Next to lake merritt. Kpix 5 reporter Jessica Florez spoke with neighbors who were lucky to make it out alive. Reporter this all started as a three alarm fire quickly spreading, turning into a 5 alarm fire and the building is still smoldering. Crews are still on the scene, posing hosing down the building trying to get out the remaining hotspots. The massive fire ripped through the apartment construction site near lake merritt. The flames, leaping out, inching closer to neighboring buildings. We woke up, we hear screaming. Get out, get out, fire. Reporter this neighbor says the fire almost trapped his family stuck on the third floor of the neighboring building. I opened the door, looked and there was a flame in my face. Literally in my face. I go grab my daughter and we run out. Reporter oakland fire crews were up against flying embers and collapsing scaffolding. It was just roiling. It looked like it had been four or five houses. Reporter the building under renovation was thought to be empty but fire Officials Say at least two people inside evacuated. When the fire began in the Early Morning hours. They were there as security for the building. Reporter according to city records, the owner got permits to build the 41 unit complex. Fire officials dont know what sparked the flames, but they say the atf will investigate. Meanwhile right now, we are homeless a little bit. Reporter some neighbors are waiting to return home. And right now, you are looking at live pictures at chopper 5 over the station. That building youre looking at, smoldering at this hour, was valued at 6 million. The good news out here is that no one was seriously hurt. Jessica florez kpix 5 unbelievable. Thank you. Since the building was under construction, the fire caused scaffolding to fall. One piece flew through the air and into this car windshield. Fortunately, no one was hurt. The Hillary Clinton email scandal is back in the headlines in the home stretch of the election. Fbi director james Comey Told Congress on friday that the bureau has located another batch of emails that may pertain to the investigation of clintons private server. As allen martin tells us, now some democrats are saying that disclosure may have broken the law. Both the trump and Clinton Campaigns are calling on director call me to release more information on what was found that thats an unlikely prospect with election day just one week from tomorrow. I made a mistake. I am not making any move excuses but i will tell you this if they want to look at some more emails of one of my staff is, by all means go ahead, look at them. I know they will reach the same conclusion they reached when they looked at my emails last year. Reporter as Hillary Clintons use of a private email server is back in the spotlight, so too is fbi director james comey. It was an opinion he had no business stating. He is a policeman. He is not supposed to comment on anybody. Reporter the fbi director is keeping a commitment he made several months ago that he would inform the congress if he continued the investigation. Reporter on friday, the fbi director told congress that Bureau Investigators were looking at a new batch of emails that may pertain to the clinton private email investigation from a computer belonging to anthony weiner, the estranged husband of top clinton advisor, Aberdeen Houma aberdeen. I have to give the fbi credit. That was so bad, what happened originally and it took thats for director call me to make the move that he made. Reporter but others questioned the move, including two former u. S. Attorneys general including Alberto Gonzales i really worry that in this particular instance, the fbi director has made an error in judgment in terms of releasing this letter. Reporter as well as eric holder who calls the disclosure a stunning breach of protocol. Top democratic senator harry reid went even further saying director comey may have violated a law barring federal employees from using their job to influence an election. With polls showing a tight race, this october surprise could have an impact. Donna brazil is out of a job at cnn. The acting chairwoman of the Democratic National committee stepped down as a Network Contributor earlier this month. Now we are learning this comes after wikileaks released some emails indicating she had sent the Clinton Campaign questions before the cnn debate and townhall. Cnn insists that it never gave brazil access to any questions or debate prep material. And in a statement today, the network said it is completely uncomfortable with what we have learned about her interactions with the Clinton Campaign. Entrepreneur peter teal is speaking out about about his 1 million plus donation to the trump campaign, a move that stunned silicon valley. He is the ceo of paypal and says he doesnt agree with everything from has said and done, nor does he think trumps comments on women were acceptable, but says there is a real reason why some voters are turning their support to the republican nominee. Its not a lack of judgment that leads americans to vote for trump. We are voting for trump because we judge the leadership of our country to have fails. Teal has pledged 1. 