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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM May 26, 2016

Typical San Francisco style. Lets take a look. After being serenaded by a drag queen, local politicos cut the ribbon on the new 257 million metro center all to house the bay areas ever growing transit, air quality and planning bureaucracy. This is a huge step in terms of regional cooperation. Reporter huge is right 8 stories of offices and chat spaces with coffee bars, outdoor patio and hightech Commission Meeting room with a tv control center. But like many projects, the building also went way over budget from 167 million to 257 million. Get started on it start pulling things apart and the next thing you know, theres a little more to do. Reporter in this case about 90 million more. I was concerned but i think its working well. Reporter it certainly is impressive but what do you and i get out of it . Its not like muni is going to be less crowded. And bart is still planning to ask voters for a 3. 5 billion bond to keep the system running. Bridge tolls will likely be going up, as well. Putting the best planners we have in the same space is going to help. We got a great real estate deal. Reporter its going to be interesting because we have been paying for this. And the Real Estate Market in San Francisco has gone crazy so they say this is a gold mine waiting to happen if we ever needed to sell it. Probably even make more than 274 million. But the problem is, were not going to sell it. We are going to keep using it. So i hope you enjoy it because here it is all yours. In San Francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. In campaign 2016, our exclusive poll shows where things stand in the big contest in the south bay nearly two weeks before our california primary. In the race for the 17th congressional district, incumbent mike honda has the support of 31 of voters polled while his main opponent ro khanna has 25 . Devin fehely says khanna is ready for a rematch with honda like the 2014 election but with a different outcome. I always thought that politics could really make an impact in peoples lives. Reporter despite trailing slightly in our exclusive poll, ro khanna is itching for a rematch with his opponent congressman mike honda dogged by an ongoing ethics investigation. Khanna believes the political scales have finally tipped in his favor. Congressman honda in his office gave special favors to donors so it started as this investigation about mingling of staff but it became something much worse. Reporter the june 7 primary will once again pit the political newcomer against the incumbent. Khanna narrowly lost to him two years ago in his First Political campaign. This time around he went to Great Lengths to distinguish himself from the long time congressman even pledging not to accept money fro lobbyists, corporations or Political Action committees a move dismissed by the Honda Campaign what do you say that at best this is a symbolic gesture and at worst political smoke and mirrors . If it was smoke and mirrors, everyone would do it. Obviously no other candidates are doing it because it comes at a cost, youre not taking money and there are only 9 candidates in the country running federally who have committed to it. Reporter the pledge hasnt hurt his fundraising. He raised more money than congressman honda and built a war chest with nearly 2 million in the bank compared to honda 800,000. He also enjoys the endorsement of politicians who both supported him two years ago. I give voters this promise that if they do send me to washington, i will work doubly hard to be their congressman. Reporter in santa clara, devin fehely, kpix 5. We know you would have liked to have heard from congressman honda. We asked his campaign for an interview and let them know we would be talking with mr. Khanna but the Honda Campaign told us the congressman is, quote, booked solid until the primary. New at 6 00 a search for a teenager missing under suspicious circumstances in vallejo. This morning a witness saw 15 yearold pearl pinson being pulled by a man on the 780 pedestrian overcrossing. She had blood on her face and was yelling for help. The man pulling her has been identified as 19yearold fernando castro. Witnesses say he had a firearm in his hand. The deputies havent confirmed if there was a shooting. Investigators hope dna testing can identify a headless torso found by the bay bridge this afternoon. A worker found the torso on the rocks by the eastern end of the bridge. Investigators say it appears to be the remains of a young male but so far no way of telling if this was an accident, suicide or a crime. It appears that the body may have been in the water for at least a month if not longer possibly on the rocks for a couple of days. So the body is quite decomposed. They will be checking with agencies across the bay area to see if the body matches any unsolved cases. A fire at a strip mall started about 3 a. M. This morning at the Rancho Shopping Center off el camino real. Firefighters work for hours to put this fire out even using a drone to help them get a better view. But it was too late for many shops including a familyrun jewelry shop open for over 30 years. The man found out his business was on fire when it was on the news this morning at the gym. Its shocking. Its really a shock. I dont know whats going to happen. So i take every minute of the time. Firefighters say that fire destroyed eight businesses. They will be able to go into the building tomorrow to start their investigation into the cause. Its a huge problem, people illegally using disabled placards to park for free. Now the state is doing something about it. