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kenneth craig has more on the homecoming from the white house. >> reporter: president trump says he looks forward to welcoming home three americans freed from prison in north korea. >> it will be i think a very special time. nobody thought this was going to happen. >> reporter: a jet carrying the former detainees stopped in japan to refuel before heading to the u.s. as a show of good faith, the white house had been pressuring north korean president kim jong-un to release the americans, a businessman and two teachers. kim dong chul had been held since october 2015. tony kim and kim hak-song since last spring. secretary pompeo arrived in north korea tuesday and met with kim, securing the release of the men and finalizing the upcoming summit with president trump. >> both sides want to negotiate a deal. i think it's going to be a very successful deal. >> reporter: republicans said the gesture by the communist dictator was a good first step. >> can only be viewed as great news. >> reporter: president trump will travel from the white house to andrews air force
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base to greet pompeo and his guests early thursday morning. tony kim's family said: the summit will be announced over the next couple of days. >> reporter: kenneth craig, cbs news, the white house. >> and president trump says that the timing of the summit will be announced over the next couple days. new at noon, a push to ban assault weapons from two of the nation's largest teacher pension funds. a new bill on the table is calling for divestment from gun stocks. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: assault weapons are already banned in california. so this measure would take the fight against them a step further cutting off money to any company involved in their manufacturing or sale. the legislation would require the two largest pension funds to try to leverage retailers
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to stop selling any firearms that are currently banned in california. its authors say since the funds are gathered through california taxpayers and employee contributions, they should reflect california values. the latest driving factor behind this bill, the high school shooting in parkland, florida. at a news conference today, legislators were surrounded by teachers who say they were victims of gun violence. >> if the nra tells us that we're no match for the torrent of money they can rain down in support of blocking reform, then let's respond. we will become the storm. >> reporter: the law would go into effect on july 1st, 2019. if companies agree to stop helping manufacture or sell assault weapons until that point, they still have until 2021 to actually do it. this is not unprecedented. a law prohibits them from making investments in certain countries and in thermal coal companies. live in the newsroom, anne makevoc, kpix 5. a memorial is growing
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today at san ramon high school in danville after a student drowned there. students pinned notes and placed flowers along the pool's gate this morning for the 15-year-old who died. the boy drowned yesterday afternoon. the school is bringing in extra support staff today to help grieving students. >> this is a very difficult situation to deal with and we're coming together to try to support each other and get through this. we're certainly encouraging students and we need to talk to someone definitely talk to their teachers and offer support. >> police are investigating. a caltrans worker got caught up in a scary situation while working along highway 24. it happened around 2 a.m. near the caldecott tunnel. the chp says a driver pulled over with a flat tire. the caltrans worker approached to offer help but then the driver got angry, pulled out a handgun and fired a few shots into the air. soon after, the driver's friend picked him up and they sped off. officers caught the suspect at
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his home and arrested him. thousands of uc workers are wrapping up their three- day strike today. jackie ward reports from ucsf where picketers are getting support from other hospital workers. >> reporter: these people got here early this morning starting at 6 a.m. for the third and final day of the strike. the crowd has grown. we have hundreds of people here right now. the workers hope to keep the momentum going until 6 p.m. these are just a few of the tens of thousands of uc workers who have been striking for their rights since monday. they say after a year of failed negotiation talks with uc, this is what it's come to. this is the union spokesman who says in the latest offer, uc raised healthcare premiums and the retirement age. >> for what? so the uc's highest paid elites can line their pockets at their expense create more secret slush funds at their expense and it's not okay.
