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an end... at the oakland warehouse destroyed by fire. now -- the city moves toward make now at noon, the search for victims ends at the oakland warehouse destroyed by fire. now the city moves toward emergency action to make other buildings safe. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. let's get you right now to the scene of that fire where anne
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makovec is live with the latest. anne? >> reporter: the number of people killed in this fire will stand at 36. you can see they removed a tarp here from behind me on the 31st avenue site. so we are getting another angle of what remains of the ghost ship warehouse. where the search for bodies is over this afternoon but the investigation continues. it's been five days since a fire ripped through this illegally converted warehouse killing 36 people attending a concert friday night. now that all the bodies are recovered, the clean-up begins on the mound of rubble left behind. >> going to be taken to an undisclosed location. all of the debris is being preserved for evidence. >> reporter: the federal atf continues its investigation into the cause of the fire here at the site. sheriff's office says it looks like the fire might have been started by a fridge in the back of the building near the spot where shelly mack used to live
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in the trailer. >> when i first moved in, there was a refrigerator there. and they moved it. they took it somewhere else. >> reporter: and she says everything was hooked up to an illegal electrical system, dangerous and shoddy. >> power cords and extension cords. dangerous. >> reporter: the police department and city recorded complaints about it over the years. the tenants called it a 24-hour art space but it was only permitted as a commercial warehouse. now members of the city council say they are ready to go to war when it comes to code enforcement sending a message to property owners. >> they need to be aware that they are accountable for whatever happens, for whatever happens, in their facility. they clearly know the rules here in oakland. but it's one of those catch me if you can on these streets. >> reporter: we should be getting more information this afternoon. the atf is going to be speaking on site at 12:30. they say they will address the
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possibility of the refrigerator starting the fire. we'll also going to hear later on this afternoon from the mayor. so a lot more going on here but the scene wrapping up here in -- at international and31st in oakland. anne makovec, kpix 5. geerting a clearer pictured of the 36 people -- we are getting a clearer picture of the 36 people who died in the fire. more names are being released including ara jo of oakland, amanda kershaw of san francisco and nicole siegrist of oakland. two cal students died in the fire. they are identified as 23-year- old griffin madden and 21-year- old vanessa plotkin. the victims range in age in 17 to 35 years old. some lived at the art collective, others were performing the night of the fire. some had just come to dance and have a good time. the city of oakland is calling this a time of tremendous loss and grief. new at noon the deadly
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oakland fire prompting safety concerns about other warehouses. today business owners expressed their worries but kpix 5's maria medina reports that the effort backfired. maria? >> reporter: that's right, kenny. yeah, dorothy king owns the restaurant behind me. she wanted to bring attention a second warehouse that she believes is a potential fire hazard here in oakland. the warehouse next to her. so she invited the media for a news conference inside her restaurant but it backfired. take a look. >> hey, y'all are on the witch hunt, okay? y'all need to cool [ censored ] , okay? we're still grieving our friends. our friends aren't even in the ground yet! >> every, single artist involved thinks that this is wrong and they are calling you snitches and saying this is a witch hunt. [ screaming ] >> save lives, then be quiet as a mouse! >> reporter: so as you can see, her news conference interrupted by "artists" who felt the restaurant owner would threaten
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the warehouses like the ghost ship a place to live and place to work. now, warehouses like the ghost ship have been unscrutiny since the friday fire. the artists who interrupted king said she should have spoken to them instead of calling a news conference accusing her of capitalizing on the tragedy but before she was interrupted, king told the media she is an artist herself and called on city leaders to work with the artists to create safe and affordable places to live. >> i think that this press conference what i'm hoping come out of it is that the city would come in and help, not shut it down, but help them regulate it. >> reporter: kick says the warehouse next -- king says the warehouse next door the salt lick collective has only one way in and out and that it will collapse and burn down. she spoke to the mayor about it. the salt lick from what we have gathered online is an artist collective. now, back out here live, we
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spoke to one man who lives inside there and says that king has it all wrong. as you can see, there is a fire escape right there that we are zooming in on and he says there are several ways to get out of the salt lick but again, king says that her intention today for the press conference was not to shut down the warehouse but to get city leaders to pay attention and work with the artists. maria medina, kpix 5. >> we'll continue to bring you the latest developments on the warehouse fire investigation. if you would like know make today donation to the people affected, we have posted a link on our website, cbssf.com. turning to weather now, and a cold morning around the bay area. here is a live look outside in dublin. >> and roberta gonzales is live in santa clara with just how the low temperatures have dropped. roberta. >> reporter: well, kenny and michelle, what a rude awakening to everybody here in the bay area this morning when our temperatures away from the bay tumbled into the 20s and right
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around that freezing point. in fact, we put together composites of some of the temperatures around our microclimates early this morning. we saw 28 degrees in napa. it was 31 degrees in concord. certainly freezing in the livermore area. 37 degrees apiece in fremont and in san jose. and san francisco, you, too were cool at 44 degrees. now, the second side of this story happens to be our live hi- def doppler radar picking up rain showers around the bay area. a lot of this green on the screen happens to be virga where the rain is evaporating before it hits the ground but nonetheless you mix the rain with the cold air in place and end result, you see some of that purple and pink on your tv screen, that is actually some sleet or even light snow already occurring around sonoma mountain, also mount st. helena. we have had the cold. now we have the rain. it's a one-two punch and we'll track this incoming system together coming up later in this newscast. kenny, michelle? >> all right, roberta.
