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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm February 20, 2015

Buy a bottle of alcohol and then leave. Then one of them comes back and he swipes a box of swishers cigars right off the counter. Now, he tripped as he runs off. But eventually he makes it to his getaway car. Now, manny takes notice of this commotion of this crime according to his partner. He is shot to death by someone in the car and he shielded his partner from a hail of gunfire and essentially saved his life his partner, that is. San jose police havent said whether the men they arrested are the same ones that you just saw in the security video. We dont have their names or photos at this time. But out here at the crime scene, you can still see plenty of signs, candles from the memorial still burning at this time. A lot of people upset that manny died trying to do the right thing. But again, San Jose Police announced that they have arrested two people in the shooting death of manny zuniga. Live in east san jose, Betty Yu Kpix 5. Piece by piece the old bay bridge is coming down but tonight talk of a new plan for demlation. Right now it could be years before the bridge is completely dismantled. Mike sugerman joins us now live from Yerba Buena Island with a new proposal that could actually speed up the process. Reporter veronica, it didnt work at candlestick because the neighbors complained about it but could it be that the old bay bridge will come down via implosion . No neighbors here like candlestick well, there are fish. And, in fact, that is the concern what they are talking about has never been done before on a scale this size in the history of engineering. We are looking at every aspect of every possibility. Reporter currently they are taking down the bridge the opposite way they built it from the top down. 58,000 tons of steel, quarter Million Pounds of concrete. Some of which is below the water. Were looking at controlled charges, hundreds of very small controlled charges. They would be placed around the pier at the floor of the bay. Its peer e3 one east of Yerba Buena Island the largest base here. Nothing like this has been done before on such a largescale an implosion under water. Caltrans says it could be the cheapest and most environmentallyfriendly friendly way to do it. It appears to be the quickest most efficient least impactful process to the environment. Reporter its a crude idea of what it might look like. Whats left of the roadway will be removed the implosion will get rid of the pier and debris will collapse into a hole made by other charges in the ground. Traditionally engineers put a big metal scoop around under water piers drain out the water and lower work crews with big power tools to knock the thing down. There are serious concerns such as potential mortality to fish and wildlife, release of debris into the water column as well as toxic pollutants along the bay floor. San Francisco Bay keepers obviously concerned. Reporter caltrans has reached out to bay keeper and other environmental groups to keep them in the loop. I said half price. That would be 12 million as opposed to 25 million. But there is a long way to go. A lot of agencies and groups have to sign off on this. Reporting from Yerba Buena Island, mike sugerman, kpix 5. Mike mentioned it a while ago. There is some big progress in the demolition of candlestick park. Take a look. Yeah, crews began tearing down the exterior, huge excavators destroying the outside of the stadium. The inside is almost entirely gutted. Piece by piece, its all coming down. And about three months, more than 50 years of memories will be reduced to rubble. And a Housing Development retail shops will be built on that site. Word tonight a settlement in the long running port dispute could be close. Doug sovern from kcbs has been told there is only one issue still separating the two sides. It has to do with the arbitrator position. Right now, that person is appointed for life which management wants. But the union says thats wrong. It says both sides should be able to replace the arbitrator every time a new contract is negotiated. New at 6 00, urban sprawl in the suburbs. Neighbors worry a plan for new homes will turn their peace and quiet into a noisy mess. They have a loud message for the city of san ramon not in their backyard. The city is already going through with one big project that faced fierce opposition. Now there is another one on the table. Da lin tells us neighbors are digging in for another fight. Da . Reporter thats right. Many neighbors are still licking their wounds from the last defeat. Now they have a new fight. This open space is the latest and newest battleground Developers Want to put 200 new homes and apartments right here. Its a pictureperfect day in bollinger canyon. Wild turkeys running, deer grazing and people jogging. Peaceful and theres not a lot of traffic. Reporter but this open space could soon lose its serenity. Two developers who already own these 200 acres want to build 50 singlefamily homes a 100 unit Senior Living complex and 50 condos. San ramon City Planners mailed out a notice to neighbors recently. They are making it look like San Francisco. Reporter larry lives and owns land next to the site. Six generations. Reporter he is fed up. It will open this canyon up and were one of the last frontiers here in contra costa county. Reporter other neighbors like Dale Williams are mobilizing to stop the latest development. His backyard overlooks the proposed project. I cant object to growth but i can object to senseless growth eliminating open area to get there. And not improving the highways. Reporter he and his neighbors recently lost a fight to stop 740 homes from being built right across from the current battleground. You get frustrated with the last batsle. You come in it too late, they have their ducks in order. We