Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6AM 20160823 : vimarsana

KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6AM August 23, 2016

Organizations in homes where graduate students live. Talk to some students about this earlier this year before the decision was made. Its absolutely right that were discussing Sexual Assault and alcohol use and making sure that its healthy and happy, but an outright ban is sort of taking a Law Enforcement approach to what is really a medical problem . Reporter now, this all comes following the conviction of brock turner for the Sexual Assault of a drunk and unconscious woman following a boozey frat party. He was 20 years old at the time. Undergraduate housing here at stanford opens on september 20th. Live at stanford, anne makevoc, kpix 5. A Santa Clara County judge is recusing himself from a sex crime case while still under scrutiny for how he handled the stanford Sexual Assault trial. Aaron persky was to decide whether to reduce a conviction for possession of child porn from a felony to misdemeanor. He filed a statement with the court saying that he and his family were exposed to publicity about the current case. Earlier this year he sentenced former Stanford University swimmer brock turner to six months in county jail for Sexual Assaulting a drunk woman. Critics felt the sentence was too lenient and are trying to recall him. Today san jose and its Police Department might have to resort to drastic measures because it cant put enough officers on the streets. The department only has 413 patrol officers. It needs a minimum of 500. Previously, it had been backfilling the gap with overtime but its too expensive. So today city leaders and the police union will talk about the possibility of a state of emergency request that would allow the chief to move detectives back on patrol. We are going to feel the effects internally. It will be widespread. Its going to have a Ripple Effect no doubt about it. But bottom line, number one, get to the calls for service. Long term, we need more officers. They are budgeted positions. We have vacancies we want to fill to join our department. Short term, the police chief eddie chief garcia is looking for ways to make the reassignments within the Police Department. The short Term Solution would mean moving 47 officers. The goal is to make the change by september 11. Police have now identified two san jose residents killed late sunday night as brothers. Police say that the victims are Michael Ramirez and arturo ramirez. The shooting happened in the 900 block of south 8th street. When crews arrived on the scene they found both men shot at least once. Currently investigators have no motive and no suspects. A mother critically injured by a falling tree limb at a San Francisco park is getting a lot of support. Family and friends set up a go fund me page for chway ying zhoo to pay for her medical expenses. Its raised more than 6,500 so far. Zhoo was injured earlier this month when a branch fell on her head at Washington Square park while she was watching her kids play. She says her doctor has informed her she may never walk again. Time now 6 03. Lets see how the roads are doing this morning and looking with roqui. The roads are bad this morning. Theres a lot going on in the bay area. First, lets start with the Altamont Pass. 205 out of tracy on to the Altamont Pass will take you a heavy 30 minutes. Cars driving at 12 Miles Per Hour. Dublin interchange, westbound 580 near 680 there was a big rig fire there caused three cars to crash right behind it. And then now thats all blocking that right lane. Cars moving at 20 Miles Per Hour. And lets head down to your sunol grade. Theres trouble here all morning. Southbound 680 after highway 84. A twocar crash on the shoulder but before that, southbound 680 again near andrade road there was metal debris in the road causing flat tires and reports are saying that caused the crash behind on the shoulder there. Then heres a look at your dublin interchange Altamont Pass to 680 westbound will take but 23 minutes. So moving slow there. And, of course, your bay bridge toll plaza backing up to the maze right now. The maze to downtown westbound will take but 15 minutes. Looking slow. The sun is trying to peek out. I was listening to a story on kcbs on the radio driving this this morning, they say the commute on the bay bridge is 5 30 to 6 a. M. Sunrise is coming up later and later. This is our live weather camerak look out towards the bay bridge and official sunup is at 6 33. But at 6 05, can you see three shade of gray . We have moderate air quality in the forecast for today around even the bay today. Good air quality in the east bay and the seashore. 56 in santa rosa. 58 livermore and San Francisco. 60s in redwood city also backing through the oakland area. Look at these temperatures because were a couple of degrees below average for this 23rd day of the month of august. 60s around the beaches today. 70s peninsula, 84 degrees in morgan hill. East of the bay this is where youll find the warmest temperatures. 