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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5PM April 7, 2016

At rodeo beach in marin county. Here you often need jackets and windbreakers to walk this beach. Today kids played in the waves and swam with their dogs while others practiced their cartwheels. Kpix 5s cate caugiran continues our Live Team Coverage in San Franciscos ocean beach and yeah, lucky you. Reporter allen, its quite a rough day at the office let me show you what my Office Looks Like today. This is ocean beach which kind of looks a little more like Santa Monica Beach as you can see. There are probably thousands of people along miles of coast here. We can tell you the parking lot is packed. People right now are circling to find a space. Some of them are making their own Parking Spaces because this is the day to be at the beach. So the beach towels, umbrellas, the tents, are up and out here enjoying the hottest day of the year turning a normally cooler ocean beach into a party spot. A few locals said they took the day off work. One who didnt want to go on camera said he called out sick. The tourists say this is not what they were expecting. You were just down in san diego. How does this compare to san diego . Its pretty amazing. Its pretty close. I thought san diego was paradise and couldnt believe the weather up here. The breeze, you know, its a great awesome day. Feels like im in southern california. Reporter what is your boss cool with you taking the day off . He said, man, i wish i was there with you. He is in boston right now. Reporter boston, much more cooler than here. Now, over on the south side of ocean beach its hard to imagine a couple of months ago this area was hit hard by storms. Now we just see the aftermath of el ninos next. The beach is much more narrow and rocky t i can tell ya, its not keeping people away. But keep in mind, it wont be like tomorrow. We are expecting a dramatic temperature drop. So if you want to head to the beach, todays the day to do it. Reporting live from ocean beach, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Not all fun and games. An Armed Robbery suspect has tatoos that stick out and Pleasantville Police hope that will help them make a quick arrest. Charles justice is wanted for robbing nordstrom on Contra Costa County yesterday. He got away in a car with a woman in it. He is considered armed and dangerous. Call police if you see him Fairfield Police are looking for witnesses in a deadly shooting near a school. It happened around 9 00 this morning on blossom avenue near grange middle school. The school was put on lockdown after police found a 28year old fairfield resident with gunshot wounds. That person later died. Police say the victim is not associated with the school. Meanwhile, new details in a story we have been following for weeks. A woman accusing ucberkeleys former Law School Dean of Sexual Harassment says School Officials have kept quiet about years of abuse and harassment. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich with the number of cases were just learning about today. Juliette. Reporter well, liz, its not quite anymore because theres been a 400page document thats been detailing all of these cases pretty explicitly, too. Were talking about 19 cases over the past few years. This is a letter im holding from the dean of the law school. He since stepped down. It was a letter to one of his victims. She said his apology isnt good enough. It was like it was on me to resolve the situation and there was no real interest on the universitys part to protect me as an employee or even remove the dean from the environment. Reporter she was assistant to the Law School Dean when she says she was sexually harassed. She is on leave now. Choudhury stepped down as dean but it still on faculty as uc berkeley. She and her lawyer have now filed a lawsuit against the former Law School Dean and the university. As the dean of one of the most prestigious law schools in the world, there is no doubt he should have been fired. He knew better. Reporter attorney john weiner is speaking out in response to a Public Document release by the Campus Office for the prevention of harassment. Releasing 17 Sexual Harassment cases, they date back to 2008. It was six tenured faculty members accused of Sexual Harassment and none of them was fired. Reporter the 400page Public Document revealed 7 employees were either fired or resigned. Others are still working at the university while their cases are being investigated. Months after she went on leave, tyann says the former dean sent her an apology letter saying, quote, i write to express my deepest remorse and regret for having hurt you. He said, i take full responsibility for the indignity you have suffered. Tyann and her lawyer says the letter and the universitys actions are too little too late. And so what does the university do . They are reviewing their policies and stepping up their Sexual Harassment policies. They have even formed a committee to review it as well to see if they need to have even stricter policy changes. In oakland, Juliette Goodrich, kpix 5. Checking our bay area headlines, a third suspected scooter thief is now behind bars. San Francisco Police tell us today ey have arrested 35 yearold jacques mann. Judd janke and nicholas tiller were booked in connection with the theft at the makeawish office. They stole a scooter by giants outfielder hunter pence. A man was stabbed by a sword. The 56yearold it was in front of his apartment on eddy street in the tenderloin when another man stabbed him in the stomach. It happened before 3 a. M. This morning. Police havent made any arrests. And a san ramon mom is under arrest accused of pushing her baby around in a stroller while she was drunk. People told police 31yearold sarah gazano was pushing her infant son down steps bumping into buildings and bushes monday night in danville. Officers