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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm June 21, 2024

They believe this is the second time in 15 years. No one knows why. The theory is the bay waters are water and they tend to reproduce more in warmer temperatures. The life cycle is about a year. After that one year of the population boom then theres a massive death. Reporter i wish i could show it to you but we got here around 3 00, havent seen one on the beach. Naturalists say you can investigate and touch it but dont take it home. Leave them here on the beach. Live in alameda, im da lin, kpix 5. These arent the first unusual looking creatures to wash up on bay area beaches. Last july on ocean beach hundreds of these were spotted, some kind of jellyfish. They are actually something called velella velella. Not true jellyfish. These ones are closer to the manowar. Dont call 911. Toxic concerns about plans to build dozens of homes in the south bay. Kpix 5 reporter devin fehely tells us neighbors are worried about whats under the soil. Reporter despite decades, the grounds that the moffett hotel sits on and the ground water under it is some of the most contaminated in the bay area. With high levelof tce and industrial solvent released into the ground by early tech companies. A lot of people who live in the area are concerned about the fact this it destroys plants, trees, grass, lawns, of the lawns have been hurt by it. Reporter carlos has lived in the neighborhood for 15 years. He says theres concern a plan to tear down the hotel and replace it with brandnew homes may inadvertently release some toxic chemicals into the air. It will go on i guess for quite a while. And how well they will do the job in cleaning up the sites around here, i dont know. Reporter hotels owner says he believes the neighborhoods concerns about the project are largely unfounded. People are getting all scared. I been here for years and this is the hottest point right there. All my kids were born over here. My mother goes there has chickens over here fine. Im living proof. If i live next door id be asking the same question. Reporter environmental activist turned city council lenny siegel says he understands neighbor concerns about exposure to potentially toxic chemicals but believe the site can be redeveloped. Its tricky to work in areas where theres contaminated ground water but we have a pro active sampling program led by epa and the former semiconductor companys contractors so we know whats there and we believe we know how to protect people. Reporter but critics worry that efforts to, quote, clean up the neighborhood, might have the opposite effect. Devin fehely, kpix 5. The Mountain View City Council Approved the redevelopment plan at its meeting tuesday. Owners of a south bay nudist colony could face jail time accused of stealing water for their resort during the drought. Kpix 5s Juliette Goodrich asked them about these charges. Reporter quite the water fight at the clothing optional resort lupin lodge. Two owners and three employees are charged with stealing water from a nearby creek to supply the resort area here. If convicted they could face up to three years in jail. Im not allowed to make any comments whatsoever. Reporter at the lupin lodge Registration Counter employees were warned not to say much. Our attorneys dont want to us make any statements. Reporter the lodge owners and three other employees asked mid peninsula regional open space district if they could install temporary lines to collect water from the creek. That was last july. The district said no. But they did it anyway and according to the d. A. , the owners installed multiple water lines into the creek and other springs on district property. Those water lines delivered water straight to lupin lodge. Has that been going on . Have you been smashed. I have been told by our attorneys that we cannot make any statements until after discovery. Reporter do you have any water supply now or has it been cut off . Um, i cant make any statements. Sorry. Reporter kpix 5 visited the lodge nine months ago when they were droughtstricken and they had this to say. We havent really had an issue with having enough water all these years for the last 40 years until this drought. Reporter the lodge owners say they do have water rights and they intend to fight in court. In los gatos, Juliette Goodrich, kpix 5. No one is spared in this drought even farmers with century old water rights are facing major water cutbacks right now. The state ordered those dramatic cuts to the senior water rights holders in the state today. This affects thousands of farmers. They wont be allowed to pump from three major california waterways. Its the first time the state of california has ever done something of this magnitude. Agriculture is responsible for about 80 of californias water consumption. A cool treat on a hot day. Parts of the bay area met the triple digits today and we found people lining up at a drivethrough ice cream shop trying to beat the heat. Chief meteorologist paul deanno is live for us in pleasanton. Paul, youre saying this is just the start of those high temperatures. Reporter yeah. Its going to be hot. This will be the hottest day of the next several. Did you say ice cream . That sounds really good right about now of it is hot in pleasanton. 