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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition July 11, 2014

Clear it. More on your friday forecast with lawrence. A lot of clouds again this morning. We are seeing some heavy drizzle along the coastline so watch out for that early on. Some of the monsoonal moisture making its way through the Central Valley again. In fact we have seen some thunderstorms popping up there over the last couple of hours. Scattered showers there continuing north in the sacramento area. Still, a little unsettled toward the afternoon. Out the door, the temperatures a little mild this morning. 50s and a whole lot of 60s and by the afternoon, we are going to help to clear out your skies in most spots and send those temperatures up into the 60s and 70s inside the bay. 70s and 80s in the valley. 60s with patchy fog along the coastline. Well have a look at the weekend forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Back to you. Developing news in san leandro. Two people are in the hospital, their dog and cat are also being treated this morning. Thats after their apartment caught fire in san leandro. Kpix 5s anne makovec is in the ashland area of Alameda County with the latest. Reporter good morning. Its a wonder this did not turn into a worse situation. You can see the window here behind me on the bottom apartment. Thats where this fire started. It didnt even spread to the apartment above it. Firefighters made very quick work at this fire. Two people and two pets though were injured here on 159th avenue. Looks like the fire started in the kitchen. A man who lives here had first , second and thirddegree burns to his face and chest. He was taken to st. Francis hospital in San Francisco where they have a specialized burn unit. A woman was taken away as well with smoke inhalation. She is expected to be okay. But check out this video, a dog and a cat, they suffered from severe smoke inhalation. Firefighters had to give them oxygen at one point. Firefighters did not know if the dog and the cat would make it but they are both at the emergency vets right now. And they are expected to survive. This fire broke out at about 1 00 this morning. Right now its still under investigation but we think its probably attributed to cooking. Reporter the fire was contained to the kitchen of that apartment. Crews had it out in 10 minutes. No damage to the other apartment in the building. There were three here. Anne makovec, kpix 5. The woman is responding to treatment at a local hospital after she was seriously injured during an attack following yesterdays giants game in San Francisco. It began with an argument outside the stadium shortly after the giants lost to the oakland as. One man punched another man in the face. And then investigators say the woman who was wearing an as cap tried to break up the fight. She was also hit in the face and then hit her head on the sidewalk and lost consciousness. Witnesses told police that two male suspects drove away in a gold tundra pickup. A shootout at a north bay Jewelry Store put a robbery suspect in the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. A second suspect is still on the loose this morning. The shooting happened during a botched robbery attempt at a small Jewelry Store in santa rosa. Kpix 5s joe vazquez has comments from the store manager who shot back. Reporter witnesses say the two men Wearing Masks moved quickly into the store. Within seconds, the first barrage of gunfire. An employee was hit. So were both suspects. The first guy came out and he kind of was wobbling and he got into his mustang, a red mustang, and then more shots fired and the other guy came out shortly after and collapsed right there in the street. [ sirens ] Reporter Police arrived and took the severely wounded suspected into custody, then paramedics rushed him to the hospital. About a quarter mile away chopper 5 over the scene of a Shopping Center where police say they recovered the getaway car that red mustang. Neighbors were ordered to shelter in place. Stay inside while officers and their dogs went door to door looking for that suspect who got away. That search was later suspended. Im just glad i was here today. Reporter tyvisscher the store manager wont say whether he shot the gunman. My main concern is for my employee suzanne. She is doing fine. I just want to say thank you to the community. Reporter he says the employee who was shot in the arm is expected to survive. Huge amount of concern goes towards suzanne. If she is seeing this, we, uhm, we love you, and, uhm, sorry you had to go through this today. Reporter joe vazquez, kpix 5. The store employee suzanne was treated and released. A year ago three men from the east bay were arrested after a robbery at the same store. A strange twist in the case of a prostitute and a google executive. The woman accused in a heroin overdose death in santa cruz had a boyfriend in georgia who died the same way. Now police there are taking a second look at Alix Tichelman in connection with that death. No conjecture, just looking at the similarities of the two situations. But obviously, were going to go back and look at it and make sure that everything that we determined to be correct almost a year ago is still factual and still accurate. After Forrest Hayes was found dead on his yacht in santa cruz, police say tichelman searched online for information on legally defending herself after giving a lethal dose of heroin. A weeklong wildfire burning near the solanoyolo county line is now 92 contained. But thats after burning nearly 6500 acres at Monticello Dam near the southeast shore of lake berryessa. With full containment expected soon, some firefighters are being sent elsewhere. Cause of the fire unknown. A wildfire in the state of washington keeps getting bigger burning more than 18,000 