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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm May 7, 2015

Computer tech facility. They are businessman. I cant see why anyone would invest this kind of money for the short term. Reporter the raiders have a year lease at the coliseum and could ask the nfl for permission to move to l. A. As early as next year. Carson has been lobbying for a joint stadium down south. Its a sign of confidence in oakland. Its a sign that they want to stay here where they have this adoring fan base. Reporter while former sports executive andy doll itch agrees, he says its a good sign but oakland shouldnt relax in its negotiations with the raiders. I wouldnt necessarily have a raider are staying in Oakland Party just yet. Reporter the raiders did not respond to our requests for comments. According to alameda city officials they will be starting this construction project fairly soon within the next month or so. Again, players will begin to be able to use that facility before september 1. Live in alameda, im da lin, kpix 5. If you want to check the plan for the new raiders Training Facility we posted it on our website, cbssf. Com. A crack in the bart tracks is causing commuter delays tonight. The rail is fixed now. But the backup from earlier stoppage is causing residual problems. It all started with this ten inch break in the track. It was found around 9 20 this morning. It was between San Francisco civic center and 16th Street Mission stations. Trains were singletracking through San Francisco causing major delays to some lines. It took crews 6 hours to fix the broken rail. Kpix 5s ryan takeo is on the platform at the montgomery street station with all of the fallout, ryan. Reporter its busy. Well show you the dublin pleasantonbound train folks getting in here. Some others waiting on the platform for other east bay bound trains. Some say were were expecting more of a mess when they got here. Still trains are getting packed here. Not in this one but other ones especially going to pittsburg bay point. They have been packed. Now, they were singletracking trains starting here at the montgomery street bart station. Repair work wrapped up around 4 p. M. Some commuters are glad things are moving along, but many are tired of the infrastructure issue. Its only been a month but already its old. Takes me two hours to get to work if i was driving so i will wait another 15, 20 minutes for bart if thats what i need do. Reporter no doubt some are probably scared off by the delays. They have been getting bart alerts all day but many were glad that this is all wrapped up before 4 00. And were surprised that theres not even more of a crowd here but over the embarcadero, thats the last stop before it heads over to the east bay. And there, expected to be crowded, as well. Now, i did just check ubers surge pricing and its about 2. 5 times the normal pricing. Thats just one of the other options that some people might have taken this afternoon. Ryan takeo, kpix 5. Chopper 5 flew over the area recently. The trains were packed but moving. It is san leandro. Some people were not able to get on a train. Our bart coverage continues with a warning. Phil matier says get used to future meltdowns. Reporter the system is getting older, more crowded and time is catching one bart and this could be a preview of more to come. Heres the story. We just dont have the extra tracks needed to work around Something Like this. Reporter the fact, bart has very little wiggle room for track troubles or any of the other many problems that might come up with a wear and tear of a 42yearold overworked Transit System. And thats why when one thing happens it can completely shut down the system and cause delays. Reporter bart has identified more than 3 dozen hot spots that have potentially hazardous track or switching conditions. Bart tracks are aging. Some have been and some need to be replaced. Bart is safe. Lets be clear. San Francisco Muni is a safe system. But these systems are under this incredible pressure due to the growth that we have had, the fact that we have not put money into them. Reporter in bart, the system needs over 9 billion in work. But they only have half the money for it. The meantime its packed to the max and slowing down at 37 locations because of safety concerns. Whether they go down, a freeway, protest, bart system breakdown like today everybody feels it because we have to be working at kind of Maximum Capacity every day for just the normal day. Reporter so hope to for the best while we learn to live with the worst. Because every other bay area Transit System is stretched, as well. We dont have a spare 1,000 buses just laying around in case something goes down. Reporter if theres one thing today underscores, it is the tight nature of our entire bay area Transit System where the bridges, the roads, the trains, you name it, theyre pretty much packed to the max and when one goes down, it affects us all. In oakland, phil matier, kpix 5. To make matters worse a power outage stopped trains between bay fair and Castro Valley this afternoon. Pg e says the outage was caused by one of those metallic balloons that came into contact with a power line. Happy birthday. Bart workers were seen from chopper 5 walking the tracks checking things out. Things are now back to normal. Keep up to date with barts delays or other breaking news by signing up for kpix 5s text alerts. Just text the word alert to 45227. 