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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM April 26, 2017

Concerned, the whole community is concerned. Reporter University Officials canceled a speech by conservative pundit, ann coulter but she said she will show up anyway. Dillan, a lawyer for the student group. They dont do anything, they wont lift a finger, they wont protect you or arrest anyone. Unless you are about to be killed, they wont do anything. Reporter chief greenwood said the media is to blame for only showing the most violent parts. False that we are not doing anything. Reporter there is a long history of public demonstration in berkeley. Chief greenwood said it is different. A scenario, two sides are showing up to square off and at least that many people, in addition, are coming to watch. Sixenchs away, or a foot away. Six inches of way, or a foot away a lot of people are watching technically not breaking the law, upon using force we will be held to the highest accountable can you keep miss coulter safe if she comes . I am confident we are focused on safety, not only for miss coulter but everybody involved. Reporter can you make sure it is a safe event . I am confident our goal is to make it a safe event for everyone. That is it. Reporter we asked the chief what he thinks will happen on thursday and he said the men and women of our Police Department and the university of california Police Department and many others will be all in. We asked many others, does that mean police are coming from other jurisdictions to help . He got coy and wouldnt confirm but that something we could see, police from alameda, San Francisco, surrounding areas pitching in to help. If there are police from outside agencies, any idea how many people from outside berkeley will show up to attend this thursday . Reporter there seems to be quite a number, social media has been lighting up with people making plans to come here. People are arranging for car pools and making plans for what is shaping up to be the next big chapt er in the First Amendment legancy at berkeley. Allen, back to you. Anticipate it all, thank you. Students at csu are taking action against a white spremsis who got supremsis who got violent at a protest, the video has gone viral of a woman getting punched at a patriot day protest earlier this month at civic center park. The man suspected of throwing the punch is cal state student nathan demeego. The ensdant sparked a petition calling on csu to suspend him. The group behind the petition says they dont feel safe with demeego on campus. Being of different ethnicity, it is kind of scary because you wonder what could he be talking about with people are not ethnicity of people who are caucasian . What could they be planning . Is something walking with me to class . A spokesperson for the cool said the University Provides a safe and secure learning and working environment. New at 6 00, the university of california stashed away tens of millions of dollars in created a secret budget. All this was happening as the University Planned to hike tuition. Reporter kelly ryan has more on the stunning revelation in a state audit. Reporter Assembly Member king and mccarty spoke out saying they had called for a state audit of the uc office of the president , they said they were concerned over increasingly bloated budget. One of the reasons we request the audit is as we ask questions of uc, we found them not willing to come forward. We found a significant lack of transparency, we found numbers that didnt add up. Reporter according to the auditor, part of the 175 million secret reserve pot was 3 million collected from campuses thad could have been spent on students. Simple math, if we were able to use this money for California Student enrollment, which mr. Mccarty and i been fighting for over the last four years, it would result in over 35 thousand students able to enroll. Reporter students hadnt heard the news, when they learned, money were frustrated. They say they pay high fees for college education. Pretty shocked. Did not know that. Seems like an alarming figure. Doesnt surprise me with how college is, college is driven by money now a days and turning into a business as opposed to an education system. Everyone has the right to know what that fund is for, and the reason they set up the fund. We give uc a blank check every year, 3. 5 billion. There has been unaccounted for increases, some type of increase not focused on serving California Students. Lieutenant governor gavin nusem, a uc regent, reacted by calling for a roll back in tuition hikes, he said it is outrages and ungist to force tuition hikes on students why the uc hides secret funds. I for the tuition decision to come back before the board of regents for reconsideration. A judge is blocking stockton former may from working with children, sylva was back in court asking to change bail conditions. He wanted to have his ankle monitor removed so he could work as a life guard at the stockton kids club. He said the organization could really use his help. Sylva previously ran the nonprofit when it was known as the stockton boys and girls club. He is charged with embezzle and laundering public funds. Would like to see the bail conditions change, something we are never going to stop with. I imagine the next time we are in court we will raise it again. We dont agree with them and our obligation is fairness and due process for mr. Sylva, continuing to fight those. We dont believe in those bail conditions being necessary under any circumstance. Sylva was arrested at sfo back in march. He is scheduled to be back in court on monday mape 8. New at 6 00, Sonoma County is warning about an alarming spike in heroin overdoses. Kpix 5s emily turner is live in santa rosa where the recent deaths just happened. Reporter scary trend, not just because several people have died in the last ten days but because three died in public places, you can imagine how horrifying that would be for the folks around it. Law enforcement officials want to get to the bottom of it and want to stop it. Heroin isnt a new problem in santa rosa, but the number of Overdose Deaths is. 5 people died of overdose in 10 days and the Sheriffs Office is trying to figure out why the speak. There is something in a batch of heroin going around now, concerning to us and it is not county wide. It is localized in santa rosa, so we dont know what is going on but clearly there is a small group of people that have gotten this heroin that is not it is not good. Reporter three men, two women. Three of them transient, two with homes. 