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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition May 25, 2016

South 880, two lanes are shut down for construction until 6 00 approaching 29th. Theres a fouralarm fire burning along el camino in santa clara. Well have details coming up. Breaking news this morning in the city of santa clara. This is a live look right now as crews battle the fouralarm fire at a small Shopping Center. It was first reported about a quarter to 3 a. M. This morning on El Camino Real just east of lawrence expressway. There are no reports of injuries. We have a crew gathering more information and we will update you in the next halfhour. In hercules, drivers got another scare on i80 after a highway shooting. The chp confirms at least one person suffered gunshot wounds when someone opened fire around 9 15 last night west of highway 4. Traffic backed up after the chp closed multipl lanes. There have been almost 20 shootings in the area since november. The shooter is on the loose. In san leandro an amtrak train hit an suv with a mother and toddler inside. Christin ayers on the deadly crash and the stretch of tracks thats has seen more than one accident reporter the suv is nothing more than a mess of twisted metal. It was trapped underneath the front end of the train and the best way to describe it, the car was unrecognizable. Reporter a woman and her daughter were in the suv stuck in heavy traffic on the tracks at washington and chapman in san leandro when an amtrak train came roaring through smashing into the suv and dragging it half a mile. Authorities say its possible they were killed instantly. The enriquez family is grieving. Vanessa was going to pick up herson, who has autism, from school but never made it. She is a jehovah witness, a good person, he says, dedicated to work and home. This is the second train accident in two days in this area. A man was killed by an amtrak train near davis and alvarado. Theres a loss of life of three people in two days in train collisions this san leandro. Reporter this crash happened at an intersection thats notorious for heavy traffic. That traffic may have forced vanessa on the tracks. Once there, police say its unclear whether she ever saw the train coming on was distracted. Well probably never know. Reporter christin ayers, kpix 5. None of the passengers on theamtrak train was hurt. Mayhem in new mexico as protests outside a donald trump rally turn violent in albuquerque. Demonstrators clashed with police and some people jumped on vehicles including a police car. Cbs reporter hena daniels has more on the protests and other developments in the president ial Campaign Reporter this was the chaotic scene outside a donald trump rally in new mexico tuesday night. Protestors threw barricade at police, some threw rocks and plastic bottles, others burned tshirts. Officers fired especiallier spray and smoke grenades. Police locked down the Albuquerque Convention center. The aftermath shows smashed glass windows and doors. Get em out of here, get em out. Reporter inside the Presumptive Republican nominee was interrupted repeatedly by demonstrators. This is so exciting, isnt it . [ applause and cheers ] reporter it took several officers to remove this woman. Trump told the crowd he expects to pick up democrat Bernie Sanders supporters. The system is rigged against Bernie Sanders. So he cant win. But im here and were going to get close to 40 of his supporters. Maybe not these people. Reporter while campaigning in. Kra, Hillary Clinton also while campaigning in california, Hillary Clinton also dealt with her hecklers. Some people are just allergic to the facts. Reporter she attacked donald trump. You have to sort of pinch yourself when you hear some of what donald trump is saying. It may have started out as entertainment. But now its really, really concerning. Reporter today clinton, sanders and trump will hold Campaign Events in california. Hena daniels, cbs news. New mexico is one of six States Holding primaries june 7, including california. Democratic president ial frontrunner Hillary Clinton will be in the bay area for a couple of days. Today she will join bill clinton for a fundraiser in atherton. Tomorrow she will speak at a rally at downtown san joses parkside hall. President clinton is already in the bay area. The nations 42nd president made stops in fremont and San Francisco yesterday including this appearance at the Merchants Exchange building. The president also made an unannounced stop at the washington bakery and restaurant in San Franciscos chinatown area. It is 4 36. We are going to get a check on weather and traffic. Roberta is going to join us with the forecast. [ laughter ] because we have an interesting forecast the next couple of days, right . Yes. We have been queuing up everything and taking a look at the latest stats in the area. We have a gray slate right now. Temperatures doesnt look bad. Mild across the board. It feels raw with the windchill factor. We have a return of the marine layer next to the coast. We have some drizzle in the bay and inland. You might need your windshield wipers. Temperaturewise San Francisco we should be at 64. Instead 62. With the clearing at the coast into 50s. 70s in cupertino and san jose, which is about 3 degrees off the mark. Meanwhile brentwood 73. Lots of sunshine, we should be at about 76 degrees so about 3 degrees off the typical average experienced on this 25th day of the month. North bay blustery with the winds in stinson beach. 