live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> of people are injured after an explosion in manhattan. the mayor says it was no accident. and good evening. >> police described the device as a pressure cooker with wiring coming out of the top. they discovered it just four blocks from tonight's explosion that injured 29 people in the chelsea neighborhood. kenneth craig is there tonight. >> reporter: bomb sniffing dogs searched for evidence after an explosion rocked new york city. witnesses say the blast was so powerful, it shook buildings and sent people running for cover.

>> i heard boom! i thought it might be fireworks, but it was so loud, and went true my body. >> reporter: witnesses say the blast ripped the dumpster to shreds. blood soaked napkins littered the ground. officials say at least two dozen people were injured here, but right now, the injuries don't appear to be life threatening. >> he was bleeding from? >> his head. >> reporter: several streets are shut down as investigators search for more explosive devices. the mayor of new york tried to calm fears of terrorism, but said it was an intentional act. >> there is no evidence at this point of a terror connection to this incident. >> reporter: the explosion the comes less than a week after the 15th anniversary of 9/11. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york city. >> one clip shows a police

motorcycle rushing by, followed by two ambulances. donald trump and hillary clinton both quick to weigh in on what happened in their home state tonight. >> we have to let the investigation unfold. we've been in touch with various officials, including the mayor's office in new york to learn what they are discovering as they conduct the investigation. and i'll have more to say about it when we know the facts. >> just before i got off the plane, a bomb went off, and nobody knows exactly what's going on, but we are living in a time we have to get tough, we have to get very, very tough. >> the explosion in new york came less than 12 hours after a separate blast in new jersey. a pipe bomb blew up along a route where a charity foot race was about to begin. no one was hurt. and in the wake of the two incidents, san francisco police

are stepping up patrols. emily? >> reporter: this is scary for everyone. you hear about something like this, a week after the anniversary of 9/11, and another scenario to the boston marathon bombings, people are going to be on edge. san francisco police went on high alert. >> reporter: it happened in 3000 miles away, but the san francisco police department isn't taking any chances when it comes to public safety. >> have you seen a lot of police? >> well, yeah, two on every corner. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating at explosion in new jersey. no one was on the coast, and nobody injured. but it has raised alarm. >> we were just reading that. yeah. >> have you seen an increased presence in the streets? >> they were like waiting to get n we did notice that. >> reporter: sfpd was in force,

especially at the giants game. the officers presence was appreciated by most. especially by those who heard about the day's second explosion in new york. >> good. it's all good. good to have them around. >> i feel safer even though i'm leaving. >> the police did not say what the plans are for patrols through the rest of the weekend. we will be reaching out to them tomorrow to get that information. police are not changing deployment, but evaluating the events events at this time. now at san fran, it felt a lot like summer, and tomorrow is going to be even warmer. a massive dome of high pressure is going to build in, even more strongly overnight with pressure up, temperatures are up, around 100 degrees inland,

but air quality is down for the second day in a row. spare the air alert, this time for sunday. and the surf is up with a rip tide threat. so have a care if you're heading to the beach. we'll have the complete forecast in a few minutes. some people living in the oakland hills are feeling more vulnerable. the threat from the dangerous fire source is greater than ever ever. >> reporter: as the 25th 25th anniversary of the oakland hills fire storm looms, a sign points to the fire danger today as very higher. the fight over how best to prevents the next fire from destroying 3000 homes is beginning to heat up. >> $3.5 million grant at uc berkeley has been pulled, the grant remains in place for the east bay regional park district. real disappointed. >> reporter: susan lost her

home to the fire in '91. says they've been waiting for the grant for ten years. and target one was -- highly flame able eucalyptus trees. >> create -- first responders can get in there, and keep the small fires small. >> reporter: fueling the other side of the argument is dan, with the hills concentration network who is glad to see the grants for oakland and cal hold. >> they essentially became hijacked by some folks who decided that fire risk mitigation money was a really great way to do native plant restoration which is fine thing to do, but it's not a fire risk mitigation. >> reporter: dan's home was just four homes away from burning to the ground in the oakland hills fire, and saved when firefighters made a stand. he says the eucalyptus trees

were not the problem in 1991, and not the problem now. >> if you look at the data, the fema reports of the '91 fire, it had almost nothing to do with the eucalyptus trees,. >> reporter: district had raised $300,000 to match the fema grant. the funds will now be reallocate reallocated. a fire sent thick smoke billowing out of a building in downtown berkeley this afternoon. investigators believe it started on a wooden pallet hyped the building that houses a copy center and ucc theater. crews had the fire out within a couple hours. one firefighter suffered a minor injury. city of oakland and the police department are facing a $66 million claim. and that's been filed by the teenager at the center of a police sex scandal. >> reporter: johnson did

