line. good afternoon, i'm anne makovec in for mic breaking news in the sierra, where a wildfire has shut down westbound i-80 at the nevada state line. good afternoon, i'm anne makovec, in for michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. that fire is burning along i-80 12 miles northeast of truckee. besides the westbound closure,

the eastbound side is also closed at state route 267 for crews to get crew and equipment into the area. 650 acres have burned. cal fire is helping out with the water drops. chp says that the fire is now 10% contained. there's no estimate time of reopening the freeway. traffic is heavy in the area. chp crews are directing cars around the area as the fire reaches the road. they are trying to protect wildlife, like this deer, to stay safe. we are also getting new information about the damage left behind by the wall fire burning near oroville. at least 41 homes have been destroyed since the fire started last friday. more than 4,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. but some have since been allowed to return home. that fire has burned nearly 6,000 acres. it is now 45% contained. to washington now, where donald trump, jr., is releasing new details about his meeting with a russian lawyer last year. he calls the investigation into

it nonsense. mola lenghi from the white house. >> reporter: donald trump, jr., is responding to a "new york times" article reporting received an i mail from the person setting -- email with the person setting up the meeting with a lawyer saying it was to aid his father. he released the email. rob goldstone said he had information from the russian crown prosecutor that would incriminate hillary and her dealings with russia and would be very useful to your father. he went on to say this is obviously very high level and sensitive information but it's part of russia and it's government support for mr. trump. natalia, a russian lawyer, reportedly with connections to the kremlin, met with trump campaign officials last year. trump junior said she had damaging information about hillary clinton. the woman told nbc news she has no connections with the government and she doesn't know why the trumps thought she had

information on clinton. >> quite possible that maybe they were looking for such information. they wanted it so badly. >> reporter: trump, jr., says the woman did not have any relevant information and wanted to talk about adoptions. the department of justice and congress are investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with russia to win the election! >> nothing is proven. but we're now beyond obstruction of justice in terms of what's being investigated. this is moving into perjury, false statements, um, and even into potentially treason! >> reporter: don junior will cooperate with the investigation. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >> senate intelligence committee members also say that they will talk with paul manafort and jared kushner, the two other people who were in that meeting. meanwhile, president trump is calling his son a, quote, high quality person and applauding his transparency. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a military plane heading to california to crash, killing 16 service members. it went down in rural mississippi. cbs reporter don champion has

the details. >> reporter: the wreckage of the military transport plane burned for hours after crashing into a soybean field in rural mississippi. the kc-130 was taking service members and equipment from cherry point, north carolina, to el centro, california, when it went down. 15 marines and one navy corpsman died. officials say some of the marines were from a reserve squad based in newburgh, new york. >> every resource that we have that we can pull from will be used to determine what happened and every resource that we can give to the families as well will be made available to them. >> reporter: air traffic controllers in memphis were tracking the four-engine plane monday afternoon. at 20,000 feet, it had a catastrophic failure and went radio silent. it is a workhorse in the military and the kc-130 can refuel planes in midair.

>> this is a reminder of the perils that our service members face daily whether in combat or routine operations. >> reporter: on twitter, president trump wrote, marine plane crash in mississippi is heartbreaking. melania and i send our deepest condolences to all. the fbi has joined the investigation, but officials do not think foul play is involved. don champion, cbs news, mississippi. >> east bay m.u.d. says its water costs are going up and officials are voting on a rate increase for customers. kpix 5's jessica flores reports that your bill could go up nearly 20%. >> reporter: the complaints are pouring in against east bay m.u.d. the water rate proposal. but the utility says it needs the increase to repair aging infrastructure. whencalifornia observed water during the drought. now their revenue is drying up.

>> when customers conserve, they buy less water. the water is what we sell. >> reporter: they are proposing a 19% water rate increase over two years. it amounts to less than $5 more per month for the average household, although customers in the far east bay, where it's hot with larger lawns, fear they will be paying much more. >> we are all working together. we are going to conserve. how can they punish us for doing what they asked us to do? >> reporter: east bay m.u.d. officials say the cost to run the water system has gone up $100 million in the past 10 years. the nonprofit utility will use the rate increase to repair 4200 miles of aging pipe, maintain water treatment plants, and manage aqueducts. >> water is still a penny a gallon, which is still a really good bargain. >> reporter: east bay smud looking at its $2 billion budget, a 9.25% increase for 2018 and a 9% increase on top of that for 2019. a majority of customers would