dont. Now is the time to say, lets show em what we can do as a community. Reporter he says a victory now is a win for his community. Eliminate parks . Right next to this beautiful open area . That takes away from the beauty if you put too many homes out here. Reporter many neighbors say they just want to preserve the quality of life here. They say they dont want to turn into bigger towns like fremont which some here call freakmont. Live in san ramon, im da lin, kpix 5. Some san ramon city leaders agree that 200 houses and apartments would be too many for the site. They asked the developers to scale down the project. San franciscos Wells Fargo Museum is again welcoming visitors after a brazen gold heist. The suspects rammed the car through the building last month. They held a Security Guard at gunpoint and they stole historic gold nuggets. The thieves made off with about 10,000 worth of gold. And no arrests have been made. The Lunar New Year starts today and San Franciscos streets were flooded with festivities. Kpix 5s anne makovec joined thousands kicking off the year of the ram. Reporter three rams ushered in their namesake lunar year in San Franciscos chinatown, three for extra good luck. Mayor ed lee led the annual procession through chinatown which included a horse, the animal symbol of the lunar year that just came to an end. Whatever happened last year that is nice, it will be nicer this year. Whatever happened last year that was not so good will this year will bring you lots of good. Reporter firecrackers are traditionally lit to ward off bad spirits during the celebration which is based on the ancient Chinese Lunar calendar falling on the second new moon after winter solstice somewhere between january 21 and february 20. Anne makovec, kpix 5. At pier 39 the world famous white crane dancers performed a traditional lion dance. The main event the Chinese New Year parade set for saturday march 7. Youre going to do a little dancing . I cruise down to chinatown every now and then, absolutely. Still ahead a creative solution tort bay areas housing crisis. How one to the bay areas housing crisis. How one man is creating tiny living spaces. Blacklisted from uber . We uncover how drivers are rating you and why you may be left waiting. Weather pattern is screaming july, not february. Over my shoulder is a marine layer. For the fourth straight evening its moving into san Francisco Bay. Well talk about how long it sticks around and we are getting mixed messages about the longrange outlook. Will it rain female announcer through sunday, save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Even get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. And of course, free sameday delivery. But hurry sleep trains president s day sale ends sunday. A solution to the bay areas housing crisis could be inside a mans garage. New at 6 00 john ramos shows us his vision that requires only 64 square feet of living space. Reporter most people dont think theres any more room to build new houses in San Francisco. But thats only because they wont think outside the box or in this case inside the box. Tim mccormack is building a house inside his friends garage. It wont exactly be roomy but it will make a points about how much living space we actually need. And he begins with the Standard City parking space. Maybe if you develop building methods which center on that and use that as a unit, that would open up a lot of possibilities. Reporter the former Software Project manager creates what he calls a houselet out of commonly available steel posts. Just like an erector set, it becomes an 8foot cube that can be sided and roofed and when combined with another is about the size of a parking space. Its not so much tiny units. Its more tiny modules which can be put together in different sizes. Reporter mccormacks idea is more of a concept than an actual product. He believes we need to rethink the 2,000squarefoot home with twocar garage. And use vacant city space to give people the affordable option of living small. Why are we talking about a crisis, i see all this land. Reporter he sees city regulation as biggest obstacle to change but he would like to begin the conversation. He believes there would be plenty of room in the big city if were willing to downsize our idea of what a house should be. In San Francisco, john ramos, kpix 5. His idea is a finalist in a National Grant competition focusing on urban innovation. He is asking for 40,000 to build a finished prototype of his design. Bay area home sales plummeted to their lowest level for january in seven years. Dataquick says the sales fell by 5. 5 . Not a big surprise since home sales tend to cool off in the winter months. But at the same time, the median home price went up. Its now 572,000. A 9 increase from january 2014. A luxury apartment complex that made headlines with its poor door is taking applications from low income renters. Most of the condos in the new york City Building are worth millions but it also has units for low income tenants and they have a separate entrance on the side of the building. Dont have access to the same perks. Some are slamming the practice as income segregation. A historic estate in woodside could be about to lose hundreds of volunteers. About 1300 people give their time at the estate doing everything from taking tickets to maintaining the gardens. Now the management has told the volunteers they must sign a liability waiver by the first of march. If they dont, they cant work. This document which is called a volunteer release contained a statement which said that it was being voluntarily signed and that there was no duress. Well, there was duress, but clearly if you didnt sign it you couldnt stay there. Theres a no comment on all of this from management. Super bowl 50 less than a year away. The preparations have started and so have the money making opportunities. As