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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition February 16, 2015

California. And lets hope the ice doesnt melt because we have nothing but above average temperatures right now. Nothing but clear skies. Number wise 46 to 56 degrees. Wow. Right now lets go ahead and pinpoint the neighborhoods. Concord 50. Mountain view 50. Later today numbers from the 60s to the low and mid 70s and it will be cooler today than the four consecutive days of recordbreaking temps but look whats happening by thursday. Its the offshore flow with temperatures flirting near 80 degrees again. The roads have been quiet so far. Even at 5 00 theyre quieter than usual. We have one problem spot know in oakland. Northbound 880 approaching 9th. Two lanes are blocked and i got to say of course its a holiday but right now everything is okay. Youre able to get by in the lane other lanes but other lanes but injuries reported in the crash. Hey theres a few cars heading across the Golden Gate Bridge between sausalito and San Francisco. Caltrans taking a break for the holiday as well. And b. A. R. T. On their Early Morning schedule. Theyre in the offering not Offering Service until saturday . Sorry. Not until saturday. Thats a long break. Theyre on a saturday schedule and not Offering Service until 6 00 a. M. We have you covered. Thank you. Its 5 0 now. Some breaking news out of oakland where a fire damaged the school on this president s day holiday. Station decisions Ryan Takeo Kpix 5s ryan takeo joins us live from the Claremont Middle School to let us know whats happening there. Ryan, good morning. Reporter fire crews are still on scene keeping an eye on this. Basically the cafeteria is gutted cheer the fire was really going just about two hours ago. Take a look at this video. Check out the flames from this morning. You really got going at about 2 00 a. M. Someone driving on highway 24 saw smoke and called 911 and you see the fire there raging through a hole in the roof. Firefighters cut that hole in the roof so they could put it out. They did find something unusual when they got here. An open door to the cafeteria building. At the end of a three day holiday weekend. Again, a School Cafeteria on fire at 2 00 in the morning. And an open door is unusual. Reporter theres a fire investigator here on scene. There is only damage to the cafeteria, it didnt spread to any other buildings. And opd just got here on scene as well. Were waiting to talk to one of their sergeants. And if we can, we try and talk to that fire investigator. Well give you updates throughout the morning. Were live in oakland, im take, kpix 5. Ryan takeo, kpix 5. A man hunt is on for two men suspected of killing a Security Guard in san jose. It happened on saturday night on the citys east side at a liquor store. Kpix 5s kiet do is at the spot. Reporter good morning, take a look for yourself here, this makeshift memorial has grown significantly throughout the weekend. This is for a man whos known as being hard working and trying to do the right thing. Friends and family are hoping Surveillance Video and tips come in to help solve the case. On saturday night, two men rushed into the liquors for less grabbed the cigars off the counter and then bolted for the door. Manny alvarez was working security for the club next door and he tried to stop those crooks. One of the suspects pulled a gun fired several shots and one of those bullets struck alvarez and he died later at the hospital a short time later. The Liquor Store Manager says he lost a good friend. Because we work long hours. We want to like fun you know. And we play and we joke around. And you know, right now i cannot find him anymore. And i cry coming here, i cry about 20 minutes. Reporter and the family says they are devastated and they hope that somebody comes forward who knows something about this case. Were live in east san jose, kiet do, kpix 5. Saturday nights shooting was the third murder in san jose this year. Authorities in denmark announced this morning theyve arrested two men suspected of helping the gunman behind two deadly shooting attacks. A defense Attorney Says the two are accused of giving the gunman shelter and then getting rid of the weapon. The gunman killed two people in the weekend attacks in copenhagen and a seminar on free speech and outside a synagogue there. He was later killed in a battle with a s. W. A. T. Team. Today egypt launched air strikes against isis in libya. War planes targeting camps, training sites and weapons storage depots in retaliation for the killing of more than 20 egyptian hostages. On sunday, the Islamic State Group Released a disturbing video showed men dressed if plaque marching in black marching 21 Coptic Christians along a beach and then all were beheaded at the same time. This is a group at war can these videos are a window into that reality. To restrain him in our authorization of him taking military action i think frankly is unconstitutional. Congress is currently debating president obamas request for authorization now for the use of military force against isis. The latest video is among the first emerging from outside the groups core territory in iraq and syria. The white house is getting involved in a labor dispute thats halted activity at major west coast ports including oakland. Labor secretary perez and a federal mediator hope to come up with a proposal that would satisfy the dock workers and shipping companies. Meanwhile, california Citrus Growers say the dispute is costing them millions of dollars every week. Even if it does get resolved soon you have the backlog and that will have to be worked through. Some packing plants are starting to cut their employees hours because theres just not enough work. As for the port, this