arrested her on suspicion of child endangerment and being drunk in public. The baby is now with another family member. A rough ride for apple workers this morning. Their commuter bus caught fire on 280 in menlo park. Two lanes of traffic were closed for about an hour while firefighters put out the flames. No one was hurt. The emoyees were put on another bus. No word on what sparked the fire. And a mess on the road in san jose when a car crashed into a garbage truck. The truck was going in reverse at senter road and feldspar when it happened. A passenger in the car was taken to the hospital. Police arrested the driver on suspicion of dui. We got a look today at the future of your bart commute. Bart showing off the first of its new cars. These cars going to make up what bart is calling the fleet of the future. Kpix 5s da lin in west oakland to show us theres a lot riding on these cars. Da. Reporter allen, its crowded. Its hot. Its always late. Those are some of the biggest complaints we get from bart riders. Bart says relief is on the way. They showcased one of their new cars today set to go into service next year. Welcome aboard. The next station is embarcadero. Reporter this is barts new ride. The train car just arrived a few weeks ago. Transit leaders hope this will be the solution to all the recent delays and shutdowns. They will help relieve congestion and they will improve our reliability. Reporter the current trains are 43 years old and bart says they are breaking down more often. Service between the concord and pittsburgbay point stations still isnt back to 100 . Engineers cant figure out what caused the electrical spikes that damaged bart cars. Oh, its been crazy. Yeah. Late to work. Late to appointments. [ ding ] reporter bart believes the new cars should make passengers happy. Aside from reliability, there are a lot of upgrades. I am pretty comfortable. 63, 250, and, you know, i got plenty of leg room. Reporter space for bikes, wheelchairs and plenty of standing room. Also much faster to get on and off the trains with three doors on each side. Were not going to get the cars in soon enough for everyone to be happy. Thats our biggest problem right now. Reporter yeah. Later this year, bart wants to pass a multibilliondollar bond measure aimed at improving its infrastructure but there are a lot of critics. Some city and state senators believe this is a bad deal. For now, live at west oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. New at 5 00 a High School Student being investigated for a hate crime. The disturbing social media video involving a noose and a gun. Thats coming up. Plus, the next step in the deconstruction of the old bay bridge. Politics is everywhere. Now it comes to the ice cream business. , a criminal investigation underway. After a high sc student becomes the target hate crime. Its all part of a social media post. The a criminal investigation under way after a High School Student becomes the target of a hate crime. Its all part of a social media post. The 12 second snapchat was sent to the africanamerican student at Central Catholic High School in modesto. In it, a white student is hanging a noose around his neck saying, the student must die along with derogatory language. The video ends with a gunshot. The school is also investigating the incident and a San Francisco lawyer is questioning whether the school has done enough. That part of the story at 6 00 tonight. Black smoke spewing out of a pg e underground vault today. The video shot by the oakland fire department. This is near 12th and jackson street. A couple of hours ago. Chopper 5 in fact over head as police blocked off the road so that fire could be put out. But no word on what caused that fire. Caltrans says starting this week they will begin lowering the second 500foot truss on the bay bridge. Its so heavy the process will take days. Once its removed, crews can begin the demolition process of the support faces. To do that, they will rig the foundation with explosives and blow it up. Like they have done before. Help is on the way for hundreds of renters in oakland. The city has signed off on a measure to put any rent hikes and evictions on hold for the next 90 days. Kpix 5s jackie ward tells us, while the move may be a lifeline for some, landlords are already lashing out. Reporter the city of oaklands homeless scene is what scares renters especially when mayor libby schaaf says one in four people is in danger of being displaced from their home. That statistic is one of the reasons the Oakland City Council unanimously declared a housing emergency and declared a 90day moratorium. People are going to be living out of cars, up under freeways. They already it i know. But i mean, its gonna be even more so. I mean, people who work every, single day. Thank you so much. This is ridiculous. You going to be concerned about other people in other countries and you cant take care of your people thats here now. Reporter the moratorium freezes evictions and prevents rent increases for the next 90 days. According to real estate website trulia. Com, rents are already 30 higher than last year putting the median rent price in oakland at 3,000 a month. Thats just too much for those who make minimum wage salaries. 