Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition 20140806 : vi

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition 20140806

To embarcadero. But all of it was scheduled to wrap up by 5 00 and again, the drive time only says about 15 minutes in the northbound lanes in the commute direction between 238 and the maze. In fact, your other east bay popular drive times for this time of the morning still look good including the eastshore freeway. No major delay richmond to berkeley or into emeryville. Only about 19 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. And through the Altamont Pass and tracy, still okay even though we are seeing brake lights. Bay bridge no problem into San Francisco. That is kcbs traffic. Back to you guys. Thank you, liz. A bay area woman is in jail in l. A. For hopping a free flight to l. A. X. She is 62yearold Marilyn Hartman. Hartman has been caught several times trying to sneak aboard flights at sfo. Now she is accused of stowing away at Mineta San Jose International airport on a plane southbound to l. A. Hartman is suspected of slipping past tsa agents without a ticket. Officials say she tailgated a family in front of her to slip through security and then she was able to get past the gate agent and board the southwest plane down to los angeles. The mercury news reports she was caught there when the flight attendants counted passengers that were continuing on the flight to phoenix and found one extra person on board. A surprising turn of events in the search for a fisherman whose boat was found in the waters off San Francisco. As betty yu reports, authorities want to find him for more reasons than first thought. Reporter the skipper of this salmon fishing boat had radioed for help before the vessel ran aground on ocean beach. Turns out this wasnt the only kind of trouble he was dealing with. Timothy lybrand, an experienced fisherman, is wanted in santa clara county. There is a 75,000 warrant out for his arrest. He was first arrested in 2010 on drug charges and was picked up again in 2012. There is no indication of where he could be, but it was determined that the likelihood that he is still out in the waters of San Francisco, it wasnt very likely. Reporter after hours of scouring the shoreline, crews called off their search. Authorities believe lybrand could be on the run. Santa cruz police say lybrand was also arrested in 2010 for being a parolee at large. A Family Member tells me lybrand fell into drugs and alcohol at an early age. He also has wrecked a few fishing boats and hasnt spoken to his family in years. In santa cruz, betty yu, kpix 5. As for the potential mess from the boat, the coast guard and National Park service say they will clean up the fuel and any other pollutants. Speaking of boats, a boat from mexico found on the san mateo coast with 5,000 pounds of pot inside. Take a look. All that marijuana there is worth about 23 million. Nine men were arrested. This is the second time a marijuana boat has turned up in the area recently. Back in may, an abandoned boat washed ashore at Pescadero State Beach and inside right there, 1200 pounds of pot. Happening today, a critical vote affecting the future of the oakland as. Kpix 5s anne makovec joins us from the newsroom to explain whats coming up. Reporter this is the final hurdle in whats been a very long road for the as renewing a lease at the oakland coliseum. The 10year deal was approved by the Oakland City Council and Alameda County and now its headed to the Coliseum Authority for the final vote. Under the proposal, the as would get two years notice before any construction gets under way at the coliseum where the Oakland Raiders want a new stadium built. The as want a baseballonly ballpark and have been blocked from moving to san jose. O. Co coliseum has long been ridiculed for issues of plumbing and lighting. Oakland city leaders are still hoping to build a new stadium on that site. The coliseum city plan would include a hotel, offices and housing on the current stadium site along with a new stadium for the raiders and retail center. The city has already spent three years working on that project. Todays meeting of the Coliseum Authority starts at 8 30 a. M. Live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. As coowner lew wolff still hopes to build a ballpark in downtown san jose but the San Francisco giants want to block the plan and Major League Baseball is not giving the as permission to move to silicon valley. San jose has an antitrust lawsuit pending against mlb. Santa Clara County Superior Court system is closing some facilities to deal with a deficit caused by receiving less money from the state. Civil small, claims traffic courts in morgan hill and small claims traffic courts in palo alto will have cases moved to san jose and santa clara and that starts october 6. The family of a fallen cal bears Football Player wants people to know what was lost in his death. People will see what incredible family this is what an incredible family this is, what a tight unit they were the type of relationship. Lawyers began a News Conference by putting up photographs of ted agu. He collapsed and died after Team Conditioning drills last february. The cause of death was an undiscovered heart condition. The family disputes that. It filed a wrongful death suit saying the trainer didnt respond appropriately when agu was in distress. The trainer failed to intercede and stop the activity even though it was known just like in florida that this california athlete had sickle cell trait. Lawyers say the same trainer was working at the university of Central Florida when another player collapsed and died during a similar workout. Cal had no Immediate Response to the lawsuit. And now the very latest developments from the middle east. It is day 2 of a threeday ceasefire between israel and hamas. And its still holding. Israel and palestinian negotiators are in egypt today for talks on a longer term peace in gaza. Egyptian mediators are shuttling between