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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm August 8, 2013

Vehicle the model x which will begin rolling off the Assembly Line late next year. In a Conference Call with investors, the ceo says the company is also hard at work on a mass market vehicle with a target price of about 35,000 and a 200mile range. [ indiscernible ] i have high confidence that we can create a compelling car for around 35,000. Reporter he also says he remains a believer in the future of sustainable transport. Kind of wish it was going faster than it is. Reporter in that investor Conference Call this afternoon, elon musk also revealed one of the biggest problems the company is having is with its suppliers. It doesnt have suppliers that can provide enough specialized parts, elizabeth, for them to get all the cars off this Assembly Line that they would like to do. They are hoping to solve that in the near future. Yeah. Speaking of the near future, tesla purchased more land at the plant . Reporter they have purchased 31 acres here. He was not specific about the plans for the 31 acres but left it very clear that its all part of the longterm plan to grow here in fremont and increase production just as fast as they can. Thank you, mark. Backandforth bart talks played out center stage today. Opposing proposals by management and the unions are in the hands of a special panel appointed by the governor. Kpix 5s ryan takeo on the numbers game thats standing in the way of a deal. Reporter we havent seen this before. A public airing of the dispute between labor and management. This is a factfinding hearing. We might as well get the facts out. Bart cannot economically continue to provide the benefits it currently provides unless those costs are shared. Reporter bart told the three Member Panel Formed by Governor Brown the district provides what it wants for healthcare. The district revised what it wants for healthcare. It says workers can keep paying what they do now if they stick to certain plans or pay the difference. Bart adds its proposal is an 18 million giveback to Union Workers and that the unions counter is 100 million more if you factor it in over four years. The unions say the agencys number are inflated. They say they are only 56 million apart. The parties bargained from a position to get to the middle. Some middle ground. And thats what we have been trying to do. But you need two to bargain. And one of our substantial experiences here is there isnt somebody on the other side of the table to do that with. Reporter the unions add they are willing to negotiate but bart is not. And the unions say they dont want to negotiate in the media like they say bart has. The unions argue what bart claims are raises are actually paycuts in disguise because of pension payments. Bart is now the only party that wants a coolingoff period. So this is an exception and it should not be rewarded with another 60 days of stalling and delay. Reporter either way, theres a lot of work to be done. Its no secret that at this point in bargaining, i would certainly expect there to be fewer proposals on all sides on the table. And so im a little surprised to hear you think this can be achieved by sunday night. Reporter sunday night would be the deadline if the governor does not order a coolingoff period. But the last five times the governor has convened this panel, the governor has chosen that 60day coolingoff period. Live in oakland, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Both sides will be back at the bargaining table tomorrow morning after a bart board meeting. Ac Transit Management and unions managed to figure it out. They have avoided a strike thanks to a lastminute deal hammered out late last night. The tentative threeyear deal includes a 9. 5 raise and has employees paying part of the healthcare costs. Those Union Members will vote on it next month. A sheriff in arizona has an offer for Governor Brown. Space for prisoners at the famed tent city. Thousands of inmates are due to be released from california prisons because of overcrowding. Chef arpaio says the release would affect surrounding states including arizona. Arpaio is offering to take some of the inmates in his tent city. He created it 20 years ago as a way to deal with arizonas own problem with prison overcrowding. No word if brown plans to take arpaio up on his offer. Entomologist from ucdavis says californias Agricultural Industry could be destroyed by fruit flies unless the state does something about it. In a new study, james kerry says that fruit flies like these are now permanently established here. And theyre spreading. He says even though there arent too many of these so called crop killer, the state needs to change its strategy to control the population of crop killers. State agricultural leaders disagree saying their eradication efforts are effective. West nile virus is back in one bay area county. The virus is transmitted to High Pressure and animals through the bite of an infected mosquito. A Santa Clara County woman is the first human case of the virus in the county this year. There have been 14 cases in california in 2013, two of them fatal. Most people are infected between june and september when mosquitos are most active. Friends and family joined police today in the desperate search for a missing oakland woman hoping to find clues to lead them to sandra coke. Don knapp hit the streets with the volunteer search team today. Don. Reporter sandra coke is so well regarded by her friends and coworkers in sacramento, that many of them took the day off in sacramento came to the bay area to help search for her and to encourage neighbors and others to look for her, too. Coworkers, family and friends gathering at the home of