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KTVU News At 5pm May 22, 2014

Case. Live in san jose, robert honda. Called the pillow case rapist because how he muffled the screams of the victims. A judge is deciding when and how he will be released. 63yearold Christopher Evans hubbart had a string of victims from San Francisco to Santa Clara County to Los Angeles County. And a judge ordered him to be released from southern california. Nowell walker is outside the courthouse. Reporter this is where his last crimes occurred between 1980 and 1981. He raped or sexually assaulted 23 women in the bay area, that is two victim as months. He is ordered release to Los Angeles County where she not welcomed with open arms. Reporter the ladies of lake los angeles, they traveled 7 hours to san jose to ask a judge to stop a sexual predator from moving in. He needs to stay in lock up. Reporter Christopher Evans hubbart terrorized women from the bay area to los angeles. He admitted to 38 rapes over three decades. Authorities believe the number of victims could top 100. We dont want him out. Not where we live, not where everybody lives. San jose judge said Christopher Evans hubbart could be released to Los Angeles County, he would live 5 minutes away from her home. Today the rape survivor told the judge she scared. Absolutely. I mean, if you look at his history, when he got out he kept doing it. Christopher evans hubbart spent more of his life in prison and state Mental Health hospitals than out. Each time he was let out he raped again. Some victims were at this apartment complex. No one we talked to in the neighborhood remembers the pillow case attacks but those who might call him neighbor now believe he will strike again. We are not a dumping ground. That is what they are trying to do. The judge didnt make a decision today and wont say when he will make that decision. Except saying it will be posted online. Coming up at 6 00 p. M. We ask if doctors at state hospitals are releasing violent sexual predators before they are ready. More details now on Christopher Evans hubbarts record. In 1982 he moved to the bay area and rapped 15 more women. Developing news involving a bay area construction worker killed on the job. The second time in two day as worker fell and died. Todays accident happened in san jose. For new information, live at the scene. We are learning this worker fell three stories . Reporter i want to show you the development here. This side on my left is occupied. Follow me this way. You can see the apartment buildings that are going up. That is where the man fell from height of 3 stories. Neighbors tell me the construction work has been moving along quickly till it was halted this afternoon. We were not allowed on the site so the best advantage from news copper two. He fell three stories. It is unclear if he was perched on the building or in the crane before falling. The man died on scene and police have been guarding the area all afternoon while cal osha investigates. We are talking about multiple stories. There should be fall protection for employees. There should be barriers to keep them falling off a wall or the top story. There should be protection, personal protection. Reporter throws the areas calosha will be investigating. We reached out to the Company Building the town homes, they declined to comment. There are 94 town homes. Units are in the mid 500,000 range. This all followed yesterdays death, a 54yearold. It was reported he fell 15 feet and landed head first but we learned from calosha this afternoon he fell 9 feet before dying. And that was at a construction site at the former baymeadows race track. Calosha havent released the name of the man who died today. Investigators are trying to determine who his employer was. There are often times subcontractors. Live in san jose. Change your passwords is the message for ebay users. We told you this morning about a security breach. Hackers compromised a data bay. Executives say there is no evidence of uns thered activity or unauthorized activity or credit card information was stolen. They stole employee log ins that allowed them to access the network. It happened between february and march and there is no indication the Payment Service paypal was involved. California womans plea on facebook may have helped ended a decade of sexual abuse. This man, Isidro Garcia was arrested yesterday. He is accused of kidnapping and raping a minor while holding her hostage and 9 years. He was a live in boyfriend of the girls mother. He abducted her in 2004. He held her in a garage in compton and then when she was 18 he forced her to marry him. He was arrested after the victim got in touch with her sister on facebook and told her she was abused for 10 years. Information on the case is still coming in. We will have new details at 6 00 p. M. New developments in a growing scandal involving the department of Veterans Affairs. President obama spoke today about accusations of misconduct but tonight the president is criticized by republicans and even democrats. There is outrage over revelations that officials were keeping admission waiting lists secret and falsifying data to hide how long some veterans waited to see a doctor. As many as 40 veterans died from medical conditions before they could get an appointment with a va. The president spoke to reporters after meeting with secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. President obama promised swift action and said that if misconduct is discovered those