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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM January 3, 2017

Key financial documents. The city of santa clara is the owner of the stadium and the Stadium Authority board as i often say has the fiduciary responsibility to make sure that we are properly managing a very valuable asset. Reporter the 49ers say theyre in compliance with both the spirit and letter of their agreement with the city having twice opened their books to auditors who visited team headquarters. Much of the antagonism the 49ers currently takes. The move mobilized the community and so the seeds of deep rooted distrust that has never really completely gone away. Sometimes you have a choice whether you want to pick a fight or not. The fight came to us. This is not something we wanted to do. The 49ers will not negotiation in good faith and will not open their books up. Reporter the oe phaeugs of the 49ers name in that tv ad she doesnt believe that was an intentional slight the omission of the 49ers name in that tv ad she doesnt believe that was an intentional slight. 49ers owner jed york now looking for his third coach in three years as well as a manager to oversee a storied franchise. It was a bleak season making for an even bleaker black monday. For the second year in a row, the 49ers are out a head coach and this year theyre out a general manager. This feels like a really bad hang over from last year. Just the big mess we have. The players and devastating injuries they suffered. Its a combination of all. Reporter like all hang over, the year didnt start out that way. Before their 214 season, juggling quarterbacks and scandals there was hope for what chip kelly could do for the team. It was very clear to trentinize that chip kelly was going to be able to take us to where we need to go. Reporter that sound bite was from a year ago. The man hes talking about is fired. The teams general manager is too. To say fans are frustrated would be an understatement. The Team Struggles to fill the stands and is embroiled in a players accountable to each other. I think the best way to do that is a clean sphraeut. Slate. In santa clara. Coming up in sports, vern glenn will take a look at some of the contenders. Fast burning fires in a home. Were told a frayed cord may have spread the flames. But it was hot very fast and it blew out windows and also caught the eve lgs. So we have crews right now working on making sure none of the wood shingles on top theres no fire there. Reporter thankfully no one was home, no injuries were reported. Live look outside at the San Francisco skyline looking to the east bay. Scattered showers today into the night. Heavier storms on the way though. The rain was coming down steady this morning in santa clara and windchill wipers kind of busy for folks crossing the bay bridge. Good day to sleep in if you had the day off. Tomorrow the back to work commute could get messy. Meteorologists paul diano is back and working through the rain and snow. Today mount diablo, mount st. Helena the chance for snow. One just moved through vallejo, there are more headed toward vacaville. More showers heading toward you in richmond and el cerrito. Look at the snowfall totals this week in the sierra. Another miss for donner summit. More than 6 feet over the next 72 hours. Even tahoe in the 50s when it comes to snowfall totals as for when our precipitation begins to pick up here. Our futurecast says overnight tonight you see the green beginning to fill in with lunchtime tomorrow. There it is. The steady rainfall heading here toward the bay area with tons of snow in the sierra. We talk more about that coming up. Sounds good, paul thank you. Tonights storm brought unusual snow. Kids taking add advantage of the snow day to go sledding, maybe making some snowballs. Heres the view from lake level. This is a time lapse from the sunny side restaurant on the North Western shore of lake tahoe. While the snow is great for skiers and snow boarders, it is a long for the commute home. Reporter clear right now but snow was coming down. Families heading home from the sierra were surprised to see the snow so they took a little detour. This family from stockton were heading to truckee but turned around when they saw the traffic. Realized they could still play in the snow without having to make the trek up the mountain. Other families heading up to the sierra also turned around. They were tired of waiting in the gridlock. There was traffic on the freeway. So we stopped by to have some fun in the snow. Most of the traffic was caused by chain control restrictions. Snow is expected to continue falling overnight. Starting tomorrow, the main control is coming up. Whether the main tunnel should be replaced. The shut down will last for about two months and during that time water will come from several local reservoirs that have been storing water from hetch hetchy. The taste and purity of the water will not change. It will give each water agency a budget for how much water people are allowed to use. State officials would set the amount based on local factors such as population. Outdoor temperatures, and there would be penalties for going over budget. State lawmakers will have to hatch out the details over the next few years but both water agencies and environmentists are ready to environmentalists are ready to support the change. For the jihon family, life is all about stepping up. We had the full ray of sunshine since june of 2015. And this ray of sunshine is actually their third foster child. Teaches your other children how to look out for other people. Yeah these two. Reporter california is simply going to need more parents to open their doors as the state makes more changes. Group homes are phasing out as we know them now. Reporter what weve long called group homes will now become short term residential Treatment Facilities which you might call temporary housing for children with very specific needs. That means children who dont need that kind of specialized care will need some place else to go. We need more families. I mean thats what it comes down to. Susan fetti recruits for the group that has joined Sonoma County to look for group homes as theyre being phased out. Were out doing billboards, were in movie theaters. Reporter and its a challenge