Deal in this familyfriendly city. How big . Theres two really big family events and thats 4th of July Fireworks and santa claus. Reporter thats right. Santa claus big. Families must find a new fireworks game plan with plans now up in the air. I have to find out something else. I dont know. Can i go to your house . [ laughter ] reporter eva has about a month to figure out her plans for the 4th of july. Now week, called around the bay area to see if any other shows are going to be impacted and what we heard from other folks, no, no other shows impacted. Basically because they have a different setup. They dont have to deal with that artificial turf. Live in cupertino, im ryan takeo, kpix 5. One other note on the drought. The state Assembly Today passed a bill protecting homeowners who want to switch to fake grass. It would prohibit homeowners associations from banning the artificial turf. Last year they passed a law to keep hoas from banning drought tolerant landscaping. Fed one breakins in their neighborhoods, some san jose residents are getting into the Video Surveillance business. Only on 5 our len ramirez with their plan to watch everyone who comes and goes. So theres a light post here that can capture the cars that are going to be coming from the opposite direction. Reporter no yolanda and theirs an Armed Robbery on their neighbors, an Armed Robbery on the block was a final straw. They are going to install Surveillance Video to record every car coming in and out of their evergreen neighborhood. People are afraid because its going up. It started out where they may break in when no one is home but now we have people coming in with strongArmed Robbery which is a matter of life and death. Reporter the may 23rd Armed Robbery on batton way was one of four robberies in the evergreen neighborhood in the last week and its one of nine armed or strongarmed robberies to hit the area in the past month including this Home Invasion robbery that was captured on video may 8. The two intruders armed with knives terrorized a family hiding in a bedroom. We get certain spikes in certain crimes in certain areas. City. And again we a in certain areas of the city. And again we address those by reaching out to the community and listening to their concerns. Reporter two suspects were arrested in the Home Invasion robberies. Extra robberies and suppression cars are now in evergreen to fight the rise in crime. They are basically responsible for saturating a certain area where these crime trends are occurring. And then they go ahead and they will do proactive enforcement. Reporter aside from the recent spike in robberies in this neighborhood, police say that robberies are actually down citywide during the first four months of this year. But that doesnt make people here feel any better, in fact it may make them feel more targeted. In san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. Neighbors in the evergreen area have launched an online petition. They want the District Attorneys Office to go after the suspects in the may 8 Home Invasion robbery. New at 6 00 police have just released the mugshot of the man behind a dramatic gas station standoff. He is 35yearold Horatio Gutierrez surrendering after three hours yesterday after holding hostages. Esophageae he is facing a number of charges and is wanted for carjacking. Kpix 5s da lin has the inside story about how the two hostages survived their encounter with gutierrez. Reporter this door is mostly glass and with rooftop snipers positioned outside in the surrounding area, the gunman held the store owner and the store manager hostage inside this tiny room in here. And you can see this tiny room its about 3 to 4 feet wide and 8 feet long. He was not dangerous to us. Reporter the gas station owner, [ nonenglish language ] , known as Johnny Carson treated the suspect as an honored guest with food and drinks in return he says the gunman showed him respect and acted like a gentleman. All three men were holed up in a small window less office as snipers and tactical officers pointed their rifles at the station. The two hostages at one point tried to escape but failed. The gunman eventually released them and surrendered. He never threatened me with the revolver. He was holding it all the time. But he never pointed the gun to me. When he was ready to come you he said, can you give me a cigarette . So he lighted the cigarette. Reporter while they were inside the station, he says the suspect was smoking weed and appeared to be under the influence of some other type of drug, as well. Jack asked the gunman why he did what he did. But he says the gunman didnt give an answer. Even though jack says the gunman acted like a gentleman, today all the gas station customers are saying that with his suspenders and all, jack is the true gentleman. Live in antioch, im da lin, kpix 5. It is one of those road rules that people always seem to argue about. Most cyclists traveling in between lanes of slow or stopped traffic. It is allowed in california but now theres a move to make it legal formally. Kelly ryan reports. Reporter you see it all the time check it out in this Youtube Video motorcyclists lane splitting riding between lanes of stopped or moving traffic. Now a bill could make it legal. I think it would slow traffic better. Its a good way to get congestion down. Reporter the American Motorcyclist Association is calling for less restrictive rules. Many riders say lane splitting is safer than sitting behind cars who cant always see you. They see you moving. When youre still they are looking for another windshield and dashboard not a motorcycle. Reporter the measure would allow them to ride between cars at speeds up to 15 Miles Per Hour