Checking out the biggest thing to happen to chinatown in decades. Reporter ware among the lucky ones ordering some of the first food to come out of china live. We have actually ordered some dishes here. We have the dumplings, we have the shrimp i have to tell you that the food here is just the beginning of the draw of whats being billed as a culinary and cultural destination. Its the talk of the town a project three years in the making and all eyes are on china live. Tourists will come because its fascinating place to visit but locals are very important. Reporter the founder and checkive chef george chen promises it will be like nothing ever seen. Many hope to will revitalize the Tourist Destination criticized for losing its culture in the sea of tourist shops. Its a way to bridge the past, the present and future. Reporter the fusion between old and new, San Francisco and chinatown, clear around every corner. From the grab and go tea cafe with the tearoom in back to the painting that greets you when you walk in. It says bridge, alcatraz, drinking wine. Reporter the scene itself authentic chinese. People say chinese dont have ovens . This is the oven. Reporter the cauldron dates back 1,000 years. He think its the only in the u. S. One of eight food stations intended to be a demonstration that chinese cooking is entertainment and cuisine. The food is farm to table. First chinese menu i know of that changes daily. Hyperseasonal. [ indiscernible ] reporter in china lives retail space, they sell many of the ingredients they use along with pantry and kitchen items. Here you have literally tables. Reporter just upstairs still under construction a hidden bar and planned exclusive highend restaurant with only eight tables. A hostess will walk you down this alley. Reporter a private back alley entrance. Despite the opulence upstairs, he stresses china live has something for everyone. Be. I expect some of the chinatown little old ladies coming in here i want that dish because i cant get it anywhere else. Reporter in addition to the Award Winning restaurant, take a look at the uniform behind me. This is designed by a costume see signer. You see the patch designer. You see the patch on the side there. The lighting adviser was also the lighting adviser on super bowl halftime shows. Upstairs opens in may. Back to you. Jules, you said the place upstairs is rather highend. So i want to know what kind of prices are we looking at . For example, how much is the meal that youre having right now . Reporter you know, this is actually pretty reasonable. The dumplings here are 9 h the shrimp is the most expensive dish on the table 22. Everything else is in the 8, 12 area. Down here its reasonable at least for the quality and for, you know, what appears to be very highend establishment. Upstairs though, i cant tell you the prices. I dont know that they not prices yet but i can tell you its going to be a lot more than twelve bucks. The drink is nonalcoholic, right . Reporter of course. [ laughter ] without question, veronica. Thank you. We have an estimate on winter storm flood damage across california. Right now its looking like at least 50 billion. Sky drone 5 giving us an exclusive look. One hard hit area, these amazing images of the Pfeiffer Canyon bridge. The damaged bridge used to connect two ends of highway 1 near big sur. We sent our devin fehely with sky drone 5 to get a look at an engineering nightmare. Reporter the big sur coast. A place of unparalleled beauty. Mountains meet the sea. You might think big sur is really out of the way. But the world, the whole world, comes here. Reporter but its also a community thats been cut in two. Having highway 1 not open all the way through is a huge impact. Reporter recent rains damaged the Pfeiffer Canyon bridge. Shattered cement bookends and jagged crack that runs across the width of the bridge. But in sky drone 5 the aerial need helps you understand why caltrans engineers now says the bridge cannot be saved. Safety is the number one concern so until we are absolutely certain that we can look people in the eye and say, yes, its safe to drive on this then we have to keep it closed. Reporter a mudslide weakened a column that supports the bridge, which will have to be demolished and rebuilt. How long that will take and how much it will cost are topics as slippery as the mud under the failing bridge. In the meantime, big sur residents are trying to get back to business in Community Divided for the foreseeable future by a canyon and the crumbling bridge that spans it. Theres some beautiful restaurants and shops to the south of us. Reporter in big sur, devin fehely, kpix 5. In the meantime, a group of monks stranded in big sur started a go fund me page to help recoup lost funds for their retreat space. So far they have raised 126,000. Breaking news now. Chopper 5 is live over an Apartment Fire that broke out in south San Francisco earlier. The complex near the intersection of pine and olive avenues. Kpix 5s Elizabeth Cook in the newsroom tracking the latest details for us. Liz. Reporter calls to south San Francisco fire came just before 5 00 this evening. As you can see, in these live pictures from chopper 5, right now, firefighters are there mopping up the mess. You can see heavy damage on the second and third floors. Crews from