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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM March 8, 2017

Rescue here. Everyone really needs to be focused like a laser beam on their congressional representatives particularly republicans. Reporter the republican proposal would also impact the vast majority of californians who get insurance through their employers. Right now even private insurance has to provide certain benefits. The Affordable Care act currently there are provisions for all sorts of free Preventative Care including contraception and those are at risk. Reporter because california is the land of startups, freelancers and artists, this state would be hit especially hard apply what he calls job lock. Where individuals are worried about leaving their current job even if there might be a better opportunity somewhere else but the Health Insurance somewhere else might not be as good or maybe its a startup that doesnt offer Health Insurance. Another problem for california, dozens of our Health Insurance laws are tied to the individual mandate. If as republicans have proposed the individual mandate is eliminated, all of those state laws will be affected and the state legislature would have to pass a slew of new laws to regulate our Health Insurance market. Melissa caen, kpix 5. For one Northern California woman, changes to the healthcare law could mean the difference between life and death kpix 5s john ramos has her story. Reporter President Trump recently admitted that the subject of healthcare was really complicated. And thats probably because of people like this woman. I feel certain that the Affordable Care act will be repealed. And, um, its hard to imagine what thats going to look like for me. Reporter four years ago, hill was working part time at a sacramento nonprofit and doing some modeling when she began developing an incurable form of arthritis that also caused her fathers spine to fuse into a rigid crooked bone. But it was the Affordable Care act that gave her the insurance she needed to get treatment for the preexisting condition. Because of the subsidies available, i could have, um, a better Health Insurance plan that covered more things that i needed. Reporter now, permanently disabled with her savings dwindling she lives in constant pain. Her drug treatments only slow progression of the disease. But still, she is terrified by talks that changes to the law would eliminate the only help available to her. This isnt just a, like, im sick and i need this treatment so that i feel better. Its [ sniffing ] im sick and i need access to treatment so i dont die soon. Reporter hills life hangs in the balance. And her story stands in the way of those who seek a simple solution to a complicated problem. In sacramento, john ramos, kpix 5. Today President Trump said he is proud to endorse the house replacement plan. This will be a plan where you can choose your doctor, this will be a plan where you can choose your plan. Its a complicated process. But actually its very simple. Its called, good healthcare. In the meantime a top House Republican is taking heat for how he defended the gop healthcare plan. Americans have choices and they have to make a choice and so maybe rather than getting that new iphone that they just love and they want to go spend hundreds of dollars, maybe they should invest in their healthcare. The utah senator said he hadnt made his point smoothly but stood by the argument that people need to make choices. And we are getting this story in. The state of hawaii is planning to file the first lawsuit against President Trumps revised travel ban. Cbs cnn reports that attorneys for the state plan to file a motion tomorrow asking a judge for a temporary restraining order. One attorney told cnn the new ban, quote, suffers from the same constitutional and statutory defects. The revised executive order is set to go into effect march 16. New at 6 00 contra costa supervisors have just approved a state of emergency to speed up repairs for a neighborhood cut off after a mudslide. For two weeks the slide blocked Morgan Territory road between oak hill lane and williams road in rural clayton. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores shows us the damage keeps growing as people who live there try to cope. Reporter on Morgan Territory road the cracks are getting wider. The mudslide deeper. Eating away at the road that is for now still open to pedestrians. Laurie arthurs home is about a half mile inside the road closure. Even with the cane she goes to the car to get to the other side. All right. Reporter a rough journey she has taken for two weeks now. Pretty inconvenient getting to town for simple things. Its not easy. Reporter today another inconvenience. The power out for most of the day. Crews worked on trimming back trees that are leaning on power lines. Without the electricity, the well doesnt work. So, you know, its part of living out here. Its paradise. But you have to pay a price. Most of the people out here are on wells so when the power goes down, the well pump cant run so were out of water, power. Reporter no water, no power, and if the road gets any worse, it could mean no more path here for pedestrian. That means we have to get back way which is through livermore on Morgan Territory south. Its a very unsafe road, one lane wide. Lots of curves. Reporter Contra Costa County says they cant start working on the slide area until it stop moving. And that could be months. Starting to really wear on us and a lot of the neighbors i have seen have been extremely frustrated. I feel like we are going to drive our dozers through and make a road somewhere else. Reporter in clayton, Jessica Flores, kpix 5. And in pleasanton, some neighbors living along arroyo creek are in fear of their backyards crumbling away. This is a race against time