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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM May 18, 2017

Valley knows the rules of the game. Reporter this woman is president of friends of the swank ton hawk. Historically there were about 17,000 swanktons hawks. Today there are about 4,000 breeding hawks. Reporter for now they will focus on the meridien overpass down the round until the hawk and its future family of hawks relocates to a new home. The midway overpass is on home indefinitely. The meridien overpass works begins friday. In vacaville, juliette goodrich, kpix 5. Drivers should expect lane changes in the area around the meridien overpass for the next three to six months. Now, the bay area has seen its share of animals interfering with infrastructure projects. Caltrans spent more than 30 million to move hundreds of state protected birds nesting on the old bay bridge. A plan to widen highway 1 in pacifica was rejected over concerns about redlegged frogs and San Francisco garter snakes. And a hummingbird egg delayed crews working on the Richmond San Rafael bridge construction for a few weeks. Officials in moraga are considering a temporary solution for a bridge shutdown because of a landslide. It would cost 2. 6 million. The town closed it last month after discovering damage. They are going to destroy it and build a temporary one lane bridge. A permanent bridge would be built to the east of it. The embattled Trump Administration now facing a new investigation. Live look at the white house. An independent special counsel will lead a probe into ties between russia and the Trump Administration. Kpix 5s Elizabeth Cook with the former bay area federal prosecutor picked to oversee the investigation. Liz. Reporter the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein announced he has chosen former fbi director Robert Mueller to lead the probe feeling it was necessary to appoint muller in order for the American People to have full confidence in the outcome of this investigation. He added mueller will be authorized to look into any links between the russian government and those who worked on the trump campaign. Mueller has already issued a statement saying he accepts this responsibility and will perform it to the best of his ability. President trump meanwhile issued this statement saying my campaign ign entity. More about eller and his ties to the bay he actually headed the cri division at the us at s n San Francisco in 80s. In 1998 he re reporter well have more about Robert Mueller and his ties to the bay area. Now, he actually headed the Criminal Division at the u. S. Attorneys office in San Francisco in the 80s. In 1998, he returned and was named the u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of california. And in 2001, he left to become the fbi director. Reaction from democrats overall has been positive. The decision by Rod Rosenstein to actually identify a special counsel and name Robert Mueller is remarkable. It took a lot of guts for him to make this decision and to place someone with such sterling credentials to take over this position. Everyone in this country should breathe a sigh of relief right now. Coming up tonight at 6, 30 well have a live report from washington, dc at 6 30 and hear from a bay area assemblyman who is calling on the president to resign. New at 6 00, San Franciscos cable cars are taking center stage in a tight race on the other side of the country. They are being used in an attack ad against georgia democrat jon ossoff. Kpix 5s phil matier tells us that muni is crying foul. Phil. Reporter as you and i know, San Franciscos historic cal cable cars have long been a favorite of hollywood and the ad world. But this is one role that muni officials they want to pull off the curtain on. Heres the story. Ricearoni the San Francisco treat reporter San Franciscos cable cars have long been used in commercials and action movies like the rock here. But theres one ad that muni officials want to go away asap. Hi, georgia San Francisco just wanted to say thank you. We already have nancy pelosi as our congresswoman. Now youre going to give us jon ossoff as our congressman reporter the spoof ad isnt even airing in San Francisco. Its airing in georgia. And its part of a republican effort to derail democratic candidate jon ossoff in a tightly contested georgia congressional race. The idea . Point out his close ties to San Francisco. Were proud that california is the leading funder of the jon ossoff campaign. He is one of us. Reporter but its the shot of a city cable car with an ossoff ad supposedly on its side that has muni officials calling for it to be pulled. Congressional leadership is responsible for this advertising. Looks like that cable car depiction was photoshopped and they imposed a picture of the congressman. Reporter and even though it was put on with special effects, muni says it violates their no political ads rule. We dont want to get involved in political campaigns. Reporter so they have sent a cease and desist letter to demand it be pulled. This is a misrepresentation of what they said they were going to do in San Francisco. Its a photoshop of our cable car and its a misrepresentation and we dont want that to carry on. Reporter Republican Committee member and lawyer dillon says that the city just needs to lighten up. Im not sure whoever whichever humanless bureaucratic drone thought it was a good idea to send a letter like this, a humorless drone. It has no merit and will be laughed out of court. Reporter muni says they dont have a chance in court and they are not going there anytime soon. But they are