25 million to the trump campaign. He is a germanamerican who also secretly spent 10 million to phone to fund hulk hogans lawsuit against website gawker. Much more on campaign 2016 coming up on the cbs evening news with scott pelley. In hayward, a Halloween Party ended with a shootout. Police fired at a man who they say tried to use his rv as a weapon. [ gunshots ] [ bleep ] cell phone video captures the gunfire saturday night. Officers were called to Tennyson Park to help a park ranger, who witnesses say, had gotten into an argument with a man in an rv. When he arrived, the man allegedly started driving the rv toward them and at a group of people at a nearby halloween birthday party. Several parked cars were hit. The driver, who was shot, is expected to be okay. San Francisco Police arrested a dozen people today for protesting the north dakota pipeline. [ chanting ] the protesters held signs reading we are here to protect and water is life. They were in front of citibank headquarters. They are calling on the bank to stop funding the Dakota Access pipeline. More than 140 people have been arrested in the past week as the pipeline construction site in martin county, north dakota. Activists are trying to block the project because they say it will hurt the environment and destroy some native american sites. Right now, cleanup is underway in italy after a rash of powerful earthquakes. New video shows Historic Buildings and churches crumbling. The latest earthquake, a magnitude 6. 6, reporter seth doane shows us the devastation left behind in the city of muccia. Reporter drones are being used to survey damage along landslides, closed roads and bulldozers. Lives were spared but bits of history were lost as ancient buildings, churches, and the art inside them crumbled. Geologists tell us these quakes are linked in the seismically active part of the apennine mountains where tectonic plates rub against each other with disastrous results. Every so many hundreds of years, you may get a repeat of a series of earthquakes. Reporter in august, a deadly quake centered near emma securities and Exchange Commission near amatrice caused evacuations. Part of schools caved in and buildings nearly 1000 years old were damaged. Lives were saved in the region as so many towns had been evacuated. Geologists say the area will likely be rocked by more quakes with schools, churches and stores closed. The few people who remain wonder how long they can stand how much more there nurse can take. New numbers show a surprising jump in the number of serious dog bites around the bay area. Dog owners with opinions on who is responsible for runins. Plus, can a pillow really solve serious medical problems . One company promised yes. Bay area prosecutors say hold on. And the streets of albany are crawling with ghosts, goblins, trees, birthday cakes, harry potter, and a robot party. I am live in east bay were trickortreaters are roaming the streets. More halloween fun when we return on kpix 5. ,,, the mae gave her Top Executive managed aa huge pay raiseet, and a lavish car allowance, run up a deficit, then cut jos for local teenagers, and cut afterschool program. No wonder tchronicle called Mae Torlakson flatout unprepared for the assembly. They endorse tim grayson. As mayor of concord, grayson balanced the budget every yer while doing more for kids. Tim grayson for assembly. Hospital. For dog bites. Kpix 5s len ramirez explains why it is becoming a big problem. [nats] dog owners were surprised to learn that serious dog a growing number of people from california are being sent to the hospital for dog bites. Len ramirez explains why its becoming a big problem. Reporter dog owners were surprised to learn that serious dog bites requiring emergency room visits are up 44 in california over the last 10 years i think when a dog bite happens, its largely the owners falls. Reporter newly released numbers from the California Office of statewide Health Planning and development shall the dramatic increases between 2005 and 2015 for adults not including children. Alameda, San Francisco, san mateo, and santa clara counties all saw dramatic increases as well as the state as a whole. They were just biding my crazy. Reporter news cameras captured two pimples that got lost got violent in santa clara. An officer had to shoot and kill one of the dogs to stop it. Police say its a matter of training, not the breed. I would imagine that people are using the dogs more as guard dogs and cannot really training them in terms of view now, how to behave with another dog, how to behave with a human being. Reporter data also showed Rural Counties have a higher number of dog bites per capita than urban counties. In san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Fremont police have mound two suspected Armed Robbers near the bart station and investigators believe these two worked together, striking five times by the fremont arts station. In each case, a suspect stuck a handgun into someones back and then demanded money and phones. Police arrested bradley gentry last thursday after spotting a car like the one used in the previous crimes. Police say evidence found inks the pair to all five robberies. This evening, ghosts and goblins are looking through the streets of the bay area. They are on the hunt for sweet treats and in albany, they are in for a spooky celebration. We are live in albany right now where the treats are taking a backseat to some of the costumes. Definitely. I am completely surrounded. We are at the church on the corner on solano avenue here in albany where the solano Avenue Association is putting on a costume contest. Look at this tree right here, completely decked out. Right behind the tree, look at this, i am getting hungry. A sushi platter. We showed this one to you earlier. If i can have a Robot Dance Party come out here, look how creative this one is, complete with sound and music. They are all here as part of a costume contest. There will be four categories, three of which are by age group. The last category, which offers a grand prize of 100, goes to the family with the best group costume. The solano Avenue Association has been doing this for about 10 years, offering a fun way to celebrate the holiday. We have got pikachu here. I dont even know what this one is. Im nervous. Weve got birthday cake here as well but earlier, outside we saw hundreds of families decked out in their halloween best. They were stopping by homes and local businesses, filling up their bags with treats. Here backout live at the church on the corner come you can see a lot of enthusiastic people. I even