acres near entiat in the central part of the state. The fire started on tuesday. So far, a dozen homes have been evacuated. And another 200 homes are considered threatened. A spike in the number of west nile virus cases among birds in the south bay has Vector Control officials concerned. So far this year, Santa Clara County has logged 286 infected birds. Thats about 60 of all the cases in california. Three times the number found in the county in all of last year. Possible early warm temperatures and lack of rainfall are causes for the jump. Happening today, a woman with a name similar to that of a famous aviator will land in oakland to complete an around theworld trip. Her full name is Amelia Rose Earhart and is not related to Amelia Mary Earhart who vanished during a solo flight in 1936. When the 31yearold amelia rose lands this afternoon she will become the youngest woman to travel around the globe in a singleengine plane. Someone is organizing a Scavenger Hunt in which marijuana is the jackpot. The bay area quest hunt will take place saturday. Its open to any medical marijuana card holder to pays 35 bucks to enter. The newspaper says it sent an email and made a phone call to the unknown organizers google voice number and so far, no response. For the 12th Consecutive Year thousands of people will take part in the avon walk for Breast Cancer this weekend. Participants will walk up to 39 miles over two days to raise money and awareness. All funds will be donated to local Breast Cancer organizations. Walkers start tomorrow at 7 a. M. At fort mason in San Francisco and then cross the Golden Gate Bridge and then go make an overnight stop in corte madera. 8 minutes after 6 00 on this friday. Finding parking in san franciscan be like finding a needle in a haystack and why it might be harder soon. Well have that at 6 30. Heres another clue for you today. What is blue, white and red . And no, im not talking usa. Wheres roberta . As the news continues on kpix 5. A lot of clouds this morning, even some heavy drizzle along the coastline. What about your weekend forecast . Well talk about that coming up. And mass transit so far clear on this friday morning including bart with more than 46 trains all on time. Well take a check. Roads after this break. ,,,,,,,, oh chris, did you remember to pay the dog sitter . Oh i knew i forgot something. Ill just do it now. Well, were boarding. No, ill use citi mobile. Takes two seconds, better safe than sorry right . Yeah who knows if well even get service on the islands . What no service . Seriously . No electricity, were going to make our own candles, were going to churn our own butter. Oh, we lost one. Cant leave a bag unattended. Bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. Were movin and groovin with gasoline that cleans. Chevron with techron. Care for your car. Going digital. The game appropriately recognized by its twitter handle. sfhiddenbitcoin will continue around the the hidden cash Treasure Hunt popular around the area is going digital. Hidden bitcoin will continue around the city for the month because whats being hidden now are bitcoin. The millionaire behind the account is going around distributing little plastic cards containing. 033 bitcoin. That is, onethird of 1 10 of 1 of a bit coin. Oh, boy. Every day there will be a new card hidden in the area. When it comes to air travel it may demand what airline you fly to get there on time. The carriers with the worst record for ontime performance were express jet, envoy air and southwest. The best performing airlines were hawaiian, alaska and delta. Google is rolling out a major update to its popular app for android. The latest version helps you discover new places, includes restaurant reviews and will reroute you mid trip if theres traffic ahead of you. The update also makes it more difficult to [ indiscernible ] for offline unions. It will be easier for the ferry between larkspur and San Francisco. Changes are planned beginning in september. There will be an additional afternoon trip from San Francisco to larkspur. All the Afternoon Services will use faster ferries that can make the trip in 30 minutes. The schedule is being revised for ferries who leave San Francisco every 15 minutes in the afternoon. It may ease up congestion. Thats the theory. Speaking of congestion who would have guessed . Go to traffic next. [ laughter ] well show you what it looks like if you are hitting the roads from marin county to San Francisco. They just did the lanes changes. Four southbound lanes open in the commute direction and you can see everything is flowing really nicely. Also, a lot of fog in our Traffic Camera once again. Lawrence will have an update on your forecast show you where its the foggiest coming up in just a minute. In the meantime if you are hitting the bay bridge its now backed up through the maze at least 20 minutes to get you on the span. They turned the metering lights on about a half hour ago. The approaches still look okay including 580 and im not seeing any major brake lights yet. Westbound 580 through the Livermore Valley different story. The heaviest traffic is from 205 to vasco and then it loosens up a little bit but that drive time is about a half hour between the Altamont Pass and the dublin interchange. South bay everything is clearing 85, 87, 101 and 280 through downtown. Highway 17 fine out of the santa cruz mountains. 