nothing that was wrong, she didn't make any mistakes she was a victim. the police officers created the cream. now -- crime. now her attorneys are trying to make oakland pay. $66 million. the claim is based on $3 million per perpetrator, plus the aggregate total amount against the entity for coring up. >> reporter: the claim, a precursor to a lawsuit names the city, the police department, 11 officers, and former chief sean west. jasmine's attorneys indicate there was obstruction of justice at the highest level. knowing about the sexual misconduct, and covering it up. now, the question is how do we are jasmine recover? they have created a lifelong deficit. she will never recover. >> reporter: oakland has 44 days to respond. it's unlikely they will pay off the claim, begin the large amount. >> i have tremendous compassion for the victim, her family, so

we respect that people have a right to use our justice system, and seek regress of the wrongs. we will also do our duty to act in the interest of the city of oakland. >> reporter: the mayor said she can't talk about pending litigation, but since the scandal, they've taken steps to try to restore public trust. the attorney said he will sue every agency that's taken advantage of jasmine, and richmond is next. still ahead, it's been five years since the giants fan has been beaten. >> this robber popped over a store counter in a bizarre crime, and the very unusual thing he was after. >> kim kardashian getting political? why she paid for a full paged a in the new york times. ,,

that injured 29 people and shattered windows tonight iw york city. mayor bill de blasio says t blast was... in his words..n intentional act." but he says there is no evidence of te mayor de blasio says the plass was in his words, an intentional act. but there is no evidence of terrorism. authorities believe the explosion came from a construction tool box in front of a building. it happened about 8:30 new york time, in an area of the chelsea

neighborhood, busy with restaurants and nightclub activity: police later found an unexploded device four blocks away that appeared to be a pressure cooker attached to wiring, and a cell phone. the u.s. is expressing regret over what apparently was a botched airstrike in syria. it ended up hitting syrian army soldiers and russia and syria say at least 62 of the soldiers were killed. pentagon provided night vision aerials which had isis as the intended target. it happened at an away base in eastern syria. the u.n. security council held an emergency meeting at russia's request. >> if we determined we did indeed strike syrian military personnel, that was not our intention. and we, of course, regret the also of life. >> the ambassador criticized

russia for which he called grand standing and hip hypocrisy. five years after brian stow was nearly beaten to death outside dodger stadium, he is strong enough to help others. he's offering hope to patients taking the same journey he took. >> reporter: brian stow has come a long way since waking up from coma several years ago. >> so many people are so amazed to be able to see you standing here, and even talking to me. >> i'm very thankful. >> reporter: brian, now travels to schools to talk about anti bullying. so he's used to speaking in front of large crowds, but his scheduled talk -- >> i didn't know if i was ready. >> reporter: it was different. he was asked to peek at the santa clara valley rehabilitation center, for a

reunion with other rehab patients. it's a place where he spent several months. >> he really was barely up in a wheelchair, not talking very much. >> reporter: brian says he doesn't remember his time here as he recovered from the brutal beating. what he does know, he's grateful. >> there's doctors, nurses, therapists, people i don't even know helped me get this far. >> reporter: and when it came time -- >> my fellow survivors, remember what you believe you can achieve. >> reporter: like a pro, he delivered his message. never give up. >> just are so glad he's come this far. we thank the doctors, the nurses. >> it's been an amazing journey that he's able to be here as a survivor. >> reporter: workers here at the rehabilitation center say brian has become a mentor to other patients. as far as his progress, he says he's walking at home with the help of a cane. he hopes to get rid of the crutching altogether one -- crutches altogether one day.

a robber stormed into a store to steal some cough syrup. this guy jumped the counter on tuesday, and stole four bottles of prescription codeine syrup. he hopped into a maroon color car and got away. kim kardashian is blasting the wall street journal over a ad that questions -- >> reporter: it was a ad that made the headlines. >> we need to stop this sort. >> reporter: she took out the full paged a denouncing the wall street journal, denying genocide of 1.5 millionaire mean indians in the year 1915. in the article, kardashian writes, my family and i are no strangers to -- when i heard

about this ad that ran, denying the armenian genocide, i couldn't brush it off. we met up with several armenian officials. their tack on the advertisement? >> my first reaction, she is right on point. >> media should be careful what they print. and what message they are trying to give. >> reporter: the advertisement mentioned the wall street it's journal response, we accept the wide range of advertisements, including those with provocative provocative viewpoints. >> she took a similar assistance in 2015. this approvals the water of advertising words is far from over. this is the full page advertisement that came out in the new york times today where kim kardashian slammed the wall street journal for running a ad