employees will be punished. I will not stand for it. Not as commander in chief. But also not as an american. None of us should. Tonight the president is facing criticism from republicans and democrats who say the administration has not moved fast enough to deal with this situation. Disappointmented with president obama today. There was no disa. Ed with president obama today. There was no urgency. Republicans are calling for the resignation ovaries erst. The of secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. The president left open the possibility Eric Shinseki could step aside but right now he is working with him to make sure there is accountability. The president asked Eric Shinseki for a report by next week. Mother faces murder charges after police say she killed her three girls. Sheds in los angeles were called to the womans home by the girls grandmother who made the discovery. Police found the bodies on the bed and the Mother Holding a knife. They have no information on a motive. At this point no, she didnt say anything. She is being detained. Authorities identified the woman as carol coronado. There are reports she called the childrens grandmother earlier in the day and said she was going crazy. This evening people will gather to remember a High School Senior killed on the train tracks. Investigators say she was crossing the tracks with ear buds and didnt hear a train approaching mondays night. The 18 year monday night. The 18yearold was going to prom this weekend and about to graduate. Tonights memorial will be held at 8 00 p. M. We are learning more about a deadly bus crash in southern california. One lane of interstate 10 opened. 12 hours after the accident which happened west of blithe near the Arizona State line about 2 15 a. M. This morning. A tractortrailer spilled a load of pipes on the freeway. The chp says a bus driver swerved to avoid them and flipped over. Four people were killed. 21 others are hospitalized. The bus with 32 passengers was on its way from to los angeles from el paso, texas. New video of a man with a shotgun robbing a store in Mineta San Jose International airport. He hit one customer in store in san jose. He hit one customer in the face. This happened two fridays ago. Police tell us the man got away in a newer silver colored toyota. San jose police want to hear from anyone who has information on the robber. She identified him to police as her attacker and he was locked away for 10 years. Turns out she was wrong and tonight she talked about ways to get the right suspect the first time. Why eyewitness accounts could be powerful ask also inaccurate and also inaccurate. Reporter when a eyewitness gets it wrong the consequences could be devastating. She was raped in 1984 at her North Carolina college. She picked her supposed attacker out of a police line up. But he turned out to be the wrong man. Paralyzed from the guilt i felt. Reporter after spending a decade behind bars he was exonerated through dna evidence. They have even become friends. She shared her story with police and prosecutors from around the bay area. We make really bad mistakes and those mistakes lead to an innocent person being in prison and a guilty person still on the street. It is very important to understand the complexities of human memories. Reporter this event was put on by the Northern California innocence project. A group that works to over turn wrongful convictions. Advocates are pushing for Law Enforcement agencies to use blind line ups, that is when police show a witness photos and the officer doesnt know which one is the suspect. Sometimes unintentionally there is feed back and the change of the tone of the voice, a confirmation of they got the person and we dont want that. Reporter some prosecutors already put these policies in place. Talking about incarcerating people i think we have to put checks and balances. There is a place for eyewitness i. D. , there is. Reporter she is hoping those with the power to arrest and prosecute will learn from her mistake. Alex savage. An urgent call to the public about a missing woman. 41yearold jade dashiell was last seen yesterday morning when she dropped off her children at school. She was upset and may have take an gun from had home. From the home. She 53, 120 pounds, blond hair, blueys. If you have seen her call police. A toxic Waste Landfill in Central California is expanding even though some people think it may be linged to birth de linked to birth defects. A Farming Community 55 miles south of fresno. The landfill is near capacity and will be allowed to grow by 5 million cubic yards. They have experienced a number of birth defects but Officials Say the landfill is not to blame. One of the most important tools firefighters have in the battle against wildfires. You see here water drops. The drought is having a double impact. Water levels are so low it is harder for helicopters to fill up and do the drops and more dry fuel out there waiting to burn. The impact this is having. Reporter helicopters, their beauty is their ability to pick up water anywhere, provided the water is there. Reporter they are always getting for fighting a wildfire with the water coming from a pond, lake, reservoir or stream, many of which are drying up. The closer the water source the quicker the turn around for the helicopter. And the most water will be dropped on the fire. Reporter three of the 12 water drop helicopters have hoses to pump 300 gallons of water into their tanks needing only a couple feet of walter