50s, 60s, 70s, even 80s in the north bay. Full forecast is still straight ahead. But first lets send it back to you guys. Hillary clinton says republicans are taking the president ial campaign into an alternative universe. As some of her biggest critics raise questions about her Health Andrew spencer shows us clinton is cracking jokes. Reporter appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live Hillary Clinton joked about her health. You take my take my pulse while im talking to you. [ laughter ] so, um [ laughter ] so make sure im alive. Oh, my god, theres nothing there. [ laughter ] reporter laughing off claims by some of her opponents that she is not well. I dont know why they are saying this. I think on the one hand its part of the wacky strategy just to say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you. Um, on the other hand, its just absolutely makes no sense. Reporter meanwhile, clinton continues to be dogged by the controversial email server she used as secretary of state. A federal judge monday gave the state Department One month to make a plan to release nearly 15,000 documents that it received from the fbi as part of its investigation into that server. Clintons Campaign Says, quote, we support those documents being released publicly, as well. Donald trump now calling for a deeper investigation into foreign donations to the clinton foundation. The amounts involved, the favors done, and the significant number of times it was done, require an expedited investigation by a special prosecutor immediately, immediately, immediately whoo [ applause and cheers ] reporter the call comes as trump postpones a major immigration speech he had scheduled for thursday. His Campaign Says its still finetuning its immigration policy and the language of that speech with no clear plans now of when that speech will happen. Im Andrew Spencer reporting. Hillary clinton is in california today. She is holding four private events across the state. Meanwhile, donald trump is in texas. Fare evasion is a common problem on bay area trains and buses but soon minors who sidestep fare gates or payment boxes wont be charged with crimes. Thats because of a new law signed by Governor Brown yesterday. Its meant to keep kids who cant afford Public Transit from being drawn into the criminal justice system. Fare beaters will pay a fine up to 250. Hundreds of middle schoolers are tossing their books into brandnew backpacks because a bay area rapper wanted to make sure they start the semester in style. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live at Benjamin Franklin middle school on why e40 is helping many kids look so good this fall. Jackie. Reporter e40, aka earl stevens, is stepping up in a big way and he can relate to these kids because this is his alma mater. So for the past couple of years, Franklin Middle School has given out backpacks full of all the basic supplies to students, thanks to Community Donations and grant. The grant money fell through this year. Thats when the platinum recording artist said he would make sure students could be equipped with what they need for a Successful School year. School supplies kids with binders, folders, notebooks, pens, pencils are ready to be handed out. Later on e40 will be here this morning to give out 700 backpacks to take care of all the students. Jackie ward, kpix 5. Time now 6 09. President obama visits louisiana today after being criticized for taking too long to get there. More on the recovery going on there this morning next. Plus after a rough start to life, this special sea otter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium that is given a new task. How she is now helping others just like her. Ah, hopefully that wont be otter bounds. [ laughter ] good morning, from the kpix weather center. We have a forecast for you and will tell you which day there week will be the hottest. Major problems in the east bay. Well tell you about the east bay commute coming up. ,, hey, is this our turn . Honey. Our turn . Yeah, we go left right here. woman vo Great Adventures are still out there. Well find them in our subaru outback. avo love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Get zero percent on select subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirtyfirst. After major flooding caused thousands of evacuations and aths. Later this morning, president obama heads to louisiana 10 days after major flooding caused thousands of evacuations and more than a dozen deaths. He is criticized for not cutting short a twoweek vacation on Marthas Vineyard to visit the flood zone. Donald trump visited the area late last week and criticized the president s absence. Louisianas democratic governor defended the president s arrival time citing the resources it takes to handle a highprofile visit. I can tell you what the president is focused on is the response on the ground and the people whose lives in louisiana have been turned upsidedown by this terrible event. Over 2 feet of rain fell in about 48 hours damaging 60,000 homes and killing 13 people. Registered nurses from uc San Francisco Medical Center plan to hold a noontime rally today. They hope to draw attention to the impending shutdown of a program called ucsf home healthcare. The California Nurses Association says that the program has been operating for 16 years and demands for its Services Continue to grow. The program is scheduled to close at the end of next month. An unusual twist to a firefight in San Luis Obispo county. Crews have started a controlled blaze to protect the famous Hearst Castle from the chimney fire. This wife has burned more than 33,000 acres so far and firefighters dont want to see it touch the much loved landmark. The castle is closed for business. Visits are trying to be understanding as crews carry out the new strategy. What were doing is burning off and removing that vegetation to a safe location so that if the fire does advance in this direction it runs into that area where fuel or vegetation have already been removed. Its scary. Yeah. Devastation. We