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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition August 22, 2016

Bridge here, west 80 from anchorage to San Francisco anchorage and then lets look at your bay bridge toll plaza a little bit of backup in the passing lane. Westbound taking about 20 minutes. Power restored to 12,000 homes and businesses after a major outage last night. Affecting areas between oakland and Castle Valley starting before 8 00 p. M. The power was knocked out causing delays on the Transit System as well, a separate outage affected about 1500 customers. Power has been restored. The first day of School Starts for kids in oakland but hundreds of students are expected to be turned away. We explain why they will be going to the Doctors Office instead of school. Solomon is ready for his first day of kindergarten. Because his mom made sure he would be. We have learned vaccinations can really help. Solomon is up to date at the you Oakland Unified School district they say hundreds of other kids may not be on the first day of school. There could be a few hundred kids that are not. We will encourage them to go get out and get them. Their parents may drop them off and we will have to turn them away. A new state law says moms and dads can no longer use personal or religious beliefs as a reason not to get their kids immunized which means kindergartners and seventh graders must show proof of immunization. The one exception is if you have a personal exemption in place before january of this year. We follow a pretty natural diet and lifestyle. Solomons mom says despite choosing to vaccinate her soon son, they lead a holistic lifestyle. I think that can be dangerous, and that is an infringement on peoples rights. I think people should have options. It is important to know the Oakland Unified School district spokesperson said those students who got their personal belief exemptions approved before january 1 still need to get vaccinated when they reach seventh grade under the new law. In oakland, area medina kpix 5. Students are back in school in miamidade where a cluster of zika virus has been found, at least five people in miami beach have become infected by local mosquitoes, bringing the total number of infections to 36. Over the weekend mosquito repellent was distributed to parents, sending kids to school in the newest zika zone. Officials say other states may be at risk. I would not be surprised if we see cases in texas and louisiana particularly where you have the situation with flooding in louisiana. The institute of health says zika could hang around for one or two years. A vaccine testing has become underway. A raging wildfire threatening this morning, one of the structures is Hearst Castle which is now closed, the chimney fire is burning more than 27,000 acres near the historic estate. A special base has been set up to protect the nearly century old structure. There is world renowned art inside. You have tapestries, furniture, and amazing Art Collection inside we do have contingency plans in place. The fire is 35 contained, it started about one week ago. It has destroyed nearly 50 structures. Firefighters have nearly extinguished the clayton fire in lake county. 95 contained now since the fire started a week ago scorching 4000 acres burning 300 homes and businesses. Police arrested a man last week who intentionally started the fire and more than a dozen others. In Southern California thousands of people returning home and getting a closer look left behind from the blue cut fire. All evacuation orders have been lifted. The fire tore through 37,000 acres, it is 85 contained. 4 35 lets get our first check of the weather. It is interesting. The weather. I was telling you last night i started getting the text. And the tweets from people saying you dont mention it would be raining in Discovery Bay. But we did tell you friday, there was going to be some thunderstorm activity and a lot of time that blowoff cave moving into our area. There is a lot of wet pavement out there this morning. Look at the Doppler Radar, at this time we have a little precipitation, we have a spell growing just outside of this area bringing rain showers, blowoff from the rain showers in the high sierra. That is our live weather camera. 586 corridor where we have clear skies. Livermore 58 cloudy and drizzly in oakland. We have some drizzle in San Francisco, 57 degrees, later today temperatures are coming down below average for the 22nd day of august. 60s at the beaches, 70s around the peninsula. Look at these numbers, when we left friday we were talking mid to high 90s, now the low and mid 80s, you can turn off the ac, open the windows and get fresh air. Better air quality today. 72 around valeo and american canyon, it will be 76 degrees toward the clayton fire which is now under control, temperatures into the 80s and 90s, your full forecast coming up but right now lets say good morning to the roads. We have got cars coming out of the 205 westbound 580 at grant line road there is a stalled car, the tow truck is blocking that right lane. Cars moving at 52 Miles Per Hour. Here is a look at the Altamont Pass to the dublin interchange taking 15 minutes to get through their and then lets look at your san mateo bridge, taking about 15 minutes if you are going to the peninsula from hayward and heres a look at your mass transit, no delays to worry about. Police are trying to piece together a deadly shooting in san jose. Officers called to the 900 block of south eighth street around 9 00 last night. Two man had been shot, one of the victims died at the scene and the other was right rushed to the hospital. No word on a motive. The woman accused of stalking a kardashian is due in court