the ag 7. fans around the world and he in the bay area... are mour breaking news. global music icon prince has died at the age of 57. >> fans around the world and here in the bay area are mourning his death. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. our team coverage starts with cbs reporter brook silva-braga who is monitoring the story in

new york city and brook, what a shock! >> reporter: it is a shock, michelle. prince of course was a musical prodigy with a fiercely independent streak. remember for seven years, he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol as part of a dispute with his record label. now he is being remembered for a sound and style that helped shape music for more than three decades. police and security officials gathered outside paisley park studios in chanhassen, minnesota, where prince recorded so many others' hits. it was just before 10 a.m. when they responded to a medical emergency. hours later, prince's publicist confirmed that he was dead. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: he was born prince rogers nelson in minneapolis in 1958. he grew to become one of the most recognized and decorated recording artists of all time. prince showed a natural talent for music composing his first song at age 7. through his teenaged years, he learned to play most of the instruments on his first few albums.

♪[ music ] >> reporter: his sound and style was an unmistakable blend of funk, rock, r&b, soul, pop and dance music. >> part of what prince did was he played just like david bowie did with images. >> reporter: prince became an international movie star in 1984 with the release of purple rain, which won two grammys and an oscar for best original song score. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2004. >> one of the interesting things about him is that did he keep his private life so shrouded. we're talking about an artist who as he became a bigger star refused to grant interviews. >> reporter: last week he was hospitalized with the flu after his plane made an emergency landing en route to a concert in atlanta. prince was 57 years old. the cause of his death is not yet known. after canceling a show because of the flu last week, he actually hosted a dance party at his home for 200 fans just

four days ago telling them if they heard bad news about his health, to quote, give it a few days before he waste prayers on me. today many of them have returned to paisley park to make those prayers. in new york, brook silva-braga, kpix 5. prince was just in the bay area last month. he was courtside as the warriors beat oklahoma city at oracle arena on march 3. in his honor, the hallways were lit with purple lights of course for purple rain and prince performed at oracle the next night. >> joining us now is jane from our radio partner alice. a big loss for prince fans everywhere. >> it is such a big loss and it is so reminiscent of the loss of david bowie. it is such a shock! almost universally, every tweet every response that everybody is saying is, if this is true, i can't believe this is -- it's like people literally don't believe yet that it happened because he was still so vital and so electric and he never -- he never faded. he burst on the scene in the

'80s with this provocative style, with this aggressive sexuality and -- and personality larger than life and that never went away. he never seemed like oh, then there's the old prince. he just was always the same. he was always true to himself. >> we mentioned his performance just last month. i was lucky enough to watch that performance. it was just prince and the piano on the stage. he moved the way that we have always seen him move. he sounded the way he always sounded. i mean, it's a shock! >> it is a shock. and it is a friend of mine who was at that show said that going and watching prince at a piano to him was being in church. he said that's how people feel. it was a religious experience watch that man do thinks craft in that theater. we are so lucky we had so many prince ties in the bay area and that's why we feel the loss so deeply. it's stunning. >> jane from 97.3. thank you for joining us. prince dead at the age of 57. many of you are sharing your comments with on our kpix 5 facebook page. happy. this will break her heart."

apple c-e-o tim cook tweete "prince was a true innovatod singular artist. his m fluence will live on f generations. rest in peace." >> tim cook tweeted: >> we would like to hear your favorite prince songs and memories. leave your comments and photos on our facebook page, facebook.com/cbssanfrancisco. we'll have more at 5:00 on kpix 5 news. to other news happening right now. community activists outraged by recent police killings. they are taking a dramatic step in efforts to spur change in san francisco. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec tells us they are holding a hunger strike. anne. >> reporter: right here in front of the mission police station in san francisco, you can see the small group behind me. five people are refusing to eat. this is a protest that could go

on for weeks. >> i come to you as a son of san francisco that is fighting for justice. >> reporter: a rapper is leading a small group on a hunger strike outside the mission police station. >> i'll stay out here for however long it takes, months. >> reporter: they say one of two things will end their protest, the resignation of san francisco police chief greg suhr or mayor ed lee. otherwise they plan to stay until they collapse from malnutrition all to call attention to what they say is racism in the san francisco police department. >> we are seeking justice for people in san francisco. >> reporter: some of the killings they point to, 26-year- old mario woods, who was shot dozens of times by bayview police in december. woods was carrying a knife and refused to drop it. 28-year-old alex nieto killed by police two years ago armed with a taser police thought was

