Offpeak times. Sfo will start up a new departure Management System which operates like the metering lights on freeway on ramps to minimize wait times for planes about take off. Weather and airline breakdowns its always difficult to say. Its not like chicago. Obviously you expect something. Reporter frequent flyers worry there will be no way around the delays. They are also afraid they could be stuck with higher ticket prices and jampacked planes. Supply and demand definitely flights are going to be more expensive. Its going to be difficult to get the flights that you want, and maybe ill end you will going to other airports. Reporter and the bay areas other two major airports Oakland International and san jose mineta would love to see an increase in air traffic as a result of whats going on here. Theres a study by m. I. T. Recently that found that small and medium sized airports bore the brunt of recent airline cutbacks and so they would love to see than a crease. Meantime sfo has seen an increase in air traffic as a result of whats been going on. Reporting live at sfo, len ramirez, kpix 5. The required safety extensions on the other two runways was done during off hours and completed last year. One more story from sfo. Chopper 5 is live over the airport where a new yorkbound flight was delayed today because the pilot refused to run over a six inch long garter snake on the runway. Eventually a siren was used to scare the snake to the side of the runway. An airport worker caught the snake and it was taken to a sanctuary. We learn today how sound waves could make bay area airports much safer part of a new push to use technology to stop intruders who try to breach airport perimeters. Kpix 5s kiet do on the super sensitive listening devices. Reporter getting a look at some cool new technology here in dublin that might make airports safer. One of them is sensor fence. It turns this fence into an acoustical device and anything that makes noise on the fence travels up the wire through the microphone down the cable into a laptop and basically anybody who jumps on a fence, it makes noise that the computer interprets that somebody is jumping a fence anden that it alerts the authorities to come down to the and then it alerts the authorities to come down to the fence and check it. Representative swalwell gathered a diverse array of private vendors to provide critical infrastructure, power plants, oilfields, et cetera, with security. We have a personal demo of spotter rf a radar sensor the size of a book that detects movement and begins tracking that movement and then automatically points a robotic hidef camera in that direction so a human operator can judge the threat. We tested it out hiding in the trees and it works. [ beep beep ] there he is. Reporter the san jose 1,000 acres, Oakland Airport at 2,000 acres and sfo at 5200 acres, they say humans alone cannot control these areas. I think the concern is someone who has ill intent and to be able to pick them up and be able to do that before they get to the fence line. Thats what this technology is about is being able to see beyond your fence line, see a threat, have the time to get up a proper response so that something doesnt happen. Reporter two weeks ago a 16 yearold jumped the fence at mineta san jose airport and then climbed into the wheel well of a jet survived freezing cold temperatures and low oxygen for more than five hours and arriving in maui relatively uninjured. While we are all happy to hear that the teenager is safe and alive, this has raised important questions about how we protect our perimeters and how vulnerable our airports are and the aircraft are and what this could mean to the traveling public. Reporter representative swalwell says theres growing congressional support and that he hopes his colleagues get behind him and fund this program but for now, it is just a pilot program. In dublin, kiet do, kpix 5. Firefighters are finally getting the upper hand on a fire in the santa cruz mountains. It broke out on Mount Madonna about 2 hours ago burned about five acres is not threatening homes. Cal fire says that the flames are not spreading too quickly, which is helping them knock it down and theres no word on what sparked it. Dozens of grassfires in novato and tonight, authorities are on alert for what could be a firebug. Firefighters have had a busy 24 hours knocking down flames in several locations around the highway 101 and 37 interchange. Kpix 5s brian webb reports these fires are bringing back a bad memory. Reporter and a few of the fires last night were set under tall trees like this apparently trying to torch the entire tree and spark even bigger fires. It still smells like smoke around here and this wreaks of the cereal arsonist who serial arsonist who struck in 2012. Cell phone video and pick show one of several fires set overnight alarming this tight knit neighborhood in novato. I think its very scary. Who would want to do this . By daylight, small patches of scorched earth mark more than a dozen fires sparked between midnight and 3 a. M. From the side of a trail to the top of a hill, a christmas wreath hanging from a front door and a car in a garage that sent the owner to the hospital after he tried to stamp it out. Its very disconcerting for us given the big fire, you know, in san diego and all the homes being destroyed. Reporter it was two years ago a rash of similar fires was set in the same neighborhood 60 of them but the firebug wasnt cause and the case never solved. These are some of the fires from 2012. The feds even tried to catch the culprits but came up empty handed. Police tell us they are working new leads and reviewing old records on past persons of interest and known firebugs in the area. Viewing the information and people of interest in those cases to see if theres a connection. Reporter so far investigators cant say if this is a firebug looking for a cheap thrill or something more sinister and havent found any obvious patterns in this trial by fire investigation. We take this very seriously. Were upstaffing our Engine Companies today and we very much have our eye on the situation. Reporter throw in record dry conditions and fresh memories of arsons past, its safe to say this novato neighborhood is on full alert again. Its a nice neighborhood. We dont want to see this happen. Reporter the man who went to the hospital had smoke inhalation and he is doing better. And police are planning extra patrols in the neighborhood for tonight and beyond. Live in novato, brian webb, kpix 5. A man is charged with arson in connection with one of at least 11 fires burning in san diego county. 