,,,, good afternoon, i vice president joe biden ending the suspense over whether he will run for president. hi, everyone. good afternoon. >> new at noon, the vice president announcing in the rose garden hours ago he will not be a candidate for

president in 2016. the venue made it clear biden wouldn't be announcing a run on the president's home turf. >> i believe we're out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. but while i will not be a candidate, i will not be silent. i intend to speak out clearly and forcefully to influence as much as i can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation. >> and for more on the vice president's decision today, our political analyst joins us with some analysis. we're all asking why. >> that's the question. as he mentioned, he's had some personal tragedy this year with the death of his son and, of course, that played a big role in whether his family was ready to deal with the scrutiny of a presidential campaign. it's also timing, frankly at this point in the game, if you

you don't have everything in place, it's too late. hillary clinton has gotten endorsements and contributions from a lot of big democratic players. there didn't seem to be a lot of air in the room. this is kind of a new thing in presidential politics. if you think back to 1968, humphrey got into the race in april and still got his party's nomination. things have definitely changed when october is too late to get into the race. >> he's not a young man either. in his 70s. >> that's true. >> and hillary clinton, no doubt clapping but she has a big target. >> she must be excited. insiders tell us that her folks were pressuring him to announce that he wasn't gonna run inspect race. having said that, huge bull's eye. she has to perform very well at the hearings. if she drops the ball, that's a real problem for the democratic prospect. >> sea how it all -- we'll seal how it plays -- we will see how it plays out. thank you. the food poisoning outbreak in san jose is even more

widespread than we thought. our reporter is live in san jose where the health department just wrapped up a news conference. what can you tell us? >> reporter: the number of people sickened during this outbreak continues to grow. the count now stands at 93 reported cases. and it's begun to spread beyond people that ate at the restaurant. the first case, reported cases for those who ate at mariscos san juan on friday or saturday saturday night. shortly after eating here, they got violently ill. they were feverish, vomiting and had die diarrhea -- and had diarrhea. doctors say the shigella is the culprit and quickly spread from an employee. >> you don't wash your hands after going to the bathroom or you don't wash them properly or completely. and then when you prepare food that's ready to eat, the bacteria gets transferred from the food handler's hands to the food. >> reporter: now, the health

department says workers here are being tested. they have yet to identify the patient zero. but in the meantime, the restaurant remains closed. back to you. three marin county teens ended up in the hospital after overdosing on cold medicine. here's more from tamalpais high school. >> reporter: the school sent out this letter explaining that three students here had been sent to the hospital within the past week because of an overdose of this this cold medicine. kids call it skittles. it's an overthe counter medication that kids are taking in large doorses to get intoxicated or hallucinate. >> it's amazing things kids can find and get themselves in trouble with. >> reporter: the dangerous ingreediant, the cough suppressant found in more than

120 over the over the counter -- over-the-counter medications. a sophomore said she heard nothing of it until the letter came out. >> i was overhearing last period a few kids talking about it and they said they hadn't even heard like of the drug, that three kids were sent to the hospital. >> reporter: the letter asked parents to talk to their kids about the danger and risk of death. >> to not know about it and find out the hard way is far worse than potentially a situation where it gets out and kids say i didn't know about that. maybe i will try that one. >> reporter: school officials department want to speak about this on camera. >> drug overdoses are the leading causes of death. knows are due to prescription drugs. firefighters in sunnyvale are cleaning up after flames ripped through a portion of a strip mall.

investigators don't know what sparked the blaze that destroyed one business and damaged several others. >> reporter: firefighters have been dealing with sporadic smoke and flames all morning long and finally got inside that building at sunrise to get to the hot spots put the fire out. the call came in around 5:00 this morning at the fair oaks commercial center at the center of fair oaks and evlen. it started inside the excluesive cuts barbershop. it had been burning for quite some time before firefighters got the call. it spread through the common attic space and heavily damaged at least two neighboring businesses, including a mexican supermarket. the cause is unknown. there was no one in the building at the time the fire broke out. here in sunnyvale, the battalion chief talked about the danger of the building's facade. >> like collapsing. that thing's really heavy and with any fire, it will fall off. >> reporter: this fire made a big morning headache of the morning commute. the businesses are closed

