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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6AM August 18, 2016

The flames. Anne makovec reports. Reporter its a challenge. This fire has burned nearly 40 square miles and at this point, firefighters have no idea how many homes and businesses have been destroyed. That fire is 4 contained this morning. It is burning in mixed terrain, mountains and deserts, east of los angeles in San Bernardino county. A lot of the damage so far is in the town of phelan and now firefighters are paying special attention to the scene town of wrightwood. Thats where flames are inching closer to homes. Some 82,000 people have been forced to evacuate but some are refusing to leave. Its my home. Hopefully these guys will take care of it and then we can be safe because we have no place to go. 1300 firefighters are working to control the bluecut fire. The conditions are brutal with brush and terrain and temperatures up to 100 degrees. The northbound lanes of a heavily traveled highway interstate 15 were closed yesterday but reopened through the cajon pass at 10 30 last night. Anne makevoc, kpix 5 anne makevoc, kpix 5. What about injuries . None yet. Cadaver dogs were sent in to search some of the burnedout homes and ranches yesterday. They have turned up nothing. Thank you. Closer to San Francisco, the clayton fire burning in lake county is now 50 contained. Its burned nearly 4,000 acres since it erupted on sunday. Authorities say that at least 175 homes have been destroyed. Evacuations are still in effect for parts of lower lake. A pregnant woman from san jose has died in a car crash but her baby survived. The 18yearold mother was a passenger in a vehicle that swerved off the road hitting another car parked on highway 101 yesterday morning. She originally only complained of leg injuries following the accident. This morning, an investigation into the crash is under way after it was discovered that the driver in the parked car was under the influence. The baby delivered was in Critical Condition at last check. Time now 6 02. Lets check our morning commute with roqui. Reporter good morning. We have updates in pittsburgburg. Major delays going on right now. Time now 603. Lets check highway 4 westbound at railroad avenue crash blocking lanes and behind it at loveridge twocar crash in the Center Divide backing up towards somersville. Cars about 8 Miles Per Hour. Mckee road metal debris in the roads cars with flat tires slow drive there. A crash blocking the left lane here in oakland. So definitely want to keep that in mind and then heres a look at your toll plaza. Maze to downtown will take 15 minutes. Ro. Thanks, roqui. Good morning, everyone. Im all over it. I have been calling sfo trying to see if theres any delays at the local airport due to the saturation of the low clouds and fog and drizzle. So far they have not checked back in with us but we have delays at ohare if you are heading that way due to thunderstorms. Dallas also due to construction on the runways. Otherwise, we are shrouded in a deck of low clouds and fog, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Slow to cool in livermore after seeing a high of 96 yesterday. Its currently 59 degrees there. San jose, good morning to you at 62. Todays a spare the air day. We a couple of Different Things going on. We have fire in Santa Clara County, soberanes fire in the Monterey County. And all that smoke is drifting up into the santa clara area southcentral bay and clipping the east bay. Then we have the clayton fire to the north of the Golden Gate Bridge over in lower lake area. And thats causing a haze in the atmosphere around the north bay, as well. Temperatures close to where they should be coming down a couple notches. We have the full forecast coming up at 18 minutes after the hour. Thats straight ahead. Three suspects accused in the murder of a millbrae father have pleaded not guilty. Tiffany li her boyfriend and their friend all appeared in a redwood city court yesterday afternoon. They were arrested in may suspected of killing 27year old keith green. Green disappeared a day after meeting with li who is greens exgirlfriend and the mother of his two children. Li and the two other suspects are due in court in october. San jose police chief eddie garcia is turning away a chance to get temporary help as he tries to fill 200 openings in his department. Maria medina is live at san jose pd headquarters to explains who is pitching the idea. Reporter a City Council Member proposed this idea last year saying why not use cops from the Santa Clara Sheriffs Office and the chp to patrol areas here in san jose and give out tickets . But the citys top cop is simply saying no and the chief has several reasons why including labor contract issues. He also says it would bring down the departments morale and potentially scare off recruits. Now, sjpd went from 1400 cops nearly 10 years ago down to 900. It is in the process of hiring a couple of hundred more officers but that will take a while so the City Council Members say until then, why not get help from other agencies . We have 2300 miles of streets in san jose and theres no Traffic Enforcement so its unsafe speeding near the hundreds of schools we have, churches, et cetera. Reporter all right. So the City Council Member says the money to pay for it would come from the nearly 200 openings that sjpd already has until those recruits are ready to deploy. So later today the chief is expected to bring his ideas why this is not a good idea to the City Council Member during a regular meeting at 1 30. Maria medina, kpix 5. Live at sjpd. Campaign news now. The latest poll out this morning Shows Latino Voters trust Hillary Clinton more than donald trump with 78 of latino voters saying that he is not