68 degrees in novato. Upstream we go to 75 degrees in cloverdale. We are looking ahead towards the memorial day weekend. I have that forecast coming up. Liza battalones in the house. Hey, hey, roberta. Good morning, everybody. We begin with breaking news out of the south bay impacting traffic for santa clara. If you usually take El Camino Real, this is a stretch of it east of lawrence expressway. Keep in mind it is shut down right now in both directions between vista and pomeroy as firefighters are fighting a fouralarm fire at a Shopping Center in the area. Its just that stretch of the 34 00 belong of El Camino Real shut down to traffic. South bay freeways still okay all in the green no traffic delays as of yet for north 101, 280 is light approaching downtown san jose. And the guadalupe parkway in that northbound direction clocking in at a quick 88 minutes 8minute drive between highway 85 and 101. If you plan to make the nimitz commute there is roadwork southbound approaching 29th. You can tell from these live pictures traffic is still flowing well in both directions. New video of an officer involved shooting in palo alto shows how tough it is to think quickly when a suspect has a knife. This footage from last christmas shows a man wielding a knife and rushing towards Police Officers. They shot and killed him on the street. Sfpd lost its chief over officerinvolved shootings with the mario woods case sparking significant protests. Use of force training can only do so much. We could do more training in everything we do in life because, you know, we get better by doing training. You show up on scene with somebody who is going to try to kill you, it can turn ugly really quick. In this scenario witnesses shouted he was only holding a butter knife but the d. A. Shows police didnt have time to confirm it before he charged. After a recordsetting run in the nbas regular season, the warriors are on the brink of elimination. They lost in Oklahoma City last night 11894 putting them down three games to one in their best of seven playoff series. Meanwhile, as kpix 5s andria borba reports, oakland fans are rallying in hopes of keeping the team in the city reporter with the warriors now down 31 to the Oklahoma City thunder of course they can come back. Its possible. But if they dont play defense, thats what got them the win last year. Reporter another cry for defense in a seemingly impossible fight to come back from the jaws of elimination being waged inside the theater in oakland. A fight to keep the team from going to San Francisco. Tell the warriors we care we want them here in oh reporter chris is from save oakland sports and says a new arena in mission bay isnt the way to thank fans. Ultimately we want them to see that the real fan base thats supported them since 1972. I have seen teams as good as gone that didnt leave so dont give up. Reporter he says its not just about bragging rights. Nba titles and hoops, but jobs are on the line. When the warriors come back for game 5 on thursday over 1,000 jobs are generated. Reporter for these fans its about loyalty as much as geography. Wheres golden state . There is no golden state. Its oakland. Give us some props. Give us some due. Reporter in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. Game 5 is tomorrow evening in oakland. Things are looking better for the sharks, who need just one more win to reach the stanley cup finals for the first time in history. They can do it tonight in downtown san jose as they host the st. Louis blues in game 6 of the western conference finals. The sharks lead 3 games to 2. The puck drops this evening about 6 00. 4 41. Bart workers making hundreds of thousands in overtime pay. Yet bart says it needs taxpayer money to pay for upgrades to the transportation system. The store only on 5. Thats next. ,,,,,, phil matier explains why the transit agencys workers are putting in so many hours. a story youll see only on fi. R . A broken bart a lot of bart workers are earning a lot of over time pay. Phil matier reports why transit workers are putting in so many hours, only on 5. Reporter look familiar . A broken bart escalator for months at the 16th and Mission Street stations. Its on a long repair list that we have learned has been keeping the agencys escalator repair team busy and they get lots of overtime to do it. We obtained employer compensation data for 2015 and found one escalator repairman alone with an annual salary of 77,000 made an extra 139,000 in overtime. And thats just the tip of the iceberg. A System Service worker earning 57,000 in base pay who made almost three times his salary over 162,000 in overtime. And a bart police officer, he topped the list at 96,000 in salary but 170,000 in overtime. We found that bart spent 13 of its total compensation on workers last year was overtime compared to an average of 3 in the private sector. Really what this is, is our system is aging. Reporter barts Spokesman Says capital repairs are under way. And that takes manpower. When we shut down the tracks last year with the transbay tube, all those workers are getting paid overtime working 16hour days so that we can rebuild our system and have the least amount of impact to our riders. Reporter as for bart Police Officers . With police, you have your first day off is time and a half. Second day off double time. Reporter lets drill down on the escalators. Broken escalators in bart is not new . Right. Why havent we staffed up and paid regular wages instead of budgetbusting overtime . Whats happening is were actually having a hard time recruiting for elevator and escalator techs. The conditions arent very glamorous working 24 hours days days. Reporter how hard is it to recruit station operators . One made 105,000 in overtime last year. They categorize everything as safety and the maintenance. Thats a system for abuse. Reporter he is a longtime critic of bart. Multiple station agents receive over 40,000 in overtime. What does that have do with maintenance and safety . Reporter he questions whether the agency can be trusted to handle a 3. 