10,000 acres have been torched. Some people were able to return home today after being part of at least 100,000 evacuations this week. Authorities have confirmed one person was killed in a transient camp in carlsbad. San diego Officials Say five of the wildfires have been 100 contained. But the biggest one the san marcos fire is still only about 10 contained. Coming up at 6 30, well have a live report from that fire. A fugitive fire chief accused of murdering his girlfriend has been caught. Orville fleming is suspected of stabbing Sarah Douglas to death. She was found inside the sacramento home. He was picked up not very far away in elk grove. Authorities thought he might run off to yosemite or the sierra because of his knowledge of the outdoors. Fleming was fired earlier this month after he failed to show up for work for five consecutive days. Female teacher at an all boys school in san mateo is suing saying that she was harassed by students. Kimberly bohnert claims that she was humiliated for three year at the school saying it started with vulgar graffiti on the bathroom wall and it got worse from there. Our students used my name in a sexual manner on twitter. We realize this is rampant behavior thats going on and we discovered other teachers also victims of these photos and videos. In a statement, the school says, quote, last years incident was tragic and the disrespect shown by certain former students does not reflect what we teach and model here. Six students were expelled. Another six students were suspended. Funeral services are set for tomorrow for a san jose man killed in a road rage shooting last week. [ nonenglish language ] leaves a wife and two young sons. One boy is autistic. San jose police set up a fundraiser for the family. They have raised almost 100,000 so far. The shooting happened at center and tully roads on may 6. The killers are still on the loose. Bay area headlines tonight. Red tape blocked off the scene of a deadly shooting in san jose. A man was killed on gridley street just after 11 p. M. Last night. So far, no suspects in this one and the motive unclear. Just hours earlier in san jose, a woman was stabbed to death inside a home in the East San Jose foothills. A man was arrested. Investigators say the two new each other. The fight over parking at the new levi stadium in santa clara is likely to be resolved soon. Former quarterback joe montana wants to use the property outside the stadium for a hotel, Shopping Center and other retail areas. The other group wants parking. On wednesday Mission College announced a deal with the 49ers for 2,000 spaces for a return of the portion of the proceeds. Back open after a 40 million renovation. Why the improvements at this historic Bay Area Hotel might not solve the ugly truth about the area. He got Death Threats after being blamed for a bird massacre. Tonight how he is showing a feather friendly side of himself. The wind is now coming in from the pacific cooling us off especially inland. Well talk about if the wind is go to pick up or go away for the weekend. The forecast is next. And why the familiar howling of the hyenas in the Berkeley Hills is about to go silent. ,,, heat shields are compromised. We have multiple failures. Are those thrusters burning . Thats a negative. Whats that alarm . Fuel cell two is down. Im going to have to guide her in manually. This is very exciting. But im at my stop. Come again . Im watching this on the train. Its so hard to leave. Good luck with everything. With the uverse tv app, the uverse revolves around you the uverse revolves around you 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 renovations oaklands rnia hotel is reo after three years and tens of millions of dollars in renovations, oaklands California Hotel is reopening. The hotel is on san pablo avenue. For decades a landmark along interstate 580. Though massive improvements have been made, kpix 5s da lin tells us not everyone is glad to see the hotel come back it life. Da. Reporter kept, this historic ken, this Historic Hotel has seen the best and worst in its 90 years from the great jazz musicians to recently drug addicts shooting up. Now millions of dollars were spent to fix the place up, but neighbors worry theres one thing that wont change, the crime happening all around it all around the clock. It was the pride of oakland built in the 20s. California hotel once drew big name musicians like Billie Holiday and james brown. Fast forward to the 70s and 80s, this west Oakland Hotel took a dive. It was known as a crack house. Drugs, hookers, everything. Gunshots, shootings. Reporter a nonprofit bought it in 2011 spent 43 million of private and public funds to officially reopen this week. Affordable housing with dignity right here. Reporter along with praise theres skepticism. It dont mean nothing because the people still the same. Reporter she lives in a house behind the hotel. She has seen improvements but its not hard to spot the problems. Neighbors believe some of the questionable characters live in the building. Its always been drugs and prostitution. Its not going to stop it because they are making it look pretty. You still see prostitutio and drug sales. Reporter the nonprofit that owns it admits its a work in progress that has programs with tenants who have addiction and alcoholism. Having Good Management and