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KTVU News At 5pm September 5, 2014

One of the issues is, for us trying to locate the fire, makes it difficult. Early on we tried to make an aggressive attack so i decided to pull everyone out for safety, we pulled everyone out, went to an exterior operation. We attacked the operation from all four sides. We contained the fire to that building and the building to the right of it. At this time we are worried bowl structural problems. We had a floor about structural problems. We had a floor collapse. Thank you, chief. We will check in with you later. We have been told these are old buildings. They have no fire abatement walls. Concerns about collapse. Fortunately this was retrofitted for earthquakes. The brick walls did not collapse on the firefighters during that time and this is not the first time this building has been on the Fire Departments radar. We are working on that and we will have more on that at 5 30 p. M. Reporting live in San Francisco, patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. We want to show you the store that caught fire. This is from google maps. One of those places that sells everything. This shows the store just lined with tshirts, backpacks, purses, soccer balls. If you have been inside you know they are packed with all sorts of goods. These pictures were taken in may. This is on the ground about 20 minutes after the fire started. The smoke so thick you could barely see the police car. As you wait, now you can get an idea of how thick all the smoke was and how much of a problem it caused for firefighters. That video was taken half a block away from the fire but there was so much smoke that people several blocks away said it was tough to breathe. Ktvus Noelle Walker has been talking to people drying to deal with all that smoke down wind from the massive fire. I covered a lot of fires but this was tough to cope win terms of the smoke. We drove through it on the way here and right now we are several blocks away, but till a half hour ago we had to use masks because the smoke was so thick it was hard to speak or even breathe. Reporter today it is covered in smoke. You could see the smoke coming. Like a volcano thick smoke spewed. The air was smoking. People took smoking. People took choking. People took cover. My grandchildren they are as mattic and the smoke can have asthma and the smoke can harm them. They decided it was time to leave their house. The smoke is coming in. We are not safe there either. We will go out for coffee or something. Pretty extreme. All of our windows are closed and the house still smells. Reporter on every corner face masks from police to pedestrians and if they arent worrying a mask they are doing their best to improvise. Plans might have to change. Reporter the smoke and the smell of it linger. I cant imagine how this is going to get sorted out. Or how long smoke like this takes to dissipate. Reporter i cant imagine how long this is going to linger either. People describe the smell as chemical. Even though the smoke is gone the smell is still lingering in the air. You have dawn good job setting the teen done a good job seating the scene for us. Is that horseness in your horse in your voice . Reporter i had a cold but the smoke is making me cough. My voice has changed in a couple of hours that i have been here. Take care. Thank you. She is not alone there dealing with all that smoke from the fire. We will track any developments for you and at 5 30 p. M. Ask 6 00 p. M. More and 6 00 p. M. More live reports. A rapper known as mark sanford is in jail facing four felony counts including kidnapping and false imprisonment. Ktvus john sasaki is at the jail where he learned the case hit a snag. Reporter the rapper Charles Mitchell could be released anytime now. Prosecutors need more information before they could proceed with the case. Reporter Charles Mitchell or mark sanford as he is known, as been in jail since tuesday. [ music playing ] reporter you can see him in this video. The rapper was arrested after turning himself in. The arrest warrant was based on the fact there are charnels for kidnap charges for kidnapping, false imprisonment, brandishing a firearm, conducting criminal activity as a member of a gang. Investigators are saying little about the crimes or the victim. It would be imprudent to provide information about the victim. Reporter now it turns out the case may be missing something because the District Attorney decided to release the wrapper till they gather more information. I would see him driving by, never talked to him. Reporter he had been living in this neighborhood where the Sheriffs Office raided his home. A resident sent us this photo. They surrounded the house. They got inside. Back to the video, mayor jean quan appears in it. The footage was from abevent an event celebrating Marshawn Lynch after the super bowl last year. Reporter i asked the District Attorney why they released him, they are not filing charges till further review. John sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. The raiders have settled a lawsuit involving 90 raideretts. They worked for the team from 20102013. The leading plaintiffs will receive an additional 10,000 each. They accum the team of failing to pay accuse the team of failing to pay minimum wage. The settlement will be finalized september 26. School teacher is under arrest accused of possessing child pornography. Melissa rivers was arrested Michael Stanley ryder was arrested yesterday. They received a tip he was uploading child pornography to a cloud data storage account. She a teacher at First Christian school in napa. Police are examining the evidence and havent said if any of the photos are of students. Police say a woman found dead last week was the victim of a murdersuicide at the hands of her son. The victim was found stabbed to death on august 28. Her body was inside a car behind a church. Investigators say later that evening they found her son dead of a suicide near the church. They say neither had any affiliation with the church. Police havent released the sons name or if they know of a motive. Joan rivers died today. Fans started gathering at her star. Rivers was hospitalized after she went into cardiac arrest at a doctors office. Her daughter Melissa Rivers said she died surrounded by family and friends. A look back at rivers Ground Breaking career. All my jokes over the last 30 years. Reporter he was born in 1933. She worked odd jobs before breaking into comedy in the 1960s. Welcome joan rivers. 