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KTVU News At 5pm August 27, 2014

Bridge where the bridge meets the road, part of the bridge fell away. Theres no structure damage with the bridge. We have actually looked at it multiple times and they deemed it safe. The after shock caused a similar road dip in but the Franklin Butler bridge is crucial in maintaining two major industries, wine making and tourism. This is really the biggest road in and out of the valley. The biggest is to get it rared. After a quake this large we can often expect after shocks for weeks or months to come. Reporting live, tom bake air. Crews also performed emergency crews on highway 37 after chp inspectors found damage to the road way there. One westbound lane was closed for several hours. The Highway Patrol said the damage was caused by the 3. 9 after shock that struck this morning. The lane reopened this afternoon. We were actually doing an interview this morning when one of the after shocks hit and we had an early response to the earthquake system. Earthquake. Can you repeat that . Thats. What is that . You are actually seeing the Early Warning in action. That was at 10 56 when the warning went off. 6 seconds later a 2. 7 after shock hit in the napa valley. In berkeley, and oakland they would have received a 10 second warning and as we all know, every second counts. Look at all the yellow dots here. Those are all the after shocks since the earthquake. 2 of the largest just this morning. A 3. 9 and 2. 7. Coming up at 5 30 we will talk more about the after shocks and look closer at that Early Morning system. As the ground continues to shake the work to get everything back to normal is moving forward. Live in napa with the move city leaders are making to get help for the city. There are still plenty of frayed nerves here especially after that 3. 9 after shock. A lot of people did feel it and there is concern that more of those after shocks could cause damaged buildings like this one to collapse. Declared a state of emergency here to try to secure dollars to help napa rebuild. There was no debate. Is asking sacramento and washington more help. The city says 103 buildings have been red tagged with 20 more to be included tonight. 500 are yellow tagged. The city will also fast track the permit process and waive fees for those that need to rebuild. We are talking about establishing an offsite permit center, bring in all the resources they need, federal, state, as well as city and county to come in and have a one stop shop. We cannot really afford to close the restaurant more than this. Fast track of permitting is good for who says he is anxious to reopen. As you can see my walking trying to fix it and get it ready. So ready tonight to open and welcome our customers. You need a permit. I need a permit to get it done. Its been interesting. Across the street norman rose tay veteran just opened. They want customers to come to napa this weekend. Its a big weekend for us. Everyone is affected so were all giving everybody big hugs. There is a 55 milliondollar threshold for the city to qualify for state and or federal funding in that emergency declaration. City Officials Say they are still tallying up the numbers. They hope to have the first assessment of the dollar amount sometime tonight. San Francisco Mayor was in napa today to see the earthquake damage on hand. Other city and county leaders. Has a lot of historic masonry buildings susceptible to earthquake damage. I think the challenge of the day. Napa wouldnt be that kinds of if it wasnt for the mist or i can buildings. Offered support to rebuild and clean up crews from San Francisco. The city of napa is changing the locations for where people can get rid of things damaged in the earthquake. Dumpsters placed at schools are overflowing. The city is hoping to have those sites closed by tomorrow. New drop off locations will be set up in city parks. Those bins have been filled up with all kinds of items, furniture and bricks. Ken wayne told us a moment ago how napa declared a state of emergency. In Solano County also declared a state of emergency. This as the estimated damage to county buildings alone is nearing a million dollars. The majority of the damage in valet oh is in valet o, the declaration means the county can apply for funds from federal and at 5 30 a close up look at the chance we could have more after shocks and a live report at rebuilding in and we have resources to help you get yourself earthquake prepared. New at 5 00 emergency officials issued an earthquake earthquake shelter in place. Brought out a hazmat team all trying to determine what went wrong. Live in hayward where the situation turned out to be not quite as bad as we first saw it. John. We are in deepa road in hayward where this has been a scary, very busy situation. But the good news is that situation has been wrapped up and you can see the traffic is now being let through here on deep owe road. Officials have given the all clear. But at 1 30 because of the. Please shelter in place. Close all windowses. That was the robo call that went out to people in the area warning about the hazmat situation. All because of two smoking barrels. Fire Officials Say it started with a Company Called which recently shut down. A worker was trying to dispose of some chemicals but put too much in the barrels causing a chemical reaction. Some people reported feeling sick from those fumes. Firefightersfirefighters realized there was no toxic threat. The son of the owner of the business was coming out and was trying to dispose of some chemicals and he started mixing these chemicals and then decided to mix it at higher quantit quantity and when he did that the strong odd or filled the air. We actually got behind the contractors Chemical Company and took a picture of those smoking barrels, it was rather a noxious odor. I can see how it would make you light headed. Firefighters say those odors are not toxic but this area was shut down for about 3 hours before firefighters deemed this area completely safe and in the meantime we have scenes from people sitting