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>> reporter: uc has proposed a 3% raise while the union wants a 20% raise over the next three years. but it's more than just money to these people. gender and racial inequality is a major concern, too. erica wright is a single mother of five who says she has been overlooked for promotions because she is a black female. >> i feel like it's very inequal here. >> seems that males get, um, white males get the job positions before us females of color quite often. >> reporter: for the second day, pharmacists, radiologists and nurses are doing a sympathy strike alongside their striking colleagues. they say outsourcing needs to stop. >> the custodians work side by side with, um, these contracted out custodians that are being paid much less and they don't have a union. so they cannot speak up when things are wrong. >> reporter: at ucsf parnassus, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> we reached out to ucsf's public affairs office but no response yet. feisty face-off in the bay
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area in the race for governor. last night's debate in san jose finally included all of the top six candidates. and at one point it got personal for the front-runner gavin newsom. >> if you can't trust gavin with his best friend's wife, how can you trust him with your state? >> it's -- it's hard with respect to -- to hear from mr. allen, who is a desprout supporter of donald trump, talk about the issue of sexual harassment. >> besides that, they also talked about healthcare, taxes and immigration. one hot button issue, the state's new sanctuary law. >> security is the number one role of government. i will act as soon as i get the office to reverse the sanctuary state. >> the fact of the matter is these people are contributing to the economy. we ought to work with them. we ought to -- um, um, celebrate them and their work. >> newsom has skipped several previous debates and is not
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likely to take part in another before june's primary. two bay area school districts are losing tens of millions of dollars to charter schools. that's according to a new report out this week. kpix 5's jessica flores has the story. >> reporter: according to the report, east side union high school district here in san jose is one of the bay area's school districts losing millions of dollars as thousands of families send their children to charter schools instead of public schools. last year, east side union high school district lost about $20 million to charter schools. the oakland unified school district lost even more money, $57 million to charter schools. that's according to a new report from the think tank, in the public interest. the group says it determined the fiscal impact of enrollment and attendance money from the state going to charter schools instead of traditional public schools. the report author proposes policy changes. right now, local districts can't use fiscal impact analysis in deciding whether
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to authorize a new charter. >> elected officials whether it's the district school board, the county or state should be able to take those costs into account as one of the factors they weigh in deciding how much charter expansion should there be in their communities. >> reporter: the california charter school association said in a statement, this report is yet another tactic by special interests to prioritize politics over kids. charter schools are not responsible for nor do they have control over any district's financial decision. california state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would allow local governments to deny charters based on their financial impact to local districts. in san jose, jessica flores, kpix 5. a grilling on capitol hill today. president trump's pick to run the cia gina haspel faced the senate intelligence committee for the start of her confirmation hearing. cbs reporter mola lenghi on their concerns over her job history. >> reporter: gina haspel, president trump's nominee to be the next director of the
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cia, went before the senate intelligence committee this morning. >> experience has taught us that cia cannot be effective without the people's trust. >> reporter: in her opening remarks, haspel addressed the most controversial part of her 33 years as a spy, her involvement in the post-9/11 interrogations of terror suspects which critics sa said are torture. >> under my -- critics have said are torture. >> under my watch cia will not start a detention and interrogation program. >> reporter: the president chose her as mike pompeo was elevated to secretary of state. haspel has support from the intelligence community but her confirmation is not support. not all republicans have pledged to support her. one of them rand paul has already said he is planning to vote no. if he does, haspel will likely need the backing of at least one democrat. >> if this president asked to
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you do something that you find morally objectionable, what will do you? >> my moral compass is strong. i would not allow cia to undertake activity that i thought was immoral even if technically legal. >> reporter: she will be the first woman to lead the cia in its history if confirmed. mola lenghi cbs news. >> iran's parliament is firing back after president trump pulled the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal. the u.s. will reinstate sanctions lifted in 2015. today in iran lawmakers burned a u.s. flag and chanted death to america. iran president rouhani said the deal is not dead and will continue to work with other countries to save it. still ahead, a suspected bank robber busted. how a sandwich stop led cops to him. >> a potential solution to the
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affordable housing crisis living with strangers. how people are sharing spaces and forming some communities. >> and we sure had cloudy conditions out there today. but look at for your lunch break. nice and clear. that doesn't mean it's not cool, though. i'll talk about your temperatures and pretty big wind event that's on the way. i'm dianne feinstein and i approve this message.
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i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein
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busted... thanks to a sandwich. an off-duty police officer spotted marcus trujillo eating at ike's place... a bank robber in salinas was busted thanks to a sandwich of all things. an off-duty police officer spotted a man eating at ike's place while counting a large sum of money. trajillo matched the description of a suspect in an armed robbery at a wells fargo 2 1/2 earlier. the suspect was booked into jail. a second batch of new bart
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train cars is about to hit the tracks. the state public utilities commission just gave the green light after a test run. new railcars will be in rotation starting next week. they have three doors on each side. they also feature wider aisles and fewer seats. they have signs that display the name of the next station. >> production is ramping up. we know everyone is eager for the new cars. we are very eager to get them out and we are doing everything we can to safely deploy them quickly. >> bart officials expect to have 80 new cars in service by the end of the year and 200 by next year. let's take a look at the big board right now. see how the financial markets are doing. the dow is up 170. a new trend is emerging in major cities that has people moving into shared living spaces. kenneth craig talked to developers about what they call a viage solution. >> reporter: misty has the luxury of space in her new home but she doesn't pay a
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fortune for it. a rarity in high-priced new york city. >> i can do all the cooking down here. >> reporter: that's because she shares a building outfitted with group kitchens and common areas. the 36-year-old social media blogger is part of a new wave of city dwellers moving into communal living complexes where living with strangers is part of the appeal. >> it was like can i go from 9.5 years of basically living by myself to now living with a community? and then i realized that i actually wanted the community. >> reporter: she as a private bedroom and bath. her building is owned by a company with buildings in washington, san francisco, chicago and washington, d.c. >> what was attractive? >> the price. this is my room. >> reporter: she pays 1650 a month in brooklyn where the average rent for a one bedroom is about $2,500. >> we just opened the building in chicago where rents start at 950 a month.
