Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm 20140613 : vimarsana

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm 20140613

Involved is unnamed but appealed the universitys finding that he is responsible for this sexual assault. He says he didnt do it. Reporting live at stanford, len ramirez, kpix 5. The case is gaining National Attention on social media. Stand with leah is trending. This summer a Student Task Force is expected to issue a new set of proposals for dealing with sexual assaults. 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick wont face charges for an incident at a miami hotel. I woman called police after a night of partying with kaepernick and two other nfl players in april. She said he came into her bedroom and said the next thing she knew, she was in the hospital. But tests revealed no indication of sexual assault. Prosecutors also said when the woman started to act strangely that night, kaepernick texted a friend saying, quote, im leaving right now. Im terrified. And that when police arrived, she started screaming incoherently about jesus and devils. New at 5 00 a little dog snatched right out of its own backyard in a brazen coyote attack. Coyote sightings are common in pacifica. But the attack near lincoln boulevard and park pacific avenue was Something Police havent seen before. Kpix 5s brian webb joining us from pacifica with that warning from authorities tonight. Brian. Reporter and police call it the most daring and aggressive attacks they can think of by a coyote and the People Living up in these hills tell me between the coyotes, the racoons and bobcats, its kind of like living on the edge of the wild kingdom. In pacifica where hillside homes meet wooded wilderness, humans and animals are bound to cross paths sooner or later. It is scary. Reporter can think had a runin with a coyote while cathy had a runin with a coyote while taking out the trash tuesday night. Our dog was with me and all of a sudden acting very much strange and on guard. Reporter the next morning in broad daylight, Pacifica Police say a coyote hopped a fence, grabbed a chihauhau and took off with it never to be seen again. The entire incident witnessed by the dogs owner from inside the home. Pacifica police call it the most aggressive case they have heard of. Neighbors tell me it comes with the territory. Coyotes and Mountain Lions we are not worried about it. Our dogs are bigger than the coyotes. Reporter the attack prompted Pacifica Police to put out a warning, watch small pets, dont feed wild animals, and remove water, pet food and garbage from outdoors. Its definitely concerning i think for any size dog or the people. Reporter in cathys case, her dog saved the day chasing the coyote into the darkness. But smaller dogs living in these hills have not always been so lucky. So the coyotes drawn into these neighborhoods by all the deer running in and out of there looking for an easy lunch but apparently, not afraid to stray from the menu when they see other small animals. Live in pacifica, brian webb, kpix 5. New details on the Mountain Lion that caused a frenzy in Mountain View last month. Experts say the male cougar spent nine hours nine hours hiding behind a hedge on the street. He was finally cornered in a locked garage and tranquilized. Researchers had been tracking it with gps. They say data shows the animal apparently took a wrong turn and want looking to attack humans. 7 people have been arrested for pistol whipping and robbing a bicyclist in the east bay. Police say it happened yesterday on a path near the el cerrito bart station. The attackers got 75 and the victims drivers license and credit cards. Police rounded up two adults and five teenagers a short time after the attack. Scorched hillsides are left behind after a wildfire in marin county. Chopper 5 found crews mopping up after a 35acre fire in Samuel Taylor state park. No injuries, no buildings threatened. And the cause of the fire is under investigation. And fire crews are on alert in livermore in case there are any more suspicious grassfires. There were two yesterday in sunset park, one of them spreading to four acres. Those fires happened two days after a teenager was arrested on suspicion of causing 8 other fires over the past month. A man is in custody after an eighthour standoff as a house in San Franciscos Visitacion Valley. 37yearold joseph solis surrendered after a Domestic Violence incident in a home in excelsior district last night. The suspect ran to a home in the Visitacion Valley neighborhood. Police believe the gunmans two children were in the home but were uninjured when he surrendered. The crisis in iraq is getting worse as islamic militants push deeper into the country. The militant group has already taken over several cities in the north and is planning to aim at baghdad. Americans are being evacuated from a major iraqi airbase an hour north of the capital. Islamic insurgents are taking their fight toward the iraqi capital. I think its just a matter of time before baghdad becomes the central theater of battle. Reporter the sunni militant group known as the Islamic State of iraq and syria has already captured key sunni areas and is vowing to confront the shiite led government in baghdad. There are 100 miles from baghdad and whats the president doing . Taking a nap reporter president obama says his National Security team has been closely monitoring the insurgent threat for several months now and is considering a request from the Iraqi Government to call in u. S. Airstrikes. My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. Reporter Vice President joe biden called iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Almaliki thursday and said the u. S. Is prepared to step up its security support to the government forces. But some