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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition August 8, 2013

Apart in pay and pension issues. Public policy advocates the Bay Area Council says thats shocking a little bit flabbergasted by the how big a divide there is between bart and the unions. Reporter in fact, the council says barts proposals are fair and the unions should take the contract and start paying into their pensions. Findings from the hearing will go to the governor, who could then impose a 60day cooling off period for more negotiating time. Bart wants that. The unions say thats not necessary. One of the Board Members didnt agree. Im surprised to hear you say it could be achieved sunday night. Reporter one former bart director and now retired judge has an idea of how to settle it and its not what commuters want to hear. I think the resolution will come if they strike. The resolution will come because the public will be heard. Reporter thats going to happen, you think . Yes. Reporter strike is inevitable and when the public gets mad, its going to get solved . Yes. Somebody will wise up. Reporter linda yee, kpix 5. The governor is expected to decide by sunday whether to order a 60day coolingoff period. 4 32. Oakland police think a father who was killed along with his young son was targeted. A small memorial of balloons, teddy bears and candles sit in front of the east oakland house where they were killed yesterday morning. 20yearold Andrew Thomas and his son drew jackson were in town from fresno to celebrate a relatives birthday. They were sleeping in a back bedroom when police say somebody snuck into the backyard and opened fire through a window and a wall. Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. Like 8 or 9 times. I just wish this stops. I dont want, you know, my other cousins to try to retaliate. Officers believe these killings could be connected to saturdays murder of thomas cousin. Oakland Police Arrested a person in that killing. Now, the double shooting is just the latest in a series of unsolved murders in oakland. Three weeks ago, 8yearold Alaysha Carradine was shot during a sleepover in the diamond district. A week after that 66yearold judy salamon was shot while driving a car near maxwell park. Oakland officials are reviving operation ceasefire in the fight against out of control violence. Kpix 5 reporter Christin Ayers asked the mayor and the police chief about the citys number one crimefighting plan. Reporter on the day that 1 yearold drew jackson became oaklands youngest homicide victim in at least a decade, the mayor and police chief did what they do when tragedies like this strike. We are determined to make the city safer. Reporter they talked about yet another Public Safety plan that hasnt worked for oakland, ceasefire. Were going to be calling in some of the people who have been involved in some of the most violent crimes. Reporter that was the mayor 11 months ago rolling out the program and now mayor, with all due respect, we have all seen this happen so many times, so many Young Children shot and on top of it we keep hearing about these plans to change things and we havent seen a lot change. What is oaklands centerpiece plan to address Young Children being killed . We plan to continue with ceasefire until we have hauled in the 300 most violent people in the city. It doesnt happen in one round. Reporter why hasnt it been fully funded at this point . Why have we been waiting so long . Its been months . I think let me just say, so, cease fire is absolutely my number one strategy for reducing violent crimes, shootings and murders in this town. Reporter but we found out ceasefire is not being run like the citys number one strategy. There is no permanent director. And the few officers who have been running ceasefire have only been doing it part time. Chief sean whent says that will change. Im able to dedicate a full time Enforcement Team to cease fire to make sure the Police Department meets our end of the program. Reporter in the meantime both the mayor and Police Officer say they are working with teams, that east oakland nonprofit youth uprising, to start a youthbased safety program. Those teams say they want to be optimistic. When this is all said and done, when the cameras are packed up and the microphones are put away, then, you know, i dont know how much hope thats going to be. Reporter Christin Ayers, kpix 5. Now, police will work to get young people to speak up when they hear of crimes that are likely to happen. Oakland police say they have used operation ceasefire to basically dismantle two gangs. The case gang and the money team. But oaklands homicide rate is still very close to what it was last year. Friends and family are stepping up their search for a missing woman. They spent much of yesterday putting up pictures of 50year old sandra coke. She was last seen at her North Oakland home on sunday night. Investigators say she may have been investigating a tip about her dog that was abducted during a burglary in may. Cokes car was found at an apartment complex parking lot on monday night. A truly painful, painful thing to have somebody who you love and who has family members who depend on her just disappear. It is just unthinkable. Sandra coke is an investigator for the federal defenders office. Her coworkers do not think her line of work has anything to do with her disappearance. The amber alert for a missing teenager and murder suspect has spread to oregon and washington. Oregon state police say there have been two possible sightings of james dimaggios blue nissan versa. Investigators believe 16year old Hannah Anderson is with him. A friend of the teen says dimaggio recently said he had a crush on hannah. Dimaggio is suspected of killing hannahs mother, her body found in the burned rubble of dimaggios San Diego County home. A childs body was also found. Its unknown if its hannahs younger brother. Firefighters are battling a fastmoving wildfire in Riverside County. Huge flames lighting up the night sky as you can see. The fire has burned 9 square miles in the San Jacinto Mountains near banning. A dozen buildings are damaged or destroyed including some homes. 