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all our pricing is all included. utilities, wi-fi, shared supplies cleaning and fully furnished. >> reporter: brad hargraves founded common, one of a number of developers cashing in on shared living. the creative forces behind "we work" recess debuted a concept with group exercise and a bar. >> i have heard it described as dorms for adults. do you feel like you're living in a norm? >> no. >> reporter: she lives it so much, she just renewed her lease for another year. kenneth craig, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. let's check the beaches. it is nice and clear now. but you can look off into the distance there. in a sign of west winds that
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are still pretty strong along the coast, a lot of cooler air is impacting us on land. there are still people enjoying the beaches. clear skies. nice to see that for a change. earlier we had fog. san francisco 60. 67 in livermore. 72 concord. temperatures are not expected to rise that much more this afternoon. you may see one or two degrees increase but most of the air today is definitely influenced by that west wind. sustained winds at sfo, 23. oakland 17. it's breezy all the way through fairfield, vallejo, antioch. napa now those winds have picked up. that keeps the temperatures cooler compared to yesterday. we are in the low to mid-70s. for the afternoon highs, warmer further inland. 67 in oakland. 63 in san francisco.
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jays few degrees warmer than where we are right now. -- just a few degrees warmer than where we are right now. we are wedged between this high pressure ridge and this low to the north. and so that's just like sending us a lot of that ocean air. then here's what could happen to this low up north. it's going to eventually start to dip down into nevada. so friday into saturday, that's going to bring some rain for nevada parts of utah, idaho and what it will do for us is also lead to an offshore wind event and that's why we are going to have a high wind watch in effect friday evening to saturday gusts up to 50 miles per hour. so take those precautions now. it's going to be a bit breezy in the north and east bay hills. temperatures will be warm though. we'll be right back. he's been called a rockstar lawyer. he tops the charts on progressive causes...
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winning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich. after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative.
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with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold. be on display at the popular london wax museum. it's meghan markle.... standing next to her fiance, prince harry... who already has a wax figure. madame tussaud has made a wax image of meghan markle and prince harry who already has a wax figure. looks like her. she is wearing the same dress she wore for the couple's first interview complete with her engagement ring. the exhibit opens may 19th the day of the royal wedding. dwayne "the rock" johnson is about to get a big payday. the hayward-born actor is commanding a $1 million social
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media fee. it will allow movie studios to use his twitter or instagram account to promote his films. the rock has more than105 million instagram followers and 13 million in twitter. we'll be right back.
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tonight at five: the finalists for peta's nationwide ell, today's tip of the day is going to be swiss chard. right now swiss chard locally
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grown coming into the market and still the warmer temperatures and some of the colder nights that are coming around now so swiss chard is getting bigger and sweeter. and then you can see a lot less white, more like a white- greenish tone to it. let me telyou, it's out of this world this swiss chard. when you buy it make sure it's nice and big like this and it's got to feel nice and fresh. that's so important. when you bring them home, simply store them in the refrigerator right away. loaded with nutritional value. they are a super food so don't store them for too long. the longer you store them, the more the nutrition depletes. make sure the veins go all the way through that are nice and white also free from any yellowing. swiss chard in the market, i love these sauteed or just about any way. they're fabulous. eat r us. and they taste good. and i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. nd always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. le had feels fresh
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tonight at 5:00 finalist for peta's sexiest vegan next door. we'll introduce you to the contestants. >> okay ... >> sexy vegan? >> that's a competition? who knew. >> tune in tonight. >> all right. that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. remember, "the bold and the beautiful" is next. >> have a wonderful afternoon. hope to see you right back here tomorrow.
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led california's fight ofor clean, renewable energy.or he cleaned up pollution at the port of l.a. and created more good-paying jobs. antonio villaraigosa for governor.
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