400 people on the peninsula are about to lose their homes. The owners buena vista that Mobile Home Park in palo alto want to sell and shut it down. New at 6 00 kpix 5s devin fehely on a new plan that could keep the homeowners from being kicked out. Reporter the county and the city have put together a pot of money an estimated 16 million. And they now have a nonprofit partner all of it to try and save this Mobile Home Park. But the big question that remains is it actually going to be enough . The goal it is to see if we cant find a way to prevent the eviction of the 400 residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. Reporter Santa Clara County supervisor joe simitian unveiled what he hopes is a plan to safety embattled Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in palo alto. It is pretty tough to not know where were going to go, knowing how things are out there, how expensive the rent is. Reporter neighbors like sal have banded together in an effort to stop plans to close the Mobile Home Park one of the last remaining bastions of Affordable Housing in ever pricy palo alto. People here are your everyday people. We pay our bills, were productive members of society, were janitors or custodians, your laundry people. Reporter buena vista has more than 100 mobile homes and campers and is home to about 400 people. The Palo Alto City Council has tentatively approved the owners plan to close it but is now working with the county to see if they cant come up with enough money to buy it themselves. Meanwhile, people are scrambling to save their homes fearing what will happen if they are forced out into a red hot housing and rental market. The cheapest one bedroom i found in the county within the last six months is 1,800 and up. Not including utilities. Not including homeowners dues. Reporter the city council is expected to make its final decision and likely to decide the fate of the Mobile Home Park at its meeting on may 26. In palo alto, devin fehely, kpix 5. They just keep on coming. A series of small earthquakes jolted people awake in concord again this morning. Three of them hit within 35 minutes. The first one a magnitude 3. 2 struck at 7 a. M. There were two more at about 7 30. The largest was a 3. 5 earthquake. Dozens of people reported feeling the quake swarm. Its the second series of earthquakes to hit concord this week. Scientists say these quakes give them a lot more information about the concord fault and that its capable of doing major damage. People say they are just glad that though one has been hurt. People say they are just glad that no one has been hurt. She said she felt the earthquake, heard noise and looked out after the earthquake and saw the tree fell on the car. Geologists say the probability of a magnitude 6. 7 earthquake or higher in the area is fairly low. They estimate a 3 to 4 chance in the next 30 years. The concord green valley fault runs through concord up to suisun bay. Hillary clinton is in the bay area tonight visiting the homes of big donors. She is in San Francisco for two major private fundraisers. In between events clinton scheduled a lastminute photo op with mayor lee. They met for tea in chinatown. She will be back in Silicon Valley on friday for another donor event. Each fundraiser costs 2,700 a plate. Still ahead, police on the hunt for a man who tried to assault a woman and a teenaged girl. Where he went after them and why police are particularly worried. Huge cranes on the water to protect your drinking water. The emergency move happening here in the bay area. Speaking of water, there is water falling from the sky not that far from the bay area. Told that you low pressure was going to approach already thunderstorms bubbling up around tahoe and a few showers in the north bay mountains. Now, to the south you see nothing but blue well he has already struck once and now he has struck again. San jose police are looking for help identifying a sexual predator. Kpix 5s len ramirez says there are signs this guy is becoming more and more aggressive. Len. Reporter thats right, ken. Police are especially concerned about this particular suspect because of his boldness of because of the fact that he is striking in the middle of the day seemingly unconcerned about getting caught. Well, the suspect was captured on video a white male in his 30s. A 28yearold woman said he followed her into a public restroom and tried to assault her. The latest incident was yesterday at 4 p. M. Here on rio vista avenue near stevens creek. Police say the man followed a 13yearold girl home then push his way into her house when she reached the door. The girl fought back and the suspect ran away. Kind of scary that someone would have the guts to go up to someones house and actually try and enter this and this Sexual Assault is new to the neighborhood. Nothing is going to stop him. He had the confidence to do it twice. He is going to strike again. Again, what we want to do is, prevent that third attack. Reporter the suspect was last seen wearing a black beanie. He had a dark messenger bag and was riding a light blue ten speak bike. Police are asking the public to spread his picture on social media and with such a good photo available now, they are hoping that somebody spots him recognizes him and calls police. Reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. The man on video being beaten by Police Officers made his first court appearance. The viral video shows the violent encounter. The prosecutors say it only shows a small piece of what happened last weekend. That suspect faces charges including assault on a police officer. While its important, its not everything that we are looking at. San jose police say the man fought with officers the whole time. They are reviewing the incidents. New accusations tonight against former 49er ray mcdonald and his teammate ahmad brooks. The woman accusing mcdonald of Sexual Assault went public and sued both men. This centers around a day of drinking at mcdonalds san jose home in december. The woman hit her head near the pool and passed out. She says that is when the attack happened. And at some point, brooks groped her. We are speaking out because we want other alleged victims and witnesses to know that they have a right to report to Law Enforcement in california without being subjected to lawsuits. San jose police