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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 600PM August 20, 2017

Planes safety. Specifications the fa addictates the airplane must maintain to the air worthiness qualifications. The air worthiness qualifications will be the same whether theyre for a regular manufactured airplane or a home built airplane. Reporter witnesses describe what they saw moments before the plane went down. Reporter heard the plane coming in and i heard it sputtering some, which is not uncommon. We hear it quite often. So i didnt think much about it. And a few seconds later, could hear it i heard it, the impact, which was kind of like a poo reporter the ntsb is heading to the scene to try to figure out what caused the plane to crash. Of course, well stay on the story throughout the night and have the latest for you on kpix 5 news at 11. In other news, chopper 5 over a rally in Mountain View this afternoon where several hundred people turned out to protest what was supposed to be todays march on google. The march was to protest googles recent firing of an engineer who wrote a memo questioning womens role in tech. That march was cancelled. The counterprotest rally went on as planned. There were speeches, songs and an open mic for anyone wanting to vent peacefully about the recent violence in virginia. I hope we can hold it as an example of what a peaceful congregation some look like. What a community can do to come together, share the values, articulate the values and do it in a peaceful and respectful way. Reporter Mountain View police have set up barricades around the Civic Center Plaza to control the crowds, but police tell us that everyone was peaceful. Free speech and conservative groups are planning a couple of protests next weekend in the bay area. A group called Patriot Prayer is planning an event next saturday at crissy field in San Francisco. The following day in berkeley, a Different Group is planning a rally called no to marxism in america. Both rallies are expected to attract many counterprotesters. And there is an added complication in San Francisco. A Militia Group is coming to town. Theyre called the oath keepers, made up of exmilitary and Law Enforcement officers and known for being armed. They try to keep the peace at potentially violent events. That is why they will be at chrissy field next saturday. Its this group that is known to carry arms in a very public way. Obviously, that instills in us the need again to reevaluate this particular rally because its more threatening than we have ever sought. Chrissy field is on federal land. San franciscos city leaders want the feds to resend the permit for the rally because theyre worried about violence. The National Park service is reviewing the ferment application and permit application and will make a discussion next week. 40,000 people showed up near Boston Common to protest a conservative event called a free speech rally. Those counterdemonstrators scuffled with police, the kind of violence we in the bay area have seen several times. Kenning the craig is live with more. Reporter its hard to imagine a few hours ago, the 40,000 people were behind me. Police prepared for this event around the clock. Tonight, theyre calling it a success. Is thousands of counterprotestors outnumbered conservatives who showed up for a free speech rally in downtown boston. Organizers insisted the event was not a platform for hate and made up of people from various viewpoints but several alt right speakers attended. Tom gallagher said he could not stay home and be silent. I accept free speech but that is not free speech. Reporter he was among a crowd promoting tolerance, inclusion, and fighting White Supremacy that marched several miles to the Boston Common. Speakers spoke out from a bandstand. Steven mcgraph is a army veteran and joined the Free Speech Group during the event. Everyone has different views. If you take it to the violence level, you lose your argument 100 . Reporter the rally and protest was mostly peaceful and a dramatic contrast to a week ago when hundreds of White Nationalists violently clashed with counterprotestors in virginia. Heather hire was killed when a white supremacist allegedly rammed his car into a crowd of people. Boston police dont want a repeat of what happened in charlottesville, so they intentionally kept the two sides here separated and limited the free speech event to just two hours. At least 500 officers helped control the crowds. Im proud of the fact here in boston we were able to have a successful day. Reporter Police Escorted one man away from the rally wearing a stop White Genocide t shirt and they broke up several small skirmishes in an attempt to keep the peace and prevent another tragedy. Police repeatedly said they would shut down the free speech portion of the event if it turned violent. Fortunately and thankfully they didnt have to do that. You said the Law Enforcement characterized it as a success. It looked chaotic out there. Was anyone hurt . Police addressed that this evening. There were a couple of minor skirmishes. Leave all, inspect of the crowd was safe and nonviolent. Several Police Officers were scuffed up but no major injuries overall and no Major Property damage. About 33 people were rated here today, brian. Thank you, kenneth craig. Back in the bay area, a line out of the door of this diner in san rafael. The owner of theresa is any johnnys decided to donate all of the money the restaurant made today to the southern poverty law center. In response to last weekends violent White Nationalist rally in charlottesville, virginia. Its becoming more and more acceptable to be intolerant. Its important for me. There is only speech we can do by supreming the void on facebook and its an easy way for us to donate a little money and help the cause. The employees first suggested donating their own tips to the nonprofit, about