at least two fire stations responded to this fire. You can see the burn marks around several of the windows. When firefighters first arrived, they could see flames actually shooting out of some of the windows. We dont know yet which unit the fire actually started in or what may have caused it. And at this point its also unclear if anyone was injured. Well stay on top of this situation here in the newsroom. Elizabeth cook, kpix 5. New at 6 00 a possible break in the murder of a College Student killed playing pokemon go in San Francisco. Calvin riley was shot to death at aquatic park last august. He was in the area playing pokemon go when i was killed. But there were no witnesses. Police have had little to go on. Now park police have released a picture of a vehicle of interest. They say a car like this a 2013 or 20134 white fourdoor hyundai was observed leaving the scene, a 2013 or 2014. If you have information, call u. S. Park police. A new pr push from oaklands new police chief laying out her priorities to reporters. Kpix 5s Political Insider phil matier was there. Reporter its an unusual move for an Oakland Police chief to try get to ahead of the scandals and crises that they often face but thats what the new chief did today. Lets take a look. First and foremost, toy want to be clear that we have i do want to be clear that we have a single mission, to make oakland safe. Is going to jail always the answer . No. Reporter unlike oaklands two previous chiefs who rarely spoke unless there is an arrest or crisis, kirkpatrick with a masters degree in counseling and law degree is betting that Public Relations is going to be key to her success. We are more open and should be. Reporter but this is also the age of trump where policing is become even more political. My administration has answered the pleas of the American People for Immigration Enforcement and border security. Reporter and on that point, kirkpatrick was clear where her loyalties lie. Im not a federal agent. I did not work for the federal government. I work for this city. Reporter then of course there are oaklands often violent demonstrations. Explosions ] it is a city known indeed for protest. What i will do as a chief, though, is that other peoples rights to be secure in their properties and to be secure in their safety during protests will also be a guiding principle. Reporter kirkpatrick lives in downtown oakland where she sees another emerging problem firsthand. I did see a lot of homelessness and im concerned for them. Reporter dont look for police sweeps. That is not where im coming from. Im coming from how do we help . Reporter its another example of a liberal police philosophy that will sell well at city hall. But what about out on the streets . I like to see less of people, um, being, um, beaten, mistreated, mishandled. Crime, crime, basic, you know, general crime. You have to keep the community straight, man, you know, everybody got to be straight with everything, Police Officers and everything. Reporter and thats just what the chief intends to do is try to keep it as straight as possible with the public because if you get a jump with the public and in with them, and communicate with them before something bad happens, chances are your going to recover more quickly. Goes a long way. Thats right. Thank you. [ music ] a squeaky problem strands hundreds of passengers. The tiny stowaway that kept a bay area bound flight from taking off for hours. People putting money behind their faith. A look at whats called biblically responsible investing. And now that the damaged oroville spillway is shut off thousands of fish are stranded. We are there for the massive rescue river operation. Not a single cloud in the sky over San Francisco this afternoon. Will that continue tomorrow . Who gets close to 70 and when rain returns to the bay area all next. ,,,,,,,,,, oroville dams main spillway. The army corps of engineers is helping new at 6 00 geologists are getting a better look at the damage at the oroville dams main spillway. The army corps of engineers is helping out with inspections now that the flow of water has stopped. But there is a downside to the water cutoff. It has left thousands of fish stranded. Kpix 5s for ford shows us the rescue effort down street. Don ford reports. Reporter the nearly dry spillway closed now for two days has dried up the Feather River allowing crews to remove millions of cubic yards of debris and engineers to finally see the tremendous damage. The sudden drop in water level, it also is causing unexpected problems downstream. When they shut off the spillway gate, it left probably tens of thousands if not more fish stranded in little pools outside of the River Channel and they could the get back. Reporter fish and wildlife workers from around the state are using aerial photos and more than a dozen boats to locate these hidden pools searching for endangered salmon, steelhead and other fish, all while the river continues to drastically drop. It is muddy, dangerous, and the fish are not cooperating. The fish dont want to be caught. Most of these are wild fish that were spawned in the river. And they know the gig. They want to get away from something thats trying to get them. Reporter this special electrical stun rod gives them a small jolt. Then the workers take the