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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM April 16, 2017

Before the chaos. Berkeley police drew a line to keep protrump and antitrump protestors separated, but it didnt last long. Reporter demonstrators have gone home. Downtown berkeley, Civic Center Park back to normal. But there were so many fights and bloody faces, we lost count. It was so chaotic, violent and dangerous. Before the m80s, the fist fights and the rocks, there was actually a bit of order. Berkeley police came in with a strategy. They confiscated weapons and formed a line between Trump Supporters and antitrump protestors. That worked for the first hour. Shortly after, people jumped over the police line to fight each other. screaming and yelling . Reporter this trump supporter was the first casual of the day with bloodstreaming out of his face. Well, they wanted to hit me with brass knuckles on a blind side. Hit my twice. Once when i was getting up. Its sad. Reporter then more fights broke out in front of officers in Civic Center Park. Police made some arrests. But the Police Strategy stopped working after both Trump Supporters and antitrump protestors left the park to fight on the street. Officers were outnumbered. They had to watch the fights from a distance. The dualing rallies grew to a large crowd of roughly 1,000 to 1500 people. And there were fights all over the place. Are you okay . Ill be okay. What happened . I got pepper sprayed and hit with a bunch of sticks. Reporter aside from fighting, people threw m80s, rocks and bottles at each other. Some of the peaceful demonstrators left fearing for their own safety. Theres a difference between free speech and free action. This is turning to action. Reporter a demonstrator brought these eggs out here. They were confiscated and from my observation, some of these folks did not come out here with the intention of having productive conversations with each other. They came out here ready for a fight and thats exactly what we saw, a lot of fights. Ely police said earlier this afternoon they arrested about 15 people. Im sure its a lot more right now. What was it like being in the thick of the protests . Reporter it was dangerous for us. We had 4 cameras out here. Some of us had helmets on. Because people were throwing rocks, were throwing sticks. Bottles. It was just very dangerous. After we had enough footage, we had to step back away. Some photo journalists, from photographers were caught in the middle of it and got hurt. Heres your video of the violence. You can see the antitrump protestors clad in all black. The anger boiling over. Chopper 5 captured fight after fight and what looks like teargas or pepper spraying being used. Its unclear what this was trop. At one point, protestors started a small fire and started rolling a big garbage bin around. Antitrump protestors smashed a skate board on top of a Trump Supporters head. Another all of this while police in riot gear looked on from the side lines. Andre, you spoke with the Trump Supporters today. Reporter juliette, thats right. Civic park here in berkeley once again belongs to the skate borders here in the afternoon. But earlier today, the proud boys sponsored the protrump rally. These theres almost a script of how thee rallies and counter protests go here in the city of berkeley. We asked the folks taking part if they were intentionally trying to provoke a reaction by bringing a protrump message and gathering to the heart of liberal berkeley. Isnt that poking the bear to come here well, it is in a way, but were not doing it to be gleeful about it or to deliberately upset people who are against us, but we have every right to be here. Reporter but you are going to upset people. Thats their problem. You know, if they have a problem you know. They seem to be upset about a lot of things that are completely irrational. Were not we dont have an answer for that. If they want to hold a rally where im from, theyre welcome to do it. We might have people come out and do a counter demonstration, but were not going to stop them from their freedom of speech. Reporter well have much more here from civic park tonight on kpix 5 news at 11 00. Kpix 5. We saw the same kind of violence last month. Protrump and antitrump protestors got into it at the same park in berkeley. Faces bloodied, bodies bruised. In all, 10 people were arrested last month. Officers at that protest confiscated a variety of objects. This time around, police put out a list of banned items in advance. That didnt stop people from bringing them anyway. You can see plenty of sticks, poles and flags. This is also a large folding knife. Were continuing to keep an eye on the situation in berkeley. In San Francisco, people marched to demand President Trump release his tax returns. They gathered in Civic Center Plaza this afternoon and walked down Market Street to Justin Herman plaza. A giant balloon was on display showing a likeness of the president as a chicken. They want to know what debts he has in foreign countries. I have released mine. And i think he should release his. And i dont know why he hasnt. I mean, whats he hiding . I cant really understand it. He keeps saying audit, audit, audit. I dont believe it. San francisco supervisor jane kim. Mr. Trump is the first president in more than 40 years not to make his tax return public. Other tax day rallies were held in pleasanton and walnut creek. Were going to talk about the weat top foster suay as hewer. S ok onlive ershowtoward the bay with increasing clouds tonight. And heres why. Low pressure will begin to spin that system closer to the bay by tomorrow morning along the coast. Inlapped, were going to pick up showers. In terms of timing, a little bit later in the day, a little later in the morning and afternoon. Not a huge rainmaker, but enough to get things wet. Well have more on the timing and amounts and what happens next. Volunteers turned out in san jose today to clean up crash. They used pickers to clean up all sorts of