live from thcbs y , e famil the man killed in this crash in santa clara county is calling out tesla, the new lawsuit filed today. good afternoon. i'm ken kenny choi. >> i'm michelle griego. the family of a man who died driving a tesla on autopilot last year is filing a wrongful death lawsuit. kpix5's anne makovec has more on the accusations. >> reporter: this lawsuit is being filed not only against

tesla, but also possibly its subcontractors who helped with the design and manufacturing of the autopilot system. this is what was left of walter wong's tesla after ieof last year. wong was killed. the 2017 model x was on autopilot at the time. his wife says it was his dream car. the family believes the autopilot feature is defective and likely causof his lane of safety, pointed him at a fixed concrete barrier and then accelerated almost 10 miles an hour in three seconds. >> reporter: they say he complained about his tesla veering into the same barrier at the exact location of the crash and that he brought his car into the dealership several times to report a problem with the autopilot function. the grounds for the suit, defective product design and intentional misrepresentation. in a statement soon after the crash the company said, quote,

no action had been taken by the driver who had a 5-second view of the concrete divider. the driver received several visual and audible hands-on warnings earlier in the drive and the driver's hands were not detected on the wheel for six seconds prior to the collision. >> trying to put the onus on mr. wong to suggest he should figure out what tesla's job is is unfair. >> reporter: the family is suing california saying the highway median was missing its crash guard which could vewong' severe. his family is suing for unspecified monetary damages. >> just don't want this to thnt to release the results of its investigation. in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix5. there are several other complaints and lawsuits by other tesla drivers of navigational errors by the autopilot. a tesla spokesperson declined to comment. and i'm emily turner here

at the live news desk where we have two serious car accidents to tell you about this morning. get right to that video of chopper 5. this first accident happened in san francisco. it was a car versus a pedestrian. it happened in lower pac heights. the scene is taped off at sfpd is investigating at sutter and dida't ty bad dent to rert. there is also one across the bay in alameda, this is chopper 5 video just into our newsroom as well. this is a bike versus a truck. we are told that that bicyclist has serious injuries this morning but is expected to recover. he collided with that pickup truck in berkeley at ninth and cedar street. the good news is both of the drivers remained on the scene and are working with police for the investigation. at the live news desk, i'm emily turner. back to you. >> thank you. workers across the bay area are using this may day to takea in

line since early this morning saying that they are being pushed out of their home towns. kpix5's jackie ward is in oakland. >> reporter: construction workers tell me that they have been trying to get what's called a project labor agreement with the city of oakland for a couple of years now. they say they need one in order to stop being displaced from their homes. these workers are demanding a project labor agreement or pla. that's an agreement that guarantees local workers' jobs on city projects. alameda county cities like alameda, berkeley, hayward and san leandro have these agreements. >> make sure we have a pathway for open residents, especially disadvantaged residents to get into the trades through have careers in construction, sustainable middle class careers. >> reporter: along with the local hiring process and apprenticeship program workers are demanding an area standard wage. that's not what they taxes here the city is run by money. we don't want outsiders to come

in, make their money and take their money elsewhere. >> reporter: oakland city council president wants to help and says a public lands policy recently passed. that includes worker standards. now it's a matter of the city implementing it and holding developers accountable. >> it should be more advanced by now and that's part of why you heard people say they want to fight for it because when we passed it last fall we were all intending it would be more fully along by now. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf wouldn't comment directly on this but had this to say about may day in general. union strength is woven into oakland's dna and i am grateful for labor leaders that have led the fight to pass recent laws to -- strengthen the rights of all workers. the alameda county building trades council sent this letter to mayor libby schaaf yesterday saying she needs to sign a pla soon in order to save union jobs. they have yet to hear a response. in oakland, jackie ward, kpix5. >> just about an hour ago in

santa clara county google workers staged at sit-in inside their mountain view campus protesting alleged retaliation from management. the mo afr st ar's historic walkout when some 20,000 google workers left their offices to protest the company's handling of sexual assault allegations. a bay area couple charged in the college admissions scheme pleaded guilty today. cameras lined the street as real estate developer bruce isackson and his wife davina isackson left federal court in boston. the hillsborough couple pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in the scam. they reportedly paid $600,000 to get their daughters into usc and ucla. they also paid to boost one of their daughter's entrance exam scores. both are cooperating with investigators for the chance at a lighter sentence. recognize this guy? walnut creek police say two weeks ago he smashed a glass against someone's face at a bar. here's another look at that