or, rather, mother nature. Every day neighbors living along arroyo creek are hoping something can be done to stabilize the bank before it rains again. You could hear like 100 cubic yards at a time falling into the arroyo. Reporter whats going through your mind . Oh, my god reporter to give you another view we are on the other side of the creek and now you can see their backyard and get a real sense of just how sheer that cliff is and just how much its eating away into their backyard. But until the zone 7 water agency finishes its surveying and the army corps of engineers signs off on an emergency permit, everyones hands are tied. Rain or no rain. There have been two sightings but still no luck arresting a wouldbe car burglar in the east bay. The suspect was first spotted on carlson boulevard in richmond just after 1 a. M. Police say an officer opened fire when the man attempted to run him down. The suspect was spotted again today about noon near aquatic park in berkeley. But for a second time, he was able to get away. This time on foot. And in Half Moon Bay two guys who police say hatched a plan to steal an atm are behind bars tonight. Over the weekend, police say they were spotted trying to haul away the cash machine from a mall. They were taken into custody after a crash in san jose. What would you do with 29 acres of prime real estate in the north bay . Thats the question going on in novato. Kpix 5s emily turner tells us, discussions are just starting about what else Hamilton Field could become. Reporter they were once bustling spots on novatos military base and now, three parks have the chance to be busy once again. It looks abandoned. Looks like an abandoned and then the buildings next to it are not very nice looking either. Reporter the bachelors Office Quarters commissary and old towne centre site a theater are now free for redevelopment. The city worked to deal with the federal government to relieve restrictions on the parcels and now their future is wide open. So now the next step is to find out whats really viable and what can be done to enhance that community. Reporter but, that work will have to be done by Developers Even though they are owned by the city. It basically comes down to money. The city of novato says it doesnt have enough to rehab these buildings and make them into something thats fitting for the hamilton community. This theater will cost more than 400 a square foot to fix up. And the officers quarters isnt in good shape, either. But already at least one developer has put a proposal forward. The interest makes some in the neighborhood nervous about what might be moving in. But the city says not to worry. Nothing will be done without community input. Emily turner, kpix 5. The city of novato will be holding a Community Meeting on march 20 to ask folks for input on how these parcels can and should be used. Today fire investigators were back at the scene of that Residential Motel fire in vallejo. Their focus, units not destroyed in sundays fire. They tell us they found numerous Code Violations including 15 units without working smoke detectors. That was something residents complained to us about. The Property Owners were slapped with a 2,500 fine. Well, they should be in hawaii right now. Instead, some bay area travelers are fuming why their plane spent hours circling in the air only to come back home. How would you like to speed to l. A. In one of these yellow pods . The Bay Area Team that wants to make tube travel a reality. And get ready to pay more for salmon. Why this could be the worst season for fishermen in years. Strong ridge of High Pressure just to our south. A very active storm track just to our north. Who wins . The answer next. Ded a flight,,,,,,,,,, this morning in san jose. And hoped to watch the sun set in hawaii. A from us stating day for passengers who boarded a flight this morning in san jose hope to be watching the sunset in hawaii. A frustrating day for the passengers. It went from mineta and went 200 miles and got nowhere nearly the final destination of honolulu. Kpix 5s keit do on the hours long flight that just kept going in circles. Kiet. Reporter that flight got in three hours ago but about 100 people about half the flight they are still inside the terminal right now trying to rebook the flight. They are supposed to be in hawaii right now but instead, they took a flight to nowhere. Sorry, but there will be no l leis, shaved ice or pineapple at this airport. This is not what i was expecting. Reporter hawaiian flight 43 was supposed to be landing in warm sunny honolulu but after nearly 4 hours in the air, it has landed right back where it took off from chilly, landlocked san jose. Passengers say there was troubling from the getgo. Crews repaired a generator and the boeing 767 eventually took off two hours late. But about half an hour into the flight, the pilot announced that generator had failed again. So then we had to turn around to come back to san jose and fly for four hours to burn off fuel. Reporter this tracking shows that. The plane circled over and over again over the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of monterey making at least ten loops. You could see the land, see them turning around. Over and over again. Mmhm. Reporter the nearly 300 passengers were told to leave the secure area to rebook their flights with just a handful of ticketing agents. Some were offered first class seats. Others meals. Still others got a hotel room. And are you ready for the kicker . The next flight to hawaii leaves tomorrow. Annoyed . Yes. Its travel. Frustrated but not tired, wish we were there but it happens. Reporter what would make it better for you . To be in hawaii right now. Ha ha reporter and so the airline issued a statement in its plain jane nuts and bolts describing it as his mechanical issue. It was and it was technically