a gun. and most recently police shot and killed luis gongora in the mission district april 7. today mayor lee addressed the protests. >> whether they call it a demonstration or a march or hunger strike, we are going to respect that. and we have heard -- i take the police reform seriously and so does the chief. >> reporter: i did reach out to the chief today. so far he has no comment on this protest. in the meantime, the u.s. department of justice is conducting a thorough review of the san francisco police department at the request of the chief and the mayor. live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. the deadline is looming in san jose for the high-speed rail project. officials are meeting now. kiet do is standing by live. >> reporter: the high-speed rail authority is inside the building. they do have the chance to pass their own business plan but they have not yet done so. by law, it has to be done in the next nine days. the board has received 1600

comments, complaints and suggestions since the deadline on monday and the staff just finished compiling them all trying to make sense of it. the project is still on track to go from fresno to san jose first before going to southern california. but it looks like the board will now strongly consider extending the first phase another 100 miles south to bakersfield. what's more, the board will now also strongly consider making a stop in merced. board chairman dan richards talked about the biggest criticism he hears all the time and that's lack of funding. you're saying that if you build high-speed rail investors will come? >> we know the investors are there right now. the only thing that they need is to see -- because we don't have any experience with high- speed rail in the u.s., they need to see the first leg up and running. and they have told us that. that money is out there on the sidelines. there's probably $20 billion of combined potential investment for the high-speed rail system. >> reporter: is there anything that you can see right now that's going to snag the train coming to san jose first? >> i think the legal barriers are out of the way now.

the bond funding is available. the cap and trade funds are now available. i think the only thing that can slow us down is not getting the studies done quickly. >> reporter: and that was rod diridon senior president of the u.s. high-speed rail authority expressing confidence that if all the counties and cities work together and expedite the studs, high-speed rail should come to the south bay by 2025. that will cut the three-hour trip from fresno to san jose down to 40 minutes and would open up a whole new supply of affordable housing in the central valley. i'm being told that the board will meet at least through lunchtime. if they don't pass this business plan today they will have to schedule another meeting for next week. again, by law, they have to approve this business plan by may 1. we're live in downtown san jose. kiet do, kpix 5. new at noon, volkswagen has agreed to buy back or fix hundreds of thousands of vehicles that were rigged to cheat on emissions tests. a federal judge in san francisco announced the deal this morning. it applies to the owners of about 480,000 vw cars with two

liter diesel engines that were sold between 2009 and 2015. they will be able to choose between a buy-back or having their cars repaired. people with leased cars would be allowed to cancel the leases. this vw owner says it's the least the company can do. >> they wasted their intelligence on scamming people instead of making them environmentally fantastic cars. >> now, the deal does not affect the owners of approximately 90,000 vw, audi and porsche cars with three liter engines. those cars are more complicated to repair. more details of today's agreement should be made public by june 21. ed lee just signed a parental leave bill into law giving new parents six weeks of paid time off. the state already pays 55% of a parent's salary for six weeks. the companies with more than 20 employees must pay the other 45%. firefighters have knocked down a fast-moving fire that

hit two apartment buildings in the mission. it started at 8:30 this morning in a block of buildings on 17th street near guerrero. it sent smoke from the roof. no word on the cause. investigators think the flames started in between the buildings and then spread to the back. no one was hurt. in oakland, firefighters battling a vacant warehouse fire found a man dead inside. the fire erupted just before 3:00 this morning on 56th avenue not far from the oakland coliseum. crews found the body on the ground floor in what looked like a makeshift bedroom. they are looking into whether the man was part of a group of squatters living in the building. and back to our top story, the death of pop icon prince, let's go now to our cbs reporter reg chapman in minnesota where prince died this morning. reg. [ pause ] >> reporter: well, kenny, hundreds of fans are gathered

here in chanhassen minnesota outside paisley park prince's studio to mourn the loss of the star. he meant so much to people mere in minnesota. hundreds are gathered here. police have closed down the road to accommodate people coming here to mourn the loss of prince. there's even a makeshift memorial on the fence outside of paisley park. prince did perform here shortly saturday after, um, late night party. he did come show piano to his fans he did perform for a quick couple of seconds but went back to his room saying that he was not feeling well. fans tell me they come here to paisley park because prince always made fans feel like family. they were always welcome here to paisley park. he had lots of concerts here. some of them spontaneous, some planned. they are coming here now. paisley park is more of a healing space with the fans who are shocked and devastated that prince is dead at 57. >> all right. thank you. >> still ahead, today powered

by the sun, the latest steps for this plane making its way around the world before it heads here to the bay area. >> happy birthday to the queen. festivities in bring tap as queen elizabeth turns 90. >> from the kpix 5 weather center good afternoon everybody sure we have rain lurking here but we have snow in tahoe. we have the full forecast coming up right after this. ,, your favorite the warm cookies you crave. now in one delicious treat.