Elizabeth Cook shows us, a lot of bay area entrepreneurs are looking to score some business as we march toward the big game. Today i am here to look for opportunities for event planning. Reporter today the super bowl 50 Host Committee was looking to fill out its roster. Im an electrical contractor. Im a consultant. We provide data, voice and video infrastructure. Reporter they all showed up to learn more about the business connect program, which aims to increase opportunities for minorityowned businesses. Audio,. Reporter if selected they could land super bowl contracts. Not unlike the Catering Company that laid out the spread for todays event. Its a program that scored big points at super bowl xlix. They selected us to do hispanic outreach. Reporter lisa runs a phoenix Area Communications company. She says the program was more than just a good contract. This has been a tremendous opportunity for our business. We have been able to interface with all these major corporations from across the nation and internationally and showcase the work that we do. I agree with the networking aspects of it. It leads to more work and bigger things. Reporter that was the hope as cards changed hands in oakland today. The opportunity to turn super bowl 50 into a business game changer. Absolutely. The opportunity is is is a lot of times probably be much greater than just the event itself. Its fantastic and i would love to be part of it. Hey, you know what . Its the super bowl, right . [ laughter ] reporter Elizabeth Cook, kpix 5. And this is the first year that the program will include disabled veterans and the lgbt community. The application period closes on april 30. The most visited place in the National Park system is the Golden Gate National recreational area. There are more than 15 million visits to the area last year. Thats a million more than the number 2 site the Blue Ridge Parkway which stretches through virginia and north carolina. Time now for a look at a forecast. Chief meteorologist paul deanno at Treasure Island with the mobile weather lab. Paul . Reporter mmhm. And the mobile weather lab says 55 degrees right now of its chilly but not the standard february chilly where, hey, its winter, its chilly outside. This is summertime chilly. The wind is coming right to my back coming through the golden gate and we are getting a beautiful silhouette right now of alcatraz a great shot there with the marine layer. Right behind it you bet new 10 minutes we wont even see alcatraz but in the foreground we have the island and a heck of a july pattern smack in the middle of february. When the sun did come out, we did warm up. Oakland you made it to 67. Morgan hill, san jose, hayward, 65 or 66. Napa 65 degrees. San francisco officially 64. But were falling rapidly this evening as the clouds roll back in. Microclimate forecast Treasure Island, different weather tomorrow. It will be warmer with less of that cloud cover. Mainly sunny 67 on friday. Mainly sunny 65 on saturday. We have the 100th anniversary of the panpacific exposition, 100 years ago in San Francisco. There will be an exhibit there this weekend in the city. Saturday partly cloudy skies, 65 degrees. So the mild trend continues on saturday. Heres why. Theres a ridge of High Pressure building in. As it builds to our north, the winds will begin to come from the north drying things out less of the ocean influence giving us milder weather friday and saturday before modified arctic air will cool us down sunday. Highs tomorrow 70 concord, minimal Morning Cloud cover for redwood city high 68. Napa 72. Oakland 67. Livermore tomorro 69. Looking at longrange outbreaks, the 8 to 14day outbreak the end of february beginning of march saying still wetter than average but a new outlook came out today for the entire month of march, and it says its going to be drier than average. Lets get the rain while we get it and looks like two weekends from now we may see some rain. So pick your poison, right . Even the experts cant figure it out. All right, its a mystery. Its beautiful though. Reporter its a long way away so things can change. Thanks, paul. A south bay city is dealing with an unusual problem tonight. Too many restaurants. What . new at 6 00, kpix 5s len ramirez on why campbells booming dining scene may be too much of a good thing. Reporter the streets of downtown campbell look peaceful enough but theres a battle brewing over the future of this suddenly redhot business district. Its pitting longtime retailers right now i think its overrun with restaurants and pubs. Reporter against a new wave of up start restaurants. A lot of jobs. Reporter struggling for a solution is the city council, which is looking at an unusual idea to strike a balance. The issue is, not that we have too many restaurants but we think some of us on council that maybe we have about enough. Reporter the vice mayor says downtown is currently about 40 restaurants and pubs with more to open later this year. So the city is looking at everything from a moratorium on new restaurants to whats called passive discouragement reinstating parking fees that were dropped during the recession. If you get a downtown thats only focused on restaurants, it really doesnt have the vibrancy and the interest for people to come and shop and eat and really have that ideal downtown experience. Reporter thats more than a mouthful to restaurantgoers. It was a Quiet Community and nobody likes change. Reporter and Restaurant Owners who would like to stick a fork into the idea. Angelo owns three downtown eateries. I dont understand how you can differentiate whether youre selling hamburgers or trinkets at a retail stop. Youre still doing good for the economy bringing business into the community and doing well for the people in the community. Reporter too much of a good thing . Its the kind of problem a lot of co

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