see some Ninja Turtles in the back. A couple of disney princesses. There was more to do than just be part of a costume contest. The church on the corner also has free balloon animals, games, and free airbrush tattoos. Absolutely. Back to you guys in the studio. How can you choose . All the costumes are so creative. I love them all. Theres harry potter. He is a good harry potter. We got to go. Live from albany. Thank you for that. Unusually wet weather this month has filled up some reservoirs beyond capacity in marin county. Thats a good sign since we are just at the start of the rainy season. The reservoir is already completely full. Check it out. It is now spilling over. This is the earliest time managers remember that happening. Two other nearby lakes also close to overflowing, smaller by comparison. And the watershed is about 70 of capacity. Normally this time of year it would be at about 65 . Thats good. All of this is prompting optimism next with caution. Were not out of the woods yet. We are still on october. We still have a lot of season to go. Our reservoirs are not full and conservation is always top of mind. Absolutely right. Its still possible the early rain could taper off into a relatively dry winter but we are not predicting that. Forecasters say a mild la nina may form, limiting snow and rain. Any educated guess on your part . I think an average winter would feel so wet the way last winter was. If we have another one of those, our local reservoirs are good, i will take normal. Shoot for the shoot for the stars. A couple more years of that in things will look good. Lets look at the halffull approach now. If you are watching us in san ramon, hayward, union city, south city, san mateo county, i implore you to do some trick or treating right now. Why . I think you have a 45 to 75 minute window where its not going to rain for you. You have about an hour or more before whats off to the west and maybe north is working toward you. Maybe the older kids may want to go out earlier because its going to rain soon. San mateo, alameda counties. Look at all that lightning toward humboldt county. That will likely avoid us but it is very stormy to the north where kids cant go outside during a thunderstorm. San jose 65 degrees currently, oakland 68 degrees, santa rosa only 57 degrees and rain for a couple hours. Marin, sonoma and napa counties, you will be with the rain throughout the evening so you will need umbrellas. Vallejo 52 degrees, san jose 53 degrees. Showers them by midnight. Redwood city 52 degrees, San Francisco mid50s. Low pressure to the north and heavy rainfall for far northern california. This will philip trinity lake, shasta lake a little bit more. Lake shasta has double the amount of water that it had this time last year. Were adding to that tonight to tonight and tomorrow. Tomorrow we start off cloudy. Futurecast with sunshine tomorrow. It will be a relatively chilly day in San Francisco with highs to the mid60s. Once we finish tonight cwsanfrancisco. Com, were done with rain for the entire week. The only rain between now and sunday is out there right now. The stormtrac will kick into the Pacific Northwest as soon as wednesday. This ridge of High Pressure will keep us dry for five days, tuesday through saturday. Our next chance of rain will not be until early sunday morning. Highs tomorrow similar today, mid60s, oakland 66 degrees and napa 67 degrees, san rafael 66 degrees. The kids are going to be on a sugar high for like a week. 70s away from the water and mid 60s near the bay, low 60s one the coastline and more showers for next weekend. Mainly sunday morning doesnt look terribly heavy. We are drying out after some halloween rainfall. The joke always was when i first moved here, it always rains on halloween. Thats wrong. It rains every other halloween. Most of october is dry but october 31 kind of gets with thank you, paul. Breaking news. A United Airlines plane that took off from sfo for paris has turned around over idaho. Right now, it is heading back to sfo. It is united flight 990, a boeing 787. It took off at 3 47 pm this afternoon and from flight radar 24, you can see the purple lines, very faint, showing it turning around near boise. The plane is supposed to land back at sfo in less than an hour at about 6 10 pm tonight. We do not know why the plane has turned around. Once we find out, we will let you know. Maker. My pillow is paying more than a Million Dollars for making questionable claims. It sounds too good to be true. My pillow promised to reduce th al conditions l bay area prosecutors go after a pillow maker. My pillow is paying more than 1 million for making questionable claims. Introducing my pillow. Reporter it sounds too good to be true. My pillow promises to reduce the effects of serious medical conditions like fibromyalgia. Tmj. Insomnia. Migraines. The only problem . Those claims are not supported by any medical evidence. Reporter the Alameda County das office is part of a team that went after the company for violating state laws that require ads to be truthful. This is a classic case of false advertising. Reporter and it wasnt just false promises. My pillow also advertised itself as the official bed pillow of the National Sleep foundation. They did not disclose the company or the organization had a financial connection. I personally guarantee that my pillow will be the most comfortable pillow you will ever own. Reporter the company has agreed to pay nine bay area counties 1 billion in penalties and an extra 100,000 to support organizations that provide sleeping accommodations to the homeless by the victims of domestic violence. The company isnt admitting wrongdoing but has agreed to change its advertising. The da hopes it will be a wake up call. I think its really important that the consumer knows what they are buying when they buy it. Reporter the classaction lawsuit was also fi