Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm 20131025 : vimarsana

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm 20131025

Subject of the investigation. Muni has equipped allists buses with the hard rubber bumper hardly visible in front of the rear wheel designed to sweep people safely out of the way in accidents. We have had them since 2007. We check it when we can but not a regulatory requirement. Reporter in this kpix 5 video of last fridays accident that killed a 78yearold bicyclist, no wheel guard is visible leaving many to wonder if a wheel guard was on the bus and working, would it have saved his life . Its too early to confirm the details including whether or not the s1 guard was on this bus at that particular time. Reporter this s1 guard website video shows how it works. A stuntman acting as a bicyclist struck by a bus falls under the back wheel. Inner in scenario a departing passenger rushes to get back on the bus and falls. A skateboarder collides with a bus and the pedestrian in a crosswalk is struck by a bus. Safety equipment on buses is obviously a very good idea. It should be our last resort. Our First Priority as a city should be making sure the cities are welcoming and safe for all those who are driving, bike, walking, however you are getting away. Reporter the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition says fast moving traffic in the south of market area makes it especially risky for pedestrianing and bicyclists. Theres various traffic measures, dedicated bikeways. Were thrilled there are improvements coming on folsom industry but sadly thats in response to another fatality a few weeks ago. We need the city to be pro active to make the streets safer with physical improvements, not reactive. Reporter this intersection is dangerous a steady stream of vehicles meeting up with a line of people on foot, bicycles and wheelchairs. A safety guard like that one on the bus probably wont fix this intersection but it may save lives. Reporting live in San Francisco, don knapp, kpix 5. Muni emphasizes that the wheel guard is not required by any Regulatory Agency and it cant be shown to work in every situation. Skyrocketing rents and soaring home prices are fueling an epidemic of evictions. Cbs 5 reporter mark kelly says landlords are evicting under the ellis act putting a Record Number of renters on the streets. Reporter these are the faces hit hard by the ellis act. They have called San Francisco home for decades. But when the landlords declared they are getting out of the rental business, these renters are out of a home. Its called an ellis eviction and jeremy mike calls is facing one now. Three units will form a luxury Single Family dwelling to sell for a high profit. Reporter an elderly couple who rented for decades became the poster family for ellis evictions gone wild. We cannot continue to let this Public Health plague grow. Reporter what they like to see is some changes that would restrict the sale of apartments. They would do that by subjecting them to more local Planning Department oversight. We can impose certain laws that will make it less likely that tenants will be evicted for these. Reporter but not everyone says this is a bad thing. Its their home. Its not speculative head coach purchasing. Reporter this attorney represents landlords. She agrees the city needs more affordable housing. But she says its not up to the landlords to provide it. Its the publics responsibility. I think that we need to be looking at affordable home options. There should be housing available. There should be Resources Available to those people. Reporter in San Francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. Tenant advocates are also pushing for a moratorium on the citys condo conversion lottery to slow the number of conversions. Some secret donations have led to the Largest Campaign related fines in california history. Two phoenixbased groups were hit with fines of 1 million. They didnt disclose the source of more than 16 million in political donations. That money was used to fight against a tax hike and to support a proposition restricting unions from using dues for political purposes. New details about the fire that torched a warehouse in concord late last night. Tonight, fire Officials Say the damage could have been much worse. Thats because the flames burned dangerously close to a propane tank. But firefighters put out that fire before the tank exploded. The fire did destroy two outbuildings, several cars and a camper. Other bay area headlines tonight, check out the high tech new addition to levi stadium in santa clara. Solar panels all over the roof. Today construction crews completed the first phase of the solar installation at the future home of the 49ers. Once complete, levi stadium could be the first nfl venue to have sustainability and leed certification Standards Incorporated into its design. Eight palm trees now line the new eastern span of the bay bridge. Today crews added four full grown trees to the four they planted yesterday. Just west of the toll plaza. A total of 30 trees will eventually be added by next spring. They cost around 15,000 each to buy, ship and plant. Caution tape shattered glass and bullet holes all mark the spot where a bay area driver stopped to get help after being shot at on the highway. Police say it started about 5 30 this morning on southbound 680 in fremont and ended in gunfire near mission boulevard. Kpix 5s len ramirez joins us from the fremont donut shop where the victim and his dog got help before it was too late. Len. Reporter free. Police continue to investigate the case. They Fremont Police continue to investigate the case. They are looking for a spanish or portugese man 25 or 35, driving a white car with chrome rims. They say that is the man and that is the vehicle they want in this mornings road rage incident. A mercedes riddled with bullet holes a loyal