you she died decided it would be more appropriate to donate the restaurants proceeds. And speaking of high traffic areas. Check out the scene at levi stadium. The 49ers getting ready for the first game of the preseason. Juliette good rich is inside and live on the field. Reporter yes, the fans are coming in and over my shoulder, we have a father and son taking pictures right now. It was interesting. This guy is a Denver Broncos fan. His dad, well, 9ers and broncos . Yes. Okay, here we go and that is all in family fun. Someone else in the tailgating aspect of it all is andrea borba where shes enjoying the family fun and festivities out there and probably with broncos and niners fans as well. Hey, andrea. Hey there. Reporter it smells like football season here in levi stadium in the parking lot. Charcoal, barbecues and burgers and kids haveing fun. What is a tailgate without a game of catch and cornhole. The faithful are hoping the shakeup in the front office will lead to more wins and fewer friends worthy moments on the field. Reporter think they will do all right. We have a lot of rebuilding to do and its a matter of getting it done. The coach we have will fix everything. I have confidence that the whole season is going to turn around and were going to win more games than people think, you know. This man offered up his version of the end zone dance. New, i would brace yourself. The crowd out here in the parking lot is heading inside to hang out with you next. Reporter figured. What a great evening. The kpix 5 sports director is here. You were saying the preseason games are later because of the weather and we have a nice breeze. When the stadium opened, they first realized the seat area on this side of the field was too hot. Now, there is a slight breeze coming in and its not bad. Absolutely. We have a new general, new head coach and new season, right . Dont rai dont rain on my parade. The 49ers had a good wrap following thomas all over the field last night against kansas city and ruben foster, the other number one is the talk of the camp. When you consider it, his is theer is more incredible when you learn what happened when he was just a year and a half old. As a baby foster mothers, anita page was shot by the father danny while she was holding an 18monthold ruben. Both mother and son are fine. Danny was captured in 2013 after 16 years on the run and hes in prison now with limited contact with his son. We wrote some times when he was in prison, but, you know, i forgave him. I had some things to say to him, but its not too much. Just a why or how could you. Ruben, ruben fosters father will never be able to see him play. And he wont be able to get out of prison until 2035. The entire story coming up as we kick off the 49er coverage at 6 30. And thank you so much. We have been talking so much about the turf here at levi stadium. You know coming up, there is a new turf war going on of sorts. We have that story coming up about a turf war going on in the east bay. Also, so much talk about the Solar Eclipse. We are 40 hours away from a total Solar Eclipse. Ken basteeda is in organization ken bastida is in oregon to explain what history will be made when the skies go dark. We can see in full view and the forecast for tomorrow, has a little bit more in the offering. That and the eclipse day forecast coming up after a break. Memorial in barcelona today to remember the victims of thursdays deadly. Thousands gathered at a memorial in barcelona today to remember the victims of thursdays deadly van attack. Dozens of balloons were released into the sky over lasramblas, where a van mowed down 15 people and injuring more than 100. Victims of the royal family visited victims in the hospital and later laid flowers in the growing memorial. Among those killed, an east bay man celebrating his First Anniversary with his wife. Jared tuckers father is devastated. I dont understand how somebody, anybody could do that type of thing to innocent people. It would be beyond my comprehension. Tuckers wife was also injured. Members of the family are heading to barcelona to retrieve jareds body. A wildfire prompting mandatory evacuations near yosemite tonight. Its burned 32 thousand acres inside the National Park. People are told to get out of the community of wowonona. The Forest Service said the air quality there is hazardous. The fire is threatening a grove of giant sequoia trees. The fire broke out last sunday and its 10 contained. Full containment can take weeks. Back in the bay area, the mayor of richmond is not mincing words. He wants his out of the Housing Authority business. Jackie ward has that story. They put you between a rock and a hard place, and i think it might be time to get out of there. Look at this. Reporter the mayor is giving us a walking tour of what is called the hacienda, an eyesore sitting on the corner of 13th street and barrett avenue in bridgemont. Were standing here. Its sort of the poster child of what is wrong with hud and housing authorities. Reporter two years ago, this building housed 1,000 people who had limited income. Over time, Living Conditions got so bad, this space had to be evacuated because he claims hud wouldnt pay for all of the repairs. Instead, hud put the blame back on the Housing Authority. And if they tell them that theyre not allowed operating efficiently or following the rules, theyre doing everything wrong. Basically hud is just a big bully. Reporter the city advanced millions of dollars to the Housing Authority out of the general fund. The mayor doesnt expect to get any of the money back and got to the point where he said he has to draw a line. Were in a position where were going to have to continue feeding the Housing Authority and we dont have wiggle room in our own general fund. We have a lot of issues. Reporter despite the city spending at least 100,000 on trying to secure the building, he said he knows several