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman on the audit now facing the dmv. Mike. Reporter liz, we have been doing stories about this, i can remember, back to 1990, thats 26 years ago, and attempts to stop it have been going on for almost as long. Nothing has worked. Now a new idea to audit the dmv. Will it work . There is hope. There is an incredible amount of fraud going on for years. There has to be. Does one in eight california drivers have a disability . Thats how many placards there are out there. There would be no more meters available for everybody. Reporter everyone with a disability placard couldnt park at a meter because there are twice as many placards as there are San Francisco parking meters. Why . Its easy to get. Just fill out there form and have a doctor sign it. Maybe an audiologist will say you have a balance problem and cant walk for or a psychiatrist that says youre depressed. Theres a way to get one. Doctors get very low fees on hmo capitations so that whats it to the doctor to fill out a form for you to keep you as a patient . Reporter he helped write a grand jury report on problem almost 10 years ago and has been fighting for reform ever since. There was a place in San Francisco where we were told that if you went for 750 in cash, you would get a completed form authorized by the right type of medical practitioner. Reporter but nothing was done. So the problem is massive. Is this the answer . We think dmv clearly is [ indiscernible ] realize the magnitude of the problem. Reporter a democrat and republican joined together to ask for an audit of dmv procedures, a republican and democrat working together . when was the last time you heard that happen in todays political atmosphere . The benefit of the audit is that its going to bring to light the issue of whether enforcement is enough or whether there needs to be some additional changes. Reporter like whether balance or parking anxiety is an appropriate reason to park at any meter without paying as long as you want. Thats what you get with one of these passes. We should point out that it is the disabled community itself that wants these changes because they dont think that anybody should abuse it. Its taking their parking spots away from people who need them. Mike sugerman, kpix 5. A big win for taxi drivers over unfair compensation. A judge ordered Yellow Cab Taxi Company of Mountain View to pay 175,000 in back wages. An investigation showed the owner intentionally misclassified drivers as independent contractors instead of fulltime employees to avoid paying the minimum wage. The awards for the drivers go from 500 to 25,000 each. He is famous for creating the korean taco truck. Now he is on a mission to reinvent fast food. The healthy menu drawing business crowds in the east bay. Trapped in traffic. The change at this bay area intersection right before a mother and her toddler were hit by a train. How it could change the investigation. And some bart workers making triple their salaries just in overtime. Only on 5 how bart is explaining the budget busting over time. And its windy and cool here at sfo. In fact, temperatures today around the bay slightly below average. But a warming trend is on the way. Details coming up. ,,,,,,, search for suspects in and e search for suspects in nova. Ken bastida is in the newsroom. Etting word people two people shot and the search for the suspects in novato. Ken bastida is live in our newsroom with an update on our top story. Reporter we are just getting word of people in novato who live near Fairway Drive are being told to shelter in place. Stay where you are if you are in your house. Stay there. If you are working, stay in your office. All this as a search is under way right now for as many as three suspects. Heres what we know. A lot of this is coming in as we speak. Sheriffs deputies found two people with gunshot wounds in an open space area off Fairway Drive in novato. This is in the area near the marin country club. The shooting was reported about 5 00. One gunshot victim was found right away. Then later another victim found. No word on their conditions right now. We want to give you a visual idea of the area that this search is going on right now. You can see its open space right at the end of that culde sac. This is a neighborhood of fairly affluent homes that dead ends in that open space. We have live pictures from chopper 5 heading to the location right now. Marin independent journal reports that the shooting may involve as many as three suspected and a manhunt is under way. Novato police and marin county sheriffs are involved. Shelter in place in the immediate area of Fairway Drive drive. Well have more as chopper 5 arrives on scene. Thank you. The father at the center of an arson and Murder Investigation in vallejo turned himself in. 53yearold darrylone shuemake, sr. , called Richmond Police this morning and said he was suicidal. They took him into custody before handing him to vallejo police. He is the father of this 5year old boy who died in a house fire on sunday morning in vallejo. The childs mother is in the hospital in critical condition. A 13yearold boy in the home had minor burns. New details in the deadly amtrak crash yesterday that killed a mother and daughter. We have learned there was heavier than usual traffic in the area because of construction. Pg e was doing work near the Railroad Crossing forcing traffic near the tracks to merge from two lanes down to one. Investigators say the proper signage was posted warning drivers of the changes. Still, Vanessa Enriquez and her 3yearold daughter were killed on the tracks. The likelihood is that car was stopped, trapped in traffic and never saw the arm unless she were looking in the rear view mirror to see it coming down behind her vehicle. Police say the crossing arms and lights at the Railroad Crossing were working properly. Many San Francisco streets are in bad shape so today mayor ed lee announced that the city will spend more than 100 million to resurface streets. Part of the plan to improve the citys Pavement Condition index. Busy masonic avenue will