dog left alone after his master became a victim all part of the aftermath of a road rage incident on southbound 680 at 5 30 in the morning. Two drivers came to a confrontation on brown road where Police Say One driver opened fire on the other. The victim was in his vehicle. He likely pulled up alongside of the suspect who shot at the victim out his window or door. Reporter at least one bullet hit the victim in the abdomen but he was still able to drive to find help at a donut shop a few blocks away. The shooters car has not been seen since. I hear the customer come here they say that, outside somebody shot on the car. So they call the police. We called the police. Reporter the man was in the car and the dog was unhurt and the mercedes had gunshot holes in the doors and windows were shattered. Police say the victim a 59year old man from pleasanton was able to talk before being transported to the Regional Trauma Center in san jose. The only tidbit of information that we have been given is that the victim believes he may have been driving too slow which initiated the incident by the suspect getting upset with the driver with our victim. Were not sure if thats what started it. And then were not sure what role our victim played in the set of circumstances because they both exited the road. They both stopped on the brown road and continued the confrontation where the shooting occurred. Reporter with his master off to the hospital, Police Briefly took the dog into protective custody until the victims family arrived to take him home. The victim was transported to the hospital with serious but not lifethreatening injuries. Meantime, investigators are asking anyone who may have witnessed this mornings shooting to give investigators at Fremont Police a call. Live in fremont, len ramirez, kpix 5. This shooting marks the second case of violent road rage in fremont this past week. A man fired shots at a car after the driver honked at him near the intersection of auto mall parkway and technology drive. That happened last thursday. Coming up, the clues the family of a boy shot and killed by deputies is already looking into legal action. And just minutes ago, we learned just how many times the teenager was shot. Why hundreds of bay area renters fear they will lose their homes when Investment Companies want to capitalize on a changing Housing Market. Changing weather today everybody starting off foggy everybody chilly. The coldest afternoon for some of you in more than half of a year coming up in weather, find out when the fog finally moves out and which days will be the warmest. Bay area robots are helping humans in the battle against baldness. And we are continuing to follow breaking news. A big rig crash snarling traffic right now. Well be right back. With the very latest. ,,, female narrator its posturepedic versus beautyrest its posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep as you can see. Crews havet pulled ardrail. It had b want to head back to breaking news along southbound 280 in San Francisco. As you can see, crews have just pulled that big rig off the guardrail. It had been dangling 40 feet over the roadway according to chp. It happened around 5 15 on 280 where it merges to south 101. The driver is out, he is okay. No injuries. Damage is done to the evening commute because they had to stop traffic and traffic has been shut down on highway 101 below for the cleanup. New details this hour in the santa rosa sheriffs deputy shooting that killed a 13year old boy. Kpix 5s andria borba with the autopsy report that was released in just the last hour. Andria. Reporter the autopsy was completed this afternoon released just about an hour ago. And i can tell you that that autopsy report says andy lopez was shot by Sonoma County deputies seven times two enough to be fatal. As the hours tick on the memorial of candles, flowers, balloons and signs demanding justice for 13yearold andy lopez grows in Sonoma County. Es skateboarder. He loved to skateboard. Awesome kid. We are very much [ indiscernible ] reporter lopez was shot and killed by Sonoma County deputies on tuesday while he was walking carrying a toy replica ak47 without the federally mandated orange tip. They thought it was real. They say they told lopez to drop the toy gun twice. When sold those toy guns by federal law must have an orange tip. On the wednesday santa rosa pd says lopezs did not and put the real deal next to the fake to prove how def they are to tell apart. Anabel davalos who didnt want her face shown and several other mothers who didnt want to be identified said they often played with these fake guns while deputies were on patrol. They definitely saw these kids before playing. I think because andy was by himself, thats why they stopped him to question him. Thats my thinking. Reporter off camera, friends have suggested that andys gun may have had the orange tip painted over. Kpix 5 did a quick youtube search and found no fewer than 6,000 videos demonstrating how to remove the federally mandated orange tip from an airsoft gun. Turning it clockwise reporter it doesnt take much more than a hairdryer. There go you. Reporter now, also developing this afternoon, the lopez family met with an l. A. Based law firm that successfully got a 24 million settlement out of the Los Angeles Police department after they shot a teenager who was carrying one of those airsoft rifles. Thank you, andria borba. Reporter live in santa rosa, andria borba, kpix 5. There will be a vigil in andys honor at 7 00 tonight. We are getting a ballpark estimate of what you will have to pay for a piece of twitter. Twitter announced today it will issue more than 70 million shares at a price between 17 and 20 a share. The social network would raise nearly 1. 