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just a few hours, the 49ers will go up against the arizona cardinals. >> more on that in just a few minutes but first our top story, fire investigators are at the scene of a hazmat situation in antioch. church was over the scene where they believe that a -- church was over the scene where they believe that a truck ran over equipment with radioactive material. a small amount spills, unknown what it is. 50 apartments around the area have been evacuated. streets are closed at james donelan and contra loma boulevard. no injuries are reported and it doesn't appear that anyone was exposed to the material. a bay area sheriff isn't waiting for a new law to take effect to keep her deputies' guns away from chiefs. kpix 5's maria medina reports the santa clara county sheriff's office is the first in california to issue lock boxes. >> reporter: this is no ordinary box. it's a lock box that will be
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used to keep law enforcement guns locked up and hopefully out of the hands of criminals. >> we don't want guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have firearms. >> reporter: today the santa clara sheriff showed off the lock boxes she wants her deputies to use when they're off duty. >> so not only are we equipping all of our patrol cars and our unmarked patrol cars, but we're also issuing them to deputies to secure in their own cars. >> reporter: the sheriff says she isn't waiting until the new law takes effect in january. she says off duty law enforcement in -- that says off duty law enforcement in california must lock up guns in personal or take-home cars. it was after the high-profile murder of kate steinle and antonio ramos. both guns used to kill them, stolen from law enforcement. >> i think that brought to light for all of us just the devastating consequences of when someone is irresponsibly leaving a handgun in a vehicle.
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>> reporter: here in california over the last six years, more than 900 law enforcement guns have been stolen or lost. the santa clara sheriff says she is handing out the boxes to her deputies now. maria medina, kpix 5. hayward police are investigating a deadly shooting shooting. gunshots were reported near 7th street. they found a man who was apparently shot to death as he was pulling into a driveway. later another man showed up at a hospital with gunshot wounds but it's unclear if there's a link between the two victims. right now, people along florida's atlantic coast are bracing for hurricane matthew. here's the latest information. the interior minister of haiti just announced the hurricane death toll is 108. the storm is heading for florida with winds of 140 miles per hour. forecasters say the west palm beach and cape canaveral areas could get the brunt of the
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storm. >> more now from cbs reporter marlie hall, in daytona beach, florida. >> reporter: a sign on a boarded-up building says closed for business as hurricane matthew approaches florida. forecasters say matthew has strengthened once again to a monster category 4 storm. >> this is serious. >> reporter: the governor is concerned about the storm's powerful winds and storm surge. more than 1.5 million people in the storm's path have been told to evacuate. >> there are no excuses. you need to leave. evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. >> reporter: storm preparations continue to cross florida. shelves are empty. officials issued hurricane warnings and watches from florida to south carolina. here in daytona beach, streets are empty. most people have evacuated. but across the state, 1500 national guardsmen have been called up in case. matthew hit the bahamas this
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morning packing winds up to 125 miles per hour. roads are littered with debris. matthew devastated parts of haiti. poorly constructed homes are gone. people waited through high water trying to reach higher ground. government officials say this is the worst humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. marlie hall, cbs news, daytona beach, florida. and several airlines have already canceled flights involving florida airports that could be affected by the hurricane. that will have a domino effect on air travel nationwide. at the san francisco airport, at least 14 flights have been canceled. and let's get an update on where hurricane matthew is right now with kpix 5's roberta gonzales. >> michelle and kenny, we have been monitoring this hurricane for days now in the kpix weather center. that's what makes this hurricane already historic. it's the longevity, how long it has lasted and will continue to
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grow. let's give you a background on the west coast. a lot of us not too familiar with hurricanes. on a scale of one to five with five the most dangerous of hurricanes, this is a category 4 with winds up to 145 miles per hour. it already blasted across haiti, it scraped across cuba, it is now across from the bahamas and making a direct aim towards florida. its projected path at this particular time not necessarily any landfall and that doesn't have to be the case to cause catastrophic damage. it just needs to jog along the coast, go north towards georgia, producing up to a foot of rain and try to keep this in mind. a stunning of 9 feet which is relatively -- a storm surge of 9 feet is relatively -- that would be as high as you on top of your roof. it's a dangerous deadly hurricane. we'll continue to monitor the progress. thank you. on the campaign trail, hillary
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clinton and donald trump now focusing on syria. >> they are throwing out their strategies on what they would do for the embattled country. trump says that military force may be needed to create a safer place for syrian refugees. but donald trump also emphasizes he wants to work with russia, which says any strike could put its troops at risk. hillary clinton wants to establish no-fly zones over syria, where russia is known for carrying out air strikes for the assad government. >> we know that they are deeply engaged in supporting assad, um, because they want to have a place in the middle east. >> we got along with russia and russia went out with us and knocked the hell out of isis. that's okay with me, folks. that's okay with me. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: syria is one topic we may hear the nominees spar over during the next presidential debate. >> that's sunday. you can watch the live coverage
