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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5pm May 6, 2015

That body cams would help to explain what happened before the video taken by somebody on the street happened. That Pilot Program is scheduled to start later this fall. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Once the internal Affairs Investigation is complete, an independent Police Auditor will review it for any possible discrepancies. Prosecutors in the east bay have filed murder charges in the death of a 14yearold boy. His killing sparked an outcry. Devon ellis was shot as he walked along fruitvale avenue with friends in february. Ellis was a star Football Player and honor student at oakland technical high school. Police say the suspect was on a shooting spree. They arrested 28yearold Donald Higgins the very next day after he got into a shootout with hayward police. Court records show higgins has previous convictions for burglary as well as shooting at a car with five people in it. Angry family members and friends chased down a drunk driving suspect outside of court. You are a murderer killer you dont deserve to be breathing he is accused of crashing his corvette killing a liver pour woman and her baby. Kpix 5s ryan takeo with the emotional confrontation right outside the courtroom. Reporter brian jones didnt want to say anything before court and after prosecutors asked for more time to investigate the case, his attorney spoke for him. He has been an emotional wreck every second of the day over what happened. He is extremely sorry for what happened. Reporter while xtended apologies, in the background you can hear friends and family of the victims sounding off and drowning out the lawyer. Just want everybody to know that mr. Jones is clearly remorseful for what happened. [ yelling in the background ] he is an emotional wreck. Reporter place say jones was drying drunk when he crashed into this livermore Apartment Building kiss Esperanza Morales and 14month old daughter julie saturday while they were at a family barbecue killing them both. Our a murderer, killer you dont deserve to be breathing. Reporter today the crowd followed him into the parking lot. Killer, murderer reporter after he was driven past signs that said guilty and justice, friends voice the frustrations no charges are brought and jones is still a free man. What kind of more proof they need . They need more bodies to be in there . Its not fair its not fair. Its not justice. Reporter jones is due back in court may 28. The family and friends, they say they will be here, too. In pleasanton, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Now, police say jones was at the livermore wine country festival before he got behind wheel and crashed into the complex. He posted 350,000 bail on sunday. A report card out tonight on our drought emergency. The verdict . Californians are failing to cut back on water use. As a state we saved less than 4 in march compared to the same month back in 2013. That doesnt come close to the governors target of 20 . Overall savings have been 9 since last summer. Water districts arent doing enough to limit water use, according to the water board. In those places outdoor irrigation was allowed 7 days a week. There may have been time restrictions, you know, only between, you know, 8 p. M. And 8 a. M. But there were no days per week restrictions. The water board plans to move forward with new water restrictions in june. Cities will have to cut back water use anywhere from 4 to 36 . A dead whale has washed ashore in pacifica. Its the second time in three weeks at the same beach. Right now biologists are trying to figure out how the young female humpback died. This is the very latest in a string of beached whales here in northern california. Five whales have washed ashore in recent weeks. Scientists though arent surprised. They say this is the height of the whale migration season along the coast and its natural for some to die in the pacific. Whats unusual though is the strong onshore wind blowing the dead whales to shore. Biologists werent able to form a necropsy today because of the high surf. Serious questions for a Gilroy Police officer tonight. His 13yearold stepdaughter accidentally shot herself in the leg with the officers gun. The shooting happened yesterday on el cerrito way in gilroy. He was at home at the time. The girl got his personal firearm and it went off. Police say the officer had an obligation to safely store that firearm. The case will be turned over to the district attorneys office. The girl is expected to make a full recovery. Leading figures across Silicon Valley gathered for a private tribute today to honor tech executive david goldberg. Mourners streamed into a stanford auditorium for the closed service. In an email invitation, men were asked not to wear neckties because of goldbergs strong dislike of the ties. The 47yearold died in a thread mill accident while on vacation treadmill accident while on vacation in mexico. He was the ceo of online startup surveymonkey and the wife of sheryl sandberg, the coo of facebook. President obama remembered him as a great husband and father. Sandberg made her first Public Comments today replying to president obama saying, thank you, president barack obama, for this beautiful tribute and for your friendship to our family. Sandberg also changed her facebook cover photo to this picture of her and her husband dancing at their wedding. Other bay area headlines, oaklands police force could soon get dozens more officers. Mayor libby schaaf is pushing a plan in her first budget to add 40 sworn officers. That would bring the force up to 762 over the next two years. Thats the highest the city has seen since 2010. The additional jobs would cost the city 6. 