27 years old to 66. The demographics of each victim are different but authorities busy trying to run down what they all have in common. The Coroner Office is investigating, trying to put the link together. Also santa rosa Police Department is investigating a majority of the death as it occurred in their jurisdiction. Yeah, we are trying to run the lead and figure where it is coming from. Reporter toxicology will check for fentanyl or any drug that can be mixed. And a meaningful warning from the Sheriffs Office. We are are concerned and want to let the public know if you are using heroin and you are local, you are running a high risk of death or great injury. Reporter i called the local hospital and aced if they are seeing a asked if they are seeing a similar trend, a spike in heroin related visit. They said they are not, which suggests the folks who died died shortly after injecting, which they say is more alarming. Emily turner, kpix 5. A bay area judge deal as blow to trumps immigration policy, federal court in San Francisco halting an order that would trip federal funding from sanctuary cities, kpix 5s jackie ward reportathize judge said the order was reports the judge said the order was unconstitutional. Reporter yet again, an executive order is now blocked nationwide. And this will stay in place as the lawsuit works its way through court. This is why we have courts. To halt the overreach of a president and attorney general who either understand the constitution or choose to ignore it. Reporter today a San Francisco federal court handed President Trump another legal set back. The president is selling fear. He is trying to paint all immigrants as criminals. And nothing could be further from the truth. Reporter San Francisco and santa clara counties sued over the executive order that threatened to withphold federal funding because of sanctuary status. San Francisco Mayor lee said that threat makes planning a budget difficult. We had a federal agency telling us they were not going to fund 1. 5 billion of programs in a 9 billion budget. Reporter the federal government had argued San Francisco and santa clara counties interpreted the executive order too broady, and said it would affect less than 1 million for santa clara and possibly no money for San Francisco. But the federal judge looked beyond just the executive order. And ruled if there was doubt about the scope of the order, the president and attorney general have erased it with pub lm comments, the president called it a weapon to use against jurisdictions that disagree with his preferred policies of immigration enforcement. This executive order led to other lawsuits across the country, one in seattle, two in cities in massachusetts, and another one here in the bay area in the city of richmond. The lawsuit filed by the counties of San Francisco and santa clara were the first to be heard in front of a judge. From San Francisco city hall, jackie ward, kpix 5. President trump also appears to be backing off his border wall fight. For now. The last minute move to overt a government shut down and how he is vowing to keep his Campaign Promise alive. The race to finish crucial repairs, details on what caused the oroville dam to fail and what it will take to fix it. A new book says there a spike in ufo sighting, San Francisco with the most encounters. I am just trying to find some sunshine. The good news is it will be plentiful. There will be sunshine for everyone, and much warmer weather if you have been patient, you have been waiting. This is the 7day forecast you want to see. I will have it next. ,,,,,,,,,, strike. Bu new at 6 00, right now Public Employees in sunnyvale are voteing to go on strike but the city is urging the workers to return to the bargaining table. Kpix 5s len ramirez has details on the labor dispute. Reporter here in sunnyvale, 450 workers excluding police and fire are voting on whether to authorize the union to call a strike, the voting be going on through early evening hours, it is expected to pass easily. Workers have been without a contract for 2 years and it has been 5 years since workers received a pay raise. I am voting yes because i have been struggling. I am a single mom and had to take on additional jobs to make ends meet and my rent has been 750 in 5 years. Reporter union seeking 5 increase including retro active pay. The citys latest officer is 10 over the same period. The city doesnt dispute ability to pay more but says it is looking out for the long term financial help. The union could call a strike at any time in the coming days. In sunnyvale, len ramirez, kpix 5. Petaluma police are on the look out for the person who vandalized a bunch of property over the weekend. They believe this is the suspect who sprayed graffiti on a dozen buildings and cars and street signs East Washington street. Some of the words painted were furry and cruel. Police are asking for help in identifying the suspect. 