have to formally object to block the increase. east bay m.u.d. says it's received about 400 complaints against the rate hike. the board of directors meets today in downtown oakland for a vote at 1:15 p.m. reporting in oakland, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. firefighters are making progress against a brush fire burning between san jose and morgan hill just south of mount hamilton. chopper 5 was over the area a few hours ago. you can see the stream of smoke in the steep terrain, and this is what the fire looked like minutes after it ignited yesterday afternoon. cal fire brought in helicopters and tankers to drop water and flame retardant. the fire has burned 70 acres. it's 80% contained. investigators have not pinpointed the exact cause, but a burned-out car was found close to the area where it looks like the fire started. right now, the coast guard is working to remove a sunken barge that capsized south of the bay bridge. the 112-foot barge called

vengeance settled above bart's transbay tube back in april. global diving and salvage has cut it into two pieces and will use a crane to lift them. all of the fuel on the barge was removed last month. new at noon, hospital workers say patient infections are a big problem at stanford university medical center. and they're blaming it, in part, on a lack of training. the hospital workers union collected data on the hospital's infection rate to highlight this issue and then they presented that information to stanford healthcare claiming it's the worst among bay area teaching hospitals. >> when i see how these mistakes are allowed to happen, i do worry. i worry about way could potentially bring back to my home and my family. we do expect that from a world class institution like stanford. >> the union is currently in contract negotiations with the hospital, and stanford healthcare officials say the information the union presented is inaccurate and outdated. >> we are actually very proud

of our safety record here at stanford, and in 2017, our employee safety data exceeds the average for the state of california. >> stanford healthcare officials say the safety of patients and employees is their top priority and they plan to continue good faith negotiations with the unions. governor jerry brown is taking another shot at trying to extend the state's "cap and trade" agreement. the current agreement is set to expire in 2020. kpix 5's sandra osborne reports from a san jose apartment complex where the "cap and trade" money is being used. >> reporter: you can see the dollars from this agreement hard at work right behind me. take a look at these apartments. they help out the low-income families and some special needs families, including the chronically homeless. and it's partially paid for by "cap and trade" dollars. now, while the extension of the program was vote down already earlier this year, governor jerry brown and other legislative leaders have introduced new language to be voted on. the agreement limits total greenhouse gas emissions and

requires businesses to either buy or trade allowances in order to pollute. the goal has been to reduce the state's carbon emissions by 40% of what it was in 1990. but governor brown wants to continue it to 2030. >> this is about an existential threat that if it's not stopped or slowed down will kill tens of millions of people! >> reporter: the reason it was voted down once already is because of the previous language that would have led to higher gas prices. they are trying to alter that, but there will still be other changes to the program. it would give the california air resources board the authority to set a ceiling price on carbon. that basically determines how expensive permits would be. it would decrease the amount businesses to have to pay for hoping to ease the cost of

compliance. it needs two-thirds of a vote, and they will vote on thursday. sandra osborne, kpix 5. stool is out and oakland is making a -- school is out for the summer, and oakland is making a push for new funding for 300 additional summer jobs for oakland kids, called srto careers. it has partnerships with bart, children's hospital and other agencies. it's meant to help teens get critical experience. >> you can choose what kind of area interests you the most. that is the beauty of this incredibly generous gift. with 300 jobs, you can connect young people to the right opportunities for them. >> the 300 new available positions brings the total number of jobs this summer alone up to the mayor's goal of 2,000 jobs. coming up, water shooting 100 feet in the air. the mess outside a california country club. >> dozens of people hit the water to save a family stuck in a rip current.

how they took action before emergency crews could get there. >> and that is my favorite story of the day! man helping man. and boy, we have a beach hazard statement that you need to know about. we'll talk about that as the news continues. we'll be right back.

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angeles. officials say a tractor-trailer may have clipped a fire hydrant in front o check out this geyser that erupted early this morning in los angeles. officials say a tractor-trailer may have clipped a fire hydrant right in front of a country club. cars could be seen going around the area as water shot about 100 feet in the air. eventually, crews were able to turn that water off. dozens of strangers came together to save a group of

people from a rip current in florida. a mom realized that her 8 and 11-year-old sons were caught in the current on saturday on panama city beach. she and some family members ran into the water to rescue them but got stuck also. that's when 80 people locked arms and formed a human chain to reach them. police called for a rescue boat but the people decided that they couldn't wait before trying to help. it seems like a lot of kids today would much rather text with their friends than read a book. well, now there's a way to do both. cbs reporter kenneth craig explains. >> reporter: 19-year-old mike says the first time he heard about the app hooked wrapped it up. it allows users to read fast paced short stories right on the smartphones and in the form of text messages between two people. >> because you're actually going through these texts and it's almost as if, like,

