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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM December 15, 2016

Both corroborate the story saying that firefighters were in fact inside this building. Im also told that those firefighters spoke derick ion almena the man renting out the warehouse. So far no explanation as to why a visit like the one they are describing does not show up on Fire Department records. It might just be some sort of communication issue. Reporter this wouldnt be the first such communication issue. We know building inspectors were responding to complaints about the warehouse right around the time of that event in 2014. We have video of police poking around inside the building in october of this year. But none of that was enough to produce action by the city something the mayor identified as a problem just days after the fire. Were developing ways to immediately clarify the responsibility of City Employees to properly report any observations of dangerous Living Conditions or illegal events along with a clear process for doing so. Reporter in oakland, wilson walker, kpix 5. And we of course reached out to the oakland Fire Department for comment but have not heard back. Right now crowds are lining up at the fox theatre in oakland. Its a night every music and dancing to help those left by the deadly warehouse fire. Primus with openers like the tune yards, rogue wave and hip hop artists. Kpix 5s emily turner is live outside the show. Reporter they are running late but you can see everybody lined up looking forward to going inside. It starts shortly and benefits the victims of the ghost ship fire and ticket sales money is going to the Gray Area Foundation a San Francisco Arts Organization and will send the money to families of the victims, victims and those displaced by the fire. We are waiting for the red cross to figure out who that goes to. They have raised 672,000. Tonight they will get about 30,000 more. Its going to be somber and thats important. We want it to be celebratory and we have encouraged the artists to keep it light. Because we are here, we are here to celebrate the lives of the victims. Reporter and this show has been sold out. We are told that theres not a ticket to be found. Although the crowds havent quite made it here yet. We know that along with all the musical performer, some of the loved ones of the folks who died in the fire will be speaking tonight. We be able to go inside at least for a portion of the show and bring that to you tonight at 10 00 and 11 00. Live in oakland, emily turner, kpix 5. Governor brown is vowing to do whatever it takes to protect the environment even if that means taking on the future president. Kpix 5s phil matier is here now and phil, the governor is fired up about this reporter thats right. He was talking to a collection of Climate Change scientists today said steady the course and he said if theres a fight on, he is willing to take it even if it means going into outer space. Lets listen to what the governor had to say. Some people say that they are going to turn off the satellites that are monitoring the, um, climate. And if trump turns off the satellites, california will launch its own damn satellites were gonna collect that data reporter california governor jerry brown called out the incoming Donald Trump Administration and pledged to do whatever it takes to block any rollback on California Environmental regulations. This is not about twitter and 140characters and the instant proliferation of meaningless news bits. This is about real life. Reporter browns San Francisco speech comes amid reports that scientists are moving their data off government servers out of fear it may be erased by Incoming Trump skeptics. Claims National Resource Defense Council says run standable. They want to make sure they protect their lifes work and the rich data that we have. By the way, if they start delete had gone databases, look, we have a lot of databases in california we can take a few more. Reporter the Trump Transition Team however says brown and his kind are jumping the gun. The president elect is a very commonsense oriented guy and basically what he said is, if we reduce Carbon Emissions the air is going to get cleaner, thats a positive thing. Whether you believe in Climate Change or not, we want clean air. Reporter we asked uc hayings law prove dave owens who has the upper hand in a fight like this is feds or state . Who calls the shots . There are lots of lines and a lot of them are blurry. One of the things that we have to guard against is that the feds could stop funding a lot of programs. Reporter how much money . Were talking billions. In california, we got plenty of lawyers. [ laughter ] so we got the scientists. We got the lawyers. And were ready to fight [ applause and cheers ] reporter its interesting to note that jerry brown actually got the moniker governor moonbeam back in the 1970s when he suggested california send a satellite in the sky to look at the environment and the changing landscape in california. Todayest proud about that saying it might be time to bring it back for the fight that he is ready to take off. Back to you guys. Thank you. Get ready for thursday soaker. A wet and windy storm is moving in on the bay area. The rain already causing problems in the north bay where a big rig delivering cocacola skidded off the road and flipped over. It happened on river road just south of guerneville just after 4 00 this afternoon. It spilled more than 30 gallons of diesel fuel. But the driver is okay. In the east bay crews were out scrambling to clear the storm drains before that downpour. The bay is currently experiencing king tides. That means places like berkeley could see flooding in lowlying areas. Most cities have sandbags available for people