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thank you. a democratic heavy hitter who represented california for 24 years is stepping down. senator barbara boxer took the podium today to deliver remember farewell address. >> all i wanted to do, make life beautiful for people. i didn't always succeed. i didn't always prevail. i felt the pain of losing many times but i can honestly say i never stopped trying. [ voice breaking ] >> box started her political career as the member of the marin county board of supervisors. from there, she went on to the house of representatives and ultimately to the senate. boxer's seat won't be empty for long. kamala harris was formerly the attorney general and now the second black woman and first indian-american elected to serve in the u.s. senate. now to the trump transition. the president-elect has just been named "time" magazine's person of the year. mr. trump called the decision a great honor. he now joins the ranks of past
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winners like mikhail gorbachev, vladimir putin, mark zuckerberg and rudy giuliani. the word comes as the president elect sparse over national security issues with the man that he will replace in the oval office. mr. trump held a rally in north carolina last night vowing to fight terrorism and make america safe again. that's a jab at the policies of president obama. in charleston, south carolina, prosecutors arrived at the courthouse this morning for the murder trial of dylann roof. the 22-year-old is accused of killing nine parishioners during a bible study at the emanuel ame church last year. police say before roof opened fire, he told his victims he wanted to start a war between whites and blacks. roof is facing the death penalty. a frantic search for survivors on right now after magnitude 6.5 quake struck indonesia overnight. at least 97 people are confirmed dead in the
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earthquake including young children. hundreds more are injured. it reduced the district of [ non-english language ] nameto rubble. they are requesting assistance in the area. marking 75 years since the attack on pearl harbor. tributes around the country remember those who died. >> and whiteout conditions part of the country dealing with an active blast. ,,
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spinouts and pileups in boulder last night. on wall street the dow is up about 255 points! drugmakers are losing today while all others are going higher. and happening across the country today, people are marking the 75th anniversary of japan's assault on pearl harbor. a memorial was held in new york city, as well. survivors in the u.s. are attending ceremonies to honor those who died. john blackstone reports from hawaii where veterans and family members gathered to look back. >> reporter: a small group gathered to remember the men who served out uss utah. the wreckage of the utah is in the exact spot in pearl harbor
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where it went down hit by two japanese tore period defense attorneys 75 years ago this morning. 58 died. but more than 400 crew members survived. gilbert mayer 39 is one of only six still living. how did you make it off the ship? >> i swam. i was sleeping down in the starboard side here. the torpedos hit the poured. >> reporter: were asleep? >> i had the mid watch. i stayed up all night. >> reporter: the ceremony here honors not just those killed on the utah but many of the survivors who in death chose to be with their shipmates. their ashes placed in the wreckage. the veterans returning for this 75th anniversary are now mostly in their 90s. their numbers dwindling some call it the last reunion. >> welcome these gentlemen back. [ applause ] >> reporter: for those serving today, the aging veterans serve as an inspiration. >> when i walk up to them in my uniform as a three star
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general, they immediately try to stand up or salute me. and i have to tell them, please, you know, i'm honoring you. the honor is mine. >> reporter: john blackstone, cbs news, pearl harbor. >> japanese prime minister shinzo abe will be coming to pearl harbor this month to meet with president obama. but a spokesman for the prime minister made it clear, he is coming to pay respects to the dead, not to apologize for the attack 75 years ago. a cold morning giving way to rain today. >> roberta gonzales roberta is live in santa clara with more. >> you're shopping! >> reporter: i'm in santa clara one of my favorite places in the world. i'll tell you why coming up. but we have some business to get to because we have cold weather and we certainly have rain and the possibility of light snow coming into the bay area. so let's get to it now.