indefinitely. back to you. and investigators say another fire broke out at the strip mall last week and arson has not been ruled out. a missing 5-year-old in mendocino county has been found safe and sound. brett bowman wandered off with his dogs last night. he was found about 8:00 this morning in a wooded area about two miles from his home. and we found this picture on the mendocino sherr -- sheriff's page a few minutes ago. san jose police say a driver who hit and killed a pedestrian today is likely not at fault. it happened before 6:00 a.m. on a dark stretch of eastbound capitol spri. the victim was struck on the entrance ramp. the man later died at a hospital. police say there are no street lights on the stretch of road which has seen a number of fatal pedestrian accidents. traffic moving again in union city where a massive sinkhole opened up last week. crews are still finishing up

work patching up that big hole on alvarado boulevard. at least a few lanes are getting through. broken water main was the problem. but they had to make the hole bigger to fix that problem before they could start filling in that big sinkhole. nearly a week after the massive mudslides north of los angeles, a body has been discovered. crews removed mud in palmdale, found a man's body in a minivan. that's the wrong video there. the mudslide swallowed hundred of cars during flash flood along the 5. this is the first known fatality found. the pilot of a california- based marine corps jet fighter has been killed in a crash. plane went count in england. military officials say the many plane was and a sea hornet. first it was a no. now it's a yes. what paul ryan says he wants in exchange for running for house speaker. and it seems far-fetched 26 years ago. a look at what they got right

and wrong in back to the future ii. we have a shower in the forecast. we'll tell you where and when as the news continues right here on kpix 5. ,,,,

the city of new york is mourning a fallen police officer. 3-year-old officer randolph holder was fatally shot last night while chasing a suspected bike chief. police say he and his partner both ecchanged gunfire with the suspect before holder was shot in the ed head. >> i saw people running. >> and how many shots?

10 to 12. >> holder a five-year vert on the force. the fourth officer killed in new york city in the last 11 months. republicans may finally have a candidate for speaker of the house. paul ryan of wisconsin says he will run but reporter craig boswell says the agreement comes with conditions. >> house republican members arrived this morning for a closed-door meeting to try to hammer out who is going to be the next speaker of the house. >> if it's not paul ryan, i think it's a disaster. >> reporter: paul ryan says he's changed his mind and will run for the position but only if everyone agrees. >> we as a conference should unify now and not after a divisive speaker election. >> reporter: the house freedom caucus, the group that helped push john boehner into retirement, still has to decide if it will support ryan. >> it may be impossible for the congress to reach. he clearly doesn't want to do the job. he wants to be drafted here is the list of demands. i want a speaker that serves the membership, not the other

way around. >> reporter: the freedom caucus members have gained power by showing an unwillingness to compromise but ryan says the republicans need to do more than just block legislation. >> we need to be a proposition party. >> reporter: some democrats are even signing off on ryan. >> he appears to be one of the people over there that would be reasonable. >> reporter: ryan says if he doesn't get supporter from house republicans by friday he will black out of the race. >> the vote is set for next week. the texas teen who got in trouble for a clock to school is leaving the u.s. he's been giving a scholarship in qatar that will provide him with an education. this is an interesting rescue. a french sailor tucked his cat under his coat as he jumps to a waiting rescue ship. the coast guard captured the moments from an airplane monitoring the rescue south of

alaska. the man activated a location after using his rudder and he and the cat are expected to be just fine. have quite the story to tell. let's check in with roberto. >> i'm so excited of wee. have so many people playing hookie from work. they are at home. a lot of weather watchers on the job. want to take a look at one of the warmer temps. dane nonin novato says it's sweatshirts in the morning and tank tops in the afternoon. it's that time of the season. it certainly is. 85 says willie. he's in sonoma. we have one more 85-degree reading. that would be charlie in vallejo. thank you for checking in, everyone. let's heads to the east bay now -- head to the east bay where we have crystal clear skies as we take a peek out towards mt. diablo. trivalleys in the low 80s. oakland is the cool spot at 69. that was the view from our camera looking out from

sausalito to the skyline in san francisco. visibility is unlimited. the coast is clear. this the university of california and berkeley. crystal clear skies. blue skies, lower humidity. the temperatures have been steady in comparison to yesterday's highs. it looks like we'll rind out the temperatures today. we have a chance of rain next week and we have a sure tonight. if you look up after midnight tonight, you could see 20 -- they look like shooting stars. look to the east and southeast portion of the sky. it will be conducive for crystal clear skies tonight. all because of this right here. high pressure is building in. it's producing an offshore flow with that upper level ridge of high pressure. combining with that south and southwest wind today. that will be increasing later today. that ridge is not gonna move much until next week when we start to see the remnants of what was a hurricane olaf. it will promise to bring us cloud cover by wednesday, maybe a chance of rain on thursday,

friday e keep our fingers crossed. 77 degrees in santa cruz. otherwise, the sun goes down tonight at 6:26. by the time it makes that appearance tomorrow morning, again, clear skies for the meteor shower tonight. meanwhile during the day day, 70 pacifica, 81 in oakland. low 80s around the peninsula. to the mid and high 80s similar to yesterday. 88 in clover dale. a tad cooler tomorrow all due to a flattening ridge of high pressure, a trough to the north of us. but then the trough moves out. high pressure rebounds and we just ride these 80s through tuesday. i want you to be a weather watcher. go online, and i would love to hear from all of you. i always ask somebody to make comments. i love reading those. >> i wonder how many weather watchers you have. there's so many. >> i know it. i love it. a pretty flashy promotion on wall street.

