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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition January 29, 2015

Closed down here mission at 22nd. You mentioned one person died in the fire. 6 people were injured and 40 people were left homeless this morning. Debris falling from the building on to the street below last night. This fire was intense as you can see. Parts of the ceiling of this mixed use building collapsed making fighting this fire very, very difficult. It started before 7 p. M. The top floor of that building is all homes so firefighters were working fever,ly to search for people who may still be inside the building while trying to keep the fire from spreading. But there came a point where they just had to step away. That was an allout evacuation call for the firefighters to first of all we made the call to get them off the roof because the roof became untenable. Reporter six people were taken to the hospital and one man, who was evacuated from the building, died. The red cross is now helping about 40 people who lived in the building find another place to stay. There were a lot of witnesses. This is a very busy neighborhood in San Francisco. Check out this video, one of many clips posted last night on social media. Now, firefighters say it doesnt look like arson played a role in this fire. But investigators are still working to determine the cause. Right now live in San Franciscos Mission district anne makevoc, kpix 5. Are you ready for weather . Yes, i am. I know whos ready, yes. Im ready for weather 24 7. We know that. We are wrapping up january on a historic note but right now we to get you out the door and what you can anticipate are temperatures like this. Its in the upper 40s in oakland through alameda. 49 mountain view. Suisun bay low 40s. 42 napa into sonoma and glen ellen. Todays High Temperatures under a sunshiny sky. 61 degrees at the seashore to the mid60s around the bay and into your inland areas. These numbers are still averaging a good five to 10 degrees above average for this time of the year. Northwest breeze 5 to 15 miles per hour. We have a carbon copy in your forecast for friday. Warmest day of the weekend will be saturday, flirting with near or record warmth. Well increase the cloud cover on saturday leading to a slight chance of sonoma showers on monday. Im not going with it at all. But i got to tell you as we wrap up the month of january on saturday, boy, we have zero measurable rainfall for San Francisco. Last year. 6. Well have more at 5 18. Thank you, roberta. Out the door some people got to get to work on time. And unfortunately we have a couple of issues on the road right now. If you are traveling near the Castro Valley y, one lane of 580 is blocked right before you reach 238. Its close to Three Crosses church and drivers are coming up on the scene quickly so be careful. We havent seen too much of a delay in the area. You just heard anne makovec live at the scene of the earlier fire huge fire in the Mission District last night. Crews are blocking mission and 22nd so avoid that area. If you are heading into San Francisco right now from the east bay the bay bridge toll plaza, cash lanes are completely cleared out. So no longer seeing any delay. And no metering lights. Checking the Golden Gate Bridge now, i just saw zipper crews a little while ago so they should have four southbound lanes in the commute direction out of sausalito. You are problemfree from san rafael. Back to you guys. Thank you. Mayor sam liccardo vows to make changes after a san jose woman was killed in an alleged street racing crash. Kpix 5s kiet do is live at the crash scene where theres a growing memorial to the victims. Kiet. Reporter this is one of the larger makeshift memorials we have seen in recent memory here in san jose. We are talking about dozens of candles and stacks of flowers and stuffed animals and balloons. There have been increased patrols along this stretch of yerba buena road. Now the city of san jose is making it a priority to do something more permanent. 24yearold kiran pabla was jogging along the road on monday afternoon when Police Say Two drivers were racing, their cars collided, veered off the road and then pinned her against a tree. Friends and family gathered at the scene yesterday evening to pay respects and among the crowd mayor sam liccardo who said this onemile section with no stops will soon have electronic signage. My thought is we need to do something to this roadway and i know that the department of transportation is hard at work now and will be getting [ indiscernible ] trailers throughout soon. [ inaudible ] [ cursing ] and there was an emotional outburst from the victims family as one of the drivers appeared in court yesterday. Investigators say the two drivers were street racing although they did not know each other. Police and the department of transportation say the accident rate on this road is typical when compared to other roads in san jose. Nonetheless, changes are coming. Live in east san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Stunning development. More than four years after that deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno, agents from the state Attorney Generals Office have reportedly searched the home of a former pg e executive and a former president of the states Public Utilities commission. The chronicle says its connected to an investigation into possible bribery and obstruction of justice. Michael peevey ended his run as the cpuc president last year. Brian cherry was one of three pg e executives fired in september. The Measles Outbreak that started at disneyland in Southern California has grown to nearly 100 cases. Don champion reports they are reported in eight states and mexico. Reporter the state department of Public Health in arizona says as many as 1,000 people may have been recently exposed to the measles virus. At the phoenix area urgent care and specialty clinic, 200 people are being