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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition May 12, 2017

The bay area. A little more sun than we had yesterday. Temperatures cool and a cold ocean breeze over the bay area. So while well get more widespread sunshine today it will still be chilly. Chance of showers tuesday. For today not bad. 66 in santa rosa. 68 for vallejo. San francisco, 61. Oakland 63 degrees. San jose 67. For all your mothers, its going to be nice, temperatures on sunday mid50s along the shoreline to the mid60s inland. In the extended forecast, numbers dont really warm much between now and monday. In fact, on tuesday, we increase clouds, there will be scattered showers then, but between now and then, pretty good sunshine and after tuesday, things warm up so doesnt look too bad. Thank you, brian. A firebug is on the loose in Contra Costa County. Two more cars were torched overnight in lafayette. Thats where kpix 5s Jessica Flores has the latest. Reporter investigators are trying to get to the bottom of this. Who is starting all of these car fires . Were here at one of the latest ones in lafayette right behind me. You can see that one a small suv toyota and i can tell you from reporting on this story the past couple of days theres no similarities in terms of the vehicles targeted. But as crews work to put this car fire out, just about two miles away another car fire popped up. That one in walnut creek. There have been seven car fires this week all sparked during overnight hours around 2 30 to 3 30 a. M. Contra costa county Fire Protection district says they have been investigating suspicious car fires since the beginning of the year. More than 10 since january. So just in the last week, they have responded to one car fire in martinez. A total of 2 in walnut creek. 2 in lafayette. And 2 in brentwood. Luckily, fire crews have been able to stop the fires from spreading and no one has been hurt. But they do want to get to the bottom of this figure out who is behind this if theres multiple people. And they say right now, they believe these are all connected. You know, the one yesterday did start to spread to one of the houses right under the bedroom of a child, so this is extremely dangerous. Were taking this very, very seriously and we want to um, catch the person or people involved as quickly as possible see we can, you know, not have that potential any longer. Reporter the Fire Protection district wont reveal details about the investigation. But they have help from outside agencies. They are turning to the public for help. If you have video or saw something suspicious and you were in the areas around the time again this is happening in the overnight hours around 2 30 to 3 30 a. M. But if you saw anything suspicious, you are urged to call police. Live in lafayette, Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Right now oakley officers need your help identifying this truck. They say that the driver is responsible for a hitandrun collision this week in oakley. Police say the White Ford Ranger pickup truck struck a 6 yearold as he crossed the street. The truck was last seen passing vintage parkway. The child was taken to the hospital and is expected to recover fully. Anyone with information is asked to call oakley police. The man charged with killing a richmond mother in front of her children is due back in court today. Lawyer Dushan Mcbride was arrested last month in sacramento the exboyfriend of the victim. She was driving her children to daycare in richmond when someone pulled up next to her vehicle and shot her. She had a strange order against mcbride and his mercedes matched the description of the car the gunman was driving. The Justice Department has launched an investigation into the Fatal Shooting of a black teen by a white cop near dallas. Officer ray oliver shot 15year old jordan edwards last month as the teen was leaving a house party. The Edwards Family has not publicly spoken about the investigation yet but advocates for some groups spoke on their behalf. We demand answers and i will be here until the end along with these other organizations until we have justice for jordan. Oliver was arrested and fired last week. He is out on bond charged with murder. Theres a push this morning to fire the Contra Costa County district attorney. He reportedly spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on himself. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live in the newsroom with the latest. Jackie. Reporter this morning the top Law Enforcement official in Contra Costa County is admitting he broke the law. District attorney Mark Peterson secretly took more than 66,000 of his Campaign Money and spent it on himself over five years. He used it for travel, hotels, restaurants, movie tickets. On top of that, he failed to report the spending on Campaign Finance disclosure forms according to the grand jury. That is why it is calling for petersons removal. In december, peterson issued this statement saying he regrets and acknowledges the mistakes he made regarding his Campaign Financing account. He also agreed to pay 45,000 in fines to the fair political practices commission. At that time, peterson also said he considered the money to be loans and that he was paying the Campaign Funds back. The District Attorneys Office says they have no comment at this time. In the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. President trumps attempt to set the record straight on why he fired james comey is fueling more questions. Members of his administration have maintained that the decision had nothing do with russia and was recommended by key members of the Justice Department. In an interview, President