It was evacuated along with other camps in the area. Its been more than a week since the rim fire started. Alameda county firefighter on the firelines says it will take a lot longer to put it out. Reporter how long could it be before the entire fire is out . I think 100 dead out is going to be wintertime, months. Cbs reporter candy brown shows us how firefighters are scrambling to keep up with the unpredictable fastmoving fire. Reporter this ridge is the firefighters focus on the west side. Winds up to 20 Miles Per Hour spread the flames sunday afternoon. Its unpredictable with the wind. Reporter if the fire continues this destruction this far west thousands of homes will be threatened. Strike teams are waiting to protect homes just in case this erratically moving fire takes a devastating turn. Cal fire cleared brush trying to stay one step ahead of the fire. Slow the fire, stop the fire, give us a place to work, keep it out of the communities of tuolumne and such. Reporter their work on the ground also helpful for crews in the air. It gives them a marker for where to drop water and flame retardant. They can see the line from up above. Reporter nearby homeowners are confident firefighters have everything under control. These firefighters are amazing. They will keep us protected. Reporter thousands of people are watching their efforts keeping a close eye on the looming smoke. Impressive. Looks like a really coordinated effort. Its kind of comforting to see, a little scary too. Reporter firefighters are working around the clock knowing every effort will finally at some point get the massive rim fire under control. Its been a long last couple of days. Reporter the estimated cost of this fire almost 13 million. Im camby brown for kpix 5. The fire has forced the closure of two main roads into groveland leavings businesses struggling as people cant get to them. Smoke from the fire is blanketing reno more than 100 miles away from the flames. People are complaining about sore throats, eyes and coughing. Pollution warnings are extended and fundraising Outdoor Activities have been canceled. Poor visibility prevented care flight air ambulances from responding to some emergencies. In 15 minutes, several people are hurt in two east oakland shootings. The first happened around 2 p. M. Yesterday at 80th avenue. Someone tried to rob an ice cream vendor and shot him. He is in stable condition. The second shooting happened in the 1300 block of 104th avenue 15 minutes later. Police investigated there. Police say one woman, one man and two children suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. The suspect is on the run. A double murder has Police Looking for a killer. Union city police say 911 calls started coming in about 1 a. M. Sunday morning after people heard gunshots near 11th and d streets. Police found two young men one dead the other lying in the street. That man later died at the hospital. Police say they are trying to figure out exactly what happened. These are the first homicides in union city in a year and a half. And in San Francisco, officers responded to this scene at 2 15 sunday morning. Police found an abandoned party bus, a trail of blood and shell casings. These pictures were taken by a kpix 5 viewer. One woman was reportedly hit by a stray bullet. Bliss following the blood trail looking for victims and suspects an hour after the shooting. It happened at 9th and folsom street south of market. The investigation is ongoing. Drivers now have less than three days to figure out how to get in and out of San Francisco without using the bay bridge. The bridge is closing wednesday night for five days of course to finish work on the new eastern span of the bay bridge before it opens to the public next tuesday transportation officials expect other bay area bridges and roads to get crowded. We are counting down here at kpix 5. The bridge will close at 8 00 wednesday night reopen the morning of september 3rd. So make sure you plan accordingly. We have a bay bridge Survival Guide at kpix. Com bridge if you need to figure out a way to get around town. Right. Were already planning. I think ill leave about two hours early. Good idea. Hotel reservations. Not only that. Labor day the unofficial end of summer. Dont say that. I know its already monday, lawrence. Dragging everybody down. Sorry about that, folks. Cloudy skies around the bay area today thick enough were seeing some heavy drizzle out along the coastline. Those low clouds and fog surging onshore overnight starting to fill into the bay and some of the valleys, too. Cloudy skies out over the bay right now. The temperatures though are staying very, very mild. 64 degrees in livermore, 62 in San Francisco, and 64 degrees in san jose. As we head toward the afternoon, well find those temperatures running below the average. 80s inland, a lot of 60s and 70s around the bay and 60s patchy fog out toward the coastline. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. We have a photographer near San Francisco airport in san bruno. Heres a live look at 101 at 380 interchange. Headlights northbound its a smooth ride into San Francisco. Lets get a check of some other bridges around the bay area. Heres a live look at the san mateo bridge. Notice that drive time at the bottom of your screen, 13 minutes right now out of hayward heading towards 101 and the peninsula. Over at the bay bridge they are finally clearing that overnight roadwork. It has been going on since friday. They have those far right toll lanes closed causing huge backups at the bay bridge toll plaza all weekend long. It should all wrap up and the toll lanes should reopen by 5 00 this morning. Otherwise, upper deck traffic looks pretty good all the way towards treasure island. Westbound 580 coming through the altamont pass, you will see not one yellow sensor between the Wind Turbines and the livermore valley. Quick trip all the way out towards the dublin interchange. 