1965 she appeared on the tonight show starring johnny carson. She would become Johnny Carsons permanent guest host but her career had a number of set backs. [ music ] reporter she helped launch it fox network with a late night talk show. They never spoke again. The show only lasted two seasons. Later her husband committed suicide. 1989 she returned to tv with the joan rivers show that earned her a emmy and a tony nomination. She never stopped doing stand up and making headlines for her comments about celebrities and launched a jewelry and clothing line and starred in several cable shows with her daughter Melissa Rivers. Joan rivers will always be remembered as a legend, she set the standard for female comedians and made fans last for a half century laugh for a half century. 4 years in the business 40 years in the business. On a personal note my wife used to be a producer on the joan rivers talk show in the 1980s and she loved working for her. And she made her laugh every day and she had a dog named spike and she brought him to work every day and she had his name written on her office door. Joan rivers was 81 years old. A university of california at berkeley graduate dies in china. Nobody dies from dehydration in a major city with a medical service. 2 investigates looks into the delays and missteps that make doctors at fault. A slight bump in temperatures for the bay area, the spots approaching 90 degrees and when warmth is expected. And controversy over smores. The reason they are firing up political outrage. Get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. Inside each of us is a little bit of minion. The part of us that wants to play, wants to be mischievous, wants to run free, all you have to do is let it out. Find your inner minion only at the despicable me minion mayhem ride at Universal Studios hollywood. A frightening attack. Police say the suspect may be trying trying to intimidate young girls into prostitution. The man tried to kidnap a teenager while she was walking home from school. Ktvusicate a u spoke to katy eustis spoke to the teenager. She will be scared till he is caught. She wanted to speak out tonight. We are not showing her face but she wants to make sure this doesnt happen to anyone else. He stopped me and tried to grab me. And then he, like, took me to his car and pushing me in his car. Reporter he called an attempted kidnapping near south 37th street brazen and aggressive. Making sexual comments. Reporter during the nils late august attack she got a initial late august attack she got away and notified police and then i felt like someone was behind me and it was the same person. The teen spotted the man and then quickly snapped photos. Her father confronted the guy. And he took off. Reporter he is likely a local and likely a pimp. We have a problem with Human Trafficking in our community. I never thought this would happen to me and since it happened i didnt want to go nowhere. I dont want to walk to school no more. Reporter police say this teen did everything right. She fought off the initial attack and then their quick thinking captured these photos. If you recognize this man call police. They are offing a 5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest. Live in richmond, katy eustis, ktvu channel 2 news. Governor jerry brown and his challenger are two hours away from their first and only scheduled debate. It will take place in sacramento. Governor jerry brown is favored in the race. However analysts say the debate could be an opportunity for him to gain some ground. He has an opportunity, he needs to headline after the debate. If there could be something coming out of the debate that is new and followed through that is about all he could hope for. He had called for the governor to debate him 10 times. Brown agreed to just one debate. Stay with ktvu channel 2 news for continuing coverage. We will have a link to the webcast on www. Ktvu. Com and we will bring you a live report at 10 00 p. M. Block about mores is coming under fire smores is coming under fire. A blog included a history of the smoke. They said it was meant to encourage fire safety but critics say it was a waste of government time and money. Somebody along the lines should have said it is nice you took the time to write this but they have other things to do. He has been critical of the blog saying it appears the Obama Administration has strategy for roasting smores but no strategy for fighting isis. Chevron agreed to settle a case. They will pay 278,000 civil penalty according to the air Quality Management district. The violations included vapor leaks in fuel gas. The violations were not related to the 2012 fire. Lets talk about our weather now. Our chief meteorologist bill martin. We were showing the fire in the Mission District, how concerned are you about the smoke . The winds are blowing good so there is a lot of dispersal. A hot day. If the city was 90 degrees, then you worry. Anytime you see a structure fire, the combustibles are toxic. Right . In this case the environment is breezy and mixing up. The fog along the coast right now. You see it where it was last night. The fog pushes inland again tonight. This morning looked like yesterday morning and the morning before that. You can see the fog across the bay. That is how you know it is breezy. Fog pushing into oakland and inland. As we look at the current winds, you see them, 21 Miles Per Hour winds novato. Out of the north. 