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on cbs news starting at 6:00. two congress members say the pharmaceutical company mylan overcharged medicaid by millions of dollars over two decades. it's all connected to mylan's epi-pen. the auto injector is used to treat sudden serious allergic reactions. democrats ron widen of oregon and frank pallone of new jersey say since 1997, mylan has classified the pen as a generic product instead of brand name. that means medicaid got much smaller rebates on the products. it's that time of year again, people are scrambling to protect themselves from the flu. and while the flumist has been an appealing alternative to children, it's not available this year. kpix 5's lisa chan explains. >> they are smiling and happy. >> reporter: thousands of students in oakland and piedmont elementaries are getting free flu shots this month through the shoo the flu
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program. >> if you protect children you can protect the community. >> reporter: this is the third year the department partnered with the schools. this year is different. there is no flumist. >> unfortunately with the four streams over the last couple seasons didn't work. so now the recommendation is to use injectible shots. >> reporter: that means all the students must get the flu shot which can be tough for some kids to do without their parents. [ crying ] >> always gotten the flumist and so they were always a little nervous about getting shots. so we tried to help them understand that this is going to be a shot this time and it's just a little pinch. >> reporter: last year it provided 11,000 flu vaccinations. organizers expect the number to lower this year without the flumist. >> i think there will be fewer. hopefully it won't be a problem. >> reporter: five weeks, 103 schools will participate in
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shoo the flu in oakland and pete month. -- in piedmont. they hope to expand in the next five years. in oakland, lisa chan, kpix 5. if you are just tuning in and wonder what is going on, we are live at levi's stadium [chuckling] where just behind us, how exciting, the 49ers cheerleaders took to the field. >> five hours to kickoff and everyone is definitely excited here in the stadium. >> yes. >> meanwhile, bay area sports fans and particularly giants fans are still believing right now. >> yes. giants fans are. the team is headed to chicago to face the cubs in a national league division series. >> 1-1, flyball well hit right field bruce is back, and it's gone! >> conor gillaspie's home run accounted for the only runs last night as the giants beat the mets 3-0 in the wild card game in new york. >> and, of course, that led to
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a big champagne celebration for the players after the game in the clubhouse. they will next face a cubs team with the best record in the national league this season. >> all right. here's a look at the schedule for the first of four games of the best-of-seven series: four w n san francisco, monday and tuesd ill ahead: just when games one and two friday and saturday at wrigley field in chicago, games 3 and 4 in san francisco monday and tuesday. still ahead, just when it seemed like samsung had its smartphone recall under control, one of its replacements overheated on a play. >> about to take the skies. when you can check out the blue angels for fleet week in the bay area.
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defeat prop 56. because in every state that's raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. so who are you going to trust? pediatricians, cancer groups and the califronia pta who all... support prop 56. or the tobacco companies trying to kill it. about an hour from now... the blue angels will do a practice run,
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[ loud background noise ] about an hour from now, the blue angels will do a practice run in advance of their show this weekend at san francisco's fleet week. the u.s. navy's flight demonstration squadron will have performances tomorrow through sunday. well, federal investigators this morning are looking into a samsung phone that overheated and forced the evacuation of a passenger jet. its owner says that the device was a replacement for the same type of phone that was recalled last month because of overheating batteries and says a popping and sizzling sound came from his phone after he powered it down when he was on the plane. the consumer product safety commission says that it is looking into the claim that the device that overheated was a relaysment for the phone he turned in as -- replacement for the phone he turned in as part of the recall. roberta isn't far away with the forecast. >> she is here at levi's
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stadium with us. but she is somewhere else with the mobile weather lab. how's it going, roberta? >> it is absolutely terrific here in the parking lot! i want to know if you guys are running up and down the field racing each other! that's what i'd be doing if i was in inside. what a beautiful day here at levi's stadium. we brought out mobile weather lab. we are outside in the parking lot of levi's stadium. michelle and kenny are inside the stadium at this time. it's a perfect day for autumn football here in the bay area. let's go ahead and talk about some of the current conditions as we take a bird's-eye view of the golden gate bridge. it's a stellar view there today. as you notice our temperatures are pretty much uniform in the 60s and low 70s, right here in san jose in the santa clara valley we have a temperature of 72 degrees. let's go ahead and talk about our pacific satellite map. i wanted to get to this because what do you see? what do you see?
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absolutely nothing! that ... is what an offshore flow looks like. let's get to futurecast. we have this huge dome of high pressure out over the pacific. as it moves closer and closer to the coast, it warms up our atmosphere and we are returning to an offshore component and offshore flow and that means the coast is clear, as well. temperatures across the bay area, nearly 70 at the beaches today. we will top off at 70 even out here in san francisco and across the bay area. pretty much into the 80s away from the bay. the winds have been breezy out of the north with an offshore wind up to 15 miles per hour. sunset tonight, by then, at 6:44, we'll have realized the 60s through 80s and by the time we wake up tomorrow morning, overnight lows 40s and 50s. the extended forecast shows the warmest day on saturday. perfect pristine conditions for the blue angels which by the way are practicing between 1:00 p.m. and five p.m. today with blue skies for the
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blue angels. we are here for football. kickoff, 75 degrees at levi's stadium. come on out. we're at the green lot outside of levi's stadium. look for mobile weather. paul deanno, he is the man, he is going to be here a little bit later today. veronica de la cruz, we know you want to snap a selfie with her, as well. come on out and take a look at our snapshot app here and you can go ahead and send us yourselfie and come on over here take a picture of yourself with mobile weather and share your pictures with us on one of our many social media outlets. how about facebook? just hashtag kpix 5 or twitter.