not described as an emergency. Live at the airport in san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Earlier this afternoon, at mineta, a small plane made an emergency landing. The landing gear collapsed as it touched down. Two people on board at the time had just taken on from Reid Hillview airport. No injuries. New talk of a curfew to cut down on plane noise on routes near the san carlos airport. The San Mateo County board of supervisors will consider banning flights between 9 p. M. And 6 a. M. At its meeting in july, with focus groups and town halls before then. Cities have complained about the noise from surf airplanes flying in and out of san carlos. Last year the new route got complaints from people in sunnyvale. Marin county no longer holds the lead with complaints about illegal woodburning. Thanks to the wet winter we have had there were only 7 spare the air days since november. Days when fireplace burning is banned. For the last 7 years, marin has held the lead in complaints, this season Santa Clara County had 434 complaints. Alameda was second with 277 complaints. And there was marin again at 231 woodburning complaints. New at 6 00 the price of salmon could be going up. Way up don ford explains why it could be one of the worst seasons in years. Reporter with all the storms, all the flooding, and all the water, you would think that this would be a great fishing season for salmon but it could be one of the worst. The fish that will come back in 2017 are fish that were born in 2014. Then it was a bad drought. Reporter three years ago streams were low, warmer and in some cases, completely dried up. Few baby salmon made it to the open ocean back then so the numbers returning now as adults is limited. We lost them in super high numbers. Reporter it was so bad three years ago, the Golden Gate Salmon Association teamed up with the state to deliver the baby salmon straight to the bay. Experts say it was only a drop in the bucket compared to normal numbers. Now those fish are believed to be the ones returning this year. Its been a tough couple of years. Reporter Larry Collins has finished salmon for more than three decades but says even though this year looks lean, the future looks bright. Everybody that can hold on for a couple more years, i think that we are going to have some pretty good salmon catches, you know, down the road. Reporter meanwhile, the price of salmon you know it is going up. While the price of salmon may go up in the short term the deluge of rain we have had this winter may be just what the doctor ordered to help replenish the depleted salmon stocks for the future. In San Francisco, don ford, kpix 5. This just in. Governor jerry brown minutes ago issuing a major disaster declaration in the wake of winter storms. The governor cites damage to Critical Infrastructure around the state among other things. The disaster declaration allows caltrans to request federal funds to make muchneeded repairs. We have our hans full there so many roads out now and still water coming off hillsides. I still have water running on my property. Well be watching property getting fixed and roads getting fixed in june and july when the tap is off and we cant buy a drop of rain. It will be damage repairs from the storms of january and february. And well be cleaning this up for a while. But now we get a break. Good 6, sevenday break with warm dry weather here in the bay area. Highs today this will be the coolest day between now and at least next tuesday or wednesday. We still hit the 60s. San jose high today 62. Concord 61. Fremont, napa, Half Moon Bay, all around 60. San francisco 58. We are getting warmer. Notice a few showers off the mendocino coastline. Thats as close as any rain will get for the next several days and it will feel like spring and we are springing ahead this weekend. Please do not forget, set your clocks ahead one hour this saturday night. It will be a 47hour weekend. Sunset on saturday 6 13. The sun will not go down until 7 14 this sunday but, of course, you lose that hour of daylight in the morning so that may throw you off if you are getting up early on sunday morning. Storms will miss us. Why . We had a strong area of low pressure with the gulf of alaska feeding in moisture in far Northern California, Southern Oregon but we have an equally strong or stronger area of High Pressure to our south which will keep that storm track to the north. Well stay on the warm side of things and well stay mainly dry. Partly cloudy skies overnight tonight. And with the extra humidity in the air, with the extra cloud cover, no 30s. Livermore, trivalley, 41. Napa 44. San francisco 49. We are warmer tomorrow. How about 70 degrees . Sound good, san jose . Youre getting there. How about livermore . 71. Concord, 70. Fairfield, 70. Santa rosa 70. Napa 72. Well stay dry and on the milder side of average for the foreseeable future. Your kpix 5 extended forecast warmer thursday and friday could see mid70s inland. Upper 60s near the bay. Low 60s along the coast. Next week even as the storm track lynch closer toward us, we will stay mainly dry with highs in the 60s. If you want to connect on social media, paul deanno kpix 5 ill be talking all about sunshine and things blossoming with the skies. It feels like spring. Going to be a nice week. Lets hope so. The cia capable of spying on your smartphone and tv. Wikileaks exposes how the government has the power to target you. The secret is out on the San Francisco state gators. No wikileaks required for that story and the 49ers say good bye to another veteran as the housecleaning continues down there in santa clara. Kickoff is next. ,,,,,,, gators mens Basketball Team. Theyre headed to the divsion two dance and you cant help but get caught up in coach give it up to the San Francisco

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