100 degrees today in the inland areas in the trivalley. Livermore 101. Standing outside at the concert at the park where its a toasty park right now but hundreds of folks will be here later. San jose one of the cooler spots at 86. You really wanted to cool off try pacifica only 62. Look at that temperature spread. Livermore in the 100s. Pacifica barely in the 60s. San francisco officially 71 degrees. Some of our weather watcher reporting in high temperatures for the day. Paul smith 107 in brentwood. Keith rodriguez 83 in san leandro. And suzie in Castro Valley high of 92. We are live tonight in pleasanton. Concert at the park every friday evening, with blanket dropped off at 5 a. M. On the way to work. The blankets are not in the shadows. But folks are lining up because it feels 10 degrees cooler if you are in the shade. Concert in the park in pleasanton where its currently 94 degrees. Its going to be the start of a warm weekend. Well talk about how much well cool down coming up in 10 minutes. Back to you. Thank you. A date has officially been set for the extended doyle drive closure in San Francisco. Be prepared for heavy traffic in that area come midjuly. Doyle drive will close thursday night july 9. And then reopen on monday morning, july 13. Doyle drive is the part of highway 101 that connects the city of San Francisco to the golden gate bridge. During the closure, the only access to the bridge will be through the presidio by way of highway 1. Work will be finished on the Parkway Project connecting the roads and the continues that have been under construction for years. When it is reopened, drivers will use three new tunnels as well as a northbound high viaduct on the way to the golden gate bridge. During the weekend closure, drivers will be encouraged to use the bay bridge. Still ahead, a twist in a terrifying Home Invasion caught on camera. The connection between the mastermind and the victim. And saving family farms in the bay area. The effort to make sure that developers dont take over. Plus, coming up at 6 30, cut off from money and medicine. The government error south bay family terrorized in a Home Invasion. Tonight, a major twist in the case. Police say it was the work of their very own family member. Kpix 5s maria medina joins us now live from san jose. Police say the 17yearold son was behind it all. Reporter there was some tears in the courtroom as that 17yearold faced a judge. He is accused of teaming up with gang members to wanted to steal from his family, then went on to terrorize them. They chased and ran towards these women. One of them was able to fight to hold the door shut but had a broken lock. Reporter cameras catch two robbers trying tro break down a door to get to two women and a 1yearold baby trying to hide. Minutes after the suspects armed with knives broke in and ransacked the home. They wanted to fight with somebody, come visit me. Reporter the victims were Simerjeet Singhs baby girl mother an sisterinlaw. He spoke to us just as the Home Invasion. Today he was speechless. Can you tell us how you feel . Prosecutors say it was his own teenage son who plotted the terrifying robbery at his evergreen area home last month. The sad part about this is he is turning on his own family. Reporter police say Simerjeet Singh just 17 wasnt at the Home Invasion but he planned the crime. The baby, his halfsister, was home during this event. Reporter the two robbers took off after the girls called the police. The teens were arrested after this Surveillance Video went viral but the search for suspects wasnt over. Sources said to take a good look at the homeowners son. Its an ending to the case that shocked everyone including neighbors who know the family. I have no idea how theyre coping. I would have a hard time coping with it. Obviously i think its going to be difficult to find out that your own son put this up. So i think thats something they are trying to figure out. Reporter that neighbor that we spoke to says he is not entirely shocked by it because he says Home Invasions are usually done by someone who knows the homeowner. By the way, singh will be tried as an adult and could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. Live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. A south bay car crash ended in a fiery mess after the driver slammed into a tree. The front of the car wrapped around this tree before bursting into flames. It happened off highway 101 just before blossom hill road early this morning. The driver died in the fire which spread to the nearby trees. Firefighters quickly knock it down but they couldnt get to the victim in time. First phase in the demolition of the old bay bridge is now complete. Caltrans took down the 80year old cantilever section. Chopper 5 flew over the old span this afternoon. A huge chunk is missing. Crews cut it at its center and dismantled both sides piece by piece. Now they will start taking apart of the truss section of the bridge. The work wont be done though until the end of next year. A solution to the drought is creating some unexpected problems in the delta. Theres an emergency dam east of antioch that goes across the west falls river. The barriers is designed to keep salty water from spoiling delta waters. Don ford tells us, its leaving some people stuck in the mud. [ pause ] we are having technical difficulties there with dons report but hopefully we will get that for you. People on Bethel Island are worried that the extra current would affect the levees. That hasnt been determined. In the meantime, warriors fans finding all kinds of ways to celebrate. The teams latest win in the nba finals, chopper 5 spotted this mural that popped up along interstate 80 near the Albany Richmond border. Easy to figure out who it supports with the word dubs in blue and gold. The artists say they have done another mural thats a portrait of steph curry that can be spotted from highway 24 as drivers head into oakland. About 500 students got a lesson in fun this afternoon thanks in part to super bowl 50. The event called National Summer learning day was held outside San Franciscos city hall. Kids got up and got moving in giant hamster balls. Well show that you video as soon as we pull it. And they also were able to do some scrambling in a rock climbing wall. They got to pick out a brand new reading book for free. So the hope is that super bowl 50 leaves a Community Impact that lasts well beyond the game. Todays celebration was the kickoff to the read zone campaign. Thats the Early Literacy initiative created by the super bowl 50 host committee. Kids had a blast out there. To find out more go to cbssf. Com superbowl. Looks like a lot of fun. Well, its time now for a look at our forecast. A hot weekend again. Chief meteorologist paul deanno in toasty pleasanton right now. Reporter yes, about 94 degrees out here in pleasanton. Kind of a wacky week. We started