faced by every single county in the state. For the last year weve really been working toward recruitment. Ramping up our efforts to increase the providers in contra costa county. Reporter its not just a challenge, this is a strategy a lot of people have been begging for. I think at this point were all on board. Theres not one person whos not behind this. Thats because evidence shows getting children in a home of their own just works better so the hunt is on for the parents. We know that children do much better in a home. Kids are kids. Kids are kids. They all need love. Reporter the need for homes will vary county to county. But to put scale on this. As many as 2,000 additional foster families will be needed across california and again this will happen over the next two years. Wow. Well. Having been a Foster Parent and i know all along that theyre needing more and more families. But theyre really going to have to expand. Group homes dont house a tremendous number of children. You can works out to about 10 in the average county but it does create a new need. Theyre going to need more families. I think the push would be to inform parents across california. Adults throughout california that more people are eligible to be Foster Parents than they might think. You do not have to be married. You do not have to own your home. You dont have to be wealthy. I think theres a misconception that its really difficult to adopt a child and theres a huge waiting list. But now that you put it this way. Here comes the push over the next few years. Youre probably eligible to help a child. Theyre also trying to increase the amount of inhome support for families. Because they do it for love. They dont do it for the money. Thanks. Its 100 years old, can take five minutes to cross the major facelift for a major bay area tunnel and the traffic headaches it could bring to a tourist hot spot. And package thieves take a bait. Wait until you see where they got busted. How a homeowner teamed up with police to protect her porch. And a drunk pilot caught attempting to fly three times the legal limit. How the crew prevented a potential disaster. ,,,,,,,,, the baker barry tunnel ia half mile long. And nearla hundred years old. Kpix fis john ramos looks at the tra the baker berry tunnel is a half mile long nearly 100 years old. John ramos looks at the traffic squeeze just ahead. The barricades are standing by for the moment the tunnel closes. The park service is refurbishing the half mile cavern and the gloomy light. Those who made it through today got a treat even though it was just by accident. Im grateful for it because i had never been through that tunnel before. And i was like oh my god how long is this tunnel. Because it was so long. I was so amazed. Really dark isnt it. Reporter the sign outside might say 1954 but the tunnel was actually carved out in 1918. A way for horse and buggy to get to the backside of the marin head lands. Today it brings tourists to the end of the road. The center says it will stay open tunnel or no tunnel. Were just simply recommending for people that are coming for a tour, give yourself around five, 10 minutes just in case theres a little bit of extra traffic. Thats the official line and what everyone here is hoping for. But soon all traffic to the marin head lands will be tunneled. The trip to his home could take up to two hours says one man. The problem is not so much the drivers as the parkers. Tourist come from all over the world and when they cant find a space, they often park at the middle of the road. Theyve never shut down the tunnel for five months so many dont know what to expect. But some say no matter what, the drive will still be worth the view. Kpix5. The tunnel was supposed to close today but its been pushed back a week to next monday. Theres new hope for ice skaters and hockey players in buehrleing game. A push to build a new skating rink has been gaining momentum. Theres only bun one rink. Whether the new rink is approved, its now up to buehrleing game city council. One potential hitch, the project may need to secure several Million Dollars from neighboring san mateo. A transient has been arrested on suspicion of starting a fire. Witnesses spotted john morgan from starting a fire on el camin orbing early new years day. The building was empty when the fire started. No one was hurt. Oakland Street Corner looked more like a geyser this morning. This was at west grand at poplar. Oakland fire eventually managed to turn the water off. It opened at 8 30 a. M. But closes two hours earlier at 2 30 p. M. Monday through friday. Traffic park hours also changed to 8 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. And to save more money the court was closed for a week after the holidays. Vacant positions were also evacuated. Led to the arrest of two people. As kelly ryan shows us, police are not easing up on that program either. Yesterday police followed a transmitter that was placed in a package. It led them here where the suspects were getting a bite to eat before police cornered them and made two arrests. Police say the suspects were leaving a driver through at this mcdonalds drive through. They found narcotics and arrested 48yearold ronny bartolemeu. Theyre working with neighbors to have bait packages delivered just like any other package. And thieves arent stopping their activities just because the busy Holiday Season is over. Police say they will be focusing bait programs on neighborhood that is have had multiple package thefts. Happy new year. Gifts of rainfall. But snow. Snow is good. We had lots of snow. Add lg adding to the rainfall total. Here comes the pattern change. The cold and rain is gone. High temperatures today. Looking pretty chilly. Tiburon you hit 50. Oakland 54. And napa 55. Windsor you only hit 88 degrees. At the top of mount diablo did not get above freezing. So the snow that fell this morning was not there. Mount diablo certainly qualifies for that. Kpix5 high def doppler were tracking some snow right now. That orange and pink and then white that you see, is some snowfall falling at mount diablo right now. We have snowfall on 101. Snow showers begin, steady rainfall moving in by tomorrow afternoon. And snow, snow and more snow for the sierra. Winter storm warning begins tomorrow. It will last all the way through