suspect. it is not clear what led to the confrontation. call police if you can identify him. right now several san francisco streets are without water as crews work to repair a broken water main. chopper 5 7:isas cars were being rerouted. this is next to the portal. repairs are expected to be wrapped up in the late afternoon. a live look in washington, d.c. now where attorney general william barr is testifying before the senate judiciary committee. he is being questioned about his role in the release of special counsel robert mueller's report. nikole killion is on capitol hill. >> reporter: attorney general william barr told a senate judiciary committee this morning that he was surprised kenaial counsel robert mueller out whether ot to charge president trump with obstruction of justice. >> we did not understand exactly why the special counsel was not reaching a decision. >> reporter: barr testified

that ultimately he made the decision based on the evidence mueller laid out. >> the evidence developed during the special counsel's investigation, was not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense. >> reporter: the testimony comes hours after news broke that mueller told barr he was frustrated with barr's original ary of report. in a stmonth mu told barr his message to congress, quote, did not fully capture the context, nature and substance of mueller's views on obstruction of juevious denied where mueller stood on the attorney general's characterization of the investigation's findings. >> i don't know whether bob mural -- >> you didn't know the concerns being expressed muelr's team? would you have heard those concerns directly from mueller two weeks before. >> reporter: barr insisted mueller's issue was not with the accuracy of the summary

itself. >> he wanted more out there to provide additional context. >> reporter: barr's statements have democrats questioning his credibility and impartiality. some are calling on barr to resign. >> when you can't trust the attorney general anymore to be the people's lawyer, then it's time for the attorney general to step down. >> reporter: barr is scheduled to testify before the democrat led house judiciary committee tomorrow. nikole killion, cbs news, capitol hill. >> barr is threatening not to show up to tomorrow's hearing after democrats voted to allow questions led by the committee's attorneys. barr says he will only answer lawmakers' questions. and we will have much more on this developing story coming up on the kpix5 news atand onli viote ko people and wounded four others on the last day of class. police charged 22-year-old tristan terrell with two counts of murder and other charges overnight. a university spokesperson says that he had withdrawn from classes and was no longer

enrolled as a student there. after the gun fire began on tuesday afternoon, the entire campus was put on lockdown. witnesses tell cbs news that the shooter sat with other students in a classroom for about 10 minutes before opening fire. law enforcement disarmed and then arrested him. they say he had no apparent motive. the u.s. is closely monitoring the situation in venezuela. right now the embattled president and the opposition leader are both calling on supporters to take to the streets. yesterday violent clashes broke out after opposition leader juan guaido called for a military uprising. but only a small group of soldiers broke ranks with president nicolas maduro. leeru.s. and 50 other nations ea >>paris dozens of masked anarchists clashed with riot police during may fires and

smashing property. around 200 people were arrested. before the chaos thousands of yellow vest protesters turned out to voice their opposition to president emmanuel macron's policy. julian assange is heading to a u.k. prison for violating his bail. a british judge sentenced him to 50 weeks in prison. it has been about three weeks since authorities removed him from the ecuadorean embassy in london and earlier this morning assange pulled up to the courthouse in this van with the cameras waiting. he faces an extradition hearing tomorrow on a u.s. criminal conspiracy charge. now a powerful weather system is threatening more than 14 million americans from texas to arkansas. at least two dozen possible tornadoes were reported across five states yesterday. in sulfur, oklahoma, drone footage captured this tornado as it touched down. it was on the ground for about 10 minutes. nearulsa. moinches trailer

e justthree hours. in texas a massive twister blasted the town of dean and cell phone video caught a huge tornado moving across neighboring arkansas. the aftermath included uprooted trees and slicedup homes. another round of severe weather is expected from central texas through missouri through tonight. still ahead, why one of the giants' top pitching prospects was just suspended. plus with more states legalizing marijuana, more people are driving while high. the new effort to warn drivers about the dangers. beautiful blue skies this afternoon but tracking a cutoff low pressure system that could bring a few showers back to the bay area. i'll show you futurecast coming up. but check out this view with our mount vaca cam. we will be right back. exercise during pregnancy