today. The 36yearold of newark will appear in oakland to settle on a defense attorney. Accused of stalking three of jenners relatives and kris jenner. A bay area mom speaking out for the First Time Since a tree limb fell on her leaving her paralyzed. Her long road to recovery and why she believes the city is not doing enough to prevent the accident from happening again. Look above the playground at Washington Square park and you can see the tree standing, the city has inspected the tree and says it is healthy. I talked to the woman who was injured and she is not happy with the answer. She is worried someone else could get hurt. My back and my head feel very painful. She is now in a hospital bed with a broken spine and a cracked skull. She was sitting on a park bench watching her daughters at Washington Square. When suddenly a large pine branch broke loose and fell squarely on her head. Did you hear anything . No. I didnt hear anything. And then it was very quick pitch she was knocked out cold regained consciousness in the hospital. She may end up paralyzed. I cant move. I just lay there on the bed. Originally from china, she is a fulltime mom. Family members have set up a gofundme account. The only call they have gone from the city was from the Parks Department about the true. They called to say that the tree is healthy and nothing wrong with the tree. Why is it breaking off if the tree is healthy . It is not healthy. What do you think about that . They think the tree is okay. It is not okay. I dont want anybody hurt like me. They should do something. Today the parents of a man fatally shot during a confrontation with police plan to sue the city of newark. A 23yearold man committed an Armed Robbery in march at a kentucky fried chicken, the officer fired after the suspect pointed a semi automatic handgun at him. The mans parents plan to file a federal civil rights lawsuit. Traveling by train between san jose and sacramento will get easier today. New schedules in effect for amtrak. The new schedule designed to meet increasing demand during peak weekday travel hours. Also offering more frequent trains during popular weekend travel periods. The time 4 41, still ahead historic flooding in louisiana. An inside look at some families return home. ,,,,,,, over the past 24 hours, as tried cleaning up t more rain for louisiana, another 2 to 3 inches fell over the past 24 hours as people try cleaning up their homes from last weeks flood, or than 3000 people staying in shelters. Meanwhile the federal government has approved more than 30 million in housing assistance, the president is expected to visit baton rouge tomorrow. People returning home to a big mess and a lot of damage. Pablo sandoval talked to one family whose house took a heavy hit. This is where the kitchen was. The water got up to and a half foot. The city of gonzalez you can see hundreds of homes in louisiana. Bear interior stripped of comforts of home. We had to got everything totally. He could only save what he and his son could carry out as the water approached his doorstep. Most of it left behind discarded sitting soaked on the front lawn. It happened and it is said. You do what you got to do. We saved a lot. Thanks to him and my brother. They put everything as high as they could. He saved his family and small irreplaceable items. We had to get that. So i felt bad the next day. Because i didnt want to destroy it. I said i am going back. I dont care. I need to get the things that she wanted. This is a damn shame. Using a cell phone to capture the return home with his son. All of the trauma going on. There was time for a brief celebration amid the heartbreak. I sing happy birthday to him while we were standing in the water. A makeshift cake out of whipped cream and a few cookies. Like many of the families he had help from friends neighbors and coworkers. I am living in my camper. Its going to be rough for the next two months. But all of us are safe and alive. With helping hands it will be weeks or months before he turns his house into a home again. Pablo sandoval louisiana. A little boy decided to celebrate his ninth birthday by giving back to the community. Instead of having a party, he delivered pizza to those busy restoring their lives. Family and friends were so touched that they pitched in. Carson raised enough money to raise 663 pizzas. So they dont have to stop what they are doing. Were just going to deliver pizza to neighborhoods. You dont see children that young that have such a big giving heart. Several neighbors joined in to help carson handdeliver all of the pizzas. New video showing a dust storm over arizona, this video was captured last night near phoenix. Wind gusts were up to 40 Miles Per Hour at times visibility was down to 1 4 miles and less. Those dust storms always happen in phoenix. They have got the roof at chase field closed. They had to close it when a baseball game was there. One time we were on i15 and everything turned really rust colored and it was so silent we had to turn around. By the time the storm passed the paint was peeled off of our car. It is that powerful. I try to stick my hand out the window. We have some rain in and around the bay area over the weekend. We are firing up our Doppler Radar so you can see the precipitation is well over the Central Valley. Right there a little so that has drifted over the north bay. We have light rain trying to lift up. Right now our satellite and radar suggests that we will remain cloudy at the coast. Sunshine inland but the rain and precipitation is blowoff so this Thunderstorm Development you can see right here, we left on friday talking about that, lowpressure bringing up the monsoon moisture causing dust storms over arizona as well. Satellite and radar suggesting we do have precipitation occurring around the high sierras. A few sierra thunderstorms in the forecast for monday. Some of the precipitation could move to the back door into sacramento valley, dont be surprised if we see it and missed light scattered rain showers around the Discovery Bay area and brentwood. A slight chance today but we saw last night at about 7 00 in the evening. Thunderstorms in the high sierras we will watch for that a potential of lightning strikes causing some fire danger. 