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KPIX KPIX 5 News Saturday Morning Edition January 18, 2014

Evacuated because of the remote location. The closest road is about a mile from the fire so crews have had to hike in. A plan chief says hes confident they can get the fire under control soon. What were doing about it we have some engine crews that are cutting their way into the fire right now with hand tools and saws. We have hand crews coming in this evening which will assist them and our plan is to put a fire line around the fire tonight using those resources and eventually put a hose lay around it and extinguish the fire. The fire was first reported about 9 20 last night. 75 firefighters are now working on it, coming from ross valley, belleinas, nevadao and cal fire. The fires so difficult to deal with because of the dry conditions. Unfortunately that continues. But it is beautiful outside. A live look at the bay bridge, a lot of colors for our sunrise this morning. Cold temperatures, though, in some spots, below freezing in santa rosa right now, 44 in oakland, 50 degrees in the city of San Francisco. Heres what we are looking at in our weather headlines this morning, were going to see those warm temperatures, the sunshine continuing this afternoon. It is a spare the air day today again. So it is illegal to burn. The pattern remains very dry. Some slight changes. Well take a look at your seven day forecast coming up in a few minutes. 16 people displaced by a fire in redwood city are being offered housing at a community center. The massive fire started before dawn at a machinery shop on douglas avenue. While people could see the flames and plumes of smoke all across the peninsula, eventually the fire spread to four structures, including an apartment building. And it took a million gallons of water just to put it out. My family is fine, my kids are fine. Well get out, they were pounding on my windows for me to get out, so i had had to leave. The fire eventually caused the buildings roof to collapse. Those affected are getting help from the red cross. The man accused of terrorizing a san jose neighborhood with 13 fires in a single week could be put away for good under the states three strikes law. Prosecutors say Patrick William brennan confessed to setting all the fires by igniting garbage with a cigarette lighter. It is official, our record dry winter and evaporating reservoirs have forced Governor Brown to declare a drought emergency. Everyone should try at least 20 of conservation of their water use. So that is voluntary. The governor did not rule out mandatory rationing down the line. 2013 was the dryest year on record in the state. That drought declaration will pave the way for federal assistance and make it easier to transfer water from one part of the state to another. It also allows cal fire to boost staffing in northern california. Well, Santa Clarita county Health Officials are reporting two more flu deaths. That brings the bay area total to 23 people who died because of the virus. Statewide 45 people have died from the flu and that number doesnt include 50 more suspected deaths. H1n1, also known as the swine flu is the predominant strain of the virus this season. New details on a Suicide Attack in afghanistan. Two americans were among those killed last night at a popular restaurant in the capital of kabul. In all 21 people were killed including 13 foreigners. The two u. S. Victims were employees at the American University of afghanistan. That attack began when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at the gate to the restaurant. Then two gunmen rushed in and opened fire. They were later killed by Afghan Security forces. The federal government has money now, well, at least through september. Yesterday president obama signed the trillion dollar spending bill just one day before funding was set to run out. In addition to funding the government, the scale it scales back automatic spending cuts that hits the pentagon and major domestic programs last year. The next time the n. S. A. Wants to spy on people, it wont be so easy. President obama just changed the rules. Kpix5s alan martin explains what is and is not allowed. We cannot prevent terrorist attacks or Cyber Threats without some capability to penetrate digital communications. Reporter effective immediately, the National Security agency must seek approval from a secret federal court before it can search its massive trove of telephone and internet data. There is an exemption for emergency terror threats. For now the n. S. A. Will source surveillance data, but the president wants that to end. Congress and the administration will study alternatives. Our intelligence people will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments. Reporter after bitter complainlts from german chancellor Angela Merkel and brazilian president , mr. Obama said this about spying on foreign leaders. Unless there is a compelling National Security purpose, we will not monitor the communications of heads of state in government of our Close Friends and allies. Reporter alan martin, kpix5. The president is already hearing criticism. Some say the reforms dont go far enough, while others say the new requirements for court orders will slow down terrorism investigations. San Francisco Mayor ed lee laid out his solution to the Affordable Housing crisis in the city during his state of the city address. He proposed a plan that includes cruz or renovation of construction or renovation of 30,000 homes over the next six years. We are all responsible. This is a crisis of our own making. For too long in San Francisco we tried to have it both ways. We want more money for Affordable Housing, but too often we oppose or scale back the very projects that generate those funds. Lee says at least 1 3 of new housing will be for low and middle income