garbage. Getting together like this, i think you get some of that feeling back that is part of your neighborhood and part of your people, no longer just random strangers. Youre all doing the same thing at the same time for common good. Todays clean up is an early start to earth day, which is next saturday. A popular park in the east bay is back open this weekend. Del valle Regional Park was flooded. Clean up cost about 2 million. Mean while, the state could award a contract as soon as monday for the huge repair job out of the oroville dam. Its considering three bids. The hope is to have the spill way fixed for november just in time for the next rainy season. A new sinkhole opened up in berkeley. It shut down the road and its causing major traffic problems. No word on when the road might reopen. Just a reminder that we live in earthquake country, a couple of rumblers went through the south county this morning. Measured about a 2. 9. About 40 minutes later, a 3. 2 shook the same spot. They were small enough, so there were no reports of any damage. Still to come, a gift from nfl great jerry rice stolen from a Childrens Charity event and now an arrest. Thanks to this Surveillance Video. Plus why bay area demonstrators showed up today to protest a petting zoo . And good luck finding a caesar salad in the bay area right now. In supermarkets and restaurants are running low on leafy greens. Graffiti cases in San Franciscos Mission district have nearly doubled in 4 years. This building was hit over and over. I mean, thats over the line. Reporter we learn that businesses have 30 days to clean it up before being fined. We dont have the resources to paint out every graffiti tag we see on a private building. Reporter and young taggers are rarely prosecutorred. Expect original reporting. Kpix 5 news, expect more. ,,,,, kpix 5s mobile weather lab powered by toyota. Toyota, lets go places. Were keeping an eye on the situation in berkeley where anger and violence exploded at a pair of dueling pro and antitrump rallies. At first, police drew a line in Civic Center Park to keep the protestors separated, but it didnt last long. We saw fight after fight break out as protestors spilled on to the streets. No word on the number of injuries. Well have a live update at 6 30. Another protest took over the streets of San Francisco today. Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Federal Building to rally against united airlines. Organizers tell us theyre calling out airlines that put profits before passengers. Were not cargo. Were not luggage like they can drag and throw away. Protestors tell us theyre demanding sweeping policy changes that go beyond offering more money to passengers who are willing to give up their seats. That type of policy change was announced by delta earlier this week. Baby goats took over San Franciscos Ferry Building today. Not everybody thought the kids should be there. Animals lives are their right. We have just begun to fight. Reporter who knew a petting zoo could be so controversial. Animals are living, feeling individuals, the same as you or i do and they deserve the same respect. Reporter matt johnson is with the Animal Rights group direct action everywhere. His organization protests the treatment of the animals at the petting zoo at San Franciscos Ferry Building. These are animals that are raised on pasteur and are really humanely treated. Reporter for 5, adults or children got a chance to play with the baby goats. Getting to come out here and hold the baby goats is probably one of the best things ive ever done. Reporter most of the goats in the petting zoo, which are almost all female, will end up on a dairy farm. This is a chance the males may be slaughtered for their meet. Their goal was to get the message out raising animals to eat is unhumane and unnecessary. In San Francisco, devon, kpix 5. A man accused of stealing an auto graphed football from a Charity Auction is now under arrest. Jerry rice the winning bid was 3,500. But the football then disappeared into the alleged thiefs hands. It turned up the thief and the football in Surveillance Video you see there. Hes now in Police Custody according to the Charity Princess piece. Theres no word yet on whether the ball has been recovered. Leafy greens are in short supply in bay area grocery stores. Whats behind this lettuce shortage. Reporter if you are a big fan of salads,blts or anything avocado prices right here, youre going to see sticker shock. Reporter and we are talking a lot of different vegetables. Iceberg lettuce, leaf lettuce, butter leaf, green beans, egg plant. Its all been hard hit. Reporter local restaurants like this one may actually take the hardest hit as they may see the cost of their fresh vegetables almost double in price. The culprit the wet weather. All because of the rain. Not last week, not last month, but the rain three months ago. Three months ago we should have been planting crops that we should be harvesting right now. Reporter not only may you end up buying these foods for twice the price, what you are getting may not be all that good. When you find really high prices, a farmer out there is going to put any lettuce they see into that box. So you if really it could be really low quality when you see these high prices. Other veggies are also scarce right now. The market should start to stabilize within a few weeks as the weather warms up. Mean while, in central california, its yellow as far as the eye can see right now. Thanks to that super bloom we keep hearing about. Check out this incredible drone video from san luis obispo. Theyre only expected to last another couple weeks. And to get to them, you take highway 58 east from santa margarita. Its narrow and caltrans had a sign up saying heavy traffic on highway 58, which is not something you usually see on that road. That will be nice to see. The bay bridge and high clouds overrunning the bay area right now, all by way of setting the stage for rain tomorrow. Actually showers. Were looking for about a 10th of an inch to a quarter