55yearold woman died after she crashed on eastbound 780 in vunesia, Highway Patrol says the accident happened 11 00 this morning east of glen cove road and you can see the read nissan landing after hitting a dirt embankment and flipping. All lanes were closed for a brief time but since reopened. State lawmakererize demanding answers on the repair work at the oroville dam. Kpix 5s anne makovec on the race to fix it before the next big storm. Reporter right now there is concern not only about the oroville dam but the other 1400 dams in the state, many decades old, and have gone under the radar for years. Todays hearing focused on what happened at the oroville dam in february when the earth under a spillway broke apart and the water had to be moved to an emergency spillway, also weakened by erosion. Some 200,000 people down stream were evacuated over fears that a wall of water could overwhelm communities along the river. This morning the head of the state department of Water Resources said the water level that day were only 1 3 of what is considered a major flood event. There are concerns about what could happen in the future. We have moved into a different climate in california, and, yet, all the facilities that exist in most of californias infrastructure were designed under the former assumptions of the previous climate. And, yes, are moving into the new. Reporter this hearing a day after the state released reports from independent experts warning there are cracks in the main spillway and the remaneing concrete should be remaining concrete should be replaced, not resurfaced. The state Water Department is making plans and the dam will remain safe with the make shift solutions in place now, including diverting water and reinforcing the spillways. He said there is no concerns even when this years heavy snow pack begins to melt. But this is a work in progress, the committee holding todays hearings says it is the first of many but the state warnatize will not release any information that it says could compromise security. In the newsroom, anne makovec, kpix 5. Experts expect the two oroville spillways can be fixed in part by november but a good portion of the work may have to be done after the next rainy season. Road into yosemite will be open next week for the first time in 2 months, big oak flat road connects highway 120 with yosemite valley. Rain invigorated an under Ground Spring and left the soil saturated triggering land slides in february. Now the road is set to reopen monday morning, however they will close it at night so crews can finish the repairs. We are going to get a break in the rain finally. Yes. The rainy season is wrapping up. We are seeing this road is reopening, this is getting back. Yeah. Normal. I know, able to exhale. The good thing, you live in seattle, there is no guarantee the summer will be dry. If you get a wet winter in new york, there is no guarantee the summer will be dry. We get as close to a guarantee as possible in weather here with dry summers. Almost, folks, hang on one more day. Highs today made it to 70 in clayton, vacaville, you as well. Memo park at 67 for a high. Campbell, 67. Alameda, cooler, 63. Half moon bay, that time of year we get the temperature spread, 59 your high. Kpix 5 high def doppler, top left of the screen, little rainfall up there. The majority of any rainfall from tomorrows front will stay in the north bay or well to our north. We have had plenty of rainfall relative to average in april. If anything, april has been a little bit wetter than that crazy february we had. February was 201 of normal. April, so far, has been 202 of normal. We will not atdz more to that. Thank good add more to that. Thank goodness. This guy, look how big this ridge of High Pressure is. It is not here yet but on its way here. It took the storm on monday and kept most of the rain to the north. It will keep the next storm tomorrow, most of the rain to the north. That said, we get cloud cover, not going to be terribly warm but once that front moves through, we will dry out, 70s, 80s, sunshine, right through the weekend. Tomorrow, the final day with widespread highs in the 60s. Oakland, 64, fremont, 65, napa, 68. Red wood city, 65 tomorrow. Slight chance of north bay shower, that is it. Sunshine thursday, yes. Friday, saturday, sunday, getting warmer. Mid 80s in some inland spots, low to mid 70s near the bay. Mid to upper 60s at the beach. I see no reason to suggest that this pattern, the drier partern will go away any time soon the next 12 weeks, we are thankfully drying out. Back to you. We are loving it. Thank you, paul. They conquer hurdles every day, and today hundreds of local students got a chance to feel like champions. The inspiring story at the Special Olympics. Forz live in at t, the giants and dodgers, big deal. What will it be like for 21yearold kid to face kershaw . That story straight ahead from at t. ,,,, hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Go becuase of that dirt bike acci youngster ty welcome back, everybody, giants, and dodgers, bumgarner was supposed to start but was injured in the dirt bike accident. We will find out tomorrow what the official diagnosis is of the giants ace. Block will pitch tonight for San Francisco, opposed by clayton kershaw, who will be pitching against the young giants 3rd baseman, christian arroyo, he went 0 for 4 last night in his Big League Debut but made outstanding plays in had field and unprecedented 92nd uninterrupted answer in his post game interview. His mom, kim, wasnt able to get here in time for his debut last night but is here now. She thought christian was joking when he first told her the good news. She didnt believe you . No, she is always joking, took her a good 2 minutes to realize what was going on and by the time she found out, she started bawling her eyes out. Like a dream come true, really, that is all a parent wants for their kids is for them to fulfill their dreams and he wanted to make the big leagues by the time he was 21 and he did it. Next month he will be 22. So you did it. Reporter i remember the day that will clark showed up as he was selected by the giants. He wore number 22. And he is

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