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temperatures right now pretty much holding steady into the 40s and into the 50s. in fact, right now, we do have an air temperature still in the 40s around the santa rosa area, extremely cold there, after bottoming out early this morning at 30 degrees. so meanwhile, where we have all that cool air mass in place, our live hi-def doppler radar suggests that while you have that oakland temperature at 49 degrees, you have cold showers working their way into the bay area with a wet evening commute. the remaining portion of your afternoon, rain is moving in, pockets of rain on thursday, lingering rain on friday. satellite imagery suggests cold air mass in place, cold front will be pushing in. cold showers tonight. through friday. 7 p.m. this evening, the tail end of the evening commute, it's wet. by tomorrow morning, it's a wet morning commute. during the day all friday it is definitely going to be soggy
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with periods of heavy rain. now, rainfall amounts around the bay area generally up to about an inch in many locations. while it's raining here we have snow in the high sierra. a winter weather advisory is in place kick-starting this afternoon through tomorrow. 10 inches of snow are expected. that's above 7,000 feet at lake level. with your high temperatures across the bay area today, 40s and 50s, that's at good as it gets, an east wind at 20 adding to the insult. sunset tonight 4571. and boy a cooldown very rapidly with the wet conditions. seven-day forecast, it rains and doesn't stop until saturday morning. that's why i'm indoors stocking up with all the cold weather outside and the rainy conditions, i'm at whole foods right now. and where is my little elf? i got -- there she is! ann from whole foods, thank you
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for joining us. you're a brand-new store. >> our customers love the store, our taproom, selection and hanging out here at the store. >> reporter: you are a sponsor for "food for bay area families." what are people talking about with the program? >> they love to have an opportunity to donate to local families who are in need for the holiday season. they can donate two ways, one in cash at the registers or they can donate non-perishable products such as our 365 line here at the barrels in front of the store. >> while we can come into whole foods any whole foods around the bay area and donate we also have corporations in our company doing their part. they are giving us some big muscle support. the senior vice president and general counsel with maxim integrated, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> reporter: tell me about your company. >> this time of the year we are about partnering with second harvest. our employees throughout the year donate food and time as
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well as money. and at this time of year we make a big push to donate a lot of money for second harvest. we have had about a 30-year partnership with them and so today -- >> reporter: you go ahead and as soon as you say it, i'll unveil it. >> today i get the pleasure of delivering the check from the maxim employees and their families for over $200,000. >> oh!! i wish we had a drum roll for that! look at that! applause, everybody who is watching over here [ applause ] >> thank you. donna is with second harvest food bank here in the santa clara valley. how many meals will you able to offer up? >> this is truly amazing. we are so grateful for maxim's long-standing partnership and support through the years that allows us to feed over a quarter million people every month. this check alone will provide 4 -- over 418,000 meals for our hungry community. we are so grateful.
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thank you. >> reporter: again, applause for that! [ applause ] >> we are going to feed just about the entire santa clara valley. you can help at home, too. all you have to do is come into any whole foods market and show your support or visit us online at cbssf.com/give. we want to hear from all of you at home. this is amazing! thank you so much! >> thank you very much. >> maxim integrated. thank you so much. michelle and kenny, $209,000! i'm going to lunch now. [ laughter ] >> have fun, roberta. yeah. so good to see everyone contributi . >> that's amazing. all right, roberta. thank you so much. and still ahead, britain's royal family looking festive. the regal replicas getting a lot of attention. >> and we want to invite all you pet lovers send us your questions about their health and well-being. ust email pets@kpix.com, and we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday right here at noon. ,,
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look no farther than your own house. "coin-star if you need a few extra dollars for your holiday shopping look no further than your own house. coin star says americans have an average of about $70 in loose change in the couch cushions. the bottoms of bags and other places at home. coin star bases that number on the average amount of payouts from people who use their counting machines. hm. i'm going to look in the
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cushions tonight. >> i find that hard to believe. may $3 the most for me. >> $3 is $3. >> absolutely. it is the royal family like you have never seen them before. completely made out of wax. madam toussaud's in london made the wax figures for selfies. they are rocking ugly holiday sweaters part of the annual save the children's jumper day fundraiser. we'll be right back. over 1,000,000 californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long: health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from leading health insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates, and benefits. and, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage.
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♪ >> liam: you see what she's doing, right? you know how manipulative quinn is being. she's trying to get you on her side. >> steffy: [ scoffs ] i'm not on quinn's side. >> liam: no, that's the point. you'll have to be if you accept the c.e.o. position, steffy. she's dangling a very tempting carrot in front of you right now, and she's using your grandfather to do it. >> steffy: my grandfather wouldn't go along with it if he didn't believe i was ready to lead forrester. >> liam: no. [ sighs ] you are ready. you're smart and strong and savvy, and the company would absolutely flourish under your leadership, but that's not why
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