who are worried about flooding. Lets get over to chief meteorologist paul deanno. You have the timing on this down . We do. Tomorrow morning it will be pouring in the north bay and this storm has a long way to travel because its just beginning to rain steadily tonight in eureka. There is the storm. There are still some showers out there now. Kpix 5 hidef Doppler Radar showing the steadiest showers toward the nut tree, vacaville, fairfield, yountville and still low based rain showers in santa rosa, south to petaluma so where is that line of the heavy rain the stuff we have been talking about for the past couple of days . There it is. 7 00 tomorrow morning, mid morning commute, its there in marin county, napa and Sonoma County that will work its way south a very wet and windy day talking rainfall totals and when the rain will make it all the way to the south bay coming up in a few minutes. See you then. New at 6 00, some bay area nuns are running into trouble trying to feed the hungry. They have plans to open a new soup kitchen in San Francisco. But kpix 5s Jessica Flores says the new neighbors arent feeling very charitable. As the line broke outside very blessed. Reporter sister Marie Benedict prepares for another of feeding the hungry. For the past several years, the sisters of the fraternity of notre dame from france have run their soup kitchen from San Franciscos tenderloin district. Thank you, sister. Have a nice day. We try to love them and we try to make the soup kitchen like a family. Reporter but the rent is driving them out. And after multimillionaire tony robbins stepped in to buy them this new spot, a 750,000 condo in the mission, the sisters thought their prayers were answered. Everybody say, when are you coming . Everybody waiting for us. Reporter residents at 1930 mission are trying to block the nuns from relocating their soup kitchen to the building. The lawyer for the Homeowners Association wouldnt comment for this report. But he filed a letter with the city planning department. It says, feeding the homeless is a wonderful thing. But that the Mission Condo is not the appropriate location. The letter also says lines for a soup kitchen could hurt future development. Still, the building already has some issues. Residents complain of drug deals going on in broad daylight. When the nun comes here, [ indiscernible ] reporter the Planning Commission will have a hearing on the new soup kitchen location in january. The nuns will be there hoping to change the residents hearts and minds. I would like them to be compassionate. I know its not so easy to to live when you have a lot of [ indiscernible ] [ heavy french accent ] we need to work together. Reporter in San Francisco, im Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Tonight a man who made a vta suicide bomb threat is behind bars. Around 10 00 this morning, sheriffs deputies say Jonathan Keim made three different phone calls and sent an email to the agency saying he would like to blow up a train or bus. Shortly after all vta trains and buses were stopped and searched. Deputies and bombdetection canines searched his house. Nothing was found. They are touted as being safer but they are already problems on day one. Coming up the safety issues for selfdriving uber cars in San Francisco and why the state says these vehicles should not be allowed on the roads. Plus one day after the chevy volt made its bay area debut another electric car company is jumping into the mix. The new luxury option still ahead. Then a young Northern California woman going under the knife to save someone more than 50 years her senior. Were ,,,,, i like to know whats happening as soon as it happens. Who won the game, who won on the dancing show. I mean, if i watched that show. Same with my banking. With my bank of america mobile banking app, i can see my accounts all in one place. I can easily manage them and if something doesnt look right, im going to know. Plus, i can set up alerts to help detect unusual activity. So i feel secure. Wait, he won . Thats an average tango. At best. Just hours after uber hit t gas on a new selfdriving c program in San Francisco e state is p developing tonight just hours after uber hit the gas on the new selfdriving car program in San Francisco, the state is pulling the plug. Kpix 5s Susie Steimle has been following the story and has some new information for us tonight. Susie . Reporter well, allen, were here at 777 harrison street. Ubers just purchased this garage to keep its selfdriving vehicles inside. Now looks like thats where they are going to stay for the next little while. And believe it or not, this is not the only legal issue that uber is facing tonight. Hours into the new automated operation of ubers self driving cars, the dmv shut them down. Before that, they had other problems. Just hazardous situation that they need more space. I think they can afford it. Reporter he works for golden gate transit. Uber just purchased a garage across the street to store its new Automated Vehicles inside. He says they keep parking in an illegal red zone. So its a bit of a hazard to have them right there where the city is allowing them to park in the red zone when were trying to [ indiscernible ] reporter uber has a reputation for skirting the law. Thats what caused the shutdown of the Automated Program today. Uber thought it didnt need a test permit for Automated Vehicles because it had a person behind the wheel in case of emergencies. But again, today the company got caught redhanded running a red light. In response, uber said this incident was due to human error. This is why we believe so much in making the roads safer by building selfdriving ubers. This vehicle was not part of the pilot and was not carrying customers. , the driver involved has been suspended while we