to re water to reload. Reporter the other 9 have water buckets. But they need 4 to 5 feet of water to get a bucket full. As we get later into the season it will be an issue for us, i am sure. Reporter unlike air tankers, helicopters can stay on or near the fire for two hours by dipping in to close by water resources. The fuel truck that follows the choppers carries enough for 10 hours of flight time. Though swimming pools cant be a source, they are not used because they are too close to homes to clear the blades and they create winds that could throw around furniture harming people and the copper and crew as well. It will be an issue for us. Reporter at the moment ranch and stock ponds have plenty of water but the drier and the hotter the weather gets the faster it will be used up. Hundreds of firefighters are battling a wildfire in arizona. This is a live look at the fire scene north of the slide rock state park. You see a massive plume of smoke. Homes, businesses and campground have been evacuated. The fire grown to 4500 acres. At this point there is zero containment. They believe it was sparked by human activity at 4 00 p. M. Yesterday. Catching so [ bleep ] fast. In san diego fire investigators are using this cell phone video of the first few seconds of one of last weeks wildfires to figure out how it started. It was taken by a man who was working on his home and it captures the fire as it grows out of control. Investigators believe the fire started on a golf course nearby. The fire burned through 600 acres killing one person and it gutted an apartment building, 8 homes and 2 businesses. Residents can help track the recovery of mount diablo following the fire in september. A group has set up stations where people can snap pictures of the area and post them. The photos will then be merged together to create a crowd sourced time lapse of the recovery. The morgan fire burned 3,000 acres. Investigators determined the fire was started by someone who was target shooting but no charges were filed. Weather is warm but not extreme heat. Now to our chief meteorologist. Things i dont know about extreme heat but warmer. Temperatures in to the 80s and 90s. Warmest towards the weekend. That weather system that was around the last couple days brought us a chance of showers and thunderstorms still plaguing the northeastern part of the state. Tahoe. Showers. Showers showing up. In the foot hills. You can see for us, not much. Lets go east here. Radar, phoenix lake, cameron park. These are thundershowers. Rain with them. Which is good. The winds are out of the west. 26 Miles Per Hour gusts at the San Francisco international airport. Fog is back at the coast. 78 concord. Warmer than yesterday or the day before. That is because High Pressure is setting up as the air sinks it warms warms and conpresses compressing. If you are doing anything on highway 1, Half Moon Bay, dense, visibility is low. That means it is not getting over the coastal hills. Inland areas will warm. Tomorrow morning, 7 00 a. M. Fog in the morning. Through the bay. Livermore valley out of it. Antioch, out of it. Highs tomorrow, you see the greens representing 60s. Yellows are 70s and 80s. To the east, livermore valley, napa valley, santa rosa, it is warming. 73 right now in san jose. Forecast tomorrow san jose low 80s. These are the highs. 85 fairfield. 86 brentwood. San jose 80 degrees. 83 morgan hill. 62 Half Moon Bay. What is tomorrow . Thursday. Big holiday weekend. Warming up. Warming continues. Last week how cool it was, temperatures working their way up. You can see saturday and sunday, low 90s. Memorial day temperatures in the low 90s as well. Nice looking fiveday forecast with your bay area weekend in view. When i come back we will look at the fog forecast for the weekend to see what how you can plan. Thank you. A growing number of cities will be tracking you. Tonight we look at how effective the license plate readers are. And video of a bus just engulfed in flames. How the fight to put it out gets harder when the bus starts to role. Julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6 00 p. M. A growing number of massive ships sailing into San Francisco bay. The ships are getting larger and larger. The first of its kind maneuver to make sure they dont get stranded and drivers noting someone weaving and smoking marijuana on 880, the quick action other drivers took. These stories and much more coming up new at 6 00 p. M. 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There were no children on the bus when it caught fire and the driver was able to get off safely after he began to smell smoke. Authorities are looking into the cause of the fire. A new push to give juvenile offenders a clean slate. It was hard. I tried to get a job, try to do all these things but with the record it was impossible. Juvenile records could create barriers. A bill would eliminate a fee some counties charge to keep a record sealed. Contra costa county and San Francisco county done away with that. In oakland the author said making it easier to keep the record sealed could help Young Offenders move on with their lives. This is one way to close the door so young people who made a mistake but done their restitution we could put them back on track. People who are 18 or younger at the time of the offense and rehabilitated would be eligible to have the record fee waved. It will go before the Committee Later this week. President obama is sending 80 u. S. 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