buildings collapsed in the powerful earthquake. the race is on... to find any survivors who may be trapped. good afternoon, i'm kenny ch now at noon, rescuers searching for survivors in the powerful mexico earthquake. good afternoon, i'm kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. mexican officials say the death toll is up to 225.

rescuers are looking for survivors, pausing to listen for voices. manuel bojorquez reports from mexico. >> reporter: at least 25 students and teachers were killed when an elementary school collapsed in mexico city. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: all but four were children. mexican president enrique pena nieto visited the wreckage last night where rescuers were digging for the missing. >> it was really violent. i have never experienced anything like that. >> reporter: u.s. citizen brittany kaiser was giving a presentation in mexico when it struck. she and thousands fled to the streets as the air filled with smoke from collapsed buildings. >> you could see everything moving outside, street lamps, trees, cars that were on the streets. there were some buildings that are completely demolished. >> reporter: rescuers and volunteers searched through the

rubble for victims, found several people trapped and rescued them. >> one jolt and a roll. >> reporter: it happened about 32 years after the 1985 mexico quake that killed thousands. mexico's president is calling for calm after the earthquake saying the priority remains rescuing survivors and getting them to medical facilities. that could take some time. as many as 44 buildings have collapsed in the capital. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, mexico city. the los angeles county fire department's urban search-and- rescue team is standing by waiting for the call to deploy to mexico. the technical rescue team is ready with 55,000 pounds of prepackaged search-and-rescue tools and medical equipment. the team says it's also ready in case it's called to go to puerto rico for hurricane relief. now that mexico city's airport is back open, travelers are heading home some back to the bay area. kpix 5's jackie ward caught one a few at sfo who felt that

quake. >> reporter: the people we spoke to had just had arrived home from their trip to mexico city. they said they couldn't believe the devastation after the earthquake and they feel very lucky to be home unharmed. this san francisco resident and his wife were putting their bags through the metal detector at security in mexico city and the earthquake hit. >> terrifying at the beginning. [ screaming ] >> people started screaming, running. so that freaked me out. everything started to crunch together. tiles fell from the ceiling crashing broken fell off the wall. >> reporter: when the rumbling stopped he and his wife crouched next to a pillar as an airport employee hovered over them. >> i can only imagine the damage around the city without the infrastructure like the airport has. i really appreciate the steadfast quick response that the employees had. >> reporter: jose and his

family were at a family member's house south of mexico city when it happened. >> moving like this and that. and we were on the third floor and i was, like, getting ready to pack in everything and when we feel -- we just don't know what to do and we [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: fortunately where his family is in mexico wasn't too badly damaged. but for other parts that were hit harder, the clean-up is just beginning. flights at mexico city will arrive here at sfo until 5 p.m. jackie ward, kpix 5. the other natural disaster making headlines, hurricane maria. it has weakened to a cat-3. a government spokesman in puerto rico says it's left the island 100% without power. and it could take weeks to get power restored there. at least 9 people have been killed in the storm. cbs reporter david begnaud is in puerto rico with the chaos once the storm made landfall.

>> the building about 100 yards behind me, there are pieces of that building that have flown off and are now flying through the air like projectiles. this video was taken just outside of our hotel room showing the force of maria's violent winds. it was enough for the hotel to order guests down to the lobby level. the region was still rebounding from the last storm, irma, when maria rolled in. >> we have never had any back- to-back hurricanes before. >> reporter: yolanda moldonado has been without power since hurricane irma two weeks ago. now she is in a san juan shelter. >> i passed through hurricanes, but this one, it's going to be very hard. >> reporter: eddie and his 11- year-old daughter are riding out the storm in a hotel room. >> we are trying to do the best we can to survive. >> this is wood. >> reporter: we were with the puerto rico governor when he walked the streets yesterday personally pleading with people to evacuate to a shelter. can the island of puerto rico

survive a direct hit from a cat- 4 or 5? >> our people are resilient and strong. we showed it after irma and we were there to help other u.s. citizens in their time of need. now we are going to need a helping hand. >> that was david begnaud reporting. 7,000 people in puerto rico are in shelters. maria is blamed for seven deaths on the caribbean island of dominca and two in guadalupe. and here's a unique look at maria. this video from a nasa weather satellite. you can see the eye of the hurricane spinning intensely from space. and check out this view of hurricane maria taken yesterday from the nation. quite the view. roberta, what's happening in our forecast? >> we're very grateful to center those views because the san juan, puerto rico, radar site is unavailable due to damage. let's go ahead and track hurricane maria at this lunch hour. again, earlier this morning, puerto rico taking a direct hit with that eye wall rolling across san juan. and then now it is expected to push out over the open waters,