sandra coke say they cant sit by and wait for police to find the missing woman. She dedicated her life to her family and to helping people are incarcerated and him people who have tragic lives. Im really worried about her. I hope she is found as soon as possible. Reporter coke, a single mother of a teenaged girl, is do you think she would have taken her life . Absolutely not. Absolutely not. This is a woman 100 devoted to her daughter who depends on her. She was close in Constant Contact with her family and friends. She had just celebrated her 50th birthday on friday with a group of friends. She is a woman with a big heart who had a lot to give and was in no way despondent enough to have taken her own life. Reporter coke was last seen here at her North Oakland home sunday evening before leaving to talk to someone who may have had information on her missing dog. The cocker spaniel ginny was taken when cokes home was burglarized may 8th. She had offered 1,000 reward. Volunteers covered cokes neighborhood. Everybody in the neighborhood reporter at home near this Apartment Building parking lot on 32nd, cokes car was found monday night. Our office deals with criminal investigations on the defense side so i think were all very proactive, creative and concerned. So this is our opportunity to do something. Reporter Wendy Springer says she and coke with best friends. What is your gut feeling about who might have done this . I have no idea. I have no idea. I just want her to come home. A truly a painful, painful thing to have somebody who you love and who has family members who depend on her just disappear. It is just unthinkable. And you read about these stories in the media. They happen to other people. They dont happen to you. [ crying ] and its hard. Reporter she wonders if her sister is being held maybe even hopes she is being held against her will somewhere and folks here are not talking about anything worse than that. As for who sandra coke is, she is more than a single mother and a beloved sister. Sandra coke is part of a very Specialized Team that works on behalf of death row inmates. Sandra coke is missing, but today in front of her home, more than her family and friends showed up to search for her. We have all come together and were coming together to find her. Reporter her coworkers came out in droves to lend a hand. She is one of the top in the field. Reporter coke works for the office of the federal defender in sacramento. But her unit represents a unique clientele, inmates who have been sentenced to death. It is a very Specialized Team. There are about 20 such teams in the country in different states. Reporter Joe Schlesinger is cokes boss. He says she works on about eight cases at any given time. His office is currently representing about 30 individuals all at san quentin. We are investigating everything there is to know about her clients and their cases. Reporter more than 700 inmates in california are on death row. Investigators like coke comb through every shred of evidence, Court Transcripts and speak with everyone involved to make sure an inmate got a fair trial. The world is a much bettors play with her in it. Reporter scarlet worked with sandra in the 90s. Shes dogged, tireless, smart. She is creative. Reporter coke is a licensed private investigator. She worked in the field for more than 20 years. In college, coke was her intern, now a pediatrician in oakland. She was a role model for me in how to work with clients, how to work with people. Reporter as for whether the nature of her work has anything to do with cokes disappearance, those in the field think not. In the 20 years i have been in the field i have never heard of anybody being targeted for the nature of the work we do. Sandra coke was in the office for four years and before that ran a private Investigation Firm in San Francisco. Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, like eight or nine nights. A 1yearold boy and his father were killed. Kpix 5 gets inside the bay area home and asks the mayor, what else can be done to protect our children . Plus, where this shark was spotted swimming in the bay. The forecast recently hasnt been very golden. We have had more clouds than sunshine even away from the water. So when are we going to warm up . When are we going to get sunnier . There finally is an answer in the sevenday forecast. Ill have it for you coming up. All of a sudden along came these superheros and it was as though the readers couldnt get enough of them. Long lines to meet a legend in comics. Why the creator of spiderman paid a visit to a bay area comic bookstore. ,,,,, get 3 years interestfree financing on brand name mattress sets. Plus, get free delivery and sleep trains 100day low price guarantee. Sleep trains interestfree for 3 event ends sunday your ticket to a better nights sleep bay area. The 67yearold 3structures are burning, a a new wildfire broke out in riverside county. Were told a breaking news out of Southern California. Were told that at least three structures including this home as you see with live chopper pictures burning now because of a new wildfire that has started in riverside county. This is near banning. Were told that a massive plume of smoke is headed towards three communities. People of course in those communities those areas have been told to evacuate. They have 400 firefighters, more than 400 in fact, working to protect homes down in riverside county. Unclear if there are any injuries nor do we know how this fire has started or how big it has gotten but well continue to keep an eye on it as we see at least one home has burned three structures total. Antioch Police Arrested a man accused of kidnapping a woman from a kmart parking lot. 43yearold kevin harvey is a registered sex offender. The