faster than the flow of traffic. Up to 50 Miles Per Hour. So how would this law change the Current Situation . The bill under construction would give guidelines for riders to follow with agencies enforcing them. The california Highway Patrol says it cant comment on pending legislation. But in the past, the chp and dmv posted guidelines on lane splitting. They were removed after opponents complained the agencies were endorsing the practice. Lane splitting isnt illegal and riders we spoke with say police wont pull you over for doing it. But you will be cited if your lane splitting involves unsafe speeds which could lead to a dangerous ride. Other states have considered lane splitting laws but nothing passed. California would be the first. Kelly ryan, kpix 5. California could be the first state to green light lane splitting. San franciscos Mission Bay Neighborhood is becoming a hot spot. Uber has become the latest company that wants to park its new headquarters there. Allen, its a pretty impressive campus they are planning to build there. Reporter yeah. It would be. Uber wants to get this thing open possibly by the end of 2017 no later than 2018. Right now, doesnt look like much. Uber though has a blank slate to build on. The campus will go on the empty lot on 3rd street actually would consist of two buildings. This land belonged to salesforce. But salesforce decided to stay in the south of market neighborhood so that old the door for uber to come in. Now, the company sent out pictures of the design today. This is not approved. But look at all that glass. Now, there would be a bridge to link the two buildings. It would also have a path for pedestrians, potentially some space for shops on the lower level. But when its finished the headquarters would be the home of about 3,000 employees and construction as i say could start this fall. Uber currently has offices on market street. The new headquarters would be near where the new Warriors Arena is supposed to go. In the newsroom, im allen martin. Back to you. Makes sense. Yeah. The ws got it done last night. Yeah. And we just cant get enough of of this moment. Blue and gold confetti fell from the oracle rooftop and the warriors held their western conference championship trophy. The ws are headed to the nba finals for the First Time Since 1975. Fans are getting their finals gear. That always happens. Warriors nba fines tshirts went on sale right away which is good because some fans sacrificed sleep to get one. I can sleep. [ laughter ] i have been waiting 40 years for this. Im only 21 but 21 years of hardship. 21. Could do that standing on my head. Heres the schedule . But well be done after game 4. So it doesnt matter. Youre going out on a limb. Well see. It will be great. Still ahead red zones, bike lanes, not where cars are supposed to be parked. But thats not stopping these drivers. Now the new app that encourages you to rat em out. He wasnt looking for lost love. What this guy was caught on camera doing to this heart sculpture. And google trying to take a bite out of apple. The new features from the tech giant. Reporter it has been the coldest may in the bay area since 2002. 13 years ago. But hey forecast is changing. Its sunnier and warmer. Well talk about for how long live from the county fair coming up. Female announcer through sunday its posturepedic vs. Beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars ends sunday at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep if you have ever seen a really bad parking job and wanted to report it now theres an app to help you do that. Kpix 5s Mike Sugerman has been out looking for rotten parkers. No, mike, not in this town. Everybody is very polite and parks just perfectly. Theres never any problems. What are you talking about . Reporter i check your car, kenny. Youre okay today. [ laughter ] well, is it are we calling this the rat app . Or are we just keeping it real . Whatever, its helping the parking police. Reporter as swung who drivers around the bay area just about every day as someone who drives around the bay area just about every day i see plenty of bad driving and bad parking. This truck is doubleparked. I dont mean if they have no other place to put their truck but theres a spot right here now, theres an app for that. Its called, tow it. Tow it is a mobile application that allows civilians around the world to report illegally parked vehicles. Reporter app Founder Michael mcarthur in toronto joined me on skype to explain its thinking. Police dont necessarily enforce all the rules all the time specifically when it comes to, paing. Reporter which can i especially when it comes to parking. Reporter which can be a benefit. But when youre behind a double parked truck its not. Which is why i tried it out. Snapped a picture, put it on the app, let the world know. Its something to laugh at kind of, like, you were something yeah, look what this idiot is doing. Reporter a bike messenger doesnt even drive but doesnt like the idea. Parking is tough enough as it is. It would be nice if everyone followed the letter of the law and, like, kept everyone else safe and, you know, didnt inconvenience everyone else but thats not whats going on in the streets here in the city. Reporter but mcarthur says things have to change and maybe this will help. We need to be focusing on more ecofriendly transit bicycle or mass transit. Reporter its a lofty goal. In his hometown Toronto Police are thinking about checking the app to spot illegal parking. San francisco ticket givers hadnt heard about it until i told them. They say it looks interesting. Dont blame me if they start using it. And the reality is, it doesnt have to take an official proclamation. The