at one of those vehicles that serves lunches and they have been out enjoying the afternoon. Once the firefighters open things back up. So all in all here things are returning to normal. Live in hayward. There is new information about a man arrested in the south bay who is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. The 19yearold is under arrest for sexually abusing a 14year old and now police want to know if there are more victims. Police booked Andrew Knight on saturday after the girls mother found him inside the family home. In morgan hill and tells us why police tells us why this case is so alarming. Well the two melt through a mutual friend and say the young teen frequently hung out at also very active on social media. Reveals the 19yearold has more than 3000 friends, many of them young girls and thats troubling to morgan hill police. We have a reason to believe that two of them were involved in social media conversations and sometimes parents kind of out of sight, out of mind and they dont ask about texting and social media accounts. Police say saturday morning they got a call from a concerned mother after she found knight with her 14year old in a neighborhood east of done. Police say knight ran off. They arrested him. This was an adult, this was a minor and we believe he was preying on the minor. I just saw. Stacy said she was surprised to see all the cop activity in her neighborhood. Kind of nerveracking. Its just sad. Like the serial thing happening here so its kinds of scary. This is the second Sexual Assault case in the last 2 months to hit the last month arrested accused of sexually molesting children at the ymca. This happened and it happens not in some far away country, its here. For this father who has a 14 yearold to ask the tough questions and be involved. She is isnt in our field of view 100 of the time so we have to trust her. I guess you have to work on building trust. And Police Believe this is an isolated incident but they want to put his picture out there to make sure there is only one victim. Live in morgan hill, ktvu. Believe it or not that serial stow away was arrested once again today. Find out which airport he was loitering in this time. Im tracking some changing temperatures. Details on what to expect for your holiday. And next a huge fizzure now has many homes red tagged. We learn how the worst is bringing out the best in people. More coverage now of the napa earthquake. The city of napa has released a map of the buildings that have been red tagged and yellow tagged. Red tagged means the building is unsafe to enter. You spoke with people who cant go back into their homes. That, too. But also this neighborhood in Browns Valley on the west side of napa has been without walter for almost 3 days since this pipe burst sunday morning. Third day without water. People with swimming pools have been sharing. We have got garbage cans in the back of the truck and filling them up with water so we can fill the showers. Neighbors say geologists found a 7mile long fissure through many homes and a lot of them red tagged. A contractor came today to survey the house. Its a shock. We know we have a lot of work in front of us. Were not exactly sure what that entails at this moment. The emmetts are now living in a travel trailer on the street. More fortunate neighbors have reached out. People offered to let us shower at their home. The next street over, more red tags. In fact you can track the fault. The fault goes right under hunters house. We havent talked to the engineers yet, thats why im still smiling, so well see. Theres nothing we can do. We heard that sentiment a lot today. They are just doing the best they can in earthquake country. Coming up how the euphoria of survival is now becoming the reality of reconstruction. That woman known as the serial stow away, incredibly she has been arrested in phoenix for loitering at an airport. 62yearold was taken into custody in the baggage area of Sky Harbor Airport this morning. It was the second time she had been spotted at sky harbor without a ticket. You remember she was arrested after she was sentenced to 6 months in jail but she was released a few days later because of overcrowding. Its not clear how she got to arizona. The biggest names in television gathered last night for the emmy awards, they paid tribute to actor robin williams. He could be funny anywhere. As comedian and close friend Billy Crystal giving an emotional speech about williams and his impact as a public figure and as a friend. As genius as he was on stage, he was the greatest friend you could ever imagine, supportive, protective, loving. Its very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives. Robin williams himself won 2 emmy awards and was nominated a total of 8 times. Williams committed suicide 2 weeks ago. The cause of his death is still pending. A 15yearold girl from atherton just became the youngest tennis player in almost 20 years to win a match at the u. S. Open. We first introduced you to cc two weeks ago after she won the champions in the 18 and under. Today she beat the number 12 seed. It was a stunning 3 setups at the u. S. Open. Anna corn a cove a was the last player so young to win an open match and that was back in 1996. Patty lee did a story on her a couple of weeks ago. Patty is a competitive tennis player. Amazing, 15 years ago. Is that wonderful. Lets go to our chief meteorologist. As kids are back in school its heating up. I was just thinking when i was 15. You certainly werent doing that. How do you get that good that fast. It was a nice day today, temperatures warmed up a little bit. But why am i showing you the eastern pacific. Take a look. Lets come in a little closer and ill show you that hurricane im tracking as we go into the weekend. Because the hurricane is going to fall apart by the way as it gets into cooler water but then its going to get sucked back into the flow and that means we could see some tropical moisture and that chance of thunderstorms, especially in lake tahoe. Where hewe will be tracking and its a long way from now. Friday, saturday, it