And curtola parkway in vallejo. People who live in the area say it was only a matter of time. Kpix5s Ann Notarangelo tells us at this point no plan for any safety improvements. Reporter we were here only a few minutes before people started telling us how dangerous of an intersection it is. This morning a 23yearold woman was killed while out for a jog. She was jogging. Thats part of her routine every morning. Reporter Vallejo Police say the jogger was the in the marked crosswalk this morning when she was hit about 6 a. M. She was jogging but may have also had a fight with her friend and was out to clear her head. The driver in his mid50s didnt realize hed hit a person until he stopped to check. We all seen the circles. Her shoes were knocked off her feet she was hit so hard, no skid marks. Reporter john morton said she was a quiet person who had two jobs. He adds hours after the accident he, too, could have been a statistic. We were halfway across the crosswalk and this lady goes zooming by, didnt slow down, didnt stop or nothing. Reporter the locals say this is a terrible place to be a pedestrian because people are rushing to the freeway or the ferry. The idea pedestrians have the rightofway they say is a joke. You have the rightofway, but you cant have that attitude because youll die. They dont slow down. Its a very dangerous intersection. I seen many wrecks. Reporter but police say its not considered a dangerous intersection even after a 9 yearold boy was killed her five years ago. Theyve monitored the area and put out extra enforcement, but people who use the street say they would feel better if there was something to slow cars down. Even if youre driving, its hard to get around because theyve got so many cars coming so fast they do need a light and they really should have one here. Reporter police say speed was not a factor, but they are investigating whether or not the driver may have been distracted perhaps by a cell phone. Ann notarangelo, kpix5. April which begins tomorrow is National Distracted driving awareness month. Kidnapping or hoax, the tale from vallejo is getting stranger by the day and tonight theres a new twist. Kpix5s joe vazquez on the threat to Vallejo Police that now appears to have been taken back, joe . Reporter veronica, keep in mind someone has been emailing the chronicle and defense attorney claiming to be the kipnappers from last monday and they are highly upset the Police Department would call this whole thing a hoax. They want an apology. They demanded an apology by noon today by the Vallejo Police department. Now we have learned theyve taken back their threat. Heres a quote from a fresh e mail just out today published by the chronicle. Police do not deserve to be targeted, even ones who make poor calls about how to treat victims and certainly innocent civilians do not deserve to be in harms way. Whatever they were threatening to do, never happened. Meanwhile Defense Attorneys insist that these emails are proof that some kind of kidnapping happened last week and say they have other evidence. Today denises boyfriends attorney released this photo taken by his office that shows drill marks in a window he says is proof that the kidnapping is real because the drill marks are how they were described in one of the emails. I think all of us should be scared, especially those that live on the island. Reporter denises attorneys said the kidnappers e mailed at length about how they are nice guys, gentlemen, who happen to run an otto theft ring on the island and eventually graduated to kidnapping but after kidnapping denise they claimed they didnt have the stomach for it anymore and even apologized to her. The way they surveilled the homes with hidden cameras placed in various locations, with drones, with infrared and heat sensors, that they said they were very careful to avoid any home that had minor children in it or anyone over 55. Or anyone that was a member of the military. These are individuals who said we thought we fancied ourselves as an oceans 11 type of group and we didnt ever think about really hurting somebody in the way that we did. Reporter if youre shaking your head, i spoke with the mayor of vallejo off camera today. He told me that his city manager has spoken with the police chief. They will hand this investigation over to the fbi. They say theyre spending a lot of taxpayer dollars on what is essentially a misdemeanor investigation. Reporting live in vallejo joe vazquez, kpix5. At 6 30 the hitech investigation to find out where those taunting emails to police are coming from. A San FranciscoPolice Officer was injured in a collision between his Police Cruiser and another car. It happened before noon at eighth and harrison streets. Witnesses say the driver of the Nissan Altima ran the red light. The officer went to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The other driver wasnt hurt and is being questioned. A fourth suspect now identified in the death of an oakland mother killed while shielding her children from gunfire, 21yearold michael stills is charged with murder. Police say even more suspects could be involved. 30yearold shamile pierce was hit by a stray bullet on march 9th. The gunfire came from two groups fighting near her home on Chestnut Street in oakland. Kpix5s ryan takeo with the price tag. All of this in the last four years we have to go back to that evening, eight people lost their lives. Reporter september, 2010, the pg e gas pipeline explosion also injured 66 others and destroyed dozens of homes. 38 homes completely leveled in an instant, a city traumatized. Reporter today san bruno mayor responded to the 1. 