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"october 21-st, 2015" it's the day that mar today is the day for back to the future fans. >> october 21st, 2015. >> it is the day that marty mcfly went time traveling in back to the future ii. 26 years after the movie, they got some things right, something that looks like goog the glasses and that -- google glasses and that tv. >> in your mind, what's the coolest thing you got right? the coolest thing is the hover board thing. it was a total fantasy. every kid wanted one. >> they didn't get everything right. no smartphones in sight, fax machines are everywhere in the film and the movie is being

rereleased in theaters today -- rereleased in theaters today. and check out this delowerian -- delorean. like most driverless cars this one doesn't drive in city traffic. it's for test handling. the class action suit over the foot-long subway sandwiches has been settled. anyone who bought one since 2003 is entitled to a cut of the movie but it appears only the nine named plaintiffs will get any about $1,000 apiece. they sued saying it was only 11 inches. it did leave to subway paying closer attention to the measurements. getting your greens right can be tricky. >> tony has tips on picking

eska role-- escarole. >> when it gets colder, it's so comforting. storing your vegetable is very important. when you buy them make sure they are nice and green like this all the way around. when you bring them home in the fridge right away. open up the plastic bag so they can breathe a little bit. store for no more than two to four days. time to take this any which way you love. when you add the beans, the sausage and the rig gaer tony and a few -- rigatoni and a few other ingredients, you will love it. always eat fresh and eat healthy. i'm taking this home. san leandro police are warning people to be extra careful when using atms. they say they have caught two men steeling from atm customers. a 42-year-old and a 33-year- old, police say they were doing something called shoulder

surfing. thieves look over your shoulder spying on people's pin numbers. once the person leaves, the crooks begin a new transaction and pocket the money. >> this is a nationwide trend. it's an easy way to do it. you can walk right up to the atm machine, look over somebody's shoulder. you can take a few hundred dollars. >> police say the thieves targeted the bank of america on east 14th street in san leandro. and in today's jobs report, joe looks at the boom in construction jobs. >> when the housing bubble burst it took 2.2 million construction jobs with it. now that the market is normalizing, many of those jobs are returning. the government predicts thanler 1.6 thanler 1 -- there will be 1.6 million jobs by 2022. you don't need to be a plumber or carpenter to take advantage of the building boom. someone needs to oversee the projects from beginning to end.

a construction manager communicates with the client, obtains permits, works with architects and engineers, oversees the building process and takes care of all of the details in between. and that april tension to detail -- attention to detail pays off. in the bay area, a construction manager can earn over $124,000 a year. people with a degree in construction science, contrucks management or civil engineer combined with on the job experience can have a leg up when trying to land a position. ,,,, ,,,,,,

to fight back when a pas owing punches. t coming up tonight at 5:00, fists fry on muni. a i've -- fly on muni. the violent confrontation caught on video. that story and more at 5:00. >> we have about five seconds left. our day will be -- >> sunny. >> sunny. >> we like that. >> we like that. >> and it is. look at that. >> enjoy.

>> brooke: this isn't making any sense. >> ridge: really? my wife's having a baby. what doesn't make sense about that? >> brooke: you had a vasectomy. >> ridge: i told you i had it reversed. >> brooke: against your doctor's wishes. he advised you against it because of your condition. there's no viable -- >> ridge: well, it's a good thing i did it anyway, isn't it? >> brooke: whose child is it... really? >> pam: look at you, all radiant... >> charlie: sit. sit. sit. sit. >> pam: ...and beaming. you know what? i think i even see a little bump there. >> caroline: okay, i really don't need -- >> charlie: yeah, you're okay? pammy, she needs another pillow. pillow? pillow? >> pam: she's on it. >> charlie: oh, okay. >> caroline: you guys, i'm -- i'm just pregnant. i'm not an invalid. >> charlie: uh-huh. right. you still barfing a lot? >> caroline: what? >> pam: [ laughing ] don't mind him. are you fein