gather some more moomum me frth and towards the bahamas. we'll keep an eye on it. back here in the bay area, some rain for your wednesday morning in san francisco. our time lapse video from our roof camera shows intermittent showers with a little touch of blue skies trying to peek through. let's head inland from the coast and look at dublin in the tri-valley. the flags are on the fly, winds 10 to 20 miles an hour, mostly cloudy skies. temperatures have been hanging tight in the 60s, now approaching the low 70s. and san jose and in santa rosa, unseasonably cool weather today. we'll talk about your forecast for tomorrow. that's coming up later none this newscast. roberta, thank you. new at noon, the city attorneys of san francisco and oakland are suing big oil companies. they say the issue is their role in damaging the planet. kpix 5's neda iranpour has the details. >> reporter: the city attorneys say with sea velsbale sirion

the other side in oakland and here along the embarcadero will be covered in water that includes the ferry building and all these towers, these businesses, billions of dollars worth of property destroyed and they blame big oil companies. harvey, irma, jose, now maria back-to-back hurricanes hitting the area making for a record- breaking hurricane season. san francisco also experiencing the hottest temperatures ever on record a few weeks ago!! with these extreme weather conditions, city attorney dennis herrera says a lawsuit against big oil is a long time coming. >> the science is undeniable! climate change is altering our planet, placing many of our communities at risk. >> reporter: he and oakland's city attorney filing separate lawsuits on behalf of each city against the five largest investor-owned producers of fossil fuels in the world. chevron, exxon, bp, shell and conocophillips. >> just like "big tobacco," big oil knew the truth long ago.

>> reporter: they say just like tobacco companies who were sued in the 1980s, oil companies create an ongoing so-called public nuisance that's now jeopardizing thousands of lives and up to $49 billion worth of bayside public and private property in oakland and san francisco. >> many fossil fuel companies were aware of these effects yet continued to profit at the expense of residents. >> reporter: now, this lawsuit says the big oil companies would be held responsible and would have to pay for seawalls or any infrastructure needed to protect both sides of the bay from the effects of climate change. on the eiranpour, kpix 5. ar, a construction worker was mb dero neda electrocuted in san jose this morning. firefighters say it happened just before 10 a.m. behind the lion supermarket. a worker was doing underground construction when he apparently hit a live wire. the 40-year-old man was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. a man was killed in a fire at an oakland apartment complex moments after his neighbor

tried to save him. firefighters were called to the 400 block of fairmount avenue near lake merritt around 4 a.m. when they arrived, flames were shooting out of the unit on the top floor of the complex. now, a woman who lives there said she saw the man engulfed in flames, grabbed a fire extinguisher but couldn't get t i couldn't even get close enough. i think he just made his last step to try to let everybody know something was going towake i never heard his voice, just muffling yelling. >> he was found ainonrw stai his kitchen. firefighters were called to this krispy kreme donut shop in union city last night. they rolled out their ladders to put out a fire on the roof. the cause is under investigation. krispy kreme says this location will remain temporarily closed.

petaluma police need help identifying this suspect who entered a 7-eleven on old redwood highway with a firearm and stole money. the suspects is an adult male sweart and roonski odhoedmask. >> slowdown for east bay drivers. >> by design from the city. >> stop light to slow down drivers part of a pilot program in the east bay. coming up, how the city hopes it is going to curb commuters looking for shortcuts. >> also, coming up, one more last-ditch effort by republicans to repeal and replace obamacare.