should start showing up on friday. So as we go in closer, the fog along the coast, theres some patchy fog. Pretty sunny out there in many places and a nice day. As you know the temperatures probably warmed to as you remember yesterday numbers were 70s, low, mid70s. And a couple of low 80s but mostly 70s, so much warmer today. Warmer still tomorrow and warmer still as we go into thursday. So the forecast model, here comes the fog back to the coast. Its patchy now. It will be back tomorrow. But you know its going to be warm because the fog, theres no inland push. The inversion is shallower so inland areas and even bay areas are warm. That fog in the morning its all the way in here. Its going to take a while to warm up. You see those red spreading out the 90s because the valley is not going to get any of that cool sea breeze. Lots of orange which is mid to upper 80s and then 70s around the bay. So tomorrow looks good, your thursday looks pretty darn warm as well. This is establishing itself and as it builds in temperatures on the increase. So well see some mid90s as we head into the next couple of days. 95 tomorrow, 90 in fair field. Air quality takes a little bit of a hit an fire danger back up. Had a little fire in the oak lands hills today. Didnt amount to much because still kind of moist, still kind of cool but with things warming up we have got to start worrying about brush fires. Here comes the hurricane moisture. We will track that for you but thats the kinds of pattern, you could see some rain or thunder and lightning. You may not see anything. Thank you, bill. A bit earlier we showed you that earthquake Warning System going off during out of our interviews. Do these after shock. Plus were learning more about americans being held by isis. No rush, andy. Come on. With the chase mobile app you can get a lot done in a little amount of time from transferring funds wait a minute. Youve got to be kidding. Did you guys see that . That ball was out. To paying your coach for adding five Miles Per Hour to your serve. That ball wasnt in. Get your eyes checked. Help me out here. Download the best mobile app today. So you can always have the advantage. Chase. So you can major developments today in the conflict in syria. The Obama Administration appears to be setting the stage for air strikes to deal with the threat from islamic militants. President obama has ordered surveillance flights to track isis. Just over 2 weeks ago the president signed off on air strikes but so far the u. S. Hasnt been willing to become involved in the civil war. You will become isis milt substantiates be headed a u. S. Journalist and there are believed to be at least 3 other american journalists including a young woman who we learned was kidnapped last year. Today president obama promised justice for james foleys death. We will do whats necessary to capture those who harm americans, to go after those who harm americans. Its a politically complicated decision. The regime of says it would accept u. S. Air strikes against isis because isis is a enemy. The u. S. Isnt consulting with the president about the mission. We learned that an american has apparently been killed in syria fighting with isis. He grew up in minnesota. San Francisco Police are investigating whats being called a suspicious death. Firefighters responding to a medical call about 9 30 this morning found the womans body in a home. The firefighters thought the circumstances of her death were suspicious and called police. A person at the home who called 911 was questioned by investigators although the case has not yet been ruled a homicide. The medical examiner hasnt yet been ruled a. The san pedro hospital announced that it is radically Cutting Services because of a serious financial crisis. The problem is doctors is the only hospital in west county. A Group Supporting Doctors Medical center announced today it plans to file a request for an injunction to keep the hospital open. There is no dispute that closing this facility will have a catastrophic impact. So far 80 people have resigned from Doctors Hospital and almost 200 others have been told to expect pink slips if the financial aspect does not improve. A warning goes off during one of our interviews. Youre actually seeing the Early Warning in action. The strongest after shocks and the odds that we will see more. Unnoticed overnight at an airport in southern california. Where the man was hiding so that the regular security sweep didnt catch him. And 20 people impacted after an Early Morning fire, but where the fire started has investigators taking a much closer look. Ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. And that breaking news comes to us from San Francisco. What you are looking at here is a water main break at 28th and castro street and you can see all of the water on the street. Almost looks like that street may be closed as a result of this. 28th and castro, its happening during the evening commute. If you are in that area just be aware that there is a water main break. Crews on the scene working to fix that water break. We dont know what caused the water break. We are working to get more information but you see the result there at 28th and castro in San Francisco. We have more breaking news that we told you about at the top of the newscast. Inside that car there, the bodies of 3 people. There was a crash on the ramp her man off ramp. We were told it was 2 cars, now we are learning that it was just a single car crash. Somehow the car went off the road and it looks like it may have rolled over. All 3 people inside were killed. We have learned now that it was 2 men and a woman who were inside that car. To show you where it happened we want to put up a map because the lake hermann off vamp is going to be closed until 8 30 tonight. To give you a perspective. On the left thats where the moth ball is. This may be causing some back ups on 680, 680 connects to 80. You would take 780 instead. 3 People Killed this afternoon. Several good after shocks shook the napa valley today. A 3. 9

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