texting is running away from a killer or something. >> reporter: the rise in popularity of chat fiction apps like hooked led to published authors like taylor parent to take the leap into the new format. >> the biggest challenge was coming up with a story that kind of fit the parameters of this style of writing. >> reporter: millions of users have already read her first hooked story, a thriller that took kayla a fraction of the time to write compared to her novels. >> honey, please ignore it until i get home. >> how am i supposed to do that? it's getting louder. >> don't go down there. >> reporter: hooked has topped apple's app store three times and more than 20 million people have it. users also have the option to subscribe for a fee and unlimited reading. >> it almost feels like you're actually going through what the characters are going through. >> reporter: mike also reads tap, one of the handful of other chat fiction apps geared to millennials. while he is hooked on the new

style, he has no plans to stop reading real books. kenneth craig, cbs news, new york. roberta gonzales tracking our weather forecast and a little bit of a cooldown, roberta. >> a little cooldown and high surf, as well. let's get to it now. first off, let's send to you san jose, bright blue sun currently in san jose. 78 degrees at mineta international airport. it's 84 in livermore. wow! santa rosa checking in at 77 after dipping down to 49. the bay is clearing out nicely this afternoon. we do have temperature-wise around the bay area according to our weather watchers 79 in orinda to 74 in novato. dana says she dipped to 47 this morning. ron in concord77 degrees. cooler than yesterday. we'll hold steady webs and thursday. looking wednesday. warming up on the weekend.

two areas of low pressure to the north of us encouraging the jet stream a little further south bringing cooler air into the bay area. but i like this. this is our satellite-radar and as i veer down to the south, that's what was hurricane eugene, now downgraded to a tropical storm about 480 miles just off the coast of mexico. it's continues to lift northwest, it's causing some really high surf in socal and what it's doing for you it's causing a beach hazard statement to be issued by the national weather service for tonight and wednesday along the huge highlighted yellow area in a that covers beaches along the coast for dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves. >> these are the temperatures we'll have today.

little clearing if any at the beaches. 60s to 90s. that sounds like candy. fresh grocer tony tantillo has >> triple digits in the bay area! >> i want to give me ac a little rest! >> it's chugging along. >> not this week, sorry. it is a variety of fruit with a name that sounds like candy. fresh grocer tony tantillo has our tip of the day. >> reporter: ell, today's tip of the day is going to be beautiful melon called the lemon drop melon. let me tell you something. it's fabulous! doesn't taste like a lemon. a little bit of lemon zest peel, and they taste fabulous. talk about selection and storage. when you buy them, you want to make sure like a cantaloupe all the netting is tight all the way around. very important. right here where it's been cut from the vine, it's free from any holes. put your finger through here, it opens up, then it goes all

the way in you know what that means? stored around for way too long and that's not good. make sure it's heavy for its size. small cavity, which is great. more melon to enjoy. when you bring them home, you want to store these in the refrigerator like a cantaloupe but enjoy them room temperature. take them out about an hour before you enjoy them. i love them. i love these new va rights. really the varieties that have been around for a while but now they are coming backike a heirloom when it comes to these melons. loaded with nutritional value. oh!! the lemon drop melon, give it a try. 'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. nd always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy.

here's a preview: wed0402 :11 this is the asteroid -- let's call it rocky. million mi the threat of a planet killer, scary that's the idea behind cbs's new thriller salvation. >> let's take a look at the preview. >> this is the asteroid. it's called rocky about 300 million miles out. my software which i'm happy to sell to you projects it to collide with earth in 186 days. ♪[ music ] >> i recently talked with the lead actor of salvation, santiago cabrera about his character's mission to save the world. >> we have always heard about the leaks in the news and there's a struggle in this show to kind of keep the project to

destroy the asteroid a secret. tell us more about that. >> yeah. you know, it's kind of this thing of human beings do we work together and solve the problem or do we destroy ourselves in the process? >> you can watch salvation starting tomorrow night at 9 right here on kpix 5. 12:24. a reminder now. if you have a consumer problem other question, contact us: a near *disaster averted...

a plane on approach to sfo nearly lands on a taxiway where planes were lined up for take off! we're asking questions about the runway setup... tonight at 5. a near disaster averted. a plane nearly landed on a taxiway where planes were lined for take-off. we are asking questions about the runway setup at 5:00. >> we heard the control at air traffic control. it's unnerving! be sure to tune in. >> thanks for joining us this afternoon. ♪[ music ]

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