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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition May 12, 2016

Morning to lady g. Good morning. We start off with an accident involving an overturned vehicle so you might see some delays here south 85 connector to southbound 280. It is over to the Left Shoulder but a lot of activity there on scene. Bay bridge, some roadwork in effect westbound from Center Anchorage to fremont and folsom. Two lanes open until 6 00. Traffic is light but you will see slightly slower speeds across the span and the Altamont Pass starting to get busy. A deadly highway shooting has Pittsburg Police asking who would kill a mother of four . It happened yesterday on 4 Near Railroad avenue exit. She had four kids. Four kids reporter four kids now without a mother and a family desperately pleading for help. Somebody do something, please come forward. We are begging you im begging you. Please come forward. Reporter Shanique Marie was shot and killed on 4. A black sedan that hit the embankment off the righthand shoulder and the suspect vehicle which apparently there were four to five gunshots heard. The vehicle had collided after the vehicle was shot at several times and ultimately caught on fire. Reporter this is what the lexus looked like after it crashed into a dirt em bankment. The family says the car blocked to shaniques boyfriend. He was shot in the arm but will be okay. Shanique didnt make it. This is a young lady gunned down like she was nothing. Reporter this is the second shooting on highway 4 in the past month. Pittsburg police now asking the city for 100,000 to install cameras on the highway to keep drives safe. We have met with the california highway patrol. We have met with local agencies throughout our county. And we are progressively looking for solutions. Reporter cate caugiran, kpix 5. So far police have not arrested any suspects in the case. Pittsburg city council is set to vote next week on the resolution to install cameras. Some Oakland Police officers are accused of Sexual Misconduct with a teenaged girl. The Police Department confirms three officers are on paid leave and an investigation is under way. The Department Released a statement that reads in part, the Oakland Police department will not tolerate misconduct of any kind from its employees. The Oakland Police department holds all employees accountable for their actions on and off the duty. The identities of the accused officers are not being released at this time. A bizarre series of events in Santa Clara County has left two men dead. It began with the shooting death of one man in Redwood Estates in the hills south of los gatos. It ended with a deadly crash on the northbound highway 17 off ramp to hamilton avenue in campbell. The victim was found dead in a home on madrone drive in Redwood Estates. Investigators say that witnesses saw a getaway car and deputies soon caught up with it on 17. The driver crashed into a wall in campbell. The passenger was injured and later died at the hospital. The driver ran but was caught by deputies. This is a see serious crime. Two people this is a very serious crime. Two people were killed. We dont know the association. High speeds down highway 17. Its very dangerous. They were a suspect in a potential suspect in a violent crime. Sheriffs deputies are still trying to find the motive. They are not saying how the people involved are related. Mora ga is making moraga is making sure the sinkhole doesnt trap other drivers. Drivers have access to one lane in both directions and fourway stop in place at rheem and center street. But moraga is still scrambling to find the 3. 5 million it needs to fix the sinkhole. San francisco crews are working to patch up a place where the ground gave way but this sinkhole nearly took a family with it. They could only sit there as the car hovered above this 12x5foot hole on mission near new montgomery street. The family was rescued with ropes. No injuries. Repairs will take another couple days. The broken sewer main likely caused it. The drama is over for drivers in the area. One lane of traffic is open in each direction. People in the bay area are biking to work. Its the 22nd anniversary of bike to work day. 60,000 cyclists stop by energizer stations last year to gain some strength and free snacks and drinks. And all those perks are back at 400 sites across bay area counties and for those who have balance, there are happy hour specials during a trip back home later today. Happy hour specials . Getting on your bike . That doesnt sound like you can get a ticket for being intoxicated on your bike, not that i know personally. The worst thing that ever happened to me is i got a speeding ticket. Wow. How fast were you going . Im the slowest person i know. So i was thrilled. I was doing the happy dance and the cop wasnt very happy. I was going 42 in a 30. 42 on your going downhill and there was a guy a Police Officer with a radar gun. You cant speed on your bike. I got the lecture. You cant drink and bike either. I dont like that at all. Be safe out there. Strap on your helmet for bike to work day. Out the door overcast, its going to take a while to burn off at the coast but well see the early burnoff inland before lunchtime around the bay. 50 now in santa rosa, 55 in oakland. Its in the low 50s in San Francisco. Heres the deal. We have a shield of clouds lined up next to the coast. And its going to take a while to clear out. Well have the complete forecast coming up but right now lets send it over to gianna. South bay on 85 this morning, Police Activity for an overturn. Its southbound 85 connector to southbound 280. Left shoulder, no lanes blocked, slight delays, possible injuries. The rest of the south bay quiet. Tonight its going to be busy. Predators are here, San Jose Sharks hosting them at 6 00 for playoff action. Game 7 do or die here tonight so expect busy conditions