3 billion with its ipo. Twitter will officially price its offering on november 6. Balding men, take heart. People are sharing hairraising tales about growing hair at a meeting in San Francisco. So our beautifully bald reporter Mike Sugerman went to check it out. Reporter i dont know if you know this, but im bald. So i couldnt be more excited about the convention that just pulled into town. Or the 21st annual meeting of the International Society of hair restoration surgery. Reporter not like i never had hair. I did lots of it. I was 17 here. But about 25 it started to go and its never come back. Over the years i have tried to fight that. Shake topic liberally. Reporter its a losing battle. The 900 professionals meeting here are learning about the latest in the hair restorations 2 billion industry. It has evolved dramatically from very large plugs to we do now we transplant grafts that have 1, 2 and 3 hairs. Reporter some of what they are doing isnt even huge. The system is fully automated medical robotic device for hair reconditioning. Reporter once built in san jose by restoration robots so far the only ones on the market pulling each follicle out. Its tedious. The robot does it. Reporter this person is shopping for one possibly to take back to iraq. Because of the war, all parts of iraq, theres no hair centers for restoration. Reporter they sure are here. Dr. Robert true was just that in his evaluation. I dont believe that youre a candidate for a full restoration because you have lost too much hair. Reporter oh, well. George got a little work done on the top. I recently became divorced a few years ago. And so im back on the singles scene again. Reporter dr. Robert leonard didnt let him go overboard. More growth is happening. He probably has 60 of the last transplant he has growing so the next 40 over the next 12 months. Reporter so far he says chicks dig it. Mike sugerman, kpix 5. Transplants can run from 4,000 to 15,000 sometimes more than one are needed. People are transplanting from the east coast to the west coast because its so nice out here. Gorgeous. Although today was cooler. Stayed caught a lot of folks off guard today caught a lot of folks off guard because the marine layer went all the way in and we stayed chilly. Thats the exception to the rule because coming up over the weekend we will warm up and well be the envy of the weather world. A lot of folks would love to be in the bay area. Today chilly. Our new camera at sfo showing you clear skies showing you daly city and south San Francisco. We had a lot of fog until 3 p. M. So enjoy the clearing while we have it. Heres the pyramid over the financial district. Highs today very chilly. Morgan hill 65. Only one spot hit 70, napa. Concord and livermore cold this afternoon since tax day april 15th. A high of only 64. Oakland hit 61. San jose barely made it out of the 50s. Nothing on the radar. We were cloudy, we were foggy, chilly but we werent wet. Kpix 5 hidef Doppler Radar scanning the skies and coming up dry. Maybe wondering how are the reservoirs doing . Not horrible but they arent doing good either. Lake shasta at 64 of normal. Trinity lake 76 . Lake oroville 72 much lower than this time last year. A lot of fog this morning but it burned off and a little bit of encouraging news if you dont like fog. Look at the burnoff offshore. Thats a sign that the atmosphere is mixed out by this low pressure system we talked about yesterday. Rain stays offshore but its close enough to kind of eliminate that fog for the next couple of days. Another low pressure area gets here next we. This will drag down cold canadian air. That you the it was chilly today . You will have about five days like that coming up next week with highs only in the 60s away from the water. Milder tomorrow. Concord 72. San jose 71. And oakland 66. With less fog well get more sunshine and well be warmer. San rafael your high tomorrow 68. Warmest days good timing, mother nature, thanks. 80 on the weekend. 70 near the bay. The big change next week it wont be wet but it will be chilly. We could see some 30s away from the water at night starting monday night. tis the season. Its almost november. Put the extra blanket on the bed. Yes. Thanks, paul. Still ahead why bay area renters feel they will be kicked out of their homes because of the improving economy. Shame shame on everybody. Why barts Union Members lashed out at management today even though that strike is over. ,,,,,, these are the hands a pediatrician. These are pioneering advances in heart surgery. And these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. Theyre the hands of the nations top doctors. Kaiser permanente doctors. And though they are all different, they Work Together on a Single Mission saving lives. Discover how we are advancing medicine at kp. Org join us, and thrive. Area. While thats good news for homeowners. Kpix fives john ramos explains w it puts the squeeze on thoso ar d a place to l the Housing Market redhot in recent months here in the bay area. While thats good news for homeowners, john ramos explains how it puts the squeeze on those who are struggling just to find a place to live. Reporter in the bay area, the Real Estate Market has always been a good news bad news proposition. Rising prices are good for home values, property tax revenues and anyone looking to sell. But for those just looking to survive, the news isnt so great. A very harsh negative impact for some families. Reporter eric johnson direction the Oakland Housing Authority an agency with the task of helping low income people find affordable housing. Their section 8 Program Helps people by paying a portion of their rent for privately owned housing nearly everywhere in the city. But there is a problem. We are getting rent increase requests from landlords every day. They are anywhere from 5 to 8 , some as much as 10 rent increases. Reporter and ironically its the good news of the economy thats causing this. Just as an increase in jobs can make the freeways more crowded, it also inc

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