monitored. Dr. Tim jacks daughter maggie may have been exposed at the clinic. She is battling leukemia and cannot be vaccinated. Theres a father side of me thats just [ censored ] and angry and wanting to protect my family. Reporter in arizona, there are now 7 confirmed measles cases. Nationwide, cases climbed to 95 wednesday in eight states including michigan, arizona, utah, washington, colorado, oregon, and nebraska. The vaccine works by having a critical number of the population receiving the vaccine and then that disease is not prevalent in the community. Reporter the outbreak links back to two disneyland and disney california adventure visitors in december. California Health Officials say the outbreak is not just connected to park visitors anymore but now to the broader community. Its troubling considering measles is one of the top two contagious viruses known. We have given people a false sense of security and in situations like this outbreaks like this that really remind us of the importance of these diseases and really the benefit of vaccines. Reporter most of the infected were not vaccinated. Don champion, cbs news, new york. Last year the u. S. Had a record 644 measles infections in 27 states. The disease had been largely eliminated in the year 2000. Theres a deadline about an hour and a half from now for saving two hostages being held by isis. The terror group is holding a japanese journalist and a jordanian fighter pilot. Isis threatens to kill them in jordan fails to release a failed female suicide bomber. Federal regulators have approved their final report on a fire at chevrons richmond refinery in 2012. The fire started with an oil leak from a corroded pipe. The report found chevron had known the pipe was subject to corrosion but did nothing about it. It also says too many people were too close to the leaking pipe. And it recommends the city and county establish an Oversight Committee to monitor safety at the refinery. Its 5 09. Its been more than a month since the airasia plane crashed into the java sea. Now some new details are coming out on who was flying the plane moments before it went down. Plus, an epic blizzard pounds the northeast region dumping more than two feet in some parts. And now forecast he is are warning people in that area now forkers are warning people in that area of now forecasters are warning people in that area with more bad weather. Near and recordbreaking temperatures in the bay area. Well pinpoint which day is the warmest. We learned that two muni lines are being rerouted around the scene of the earlier fire in the Mission District. Well show you how its affecting the morning commute. 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. Female announcer save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Even get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Keep more president s in your wallet. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now your ticket to a better nights sleep good morning. Welcome back to kpix 5 morning news. Were taking a look out from San Francisco towards the bay bridge east where currently in San Francisco it is 50. Oakland 48. Both sites no wind. Above average temperatures today but ill tell you when you can expect rain thats straight ahead. Thanks, roberta. New englanders still digging out from this weeks blizzard and now they are getting ready for mow snow over the weekend. Two weather systems could bring significant snow to the region again in the coming days meanwhile they are cleaning up. For one massachusetts man, this weeks storm was a frightening and painful experience. He was injured by flying glass needed 70 stitches in his face. After i got whacked, i was scared because i was bleeding so much. And once i got a towel on it and got into my truck, you know, i calmed down then. A hearty bunch. The snowstorm was considered the sixth biggest in the boston area since 1935. New this morning, a lead investigator in airasias fatal crash says the [ indiscernible ] pilot was controlling the plane before it went down in the java sea. Authorities say this information has come to light after the planes cockpit voice recorder was found. The copilot was controlling the plane before it crashed. The plane climbed at a high rate before plunging into the ocean. 162 people were on board in last months flight from surabaya to singapore. Only 70 bodies have been recovered. A storm damaged stretch of highway one set to reopen on highway one. Last months storm washed out a section of the road between mill valley and muir woods. Caltrans had to shore it up with a retaining wall and repave it. Because the weather has been so dry through january, caltrans has been able to finish the repairs ahead of schedule. It will reopen by noon today. If you live in muir woods thats a welcome sight. The detour added 25 minutes. Its 5 14. Lets check in with liz for our traffic report. Back out to San Francisco. We got a call from a spokesman from muni saying theres some muni reroutes because of that fire last night in the citys Mission District that large apartment fire. Muni lines 14 and 49 are being rerouted away from mission near 22nd. Its being rerouted to south van ness. So heads up were not sure how long thats going to be in effect. But again, those two muni lines are being rerouted as well as city streets in the area. 22 and mission are closed to vehicle traffic. So basically avoid the area if you can. Bart crews are still on the scene. Fire crews are still on the scene. Anne makovec will have an update on the fire from last night in just a little bit. Heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Pretty good so far this morning coming into San Francisco. Metering lights are off. And the roadwork is already clear into the city once you reach the incline. Left lanes are open. Heres a live look at the golden gate go. No issues in marin county since we have been on the air. Everything is quiet from novato down southbound 101 to sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge if you are a Silicon Valley commuter, dont want to forget about you folks, 880 237, there is a live look. Everything is great between milpitas and sunnyvale. You can see all the green on the sensors. In fact, much of the south bay is still problemfree and relatively quiet. 