both sides. Some details are emerging about hamas demands now that include an internationally funded reconstruction of gaza to be overseen by palestinian unity government. A second american suffering from the ebola virus is now in atlanta for treatment. A missionary arrived tuesday on a special medical jet from liberia where she and her coworker became infected. The director of the charity for which both patients work says Nancy Writebol is showing signs of improvement. More than 1600 people in west africa have been infected with the virus. Almost 900 have died. It is 5 07 on this wednesday morning. Some scary moments outside a Southern California restaurant when a pet monkey bites a woman. Well hear from someone who witnessed that attack after the break. We are looking at clouds, some showers around the bay area, but more sunshine on the way. Well talk about that coming up. And they are trying to get more lanes open right now on the Golden Gate Bridge in the commute direction getting into San Francisco. Live look at your drive to work its after the break. But first, we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. Ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy kpix. Com. Or tweet me at ewengerkpix and watch to see if your question gets answered on air. Well be right back. ,,,, what the . Foster farms chicken gets to the store in 48 hours or less. But its 4 days to california. Theres got to be another way. That could be any number of items, quite frankly. You know if this flight is less than 48 hours . I sure hope so. What . Foster farms. Celebrating 75 years. Always natural. Always fresh. Join the celebration at take75. Com diverted to minneapolis. I think my giblets are frozen. Save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. Ay at sleep train, choose 300 in free gifts with tempurpedic. Even choose 48 months interestfree financing on the new tempurchoice. The triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. Burglar at work. The man suspected of throwi rock thru a glas a number of tips poured in after we showed Surveillance Video of a san jose burglar. The man suspected of throwing a rock through a glass door and breaking into this cambrian area home is now under arrest. Police had told the homeowner they stretched too thin to investigate property crimes so he took it on his own accord to post the video on youtube. It seems there were plenty of people who were all too happy to let police know who he was. Hundreds of ucla students and staff are getting their cars back. Most of the vehicles are dirty, muddy and probably ruined. Last weeks massive water main break trapped the cars in flooded garages. People got the first chance to see their vehicles yesterday. Some hard to recognize under so much dirt and grime. The damage was extensive inside the cars, as well. Thigh inside is so bad. Theres a little bit of water. I didnt i think this has been filled with water actually. 400 cars were damaged. Insurance adjustors were at the site to help all the owners out. Can you imagine . That was a nice mercedes there. What a bummer, now . Inside and out. In l. A. Of all places. You wouldnt think that. How about some traffic now at 5 12 . Liz, take it away. On the car theme, well talk about the roads and outside, theres a lot of cars moving at the speed limit. I have to say im surprised. Yesterday we had a little bit of slick conditions outside, as well. We had a number of spinouts and this morning its been quiet on our chp reports. So heres a live look near dublinpleasanton. You can see that drive time still in the green. Delays out of tracy the heaviest from 205 to north flynn and clears out. Its typical stuff. No major slowing. No major hot spots. Heres a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge. You just missed the lane change crews. They are trying to get four southbound lanes open in the commute direction. I think they just did. Two in the northbound. You see those flashing lights in the distance. You can see they just left to the toll plaza now heading farther north and heres a live look along the peninsula some of our sensors. They should have cleared all the overnight roadwork. It was near the airport near sfo. Pretty clear from san mateo into San Francisco now and southbound 101 getting into the south bay san jose still looks good, as well. Highway 4 brake lights through antioch and looks great concord to 242 no delay in contra costa county. Bart is on time. Might be a good idea if we start to see some accidents later on this morning and so far, so good with the rest of mass transit. Ace train 1 also left the Central Valley with no problems. Remember kcbs when you hit the roads at 106. 9 fm or 740am. We pool all our information with our radio partners. The roads are a little wet out there. Lets check in our hidef doppler and lawrence. We have some of those showers outside right now. And looks like they will continue at least for the next couple of hours then i think we are heading out of town with the monsoonal moisture and more sunshine foot afternoon. Right now we have showers that have been sliding on through so a little slick outside this morning. Scattered showers this morning and more to come especially in the south bay where the target is moving with rain towards san jose into fremont now and along the coastline into santa cruz. So with that in mind, a few showers to start with this morning but by the afternoon, what a big change. We are going to see a whole lot of sunshine with some clearing skies and much warmer temperatures to come, more sunshine and back to normal the next few days. One last gasp of the storm system the monsoonal moisture being wrapped around that area of low pressure bringing the showers outside for today. If you are traveling around the state, still more showers and thunderstorms in the sierra nevada. 90s into the Central Valley with partly cloudy skies. 