Trump told nbc news this. I was going to fire him regardless of recommendations. [ pause ] the president also said the fbis Ongoing Investigation into possible collusion between the members of his campaign and russia also played a role. The white house insists it wants to see the probe come to a conclusion with integrity. This morning President Trump wrote White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will be back behind the podium for todays briefing. He had been gone the last two days on Military Reserve duty. Time check, 6 07. Severe weather sweeping through oklahoma. Next the damage left behind after the tornado touched down. Well, back in the bay area, far more tranquil with more sunshine today. And a look at the all important mothers day forecast coming up. And things look tranquil over at the Golden Gate Bridge. Speeds moving at the limit. But we are tracking delays for some of your bay area majors. Well take a look at the drive times coming up. Plus pg e bills are going up up. Why they are planning to charge more coming up. ,,,,,, imagine if the things you bought every day earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, 2 united club passes. Priority boarding. And 50,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. The united mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. Utility bills for pgande customers. Are going up. Hello, hi, welcome back we are off to a beautiful start from millbrae looking towards sunrise which happened about nine minutes ago. Going to be a Beautiful Day in the bay area. Forecast coming up in a few minutes. Utility bills for pg e customers are going up. The state approved a settlement that allows Utility Companies to raise bills by 1 . The average gas electric bill will go up about 1. 65 per month. The money will help cover costs to deadmission the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant. Pg e says that their current monthly bills are still below the nationwide average. The company says that customer bills vary and are dependent a number of variables, including individual usage. Bart is laying out its plans for the funding its about to receive after voters passed measure rr last november. Projects and repairs will be funded by the 3. 5 billion dollar bond measure including 625 million for track renewal efforts, more than 1 billion to renew barts power system, and about half a billion dollars for repairing tunnels and other structures. The sound of train horns at rail crossings in marin crossings ends today after federal officials gave final approval for a countywide quiet zone. [ bell and horn ] the sonomamarin area rail transit and city officials made the announcement last night despite a recommendation from the state Public Utilities commission to hold off. The quiet zone implementation comes as smart officials begin a dry run of their train schedule this morning. I have to tell you with Brian Hackney in the house today, its not a quiet zone in the studio and its not a safe zone because he has been throwing these at me the whole morning. I have been watching him. I know. Arent you throwing them back at him . Well, yeah [ laughter ] i miss my sister. Youre the next best thing. I got your back. I can feel what kind of student were you in high school. A bad one . Not a bad one of the just a fun one. [ laughter ] yes. Keeping the teacher on her toes. And in the Principals Office quite a bit. It was the nuns. I went to school with nuns, as well. Good discipline. Look what happened. Look what happened. Oh, well. Right now, we are tracking no delays for mass transit. But we were speaking of bart earlier and there will be some track closures coming up this weekend. Saturday and sunday, no Train Service between fruitvale and the lake merritt station. You will have a bus bridge in place and you can expect an additional 20 to 40 minutes on your travel time so do factor that in over to the Oakland Airport. You dont want to miss that flight. And we will take a look at your ride through the south bay. An accident has one northbound lane blocked at san tomas expressway and it looks like the turn lanes to monroe street. So emergency crews are on the scene. We continue to see slowdowns. Usual crowd on 101 as you make your way between 680 and 880 toward 237. You will start to see those brake lights westbound out of from 880 out of milpitas. If you are heading over to the san mateo bridge or the bay bridge, we are starting to see slowdowns through oakland. And heres a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Things continue to look like a parking lot over there. Expect delays heading into the city. Hats a check of your traffic; over to y ou. Jaclyn, thank you. New video shows the moment a tornado touched down in chattanooga, oklahoma this week. Storm chasers had their dashcam rolling wednesday night when the weather hit. Damage was reported to roofs and trees, but there were no reports of injuries. A second storm hammered other parts of the state yesterday leaving behind lots of damage. Check out the huge tree that came down. Several homes are damaged. This morning, homeowners are working to clean it up. Back in the bay area, no rain but we are seeing much cooler temperatures. Brian hackney is tracking how long this will last. Lets have a look at this as we have a beautiful view from the Transamerica Pyramid over toward the east and sunrise, its a Beautiful Day in the bay under way on this friday. Concord has 51 degrees right now. Oakland 55. And in livermore, 48 degrees. In san jose, 53. In santa rosa, 41 degrees. This afternoon, the numbers will reach the mid60s inland. Around the bay well be in the low 60s and at the coast, 57 degrees. Temperatures are going to be cool right through the weekend and thats why. The big l the weather just sheerl this morning. Pretty good sea breeze off a cool ocean so the numbers are 10 degrees below average when the low moves onshore next week with a chance of showers on tuesday. So to sum it up, the day looks nice but still chilly. A little more sun this weekend than yesterday. Still looks like theres a chance of showers coming into the bay area on tuesday. Heading out of the bay area today, its not looking bad, either, from eureka in the north down to fresno on 99 in the south. 