform over the next decade. Into retail office, residential and open space. It will be parks, housing. There will be housing for variety of different incomes and family styles, retail and neighborhood amenities. A bike trail. I think it will be a very fabulous addition to the city. There is more than 700acres included in this twopart development, which includes both candle stick and Hunters Shipyard next door. 100acres will be parks and open space. Almost a million square feet will be developed into retail and office space. And, there are plans for 76,000 home 6,000 homes. You haved a market rates, below market rates. This type of a mixed income community. Thats the direction were trying to go in. Now, how long it takes to demolish candle stick park depends on how they take it down. Whether they knock it down or blow it up depends on what they find there when they start poking around for the environmental studies. To see the entire video log on to kpix. Com. Cover california is reporting a surge in demand of enrollments in latinos and younger people still lagging. So far about 625,000 people have signed up for a plan under covered california. Only about a quarter of those are in the 18 to 34yearold group. Only about 30 of enrollees selfidentified as lamborghinity no. A cyclist plows through a car then gets stuck in the windshield. Its what the driver does next that makes this story so crazy. ,,,,,,z escorting the body of a bart officer killed today i were bringing you live pictures right now. A b. A. R. T officer killed in the line of due i shot by a fellow officer. This happening just after 1 00 in dublin during a probation search. As you can see, the motorcade right now is following along. They were just at the Medical Center where the officer was pronounced dead about an hour ago. Just a short time before this, this was at the hospital there. The honor guard comprised of Law Enforcement agencies, mostly alameda county. A sheriff there standing in salute as the body brought out with the American Flag drapped over it. Very emotional day for Police Officers. B. A. R. T in particular, despite the trouble they have gone through with the agency. Were told this is the first officerinvolved shooting death for b. A. R. T in its history. We will continue to follow this and have more information coming up at 6 00. New rat 5 00, the mta just passed a Pilot Program to continue letting rival shuttle buses use their stops in San Francisco. But dozens of protesters say they are not happy about it. Protesters crowded San Francisco streets stopping two private shuttles from heading down the peninsula. Muni says they are allowed. The shuttle says delay will just have to pay a dollar for every stop. How is it for two years these buses have been able to get the a free ride on our muni bus stops. I pay 1. 50. So i think 1 is not enough. By law, muni can only recoup cost and not make additional money. The program is set to start in july of this year. Some people say oaklands airport cant compete. They say it cant because it doesnt have a direct connection from b. A. R. T. Ed to, we got a look at the new Oakland Airport connector that will run from the b. A. R. T coliseum station directly to the airport. John ramos shows us inside the improved b. A. R. T technology. Its always been a bit of a pain to get to Oakland International airport. You either have to drive or be dropped off or wait for a bus at the nearest b. A. R. T station about three miles away. But that is alls about is about to change. This is the new b. A. R. T airport connector car. In here people will take a journey to just outside the airport terminal. It will take about nine minutes. Doesnt tripped to can take you between to and 25 when traffic is good. The new cars may look like b. A. R. T trains, but they actually sit on axles. They are out fitted with rubber tires and pulled by long, steel cables much like those that power San Franciscos cable cars. But there is one big difference. Those vehicles have an operator that actually grab and releases the cables. This has grip mechanisms that will be done automatic. Thats right. There is no operator on this car. And, during quiet times, if there are no cars at the station, travelers can push a button to call for a car and press this button to begin their trip. This is very hightech. Which it has to be to be an out mated system. The airport automated system. There has been conciser its 484 million price tag. But those who have pushed for it insist an out dated system is not an option in a competitive environment. This project is for the future. Having p excellent Transportation Systems is paramount. In the bay area, that means being connected to b. A. R. T. In oakland, john ramos, kpix5. B. A. R. T says the system still needs a lot of type tuning, but they expect it to Begin Operating this ball. The bus fair is 3 now. They havent announced how much it will cost to ride the new system. A san jose burglary suspect was arrested after police found him hiding in an elevator shaft. An Alarm Company alerted police about a problem around 2 00 this morning. Dozens of police moved in