trustworthy. During an exchange with a reporter, a trump adviser denied any issues in the campaign. Take a listen to what one of his advisedders said during an interview with cnn. So you say you say its not a shakeup. But you guys are down. And it makes says who . Says who . Most of the polls. All of them . [ pause ] so so polls. I just told you, i answered your question. Okay. Which poll . All of them. [ pause ] well, the latest orc National Poll shows clinton leading trump 4537 . However, one poll from Monmouth University says trump is leading clinton 47 to 36 in indiana and thats where trumps running mate mike pence is governor. Two team usa swimmers are the an undisclosed location in brazil after being removed from a plane in rio stuck in the country until they are questioned by police about team made ryan lochtes account of being robbed at gunpoint. Hena daniels reports. Reporter u. S. Swimmers jack congar and gunnar pence were taken off their flight home and instead detained at the airport in rio by local authorities. Their Defense Attorneys spoke with reporters saying the athletes were confused and shaken with the judges decision not to let them leave the country. A brazilian judge has ordered the swimmers passports seized because of discrepancies in their stories and now more questions over lochtes first account of the robbery overnight. They pulled us over, they pulled out their guns, they told the other to get down on the ground and then the guy pulled out his gun, he put it to my forehead and said get down. Reporter apparently four of the swimmers were seen returning to the Olympic Village sunday morning after a night of partying. They appeared to still have their things on them and investigators say the men dont seem distraught and are seen joking with each other on Surveillance Video. Lochte is back in the u. S. He told nbc there were two gunmen and that the gun was pointed in his direction. He said his taxi was not pulled over but was at a gas station. His attorney say brazil is just trying to deflect criticism of problems at the rio games. Hena daniels, cbs news. The swimmers being held in rio will be questioned by police today and are not allowed to leave brazil until providing testimony to investigators. The u. S. Dominated a track and field competition yesterday bringing home 7 medals. In the 100meter hurdles, the u. S. Swept the podium for the first time ever. Brianausain bolt finished first this is semifinal heat in the 200meter. Canadian finished second as they lapped their way across the finish line. Both will battle for the top spot today in the final event. In Beach Volleyball Kerri Walsh Jennings and april won the bronze medal match in Beach Volleyball so the u. S. Now has 93 medals, 30 gold, 32 silver and 31 bronze. They are doing well. Whats your vision for the future of San Franciscos subway . Starting today the city wants to share your thoughts on where the next subway line should be built. A citywide effort dubbed connect sf is inviting the public to go to a website and draw on a map where future lines and stops should be located. The website will collect input from the public until september 2. Then planners will analyze the data and create a list of popular suggestions and present them to city leaders later this year. Time check 6 11. For the first time in years, lava flowing right into the Pacific Ocean off hawaiis big island. Its attracting big crowds. Plus, do your friends and family sometime call you lazy . Theres a great comeback when the cops up and it has to do with your smarts. Never never has that happened before. [ laughter ] hi, everybody, from the kpix weather center. As you kickstart your thursday, we have a revised pollen report. If you are heading out into the pittsburg area on highway 4, you might want to consider bart. We have some updates on some crashes coming up. Stay tuned. ,,,,,, ,,,,, sleep number beds with Sleepiq Technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. The time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed. Only at a sleep number store. Is entering the Pacific Ocean, and visitors are flocking to see for the first time in three years lava from kileaua volcano on big island of hawaii is flowing into the ocean. The flow didnt reach the water until now. Tour operators have seen a sharp rise in the number of customers and local businesses are experiencing a boom. Its awesome. Amazing. The lava fields are really neat. And just, you know, being able to experience the lava flow down into the water. The Civil Defense authority says there are hazards with the flow. An explosion on the volcanos summit this past week triggered a small landslide and destroyed Computer Systems used to monitor the volcano. Today stocktons mayor will make his first appearance in court since being charged with crimes against children. We now have the audio recordings allegedly from his phone that landed him in jail. Recordings from ma ony silvas phone. Of a strip poker game at a summer camp he hosted. They a Authorities Say they seized recordings from mayor silvas phone at a strip poker game at a summer camp he hosted. They allege a 16yearold was in the room and also claimed he was trying to record the Group Without their knowledge. Silvas legal team says the recordings are accidental and claim the evidence is being distorted in an attempt to remove him from office. New lease on life for a restaurant in richmond that had been given a 30day eviction notice. Salute et Vita Ristorante is known for holding etiquette classes for kids and holiday meals for the homeless so mayor tom butt and the people in the Community Rallied around the eatery. The Building Owner says that salute et Vita Ristorante can stay as long as the Restaurant Owners make repairs to the building. Im impressed. You