thursday morning. At lake level were talking 18 to 30inches of snowfall by thursday morning. Thats a lot. You can double that above 7,000 feet in elevation. From 30 to 60inches of widespread snow in the highest elevations of the sierra by thursday. So it obviously is getting stormier. The ridge of High Pressure is bringing down the cold but also dry. Its been sunny a lot. Thats now been cut off. Under that ridge we call it under cutting is a tropical air mass. Thats going to be with us for the next week. The ridge has moved so far away from us. How much rainfall, well well talk about the first storm which is tomorrow and wednesday. Theres another one coming for the weekend. By this time tomorrow not bad. About a half of an inch to an inching of to an inch of rainfall. These are impressive rainfall totals. Two inches predicted for san jose. Almost two inches of rainfall for San Francisco. It begins late tomorrow. Wont be gone until thursday morning. At times it is going to pour. So hello rainfall as we begin 2017. Freemont tomorrow wet in the afternoon. 56degrees. Napa 54. San francisco 56 and those low snow levels gone with this pattern shift. Its now going to be warming. Speaking of warm. Well hit 60 over the weekend. But youre not going to be outside to enjoy it because its going to pour. That one is going to last three days. Were wet tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. This is the time of year we typically get the rain. The rain will really get steady after lunchtime tomorrow. So most of tomorrow will be soggy. Bring your umbrellas. A flight headed to sfo diverted over a mansseat. Highlights from this years rose parade and how a bay area hero was rewarded for his brave act. ,, were told to live large, but with Princess Cruises your most extraordinary moments happen when you feel small. When youre completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. So what if you dared to explore this great big beautiful pond. What if you dared to feel small. Celebrate our princess anniversary sale with Award Winning itineraries. 7 day fares from 799. Visit your travel agent or princess. Com. Princess cruises. Come back new. Today. The 128th annual rose parade stepped off under grey skie but reporter kara finnstroms no one seemed to mind. They were striking up the brands by the dozens. Reporter cara finstrom says no one seemed to mind. Can you say happy new year, welcome to the rose parade, buddy. Rose parade newbys came to hear the bands and spot the pedal cars. Its amazing, ive seen this parade every single year and now im here. Reporter they came not just for the iconic parade but cheer on the High School Band and their son. Its been all yearlong practicing for this. Im very proud about my son. Reporter the rose parade brought out these sisters decades. They grew up with big princess dreams. Her mom was in the court in 1931. They had to sit on hot Water Bottles that was their only source of heat. Reporter this year the crowd of about 700,000 started their day with heavy clouds instead of trademark blue skies. They also had to deal with the threat of terrorism that for the first time brought out the barricades at every intersection. There was also bomb sniffing dogs and patrols. The parade sailed forward. Did what it has for 138 years. Bringing together friends and family. Thats my granddaughter and this is my daughter behind you. Reporter leaving us all wide eyed. A bay area family was well represented in that parade. 15yearold Louis Griffin and son and father steve were on the float. Startling the new year with a paycheck boost. A reality check on what that raise will mean for both workers and customers. And after getting shot in an istanbul massacre. The strategy he says kept them alive. , three bay area cities. The new ur in san jose. The minimum wage just went up in three bay area cities. 12. 30 in richmond. The minimum wage is also going up statewide from 10 an hour to 10. 50 an hour. Jessica florez reports from oakland where theres still disagreement on whether or not the wage hike is a good idea. Reporter one way wages are going up may be found in your cup of joe. Profit margin now is so thin. Reporter minimum wage increases this year by 31cents an hour in the city are passed ton the consumer. I figured out what its going to take to stay in business. Thats what the prices are going to be. Reporter barrista jennifer weaver says its all a small price to pay to help low income workers. You notice it in your check. You dont know that 20 or 40 is a big difference until youre collecting it. Reporter which would get you about a third of this cup of coffee. Terms of housing, income equality differential. Its not going to make a big difference. The valuable thing about the minimum wage increase is its a direct way as opposed to other training and education measures. Reporter jennifer says she would live in oakland if she could afford it but the minimum wage still isnt enough. 31cents is what in an eight hour shift youre talking about 2. Uncle am probably gets like a therd of it. Third of it. Its a b. A. R. T. Ticket a day which helps. In San Francisco it will hit 14 in july, in berkeley it will rise to 13. 75 in october. Starting today parking illegally is going to cost you more. Five for people parking in spots unpermitted. And soon you can expect improvements to the munni app. Theres been a lot of glitches in that app and bus stop signs. Buses vanish when youre trying to check the location. The improvement should correct that. Family members outside of prison gates were frantic to find out the fate of their loved ones. This is near rio de janeiro. The riot started as a fight between two prison gangs. Two were reportedly beheaded. This is the worse bloodshed at a brazilian prison since 1992. Z police are looking for a gunman who killed 35 people in a nightclub in isal bun. Surveillance video shows in graphic detail the gunmans rampage. And is providing much needed clues in the International Man hunt. This is the most wanted man in turkey. Officials say the gunman behind the newiers gun attack left behind fingerprints. We hope we will find not only the terrorists he said, but also his connections and those who gave him support inside and outside the club. The killer was s

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