trying to get it off the air. Its interesting to note, the Republican Committee the super pac sent muni a check today for 600. Muni is not going to cash it. They are going to be sending it back. In San Francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. Back to you guys. Thank you. Developing news right now out of contra costa county. Were learning more about the man accused of setting a string of car fires. He is 36yearold james bishop of pittsburg. He was tracked down over the weekend after his 1996 toyota rav4 was spotted in the area where several of the fires broke out. He is currently facing more than a dozen counts of arson in a string of fires dating back to the beginning of april. Voters think he could be responsible for even more. At this time, the fire Investigations Unit and Partner Agencies are investigating 30 or more incidents as possibly related to this series and we are asking for help from the public and the media. Investigators are asking anyone with Home Security cameras video of bishop or his 1996 rav4 to contact their arson tip line. Thats 86650arson. New at 6 00 the Sonoma County District Attorney stepping outside of her office to tour a homeless camp. The kind of field trip was organized by neighbors who wanted her to see the situation firsthand. Kpix 5s emily turner went along for the tour. Reporter its a less than scenic tour with the intention of showing off guernevilles homeless problem. Its gotten so bad, the Guerneville Community Alliance says that they invited the District Attorney out to see it. We have kind of a overpopulation and sub culture thats you know, not very considerate for a community and our environment and we have had a spike in criminals. Reporter they want to encourage the d. A. s support of Law Enforcement efforts to combat that crime. They hope seeing the high numbers of homeless will do just that. The District Attorney says its a priority and solving it is a challenge. Certainly i can prosecute people that are breaking the laws but i cant find homes for them. I can work with others to find solutions to address homelessness, mental health, drug and alcohol addiction and things like that. Reporter the Sonoma County d. A. Says almost 30 of the inmates in the Sonoma County jail are homeless. There isnt a yearround shelter in guerneville. And theres not an emergency room at all. With the possibility of cuts in the Sheriffs Office, locals worry the issue may get worse before it gets better. They say the more allies they have in their efforts, including the d. A. , the better. Just want to reach a balance to where the town is, you know, safe and healthy for everybody thats here. Reporter mily turner, kpix 5. New at 6 00 dozens of faculty and staff at Mills College in oakland could lose their jobs after the school declared a financial emergency. The small Womens College has been around for 165 years. But it says it is no longer generating enough revenue to support itself. Mills is facing a 9. 1 million shortfall for the up coming budget year. The board of trustees met this afternoon to start brainstorming ways to cut costs and boost enrollment. But at this point, there are no plans to start admitting men to the undergrad program. Its been around for 165 years. Theres always potential for change down the road but right now no change in the undergraduate admissions policy. The college says 30 to 35 faculty and staff could be fired in the restructuring. The board is expected to vote on a final Financial Plan sometime next month. More layoffs coming to Silicon Valley tech giant cisco. The Company Announced today it is letting 1100 more employees go. It continues to sharper its focus on software and services. Thats on top of the 5500 employees laid off last august. At this point the company not giving details on where the latest round of job cuts will take place. A history making concert at levis stadium. But u2 is getting caught in the middle of some concert drama. The fight over when to end the show and how to get the fans home. Drivers out of luck at the dmv today. The problem causing even more frustration than usual. And its like a chop shop for bees. The man accused of making big money by stealing california hives. Sunshine is back. That chilly breeze has been erased. And we have a warmup coming. But its not going to be an even warmup. Coming up, who goes up 5 degrees and who will go up 30 degrees. Details next. , stadium. Its not just about bono the band possibly blowing past the citys 10 o clock curfew. Devin fehely tells a lot of discord in santa clara over the u2 concert at the levis stadium and not the curfew alone. Kpix 5s devin fehely says theres a little dustup over how the concertgoers will get home. Reporter ever since levis stadium opened the Valley Transportation Authority has been providing extra trains and service to get fans and concertgoers to the stadium and back home at the end of the events. But they say that they are losing a ton of money, millions, and they want the 49ers to pay up. There will be extra service to make sure people can get there and get home safely and efficiently and in a timely way. Reporter the Valley Transportation Authority and the 49ers averted a potential showdown which could have left thousands of concertgoers stranded at the end of tonights u2 show at levis stadium. The vta says the extra trains and staffing it provides for special events at levis stadium are costing the Transit Agency dearly because 2 and 3 million a year. We were told informally that the concert may be going later and so we offered to the Management Company of the stadium the 49ers to have that extended