60 of us are renters. Thats a crisis because there is nothing in the city that you can rent if you make 30,000 a year. Reporter landlords are not happy about the councils decision. Some are calling this political showmanship and are threatening to not make any Building Improvements during these next few months. More than 200 people signed up to speak at the city council meeting, which is part of the reason the meeting ran until 1 a. M. Now in these next 90 days the council will write new policies and regulation to help renters out. In oakland, jackie ward, kpix 5. Also in oakland, tomorrow the vice mayor is set to announce plans to place a sugary drinks tax on the november ballot. The rules committee will then vote on it and the full city council will take it from there. Proponents say that the tax will not only raise awareness about the link between sugary drinks and diseases such as diabetes it will also raise money for health and Wellness Programs in oakland. The frontrunners in the race for the white house are moving on to new york after losing in wisconsin. As cbs Craig Boswell reports, the candidates are stepping up the attacks as the delegate map gets more difficult reporter Hillary Clinton is wrapping up her attacks on Bernie Sanders after her sixth Straight Loss to him. Some of his ideas dont work because the numbers dont add up. Reporter she hit sanders wednesday morning on his interview with the new york daily news. The core of his campaign has been break up the banks and it didnt seem in reading his answers that he understood exactly, um, how that would work [ very scratchy voice ] reporter while clinton has a 700delegate lead over sanders theres extra pressure with the New York Primary where more than 290 delegates are on the line. Do not tell secretary clinton. She is getting alittle nervous. [ laughter ] i dont want her to get more nervous. But i believe we have an excellent chance to win new york and a lot of delegates in that state [ applause and cheers ] reporter the empire state is a big prize in the republican race for the white house too with 95 delegates at stake. Each of which is even more important now with the increased probability of a contested convention this summer. If we come together, were gonna win. If we remain divided, we will not. Reporter ted cruz hit the ground running in the broncos after beating donald trump in wisconsin. But a new monmouth poll shows trump well ahead in new york and ted cruz polling in third place. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. Remember this date, june 7th. Thats when the california primary will be held. But its not as simple as just voting for your favorite candidate. Coming up tonight at 6 00, how the states primary rules really work. A taste for politics . California senator Barbara Boxer is throwing her support behind Hillary Clinton with the help of a famous ice cream maker. She tweeted this photo with jerry of ben jerrys, boxer saying she pitched him on a new hillaryinspired flavor. Its called the hrc. Historic raspberry chocolate. Also her initials. No definitive answer from the ice cream make. Whether its going to happen. Bernie sanders already has a flavor named after him. Ice cream is one way to cool off on this hot day. In walnut creek it hit 80 degrees. No shortage of sunglasses and sand dallas on the streets this afternoon. And the warm weather brought a lot of people outdoors in the north bay this afternoon, as well. These folks hit the mill valley sausalito path around lunchtime. By the that time temperatures in parts of the north bay were in the 80s. Good all around. Paul is in pittsburg and the kids hopefully drinking a lot of water getting ready to play baseball. We have the water here and the kids read did he to play some baseball. Now, opening week of major league baseball, much cuter opening week of Little League baseball. I introduce you to the city of pittsburg five and sixyearold rockies they are taking on the cardinals tonight. They are warming up before their game this evening. Its warm out here. I would on the call it hot because pittsburg will hit 105 or 106 several times in the summer. Today we are in the mid to upper 80s but tomorrow, significant changes coming. It will be markedly cooler less than 24 hours from now. Take a peek outdoors and show you the mild temperatures 80s from the beach to here. Concord 87, San Francisco 87, san jose and santa rosa 87. Warm in downtown oakland 89 degrees. Livermore our inland spots running a few degrees cooler than near the bay. 83 currently in livermore airport. 50 degrees tonight for santa rosa. 56 for san rafael. 54 pacifica. San jose 55. Another mild night tonight under mainly clear skies. With the ridge of High Pressure centered to our north, thats the key, we have an offshore or northeast wind today. Everybody is warm. So the warmest day is today. Tomorrow the winds change. We go from a northeast wind to a southwest wind. That means cloud cover. 20 degrees cooler tomorrow. Main his cloudy by tomorrow afternoon. And futurecast shows not only cloud cover on friday but by late friday afternoon and friday evening showers will return. So we are sitting in the 80s and 90s right now. It will be markedly cooler, cloudier and even wetter over the next couple of days. We are mainly clear tonight mildtowarm night tonight. Clouds inchristmas tomorrow. Much cool clouds increase tomorrow. Much cooler weather. Shower chances friday, four different days with a chance of showers coming up in the extended forecast. Look at the highs tomorrow. Nah, not near 90, oakland you hit a record today of 89. Tomorrow you wont even hit 70. 69 degrees for oakland. San francisco only 67. Livermore 72. Vallejo 6. San jose high tomorrow 74 degrees. Extended forecast, scattered showers possible, late friday into saturday, even sunday some scattered showers. Monday and tuesday will be mainly dry. Another round of showers is likely on wednesday but look at those highs. Most of the next week will be spent in the 60s after today in the 80s and low 90s. Back out live, the rockies are getting ready. Theyre shagging some flyballs, practicing some hitting taking on the cardinals. It is Little League baseball time and today if they are playing one or two games a week, today might be likely the warmest game they have for the next few weeks. All the models say well be coolerthannormal for a while. So its really warm today. Gone after that. So get out and enjoy it. You have like 90 more minutes. Working on the basics. You guys are out of luck. Youre in the studio un

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