12 minutes between 280 and 237. And only about 11 minutes between 101 on 280 between there and cupertino. And heres a live look at another bridge. The approach to the Richmond San Rafael bridge toll plaza, slight delays but obviously nothing big to slow you down into marin county out of the east bay. Mass transit good including the ferries which we just talked about, bart systemwide on time, as well. Lets get a check of your forecast now. Heres lawrence. We are seeing some heavy drizzle at the coastline this morning. We are seeing puddles on the road. So watch out for that. Otherwise hidef doppler scanning the skies. We are seeing some showers in the Central Valley with thunderstorms overnight toward chico and redding. Some of the showers are rotating in that direction. All that from the monsoonal moisture. Toward the afternoon we are expecting our skies to begin to clear out. Temperatures will be warming up nicely. But there will be an afternoon breeze to keep from you getting too hot. Much warmer temperatures over the weekend maybe back into the 90s in some of the valleys. Right now, High Pressure over the four corners sending some moisture in our direction. Same with the low kind of funneling that moisture up into california. Bringing some of the monsoonal clouds in that direction, as well. Temperatures in the Central Valley 80s and 90s. Be careful heading to the high country. You could see some thunderstorms in the afternoon over the sierra nevada. And also parts of northern california. Temperatures around the bay area today should be fairly mild and cool toward the coastline mainly in the 60s there. Low clouds and fog and the fog going to surge back onshore overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, well see a lot of sunshine in between. 79 degrees in san jose. About 74 in fremont. 74 and breezy in hayward this afternoon. 70s and 80s inland. Then inside the bay looking at temperatures in the 60s and also the 70s. Sunrise time at 5 57. Sunset tonight at 8 33. And as we look out over the next couple of days, we are going to watch those temperatures looks like they will be warming up saturday and sunday. Cooling back down a few more monsoonal clouds middle of next week. Thank you. It is time for our friday feature, wheres roberta . Our Roberta Gonzales is somewhere in the bay area and she gave us an on air clue earlier. So roberta, where are you . Reporter do you have any idea at all. No. I thought a sports figure. But thats about it. Yes, you are at a sports figure. Thats the where you are. [ laughter ] no, i mean, talked to a sports figure. Thats what i meant. [ laughter ] we dont know. Reporter all right. Okay. Well, i finally stumped you guys. Finally stumped you guys. Welcome to beldon place in the city of San Francisco otherwise known as the french quarter. And this is one of many scenes of this weekend celebrating bastille day. But there is a bigger celebration going on north of the Golden Gate Bridge and we take you there with this weeks edition of wheres roberta . Reporter preparations are in high gear from the chopping to slicing and dicing, decorating pastries and prepping staff. Bastille day is monday and the community of yountville is ready. But lets back up. Bastille day is the French National day commemorating the beginning of the french revolution with the storming of the bastille. So why celebrate in the north bay . Worldrenowned chef Thomas Keller tells us why. Its a party really, you know, its the french equivalent of the 4th of july. All kinds of food, then of course all the desserts, the macaroons, its a full day of festivities. Reporter at chef kellers restaurants across the country three restaurants are preparing for bastille day. All you have to do is make sure that youre careful, always use two hands, and have some finesse. Dedication and commitment to do a better job than yesterday. Thats inspiring. Reporter so thats it. All i need to do is do it faster but with finesse. Finesse is the most important factor. Reporter what is chefs keller inspiration for his cuisine . The ingredients we have around us are also full [ indiscernible ] we have to be aware and open to those moments when we can be inspired so we can embrace that moment. [ sound effects ] [ laughter ] reporter i want to say thank you to the magnificent chef Thomas Keller for his time with us. If you want more information about this Wonderful Party celebration of food, wine and lots of stuff for the kids and zydeco music, visit us online at kpix. Com and click on links and numbers. Its going to be a wonderful time and they are also going to have a big monitor for the world cup finals. Thank you. Sounds great. Now you made us hungry. Thanks. Perfect. It is now 19 minutes after 6 00 6 00. Where will lebron james go . The Major Economic impact. If king james decides to go back to cleveland. Good morning, everybody. I have the bay bridge finale cup. Could the as take three out of four . Could tim hudson slow down the hot as . Answers coming up. Whats cool about your school or your summer camp . Well, let us know by emailing your nomination to coolschools kpix. Com. We may come and feature your school or camp on the show. Play o the day from major, 737. 737. Right there . You guessed it. How do we save on operational costs . With the Worlds Largest fleet of boeing 737s. One of the many ways we bring you 69 airfares. Limited time sale fares starting as low as 69 oneway. If it matters to you, it matters to us. Book now at southwest. Com. Good morning, everyone. When tim hudson decided not to return to the as and instead signed with the giants, oakland went with plan b, scott kazmir. Yesterday, the twofaced off at at t in the bay bridge series finale. Giants trying to get a split. Kazmir picked up his 11th win of the season. No runs, three hits in seven innings and struck out nine. At 113, he could start in the allstar game. Hudson dropped to 76 after starting the year 62. 5th inning steven votings two out rbi single makes it 20. Next inning as all over hudson. Josh donaldson named to the American League home run derby, 20th home run of the year, 40. Here comes vogt again off lopez, two runs double into right center, 60 all runs charged to hudson. Vogt three rbis. Oakland wins 61 to tak

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