7 million. The giants have scaling back plans for a development at at t park. Today the team submitted animal for the proposal. Its designed to saturday critics of the Waterfront Development with an amendment for the proposal. The buildings will shorter and originally planned and will have more affordable housing. What could be the worlds worst parking job. Authorities tried to determine how this mini cooper ended up near the lighthouse on yerba buena island. No one was inside when crews spotted it this morning. Authorities are tracking down the owner. The gop has another candidate in the running for president. Mike huckabee made his official announcement today. It seems perfectly fitting that it would be here that i announce that i am a candidate for president of the United States of america. [ applause and cheers ] he chose his hometown Hope Arkansas to throw his hat into the ring. The former arkansas governor won the 2008 iowa caucuses. Huckabee joins five other republicans already in the race. He is the third gop candidate this week to announce. Now, the democratic race frontrunner Hillary Clinton hit the campaign trail in nevada today. She is courting hispanic voters amid the swarm of new ethics questions. And a new book hit the shelves today called, clinton cash. It raises questions about donations to the familys Charitable Foundation while she served as secretary of state. Ill tell you what the real effect of that book is. It stirs the republican base. This book reminds republicans of some of the things this edition like about Hillary Clinton. The Clinton Campaign is getting ready to roll out an online rebuttal called, the briefing. Hillary clintons going to be in the bay area tomorrow and friday. It will be the First Time Since she announced her candidacy. She will attend fundraisers in San Francisco and portola valley. Isis is taking credit for the attack in texas at a prophet mohammad cartoon contest. In a radio broadcast, the Terror Group Warns the u. S. Of more attacks like the one in garland on sunday. But it offered no proof of a connection to the gunmen. Police say the two men opened fire with assault rifles at the existent injuring a security guard. An officer shot both men dead at the exhibit. Soofisoofis mother said her son was a devout muslim but didnt think he would hurt anyone. To be convinced to do Something Like this is beyond me. The fbi started investigating simpson nine years ago but Officials Say he was never on their radar. An nba trophy and championship in sight. The warriors are on fire and not just on the court. How fans helped put the team at the top of the nba. I felt like we were quite the target. The on the hook for damage they never caused. The rental car crackdown that could cost you. I grabbed his hands and said oh, you have to be kidding me. A wedding cliffhanger. How a bride and groom rolled with an unexpected crasher. Californias historic drought is causing an infestation of bark beetles. Thats destroying trees in the states forest land. Conservationists said it hit epidemic proportions in some areas. Teri okita reports from idyllwild down in Southern California. Reporter the bark beetle preys on california pines. Feasting on thirsty defenseless trees weakened from the drought. This 125foot Ponderosa Pine fell victim to an army of beetles. Theres thousands of them and they are very small very tiny beetles. About the size of a group of rice. Reporter but they do big damage . Huge damage. Reporter they killed an estimated 800,000 acres of trees last year. Dead stalks are popping up amongst the evergreen landscape particularly in the forests of central california. Were going to see stands of standing dead red trees this summer. Thats going to increase the fire hazard in and around communities alls across the state. Reporter the beetles lay eggs and one mating pair can reproduce more than 12 million a year. At that rate its hard for experts to keep pace with the problem. The rare days of mountain mist in Southern California do little toll help Drought Conditions making it more difficult for tree removal crews to cut down dead pines destroyed by the beetles. Noah whitney has been cutting trees for 17 years and has never seen it this bad. We have a forest thats really suffering right now. Youre not just talking about a handful of trees. Youre talking about thousands and thousands of acres of trees. Experts say without sustained rain in the forecast the trees will continue to come under attack from these tiny predators. Teri okita for cbs news, idyllwild, california. Bark beetles used to come out in late summer. But with the drought, they now attack year round. Manny pacquiaos next big fight may be in court. Tonight, fans are accusing the boxer of fraud. The secret that could cost him millions. Top of the basketball world and top of the fashion world. Even the most interesting man in the world is a warriors fan go, warriors reporter thats the story and its coming up next. Whoo a curious at Kaiser Permanente everything you need is under one roof. Another way care and coverage together makes life easier. Okay, a little easier. Become a member of Kaiser Permanente. Because together, we thrive. We are just a couple of hours away from the hottest ticket in town, game 2 for the warriors and the second round of the nba playoffs. Our Mike Sugerman on how warriors fans have already helped their team to number one in the nba. Hey, mike. Reporter well, youre right, liz. Game time 7 30. The parking lots already starting to fill up with very fashionable people. Number one in the fashion industry of the nba these days. Warriors on a roll this year, fans having a ball which of course they can buy. Mostly because of these two guys the splash brothers which they can also buy. They are crossing their fingers the team will remain number one in the standings. It is at the moment number one in nba