very hot. We are ending rather warm. In the middle we have rain. Its friday night summertime unofficially summer when the kids are out of school and they are and look at all the folks who showed up for the concert in the park and many hundreds more every friday at this park in pleasanton. They have a concerted at 7 00 and it brings out a lot of people in the town. Pleasanton knows how to do it right. They have so many events to get the community together. This is one of them. Every friday all summer long we have this concert at the park in pleasanton and today its a hot concert in the park. Livermore 101. Morgan hill 97. Hayward 84 today. Richmond 74. You want to cool off, Half Moon Bay 36 degrees cooler than livermore. So much going on this weekend. Maybe youre heading to the tri valley, pleasanton tomorrow morning, 67 with sunshine at 10 a. M. By 3 00 88. And staying in the 80s through 5 00 so not as hot. To but it still will be above average. Heading to the city, lots going on. North beach festival saturday and sunday. In the 60s. Stern grove festival on sunday the doobie brothers playing in San Francisco as well partly cloudy mild 63. Out of town eureka cool 63 cloudy. Slight chance of a thunderstorm toward yosemite 97. Tahoe sunny with a high of 82. High pressure sitting just offshore. Its moving a little bit this weekend and thats why it will not be as hot on saturday and sunday. Temperatures will drop to near average as low pressure builds into the north. It certainly wont give us rain but will give us a stronger onshore flow, more of the ocean influence means temperatures drop by five to seven degrees. San francisco tomorrow 67. San rafael 83. Napa 86. But livermore still hot 94. And concord 90. So we are not as hot but we are still above average. Well be a couple of degrees cooler still on sunday but staying in the low 90s inland, low 70s near the bay. The chilliest day will be monday. Then toward the milliondollar of next week the onshore flow weakens and we climb back here in triple digits away from the water. Back out here live, its the family event. We have the kids, we have the parents. We have the grandparents. We have picnics. People in pleasanton know how to do a concert in the park right. Its not just about the blanket. Its about the food you bring. Its about the drinks that you bring. Its about the friends that you invite. And its going to be a nice place to be when the sun goes down and its not 94 at 7 00 when the singers begin. Back to you. Tell me about that Ice Cream Truck thinking the same thing. We are going there right now. [ laughter ] thats where were heading in like 20 seconds. Thank you. 10 pelicans were released back into the wild after the oil spill that blackened miles of coastline in southern california. Ucdavis scientists placed tracking devices on them. It will keep track of their progress after being rehabilitated. The birds were released in goleta this afternoon. The oil spill that marred nearly 100 miles of california coastline is costing a pretty penny. Cleanup costs have reached over 60 million. Plains all american pipeline is expected to foot the bill. Still ahead, keeping this land out of the developers hands. One groups mission to keep bay area farms in the families for gene lot of people like to buy local. Artisan cheese organic meats and such but that hinges on whether theres enough local land for farmers to provide the feed we need to eat. Allen martin went not too far to the country to see who is saving the family farms. [ rooster crows ] this property came into our family about 1918. So were almost 100 years. I have heard stories about my father growing up here and my grandfather and grandmother. Reporter kitty grew up playing in the barns on her familys Red Hill Ranch in hicks valley northwest of novato. But her generation, the fifth in the family to farm in marin, almost lost it all. It was 7 siblings. There was some disagreement about how things should be run. There was talk of putting a for sale up at the end of the road. Reporter a sale to developers could have meant ten newest states on the land. Or a golf course. Its a really sad [ indiscernible ] you know, i had to just say, im going to try to do this. Reporter what she did was come here to point reyes to ask for help from the countrys first land trust dedicated to saving agricultural land. Ing acultured land trusts basically buy and extinguish the Development Rights on a given property with a legal tool called a conservation easement. Reporter Marin Agricultural Land trusts executive director says they pay the owner for the value of the Development Rights. Its usually 40 or 50 of the lands value. The owner doesnt share the title but agrees, agricultural use only, no subdividing, no development. If the owner sells, the easement goes with the deal. So far 75 families have signed up totaling 47,000 acres protected almost half of the privately owned farmland in marin. My hope is that we will protect 100,000 acres of marins farmland by 2040. Reporter they have to think about 2040 and way beyond because the farmers have to agree forever and the association has to be around forever. Kitty doesnt want out. They basically handed us a big fat check and with that check, my brother doug and i bought out our siblings. Reporter she sells eggs from her chickens from a farm stand and at farmers markets. Her brother raises cattle. And his daughter is doing hormone and antibioticfree grassfed beef. Our family is still here and their generations, their great greatgrandchildren, are still here. I think its, uhm a really wonderful [ pause ] thing. [crying ] reporter in marin county, allen martin, kpix 5. Malt is funded by private donors and public agencies. The count marin holds easements too but they only a fraction of the number of acres as malt. Her parents say she lied. Why an naacp leaders race is in question and what the organization is saying about it tonight. And an arrest in connection to two convicted murderers on the run for nearly a week. Who is accused of helping them escape. And declared dead by

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