live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. we are following breaking news on interstate 580 right now. westbound lanes are shut down at telegraph. good afternoon. i'm michelle griego. i'm kenny choi. our crew just got to the scene and we are looking live at

westbound 580, shut down at telegraph due to police activity and you can see in the live pictures that there are police cars and coming to a complete stop right now with heavy police presence at the scene right now. minutes ago, chopper5 was over the scene with chp offering few details. we could clearly see a car crashed against the center divider and a shuttle bus, as well pit we are told an ambulance was at the scene but we are not sure who was injured. traffic is badly backed up on 580 and we have another crew and root with more in just a few minutes. emily turner joins us with more on that traffic mess. >> reporter: when you have a full closure on the bay area, it's never a good situation but it could be worse. 10 miles and are approaching the interchange and 15 miles-an- hour as you approach where it is closed at telegraph all the way past highway 24 due to police

activity. they are routing people often 980 and 24 but i would hop off before that. the exit will be grand avenue and i would go ahead and hop on and either go on 24 to the right or going to 980, go left because it will be bad but when you make it to the maze, going into san francisco, it's much better with the metering lights still on at 12:02. more breaking news with a former google engineer being charged with stealing self- driving card trade secrets and then selling them to uber. the u.s. attorney's office filed the indictment in san jose with the option of a lawsuit filed in 2017 by waymo, a spinoff of google. uber agreed to pay waymo $245 million to settle the case but the federal judge overseeing the lawsuit made an unusual recommendation to open a criminal probe. back it was the moving of

thousands of files from google weeks after his resignation from google in february 2016. levandowski signed a term sheet with uber, a company investing heavily in its own self driving car program. >> if convicted, the former employee could face 10 years in prison. still developing on san francisco's market street market street, an electrical fire in the zen desk headquarters newmarket and six streets have shut down several blocks on a busy street. fire crews got the call just after 9:00 with smoke pouring from the electrical vault in the basement of the building at 1017 and 1019 market. >> we could not use traditional water to put the fire out because electricity is conductive and if we hit it with water we would cause more damage and injuries. it's a very detailed operation. >> fire crews said they've trained for this type of fire and pg&e is on site to assist and there has been no major

disruption to businesses. you can see a major fire response with the sidewalk blocked in front of businesses and traffic is at a standstill where we checked back minutes ago and market street is closed between fifth and eighth. two years of free community college is now available with the governor's pushed to get more people to and role. >> reporter: politicians are debating free college in california is one of a small handful of states operating it now and the school is expanding with governor newsom coming to cosumnes river college in sacramento to try to raise awareness of the program. to qualify, graduating seniors must be first time full-time students and taking at least 12 units per semester in california has already been funding the first year and now provides $42.6 million to cover the second year of free tuition with an estimated 33,000 new students eligible.

>> people think college is not for me and i can't afford it but we want to make that mindset similar to the mindset that you'd get an education not just through high school, but now the two-year degree and now, a pathway to your future. >> reporter: tuition at community colleges is $46 a unit, $1400 a year for a full- time student. that doesn't say anything about things like housing, transportation or textbooks. the latest budget has almost $42 million in scholarships to help and you can find out more at aiken for college.com and the lake is on our website at kpix.com. some hard-core warriors fans have been waiting a long time for tickets for the chase center opener and now the tickets are on sale with this project nearly a decade in the mood making and the warriors have made it very clear where their new home is.

the arena will accommodate thousands of basketball games and concerts over the years. the president and coo of the warriors says bring it on. >> i hope we've accomplished what we sent out for. the building a smaller, 18,000 seats compared to oracle's 19,500 seats, up by design. >> concessions will reflect a local flavorful and so will the art in and around the building and some of it is on loan. west oakland street had a crash that sheared off a hydrant at san pablo avenue and mead with water shooting 20 feet into the air. witnesses shot this video around 5:45 and told police that a speeding suv had several trees and a hydrant. police and fire responded and there were reports of a medical call. no word on what happened to the driver. a ride-share protest caravans from southern

california will roll through the bay area with hundreds of uber and lyft drivers fighting for employee rights. organizers will first take the demands to uber headquarters in san francisco this afternoon and then to oakland tomorrow. they will finish in sacramento and are looking for support of ab5, classifying drivers as employees. house speaker nancy pelosi and representative jackie speier will discuss gun violence prevention in the bay area as the fbi investigates a host of possible mass shooting threats. house democrats are calling on the senate to pass a bill to require universal background checks for gun purchases when lawmakers return from summer break. the bill has already passed the house and the town hall forum with pelosi and jackie speier starts at 5:30 at abraham lincoln high school in san francisco. president donald trump is back in washington, expressing optimism about new trade talks with china.