launched a new effort to get drivers to slow down. new at noon, the city of hayward has launched a new effort to get drivers to slow down. they are focusing on the busy intersection at mission and foothill boulevard. kpix 5's anne makovec has a closer look at the traffic a little more slowly here in downtown hayward today. it is part of a pilot program meant to do just that. it's a common shortcut to get from 880 to 580. drivers dip through what's known as the hayward loop. we watched as officers caught speeders here this morning. virginia garrett watches it every day. >> not only are you speeding through the stop lights, but you are not even obeying the stop signs that says no turn. >> reporter: a lot of the volume is commuters looking for a quick route. >> last week, there was a accident on the freeway and they were coming out cutting down here and you could tell

they were going to get back on. >> reporter: they are slowing traffic lights a traffic pl. here's the map of the traffic lights affected on mission and foothill boulevards and througthhoutdowntown loop. engineers are modding into how often the signals change. this -- engineers are modifying how often the signals change. this route already moves slowly. >> makes it difficult when you are taking kids to school. you have to leave like about 10 minutes early to make sure you get there on time. >> reporter: the next three months. then the city council will take it under review. >> you know you have to try different things to find out what works. you're not going to be able to please everybody all the time. >> reporter: the city is taking an online survey on this program. you can find the link to that on our website, cbssf.com. just click on "links and numbers." in hayward, anne makovec, kpix 5. republicans are making a last-ditch effort to repeal and replace obamacare before an upcoming deadline makes it cbport mola lenghi has g

the latest proposal from capitol hill. >> reporter: republicans are cautiously optimistic that they may finally be able to pass a bill to repeal and replace obamacare. >> i have at. >> reporter: republican senators graham and cassidy cowrote the plan. it would eliminate the subsidies that make health insurance cheaper for people under the affordable care act and would give states a luto c own healthcare systems. but the graham-cassidy bill still has provisions which some republicans object to. conservatives don't like that it would keep some of obamacare's taxes. >> keep the taxes in place but we give it to different people with more flexibility. >> reporter: while some moderates are opposed to the idea that people with pre- existing conditions could end up paying more for healthcare and it would end federal fu subsidies and expansion of medicare. >> it would mean receiving $1 billion less for healthcare over the next decade. >> reporter: right now republicans need only 50 votes

to pass the plan instead of the normal 60-vote threshold in the senate. but that legislative tool that allows that lower vote is about to expire. >> if we were going to go forward, we would have to act before september 30th. >> reporter: vice president mike pence says the trump administration is in to pass the bill. he stepped out of l a almeeting the u.n. to talk with mitch mcconnell about healthcare. and president trump tweeted this morning, i hope republican senators will vote for graham- cassidy and fulfill their promise to repeal and replace obamacare. mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol hill. all right. to the weather now. rain in some places, rainbows in others. and check this out. "sky drone 5", it's a divine sign because roberta is back! >> a rainbow for roberta! >> that's nice. now, you can't have any rainbows without a little rain. we certainly had our share this morning. nothing too measurable but

looking out now, this is san jose. getting a little bit of a break in the cloud deck there. but as we go ahead and go and take another view around the bay area this afternoon, mostly cloudy skies. it's been a fast-moving cloud atop the mount vaca area. right now we have temperatures in the 60s and 70s. it's pushing 73 in oakland. san jose and santa rosa 64 in san francisco. it is now 65 degrees in livermore and 67 in oakland. meanwhile, let's god at this particular time that we do have a deck of stratus from santa rosa all the way to san jose. and in addition to those clouds whipping into the bay area, we have been seeing increasing winds. oakland west-southwest at 14. 12 in san francisco. we do have winds at 10 in concord, clayton and walnut creek. 17 fairfield. 14 to the north bay. these winds are all associated with that right there right now. you see rain showers across the northwestern corner of the

state of california. this area of low pressure developed in the gulf of alaska. so it tells you one thing for sure ... it has some cooler air aihas t into the bay area. a lot of unsettled air, as well. so the bottom line is, it's turning out to be unseasonably mild to cool today. warmer weather as we start to approach the weekend. otherwise, your travel weather across the state today, 57 state capital. we have rain from tahoe through redding ba ithe fresno area. the 90s. in fact our numbers are checking in a good 10 to 12 degrees below average way from the bay into our inland areas. beach hazard statement remains in effect through tomorrow night especially right there for those northwest-facing beaches of ocean beach and montara beach. sunset at 7:09. by then temperatures across the bay area today 60s and 70s. we'll see average high temperatures return in time for the weekend. we'll be right back.

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are you worried about thieves stealing your credit card? how a bay area company is making it harder to happen. that and more coming up at 5:00. all right. that's for kpix 5 news at noon. hope you have a great day. >> this is good napping weather. >> oh, yeah. soup and a nap and a movie, maybe. >> who knows. >> we're so boring. [ laughter ] >> have a great afternoon.

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