she called reckless and dangerous. people touched by the aids epidemic are marking 25 years since a memorial site opened san francisco. the aids memorial grove was established at the height of the aids crisis and over a quarter century, volunteers are collaborated with the rec department to maintain it as a place of remembrance. volunteers have put in some 175,000 hours maintaining and upgrading the grove and every dollar used is privately funded. big turnout for this year's walk to end alzheimer's. some 5000 people turned out early this morning at san francisco's fort mason. among the many corporate teams, kpix 5, led biden news, who -- by dennis, who lost his father. >> reporter: this is the biggest goal, and what is the

total raised by the walk over the years? >> we must be, wow, 10 million? >> dennis had a lot of support, including coworkers. >> good day for it, too. and it will be nice tomorrow if you like warm weather. and we have warmer temperatures on tap for sunday. won't be record territory, but plenty warm, as we look to the bay bridge, it's still balmy, 67 degrees at concord, livermore at 70, and san jose, 66. still cool at the beach. even though beach numbers will come up, it's been cool there, so it has to be a dramatic rise to be down-right warm coast side, but inland, no problem with numbers reaching 100 plus around brentwood and antioch, and walnut creek. but if you do go to the beach, rip currents exist, so beach

hazard statements are posted down to the aquarium. this will be true all the way through tomorrow night. so expecting patchy clouds along the coast, not much. temperatures will warm to about 100 inland. and cooling off by tuesday. overnight lows tonight mid-50s, sun up tomorrow, quarter to 7:00, and forecast high, 77 in san francisco, 101 in concorde. san jose, 87, he can lands 82 -- oakland 82. numbers will be in the low 90s around cupertino and campbell. east bay in the mid-90s to the low 100s. north bay, plenty warm as well, 89 at santa rosa, beach near 70. and it's smoking up around lake port and clear lake, numbers in the 90s. extended forecast, another hot one, monday warm as well, and tuesday, temperatures just fall

like a set of car keys. down in the mid-80s inland. but between now and then, expect hot times, and action. action is my middle -- no, it's not. it's been a wild end of the season for the giants. 14 games left. situation dire for the home standing g-men. ,, ♪ what if we made a paint that was so special that was such a jewel among paints that you had to seek it out. nope, even easier than that. more like taking a left on that street where you usually take a right that wasn't so hard. and if finding that paint made you and your walls beam with pride, is it still paint? benjamin moore. paint like no other. find one of our 5,000 authorized retailers near you.

i can tell you, the giants d not bring it baseball up top, let's give it the rundown, with now 14 games left for the giants, i could tell you the giants, they didn't bring it home tonight. 9th blown save this year. why? why is he in there? 9s inning, base hit. tied game at 2. giant have 7 this month. reynold couldn't clean it up. a sac fly, and cardinals won the final, 3-2. what does it mean? because of that, giants have fallen to a tie for the wild card lead, with the mets. they are now 5 games back of the dodgers in the west. let me show you a texas sized version. we're in arlington. a's at rangers, a's up, and then the big fly, a three run

job as a's lead the rangers. 11-2. i'm just getting started tonight. i got a stanford. sc battle royal -- usc battle royal. 80 points collectively was not enough. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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>> berkeley, and if you didn't want to pay, you could watch them -- texas at cal, and scoring in slot machine fashion early on. web henson back in the end zone. boy did they hook up, 35-33 cal midway. web keeping it. put the team up 41-40. went for 2. right now, cal is ahead 50-43, with 3:30 left in the game. from that to katy ledeky. couple of touchdowns, for number 5. third quarter, reverse to michael, so many weapons for the cardinals. 56 yards.

number 7, worked them over. 27-10. spirit was willing in san jose, spartans against the utah run running running.you the he g. utah would never look back, they won by a final of 34-17. but nobody had a day like quarterback lamar action- jackson. number 10 louisville, he was running it up against florida state, over, around and through them. that's the score from 18, rushed for 146, threw for one touchdown, and this one, out of the shotgun. i couldn't watch this enough. this one in the fourth quarter, man, what he did to the seminole defense. louisville crushed florida

state, final of 63-20. so florida state's going to drop, and stanford, they're going to move up. they may be top 5 by the close of business, and the pros tomorrow. 49ers in carolina. >> and the falcons are here. >> 1:25, on kpix. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

before we go, an update? >> cal just scored again! it's 56-43, cal is a big win. >> 56 to 43? >> over texas, and it's still going. >> and it's football! >> thanks for watching. the next newscast is tomorrow morning at 7:30. >> if you're counting, we'll be here tomorrow night. have a good one. we'll see you tomorrow. ,, ,, ,,,,

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