they say prospects for a deal are better now than at any time since they started negotiating with a dramatic shift in tone after a weekend that saw china and the u.s. threatening increased tariffs on the other country's imported goods. the unrelenting fires are continuing in the amazon this noon and help may be coming on a global scale with leaders at the g7 summit offering more than $20 million to fight this disaster. brazil's president is rejecting the offer unless french president emmanuel macron apologizes for past comments they found offensive. the rainforest is burning with this area spending 3500 square miles. french president macron said his comments may have been interpreted wrongly and the money is intended to help all the amazon region and not just brazil. new changes in the wake of the college admissions scandal and new rules to make sure

every student has a fair shot. tropical storm dorian reaching the caribbean and taking aim at puerto rico. preparations are now under way. moisture is moving in and mid-to high level cloud streaming in and we will talk about what you can expect as we go through today and the next couple of days with higher humidity. we are continuing to follow breaking news out of oakland with 580 shut down at highway 24 right now due to police activity there. we are working to gather more details and will bring the latest information as soon as we get it.

more on this breaking situation on five ad. jackie ward has just arrived on the scene. jackie, give us the latest. >> reporter: i'm standing in the middle of westbound 580

because the highway is completely shut down and it took me a while to get her because the traffic is just a mess. let me show you what is causing this. chp is on scene as part of what we understand to be the end result of a police chase and the crash is right in front of the west street san pablo exit and this is westbound five ad. chp confirms that this is all part of a pretty intense, lengthy investigation but they are not releasing any details regarding that investigation and what this may entail. all we know right now is that it's creating a traffic nightmare for people, including the media, who had a really hard time just getting to this location and other than that, we don't have an estimated time of when the freeway will be open and we will get updates from chp throughout the afternoon and we will bring you the latest as soon as we learn it. on westbound 580, jackie ward,

kpix5. >> we will have much more coming up on the kpix5 news and online at kpix.com. a major reform in the aftermath of the college admissions scandal. >> meg oliver explains that the college board is announcing a plan to consider socioeconomic factors in admissions to make sure every student has a fair shot. >> reporter: how many colleges are you applying to? >> 10 colleges. >> reporter: simone is quick to admit that applying to colleges stressful. she took her second stab at the s.a.t.s hoping to boost her score. how hard is it to trust the process after the cheating scandal? >> it can be concerning because you are putting so much trust in this process and you are trusting that the other side is considering everyone fairly and not be bribed. >> reporter: is the s.a.t. system fair for everyone? >> i think it's fair but with limits. >> reporter: in the wake of the

college admissions scandal, there are changes to prevent future violations like where tests need to be taken. >> we won't allow environments outside schools anymore and if we ever do, we will have multiple checks on the identity of the student and the proctor. >> reporter: in may on cbs this morning, you announced the adversity score. >> it's not individual for the student comments about the broad context they grew up in. >> reporter: you are changing that landscape. why? >> we heard and think we can do better. no longer can a single number sum up them and their school. >> reporter: how does it compare with other students in their high school? it evaluates factors including local college attendance rates, median family income and crime numbers. meg oliver, cbs news, new york. >> critics say over eager parents will move to lower income neighborhoods to give their kids an advantage in the application process but the college board said you can't be

admitted or denied based on where you live. looking at the big board, we will see how the stock market is doing. the dow is down about 60 points. new smart trash cans are coming to san francisco and they will start installing four new solar powered trash units in japan town. they will compact trash as it fills and officials they nearly 21,000 pounds of trash were found on the streets of japan town between april 2018 and july of this year. the new units will reduce trash overflow, reduce litter and cleanup neighborhoods. a total of 80 will be installed citywide. in barbados, tropical storm dorian is expected to hit today and puerto rico people are stocking up to prepare for the possibility of another direct hit from this storm. fortunately, dorian did little damage to the island of barbados and the national hurricane center said it has maximum sustained winds near 50