is the final scheduled day of the president s day weekend shutdown. Shippers and Terminal Operators did in the want to give holiday not want to give holiday pay to the workers behind the ongoing slowdown. Fire department in san mateo might buy a drone. The coastside Fire Protection district says the drone might be useful for searches and rescues along rugged areas of the coastline. District serves halfmoon bay and surrounding communities. Meanwhile, the federal Aviation Administration released a list of proposed rules for the use of drones. Among them operators would have to keep drones in their line of sight. That Means Companies would not be able to deliver small packages by drones something amazon said they would like to do. It will take at least a year before any of the new rules take effect. A midnight deadline now passed to enroll for Health Insurance through covered california. However, if you have started an application, you still have until friday to finish it. Yesterday, workers for covered california manned outdoor booths in oaklands lake merritt area. And anyone who does not have insurance will face financial penalties under the federal Affordable Care act. And happening today, the Kensington Police board will hold a meeting to possibly take action against the police chief. It has to do with the scandal involving Sergeant Keith barrow who paid to have sex allegedly with a prostitute in reno last may and then had the badge and handcuffs and his gun stolen by the prostitute. Now the community is calling for the resignation of the police chief and a recall of some of the Board Members for letting the investigation drag on for months. Barrow now faces suspension. Time now is 5 08. Warriors guard steph curry takes the nba allstar game stage with a very special message. Details on how he honored the life of a big champ. The northeast is waking up to ben chilling bone chilling freeze. How much they expect to see on the ground once this latest round of Winter Weather is done. Boy i just feel their pain. Good morning everybody. Four consecutive days of record heat here in the bay area. Now the change you need to know about. And so far getting onto the bridge, well have more on that plus an update on the oakland crash. 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 flush and watch to see if your question gets answered on air. Good morning everybody, over the fair city of San Francisco where we have experienced four Straight Days record warmth. In fact yesterday a record in the city by the bay of 73 degrees. Cooler conditions today. Well pinpoint your neighborhood forecast as the news continues. Thank you roberta. Take a look at these incredible images of our sun like weve never seen it before. Nasa has spent five years putting together this compilation of time lapse images temperature sun. Scientists are trying to learn what causes eruptions and why it can heat the atmosphere around it thousands of times hotter than its surface. Its part of a bigger project to understand the relationship between the sun and the earth. Wow. Well, president s day is bone chilling cold in much of the northeast. It comes after the regions fourth winter storm in just a month. Which miled another foot of snow on piled another foot of snow on boston. The city already has six foot mounds of snow and is running out of places to dump any new snow. How tire rod you ed are you at this point . Exhausted. Give me a sense of what the blizzard has been like for you all day. Its been airpack in the neck. Its a pain in the neck, its cold out here. My guys are tired. Just cant wait for it to be over. More snow could hit the region as soon as tomorrow. Todays windchills in new england could reach as low as 20 to 40 degrees below zero. Lets take a live look out where we live. San Francisco Airport where theres only a handful of flight chancelations so far today. No cancellations so far in sed or Oakland San Jose or oakland but that could change because of weather conditions back east. Its a better place to live and were living it my goodness. Man inspired by the 2008 beijing olympics set out to travel the world by rickshaw. The chinese farmer is in Northern California continuing his journey down interstate 5. I guess hes walking too. A little bit. He cycled to the london olympics back in 2012 from eastern china. And his goal is to get to Rio De Janeiro for the 2016 games and hes got a little fulltime and looks a time and looks a little tired. Hes sightseeing apparently too. Yeah. Well. Hey. Elizabeth . Yes. I was going to say the everyone had a rickshaw. Then we wouldnt have any problems on the roads. Yeah or too many problems. So yeah. You know . Speaking of problems on the road its been very quiet today. Its a holiday and hopefully you have the day off and hopefully dont have to drive anywhere and can kind of sleep in and harang around a bit at home. A lot of people are and were noticing that through the altamonte pass and love love. Everything is Livermore Valley and everything is much quieter than usual. Finding it hard to find a red sensor looks good to the dublin interchange. On westbound 580. Clear through the dublin grade. So yeah thats a good spot. You cant often say that. And we have much better news kcbs traffic they confirm we have the all clear on northbound 880. It was a growing hot spot for a while. There was a multicar crash approaching 29th. And for a while, a couple of lanes were blocked and injuries reported. And everything looks great now though. From the Oakland Coliseum, where this camera is, all the way up to downtown oakland in the northbound lanes, southbound traffic also looks great heading to Oakland Airport. Suddenly it got dark, thats mill thetas, everything is okay milpitas, everything is okay near the intersection. And mass transit; most mass transit is on the holiday schedule. B. A. R. T. Is on a saturday schedule and dont start for another 45 minutes. Until that 6 00. Golden gate ferries, caltrain and ace also on modified schedules for the monday. If you have any in i requests about your among drive. Tune to kcbs traffic. Theyre the Radio Partners and you can find them at temperature thats the latest from here. Roberta has a nice looking forecast if you like sunshine. Yeah, locally here. But its amazing i just got a phone call from my sons university. University of oklahoma. They have half day today due to ice. Yeah. Big chill going on throughout much of the country. 