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a new message is greeting drivers along 580 ngkills. it was placed at dublin canyon road in castro valley by the nonprofit group in defense of animals. the group is calling for a ban on the nearby roll ranch rodeo. giants top pitching prospects suspended for games for -- logan webb released this statement saying in part, quote, i know in my heart that something some day will be put into the world to prove my innocence. that being said i do not disagree with mlb's policy and respect the drug testing system

that has been put in place. the san francisco giants have this to say regarding the matter saying the giants organization fully supports the mlb program and its efforts to eliminate performance enhancing substances from our game. the number of people drivers about the on marijuana dangers. the recent survey found between 2007 and 2013 a 48% increase in weekend nighttime drivers who tested positive for cannabis. since the survey several states had legalized marijuana for medical -- medicinal use. >> so we want to start a national conversation about the risks of marijuana or cannabis impaired driving. >> the agency is starting a national ad campaign against driving while high. the message, if you feel different, you drive different.

let's see how stocks are trading on wall street with about 45 minutes to go before the closing bell. the dow is down a bit, about one point. today is the deadline for high seni let ll kif theywill b hools ll influence their decision. i spoke with cbs reporter mark strassmann as he tackles the issue in a special series. >> not a single proposal in congress that has any level of bipartisan support for debt relief. rid tond away to make it work and that is the bind that so many people find themselves in. it's a $1.5 trillion issue in this country and that's kind of why we are doing this series because so many people find themselves stuck with these bills and trying to figure out how am i ever going to pay this thing off. >> you can watch the new life and debt series right here on kpix5. we want to check in with mary lee right now. so cool to see the blue skies.

>> just a spectacular day across the bay area and we will continue to warm up as we go through the next few days. a live look with our salesforce tower camera. of the blue skies, temperatures are warming up, in the low 70s in concord, looking at 63 in oakland, 66 in livermore, 62 in san francisco. san jose 68 hethason y. we have this strong ridge of high pressure moving even closer to us, and it will be the dominant weather feature as it builds and strengthens over the next few days and with it we will see plenty of sunshine. for today enjoy the sun on futurecast as we take you through the day. could see some patchy clouds to start off d then looking at plenty of sunshine for your thursday afternoon as well. then really warming up on friday. now, tracking a cutoff low pressure system that could bring a few showers for sunday. so watching that closely for you. our sunset at 8:00 p.m. and our sunrise at 6:12 tomorrow morning.

so daytime highs a few degree warmer than average so slightly warmer. 65 in san francisco, 69 in oakland, 70 in fremont, 75 in concord n d,74in san jose. low 70s for santa rosa and napa. giants game, the giants still taking on the l.a. dodgers, another day here for d bring that jacket. temperatures right around 57 for that game day forecast. here is that seven-day forecast. you can see temperatures warming up thursday and especially by friday. so we are going to end out the workweek. the warmest day out of the week on friday with highs inland in the low 80s. a little bit cooler on saturday and there we go with a chance of showers possible on sunday. so we are looking at below average temps on sunday. still cool monday and then slowly warming up by early next week. >> we will take it. >> thank you. >> it's going bintfor e cast

of the "big bang theory." actors from the hit sitcom sunk their hands into cement for a ceremony at the chinese theater in hollywood this morning. an emotional week for the group. yesterday they filmed their special one hour series finale, which ends the show's 12 season run. the final episode of the "big bang theory" airs on may 16th right here on kpix5. big bird, oscar the grouch and others from the sesame street casting crew joined new york city's mayor for a big honor. mayor bill de blasio renamed third street sesame street and proclaimed today sesame street day in honor of the show's 50th anniversary. still ahead a lot of people cut carbs like rice to lose weight but a new study may have you changing up your menu.

the fda is issuing its strongest warning yet about commonly used prescription sleeping pills. it is now requiring medication like ambien to carry safety prominent warnings about the potential risks right on the box. the move comes after the agency found 66 cases of patients taking the drugs and engaging

in activities that resulted in serious injury or even death. a new study suggests eating more rice could help fight obesity. researchers found even a modest quarter cup increase in rice umdacould re the number of obese adults inthe world by 6 1/milli the study says the fiber, nutrients and plant s in rice cr of ned prevent overeating. just a reminder before we go to break, if you have a consumer problem or question, you can e-mail us, it's consumer watch at kpix.com or you can call or t light, 888- 5-helps you. we will be right back.

coming up at 5:00, how a contra costa police department is snagging drivers. enjoy the sunny. >> get the sunglasses. have a great afternoon, everyone.

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