5 billion influx of cash if a bond measure passes in november. Not impropriety by one or two but a system thats broken down in their ability to manage their affairs properly. Reporter critics will say questionable management here. Its not questionable management. Its us trying to provide better service. Reporter in San Francisco, phil matier, kpix 5. Bart has set up a task force to look at the overtime issue. We posted the compensation data on our website, cbssf. Com. New this morning, plans to boost funding for road repairs across the state wont happen as part of the state budget deal. Bay area Assemblyman Phil Ting says the governors proposal made last year doesnt have the votes to pass by june 15. Governor brown called a special session last summer to deal with road funding but little progress has been made since. A dog in Orange County is recovering after it was found high on drugs. This is new video of bubba running around and playing two months after police say his owner got him high on heroin and meth at a motel. The dog has been detoxing ever since. His prognosis is excellent. If he can avoid being exposed to additional drugs in the future with his new forever home, things will be fine. It is not clear whether the dog actually ingested the drugs or was only exposed to the drugs second hand. Some vets say that they are seeing an increasing number of dogs being brought in high as more dog owners use drugs, including opiates and marijuana. Glad to see he is doing better. How about the weather . Its a big day today. Huge day. San jose sharks are literally, what, five games away, five wins, i should say, five wins away from stanley cup. Tonight theres going to be a Big Street Party at 3 00. We have that forecast coming up. But right now, as you get ready to step out, a lot of drizzle associated with a deep marine layer at the coast and bay and inland 60 miles. When the winds kick up, its a difference. Right now 10 in antioch, it adds a chill to the air all associated with this area of low pressure that spins. You can see the counter clockwise rotation of the cloud. Precipitation is wrapping around to the high sierra. Could still see a chance of a shower Late Afternoon towards the delta. Over class mostly cloudy skies, a few sunny breaks. Winds up to 20. Gradual warning through monday. Area of low pressure continues to sag to the south. Well have High Pressure build in, in its wake and well have a warmer weekend for the holiday. Clouds from the bay towards lunch hour scrubbing out. Precipitation in the north bay trying to come to rio vista, through the back door of brentwood. So well keep an eye on that towards the evening commute. The saturation of the area of low clouds and fog hang tight to the san mateo coast overnight. Tomorrow morning cloudy. Heres your sunrise this morning at 5 52. Today temperatures averaging 2 to 5 degrees below average. 70s inland. 77 cloverdale. Benign weather pattern through monday. Its our san jose sharks. Never been this far in the play offs before. Its exciting. Its very exciting night around the entire bay area. 67 degrees for the rally under partly cloudy skies. Liza, obviously, this is going to cause traffic tieups around 3 p. M. They are going to start those closures midday because of that major event there at the shark tank. We are going to stay in the south bay with this traffic report with this breaking news we have been talking about in santa clara where El Camino Real is still closed because of a fouralarm fire thats burning now in a small Shopping Center. The closure is between no billy and flora vista. Kiet do is at the scene and well be hearing from him momentarily. In the meantime this is an area to avoid at this point because its so early in the morning. No traffic delays reported but certainly it may cause a backup later in the commute east of lawrence expressway. Bay bridge toll plaza, still looking good westbound traffic moving well a quick drive time from the carquinez bridge to the maze. No delays at the golden gate or san mateo bridges. Mass transit still in good shape no delays anywhere. There is roadwork on the nimitz. Caltrans is out there in the southbound direction. No backup. They will be there until 6 a. M. Overall a good start to the mornin commute. 880 moves well leaving oakland for hayward. Over at the san mateo bridge, westbound Still Holding steady, 13 minutes between hayward and foster city. In florida one go get your duck did something his friends will be quacking about for years. Good one. Sergio passed his test and waddled across the stage to an elementary school. [ applause ] he drank more water than his pals at sun Tree Elementary School and took more bathroom breaks. He was the only one who hatched out of 40 eggs. Sure, he had some stumbles. He didnt have his diaper on at the time. They are calling him out. His best friends known as the sergio squad will be in junior high this fall but say they are definitely coming back to visit their favorite duck. Wow. Standing ovation for the duck, right . He is cute. Top duck. From birth to now. Its a free pass to park all over the bay area. But not everyone is playing by the rules. The massive crackdown beginning today. ,,,,,,,, parking placards. State lawmaker happening today, a new effort to stop california drivers from abusing disabled parking placards. State lawmakers will announce an audit of the entire program. Several news investigations including our own have uncovered people cheating the system. In San Francisco, there are twice as many placards as there are parking meters. This is an audit where we are going to be its going to be a little uncomfortable to make sure they are doing things right when it comes to the program. Last year the dmv started cracking down on people who illegally apply for the placards. One finance Company Wants to help you afford San Franciscos skyrocketing home prices. But the companys advertisements are falling or deaf years. The company put up these ads on muni bus stops around the city. It reads 10 down because youre too smart to rent. In a city where the average home price is over a Million Do

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