17 fairfield. San Francisco International airport 18 Miles Per Hour. Southwest there. 14 oakland area. Temperatures similar to last night at this time. Almost the same. Not much difference. Fog along the coast again tomorrow and temperatures tomorrow like today. This low pressure is taking off and as it does the high establishes itself. Tomorrow like what we had today. Maybe warmer inland. And as we move forward saturday, sunday or friday, saturday and sunday. You will see warmer. The warmest day is on your bay area saturday. Today was nice but temperatures are coming up. No big heat wave. Which is fine. Highs tomorrow, 95 clear lake. High enough. Clear lake has more like i dont know, chico temperature foot front because of where they sit. 88 concord. 90 pittsburg. Another nice day. Air quality issues, you will notice it, today you look outside and you will see haze in the atmosphere, there is a little inversion going right now. The fiveday forecast with your bay area weekend in view, there it is. Temperatures come up. Warmest day on saturday. Might find mid90s inland and temperatures no big changes. That is the take away. In the same day after day, you know, wain few degrees. Within a few degrees. Weekend look goods. Fog is a constant player at the coast. Thank you. Mother devastated when someone steal as photo of her son who was killed in afghanistan and uses it on a dating website. Her message to anyone who answers. And crews on the scene of the fire in the Mission District. We will have a live report at 5 30 p. M. Julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6 00 p. M. Thousands of children missing school. The factors contradicting to the problem and the law that could help keep kids in class. Plus referee is there is is new information on the ground shaking during the earthquake in napa. The u. S. Geological survey said the ground motion recording was the highest level ever reported in napa. A usgs engineer said it came close to the maximum level that engineers use when designing New Buildings in the area. Those usgs scientists found the west napa fault produced a crack six miles long and moved the surface 18 inches north. It was hit with a lot of damage because it sits in a basin basin. Basin. They had a recorder in napa in a masonry building. We reported the strongest ground motions that were reported in napa at that building and that building sailed through without damage. That is an indication of if we do take the time and the energy and spend the money to retrofit they can with stand earthquakes. They have been mapping a crack on the ground but the usgs also used helicopters, and sat lithes to provide satellites to provide images and concord is hoping their emergency fair going on now will help people be ready for a earthquake. It goes from 4 00 p. M. To 8 00 p. M. Tonight at the farmers market. It aims to prepare people for all types of catastrophes. Islamic state of iraq and syria is at the center of concern that nato summit. Leaders are determining whether they should concern a role in containing the threat from isis. President obama and the Prime Minister are calling for action after militants killed two american journalists and pledge to kill a british hostage next. The world would be a safer place if we could squeeze them out of existence. What there out to be is a government that looks after all of its people. 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Mattress price wars ends sunday at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. We are continue to follow the breaking news from San Francisco, a crowded area in the Mission District is shut down tonight after a 5 alarm fire broke out at a store this afternoon on Mission Street. Bright orange flames and thick smoke shot out of the building around 1 00 p. M. This afternoon. Firefighters are on the scene now checking for hot spots but the damage is still impacting the area. We have also learned the store that burn said may have had problems in the past. Ktvus patti lee is live from the scene. What have you learned about the business . A couple things. It has not been sited but there are complaints about the way the merchandise was stored, a fire hazard but no citations. The main concern right now is that parts of this building could still collapse. The fire is not yet out. It is mostly contained. Investigators are here, they are trying to find the cause of the fire, which started around 1 00 p. M. And devoured this building which was made mostly of wood. Three other buildings were also damaged. Including an Apartment Building where 20 people live. These buildings built before fire codes existed and firefighters say they were lucky this had retrofitted brick walls that made it more sturdy but the fire chief said it is the merchandise and the way it was stored that led to complaints in the past and made it a danger today. I was just told that with this particular property i believe they were sited in 2009 and 2013 with over crowded much much merchandise. I am told both times the violation was abated and they corrected the problem. We have our arson team on scene. They will determine the cause and origin. Reporter that

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