continue to investigate. Jim peterson says he still worries human error will interfere with Automated Software something he deals with daily. People are on their phone they step off the curb, things like that. Autonomous vehicle might not be prepared for that. Reporter 20 other companies have already done the paperwork to have these test permits for automatic vehicles in california. It also says if uber doesnt indicate that its shutting down its program immediately, it will face legal action. Live in San Francisco, Susie Steimle, kpix 5. New at 6 00 competition is getting fierce in the electric car market. Just one day after chevy debuted its bolt in the bay area, a luxury carmaker is showing off its new electric vehicle. Kpix 5s devin fehely with a first look. [ music ] reporter unveiled with all the theatrical flourish of apple or tesla product launch, the lucid air was debuted in the crowded allelectric car market. Its unlike anything else in the marketplace. And its really about breaking away from the intern combustion kind of way of doing things. Aerodynamics wizard has taken a vortex induction system. Reporter they plan to compete with tesla as well as luxury carmakers like mercedes and bmw. We got a chance to take a test drive in one of the early prototypes. Well be showing you a few different features. Reporter it boasting a powerful engine and the acceleration was surprising and pardon the pun electrifying. With a a 300mile range, the first car wont be fully autonomous. It will share the road and the market with teslas line of cars and the chevy bolt as well as countless hybrids. And how well it navigates the bumps in the road from concept to Successful Company will likely determine its longevity in the electric car field. On our journey, we kept so quiet for so long. Reporter in fremont, devin fehely, kpix 5. Its happened again. Yahoo revealing new details of a massive cyber attack that may be the biggest breach in history. The sunnyvalebased company now revealing that one billion accounts were exposed in a 2013 hack. The tech giant says the information stolen includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, this is separate from another hack back in 2014 that compromised 500 million user accounts. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell indicated today the league would like to avoid having the raiders leave oakland. He called relocation something they would like to avoid and today nfl owners gathered for their meeting in texas. One of the topics, oaklands 1. 3 billion stadium plan. It would be funded in part by an Investment Group headed by ronnie lott. Goodell told reporters today that as of now, there is no acceptable stadium solution in oakland but the league is not giving up on oakland just yet. Theres something we have to continue to work with those communities. We will. We are committed to continue to work with those communities and finding those solutions and well do that. Raiders owner mark davis has already made something of a commitment to move his team to a new stadium in vegas. Goodell says davis will be able to apply for relocation after the season. The raiders would need 24 of 32 nfl owners to approve the move. A selfless gift prompts a pay it forward movement. [chuckling] a 20yearold sacramento womans attempt to save her cousins life saved the lives of others. She called it her share your spare journey. She wasnt a match for her cousin who needed a kidney she gave it to a stranger. Her kindness started a Chain Reaction ushering in other donors to the operating room. Briana to have such a big heart, she is thinking about other people. Its amazing. Three other people heard the story and decided to donate saving the lives of a 72year old and a 56yearold man. Incredible. Generous. Yeah. Good story. Hm. Paul deanno bringing the rain again. We got the rain coming, yes. All right. And the wind. Really the first storm of the season. This is going to be a bona fide storm. It going to be wet and windy. And its going to be some of the more intense rainfall that we have seen since about last march. Its been coming up for a while. Its been raining for much of the day in mendocino and Sonoma County. 1. 5 of rain in venado already. Santa rosa more than a half inch today. Still a few scattered showers in land show county and napa county. The front moves in overnight. It needs to get here quickly. Its up in eureka but will be here this time tomorrow. Ahead of it warm and humid. Oakland 63. San jose 63. San rafael 59 degrees. Here comes the storm. We need the low pressure area to get closer. That transition happens tomorrow. So walking through things we are going to get to the timing coming up in a second. Light rain moves in overnight tonight. It will be a wet and windy day tomorrow with things clearing out by friday. What you want to know is when is it going to pour in my house . Very generalized but i could spend a halfhour if you want to go by tiny region by tiny region so well do big regions instead. North bay 7 to 11 a. M. Tomorrow. Thats your window for heavy rain. The rain tapers off before lunch time. Central bay including San Francisco, oakland, south to fremont, 11 a. M. To 3 p. M. Then the front works its way south, san jose, this is you, 3 p. M. To 6 p. M. Tomorrow. So its going to be heavy rain for three or four hours. And in that time you will get a lot of rain in a short amount of time. No widespread flooding but well see small stream and urban flooding tomorrow so wet, windy then done. Not a drop of rain for the next week after that. Chilly and sunny. One day with rain thats tomorrow. Not too bad. Thank you. They play a crucial role in tracking flights. Inside the nasa testing ground for air Traffic Control technology. The upgrades

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