880 there is a lot of overnight roadwork this morning including southbound between embarcadero and hyde. That is your latest from the timesaver traffic center. Back to you guys. Thank you. Sources in the Obama Administration say the u. S. Is preparing for possible military action in syria after a suspected chemical weapons attack outside damascus killed hundreds of civilians. Marlie hall reports today the United Nations will begin investigating whether poisonous gases. A warning, some images may be difficult to watch. Reporter white house Officials Say there is little doubt Syrian Forces used chemical weapons to attack civilians in the suburbs of damascus. Aid groups say the alleged attack last wednesday killed more than 300 people including women and children. After days of pressure and meetings with United Nations representatives, sunday the Syrian Government agreed to let u. N. Experts inspect the site of the alleged attack. Syrias information minister says, the regime of president bashar assad has never used chemical weapons. The United Nations team will begin a factfinding monday to determine if poisonous gases were used. But the United States is concerned its too late. U. S. Officials argued days of heavy bombing around damascus likely destroyed evidence of a chemical attack. Defense secretary chuck hagel says president obama is considering a u. S. Response. President obama has asked the Defense Department to prepare options for all contingencies. Reporter many u. S. Lawmakers are cautious about military action. Number one chief objective should be to secure and destroy these chemical weapons. If we have to do it militarily, then as a last resort, then so be it. I certainly would do cruise missiles strikes. I think you can do that without boots on the ground. Reporter some in the International Community including russia say the u. S. Should not take action until the u. N. Team releases its findings. Marlie hall for cbs news, the United Nations. Most americans oppose intervention in syrias civil war. The survey taken by reuters last week shows about 60 say the u. S. Should stay out of the conflict. Only 9 support getting involved. Today a soldier with bay area ties will get the u. S. Militarys highest award. U. S. Army Staff Sergeant ty carter will receive the medal of honor at a white house ceremony. He grew up in antioch and is getting the medal for his courage during a sixhour battle in eastern afghanistan in 2009 when taliban fighters attacked an army out post. Carter says he doesnt like to take credit but he will today. He also hopes to call attention to soldiers suffering from post Traumatic Stress from their time in combat. 4 39 now. Team emirates new zealand has reason to celebrate this week. Sailors breezing past their italian competitors on the bay to take the Louis Vuitton cup over the weekend. They will now challenge team oracle usa for the americas cup next month. This will be new zealands fifth appearance in the last six americas cup races. Reporter San Francisco fog might dampen an airshow or fireworks but its just part of the game for the sailing teams competing to race oracle for the americas cup. New zealand whisked out of the fog to defeat Italys Luna Rossa team. We mean to go on and do the whole deal at the end, you know. We want to bring home the cup. Reporter the win caps a tumultuous summer that saw artemis team member Andrew Simpson killed. Followed by a fierce debate over a physical change to rudders for safety that some teams said would hinder the boats. The alteration was tossed out. Despise criticism of the americas cup as an overbehind billionaires sport, bay area sailing fans flocked to watch and defend the races. Absolutely. I cant think of a prettier venue and the fact that they are still racing the 45s after this is over, i think the excitement is there and people are really enjoying it and i think thats doing a great deal for the sport. Reporter just three super hightech 72foot catamarans competed to take on oracle for the americas cup. New zealand became oracles challenger. The winner of the Louis Vuitton cup, Emirates Team new zealand. Reporter the skipper was asked about taking on oracle. They are Getting Better all the time so hard to say what exactly their strength it. Its hard to see any weaknesses. Reporter it was nearly a year ago that oracles 72 footer collapsed in strong winds during a training run on the bay. No one was hurt but it took months to complete 2 million in repairs. 3. 5 months later oracles rebuilt boat was back on the bay catching up on lost training time for the ultimate race for the americas cup against the winner of the Louis Vuitton couple of who we now know to be the kiwis. Give them one last congratulations. Ladies and gentlemen, Emirates Team new zealand reporter in San Francisco, don knapp, kpix 5. A little bit of champagne there. The showdown between oracle and new zealand starts september 7. A problem with the pipes in san rafael causing quite a stink with residents. Why they are saying enough is enough. And you could soon see some remotecontrolled helicopters flying over the skies of napa valley. How these little devices could mean big things for the wine industry. When we come back. , people go to a Mattress Store and essentially they just get sold something. We provide the exact individualization that your body needs. 