1500 people have been evacuated in several communities. We tried to get out. We were all packed up and tried to get out but we didnt get to the end of the road. Two firefighters and another person were hurt but as of this morning, there are no details available about their conditions. 4 37. And brian is here with us for a check of the weather. Its going to warm up, right . It is. Thats the deal . It is. Its just a little bit at a time. Its not going to be dramatic unfortunately. But by this time on tuesday, we are going to be close to 90 but thats again tuesday. Thats the warmest spots inland. In the meantime, we are heading out the door this thursday morning with readings near 60. Its about 3 to 5 degrees warmer this morning than the past couple of days. But we still have some drizzle out there especially near the shoreline. So well get clouds around the bay and inland until about mid morning today. Forecast highs as this low continues to spin over the bay area, its just going to keep us cool, temperatures relatively cool but in the east bay not bad. 75 concord. 77 fairfield. And in redwood city, 74 today. Well have the extended forecast and some good news on the horizon but first, lets see if theres good news in the traffic department. Not good news if you live or commute anywhere near calistoga. We have highway 29 shut down for several blocks right there between greenwood and tubbs. There was a telephone pole that fell down in the roadway and both directions of highway 29 are blocked right now. They are working to clean it up but it was first reported just after 2 30 this morning. Lets take you outside and show you a live look at some of our Traffic Cameras around the bay area. Heres a live look into oakland. This morning, between embarcadero and 23rd you will find more overnight roadwork. Thats in the northbound direction. Again, southbound 880 more overnight roadwork and lanes blocked as you approach davis street. A quick check of the golden gate bridge, where once again the roads are slick this morning. Just a heads up if you are coming into San Francisco across the golden gate. That is traffic. Back to you guys. Thank you. 4 39. Antioch police have arrested a man accused of kidnapping a woman from a kmart parking lot. 43yearold kevin harvey is a registered sex offender. The Woman Told Police he used a gun to force her into a car and sexually assault her monday afternoon. She was able to escape and call for help. Harvey is being held on 1. 4 million bail. Other bay area headlines now. West nile virus is back in the bay areas largest county. A woman is the first human case in Santa Clara County in two years. She was hospitalized last month and is now recovering at home. The virus is transmitted to humans and animals through bites of infected mosquitos. There have been 14 cases in california this year. Two of them deadly. And the Louis Vuitton cup semifinals are under way and the italian team is showing its dominance. Hundreds gathered along pier 39 to watch luna rosa battle swedens team artemis yesterday. Luna rosa won yesterday and is now leading 20 in the bestof seven series. The first time with four wins advances to the finals against new zealand. Someone in the south bay is waking up 289,000 richer this morning. Coughing there. It wasnt me, i can tell you. A Powerball Ticket that matched five numbers but not the powerball was sold at a shell station on the lawrence expressway in sunnyvale. As for the 448 million jackpot, well, three tickets across the Country Matched those numbers. Two were sold in new jersey. And one was sold in minnesota. And just in case you want to take a peek, your lucky numbers are 5, 25, 30, 58 and 59. The big powerball number is 32. 4 40. The bay area gets a taste of shark week. Where this little guy was spotted. A couple of months ago the city of san jose sued Major League Baseball for not letting the as move here. Well, the league lawyers are fighting back with their own court filing. Im kitdo. We have the details coming up. Im kiet do. We have the details coming up. , [ female announcer ] jumpstart your day with mcdonalds dollar menu at breakfast. Home of the irresistible sausage burrito. And freshly brewed Premium Roast coffee you love. Plus other amazing tastes for just a dollar each. Every day, as always, theres a lot to love for a little on mcdonalds dollar menu. Of creepy behavior. Heres t of a voice mail message he reportedly left one woman, e still in congress. Eldonna, hi. Its your new two more women are accusing san diego mayor bob filner of creepy behavior. He is part of a Voicemail Message he reportedly left one woman while still in congress. Hi, its you newly favorite congressman bob filner. Uhm, you know, the one who fell in love with you at your last speech . The woman says she met him at a Sexual Assault Survivors Group for women in the military. Fernandez is a retired Us Air Force Master sergeant. She and other veterans say filner preyed on the women, made unwanted vans and even groped them. He didnt have our backs. He was looking at our backs. He had our fronts. Its wrong. Why would you come here with us and do what you did . Why . Is it a turnon . 