73 degrees. 72 for sacramento and 71 for redding. At the airport weather should be no factor in your travel plans. It will be breezy this afternoon through the san bruno gap. 26mileanhour gusts and a High Temperature out at sfo old mill field 62 degrees. Seattle today a few showers 56. 61 chicago and los angeles 73 degrees. Well, theres the numbers. A little below average. San francisco 61. Concord 67. And in san jose, 67 degrees. Oakland is at 63. Thats 4 degrees below average. Down in the south bay today sunshine and mild temperatures readings in the mid60s today. Thats looking good. In the east bay today sunshine and 67 at pittsburg, 64 dublin, 65 pleasanton. North bay clouds to start, sunshine to finish. San rafael 63, 65 for sonoma. Up in napa 67 degrees. And 66 in santa rosa. Then for lake county ukiah today 64 degrees and beautiful cloverdale 64. And windsor 67. Hey, mothers day looks good. Partly cloudy and cool. Temperature ranges 50s at the coast to mid60s inland. Extended forecast continuing unusually cool with temperatures in the mid60s. Toward monday and tuesday well increase clouds leading to chance of showers on tuesday. Then we get other direction and the readings will be in the mid60s to mid70s. Its all looking good. So is michelle griego. Thank you, Brian Hackney in our tech report, googles selfdriving tech suite is accelerating its pace of driving on public roads. The giant says waymo tech cars have passed three million miles of autonomous driving. Waymo announced the 2 million miles mark last october. The Company Recently launched its first public selfdriving pilot in arizona. Opening up applications to people who could use the Autonomous Cars every day. The apple watch could help doctors spot the leading cause of heart failure. Its a condition that causes over 100,000 strokes every year. Researchers at the university of california in San Francisco found that the apple watchs sensors can differentiate between normal heart rhythm and atrial fibrillation. Spectacle sales accounted for the most revenue during this years 1st quarter. Snapchat says roughly 60,000 units were sold which is approximately 8 million in revenue. The company says there have been five million snaps sent by spectacles since their launch. Im dennis odonnell. Coming up, the giants are back home. They had two home runs to show for it last night. Question was, was it enough . Have you seen this man . A no show in houston and why that matters to the warriors coming up. And whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com and we may feature your school on the show. , good morning, everybody. It is back to business this sunday for the warriors who will play the San Antonio Spurs in the conference finals. Thats because rockets star james harden made just two shots total in game 6 last night. The beard came up small. He had six turnovers, leading to a missed layup for a 17 point spurs lead. Lamarcus aldrich had 34 points and the spurs rout the rockets just dismantle them 11475. Golden state will play them sunday. The giants worst record in the majors but they activated Brandon Crawford and denard span from the dl last night. [ music ] that was no joke. In the 5th inning when span blasted one off the starter arroyo into the arcade 21 giants. Four hits for span last night but cincinnati tied it in the 6th and then the 8th, strickland served up the go ahead double on an 02 pitch 30 kosar and the reds beat the giants 32. Nfl hall of fame coach Bill Parcells is the big tuna. He has nothing on this a video from a fishing trip off the coast of louisiana, trying to reel in the monster bluefin tuna 14yearold caleb richardson. It took him less than an hour to pull it. On the other end was an 853 pound sucker the record is 1,496pound tuna caught two years ago in nova scotia. Basically, twice the size of the fish you saw. Im dennis odonnell. Have a great weekend. Quite the catch. All right, the play of the day first round of the pga championship, masters champ Sergio Garcia hitting his tee shot for the world famous island green at tpc sawgrass. [ hole in one ] 17th at sawgrass. Garcia w one over par [ applause and cheers ] yeah, he has it. He is on fire these days. The hole inone, one of eight golfers to as the 17th at sawgrass finishing at oneover par. 6 shots behind the leader. But that is your play of the day. Time now 6 25. Next, facing potential delays why the raiders impending move to las vegas may not be as soon as thought. And somebody is starting car fires two more now in Contra Costa County. Im Jessica Flores live with the details on the investigation coming up. ,,,,,, this morning, President Trump has a new warning for former fbi director james comey days after he fired him. Plus type of thing does not happen in sonoma county. Shots fired from car to car on a north bay freeway. The bullets fired right into the drivers side window. Why chp says it happened. But first, overnight two more cars went up in flames in Contra Costa County. Good morning, it is friday, may 12. Im kenny choi. Im michelle griego. Time now 6 30. There have been a n

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