on 280, 85 and in the area on surface streets as everyone prepares for the game. Back to you guys. In San Francisco, protestors arent the only ones working to get police chief greg suhr fired. Kpix 5s joe vazquez on the supervisors trying to push the citys police chief out. You need to remove this man. Reporter a small crowd at a Police Commission meeting lights into police chief greg suhr. You have a paramilitary structure. Fire chief suhr. Reporter now the chief is in an even bigger hot seat for the first time several San Francisco supervisors joining the chorus calling for his removal. There is a counter chorus insisting he should stay. Time for us to start a search for a new police chief. I think at this point, chief suhr is a distraction. This is a publicity stunt by one of my colleagues in particular supervisor kim, trying to get headlines, which shes gotten. But this chief is moving forward with needed reforms in the department. This is governing by mob rule and thats not the way we should operate. Chief suhr has to be the one to lead these reforms. No outsider can do it effectively. This Blue Ribbon Panel report that came out is a game changer. Given the serious findings, this chief is not in the place where he can actually effectively implement those changes. Reporter it doesnt tell you anything you didnt really know, right . Its not that new. Well, actually reporter you knew that the department had issues. Its the first no, actually. This is the first time that we have an independent third party coming in and saying, we have looked at how the department operates. And these are our findings. I think thats pretty significant. Reporter joe vazquez, kpix 5. San franciscos mayor weighed in as well in a statement. He says he is standing by his police chief. Two Alameda County sheriffs deputies have turned themselves in to face Assault Charges accused of beating a suspect in a San Francisco alley after a highspeed chase across the bay bridge back in november. The suspect stanislas petrov suffered a concussion and broken hand. He is in custody on other charges, gun and drug charges. The deputies surrendered yesterday. Bail is 140,000 each. Donald trump and Republican Party leaders are set to begin meeting a little more than an hour from now. While the presumptive gop president ial nominee works to unite his party, democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is escalating her criticism of donald trump. More now from hena daniels reporter donald trump heads to washington today looking to build unity with Republican Leaders skeptical of his candidacy. Among them, House Speaker paul ryan who last week indicated he was not ready to endorse trump. We just need to get to know each other. The goal here is to unify the various parts of the party around common principles. Reporter after long boasting about selffunding his campaign, sources say the billionaire candidate is in the process of finalizing a joint fundraising deal with the rnc. Campaigning in new jersey, Hillary Clinton continues to brand her likely republican opponent as unelectable. I think advocating torture, thats a loose cannon. Saying we should pull out of nato, thats a loose cannon. Reporter a recent poll shows the former secretary of state running neck and neck with trump in three key swing states in november. Hena daniels, cbs news. Trump will also sit down with rnc Committee Chair Reince Priebus and other key congressional leaders including Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell. And thats the ballgame the warriors advance thats right. The warriors are moving on after an exciting win in oakland last night. They secured a spot in the nbas westerns conference finals. Blue and gold fireworks lit up the sky above oracle arena shortly after last nights big win. The warriors will next face either san antonio or oklahoma city. Think well have a harder time with san antonio so im hoping for okc but they are going to be tough, too. Were ready were ready individual tickets go on sale tomorrow for the western conference finals. Time now 4 41. A local man hailed as a hero after a little boy goes missing. How the bus driver stepped in to help the boy reunite with his mom. ,,,,,,,, young boy get home safely. Andria borba with the exa stop that made all the difference. April 30th was a typical saturday morning an ac transit driver is called a hero more helping a young boy get home safely. Andria borba reports. We really want to thank you. Reporter april 30 was a typical saturday morning for a woman and her son danny in piedmont. He is doing his typical thing riding back and forth in front of the house. Thats okay. Then i look again and he was gone. And it was the scariest feeling ever. Reporter 7yearold danfully and his racer scooter were headed for downtown oakland. Maya called piedmont pd and the search was on. Riders first noticed him. Further down grand almost a mile from home across harrison ac transit driver ari saw danny. I pulled over the bus and just opened the doors and said, hey, little buddy. Wheres your parents . Reporter for danny, who is autistic, this should have been a scary situation. But fate was aris side. Ever since he was little we ride ac transit very frequently because he loves it. We do it for fun. Like its his favorite thing in the world to do. Reporter ari got danny on the bus and called his boss and helped reunite mother and son 30 minutes later all the while keeping danny occupied talking about skateboards. I think he is the most amazing man in the world he went above and beyond, danny has a simpler form of gratitude. Thank you. Reporter in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. The bus driver says the other passengers were patient with the situation which allowed him to step in and help. A car set off a brush fire in south vallejo. The fire began late yesterday afternoon and burned about 30 acres before