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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm February 28, 2013

Really pulling together and kind of telling each other they have to do what they have to do, to pull this Community Together in their time of need. Its clearly a very special community in the way that they bond together over tragedies like this. Reporter thats right. All right, len, thank you. More now on the gunman germany goulet. He was Jeremy Goulet. He was fired from his job on thursday the day before arrested for breaking into a coworkers house making unwanted sexual advances. In 2008 in portland, oregon goulet was convicted of a sex crime in a peeping incident. The first time he had the screen off the bathroom window. And the window open with a stick through it. And he was looking at my girlfriend take a shower. I felt horrible. It felt horrible. For a while i couldnt go not bathroom by myself. Goulet fired a gun in a struggle with the victims boyfriend and eventually served jail time. We learned today that goulets own father called him a ticking time bomb. He was ready to take on and take down anyone who got in his way. Mark sayre has new details on the events leading up to the suspects last stand yesterday. Mark. Reporter well, allen, investigators say these two detectives really did not have any chance. They were in plainclothes. They were not suspecting any kind of trouble when they encountered the suspect and they were shot and killed right on his doorstep. Bullet holes riddle the garage where police and sheriffs deputies finally confronted suspect Jeremy Goulet and where goulet was shot and killed. This was just a half block away from where the two santa cruz officers were killed about a half hour earlier. Theres no such thing as routine police work. However, the information that they possessed at the time they went out to contact this suspect gave them no suspicion that they would be in danger. Reporter Santa Cruz County sheriff phil wowak today revealed new details of the murders of Sergeant Butch baker and detective Elizabeth Butler. Both detectives were killed at the doorstep of goulets home. Following the detectives individual murders, they were disarmed by goulet and detective bakers vehicle was stolen by goulet. Reporter radio dispatch tapes reveal the first indication that officers might be down. Unknown type of shooting. We have a report of a gunshot wound. They did have officers in that area doing followup. And we are just getting multiple reports of shots heard and now being advised of possible victims. Reporter then confirmation. Two officers down. Stand by for project rope. Reporter project rope is a multiagency effort to block the escape routes of a potential suspect. We know now that he was distraught. We know now that he had intentions of potentially harming people and or the police. Reporter and wowak says the suspect was ready for a fight. When goulet was discovered on the ground postshooting, he was wearing body armor. In the initial investigation of that scene, we found goulet had possessed three different handguns as well as the body armor. Reporter back at the scene of the murder, a neighbor heard the initial volley of shots and was devastated to learn what happened. Five minutes later the volley of gunfire must have been about a dozen shots. I had assumed it was the officers firing at the suspect. But i learned it was the other way around. Reporter investigators said the Fire Department got caught up in all this. Fire officers had arrived to help the call of the downtown officers. Thats when the second shooting took place. The gun battle with the suspect himself, a Fire Department vehicle was shot up and were told that several Fire Department employees actually ran to pull citizens to safety. In one case, one officer was was described one Fire Department person tackled somebody to the ground to protect that person and the Police Department calling the Fire Department heroes. The Fire Department though not ready to talk about this today. They are grieving, as well. They were very much involved in this just as the santa cruz Police Department was, as well. Back to you. Mark, you know, when you hear about how many shots were being fired back and forth and in your video we saw the size of the hole put in the house of the siding of the house. Reporter yeah. Its a miracle nobody else was hurt. Reporter it really is. When you look at that apartment complex where that garage is shot up, i mean, its a very densely populated area. Somebody could have been parking a car, a bullet could have flown through a window. A lot of people live there. The fact that nobody else is involved, indeed something very fortunate for everything involved. Indeed. All right, mark, thanks so much. For more on the officers killed including we have this mornings News Conference in its entirety, you can log on to our website, cbssf. Com and we will have more on the suspect a little later in this newscast. Transit officials today approved millions of dollars to help throw a party to open the new eastern span of the bay bridge. That will happen 187 days from now. Just after the Labor Day Weekend. The money approved will help cover costs of opening the bridge to the public. The question now is, should people coming to the party have to pay, as well . Reporter it will be a once inalifetime party. A bash on the bay bridge when the new eastern span opens over Labor Day Weekend and its going to cost millions. 5. 6million to be exact. Today the Bay Area Toll Authority approved a 5. 