making sure the rules of the building are adhered to so the kinds of problems you described are not coming from inside the building. We live in a broader neighborhood that has other problems. Reporter the hope is things will turn around and revitalization of the neighborhood will start with this iconic hotel. In oakland, im da lin, kpix 5. The California Hotel has 137 units and can accommodate both families and singles. A tree trimmer who got Death Threats after being blamed for a bird massacre is trying to smooth some ruffled feathers. Kpix 5s ryan takeo shows us he is owning up and paying up. You know, i wanted to make it clear were not hiding anything. Reporter to his credit, ernesto has not hidden from the story from the beginning. We have been following the fallen birds for two weeks. He was hired by the post office to trim trees near the oakland office. Five herons fell from the tree and got hurt. People were outraged and ernesto got Death Threats. He says it was an accident and even told kpix 5 he would be willing to go to jail for it. Its not that i want to go to jail. Never been to jail and i dont want to be in jail but you have to pay the consequences in life. Pulido reporter we caught up with him today on a job in antioch a day after his visit to fairfield to see how the birds he harmed are doing. He showed up really early actually. Reporter Andrew Harmon of the International Bird rescue said he contacted them. He contacted us, offered to pay for their care, concerned and contrite. Reporter and ernestos followed through. He has donated 500 to ibr already and promises to send all 2,200 he is set to make from the post office job. The money will pay for most of the birds care which included fixing this little ones beak. Why do that . Because we do care for animals and to show that were not cruel to animals like people are saying. A lot of animals that are injured or harmed because of humans, and we dont often see people taking responsibility for it. Reporter ernesto says he has learned a valuable lesson that winter is a better time to trim trees but is also teaching others a lesson in taking spo on the. As far as people who may have caused the harm, its rare to see somebody stepping up. Reporter in fairfield, ryan takeo, kpix 5. Couple of the birds will be released in two weeks. The rest shortly after that. A humpback whale entangled in a steel rope and a heavy crab pot has been freed finally. Video shows the dangerous operation off santa barbara. Rescue workers had to cut away the debris wrapped around the whales tail. The whale in trouble was first spotted about two weeks ago. A satellite tracer helped rescuers catch up to it and cut the ropes off yesterday. Tricky business there. Chief meteorologist paul deanno on the kpix 5 rooftop with the drop in temperatures. Paul. Reporter it is dropping everywhere today. First that push comes into the coast in the city of San Francisco and it works its way inland out to the east bay and out to livermore where we were warm today but not as hot. The onshore flow is back and we are looking at temperatures taking a tumble. High temperatures today now, gilroy still plenty warm but not the 90s like the past several days. Youre at 89 today. Livermore 88, sonoma 85 san jose down to 78. Oakland 71 for a high today. Downtown San Francisco officially hit a high of 65 degrees. Baseball, giants hosting the marlins hoping for another victory against the team moving in from miami. Clear and breezy at the ballpark this evening, comfortable, first pitch 60 degrees but certainly bring a jacket as you always should when going to a giants game with very few exceptions throughout the year. Bay to breakers sunday, pandemonium in San Francisco, good running weather, though. Partly cloudy and cool, temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. Lets talk about what changed because the ridge of High Pressure which gave us the heat wave is actually just as close to us now as it was two days ago. But its to our south not to our north so its giving us a west wind not an east wind so a stronger onshore flow is what we have in store for tomorrow so temperatures dropping again. Rain gets close though just to the north. I dont see rain but i see a cooler pattern all the way through tuesday of next week. High temperatures tomorrow for you saturday weekend time how warm is it going to be . Very, very comfortable. Fremont 71. Concord 78. Napa 79. That will be a popular place people up there heading up to wine country. Redwood city 73. San francisco 67 tomorrow. And san jose 77 degrees. Your extended forecast calling for continued cooling on sunday. Mid70s inland upper 60s near the bay. Well bottom out on monday then temperatures climb back up through next week and by this time next week we are back well into the 80s inland and 70s near the bay. A live look outside, the winds are flags are flying above Embarcadero Center and they are coming in from the west. The onshore flow has returned. The heat wave is finished. And a very comfortable weekend is just about to begin. Back to you in the studio. We love it. All right, paul. Thank you. I have never felt more loved than i do right now honestly. Support amid a firestorm of controversy. Why her photo has been removed from the yearbook. Theres no other place like this in the world. But tonight, a hidden hyena compound in the east bay hills is about to be silenced. [ noise ] ,,,,,,, allen martin with a story . Tonight we have learned a oneofakind Research Project in the east bay is shutting down. Allen martin with the story youll only see on kpix 5. Reporter for 30 years, the hyenas calls have echoed through the Berkeley Hills. Rarely is a tv camera allowed to capture the goings on at uc berkeleys research colony of captive hyenas but they granted us access a couple of years ago. Now after decades of research, the dozen hyenas left at the colony have to go. Research funding and grant money has been tough to come by for a while and now its gone for go