merchandise. A lot of it has to do with the Successful Team thats been huge. A lot of likeable players, steph curry obviously. Reporter Warriors Gear number 3 overall this season, number one at the moment. Its never been like this. The team wasnt even in the top 5 the beginning of the year nor was steph curry. His jersey now sells more than any other player except lebron james. Then by far the craziest busiest year for Merchandise Sales by far. Yes. Double, triple what we have ever done in business. Reporter 35 this was only 30. This is 20. Longsleeved 40. You guys spending upon any on Warriors Gear . Yeah theyre making a bundle out here. But its for a good cause. Whos going to win tonight . Warriors reporter one of the stupidest questions i have ever asked. Back to you. Tipoff sat 7 30 before the big game. There will be a ceremony to give steph curry his mvp award. Manny pacquiao could face discipline for lying about an injury before last weekends big fight with floyd mayweather. The Nevada Athletic Commission says pacquiao checked no on a questionnaire asking if he had a shoulder injury. They want to know why. It could get worse. Fans filed a 5 million Class Action Lawsuit against pacquiao and his managers claiming they fraudulently kept the injury a secret. Pacquiao will have surgery this week to repair a torn rotator cuff an injury they say is unrelated to the fight. Selfdescribed patriots rallied outside a morgan Hill High School for free speech today. About 2 dozen protestors said they are defending the American Flag on cinco de mayo. This is the second year protestors have demonstrated at live oak high school. Back on may 5, back in 2010, four students with American Flag shirts were told to turn their shirts inside out or be sent home. It led to a lawsuit. The court ruled in favor of the schools decision to send the students home saying safety on campus is more important than free speech. Newlyweds from kansas city got quite the surprise on their wedding day. [ helicopter ] that is a rescue helicopter stealing the spotlight yards from david and jihan cheshers beachfront ceremony in malibu. A strand rock climber brought out emergency vehicles and the noisy chopper for the stranded rock climber. I grabbed jihans hands and i have to be kidding. It was 2 or 3 minutes of laughter after that. Weddinggoers cheered after the rescue prompting the new husband to predict the couples new life will be filled with laughter. No more rescues. Never going to forget that. It could be the best video of the day of a curious little creature caught on camera. Look at this. This furry koala made a quick visit to a hospital in australia. Come on in security cameras captured the little guy strolling through the waiting room. The koala stuck around for several minutes before fining its way back outside. Just looking for a bandaid. A sore throat or something. Were looking for a little drop of rain. Sunshine makes all the difference. We got sun earlier today and 5 degrees warmer. We almost had 60 in San Francisco. Check that out. I know this time of the year everybody else is warming up. We on the other hand cool down and San Francisco did hit 60 today 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. Oakland 63. Livermore still chilly for you 66 degrees. The warm spot santa rosa currently 73 degrees. Checking with our weather watchers on the peninsula, and the south bay, 72 degrees in los gatos reporting in Suzanne Johnson giving us that information with sunshine 11 minutes ago. Up the road, steve in los altos sunshine and 69 degrees. Check out foster city only 59 degrees right now. Everybody is sunny but because the flow is from the ocean, we certainly are not warm. We are looking toward the sierra right now. The south sierra dealing with showers and thunderstorms. Thats something that will be on the increase especially in the Higher Elevations over the next couple of days and may get close to us on thursday. Fremont 49 tonight. San jose 48. Santa rosa 46. Sun getting up earlier and earlier, 6 09 the official sunrise. Big area of low pressure. Thunderstorms in seattle south to tacoma and portland. Mountain snowfall there. Look at all the thunderstorms bubbling up over the rockies and the mountains of nevada. That low pressure area causing all of this is heading in our direction and will make its closest pass on thursday, not tomorrow, thursday. Its does, we may see a few thunderstorms getting close to the bay area. Widespread action, no. But a few isolated storms bubbling up around Mount Hamilton or to the east. Around mount diablo or to the east. Certainly possible so the kids maybe have baseball practice or soccer practice, may want to make sure if you hear thunder, get the kids inside quickly. That low pressure area moves out on friday. It gets sunnier over the weekend but another low pressure area keeping the onshore flow from the chilly ocean, that will be the overriding theme of our forecast. Chilly and cloudy mornings, and then a breezy but sunny afternoon. Temperatures will stay near or below average for the next week and watch out for the isolated mountain thunderstorm on thursday. High pressure tomorrow a couple of degrees below average. San jose 71. Campbell 72. Hayward 67. Low 70s for san ramon, Pleasant Hill and pittsburg. Benicia 71. San francisco 63 morning fog afternoon sunshine. And saint helena 74 degrees tomorrow. Mountain thunderstorm possible thursday evening. So watch out, clayton. Watch out up towards saint helena and napa. Then sunshine on friday and saturday and the onshore flow sticks around music hey let me help with that. Oh, thank you music introducing the oneandonly Volkswagen Golf sportwagen. The sportier utility vehicle. Summer is almost here. Car rental companies are cracking down on damages. On the c

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