72 and leftover showers into monterey bay and you can see computer models handling the monsoonal moisture pretty well this morning sweeping it through early on then through the day skies clear out, fog lingering at the coastline. Temperatures, 80s maybe low 90s inland today. 70s and 80s lots of sunshine this afternoon inside the bay. And 60s along the coastline. And looking out over the next couple of days, here we go. Back to normal not as muggy, either, as the monsoon moves out. Temperatures going to warm up on thursday and maybe a little bit on friday, then cool just slightly but just some minor changes through the weekend. That means some very nice weather for this time of year in the bay area. Keeping you on your toes. This is neat. Havent been able to use the doppler very much but there you go. We like when youre on your toes. I have to, im pretty short. [ laughter ] whatever. [ laughter ] the bay area featured hundreds of historical homes. And most of them are hidden jewels that people dont know about. Roberta gonzales is live at one of those homes in pleasanton this morning. Good morning, roberta. Reporter good morning, michelle. Did i hear lawrence allude to being short . Let me show you this. This is an adobe home and they must have been very short in the 1800s because there is a doorway leading into the alviso adobe home. This was built in 1854. Wrap your head around that. By augustyn bernal. We are off bernal street in pleasanton. Michelle is joining us. As i walked through it, it is so rich in tradition and hit. There was a restoration project that was about five years ago. 4. 5 million spent by the city of pleasanton. Tell us about that. The property has been here since 1854 and we wanted to bring the community into the property and teach them the hit. We restored the property and at the same time recreated the milking barn and the bunkhouse from the meadowlark dairy. Reporter for the most part we have the furniture thats still intact. Yes. Its all from the 19 dating back to the 1920s. Artifacts and furniture dating back to that time period. Reporter its amazing when you look around the structure. I notice the door ways very short. We started off with the adobe house itself. And it walks you through the history of the indians and the mexican spanish tradition. Yes. Absolutely. We represent three eras here. The Agricultural Dairy era, they ohlone area and another era. Reporter there is a new task force formed to bring awareness of to the property. Absolutely. With all our programs this program has been around for five years we want to evaluate it. So we want to hear from the community what they like and what they would like to see the future of the adobe look like so well be forming a task force. Reporter this is extremely important to get this message across right now with school just starting, kids can actually come and learn about the history of this land. Absolutely. We offer school tours starting in september going all through the school year. So students can come and learn about the property. We have free open time where parents can bring their families on the weekends. They can pick up exploration backpacks and discover the property themselves. So we have a lot to offer for students. I have come by here on my bike riding by and i see people on the weekends really tending to the land. Whats that all about . We have a lot of volunteers who help us take care of the property. We have a six acre property here and we really encourage people to come and enjoy the property. We have picnic tables. We have a Community Garden that we allow volunteers to come help us take care of. Reporter michelle and frank were saying earlier that this is one of those hidden gems. Do you feel the same way . Absolutely. This is a great property. Its very unique. We are very fortunate to offer it. Reporter i think this is a great way to get the word out, thought, to people saying, we have a hidden gem in your backyard. Absolutely. A lot of people know that. A lot of people dont. Please come see us. Reporter we made it so easu for everybody at home. All you have to do is visit us online at kpix. Com. Go to links and numbers. Well hook you up with the alviso adobe house built in 1854, sitting in the backyard right here of pleasanton. Reporting live from the tri valley, roberta gonzales, kpix 5. Thank you. Being in front of a live tv camera can be terrifying or thrilling. But for one kid at a county fair in pennsylvania, he seized the moment. Take a look. Tell me about the ride. What did you think about the ride . Well, it was great. Why . Because they are spinning around and every time you get dizzy. Yeah. Get dizzy. [ laughter ] was it fun . Yeah. I have never, ever been on live television. I never, ever been on live television. Are you excited . Yeah and apparently [ indiscernible ] i went down the super slide. When i went down in the water i was scared half to death i freaked out [ laughter ] you know what . Thats a young Frank Mallicoat right there. He is adorable. Cute. What is he, four or five using the word apparently . Apparently, yeah. This was noah ritter. Its his first live tv experience as he said and now he is just an internet sensation of course. He even has his own hashtag, noah the reporter. He was on all the morning shows this week. And making the rounds. What a cutie pie. He is pret ity good. You know being a reporter for years, its hard to know with kids whether they will talk to you or not. When you get a kid like that, you run with it. Awesome, nice job. 5 19. Nasa reaches a major milestone today. All new in the next halfhour the decade long meeting in the making between a spacecraft and comet. Im dennis odonnell. A good news bad news day yesterday for the San Francisco giants. And the as try and extend their lead against the angels in the American League west, coming up. And whats cool about your school or your summer camp . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com. We may come and feature your school on the show. Yankees brendan ryan lost e , [ barks ] whoo mmm oh, yeah [ whi

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