6 Million Contract to help throw the party. What they dont know is how they are going to pay for it, with public money from bridge tolls or with private sponsorship. A lot of Companies Made a lot of money on this project from public funds. Those companies ought to be stepping up. Reporter the private sector is pitching in on the 9 million party. The private bay area Bridge Alliance has raised 3. 5 million to pay for fireworks, a Half Marathon and a bike ride leaving the public to pay the remaining 5. 6 million which will cover transportation, security and crowd control. But state senator jerry hill doesnt want the public paying for it and is introducing a bill to make it illegal. I like a good party. I think a party is a good idea. But the idea of making the commuters and the taxpayers be responsible for that just didnt seem right. Reporter today commissioners debated another solution whether to have the public pay a minimum of 5 to walk across the bridge the day before it opens to help recoup public funds. I think everybody should be able to have the opportunity to come and they shouldnt be barred by having some kind of a fee. I think it is appropriate to charge a fee. Maybe not a significant fee. Reporter for now, that proposal is up in the air along with the question of who will pay for this party. Christin ayers, kpix 5. And kpix 5 is the official broadcast partner for the bay Bridge Alliance. A little later in this newscast, a story youre only going to see right here on kpix 5. Well take you inside a little known tunnel across the bay. Right now, San Francisco utility crews are working to repair a giant sinkhole created early this morning. A 16 water pipe came apart and pumped hundreds of thousands of gallons of water on to the streets above. It happened about 3 a. M. Near 15th and wawona street. Kpix 5 reporter phil matier shows us how the cleanup is coming along tonight. Reporter its interesting. Its very slowly but its interesting, allen, and this is another one of those stories that just goes to show that in an aging city, sometimes your biggest headaches can be under your feet and you dont know theyre coming. This was the scene today as a small army of city workers, private cleanup crews, insurance adjustors and stunned homeowners began dick digging out from the water that flooded the street when a 16 city water pipe ruptured early this morning sending thousands of gallons of water up to three feet deep in some places. I went downstairs without any boots or anything, and i was in water about a foot and a half probably. My car had water in it parked in the garage. So it was quite a mess. Im not sure insurance even covers this. Reporter how come . They said that its ground water. Reporter as for permanent damage it moves elements in the foundation. Reporter cracks are also growing on his walls and a sinkhole has opened up in his neighbors backyard. Its too early for damage estimates, but considering that homes here go for about a Million Dollars or more each, it is definitely going to cost. Residents tell us that they were told the pipe may have been damaged when the city was replacing a nearby sewer line. There is a possibility that, you know, some of that work might have impacted this work. We dont know yet. Reporter or it could have been a defective well. Thats why they removed that entire section of pipe and sending it off for analysis. Well know in a few days more about what the cause was. Reporter now, we as ratepayers and water users are probably going to pay for this work including the damage. I got to tell you, i was talking with one gentleman down the street. He woke up this morning had 3 feet of water in his new basement he just renovated. What is he going to do now . He said renovate it again. I like the comment from the guy who says the Insurance Company says its ground water. It wasnt in the ground until the city put it there. [ laughter ] reporter go figure. Phil matier in San Francisco, thank you. They lost contact with loved ones a month ago. Just an hour ago, we heard from the family of a bay area couple thought to be missing in peru. Plus, were off to our dry he is year in more than 100 years. The bay area city that hasnt been this dry since the mid 1800s. Guess what. Youre dry again tonight. Ill throw in tomorrow as well but there are two days out of the next 7 days that will feature a chance of rain. San francisco looking gorgeous this evening. Your sevenday forecast just minutes away. sir canalot good day, ma lady. [muffled] i am sir canalot. I am sir canalot here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam woman hmmm. Thats actually a good idea. [nervous giggle] male announcer break the monotony. For more fun ideas visit spam. Com. Never missing. They were just out of contact for over a month. Kpix 5s da lin is in concord th how relief for two bay area families. A couple on a bike trip in peru were never missing just out of contact for more than a month and nobody knew where they were. Kpix 5s da lin in concord with how a desperate search does seem to have a happy end da. Reporter it does have a happy ending, allen. It took one phone call to end the worry of two families that started the frantic Search International search of an oakland couple. Today, garrett hand called his mother confirming he and his girlfriend jamie neal are indeed safe. A joyous family walked out of this concord home an hour ago announcing their worst fear is over. They can now smile because they finally made contact with the oakland couple who were feared missing in peru. We have personally talked to garrett. Reporter Francine Fitzgerald said she talked to her son on the phone around 3 p. M. This afternoon and heard for herself that he and girlfriend jamie neal are doing well. Even after peruvian