of know an inch for the valley floors. Easter does look wet, especially later in the day and especially in the central and north bay. South bay not so much. Might get away with a little bit of rain. That low pressure that right now is right off shore from the oregon coastline will spin those clouds into the bay area by tomorrow morning. The rain not right at sunrise, a little bit later around 9 00 in the mortgage. Some showers around the coastline early in the morning. Showers for everybody else later in the day. By tomorrow evening, everybody will at least have gotten a little bit wet. The south bay escapes much of the day, much of the rain. The future cast will give us a good idea of the timing. You see the high clouds roll in. Right when the rain begins to touch the shoreline this is 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Nobody has much in the way of rain by 9 00, but it keeps oncoming. So that by 1 00 in the afternoon, you see widely scattered showers. In general, the tendency is toward cold and wet. Tonight well increase the clouds. Tomorrow the showers will spread over the bay area. An unsettled monday and tuesday. Monday night, tuesday morning, looks like another system rolls through. Cherer blossom festival, maybe one of these weekends well get blue skies, but not tomorrow. The easter celebration, tell be raining on the parade. You cannot escape this unless you go down 99 to fresno. Then youll have 77 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. Tomorrow well have showers at sfo. But you will find dry weather from seattle to chicago, los angeles and new york. Its us that gets the rain. Overnight lows are mid50s. A fairly balmy night. Daytime highs tomorrow, little on the chilly side. No better than the mid60s. Well get showers in the bay area later in the day tomorrow. Monday night, tuesday, more showers come in. But look what happens on friday and saturday. Good time to see that wild flower bloom at the carizo plain. I know juliette is disappointed. Still to come. Getting ready to defend warriors ground. How the arena is getting outfitted for the playoffs. The rockies look to hand the giants a nohitter at at t park. A nohitter of a different kind was in the works at the coliseum ,,, nobody told me to expect it. Intercourse thats painful due to menopausal changes. Its not likely to go away on its own. It took my most honest friend to help me do something about it. She told me premarin vaginal cream can help. It provides estrogens to help rebuild vaginal tissue and make intercourse more comfortable. Premarin vaginal cream treats vaginal changes due to menopause and moderatetosevere painful intercourse caused by these changes. Dont use it if youve had unusual vaginal bleeding, breast or uterine cancer, blood clots, liver problems, stroke or heart attack, are allergic to any of its ingredients or think youre pregnant. Side effects may include headache, pelvic pain, breast pain, vaginal bleeding and vaginitis. Estrogens may increase your chances of getting cancer of the uterus, strokes, blood clots, or dementia so use it for the shortest time based on goals and risks. Estrogens should not be used to prevent heart disease, heart attack, stroke or dementia. Ask your doctor about premarin vaginal cream. Covered the arenas seats close to 20 thousand of them in strength in numbers tshirts. For the third year in a row the warriors are heading into the playoffs as the top seeded team. Theyre hosting the portland trail blazers tomorrow afternoon in the first round of the western conference. If youre going to the game, give yourself plenty of time to get there. The as will be hosting the Houston Astros just after tipoff at oracle. So bart and the parking lots will be packed. For most of fridays game. The giants looked like their old selves. Go out there. Should be electric tomorrow. Were talking about baseball. For most of fridays game, the giants look like their old selves, playing solid defense and coming up with big hits. This team so far has been plagued with inconsistency. We saw it again this afternoon. It was johnny quado bobble head day. Arenados 4th of the year gives the rockies a 10 lead. Moore allowed 4 runs in 5 and twothirds. Jared parker comes up with a great catch in left, slamming in the wall. It comes at a price as parker breaks his collar bone. Hes out indefinitely for the giants. Tyler chatwood allowed just two hits throwing the First Complete game shut out of his career. The as and raftos all wearing somebody 42 on Jackie Robinson day. 6th home run of the year giving the as a 50 lead. Nohitter going into the 6th. Central fielder jeff decker commits an error on this from Carlos Carrera allowing two runs to score. Josh reddick scores to tie the game. George springer goes giving houston a 31 lead. The astros come back to win. It was very interesting. They did everything right the first 5 innings and it all fell apart. Got to play till the end. Thank you. Coming up in our next halfhour, well go out to berkeley for an update on the brawls that have been going on during the dame. Its easy to get an extension on your taxes, but they come with a tax. Sending robots to your door with dinner. ,,,,,,,, went up in flames as a fire ri n auto aucti. Youre watching kpix 5 news. Our top story, at least 35 cars went up in flames as a fire ripped through an auto auction lot in fremont. Flames rising from the iaa Vehicle Purchasing lot. It quickly hopped from car to car. Firefighters had a hard time getting access to the lot because the company is closed today. When firefighters did get access to the scene, crews managed to contain the flames pretty quickly. Nobody was hurt, but a whole section of cars was reduced to a melted mass of metal. The cause of the fire under investigation. Lets check back in with da lin in berkeley. What is the latest now . Reporter juliette, things are back to normal here at Civic Center Park. Thats because most of the demonstrators have gone home. Berkeley po

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