6 billion proposed fine the California PublicUtilities Commission could slap on the utility. It would be the largest penalty and fine in cpuc history. We believe this historic penalty sends the right message that gross negligence, corruption and profit over safety will no longer be tolerated. We do believe that a penalty is appropriate. Reporter but a pg e spokesperson wouldnt say if the utility agrees with the record fine. He did dispute that 300 million of it could be funneled into the states general fund. We just hope every single dollar goes right back into the gas system upgrading pipelines automating valves so that we can make sure that an accident like this doesnt ever happen again. They have definitelied any some improvements, but that definitely made some improvements, but that does not let them off the hook from what happened before. Our efforts over the last four and a half years and Going Forward will hopefully prevent that from ever happening again anywhere. The cpuc could vote on the penalty as soon as next week, ryan takeo, kpix5. San Francisco Mayor ed lee said he has no problem with the district attorneys plan to put extra eyes on law enforcement. I think the d. A. Wants to make sure everything is done right as the oversee are of the criminal justice overseer of the criminal Justice System and the police, they work in concert. I wouldnt stop any entity from making sure everything is done correctly. A task force will be formed to investigates recent scandals including racist and homophobic texts sent by police, accusations that sheriffs deputies set up an inmate fight club in the jail and new allegations that a dna analyst in the crime lab failed to follow the rules jeopardizing countless cases. Oakland city leaders postponed a vote on whether the city should establish an entire department aimed at addressing racial bias. At least one Council Member has made up his mind. He told kpix5 it would be one more layer of red tape. Reporter despite its diversity oakland city leaders agreed its a glaring disparity. Some want to create a race and Equity Department to examine city policies and practices to level the playing field. Its about changing the mindset of how you do business. Reporter some city leaders say good intentioned but its just another layer of unneeded bureaucracy. Like hiring another supervisor to supervise the supervisor that didnt supervise. Reporter already 2 3 of city workers are minorities. On the city Council Three blacks and two hispanics. One councilman says its not that theyre lacking a race and Equity Department because diversity policies are in place. He says the problem is city leaders and supervisors dont always enforce those Racial Equity policies. I can choose all kinds of folks to blame from the system to the white man to the devil and everyone in town, but there are people here that if theyre not doing their job, should be fired. Reporter plus the new department would cost 800,000, what the city buried in an 18 million deficit, but some nonprofits say change will require drastic and yes, expensive measures. Insures theres a driver to make sure that moves forward, theres a constant sort of drum beat and push to make the necessary changes. We need to do Something Different so that we can once and for all hope to address the systemic issues out there. Reporter the city will decide on this in may. In oakland im da lin, kpix5. Still ahead a boy wakes up in his closet when a truck crashes into his room sending him flying and hes okay. We talk to him about that scary experience. For a long time i was a taker. Now i want to give back. They are inmates with a plan, how eight men in san quentin hope to make it on the outside and change the world. Harnessing the suns power by using water, why a new plan would make solar panels float. Despite the wind you could have used those solar panels today, weather watchers all reporting in windy conditions, windy and 70 toward the delta. John in pittsburg said it was a very windy day with gusts to 35 Miles Per Hour. Live peak outside, the wind still elevated at ocean beach, 30 Miles Per Hour there. Well talk ab an 11yearold boy is lucky to be alive after a rude awakening at his santa rosa home. He told kpix5s john ramos he was fast asleep when an out of control truck sent him flying. Reporter donald marlett always had an easy way to direct people to his home. You turn left and if you didnt stop, you would end up in my sons bedroom. Reporter early sunday morning someone didnt stop and a pickup truck plowed right into the wall of 11yearold liam if fitzsimmons bedroom. It shot him through the closet and the hole is where he tore through the wall. I think when i went into the closet, theres a big scratch on my back like the size of a baseball. Reporter miraculously liam suffered only that and a scratch on his foot and leg and was even back at school today, but he is shaken and his father suggested putting boulders on the driveway in front of his room. So if it happens again, it hits his car or the boulders so it wouldnt go through my room. Reporter would that make you feel better . No. It still scares me. Reporter the driver of the truck ran away, but later Police Arrested 23yearold Timothy Charles bendana who lives in this house a couple blocks away. Investigators say they found marijuana and a hash lab in the home, but marlett says god protects his family and he is remarkably forgiving to the man who nearly killed his son. I just hope he finds some sobriety and recovery and changes his life. Everyone deserves a second chance. Reporter marlett may be a man of faith, but just the same, the next time you ask directions to his house, dont be surprised if he tells you to use your gps. The driver faces three felony charges including hit and run. He is held at the Sonoma County jail on 100,000 bail. Its a unique way of arenting the power of the sun. Harnessing the power of the sun, just add power. The first of its kind project was born in the bay area. The idea is catching on. Reporter its a huge project, nearly 1,000 solar panels grouped together but in a way you arent used to seeing, floating on a large irrigation pond. We dont want to take vineyards out of production. Our livelihood here is wine making. Reporter this vineyard is in the heart of napa valley, home to some of the most expensive farmland in the nation, not land you want covered in solar panels and the estate is a national landmark. No solar panels here either, but the ponds surface was open. We believe its the first example of a grid connected floating solar ray in the world. Reporter its not some demonstration project either. Its making real juice. 