Woman Told Police he used a gun to force her into a car and sexually assaulted her monday afternoon. She was able to escape and call for help. Other bay area headlines, Oakland Police are on the scene of a nasty threecar crash. It may have been the result of a police chase. It all started about 3 30 this afternoon at san pablo and isabella. All three drivers were taken to the hospital. Pg e crews capped a gas leak that forced some evacuations in cupertino this afternoon. Officials say a third party struck a plastic Gas Service Line while digging a post hole for a mailbox on 5 throne drive. The clarity of lake tahoe has improved for a second year in a row. But theres a fly in the ointment. Scientists have been tracking the lakes clarity in 1968 when you could see about 102 feet down. Over the years runoff clouded the water. Last year you could city down 75 feet. A 6foot improvement from the year prior. Rising surface temperatures and dwindling snow levels are taking a toll on water clarity. A small comic bookstore in concord just turned 25 and today, there was a celebration. Not with a cake but with someone, well, they call a comic god. Kpix 5s john ramos shows us the unusual appearance by the ultimate superstore of comic books. Its like meeting michael jordan, bruce lee, he is up there with people like that. The way i look at it, stanley is the walt disney for this era. Reporter in case you just fell off the pop culture turnip truck, stan lee is the man who created Marvel Comics and all its familiar characters. Spiderman, iron man, the avengers, you know, the guys who have been making hollywood profitable for the last 10 years. He normally appears at conventions before tens of thousands of fans. So why would a celebrity like stan lee take time to visit joe fields flying colors comics in con concord . On the first day we opened for business here 25 years ago, stan called me and left a message on the machine congratulating us on the opening. I remember when he opened this shop and i felt very sense mental about coming again. Reporter these days, lee enjoys rock star status for those who line up to pay for an autograph and picture. He said he created these stories as fairy tales for grownups but admits he had no idea where it would lead. The artists and i used to give away the original artwork to deliverymen who would come to bring us a sandwich or something because we had no place to store it. Hey, take these pages with you, will you . We never thought anything would be worth anything. Reporter its worth something now. In fact, dave nguyen says his xmen number 8 is his most prized possession. Then he remembers his new baby. We hope he will sign the baby in a nontoxic pen. Reporter he got the autograph on the book not the baby and left happy. Even if he didnt see it coming, its stan lee himself who is enjoying the fairy tale ending. In concord, john ramos, kpix 5. That baby had a spiderman onesie that is cool. Stan lee spent about three hours signing autographs for fans. Then he decided he would head to tonights giants game. Smart man. Favorite super hero, go . Superman. I love the fantastic four. Oh, yeah. Flame on. Wonder woman. There you go. All right. Whats yours . [ laughter ] we actually cant hear you. But email. Louder. [ laughter ] all right. I hope that stan is wearing a scarf, maybe a colt heading to the baseball game tonight going to be chilly and breezy. San francisco hit 67 today the second warmest day since the 4th of july. Thats crazy. Look at the marine layer. Its already toppled over the city heading toward the bay. Youre sunny in oakland but not for long. The golden gate already cloudy. Here are your highs for today. Concord 71 degrees. Your average is 88. 17 degrees below average in concord today. Sonoma hit 70. Oakland milder than yesterday 69. San francisco 67. And livermore 77 degrees. Look at the downward trend for livermore. Sunday 84. Monday 83. Yesterday 79. Today 77 degrees. You may actually get colder tomorrow before beginning to warm up all because of this big area of low pressure firing off widespread thunderstorms in Southern Oregon right now. May fire off some widespread thunderstorms a couple of hours to our north tomorrow. Fire danger is up. We have a red flag warning from Mendocino County to the north border. This low pressure matters because thats the catalyst why the onshore flow is so strong. Even as it moves away were still going to stay below normal. Even when it gets hundreds of miles away from us, its still going to give us a light onshore flow. So as temperatures warm, they will warm up but will stay likely below normal for the next seven days. Here are your highs tomorrow. Concord 75. Thats 13 degrees below average. San jose 74. Oakland 67 degrees. It is not cold but it certainly is below normal and not typical for midaugust. Napa 74. San rafael 71. And san jose your high tomorrow as i mentioned, 74 degrees. So we are getting milder a little bit on friday, a little bit or saturday, more so on sunday when you might feel the difference mid80s inland and 70s near the bay. Next week a couple of degrees milder. Sunshine earlier each day but well stay cloudy to start and even when we get to next wednesday thats still below normal so cold, no, but chilly, yeah, i see the chilly stuff lasting at least one more week. Stan called. He has a fleecelined cape. Very good. Superheroesque. [ laughter ] still ahead just in time for shark week. Where this shark was spotted swimming in the bay. We are less than two hours from the powerball drawing. How much you could bank if you hit the jackpot. And were less than 24 hours away from 49ers football. The defending nfc champs take on the broncos tomorrow night at 6 00 right here on kpix 5. 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