are not going to be able to see, you know, what we came here for and but its still beautiful country. Crews say they have benefited from changes in the wind that have steered the fire slightly from its path toward the castle. In Monterey A Sea otter couldnt catch a break. She was orphaned and mauled and very, very sick. But through all her pain, she never lost the capacity to love and its why the Monterey Bay Aquarium decided this sea otter would make the perfect surrogate mom. She is now looking after pups just like her ones abandoned by parents. She herself was rescued might Monterey Bay Aquarium Sea Otter Program some 4 years ago. They released her at one point but she was attacked by a shark. After that, she got very sick. But eventually the aquarium staff decided she would be best indoors so they took her in, groomed her, got her trained by surrogate moms, and realized she was a prime candidate to become one herself. Now she is looking after several pups who have also been through the worst. She is giving back. Awww. We have had a lot of otters in the news lately and a lot of roberta otter jokes, too. The mama looked at the pup and she said i love you like no otter. Oh, my goodness. Another one. Okay, im getting otter here. Oh, oh. She is on a roll. Lets check traffic. We have a Traffic Alert actually on the Altamont Pass out of tracy slow speeds at 20 Miles Per Hour. On the dublin interchange off the Altamont Pass looking really bad westbound 580 near 680. Theres a big rig on fire there. It caused three cars to crash behind it. The right lane is blocked. Cars moving at 16 Miles Per Hour. Slow speeds on the sunol grade cars driving 20 Miles Per Hour. Slow throughout the east bay. Altamont pass to 680 will take you up to 30 minutes. Heavy in the commute direction. San mateo bridge into the peninsula at 101. Westbound will take but 15 minutes. Looking good on the peninsula and heres a look at your mass transit no delays to look. Sfo delays on flights up to 55 minutes. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s if you want to kickstart your tuesday. The winds have been relatively flat under 10 Miles Per Hour. Right now of six in san ramon 8 in vallejo and benicia, 12 in fairfield. These winds will fluctuate today. More of a westerly now and northwest 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour as we get this area of High Pressure and closer and closer to the coast. Well see our temperatures climb couple of degrees in comparison to what we had on monday. 87 degrees at the state capital today back through stockton, davis, merced, modesto, otherwise 98 degrees in fresno all the way into manteca. Thunderstorms a strong possibility late day today in throughout the high sierra back through half dome. 63 smoke and haze still compromising the air quality in throughout the monterey bay area. Your official sunup is at 6 33. By the time iss at 7 51 well shave off 2 minutes and 14 seconds off our daylight hours. Air quality today its a difference from what we experienced yesterday. Well still see the moderate haze due to the chimney fire in San Luis Obispo in throughout the southcentral areas and the santa clara valley. But the east bay youre more of a recipient of a west and northwest wind 10 to 20 during the afternoon hours so some good air quality as you take a peer out towards mount diablo and the Diablo Mountain range. Good air along the seashore and in the northern portion of our bay area now that we dont have the clayton fire to deal with. Todays temperatures climbing to the high 60s in pacifica. 64 in San Francisco a couple of degrees off the average summer mark. High 60s, low 70s around oakland, alameda, back through emeryville into richmond. 70s will be common around the peninsula today. 80s around the santa clara valley. East bay 86 degrees. I want to go ahead and tell you what you can expect by the end of the workweek. Towards the friday, saturday and sunday, temperatures at best in the far inland areas only in the low 80s. Sports is next. And im dennis odonnell. Coming up, its been a rough start for josh read Nick Los Angeles and it just got worse. Well tell you why. And hes back. Colin kaepernick practicing but is the 49er quarterback competition over . Those stories coming up. , good morning, everyone. The giants open up a huge three game series against the dodgers tonight. But they might not face former athletic josh redick, who reportedly injured his finger while ordering room service at his hotel. He is hitting just. 149 with l. A. Adrian gonzalez almost increased the west lead yesterday. He hit three home runs with eight runs batted in in l. A. s 189 beatdown of the reds. The dodgers begin their series with the giants tonight now with a onegame lead in the west. As have placed billy butler on the sevenday concussion dl after he was reportedly hurt in an altercation with teammate danny valencia. Neither player will be suspended and kpix 5 has obtained exclusive video of the incident. [ music ] [ pop goes the weisel ] weasel ] valencia kept his hands to himself and last nights game against cleveland. Game score rest until the 8th when Carlos Santana had a home run for the only run of the game. Cleveland wins 10. Oakland has lost eight of nine. Colin kaepernick was a full participant in 49ers practice yesterday after missing five practices with the teams first two preseason games included. He had arm fatigue. He looked good although he didnt speak with the media. He should make his preseason debut on friday when the 49ers host the Green Bay Pac

© 2025 Vimarsana