13 women have now accused filner of sexual harassment. He is now on a twoweek Treatment Program and has no plans to resign. President obama back in d. C. This morning following his first visit to camp pendleton. The president spoke to thousands in Southern California and praised the 9 11 generation for their work in afghanistan and iraq. Marines, sailors and their families say the president s speech reassured them the years of repeat deployments are finally ending. Fruit flies have the potential to destroy californias agriculture industry. An entomologist from ucdavis is making that warning and urging the state to do something about it. In a new study, james carey says fruit flies are permanently established in our state and they are spreading. He says even though there are not too many of these crop killers, the state needs to change its strategy to control the population. State agriculture leaders disagree and say their eradication efforts are effective. The clarity of lake tahoe has improved for the second year in a row but Scientists Say rising surface temperatures and dwindling snow levels are taking a toll on the water clarity at the lake. They have been tracking the lakes clarity since 1968 when you could city as far as 102 feet down. Over the years, warmer weather, which produces algae, clouded the water. Last year you could see down 75 feet. Thats a 6foot improvement from the year before. Still the most beautiful place on the planet, gorgeous. They have the seismologists out there looking doing some deep diving to try to locate the earthquake fault that underlies lake tahoe. Isnt that something . Couple of thousand feed . Good question. Next weather hit. Well check it with ken bastida. The numbers this morning are mostly in the low 60s with temperatures today a little warmer than yesterday and thats going to keep the game time cool tonight. 62 degrees. The 49ers are playing tonight. I dont know if you heard, at candlestick, airing on channel 5 at 6 00 tonight so tune in and if you are going to the game, bundle up. 59 degrees for concord. 61 at oakland. Livermore 61. San francisco 59. And san jose 62 degrees. Also this weekend you think about something to do, it would be nice and sunny if you want to thaw out at the Sonoma County fair forecast high there of 72 degrees. For us, we have low pressure thats moving in finally this low thats been offshore for so long beginning to push inland right a little bit north of the bay area. What comes in after the low will be building High Pressure from this high in the desert southwest. And as that establishes itself over the weekend, we are going to be looking for, let me see, frank oh, thats very nice. Thank you. Tahoe is 1,645 feet deep. Thank you, mr. Mallicoat. [ laughter ] because you know what . If you hadnt googled it, i would. 73 at vallejo. 62 in San Francisco and 74 at redwood city. 73 in san jose. The extended forecast looking nice, maybe a little visit to tahoe. The numbers will be warming up inland by sunday and monday in the mid80s. The extended forecast for tuesday and wednesday will be near 90 degrees. So finally a warming trend for the bay area. But hang in, its going to be cool today and tomorrow. Theres weather. Heres elizabeth to traffic. Going to tahoe next week. Excited all right. Now i know how deep it is. Lets go out live to the san mateo bridge where everything is actually moving along okay at 4 47 this morning. We dont have a lot of huge incidents on the road, not very surprising. But westbound 92 is a 15minute drive time, maybe even 14 minutes to take you out of hayward towards foster city. Towards the nimitz freeway now, so because were before 4 00, a lot of overnight roadwork is still out there. So including northbound 880 between embarcadero and high street various lanes blocked and if you are commuting southbound its once you get closer to san leandro we have various lanes blocked approaching davis. The roads are also a little slick. Its a little bit of drizzle out there. So just be a little extra careful, as well. We do have one issue. Its a telephone pole down and the road is blocked up in napa county. Highway 29 between greenwood and tubbs in calistoga. Chp says traffic is so light so theres no issue but you are being diverted off the road at greenwood. Your travel times for the east bay are so far in the clear if you are traveling through the altamont pass. 16 minutes coming down the eastshore freeway so far no brake lights through berkeley all the way towards the macarthur maze. And mass transit nothing really to note and we just checked in with bart as well and they have 27 trains and theyre all on time. That is your latest timesaver traffic. Back to you. Okay, liz. Thanks. 4 48. We are going to take a live look at the silver fire burning right now down in Riverside County in the San Jacinto Mountains down there not too far out of palm springs, that kind of area. It burned at least 6,000 acres so far near the town of banning. 9 square miles, a dozen buildings have been burned, others are in its path right now. 1500 people have been forced out of their homes and as you can see, they have a lot of work to do. Well keep an eye on that. 4 49 now. And Major League Baseball wants a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the city of san jose. Kpix 5s kiet do has the latest on the battle over the as planned move to the south bay. Reporter after four years of staying mostly silent about the ass move to san jose, Major League Baseball talks sort of. League lawyers filed a motion to dismiss san joses lawsuit. It says the business of baseball is exempt from the antitrust laws as it has been since 1922 and the citys claims are fatally defective. San joses attorney calls it a moral issue. Can Major League Baseball block a competitor in this country from relocating his business simply because someone else says we dont want them to move . Reporter back in june, the city sued the league claiming commissioner bud selig is illegally blocking the as move. The as want to build a new stadium in san jose but the south bay is giants territory. The league says if san jose wins its lawsuit then every time a team wanted to move it would lead to absurd results. Mlb would be subjected to suits from any te

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