firefighters knocked it down. It was along interstate 80 not far from the carquinez bridge. No homes were threatened. Heres a look at whats left of the car that investigators say ignited that brush fire. It was completely destroyed. No injuries firefighters in Ventura County are less worried about dry brush because they have gotten hundreds of goats to eat it. The grass isnt so green on hills like this. So before a tinderbox situation could unfold, fire crews commissioned 450 goats to clear away the brush. And now they are chewing up acre after acre for the next four to six weeks. The fire chief tells us why dry weather has them so anxious. And we still have this dead decadent brush as a result of the years of drought and with these dry grasses, now we have this ladder fuel, these fine flashy fuels that will carry the fire. Ventura county received 15 inches of rain a year on average. So far, in 2015, its only gotten six inches. Do your job. Eat more. The goats are helping out we get them every year outside the oakland zoo. Its a big difference. They were totally lacking any influence of el nino this season. We were the recipients. Good thing there. We have a slight chance of rain in the bay area next week, a slight chance. Starting today with low clouds and fog at the coast inland 50 miles. Thats the embarcadero. I know those lights are supposed to be reflective of the spirits of golden state warriors. Now lets focus on the sharks and so they have the teal and gold lights lit up this morning as you head out. Low clouds and fog at the coast through the bay. Central valley gray this morning. Winds have been picking up at 9 Miles Per Hour in the city. We have 8mileanhour winds in the trivalley. 22 in the fairfield area. The winds will blow 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour during the day and occasionally stronger gusts. Clouds slow to clear at the beaches. One more day of warm weather inland. And again no rain this week but theres a possibility of some showers next week. We have a little bit of light drizzle from the condensation associated with that marine layer. Lunchtime the avenue still socked in, the san mateo coast starting to clear out. Fog pushing back onshore indicative of a summer pattern. We have this area of low pressure out over here. Thats enhancing our marine layer. Its a whack ridge. Its going to its a weak ridge. Its going to break down from the low throughout the weekend. Showers in yosemite. 67 degrees at the beaches in monterey bay through carmel. Sunup this morning 6 02. By the time it sets at 8 11, longer days. 60s beaches, 70s bay and peninsula all the way up to the mid80s. My outside number today about 85 degrees. Pollen still problematic for all of us with allergies. It will go down by sunday. Here we go with the extended forecast. Cloudy skies next week. Lets jump to the south bay now where we have our one and only accident in cupertino. Its on 85 connector, southbound over towards southbound 280. Over turn vehicle now stuck on its roof on the Left Shoulder. Chp on scene there. They called out tow crews to get it off the freeway. Things are okay. Northbound 859 commute direction highway 17 to 101 Mountain View is 12 minutes. No delays on the southbound side. We are talking about it. Playoff action game 7 at 6 00 at s. A. P. As they host the predators. Busy in the south bay affecting your drive on 85, 85 and 280 and in downtown san jose and dont forget the street fair begins about 3 00 auburn street closed between santa clara and st. John. Bay bridge good news the construction cleared. Everything freeflowing on the upper deck no blocked lanes, clear at the toll plaza with the metering lights off. All approaches look good. No theres as you work your way off the eastshore freeway no delays as you work wore off the eastshore freeway on 580 into San Francisco. Its bike to work day so if you are skipping the roads probably a good choice. The traffic is light. Westbound 92, 880 to 101, 12 minutes across the san mateo bridge. Golden gate bridge changing lanes adding one more lane on the southbound side for the commute direction. And so far traffic is pretty light. Its a nice ride out of marin into San Francisco. This next story has a lot of people talking. Pop singer megan trainer has release released her newest music video. It debuted this week but she wasnt happy about it. So she rereleased it. [ music ] she pulled it after she learned producers retouched images of her waist to appear smaller. Trainer who recently won the best new artist grammy award describes the track as a song about body confidence. Time now 4 51. Google glass may not have been a hit with consumers. But next well show you how its making medical breakthroughs in helping families right here in the bay area. ,,,,,,,,, our first reallife look at technology. D an San Francisco to l. A. In 30 minutes . It could be possible with the hyperloop. We just got our first reallife look at the technology. Engineers conducted an openair test in las vegas. They sent a metal sled down the tracks at up to 300 miles an hour. It crashed into a pile of sand since there are no brakes. They say one day people and cargo could zip through tubes in pods at 700 miles an hour. The transportation experts say it will be a challenge. It could work. But its going to be terrifically expensive to build. The only way to prove that is to develop an operating model. Experts say that it could one day be a challenge to airlines. Nissan has announced plans to acquire a 34 stake in struggling mitsubishi. If approved the 2. 2 billion deal would make nissan the companys largest stakeholder. Mitsubishi is under fire for faking fuel efficiency tests over the last 25 years. Nearly all of the models sold in japan are under the microscope. The cdc says one in 68 American Children are on the autism spectrum. Now a new too

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