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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5PM November 17, 2016

Absolutely absolutely i want it to be a call to all teachers. Reporter this is not the first time that president ial issues have come under the microscope. They had best president obamas involvement in mideast wars and that was taught, as well. And its also a place where the school board is talking about possibly changing the names of some high schools like George Washington because they were once slaveholders. In san francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. Our new poll also found some hope for a divided electorate. 50 said that it was more important for people who oppose donald trump to find Common Ground with his supporters rather than disagree with them. Theres more to our poll and we want to hear from you on this question. Have the results of the election damaged relationships with your friends or family members . We have the survey results posted exclusively on facebook and we would like your comments. You can find us at facebook. Com cbssanfrancisco. A possible hate crime in the bay area. One woman says her car was broken into, the suspect left an angry note behind. Nickie patchouli says she was out hiking mission peak in fremont this week. As part of a 65 day peace hike, she was on day 49 when she got back to her car and found this note. It called the woman out for wearing a hijab, or head scarf, and said, quote, this is our nation. She says whver did this is a victim, too. Here, i believe that they are being controlled by fear. I believe that fear has consumed them. I feel i think that they are lacking selflove, self compassion. Turns out she is not muslim. Nicki says she has lupus. She doesnt have hair. So thats why she was wearing a head scarf. Developing now out of the east bay, Police Say Two people have been shot at a berkeley park. This happened at Strawberry Creek park. Thats on addison street a block off university avenue. According to a witness, 15 to 20 High School Aged Kids got into a fight shortly after 3 00. Three shots were fired and everyone scattered. Officers say one victim showed up at a local hospital and they found the other at the park. Their injuries were not immediately known. We just got this picture into our newsroom. Police are searching the area for possible suspects. Also developing news tonight fbi agents descend on a quiet east Bay Community leaving the neighbors there feeling a bit unsettled. They raided a home on the 600 block of moraga way in orinda about a block away from miramonte high school. Kpix 5 reporter Jessica Flores was on the scene as agents were confiscating items inside. Jessica reporter the search wrapped up here a few hours ago but many questions remain. The fbi will tell us that this search stems from a cyber fraud matter. At the orinda home, federal agents made no arrests but the fbi remains tightlipped about their search and investigation. We saw several fbi agents walking in and out of the home on moraga way. The agents removed computers and other evidence. But the fbi isnt saying what they were looking for or what crime was potentially committed. They were say, however, that the investigation is related to a cyber fraud case outside the state. We tried contacting the homeowners here, knocking on the door and calling their listed numbers. No response from them. The fbi says their warrant was for a search, not an arrest. In orinda, im Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Within the past hour, a Court Appearance for the woman accused of killing three oakland family members. 61yearold dana rivers did not enter a plea and is being assigned a public defender. She is facing three counts of murder, felony arson, and Deadly Weapons charges because police say she used brass knuckles and a knife. Police say it was premeditated. It happened early friday morning. Police found three people shot and stabbed to death at a house on dunbar drive. A teacher, her wife and their son. Rivers was at the scene covered in blood carrying ammunition and knives in her pocket and ready to flee on a motorcycle. She also set the house on fire up, according to police. The 49ers are in a battle off the field against the city of santa clara all about the cost of running levis stadium. The team has been accused of spending taxpayer money on maintaining and operating levis. That would be a clear violation of voterapproved measure j. During a City Council Meeting last night, the mayor warned the team to hand over the financial documents or city leaders would be forced to take drastic steps. And we have yet to hear a response from the auditors to set up that meeting. What do you say to that . Thats a very small part of it. We dont need to know how many bottles of water beyonce drinks. What we want to know is what are the expenses and revenues that should be flowing to the city of santa clara. So thats a diversionary tactic. It means nothing. The mayor says the public owns levis stadium and nothing should be confidential. She is giving the 9ers one week to hand over those documents to auditors or she will move forward with taking away management control from the team. President elect donald trump is tweeting again. He is denying reports his transition effort is in turmoil. Trump says, quote, it is going so smoothly. Cbs reporter Kenneth Craig has more. We are very confididnt with how things are proceeding. Reporter they are offering a unified response to reports of turmoil within his transition team. That was after Chris Christie was demoted and all lobbyists were dismissed. There is a solid process in place. We feel very comfortable with the names that were looking at and progress that were making. False to say its not going well. Everything up there is very smooth. I know that president elect himself i talk to him regularly he is very happy. Reporter the new head of the transition team, Vice President elect mike pence along with his wife had lunch with Vice President joe biden and his wife jill in washington. Tomorrow, he will meet with Incoming Senate democratic leader chuck schumer. Inside trump tower the president elect