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only one legal aid attorney for every 6-thousand eligible low- income americans. welcome back. it's called the justice gap. only one legal aid attorney for every 6,000 eligible low income americans. in san francisco's bayview- hunters point a nonprofit agency is working to change that. this week's jefferson award winner promises to take every neighborhood case that comes through the door.
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allen martin has our story. >> reporter: in college, adrian tirtanadi had an idea that free legal help was the most effective antipoverty tool available but there was a problem. >> virtually nobody i talk to thought it would work. >> reporter: except his law school pal virginia taylor. >> virginia was the only one i ever met that was crazy enough to want to try. >> reporter: virginia's family kind of thought she was crazy, too. >> my mother went up to the social worker that we worked with and said, like, what have you done to my daughter! you're going to make her poor for the rest of her life. >> reporter: now nearly 4 years after opening bayview-hunters point community legal, the two cofounders have made it work. in a small office shared with a salvation army, the nonprofit employs 4 lawyers and has nearly 200 volunteer law students and paralegals. it's taken on nearly 1,000 cases and closed nearly 70% of them all without charging a dime. and because 80% of its clients
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make less than $15,000 a year, clearly the neighborhood needs the free legal help. >> we really believe that with enough, you know, passion for our clients and resources and connections, that we could solve any legal problem. >> there's some mold here in the kitchen. >> reporter: problems like michelle carrington's. >> as severe as the situations are up here, no one was really taking care of anybody. >> reporter: she came to bayview-hunters point community legal with mold growing on the walls of her public housing apartment. heat that hadn't worked for two years and disgusting plumbing problems. >> human feces backing up into my bathroom, toilet overflowed. it was really bad where i couldn't use the bathroom. i couldn't bathe. >> reporter: finally with a lawyer by her side, she got all those problems fixed. and because it's working, adrian and virginia would like to expand. >> eventually create universal access for everyone in san
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francisco to prove the concept can work on a big scale. >> reporter: but for michelle, she is just grateful it's working here. >> now we have someone here right at home although actually cares. -- who actually cares. and they are doing things. and they're making it possible for people to live good up here and be safe and be comfortable. you know? without being sick. so i thank god for them. >> reporter: so for providing free legal care to the underserved community of bayview-hunters point, this week's jefferson award goes to adrian tirtanadi and virginia taylor. allen martin, kpix 5. >> funding comes from donations. to help we put a link in our story at cbssf.com/hero. we'll be right back. ,,,,
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narrator: it wasn't that long ago. years of devastating cutbacks to our schools. 30,000 teachers laid off. class sizes increased. art and music programs cut. we can't ever go back. ryan ruelas: so vote yes on proposition 55. reagan duncan: prop 55 prevents 4 billion in new cuts to our schools. letty muñoz-gonzalez: simply by maintaining the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians. ryan ruelas: no new education cuts, and no new taxes. reagan duncan: vote yes on 55. sarah morgan: to help our children thrive.
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hurricane matthew, a powerful coming up later on a special edition of kpix 5 news at 4:00. hurricane matthew a powerful category 4 storm barrels through the united states as millions evacuate. >> plus how one bay area football coach is rewarding his players in an unusual way. we'll have that and more today at 4:00. and, of course, it is time for thursday night football! the 49ers take on the cardinals right here at levi's stadium. our pregame coverage starts at 4:30. that's it for kpix 5 news at
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noon. once again, our evening team will be live from here at levi's stadium starting at 4:00. >> you can hear the band in the back. if you are heading to the game, don't forget to check out the mobile weather lab and our social media hot spot. you can come out and take a picture with our very own paul deanno and veronica de la cruz and share it with the hashtag, kpixtv. it's been great out here at levi's stadium. >> yeah. have a great afternoon. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com
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♪ >> ridge: so you if see quinn at the hospital, you call security. >> rick: she's not allowed to visit dad at all? >> ridge: not his wife. >> thorne: they had a wedding. >> ridge: they don't have a marriage license. she's not a forrester and she's not allowed in his room. >> thorne: she's not going to stand for that, ridge. >> ridge: she doesn't have a choice. i have power of attorney. and it's my responsibility to get quinn out of his life. >> charlie: she doesn't mean anything -- >> pam: wait, wait! quinn, you can't go in there! >> charlie: quinn, stop! >> quinn: i deserve an explanation. >> pam: steffy, i'm sorry. i tried. she wouldn't stop.
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