baby salmon back to the main river. Yesterday we saved 800 fish. Reporter this draining river is also revealing for the first time major new sand banks that werent there before. Sections of forest destroyed by the deluge and trees still floating downstream. The power of Mother Nature right here so its over a billiondollar industry in salmon fishing so its critical that we try to save as many fish as we can. Reporter the department of fish and wildlife says this fish rescue operation will continue for the rest of the week. Or until it starts raining. In yuba city, don ford, kpix 5. A napa winery owner and billionaire is spreading his wealth in san jose. He is donating 5 million to help flood victims recover from the disaster. Today, hong delivered a check to San Jose City leaders. They also took him on a tour of the flood damaged areas. The 5 million will go into a Relief Fund Set up by the Silicon Valley community foundation. The money will then be distributed to nonprofits helping with that recovery. A wet winter isnt all bad news. Turns out its doing wonders for the california snowpack. As of today the snowpack is at 185 of average, nearly double what were used to. Kpix 5s emily turner live at sierra at tahoe with the closer look at the numbers and the snow. Emily. Reporter it is one of the top winters for snowfall which means its likely one of the top winters for skiers. No records officially have been set yet on either side. But that doesnt mean they wont. We had a water content of 43. 4, a depth of snow of 112. 7. Reporter not only is that enough to cripple californias drought if not stop it, its also enough snow to keep skiers on the slopes for what could be tahoes longest season and possibly its snowiest if this weather continues. We have been getting so many storms this year, kind of like refills every week. The storms arent coming in inches. They are coming in feet. Reporter and thats almost double the overall annual average with months of winter yet to go. That much snow will keep squaw valley open until the 4th of july before eventually melting into 43. 4 cubic inches of water. They are up in the top 2 to 3, 3 to 4 biggest snow accumulations for march. Now, whether or not we continue when we get another series of storms, so that we understand up with, you know, record setting on april 1, well just have to see. Reporter its good news all around as long as it stays cold and frozen. If so all this snow means a lot of green for resorts. They have seen huge crowds and with days like this lined up well into the spring or summer, there will likely be plenty more. Just a relief, great times, were busy. Theres every trail is open including all of Huckleberry Canyon which is 320 acres of backcountry that we have so if people talked about 10 and 11 year like this, they are going to be talking about 16, 17, too,. Reporter so keep in mind, too, we still have the remainder of march which in tahoe they call miracle march because of all the snow that it historically drops and if thats the case and it continues to snow throughout the season in the way it has thus far, i know exactly what my assignment is going to be on the 4th of july. Reporting live at sierra at tahoe, emily turner, kpix 5. [ laughter ] always gets the good assignments. She wont need the hat and coat. She said that smiling, too. The 4th of july thats almost a lock you will have enough snow to ski. Can you keep the employees around to work through the 4th . They have so much snow its going to take a long time to melt. Its almost like youre putting water in the bank. It is a bank because it will slowly melt. Our dry time of year we dont get any precipitation but we have stored precipitation in the mountains and thats going to melt and fill our reservoirs even when it stops raining. Highs today around the bay area with a backdrop of a gorgeous sunset officially 6 03 sunset in San Francisco today. Napa you hit 65. You will hit 68 tomorrow. San jose you hit 64. You will hit 67 tomorrow. Half moon bay 60, fremont and San Francisco in the low 60s. Radar is clear. Well stay that way until saturday when showers return. Lets fly into the south bay. Watch the temperatures climb with barely any clouds in the sky. Well make the mid to upper 60s tomorrow. Should be a gorgeous afternoon in and around downtown san jose. Your weather headlines will be clear and chilly tonight. A reminder that were still in winter. Spring doesnt begin until the 20th of march this year. So nights are long and chilly despite the fact we hit the 60s during the day. Well drop to the 30s again at night. Frosty in the trivalley, 35 for you, fairfield 33. San rafael 36. And San Francisco 45 degrees. That said, gorgeous tomorrow. Sunshine, warmest day of the week. If you are working all day try to spend 10 minutes and just walk slowly to go get your coffee. Just enjoy some time outside. Oakland 64. Vallejo 65. 68 in napa. San jose 67. Mountain view 65. Changes for the weekend, we do have some scattered showers coming. It will not be an allday or all weekend washout. But the two wettest days of the next seven will be those two weekend days with cooler highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Drying out by the beginning of next week. So only two chances of rain. 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