are investigating but no criminal charges have been filed. Mcdonald was cut from the 49ers and is now with the chicago bears. Brooks is currently a linebacker with the 9ers. The team says it is disappointed and is monitoring the situation. Bay area headlines tonight new Surveillance Video shows a man smashing the window of a San Francisco Boutique Store and then going inside robbing it. The man gets some stuff from the back of the store on west portal avenue. He then takes what looks to be jewelry from the front of the store and then walks out of the place. Police are still looking for him tonight. A bicyclist was injured in an accident near a San Ramon Elementary School today. The victim was not a student. Police shut down the street in front of walt disney Elementary School to allow a medical helicopter to land. The victim is in the hospital tonight with serious injuries. The whale that was beached in pacifica may have died after being hit by a passing ship. Biologists conducted a necropsy today and they found injuries bluntforce trauma, the 42foot adult female had four broken vertebrae, a broken rib and internal bleeding. The humpback was beached yesterday morning. Its the second one in three weeks to wash ashore in pacifica. An emergency dam is being built in the delta. Construction is under way across west false river between jersey and bradford islands. Don ford explains it is all because of the drought. Reporter its the project state water officials hoped wouldnt be necessary. They are rushing to build an emergency dam across the west false river here in the delta to stop saltwater from reaching critical freshwater pumps. With the severe drought, there just isnt enough freshwater to hold the saltwater back. Its a bandaid. Reporter his family lived on the delta for more than a century. He says its too little too late. The state is not releasing enough water to keep the salt out of the delta. Thats the number one problem. Reporter but the state reservoirs are already so low and despite the concerns the dam will hurt farmers and Wildlife State Officials Say the barrier is the lesser of two evils. When the construction crews saw us a boat was dispatched to tell us the area was closed. Dont come up any further, all right . Thank you. Reporter this special emergency drought project is just getting started. But it will be completed quickly. After the work onshore is completed the construction crews will then work 24 7 until they completely bridge that gap. Using dozens of barges of rock, it will take approximately one month to close the 800foot wide channel. However, its only here for the summer. Next fall it all comes back out to allow winter rains to flow past. If it rains. In the delta, don ford, kpix 5. If it rains. Yeah. One of these days it will rain again i promise you that. We just dont know when. Will that be october . Will it be tomorrow . Will it be tomorrow . Will it . It may. [ laughter ] it very well may. The answer is, possibly. For some of you away from the water, fairfield, vacaville has a better chance say than San Francisco or san rafael. Well explain coming up. You can see the sign of change off in the distance. Cruise ship in the foreground, thunderheads in the background. A vertical build for the cloud cover today. That is a low pressure area approaching. It will be closer to the bay area tomorrow. You will see storm clouds over the sierra. San jose 71. Concord 75. Hayward 66. Cooler near the water Half Moon Bay 61, San Francisco 63. How about this . Couldnt do it in january but well get snowfall in the sierra in may even though we are talking about thunderstorms which sounds like rain and not snow. Above 5500 feet, 2 to 6 of snow, travel delays and gusty winds are likely. The pattern has flipped. That huge mound of High Pressure that was parked over us now over washington, d. C. We are on the other side. We are getting the other side of the equation which is series after series of low pressure areas one over washington one over utah one over northern nevada right now. This is the unstable air that will be around tomorrow. It is a guarantee that up and down the sierra widespread rain snow showers, thunderstorms, the question is, does any of this make it back toward the bay area . Its about a 10 or 15 chance that it will. Tomorrow evening and friday evening well be watching our hire elevations of the east bay our inland areas for the potential of a few showers and perhaps even a rumble of thunder but if we get one clap of thunder we may be dealing with two or three million folks saying hey there were thunderstorms today and thats a small possibility coming up tomorrow evening. Livermore tomorrow 72. San jose 70. Napa 74 degrees. So we start sunny and will build up in clouds in the afternoon and a tiny chance of an evening shower or thunderstorm tomorrow and friday away from the water. Pretty sunny over the weekend. We cloud up a bit next week but the general theme is, the onshore flow continues. And now we are getting the low pressure area so this is very unmaylike. We could get some rain. Good. Thank you. Still ahead, first it was those bad bolts and steel rods. Now a new problem plaguing the eastern span of the bay bridge. Plus, manage out hot spots not for traffic but for road kill. Just cant seem to escape. Another sneeze attack. You may be muddling through allergies. Dont get caught off guard. Try zyrtec® dissolve tabs. Powerful allergy relief, now in a tablet that starts dissolving instantly. Zyrtec® dissolve tabs. Muddle no more™. Female announcer when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. Because they went to sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic event. Save up to 300 on the cooling comfort of tempurbreeze. Plus, get up to 36 months interestfree financing. Sleep riskfree with sleep trains 100day money back guarantee. 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