64 degrees today in the monterey bay. By the time the sunsets tonight these are the numbers we will be talking about, a cooler day perhaps the coolest day of the workweek, 63 in pacifica and San Francisco 60s around the bay. Oakland berkeley emeryville, 70s around the peninsula today into the north as well. The warmest temperatures east of the bay into the low and mid 80s, 77 degrees in san jose, well below the average of 84. The outside number today will be 84 toward brentwood otherwise warmer on tuesday. The warmest today is wednesday. A seasonable weather pattern toward the end of the workweek. That is a look at your monday forecast. Not so much going on with your traffic but we do have some road closures. Us go to san jose northbound 17 at southbound 280. A stalled car blocking the left lane. And then Altamont Pass a stalled car. A tow truck blocking the right lane. Going about 40 Miles Per Hour. Altamont pass into the dublin interchange that will take about 15 minutes westbound a lot of cars in the commute direction. Heres a look at your told plaza taking about 20 minutes. Baseball tonight, Cleveland Indians against the oakland as. Keeping traffic in mind. The time 4 50, a shellfish warning in the bay area, how it is affecting local businesses. What is cool about your school, email your nominations to us. We may come and feature your school on the broadcast. ,,,,,,,, salmonella outbreaks over the years. Now a Central Valley nut company is making notes are high in protein but have linked to several salmonella outbreaks. A company is making them safer to eat, alpine pacific not has never had a recall but they are using a custom built multimillion dollar machine to steam and pasteurize their walnuts, it helps control issues and the machine handles nearly 80,000 pounds of walnuts at a time. The key is not to steam but a vacuum pumping the air out. As soon as you inject the steam it instantly fills up all of the area in the chamber that is how it gets inside the liners and boxes. Steam pasteurize walnuts cost more than normal walnuts. The shellfish industry taking another hit in the San Francisco area. The state warning about high levels of a chemical that can sicken seafood eaters. We spoke with some fishermen at half moon bay. Barry makes his living off the sea salmon tuna and crab. After the department of Public Health issued a warning to avoid eating raw crabs, salmon is all he is selling. According to the department of Public Health, some seafood showed domoic acid levels 10 times higher than the action level. The warning includes oysters, mussels clams and scallops caught between pigeon point and monterey county, the restrictions are said to be too tight. It used to be 50 pounds per million. Now it is 30 pounds per million. Realistic research has to be done because other countries arent following this standard. The state action levels have cut down business dramatically. Especially during the last part of crab season. We plan all of these in late november, so they just stopped. Costing 48 million in losses for the crab industry. Some of his fellow fishermen went out of business. He said the state should work harder to find a fix. Look for the solution. At the end of the day we dont want people getting sick. People say they wont always take the warning. They have been doing the test in the water. I would listen to the officials. We would wait until it is all clear, its not worth the effects of what it can do to your body. So far, no illnesses have been reported. The poisoning can hit people within a half hour of eating toxic seafood, mild symptoms include diarrhea and vomiting. Those who hate their jobs may want to consider changing careers or risk Health Problems down the road. Researchers tracked more than 6000 people who were unsatisfied with their jobs. The data found the unhappy people reported being more depressed worried and having trouble sleeping later in life. A new pingpong champion in San Francisco. The annual tournament in chinatown took place yesterday. Even the mayor got in on the action, take a look. 40 teams competed. Among them was an 11yearold from san jose. By the looks of it she might be on the olympic team one day. You cant get any of those past her. Automatic. Not many people would pay good money for something that has been in somebody elses mouth but that could change if that somebody else is a star athlete. Somebody put a winning bid of nearly 3200 for a used mouthguard that belonged to steph curry. A fan found the mouthguard and a carrying case at a worriers road game last december. The selling price was below expectations. The president of the Auction Company told espn he expected it to go for 5000. That is a lot for a used mouthguard. Is donald trump changing his stance on deporting immigrants . The latest from the campaign trail after the break. , live this is kpix 5 news. Good morning everyone, it is monday, august 22. Im michelle griego. Im kenny choi, lets go outside and look at the conditions, a live look at the bay bridge. A little bit foggy. Is that our camera doing that or what . That is condensation on the lens. Good morning everybody, the big story was the rain vi

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