miles-an-hour but is expected to strengthen during the next 48 hours. let's get a check of the forecast in the bay area. we are talking with tropical weather even here and we will get to tropical storm dorian and just a moment but we are tracking high-level clouds streaming and from what was left of tropical storm ivo and you can see that on the treasure island camera this afternoon. temperatures are warming up. 85 in concord, 91 in san francisco, 80 in san jose and 78 in santa rosa. we are cooler compared to yesterday at this time and running 10 degrees cooler in fairfield, 4 degrees cooler in san jose and let's check the dew points. we are watching this on the rise, especially in the south bay, looking at 62 in san jose, 61 in mountain view and 62 in redwood city. when you see dew points in the

60s, there is a muggy atmosphere with higher humidity levels that will continue through the day and tomorrow and the reason why is this remnant low of what is left of ivo bringing in that moisture and tropical clouds and higher humidity. going to tropical storm dorian, the latest update is 70 miles north and northwest of martinique packing winds of 50 miles-per-hour and hurricane watches are in effect for puerto rico and the dominican republic. by wednesday, very close to puerto rico and by thuday, the dominican republic. very close to a hurricane at 70 mile-per-hour wind and just under that but still looking at a lot of rain with that weather system and strong wind that we will watch closely for you. the sunset at 7:46 in the sun rise at 6:36 tomorrow morning. daytime highs, 94 in concord, 88 in san jose, 78 in oakland and 72 in san francisco.

cooler compared to yesterday and still above average but with higher humidity, feels a lot warmer out there. going through the next several days, we see temperatures cooling down with onshore flow on the increase as we go through thursday and friday with temps back to where we should be but just in time for the weekend with temps rebounding and warming up with plenty of sun for saturday and sunday. it's every parent's nightmare to find out your child is addicted to drugs or alcohol. >> even worse, discovering the treatment center that was supposed to help did more harm than good. >> when a parent relinquishes a child and trusts that you will support that child, and you don't do that, it's beyond unethical, it's just not right. >> you can watch the original report, recovery chaos tonight on the new kpix news at 7:00.

taking a live look at toward levi's stadium in santa clara, the 49ers foundation will kick off their season today with a big fundraiser to help young people in the bay area called the annual players for a purpose of event. >> will have the chance to get up close to players and coaches for a good cause and one of the big highlights is you actually have the chance to eat dinner on the field at levi's stadium and the event will feature games, auctions and other activities print >> the guests can rub elbows with 49ers legends including jerry rice. the great one. >> he will be hosting the cocktail reception and you can meet him to take pictures with all five of our super bowl trophies and mingle with some of our other alumni that will be in attendance, as well. >> the event raised over one half million dollars for the 49ers foundation, dedicated to educating and empowering young people in the bay area. back we had four state-of-the- art classrooms and we bring in

60,000 students each year, primarily from title i schools to teach them about steam education and we wrap that in football. >> players for purpose starts at 5:30 at levi's stadium tonight and tickets are still available at 49ers.com/purpose. a study on selfies and how looking for likes that might make you less likable. about medicare and 65, ysupplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything - only about 80% of your part b medicare costs, which means you may have to pay for the rest. that's where medicare supplement insurance comes in: to help pay for some of what medicare doesn't. learn how an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by united healthcare insurance company might be the right choice for you. a free decision guide is a great place to start. call today to request yours. so what makes an aarp medicare supplement plan unique? well, these are the only medicare supplement plans

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if you are looking for likes by posting a selfie, a new study suggested that might actually make you less likable. >> it's the latest from a new study by psychologists at washington state university and they wanted to know people would judge you differently based on whether you posted a selfie or picture of someone else taking one of you and researchers found that folks that posted a lot of selfies were seen as less likable but those who posted pictures taken by others were seen as being adventurous and more successful. >> here is someone very likable. this louisiana teen takes his job as a big brother seriously. when max goes to the bus stop, his big brother noaa is always there and costume. they have a facebook page to keep track of the daily

escapades and whether he's a football player, santa claus or even a gorilla, noah wants to make fun memories before he leaves for college. >> so cool. a good big brother. if you have a consumer problem or question, email us at consumerwatch@cbs5.com or call the hotline, 1-888-5-helps- u. we will be right back.

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protect its character and make it harder to build multimillion dollar monster homes. much more tonight at 5:00. have a great day, everyone.

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