drug and prostitution operations take place here and about 20 people call it home. Johnny garcia lives near the hacienda and said his friend is one of the 20 people. It makes me nervous because i know what is going on in there. Nothing but drugs, you know, and that is not cool. A bad environment for our people around here. Reporter according to preliminary documents the Washington Post got a hold of, the Trump Administration is considering cutting 6 billion from huds budget. In richmond, jackie ward, kpix 5. The mayor said that hud threatened to give the responsibility of the building to another city, but so far, no takers. The local field office for hud was unavailable for comment today. And now its time to go back live to juliette at levi. Were counting down to kickoff, which looks like its 40 minutes away. Reporter were counting it down. This is the 49ers Fourth Season here. The last time the broncos played on this field as they are tonight was super bowl l. Keep that in mind. Can i tell you the turf looks great. Remember, you recall all of the turf problems in the beginning. Keeping up with the turf is a lot of work. New at 6, kpix 5s dawn ford has a new turf war brewing in the parks in berkeley hills. Reporter no question that john hinkle park has seen better days and should be in better shape or needs immediate Critical Care the city of berkeley said that help is on the way. We wanted to change the park and add some features to the park. Reporter more than 700,000 is planned for repairs. Of that plan includes some artificial turf. Make sure we understand what were talking about. A piece that is 10 feet by 14 feet wide when compared to the rest of the size of the park it doesnt seem like much. I dont know about that grass idea. Reporter artificial anything catches the attention of neighbors. The fake grass is planned to go here on the slope to control erosion. The stays that the soil is too poor to support natural grass. Reporter dont like the idea of putting plastic down in the midst of the natural gorgeous setting. Put it back in the sandbox. Reporter across town in the park, this section of artificial turf installed more than a year ago appears to be be popular. Feels great and sits in well. You can see a lot of people use it here. A lot of people stay on the grass, but its nice to have an option. Reporter this example is larger than the one planned for linkel. Meanwhile, not all neighbors are concerned about the fake grass patch. And this is sitting fine with me. Sounds okay. I dont see any reason to object to it. Reporter construction begins next spring and is scheduled to be completed by summer of 2018. In berkeley, dawn ford, kpix 5. Things are heating up here, so to speak, energywise. Its been a Beautiful Day here, primarily because the game is in the evening. There is a nice, cool breeze. Not as hot. A lot of fans were sitting in direct sunlight in the afternoon games. There is still some sun now but not too bad. You know, the sun has been the major topics these days, especially with the Solar Eclipse happening on monday. A lot of talk about that and a lot of people from the bay area travelling to oregon to see that, including our ken basteeda. There are a lot of viewing ken bastida. Here in the bay area, the moon will cover 70 to 80 of the sun. On the west coast, the place to see the total eclipse is in oregon. Of course, that is where our kpix 5 anchor ken bastida is. We sent him up there. Would you believe there will be sports history made on monday. Heres the story. I have to believe i am in one of the most unique eclipse viewing locations anywhere in the united states. I am at volcano keiser stadium here in salem, oregon. The volcanos are going to be playing a singlea baseball game against the hillsborough hot in this ballpark. The game will start at nine on monday morning. Of course, the eclipse hits us at 10 17 a. M. They planned to stop the game to watch the eclipse go to full totality. The players will stop playing, birds will stop flying around, the temperature will drop anywhere from 10 to 30 degrees and theyll observe it. 4800 fans bought tickets to be here. The place is going to be packed and theyre going to watch the eclipse. The only time a professional baseball game has been stopped for an eclipse. It will be history making. The game will resume and life will go on. In salem, oregon, im ken bastida, kpix 5. Wow, we can look forward to kens reports throughout the weekend and for sure on monday. Coming up tomorrow live, beginning at 5 00, ken will have a live report with all of the people that travelled up there and have full coverage at 6, 10, and 11. Stay tuned for that. Also, cbs news is going to have special coverage the day of the Solar Eclipse coasttocoast coverage and that kicks off with a twohour special report starting here on kpix 5 at 10 a. M. Be sure to have the glasses when you look up wherever you are. I am sure brian can fill us in on how that viewing is going to be. Hopefully clear skies, brian . Going to be the usual story here, i remember watching abc news. When frank ren olds said the next Solar Eclipse to cross from coasttocoast is going to happen in 2017. That was 47 years ago. Frank reynolds said i hope in 2017 that eclipse will unfold over a world of peace. Well, you can be the judge of that. For us, were looking at the low clouds that moved into the goldin gate right now, and that is shrouding the shoreline. Its not going to change much between now and monday. Of course, here, it will be just a partial. Tonight, the nineteen return errorrers are playing with the broncos there at levi stadium. The game is coming up in 37 minutes on channel 5 under clear skies and a game Time Temperature of 73. For tomorrow, the usual low clouds clear by midday and inland, sunny with 80s all week. More of the same, mild weather will be with us. The futur

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