21 degrees currently in oklahoma. Norman. Take a look at this. Clear skies. Temperatures here 40s and 50s. Wow. Its 56 degrees at this hour in San Francisco. The winds are nonexistent. Thats the scene looking out to the claire valley. Santa clara valley. We have some areas of patchy fog developing along the coast this morning and by the end of the workweek another offshore flow. Resulting in some very breezy conditions and the potential for high fire danger. And as we look ahead, looks pretty bleak. I dont see any kind of rain in the forecast until perhaps february 28th or march 1st. The remaining portion of the month of february were under the influence of this ridge of high pressure. And even though its trying to traverse in the easterly direction, we still have that storm track well to the north of the bay area. So it will be sunny, it will be dry. It will be cooler than the past four days. But nevertheless, temperatures still well above average. Look at the numbers across the country. 22 in new york city today. Freezing as a high in denver. 9 salt lake city. 49 salt lake city. 71 degrees at the state capital in the state of california. Otherwise upper 50s in the high sierra where we saw record breaking high over the weekend as well. Now we have the pebble beach in monterey bay. Highs still above average however approaching 730 degrees. Today, locally approaching 70 degrees in San Francisco. But down from 73 yesterday. And that was a record. 74 in oakland down from 80 which was a record in oakland. And were talking about mid 70s across the santa clara valley. Oh do you suffer from allergies in i do. Heres the pollen count. By the end of the week when we have that offshore flow, pollen will be almost off the charts. Taking a a look at your extended forecast again, no rain this week at all. Offshore flow begins on thursday. Approaching 80 degrees again in our inland areas. All the bay through friday and look at the way through friday and look at the pristine right now out towards the bay bridge. It is quiet and it is just a stagnant weather pattern each and every day. All right roberta thank you. I like the sunshine. But we do need rain. Hey, some large crowds turned out to enjoy the festive atmosphere at the annual Chinese New Year flower fair in San Francisco. What a great weekend for it. It held the weekend before the lunar new year, so families have a chance to buy the traditional holiday plants. The flowers and fruits. Organizers stay two day event over the weekend drew about 400,000 people. Well, it is probably no surprise but fifty shades of grey was tops at the box office this weekend. In fact the erotic drama set a record for president s day weekend and important to note it was also valentines day weekend. Brought in more than 80 million. Kingsman the secret service came in a distant second with 35 million. Spongebob movie. American sniper and jupiter ascending round out the top five. Conan obrien is breaking the late night embargo on cuba. The Hollywood Reporter says obrien filmed some material in havana over and weekend and plans to use it on his show on tbs in march. He is believed to be the first late night host to go to cuba since the trade embargo took effect back in 1962. The two are now working on restoring trade and diplomatic relations. A close call at a bay area golf course this weekend. Details on how a small plane ended up in the middle of the fairway. And good morning everybody. We got a lot to talk about from over the weekend. Especially yesterday. Got the allstar game. Wait until you see this move by steph curry. I just watched it again and again and again. Dont move. And whats cool about your school . On this monday . Email your nominations right here coolschools kpix. Com. We might come out and feature your school on the program. We for over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. I miss my sister. I miss my old school. I miss my room. I dont want special treatment. I just wanna feel normal. To help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. Bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a Foster Childs night a little cozier. Not everyone can be a Foster Parent but anyone can help a foster child. Good morning, checking drive times around the east bay. So far looks great. Still through the Livermore Valley. This is how you know its a holiday. 880 is fine now that they cleared that accident coming into close to downtown oakland. And everything is also cruising right along from berkeley if youre traveling on the east shore freeway. The rest of the roadways and plus tell you about mass transit. Kcbs traffic is all coming up. Welsh pebble beach is one of most beautiful places in the world but theres a caddy who wont have such fond memories. Our photographer says the caddy was looking for a ball during the proam Golf Tournament yesterday when he tumbled down a cliff and landed on the rocks below. First responders quickly reached him. He was then carted off the course and then rushed to a hospital to get treatment for a broken arm. Hey, good morning everyb

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