extra service and we asked them to please reimburse us for that. Reporter a spokesman for the 49ers who declined to talk on camera described the vtas lastminute request as a ultimatum designed to strong arm the team into footing the bill for services that currently no other stadium, arena or concert venue pays for. The vta is staring in the face of a 21 million operating deficit this year. And they say they only want the 49ers to pay their fair share. Vta has to incur overtime and other costs to make sure that there are adequate numbers of trains available at the end of an event. Reporter now, right now, the 49ers are simply refusing to pay. They say, why should we when the s. A. P. Center or avaya stadium arent paying . But the vta is considering a policy that would require potentially all of those venues to pay a little extra if they incur extra costs as a result of providing their services. In santa clara, devin fehely, kpix 5. Bart is rushing to fix its emergency lighting system after recent power outages. Today, bart admitted the Battery Powered backup lights failed at 14 of their 46 stations. They are supposed to turn on immediately in a power outage. Bart became aware of the problem after a widespread blackout in San Francisco last month and another outage in richmond a week later. So far bart has already installed new batteries at six stations. And the dmv scrambled to get computers back up after the system went down this afternoon across california. People looking for new drivers licenses and registrations had to wait for hours. By late this afternoon, most of the offices were back in business. The dmv is still checking to make sure the system is fully working for tomorrow. Well, for people in danville who like to buy and sell items on craigslist, the city is helping to make those transactions safer. A Safe Exchange zone has been set up in the parking lot outside police headquarters. Hidden cameras are fixed on the spot 24 hours a day. Its going to give customers the option to meet people they dont know or arent sure about with added security. This is for their safety. So if something does happen, we can go back and look at the video and see who was here, see the cars and maybe even get a license plate. I personally do a lot of selling of things online and also buying things online. But when im selling, i just dont necessarily like people knowing where i live. Police say the spot can also be used for child custody exchanges. The Central Valley man is accused of running what you might call a bee chop shot. The 51yearold man is accused of stealing thousands of hives worth a Million Dollars from californias almond orchards. He found thousands of hives from several sites in his possession. The orchard lost 200,000 in profits because of the thefts. Bees are big business. Whats the buzz, paul . In weather . Buzz in weather is going to be rising temperatures. Were looking at temperatures that are going to be shooting into the 90s away from the water by this weekend. So we are getting warm. But those of you watching us in pacifica or Half Moon Bay if you are lucky enough to be spending the weekend in capitola your numbers arent going to move that much. Let me show you the highs from today. Half moon bay only 60. But napa has warmed up to 76. Well see a doubling of the temperatures spread from 16 to 2 or 35 degrees by this weekend 32 to 35 degrees by this weekend. Bay to breakers this weekend, partly cloudy skies, low to mid 60s i call that nice running weather but they will be out there bay to breakers, join thousands of your friends on sunday. We have a ridge of High Pressure which is moving in. But this one is not going to sit directly over the bay area. We can get a really strong onshore flow which keeps everybody chilly like last week. We can get a very strong offshore wind which gets everybody warm even at the beach. We are not going to see that. With the ridge off to the west, light onshore flow, ocean influence remains right at the coast but inland youre not going to get the ocean influence and youll bake friday into the weekend. Overnight tonight, very localized patchy fog at the beach and it will stay seasonably chilly. It wasnt that warm today. Clear skies this evening and overnight tonight. Well see 40s in the area. That said tomorrow as that ridge gets closer inland temperatures begin to climb likely into the low to mid80s. 82 for livermore. 84 for fairfield. Redwood city you hit 79. Santa rosa hit 82. But still, the mid60s, 64 with sunshine in pacifica. And low 90s are likely inland coming up this weekend. Your extended forecast we level off the heat near the bay by friday mid to upper 70s. We are already there at the beach mid60s. But inland, your temperatures continue to climb to the 90s through sunday where you will be up to 92 degrees. Well stay warm to hot away from the water through the middle of next week. So the cold stuff is done. Time for the warm stuff away from the water. Back to you. Thank you. Some unwanted buzz in wine country. Neighbors in napa making noise over plans for a private helipad. The fears it could disrupt their quite rural life. Tom bradys wife puts the quarterback at the center of a concussion controversy today. Im dennis odonnell. If its the giants and dodgers, what else would you expect . Benches clearing. Were up next. ,,,,,,, the press box today and said, dennis, did you know the giants 5game winning streak is the best since the Obama Administration . Man. Sports writer says in the press box today and said, dennis, did you know the giants fivegame winning s

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