396 kilowatts. The system is rated for 400, so i think were doing pretty well. Reporter thats nearly four times the amount of electricity the entire winery uses on a daily basis. The industrial sized meter is really spinning backwards. So me this is a no brainer. Reporter jeff cipers is ceo of sonoma clean power and sees this new technology really catching on. Statewide, this could be 100 to 500 times more around california than were building now. Reporter it helps the drought, too reducing evaporation and one more thing. Being close to the water keeps the panels cooler and making them more efficient. The winery still receives a bill every year for the last seven years from pg e, but that bill is a big 0. In napa valley don ford, kpix5. A big maverick surfing contest in Half Moon Bay will not happen this season. The window officially closed today. The big waves just never developed this winter. Organizers say next season theyre opening the window two months earlier to increase the chances the contest will happen. The window reopens november 1st. So we were talking about this earlier and i guess its because there wasnt severe enough weather happening in the pacific, right . You want a big pacific storm that churns up the ocean and over the course of 1,000 miles it sends them up the coastline, but it didnt happen. But now on april 1st were talking about rainfall. Oh, yeah, i forgot, lets get winter in. Shell try the next week or so, a little shaky camera from the Oakland Airport looking back at the financial district, love this evening shot with the silhouette of the buildings from across the bay. Oakland was warm today at 72, windy, concord 72, sonoma and gilroy 70, much cooler in San Francisco, high 62. Well be chilly tonight, isolated upper 30s in the east bay and north bay away from the water. Santa rosa 43, fremont 43. The next several nights are chilly. Theres a little wintertime feel we didnt have in winter. I should have showed you in a couple weeks after christmas. Now the ridge of High Pressure is over arizona, separate ridge of High Pressure out off the california coastline by some 700 miles. Now were looking north for our weather. We had a front move through today gave us the windy and cool conditions. It will be breezy throughout the day tomorrow. This is really a wintertime pattern where the ridge drops anchor off to the west. So now weather systems can go over the ridge and slide down into california. So simple, didnt happen for three months, but now that its april it will happen and the first one will get here Easter Sunday giving us a chance of rain for the holiday and another chance of rain tuesday. Now that its april it will finally rain, go figure. Santa rosa 68, still mild, breezy again tomorrow. Warmest days thursday and friday, chilly mornings, mild afternoons, sunny on saturday. Wake up Easter Sunday, kids want to go outside, find some easter eggs, mommy, its raining. Weatherman told you so, scattered showers sunday and also tuesday, no big rain soakers, but just enough maybe to turn off the irrigation for the month. That would be phenomenal. What time do you think it would start . It looks more afternoonish, but these systems, five days out, they always happen sooner. Thats why i put the rain chance in for sunday and im talking about the easter egg hunts. And not an april fools joke. That would be tomorrow. Test you tomorrow. A san jose man just hit it big with his new model for living small. Tim mccormicks houselet project, one of 32 winners of the ninth citys challenge. Mccormick is working to address the bay areas Affordable Housing crisis by developing low cost modular homes about the size of a city parking space. Hell use his 1,000 prize to build a prototype. The city of san jose will win 139,000 to jump start its san pedro Square Project to lion up the economy by installing pop up retail shops and a parking structure across from the square. A lot of us never used cell phones, never been online, didnt know what a text or blog was. From helping troubled kids to tracking stolen guns, ideas from the closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by mercedesbenz of San Francisco. No shortage of startups and Business Ventures in the bay area these days. No. And as andria borba shows us, some of them come from a place you might not expect. I have life for Second Degree murder. Ive been incarcerated 23 years now. Reporter in front of a packed and rowdy house eight inmates made their pitch. Every 40 seconds a child goes missing. Reporter from an app this helps find missing children to one that lets parents track their kids. Getting parents attention. Reporter from a man known as big as an app to support victims of bullying. I was in their shoes once and i dont want them to repeat my mistakes. Reporter how about a voice coded trigger lock that can be traced by police if a gun is stolen . The program is called the last mile driven by tech world volunteers that mentor inmates for six months. Ive been in prison for 22 years. Reporter which is probably longer than youve had a cell phone. And its hard for to us get a job, period. If you have a phd, its hard to get a job. So imagine coming out of prison and you want to look for a job in the tech field. Reporter darnell hill got out of san quentin. I have three jobs im working. 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