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ocean and on its way to moun view. the plane took off this morning from hawaii to p around the the sun-powered plane is on the way to mountain view. the plane took off this morning from hawaii to continue its trip around the world after being grounded for almost 10 months because of bad weather. it's expected to land in california on saturday. this is solar impulse's ninth leg in its quest to be the first solar-powered plane to fly around the world. queen elizabeth is proving

90 is not too old to ride with the top down. britain's oldest and longest serving monarch toured windsor from her car as people from around the world celebrated her birthday. along with the hundreds of thousands of people who lined the streets to give her cake and flowers, she also got royal gun salutes from soldiers across britain. the real celebration takes place in june. on to bay area sports now. the big question is, whether he or won't he? steph curry and the golden state warriors, of course, the warriors are looking to take a commanding lead in the series against the rockets tonight. curry is nursing a sore ankle and his status tonight is unknown. and the san jose sharks on fire with play-off fever! a power play iced the game last night against the los angeles kings to take a three games to two lead. the sharks lead that series 3-1 now. they play tomorrow night in los

angeles. they are hot but we're cooling down. >> i want to give a little bit of shoutout a little bit of love to san jose. it's our live weather camera right now. look how beautiful it is across the santa clara valley at this hour. we do have clouds. we have a little break in the clouds. it's blue sky there and currently in san jose, we have 70 interesting. now, the winds are slight there out of the south. the winds have been picking up a bit in san francisco. across the bay in berkeley at 10. southwest winds at 11 so feels muggy with the southerly flow. weather watcher bill moon says light rain this morning reported in orinda at 60 degrees. thank you for that report. this is our live hi-def doppler radar. no precipitation to interfere with this afternoon's giants game. we have rain coming. this is the low pressure we have been tracking out of the aleutian islands. as it moves closer and closer to the bay area, we see a little bit of light

precipitation off the shore at 7:00 tonight. overnight the rain gathers and there is the front. it slices across the north bay by 6:00 in the morning hour. it sags across the central bay into the santa clara valley and behind it, hit-and-miss scattered showers. the poe the accident of an isolated thunderstorm, as well. it will be wet for both commutes on your friday. now meanwhile we'll stack up the numbers like this. they will be a half inch of precipitation approaching that at least in the santa rosa area. a quarter generally across the bay into san jose. that's for your friday. today in advancement we have a westerly swell right now so we have a beach hazard statement in effect for some sneaker waves and the potential of rip currents. snow in tahoe up to 6" in the month of april. today local his we have the clouds 60s and 70s. sunset at 7:52. today temperatures in the 70s with rain or friday. that's your thursday forecast. we'll be right back. ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

this week's jefferson award winners have been do who starts a business with the intent of giving away the profits? this week's jefferson award winners not only started that business, they have been giving away the profits for more than 20 years now. allen martin introduces us to a couple of trailblazers in the world of corporate giving. ♪[ music ] >> from there, you'll go to the shopping site. >> reporter: 25 years ago, mike hannigan and sean marx were selling copiers when they saw an actor put his name on a bottle of salad dressing and thought, why not us? >> we felt that we could do what we were doing in corporate america but add what paul newman's company was doing with

donating the profits to community organizations. >> thank you for calling give something back. >> reporter: that's how give something back office supplies in oakland began. the business partners also call it the beginning of the socially responsible business movement. >> so when we first started, this was a really alien concept. >> reporter: their concept? sell office supplies and furniture and give their profits away. >> how can you make a profit and then give it away and succeed in business? but the more --but it's obviously possible. >> reporter: so possible that during the past 2.5 decades, while expanding their business from the bay area to the western u.s., sean and mike have been able to donate 73% of their net earnings, more than $6 million to nonprofits that are nominated and chosen by the company's clients. >> being a law firm we do go through a lot of paper. >> reporter: clients like burlingame law firm cotchett, pitre & mccarthy, which has been buying its office supplies from give something back for 18

years. >> the fact that they were able to beat the prices that i was buying and knowing that that money that i'm paying them is going back out into the community to help, of course it's magnificent. who wouldn't jump on that? >> reporter: one of the very first and long-time recipients of give something back's generosity is the alameda county community food bank and it all started with a forklift. >> we had a forklift that died. give something back swooped in and invested a pretty big amount, i think it was like $5,000, to get us a new forklift. and you know, ever since then, they have volunteered here. they have been part of our dna. >> reporter: so for 25 years of giving their profits to nonprofits, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to mike hannigan and sean marx. allen martin, kpix 5. something back"... use link on our website, cbs- sf-dot com -slash- hero. we if you would like to check

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in walnut creek.. south broadway extension from newl to rudgear road... will be closed until we're following breaking news. a fatal accident in walnut creek. we know that south broadway the extension from knoll to rudgear

road will be closed until 1 p.m. the victim is an adult male. california college students taking on zika virus how they are fighting it from the air. we'll have that and more at 5:00. all right. that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. have a great afternoon. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com

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