pco, the parking control officer, can just look at this thing and go, oh, this guy is in a red zone i might give him a ticket. In San Francisco, Mike Sugerman, kpix 5. New video shows a heartless vandal caught in the act damaging a public art sculpture. Surveillance video shows the suspect carving into the blue fiberglass heart that stands outside the South San Francisco center. The video is from last month. This is what it looks like now. Its not clear what was scratched into the sculpture. If you have any information on the suspect, you can call the south city police. Also, in South San Francisco, a police car collided into a fire hydrant sending water flying into the sky. The Police Officer wasnt hurt. South San Francisco firefighters arrived shortly after and shut off the hydrant. Soccer fans have their eyes on avaya stadium in san jose next year. They will host the 2016 all star game. The president of Major League Soccer made the announcement today at avaya stadium. Home of the san jose earthquakes. The game will feature the best players in the country against its Top International team. It takes place next summer. No date has been set. New details released today about the plans for super bowl 50. We learned where the competing teams are going to practice before the game. One team will work out at Spartan Stadium at san jose state. The other will use Stanford Stadium as home base. The players will stay in that area as well at the Marriott Hotel in santa clara. And the marriott in san jose. We want to reduce the amount of time that team spend on their bus going from the hotel to the practice site. We want to make it easy for the teams to get to the stadium on game day sunday. So when you look at that it became obvious the south bay and in particular santa clara, san jose, stanford, were ideal cities. For which conference will be practicing with, the Host Committee says that decision will be may later for which conference will be practicing where. Kpix 5 is the media partner for super bowl 50. We are counting down to the big game. We have full details on our cbssf. Com superbowl. A big rig accident is being blamed for sparking the biggest grass fire yet this season. Hundreds of acres went up in plains in the east bay. Cal fire deployed its air tankers to stop the flames. Actually two fires combined into one large fire this afternoon near interstate 580 at the Altamont Pass. Kpix 5s maria medina on how it got started. Reporter a pretty close call for this big rig driver after his cab caught on fire. Cal fire saying they had a pretty busy afternoon here. We take a look at aerial shots of the first fire that happening at about 11 a. M. Near the Bethany Reservoir about 240 acres burned over there. And you can see firefighters protecting the wind farm over there. They say that wind farm is actually a challenge for them because it creates a lot of wind. But no damage or injuries to report there. The second fire happening nearby at about 2 30 where im standing right now. Firefighters say a big rig caught on fire. The grass nearby the flames spread over there quickly but firefighters say that once they got here, they are able to get those flames out pretty quickly. Heres what one firefighter had to say. The fire was moving pretty good with the wind. The drought has cured our fuel to alltime record lows and the grass is very tall and burning very well. Reporter firefighters say they were spread pretty thin today. The warmer temperature really pushing the flames today. They also had a fire in Santa Cruz County and those ask for help from different agencies in the air and on foot. But as dramatic as this big rig looks, they say no injuries or damage here, as well. In alameda county, maria medina, kpix 5. Brentwood is going to start fining people if they dont cut back on water use. The city council is asking customers to reduce their consumption by 35 . The penalty for only cutting back by 21 to 34 , 100 a month. Sear tro 20 it goes to up zero to 220 is 200. And the other fine is 300. The fines start in july. Chief meteorologist paul deanno is at the Contra Costa County county fair opening day. Reporter it is fair time guys. Its not really rain time. This is the time of year where we get very little if any rainfall for the next three or four months. Lets talk about the good stuff. Sunshine is back after 27 days being absent or tardy. Its back in class. Its sunny and warm. The high in antioch 85 degrees. We are at the Contra Costa County county fair. The first fair in the entire bay area to kick off kind of unofficially the summer season. You can come out tonight friday, saturday or sunday. Its open all weekend long and the weather will be conducive for getting outside. A live shot behind our weather graphics from san jose. Look at the numbers up top. Out for the first time in four weeks in concord and morgan hill but only the 50s again San Francisco. So the microclimate temperature spread is in full effect. San jose only 69 today. Fremont 66. San rafael 76. Both of our baseball teams in town this week. The as hosting the yankees this weekend. We hope the yankees dont win. 7 05 partly cloudy skies, 58 degrees first pitch tonight. 7 15 the giants and braves will begin first pitch. Breezy cool par for the course for late may 56 degrees your first pitch temperature at at t park. The weather will be pleasant at the fair and warm. 85 degrees your high for tomorrow and saturday under mainly sunny skies at the Contra Costa County fair. One final event, the walnut creek art and Wine Festival on saturday and sunday, it will be sunny and pleasant with afternoon temperatures in the upper 70s there. There is a weak flat ridge of High Pressure over top of us