families. He hopes it will address San Franciscos housing shortage thats creating more demand and rising costs. Well, a Political Drama is playing out in San Francisco. It involves a famous actress and a tea party candidate. That is awardwinning actress maria concihto allons a with a chihuahua standing next to tim conoly. Hes a candidate who has strong views on undocumented immigration. Joe vazquez explains were the ad is getting backlash from the latino community. Reporter tim doneoly, a Tea Party Favorite from San Bernardino county was once involved with the minutemen. Great day to be a vigil ante. Reporter a group that patrols the border to catch immigrants coming across. Big government are killing our prosperity, pushing welfare costs through the roof and driving our schools into the ground. Reporter allonso is an actress of cuban and venezuelan dissent, she stars in rosso on the hudson. She was set to perform next month in the spanish version of the vagina monologues. She says allonso abruptly resigned from the cast today given the backlash on the immigration issue. Of course she has the right to say whatever she wants, but the mission, doing what shes doing [ indiscernable ] we dont act like that. First of all, that is not typical. Reporter jim salinas, long time mission resident and democrat says there probably would have been boycots if alonzo had stayed in the production. We all have a right to say, but its also our right to say we object to that. Reporter republican leo lakio has been pushing his party to be more moderate on immigration. Still, he thinks alonzo is being treated unfairly. Gh it was a political ad, it was a funny ad. That she thought anybody would lose employment over their political leanings is absurd. Reporter joe vazquez, kpix5. That issue blew up yesterday after alfonso told Spanish Language radio that she supports many of doneolys views against undocumented immigration. A flood of angry listeners let her have it and she then resigned from that show. 49er fans are pumped up for tomorrows game. Unique and weird game day preps we found all across the bay area. And a dream cruise turns into a might mayor nightmare when passengers get sick. What the cruise line says caused it. [ laughter ] he loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me thats right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands [ girl ] make dinner pop [ angelic music plays ] toaster strudel best morning ever [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. Toaster strudel [ female announcer ] try new pillsbury cruise ship got si taking a live look outside, you can see the skies are relatively clear, but there is some smog in the air. That is why it is another spare the air day here in the bay area. And taking a look at our game day forecast, tomorrow up in seattle, 49ers versus seahawks, its going to be 46 degrees at kickoff, 3 30 p. M. , partly cloudy skies. Looking forward to. Well, more than 60 people on board a cruise ship got sick with possible norovirus. The Royal Caribbean cruise line says a nasty stomach bug swept through a ship called majesty of the seas. A total of 66 passengers and two crewmembers became ill. Among the more than 2,500 people on board. The illness essentially ruined a trip for those who came down with symptoms. For me i was in the state room the whole day. The passengers were on a fournight cruise to the bahamas and key west. Yesterday crews in miami could be seen disinfecting the oceanliner. Royal caribbean gave passengers booked for another trip the option of rescheduling. The Chemical Spill that contaminated water for thousands of people in West Virginia eight days ago is not an isolated incident. The Associated Press analyzed federal environmental data. It found that for decades chemicals in waste from the coal industry have tainted hundreds of waterways and ground water supplies. As for putnam county, West Virginia, residents are still being told to avoid drinking the tap water. Newly is pulling some cable cars and trolley buses offline for tomorrows 49ers line. Muny says it wants to protect the fleet from vandals who might get too rowdy in a win or loss against the seahawks. Instead they will use buses, a cable car and some rail lines. Remember, that whole thing about seattle trying to keep 49er fans from getting tickets . Forget about it. The faithful have made the trip to the emerald city. Oh, yeah, i love the 49ers, were here, were ready to beat the seahawks. Oh, man, were ready. Lets go whoa whos got it better than us . Nobody. Whoa they are up were glad they are up there to represent the team as they arrived in seattle yesterday. Clearly fans are pumped in seattle, but are they ready in the bay area . I think so. Andrea are making sure fans have the right colors and gear. Reporter with the hours ticking down toward the nfc battle in seattle, for many niners fans, it was time to check out some new gear. At the 49ers story in palo alto, the order of the day was red and gold. Call it prekaepernick. I need a number 7 for my collection. Reporter and time to start some pregame superstitions. This is is my good luck beer right here. Reporter for others others were checking into a flight. Jim was preparing for seattles infamous 12th man, a sign that maybe a davis jersey will keep them safe. Im ready, im wearing a rain coat. Im probably going to get showered with food. Im prepared for the worst. Reporter though jack may not have to wait until sunday to fend off seattle fans. This guy was on his flight. Im in my office today, wearing my jersey around and i was getting a lot of crap. Reporter todays biggest fashion faux paus, its not Jim Harbaughs khakis, now available in tshirt form, its wearing the wrong color like this reporter. [ laughter ] its beautiful. What are you doing . Youre the opposing team right now. You should be wearing