held a meeting about potential Supreme Court appointees. He also met with new york city mayor bill de blasio. Outside trumps fifth avenue highrise, security is tight. So much so, its neighbor the famous jeweler tiffany canceled his holiday display. The store is open surrounded by barricades. Tourists dont seem to mind. I think they are going to find they are going to get Online Shoppers and everything will be well. People arent shy to part with their money. Reporter across town, the company that owns several trump branded apartment buildings took down the gold letters after tenants petitioned for the removal. Kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. Tomorrow trump is scheduled to meet with japanese Prime Minister abe in new york. It will be his first meeting with a world leader as president elect. Charges filed today against a Minnesota Police officer who fatally shot a man during a traffic stop. That mans mother spoke at a press conference this afternoon. Philando castile was shot and killed back in july. Today prosecutors charged the officer with manslaughter. They say he had no reason to use deadly force. The shootings aftermath was streamed live on facebook. Oklahoma citys airport is back open after a deadly shooting yesterday. Police say lloyd buie a former Southwest Airlines employee opened fire. He shot and killed 52yearold michael winchester, according to police, who also worked for southwest. Investigators believe the suspect shot winchester in retaliation over circumstances that led to buie leaving his job. A plane taking off from San Jose International airport had to turn around this morning after reports of a cracked windshield. The faa tells us a small jet was on its way to dallas when the windshield cracked. Chopper 5 was over the scene. You can see what looks like some damage to the side front window. We are told the plane landed without incident. Three people were on board, all are okay. Its unclear how that windshield cracked. Pg e is issuing a warning to its customers today. Be on the lookout for con artists. Coming up, reps with the utility tell us they have received more than 2,000 reports of scams this year. Plus, its not your average wildflower. What biologists in the bay area are doing to protect one of the rarest plants on the planet. Would you eat a live octopus . Koreans have been doing it for hundreds of years. And now theres a push to try to ban this delicacy. Im kiet do, we have that story coming up. ,,, live octopus. Kpix 5 reporter kiet do. Tells us why restaurants are fig new at 5 00, peta is going after restaurants that serve a certain kind of delicacy. Live octopus kpix 5 reporter kiet do tells us why restaurants are fighting to keep it on the menu. Reporter they are looking at video shot by a member of peta inside a restaurant serving live octopus. The footage shows a chef cutting off half the tentacles and plating them to serve to diners. The octopus is kept alive until another order comes in. Its alive. Reporter the video produced as part of a campaign that launched this week trying to ban the consumption of live animals including lobster and shrimp which are served with their shells stripped off. Peta says it will be pressuring lawmakers mostly in new york and california to pass laws that would ban the practice it calls barbaric. Peta says there are about a dozen restaurants in california that serve the korean dish known as [ nonenglish language ] one of them is crab house in santa clara. There are numerous videos of the dish posted under yelp page, crab house says the octopus are farm raised and not endangered. Everyone octopus shipment sells out and generates business by attracting customers. Oh, my god reporter the owners of crab house didnt want to talk on camera but said they see this is as a cultural issue. Koreans have been eating it for hundreds of years spanning generations. Here in santa clara, they have been serving it for the past 13 years and as long as its legal, they will continue to do so. State assemblyman agrees, the crab house in his district. He says he wouldnt personally eat live octopus, but he sees nothing wrong with it. It is their culture. If its their tradition, they have been doing that for thousands of years, i just dont feel that it is for me to say that you should not continue with that culture. Reporter in santa clara, kiet do, kpix 5. There are few other dishes that are outright banned in california. One of them is shark fin soup. Police need your help finding a guy who broke into at least one home in north san jose. Surveillance video shows a man in a dark hoodie, jeans and a baseball hat walking up to a house on monday. A kpix 5 viewer cents us this video and says, her mom saw the man running out with stolen goods from their side door. Theres a closer look at him. No was hurt. The man broke into a neighbors home around the same time. A twoalarm fire destroyed a san jose duplex overnight. The flames broke out just before 1 00 a. M. On Cypress Avenue in the valley fair area. Three people and one pet got out of the home safely. A paralyzed womans car has been returned. The car was stolen in Scotts Valley over the weekend. It was specially designed to let the woman drive on her own. She used it to get to class at san jose state university. The car was found in santa cruz today and returned to its owner. Good news for bookworms in san francisco. The board of supervisors just approved an amnesty period so people can return overdue books to the library between january 3 and february 14. They will not have to pay fines. The library says 155,000 people have overdue items. They owe a combined 4. 