be getting a makeover. The mta set to break ground on that 18 million streetscape Improvement Project next month. It will span from geary boulevard to fell street. All in of safety. The board of supervisors approved the project in 200. More bike lanes and trees. Fewer parking spaces. All in the name safety. The board of supervisors approved the project back in 2008 to cut down on traffic related injuries and deaths. Construction is expected to last 18 months. New at 6 00 well known chefs are serving up Healthy Fast Food in oakland without busting customers budgets. Kpix 5s john ramos found out the Restaurant Owners hope their business will make an impact when it comes to race relations. Reporter broadway and 22nd may be ground zero in oaklands restaurant renaissance. But the long line today was for everyones guilty pleasure, fast food. [ yelling number ] reporter welcome to local, oaklands brandnew street chic sardine can of a restaurant that is a collaboration between renowned bay area chef and restaurateur Daniel Patterson and famed l. A. Food guru and urban philosopher roy choi. What im bringing is just a little bit of l. A. Flavor and sense of humor, attitude. But im connecting with the street. Reporter along with noodles and salads, you can get a 5 burger or tortilla wrap made with fresh natural ingredients. Choi created a craze with his l. A. Food truck and made for tv personality. But with local, first in watts and now in oakland, he and patterson are making a social statement. Hiring workers from communities scarred by racial strife. Our country isolates. We categorize and isolate people from each other. And so slowly about bringing people together. L. A. , San Francisco. Reporter sitting shoulder to shoulder on plain wooden boxers diners cant help but come together. Its crowded and loud. And a whole lot of fun. And the chefs enthusiasm is infectious to the customers and employees. Where we taking local . How far does it go, the world, right . Across the world reporter they want to use the universal experience of food to unite people. But, of course, nothing spices things up like a little southern californiabay area rivalry. You got a Better Baseball team. You know. But we got better burritos. You know . [ laughter ] reporter in oakland, john ramos, kpix 5. And in keeping with their social justice mission, the owners say the next restaurant in the local chain will be created in ferguson, missouri. Julie watts is at sfo. I didnt see sun until 4 p. M. I can tell you the sun is coming out now. Its been in my eyes for most of this live shot. [ laughter ] yeah. You can see it right there. We will see more sunshine though as we head into the holiday weekend. Just what a lot of folks want over the weekend. Outside now theres sunshine for many folks this afternoon. Highs today warming up into the mid70s for santa rosa. Topping out at 65 in oakland, 66 fremont, 62 San Francisco. There are thunderstorms out there. A lot of folks getting drenched right now. Thundershowers are popping up over the sierra and over portions of lake county. A closer look at lake county shows really some impressive cells east of Lake Berryessa. Another handful of cells just to the north of clearlake and they havent moved a lot over the last hour or so. They are getting drenched. Area of low pressure now moving pushing off to the east. As it does we have a ridge of High Pressure building in over the pacific thats going to warm things up. Gradual warming heading into the next few days. Low clouds with coastal drizzle tonight. Then sunny and seasonal for most tomorrow. Warming trend continues into the weekend with plenty of sunshine for your holiday weekend. High temperatures tomorrow topping out in the mid to upper 70s for the warmest spots in the south bay. 76 in san jose. 74 Mountain View. 59 in pacifica. 65 in San Francisco. East bay temperatures topping out near 80. Fairfield 81. 75 livermore. 75 vallejo. 80 tomorrow in santa rosa. Your extended forecast shows more of the same topping out in the mid80s as we head into friday and saturday. Really sticking with plenty of sunshine. We could see some Coastal Cloud cover tomorrow but sunshine even along the coast for at least part of this weekend and then heading into the holiday on monday, 87 degrees, upper 80s through the extended forecast. So really a beautiful forecast if you like sunshine that is. If you like rain, well, probably not going to see that for the next few days with the exception of these thunderstorms. Thank you. Broken escalators and ticket machines . The repairs pile up while bart shells out millions in overtime. Our exclusive investigation on the workers making six figures just in overtime. ,,,,,,, of your regular salary . Only on 5 phil matier found out all you h how would you like to make tens of thousands of dollars on top of your regular salary . Good job if you can get it. Only on 5 phil matier found out that all you have to do is get a job at bart. Reporter look familiar . A broken bart escalator. Motionless for months at the 16th of and Mission Street station. Its on a long repair list that we have learned has been keeping the Transit Agencys escalator repair team busy and they get lots of overtime to do it. We obtained employer compensation data for 2015 and found one escalator repairman alone with an annual salary of 77,000 made a whopping extra 139,000 in overtime. And thats just the tip of the iceberg. A System Service worker earning 57,000 in base pay who made almost three times his salary over 162,000 in overtime. And a bart police officer, he tops the list at 96,000 in salary but 170,000 in overtime. We found that bart spent 13 of its total compensation on workers last year was over time. Compared to an average of 3 in the private sector. Really what this is, is our system is aging. Reporter barts Spokesman Says capital repairs

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