pronounced that restaurant pretty well. Havent even been to italy. [ laughter ] the next time somebody calls you a couch potato, you can take it as a compliment. Right. Thats because a professor in florida has just found people who tend to be lazier also turn out to be smarter. Hm. The science [chuckling] the study is no joke. For three years the professor tested people with devices that measured their physical activity. The equipment tracked participants every 30 seconds which gathered some 20,000 data points for everyone who contributed. Somehow all the numbers suggested the more sluggish among us are also the brightest. The findings [ laughter ] are bringing smiles and smirks. It has a way of, you know, bracing oneself esteem if you happening to consider yourself lazy all of a sudden i may also be intelligent and that may justify your laziness. It prizes me. I would like to know who it surprises me. I would like to know who you researched. I would, too. I know a few of those people. The study may encourage people with physical disabilities. Well, all right. Okay. So im not lazy but im stupid. [ laughter ] okay. But im thinking about it because my my my older son he is not very active. [ laughter ] he likes to sit around the house a bit. But he is brilliant. See, then maybe theres something to be said for that. Maybe he is just sit there is reading books not also in school you have those guys and girls in class who are they dont do anything and youre like, how are you getting straight as . Thats true. I remember that. And they dont have to work as hard. They are just hanging out. Watching south park all day long is good. You dont tell your kids youre smart. You say work hard you have to try hard. Youre a hard worker. According to the study, why . [ laughter ] lets check traffic now. We have some incidents to report in pittsburg. Westbound highway 4 at railroad avenue, theres a twocar crash still blocking lanes and then theres a second crash behind it on loveridge road this two car crash is in the Center Divide and this backup is past somersville so very backed up. You see cars are driving at 7 Miles Per Hour. Altamont pass cars coming in at 20 Miles Per Hour through tracy, 205 to Altamont Pass will take you westbound about 30 minutes and then on to the bay bridge, the maze to downtown westbound will take but 15. Heres your san mateo bridge. A lot of cars there but still moving. So not too bad. Its looking hazy but not too bad. It is hazy. We have layers of low clouds and fog and because of that pilots on approach of sfo on the two runways there are saying they have visibility issues so 49minute delays on some arriving flights. Temperatures 50s and 60s out the door. San francisco 56 with pockets of drizzle from the very deep marine layer. Redwood city at 62. Its very slow to cool in the livermore area after 96 degrees on wednesday. Low clouds and fog along the coast all day long. Along the bay today, sunny and seasonal, hazy sunshine inland. Marine layer at the coast. Its now marching into the bay and into the trivalley at this very early hour. The lower lake fire area the humidity has recovered this morning due to the clouds but later today 94 degrees winds up to 20. It will be cooler by friday just a tad. Extremely dry conditions with humidity down to 22 . Low right there. Picking up some wraparound moisture from monsoonal conditions in arizona. So we have the threat of a thunderstorm today in the high sierra. Thats dire. Well have to keep a watchful eye on that because of fire danger from lightning. Pollution in the air in the atmosphere today around Monterey County back through pebble beach into the carmel area. Sunup at 6 28. By the time it sets well have a spare the air in effect for this thursday because of the smoke in the vicinity. Todays high temperatures 60s through 90s. Down from 96 to 92 in livermore. If you are sneezing and wheezing its because of the grass count. All right. There you go. Repeat performance on friday. Cooler over the weekend due to a deepening marine layer. Thats a look at your thursday forecast. We have more ahead still so dont go a. Well be right back. ,,,,,,,,,, good morning, everybody. The giants offense scored four or more runs in four of their last five games. Now, those numbers usually translate into victories. So why did they get swept by pittsburgh . They needed a win to prevent the dodgers from stretching their west lead. Matt cain 40 lead in the fifth lost it. Walked three straight and then this is the difference maker. Mccutcheon six runs in the inning big daddy to the showers. Bottom of the 9th, bases loaded for buster posey. Nobody out. That is a rally killer. Giants lose 65. They fall a game and a half back of the dodgers in the west. Colin kaepernick was held out of throwing drills at the 49ers joint practice with the broncos yesterday allowing the new quarterback Christian Ponder to get some reps after he was signed. Ponders signing not only got him into training camp, it got him out of doing other chores. You know, i have been sitting in my house doing yardwork and painting the house, started working out in my garage every now and again. Not as much as i should have. Had a quarterback net in the front yard. Real old school. Were you able to finish your painting . No. I wasnt. My wifes not happy about it. [ laughter ] i bet he was watching the olympics. Right now exclusive coverage of the pix olympics [ music ] and this is exclusive video of team usa training for the 2020 frisbee games in tokyo. If these americans dont figure it out fast, its sayonara for any chance at a gold medal. [ laughter ] exclusive coverage pix olympics. Got to like it. Im dennis odonnell. See you tonight. San jose could guess extra officers to bring down crim

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