5 million in fines. Well, a warning today about an increasingly common type of scam. Utilities across the country are now uniting to send a message to customers not to fall for it. Consumerwatch reporter julie watts explains. Reporter he says it started with a phone call from someone claiming the pg e bill for his doggie daycare was past due yield me that i have basically just minutes to pay my bill, otherwise the disconnect crew that had been dispatched was going to turn off my power. Reporter in a panic, he did what the caller demanded ran to a store, bought more than 750 in prepaid cards, then gave the caller the numbers printed on the back. Dont do it reporter this person says reports of similar calls to pg e customers are up 25 this year. This year at this point, were at 2400 customers. Reporter and pg e is not alone. Utilities across the country are reporting a similar increase. So this week, they are uniting to warn customers about the so called utility scam. Filed a lawsuit against you. Reporter similar to the irs scam, the utility scam is intended to trick knew handing over money to con artists. The federal trade commissions david newman says the scammers are skilled at preying on your fear. Once you get scared you stop thinking and you dont approach it critically. Reporter and the scams are getting more sophisticated. They disguise or spook their phone numbers to make it appear they are calling from the utility and often cite stolen personal information to make it appear they know things only the utility would know. Bottom line, neither the irs nor utility would ask you for immediate payment. Dont feel like you have to go and do it without checking with us. Check with us. Reporter julie watts, kpix 5. Snapchats Parent Company snap filed for its ipo. It could go public as early as next march. Snap could be valued at more than 25 billion which would make it the biggest u. S. Tech ipo since facebook. Three year, the disappearing messages app turned down a 3 billion takeover bid from facebook. It boast the more than 100 million active users. Welcome news for target ahead of the Holiday Shopping season. The retailers earnings for the last quarter easily beat expectations. Target is trying to regain its cheap and chic status and will be offering special deals. Target shares climbed nearly 5 today. The markets closed mixed today. Heres a look at the closing numbers from wall street. The dow snapped its sevenday win streak down about 55. In marin county theres a flower so rare its on the verge of extinction. Kpix 5s don ford shows it to us and tells us what biologists are doing to stay one step ahead. Reporter its called the tiburon jewel flower one of the rarest plants on earth according to dr. Sarah swop. Its only in two places in the whole planet. Reporter that special place is right here in the bay area on the rocky slopes of tiburon behind st. Hilarys church. But theres something very weird about this little flower. As we go out at night with a uv light and the flowers themselves little white ribbony petals actually glow. They light up with black light. Reporter they received 40,000 from marin county to study the dna of the tiburon jewel flower. Here they are trying to grow the flower for the lab. Hundreds of carefully tended samples pampered and fertilized. So far, only mixed results. Then theres this. It doesnt look good. Not ready to say that yet. It does not do well with drought. Reporter we have a damp fall so the rare tiburon jewel flower may not be down for the count. Certainly not if dr. Swope can help it. I think the Global Survival of the species depends on that one population. Reporter in tiburon, don ford, kpix 5. Flowers may be getting some good news. There is rain in the forecast find out which part of the weekend looks to be a washout and tonight, frosty the first frost advisory of the season has been issued. Find out who is going to drop to the mid30s next. Coming up at 6 00, drill, baby, drilling how the Incoming Trump administration will dramatically change offshore drilling policies and the possible return of sarah palin to a cabinet position. , cmon in, pop pop happy birthday i survived a heart attack. Im doing all i can to keep from having another one. And im taking brilinta. For people whove been hospitalized for a heart attack. I take brilinta with a baby aspirin. No more than one hundred milligrams as it affects how well it works. Brilinta helps keep my platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. Brilinta reduced the chance of another heart attack. Or dying from one. It worked better than plavix. Dont stop taking brilinta without talking to your doctor since stopping it too soon increases your risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke, and even death. Brilinta may cause bruising or bleeding more easily, or serious, sometimes fatal bleeding. Dont take brilinta if you have bleeding, like stomach ulcers, a history of bleeding in the brain, or severe liver problems. Tell your doctor about bleeding, new or unexpected shortness of breath, any planned surgery, and all medicines you take. Talk to your doctor about brilinta. Im doing all i can. That includes brilinta. If you cant afford your medication, astra zeneca may be able to help. Oh, it was a little chilly today especially after 3 00. Yes. Really kind of got crisp in the air. There was a bite to the air today. The breeze sets the stage for a chilly night tonight where you will have frost on your car if you parked outside some of you. Already the mid50s in livermore and san francisco. San jose 57. Santa rosa down to 54. Concord currently 57. This is you, napa county, sonoma counties, marin county, mainly away from the bay, our north bay valleys, overnight lows tonight may drop to the low to mid30s away from the city. The pets bring them inside. Protect the plants if you need tomorrow. Yes, it is that time of year. Frost advisory in effect and a freeze warning for inland mendocino county. Ukiah may be below freezing tonight. So specifically what are we talking about . Concord tonight 39. Up and down the 680 corridor south to pleasanton and livermore, upper 30s for you. Fairfield, vacaville, 38 degrees. Napa 39. Santa rosa 36 degrees. Radar is clear. We had a few showers offshore. They are gone. But lets look up towards the sierra where we have had numerous snow showers and i have video to show you from the sierra because, yes, it is snowing. This is our sierra at tahoe camera. A couple of ski resorts are already open. Boreal opens up friday. Mount rose opens friday. Snow guns have been work. Fresh powder in the mix and the sierra is turning whiter and whiter. Lets focus our attenti

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