880 the roadwork has officially cleared on southbound 880. We were waiting for it for a while. No longer there all wrapped up and these taillights thats traffic heading into downtown oakland and thats all moving fine from san leandro. Altamont pass, one of our first spots to slow down, heaviest traffic kind of your usual stuff out of tracy on 205 and loosens up past north flynn. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. What does roberta have in store . Lets check the forecast. No rain thats for sure. Good morning. If you are heading out, lets take a look at san jose. Actually what were veering towards is levis stadium. You can see it there in the distance under a partly cloudy sky. Currently in san jose its 45 degrees. Winds are calm, relative humidity at 84 . Numbers are stacked up from the 40s to the 50s except santa rosa currently at 39 degrees. We have visibility there down to a mile due to fog. Central valley fog. Hazy sunshine with moderate air quality. Mild temperatures above average and we have a long period swell over the outer waters. That will cause us some sneaker waves at high tide and certainly some big breakers near the reefs and the sandbars during low tide. High pressure firmly in control will continue to warm the bay area through the end of the month which is saturday. That means the month of january will go down as the driest ever for San Francisco. It will be the driest month of january ever for san jose, as well. In fact, this month of january will be the number one driest january in the weather record books dating back to 1850 so when will it rain . My longrange computer model suggests february 6. Until then, 69 at the state capital. 72 in redding. 64 in fresno. Heading to the greater lake tahoe area, we have springlike conditions. Kirkwood 2300 acres available for boarding and skiing. Hey, if you head to alpine meadows, your ski ticket also gives you ample opportunities to ski at squaw valley for free. Sun and clouds there today with 20 lifts available. Locally were talking about hazy sunshine, northwest wind 5 to 15 miles per hour. 61 in pacifica through 67 degrees in oakland. Outside number today actually 69 in gilroy. The warmest weekend day will be saturday with record temperatures. We have High Pressure in control through wednesday even though monday it clouded up a bit. Theres an area of low pressure to the north of the bay area that wants to skim across Mendocino County producing light rain but no rain for us here. Longrange forecast predicts february 17, juliettes birthday, it will be dry. Rain on february 6 and 7. Thank you. Time now 5 19. San francisco has rolled out a campaign on Electronic Cigarette health education. The citys tobaccofree project is being called the first of its kind in the country. Its running in bart and muni stations and buses for the next month. The Campaign Comes following a state Health Report warning of cancercausing chemicals in ecigarettes. 5 19. Nhl set to make a big announcement and some big news today for the south bay. Details on the team that will also call san jose home coming up. Hey, good morning, everybody. You want sports . I got sports. I got the aussie open and i got 49er news. Hold on to something. And whats cool about your school . Email your nominations to us at coolschools kpix. Com. We may come and feature your school on the show. Whats that thing . I moved our old Security System out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. Why dont you switch to xfinity home . I get live video monitoring and 24 7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. Hear ye the awkward teenage one has arrived dont be old fashioned. Xfinity customers add xfinity home for 29. 95 a month for 12 months. Plus for a limited time, get a Free Security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast. Com xfinityhome. Good morning. Heres a live look at drivers heading to work heading somewhere across the san mateo bridge. Drive time is 13 minutes now Weiner Hayward and foster city. The rest of your commute not quite as good. Well show you your worst spots. Kcbs traffic out the door is coming up. Hey, good morning, everybody over your coffee let me hit you with a little 49er news. As they are going internal to they are going to move jeep chris from the quarterback coachs role down over to the offensive coordinator role. He has been the teams quarterback coach since 2011. He was an offensive coordinator with the chargers, 115 that year. Son keller will be a freshman quarterback at stanford next year. Thats Maria Sharapova against ekaterina makarova. An all russian semi. And it is sharapova 63, 62 to gain the aussie open final against either madison keys or a screaming serena williams. Keys beat Venus Williams in the quarterfinals. She won 76, 62, Venus Williams will look to winner had fifth aussie open. Dawkins coasted in washington. Couldnt be stopped. The huskies did dismiss the center earlier this week. 15 in the first half. Stanford won 8474. They are 62 in the pac12. They led that game by as many as 26 points. Thats sports at this hour. Dennis odonnell and his dashing good looks will be back later on today. See you later. [ laughter ] we like you, too, vern. Play of the day now out of the nba. We got portland and cleveland. They are tied at 94. Final seconds we are in the 4th quarter. Watch. On their feet. Shot clock at 7. [ screaming ] are you kidding me how about that . That is a long threepointer. The cavaliers added a couple more, too, and they beat em, 999 4. Your play of the day. It looks like the sharks wont be the only pro hockey team

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