officials initially said they found the oakland couple on tuesday, garretts family didnt believe them saying they need to hear the couples voices. We cannot describe the hope, the emotion and the relief and the exhaustion that were feeling right now. Reporter garrett and jamies families began worrying after the couple stopped all communication back in january. The two had gone on a somethings month south america trip in november. Family and friends say they were receiving calls and updates from them on a weekly basis. And that all stopped after january 25. The family contacted u. S. And peruvian officials after the state department issued a travel warning noting that criminals may have been planning to kidnap u. S. Citizens in peru. I cant wait to see my son and his girlfriend, jamie, walking off a plane in sfo and grabbing him in my arms and holding him close to me. Reporter and we dont know when that couple will fly back to the bay area. In fact, the family would not take any questions during that brief press conference. A lot of questions such as, why they all of a sudden stopped contacting their family members and friends. Allen . I guess rule number one, youre going to go off the grid, let somebody know youre going off the grid for weeks at a time. Reporter exactly. Maybe they were having too much fun. Maybe. Well find out. Da lin, thanks. Its been a dry start to 2013 and in fact, the last time the bay area saw this little rain Millard Fillmore was president and california had only been a state for less than two years. Kpix 5 reporter Ann Notarangelo tells us why water officials arent worried. Reporter its been a week since any rainfall and november and december deluge is but the a memory. Across the bay area we are off to the driest year in decades. In San Francisco, its the driest start since 1852. Lately, we have been awash in sunshine. The Water District is continuously looking at what Water Supplies we have available to serve our customers. Reporter and the contra costa Water District says it thinks its in good shape this season even with a dry spell. We will probably use some of the storm in the reservoir but thats why we have it. Reporter e. B. M. U. D. Said it started the rainy season with 200 of the average water storage and is down to 80 which is still considered good. The reservoirs have up to three years supply but if we dont get two to three big storms by late spring, e. B. M. U. D. Says automatic triggers kick in. The first step is voluntary conservation but no one is using the word drought. Of course, we always encourage our customers to use water wisely and dont wastewater. But theres no need to panic at this point. Reporter across the bay area, Water Districts are talking about record low rainfall but above average water storage. Even in marin county, which heavily relies on local rainfall, their water storage is at 97 capacity. They dont think they will have to talk about water rationing come spring. Keep in mind our rainy season isnt over and we could still get our fair share. We have in the past. I mean, theres been miracle marches. Reporter which brings us back to 1852 and those parched conditions. That march, San Francisco got more than 6 of rain, twice the normal amount. One can hope history is destined is going to repeat itself. Reservoir levels are below normal and lower than normal snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains where santa clara gets half of its water wont help. Paul deanno is here. You know, typically what happens, we have these long dry spells and how we break those is this deluge thing but you dont see this. Sometimes normal rainfall is a drought and a flood divided by two. Then you get there. I wouldnt be surprised at all if we end up with november through april being normal ralph. We got about 80 of it in november. Not a drop since. Feels like that. A beautiful night outside. The atmosphere is a little more humid so well be a little more efficient in holding the heat this evening. Wont be as chilly overnight. A few of you made 70 again. Sonoma hit 70. Gilroy beat you by 4, 74 degrees there. Concord, san jose hit 68. Now, on the peninsula, look at San Francisco only 64. It was the mid50s by the afternoon. And Half Moon Bay only 56. Thats because of the onshore flow. Ill explain that in a second. Heres a look at our radar. It is mainly dry right now. And well stay that way, kpix 5 highdef doppler radar, there is some rain in Northern California but you have to go about three hours north of here to get there. Increasing high cloud cover passes by to the north because that ridge of High Pressure is shoving that moisture far away from us. So we will go from an onshore flow to an offshore or northeast wind by friday. That will warm us up even in San Francisco likely close to 70 degrees. Then after that, well see some changes. The onshore flow is back for everybody. We are cooler over the weekend, low 60s by sunday. And there is some rain moving in by the middle of next week so 70s on friday, well be down to the low 60s by sunday but still dry. Rain holds off until next tuesday. Highs tomorrow oakland 67. San jose 67. Fairfield 69. Wine country will hit the 70s once again. Extended forecast low 70s on friday. Then we cool down over the weekend but a pleasant weekend to get outside. We have two chances of rain next tuesday do you believe it . Wow breaking news two chances of rain next tuesday and next wednesday. Wednesday are we getting a little bit more . Looks like this could be. 25 to half inch of rain. Thats not a ton but compared to the past couple of weeks, its not bad. Its a start. Thank you. 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