senators walking out of a classified briefing said the Prime Minister is part of the problem. I think it clearly shows that the Prime Minister was unable to make any accommodations with sunnis and now the most violent of sunni extremist groups has grabbed hold of the situation and are on a march to baghdad. Reporter in baghdad, volunteers are flocking to Recruitment Centers to help protect the city. The militants belong to the Islamic State of iraq and syria or isis. The group began as an al qaeda affiliate and is trying to establish a state based on islamic law. The reports say the group is so extreme that al qaeda disowned it potentially making them more dangerous than al qaeda itself Bowe Bergdahl is due back in the United States tomorrow. The Army Sergeant was released by the taliban a couple of weeks ago after being held captive for five years. He has been recovering in germany. But he will now be getting his care at an Army Medical Center in texas. Bergdahl may be reunited with his family when he arrives. A gas station inferno a man narrowly escapes death the intense moment he ran right back into the flames. All eyes were on this iron man armor at the world cup. Tonight the Bay Area Team hoping to achieve the impossible with its own bionic suit. It is a breezy and cooler day throughout the bay area. We are live tonight in martinez. Ill have your forecast coming up. And if you love the game of bocce, im standing on sacred soil. Find out why and why these courts are going to be mobbed soon coming up. And did jurors have blood on their hands . The courtroom mistake that ended with a mans murder. ,,,, york the man standing nex you have to check this amazing video. Wow a car slammed into a gas pump in white plains, new york. The man standing next to it then runs to safety. He actually is an offduty police officer. He goes back to save the driver from the car, pulling him out just second before it explodes both men amazingly are okay. Police believe the driver crashed after going into a diabetic shock. A bay area county is launching a Fireworks Safety campaign ahead of the 4th of july celebrations. In addition to the usual reminder about the dangers of illegal fireworks, Santa Clara County supervisors are pointing out the risk of fire is greater this year because of the very dry conditions. More than ever, that has become an issue of great peril to this community, great danger to this community. Again, in both respects, whether youre talking about a dry grassland like this which make up such a huge portion of our county the county has set aside 20,000 for the safety campaign. More than 30,000 bart riders have weighed in on the design of barts new train cars. Now they will get to test them out. The bart board voted today to build 2 different train car interiors. They have bike racks for more room, floortoceiling poles give passengers something extra to hold on to, they have wider pathways for wheelchairs, too. Ten pilot trains will be tested beginning a year from now and then more cars will be built. Also today, the bart board set a 6 fare for the unfinished link to the oakland airport. Tens of thousands of patients had their xray records stolen from a santa rosa facility. The information was on a thumb drive that was taken during a burglary at redwood Regional Medical groups old office. It does have some personal information of more than 33,000 patients. However, apparently it doesnt include Social Security numbers, nor any financial information. But all patients affected will be receiving letters. Pretty cool way to kick off the world cup. The Bay Area Team hoping to change lives with their own bionic fist. And a bay area woman won a Million Dollars but theres something you may not know about those scratcher games. Why the prize may be gone before you even play. ,, bulldog [yawning] its finally morning i cant wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempurpedic bonus event ends sunday. Ill have first pick from the huge selection of tempurpedic mattresses. Then, ill get to choose 300 in pillows, sheets, and other free gifts. On top of that, up to 48 months interestfree financing. Hurry mattress discounters tempurpedic bonus event ends sunday. Mmm, some alarm clock you turned out to be. Mattress discounters safeway understands you got to make every dollar count these days. Thats why they have lots of ways for you to save. Real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. This week, sweet and juicy prima peaches are just . 99 a pound. Tender ranchers reserve ribeye steak is only 6. 99 a pound. And arrowhead water is just 3. 33 a case. Theres more savings to love. At safeway. Ingredients for life. Leandro police now tell ed in a stan back to breaking news in san leandro. Police tell us they are involved in a standoff and believe a suspect is barricaded inside the home. You can see chopper 5 zooming in on the home right now. There is a shelter in place at washington avenue and castro street. The man is wanted for violent crimes. And police and s. W. A. T. Teams are on scene as we speak. This is the world cup kicking off today in sao paulo, brazil. Chaos in the streets protestors facing off with riot police blocking the main road that leads to the stadium. Demonstrators furious at the brazilian government for spending 11 billion on the world cup. They contend the money should have gone toward lowincome housing, hospitals and schools. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protestors as they chanted, there wont be a cup a cnn crew got caught up in the protest. Looks like protestors want to get moving and theres some pushing back as you can see, got to go reporter Shasta Darlington and her crew suffered minor cuts and bruises. Brazil beat croatia 31 in the first world cup game this afternoon. It may be the most amazing kickoff the entire world cup happened right before the first game even started. Before a crowd of 250 million tv viewers, a paraplegic brazilian man walked on the field and kicked a soccer ball at the opening ceremonies using a specially designed exoskeleton and ryan takeo tells us a more accessible version is being developed right here in the bay area. Reporter Steven Sanchez has been getting around this way ever since he injured his spinal cord in a bmx bike accident 10 years ago. I was laying there for a little while thinking maybe it will just go away like your legs were asleep. Nope. Reporter now he has a new way to move. The test pilot for their exoskeleton project. Reporter last week he played soccer. It includes a computer. Reporter ucberkeley professor runs the project. The exoskeleton is different from the bionics suit in brazil. Brainwaves control that one. That would be useful for someone who doesnt have control of their hands. The controllers that assign and command on this advice are on the crutches. Reporter the one in berkeley uses hand controls. Its creators tout the target price 20,000. Steven says thats cheap. The majority are all really expensive, you know, nobody can just say, hey, im going to buy one today and start walking around. Its not about playing soccer or being able to walk. Its just about being independent. Reporter it allowed steven to embrace something he didnt do for a decade. It was the First Time Since the injury that i was able to hug my parents standing up, not have the wheelchair surrounding me and i was that was probably the biggest like, you know, emotional like whoa, this is real. Reporter the team at uc berkeley wants to make sure tens of thousands like steven can do what not so long ago was impossible. In berkeley, ryan takeo, kpix 5. The ucberkeley researchers formed a company to make the suits and plan on selling them early next year. A bizarre story out of fresno. It ended with a burglary defendant dead after a jurys mistake. Judge cant hamlin ordered the defendant freed. That was after the jury mistakenly signed a not guilty form. The jurors had actually voted to convict him. 37yearold Bobby Lee Pearson was released from jail and went straight to his sisters house. However, a few hours later he was killed in a fight with his sisters boyfriend. Now the boyfriend has been arrested for murder. The ruby dee the acclaimed actress and civil rights activist has died. Dee frequently performed with her husband ossie davis. The company was the couple was also known for their fight for civil rights. They served as emcees for the historic 1963 march on washington. That was when Martin Luther king, jr. Delivered his i have a dream speech. Ruby dee died at her home outside of new york city. She was surrounded by her family. She was 91. Ever wonder how facebook comes up with those personalized ads on your feed . Well, tonight the social network is opening up and giving you some control. They are going to serve ads to you no matter what. The point of view here is that you might have a little stay over the kinds of ads that youre seeing and youre not seeing. Facebook put out a video explain its ad features not only will you understand why youre seeing certain ads but you can tell facebook what types of marketing messages you would rather see. The changes will roll out in the next couple of weeks. Starbucks opened its first restaurant today in los angeles. The coffee giant acquired la boulange back in 2012. Now its transforming the San Franciscobased bakery into an allday cafe. The menu includes sandwiches, burgers, beer and wine and, of course, coffee. Paul deanno live with mobile weather in martinez and a bocce Ball Tournament is in your future. Or maybe present. Im not sure. Reporter its soon going to be the present. The games start at 6 30, practice at 5 30. This is the largest bocce league in america. Its the martinez bocce federation. How many folks . 1500 members in the martinez bocce federation. We have 15 courts here and in about one hour this place is going to be mobbed. Its a festive atmosphere. They picnic and barbecue and are playing bocce is the place to be six evenings a week. It has been breezy throughout the delta and the Carquinez Strait and a lot of locations including San Francisco. At sfo we have a wind gust of 45 miles an hour. That has kept temperatures down. 65 in san bruno. Oakland 64. Livermore youre at 73. We cooled down at livermore more once again. San francisco 60 downtown. The warm spot will be santa rosa at 82 degrees. Overnight tonight upper 40s low 50s. San jose 52. San francisco 52. Santa rosa tonight 48 degrees. The setup in the skies above us is this. Theres a large area of low pressure passing by to our north making its closest pass today. Thats why it was breezy to windy today and still will be later on this evening. But as High Pressure begins to build in from the west coming up tomorrow, the winds will decrease and temperatures go back up because well have less of that onshore flow. So what to expect, a breezy evening tonight. Fog will return to the bay, fog will return along the coast. I know its gone now. It will be back later on. Mainly sunny skies coming up on friday. Warmer for most of us and speaking of warmer, it will be even warmer over the weekend and sunshine everywhere away from the immediate coastline. High temperatures tomorrow back to 80 in san jose. 84 for fairfield. 67 in San Francisco which is milder. Vallejo you will hit a high of 80. Morning clouds, afternoon sunshine for redwood city. With a high of 75 degrees. Your extended forecast, we are back to the low 90s inland over the weekend. Not hot but warm. Mid70s near the bay. Mid60s at the coast and the two warmest days will be on mon

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