red. Reporter andrea borba, kpikx5. Stay with us for the 49ers playoff run. Lets take a look at our current temperatures out there right now. Clear morning, but definitely chilly in parts. Santa rosa reaching a low there of 28, 39 in mount view, 33 in fairfield, basically high 30s, low 40s. But later on today we could definitely expect it to warm up, 70 in redwood city, 68 in vallejo, and a reminder, it is a spare the air day, the 28th this season. So it is illegal to burn. Please keep that in mind today. And over the next seven days, mild, warm, 60s, low 70s and in the middle of next week we could start to see some clouds rolling in. Two dogs on the run and on the attack, terrorizing a neighborhood, but a grandmother happened to be in the right place at the right time twice. Angela handpalt is in Sacramento County with the woman who put her own life in danger to save three people and a dog. Reporter first this pit bull and a German Shepherd cornered two little girls on this street walking to school and just minutes later a couple of blocks away, they tried to maul an elderly womans dog. They would have killed her and killed me too. Reporter 81yearold kioko shows the teeth mark on her dog, dolly after two vicious dogs attacked them on their walk. Screaming and, you know, you hear the little baby crying. Oh, gosh. Reporter kioko says if it wasnt for this woman, she and dolly may not have survived. Tiffany ortiz just happened to be driving by. She saw the elderly woman on the ground, her defenseless dog in the jaws of the pit bull. I was not going to watch them tear this dog to pieces in front of this little lady. Reporter tiffany, putting her own life in danger, pulled dolly out of the attacking dogs mouth. It was a familiar scene playing out for this protective grandmother. Just minutes before, she stepped in and saved two little girls from the same two dogs. Im just, like, lord, what is going on today . Reporter tiffany says by the time Police Arrived the dogs had disappeared. Maybe the people that own them dont even know they got out and caused all this turmoil in one morning. Reporter but she hopes the owners are watching and will start taking better responsibility of their animals. I know i did something good and i could have got hurt, but at that point it didnt matter. There was people and a dog that needed help. Reporter luckily those two little girls were not hurt, but kioko injured her back in the attack and her dog had to get several staples. Tiffany says both the dogs have collars and tags, but police have yet to locate them or their owner. Before this no one really knew about me, not even my closest friends because i always feared that people would feel sorry for me. It can be a secret too painful to share. How she overcome adversity by opening up about her past. Well be right back. 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. Z fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Yeah. Everybody knows that. Did you know there is an oldest trick in the book . What . Trick number one. Lookest over there. Ha ha. Madeest thou look. So endeth the trick. Hey. Yes. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you. Well, you know. Happens to the students whoe above, after they finish hi school. Wendy tokuda catches up wito from the very we ask this all the time, what happens to the student hoss rise above once they finish high school . Wendy takuta catches up one of them, a student who rises up 16 years ago. Reporter giovani was a tall, langey 18yearold when we met. Im in high school. Im going to high school. Reporter he had a 3. 9gpa at east side college prep. [ cheering ] reporter five years later, we see the payoff as a young man wearing a blue lay crosses the stage to receive his second degree, a masters in mechanical engineering. The home video is fuzzy, but the accomplishment is not. I was able to make it if i was able to make it, i can make it. A kid myself who went into high school who could barely read and write, going from the worst of districts in the country for elementary school, i was able to turn it around. Reporter giovani is now a design engineer for Hewlett Packard after getting his masters from santa clara university. Teen as parents came to america to give her a better life but tinas father died when she was 10. There was no money. Her mother worked from morning until night as a garment worker. It can be so bad because i cant help her no more. She has to work. I wish i could make enough to support the both of us. Reporter tina had to be convinced to tell her story on tv. Before this no one really knew about me, not even my closest friends because i always feared that people would feel sorry for me. But now im standing up here, and i am more comfortable with telling my story because it has helped heal some of the pain. Reporter i am grateful to the donors in 1998 who thought thought who thought we were on the tv screen and just decided to help her go to college. Reporter and then there was the graduation from u. C. Berkeley in 2002. Now tina shares her accomplishment with all of us. I remember something in her speech, she wrote three years ago, i hope i have havent i havent disappointed you, she says. No, tina, you have not. Tina chow was a Television News reporter in saipan and later hawaii. But now shes an entrepreneur in tempe, arizona. Wendy takuta, kpix5. If youve like to help more people like tina and giovanni go to college, visit our website. Look for the get involved page. Well be right back. [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay . Uncle go one,two,one,two,one two,one. [niece]okay [uncle]okay . [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay . [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven [uncle laughs]theres ten spaces,you want to try again . [uncle]yeah . 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