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A great white shark sighting monday prompted a five day closure. The shark appeared in waist Stinson Beach reopened over the weekend. A shark sighting last monday prompted a fiveday closure. The great white appeared in waist deep water but there have been no sightings since. People living in one san rafael neighborhood are saying enough is enough. They just cant take the stench coming from a dried up lagoon. Kpix 5s brian webb talked to some of the neighbors there who say they are tired of getting the runaround. Reporter something smells fishy around the spinnaker point area of san rafael. No, really. It stinks it smells like sewage. Rotten eggs. Horrible fishy. Reporter when the rain stops falling, these lagoons dry up fast. The water wont even reach the lowest levels measured on this post. And it leaves behind a moist decaying chalky bottom that reeks to high heavens. You can see people now beginning to wear masks as they have gone around it. That bad. Reporter apparently, these pipes back here are the problem. Residents tell me they are broken back in there, hardly letting any water in from the bay. You can tell today its hardly a trickle. It gets warmer during the summer months, then those organisms start to decay and so they sink. Reporter going on two years now, the city and corporate Property Owners have turned up their noses at fixes the pipe problem each blaming the other and residents are sick of it, literally. Significant chest problems over the last year, and i have been on medication for six months. And i just had my last scan two days ago. So im not too happy with this kind of situation. When are you going to fix this . Its making us sick. Reporter so until pipes are repaired and rains start to fall, this Beautiful Community of san rafael will continue to stink. Reporting from san rafael, brian webb, kpix 5. The city of san rafael has gotten a permit now to clean out and repair the pipe to allow a small amount of bay water back into the lagoon. That would be bad, wouldnt it . Heres the good news, you live on the water. Heres the bad news, it stinks along the embarcadero we get that at certain times of year. Low tide in a lot of places. Smell that rotting stuff there. Breakfast, anyone . [ laughter ] around the bay area today, we have some low clouds and fog that have surged onshore. It looks like its a great start to the day but by the afternoon, we should see a whole lot of sunshine. A little drizzle, though, as you approach the coastline. Things thick there. But by the afternoon, we should start to clear out except some coastal fog continuing and then below normal temperatures today and probably for the foreseeable future. Got this trough just camped out along the west coast pumping in that cooler marine air. That is going to keep the temperatures down quite a bit. So with that in mind, headed around here, temperatures down even around the state around 88 degrees very comfortable for this time of year in sacramento. 93 where they are fighting the fires in yosemite. And 77 in lake tahoe. Clouds going to try to break up a little bit pulling back toward the coastline in the afternoon but hugging the coast in the latter part of the day. Temperatures are going to be comfortable. You will still see 78 degrees in san jose, 73 in fremont, 63 pacifica. East bay numbers up into the 80s, maybe some mid80s in the warmest spots. And then 60s and a few 70s inside the bay. Next couple of days, well watch those temperatures kind of hovering about the same point but then actually cooling well below the average this next weekend. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. And unfortunately, we got a little bit of an earlymorning backup if you are traveling into oakland. Its the northbound lanes of 880 between fruitvale and embarcadero. Various lanes blocked scheduled to wrap up in the next 10 to 15 minutes but as you can see at the very top of your screen you have to look at the very top you can see a little bit of a bottleneck growing in those northbound lanes because of the overnight roadwork and the drive time is actually in the slow category 22 minutes right now between 238 and the maze. You can see it here on the road sensors. So this is a live look again. As you approach high street it looks like it bottlenecks to the embarcadero exit towards downtown oakland. Now, except for that things look pretty good around the rest of the bay area. Heres a live look through the altamont pass. 14 minutes to take you out towards the dublin interchange where we have another live Traffic Camera right here. Westbound 580 looking good this morning and it continues to move well all the way out towards 238 and the Castro Valley y. Bart also so far running on time all bart lines including those heading towards downtown San Francisco look pretty good at this hour. Thats your latest timesaver traffic. Back to you. Thank you. 4 49 now. Japanese technology is meeting California Wine making in the skies over the napa valley. Kpix 5s don ford shows us how remotecontrolled aircraft could soon make agriculture more efficient. Reporter its kind of small, but this remote controlled helicopter from japan could have a big impact on the napa valley vineyards. This is very new for cali