surrounding this strip mall. Officers say the suspect broke in through the roof of the building. The suspect escaped with a pretty good haul. Here is a look at what police found on him. Buff he didnt get too far. Officers found him hiding in a very small space in an elevator shaft. Determined he was on top of the elevator. How did you get him out . That was the hard part. We needed to force open the elevators and convince him to come down. Police think he was the only suspect involved. He was treated for some minor injuries after being cramped in the elevator. Well, bigtime surfers are on yellow alert. That means the maverick surf contest could happen any time. Organizers say it is a good chance it will take place this friday. Strong swells have been breaking on the coast in the recent days, anyway. Waves are expected to get even bigger by the end of the week. Will that be a storm, because i have kind of forgotten . Reporter thursday, friday, looks like the surf will kick up. Ready to go. So we saw the east coast. Quite a contrast from what we have going on here. Reporter they are saying i love your weather. Were saying, i love your rain. It is the haves and have notes this winter. We certainly are the have notes when it comes to rainfall. Back east, they would be having the worst. Here is live look outside. Cooling off a bit at the coast. A light on shore flow bringing in a little bit of a marine layer. 60s tomorrow. Temperatures outside are currently upper 60s for concord and oakland. 63234 livermore. San Francisco Holding steady at 65. More records broken today. We are going to shatter the all time warmest january, at least when it comes to high temperature. In livermore, the trivalley, you average a high in january 57 degrees. This january, your average high is 67 degrees. Not one, two, or three degrees governor mall. Sodegrees above average. And you will be there again tomorrow and the next day and the next day. Mid 30s away from the water including livermore tonight. Fairfield 36. Freemont, 40. Vallejo tomorrow morning 42 degrees. Satellite review, still there. Hasnt moved. Three storms are close by. Low pressure to oracit. Some showers actually in mexico but not making it here. Blocked by the ridge. Storm moving into brit i believe columbia. Shoved up north by the ridge. Big time storm due west of here, but that remember sent to north by the ridge. So we will go 0 for 3. The ridge is blocking anything from getting anywhere closetous. The pattern is still stuck. You will stay dry for at least the next seven to 10 days. It does look like we will see that ridge move out and storms have the opportunity to move in. When that happens, the date likely will be february. Because we are going to do 0 for the rest of january. Only so days left. Likely, this will be the driest january we have ever had in the bay area with. 3 of an inch of rainfall. Nice. Fire danger goes up thursday and friday as the winds increase. Rough surf. Good news for mavericks on thursday and friday. Watch out if youre going to the water yourself. San jose, another day close to 70. Pacifica, 64. A little cooler at the coast. Walnut creek, san ramon, livermore with 70s. Oakland schism same story for piedmont oakland, same story for piedmont. I would love to show you the 7 day forecast saying there is rain. We are not there yet. So just about everyday for the next week we will be up near 70 with sunshine. Its such nice weather the get outside, looking at one day independently. Put them all together, we got a problem. Thanks, paul. It was a bike ride like no other for a wisconsin Newspaper Delivery man. Steven gore found himself lodged into a car windshield whats worse, the 2yearold driver kept going. He says the Driver Department notice him until he stopped the car in front of his home. When he saw me hitting in his car, he said who are you . What are you doing in there . I said im the guy you hit. The suspect was arrested for failure to render aid. He posted bail after spending the night in jail. All right. The first lady showing off her hidden talent. You see that . With the miami heat. Oh. [boy] mom ughs] [mom] yes . [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa. [mom] youve got two left feet,boo. Reporter talking while mich photobombs. During a visit to the white house last week the first ly First Lady Michelle Obama showed off her dunking skills. She photo bombed the miami heat. Eating the right food can help make you a better athlete. The first lady dunks a basketball on lebron james. A few other teammates and the head coach were being interviewed. The team stopped by the white house to film a new commercial for mrs. Obama lets move initiative that focuses on reduce childhood obesity. Then they all enjoyed an apple. They did. Now for a look at whats ahead on the cbs evening news. We have scott pelly in new york. Scott. 75 million americans are in the path of a winter blast that stretches a thousand miles. We will look at whats next tonight on the cbs evening news. Good. Good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. 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