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china here in northern california. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i am kenny choi. . and i am michelle griego, we are live in sa agency the bay area has become an frepicn enteo r e ciof scer reporter: they say there are a lot of targets here with silicon valley and this is a hayward man they arrested accused of being a secret spy for the chinese government. this man is a united states citizen who lives in hayward originally from china, 56-year- old man or edward is his name, he was operating a tour company for visitors from china called us tour in china. the fed said he was in charge of what they say dead drops at the direction of the chinese government. exchanging money for hd cards containing classified national security information. they say the drops happened at local hotels and basically the

way they describe it, they say that he rented a hotel room, and taped an envelope containing money to the bottom of a dresser drawer. he would take the key back to the lobby and another agent would come in and grab the key come in and take the money and and also take a different envelope to the same dr an hd c of this classified information. they say they're taking this very seriously.>> safeguarding state secrets is vital to our national security. attempts by foreign governments to obey the substantial protections replace unclassified information puts erin national interest that risks. >> how he was caught according to the feds china tried to recruit another person to do the same thing and that person came back to the united states and told the fbi and then works with our federal government to

nab this other suspect using controlled information dealing with national security. there are a total of six of the dead drops involved in the operation and there back in court on wednesday. two dozen heavy boulders are being hauled away from a san francisco street today. they were placed there weeks ago by residents fed up with tense, crime and noise. today's removal comes after the nuisance as the problems that they were supposed to solve. city officials decided what is to do and others took action against what they saw as a hostile act by rolling the boulders off the sidewalks and into the street. san francisco artist offered a free offer on craigslist. we will have much more at 5 pm and kpix.com.

dramatic video of a car engulfed in flames from our exclusive salesforce tower camera and you can see the flames raging before firefighters arrived on the scene and close three lanes on the upper deck of the bay bridge near the fremont exit. the fire was reported around 7:50 am and put out 20 minutes later. no word on what started the fire. a man is due in court accused of setting the hills ablaze. he is held on bail of $2 million and faces 13 counts of felony arson. he is facing two extra charges for setting fires during a state of emergency and he was caught at san jose airport over the weekend when a person spotted his rental car. the first snow of the season wasn't far from san francisco as her take a acd more than an inch of powder came down over parts of interstate 80 in this era. chain controls were in effect but that has since cleared up with some sunshine and we will

have the full forecast coming up and just a few minutes. governor newsom has signed a bill that could transform college sports by allowing student athletes to profit from their fame off of the field. the new law written by berkeley state senator allows college athletes to sign endorsement deals and earn money from their name and image. it prohibits them to pay to play and the governor says the law which has been praised by nba stars, could inspire similar changes throughout the country. the white house is formulating a plan on how to deal with impeachment inquiry which is charging full steam ahead. nicole looks at the trump administration's latest moves.>> reporter: president donald trump and his allies are going after the whistleblower who exposed his phone call with ukraine president which triggered an impeachment inquiry. >> i know what the deep state

looks like and i know the difference between a whistleblower and a deep state operative. and this is an operative peer and simple. >> reporter: president donald trump wants to meet the whistleblower and in a lengthy tweet storm called him a fake whistleblower and said the whistleblower knew almost nothing, second had description of the call is a fraud. so far much of what was in the whistleblower's complaint has been corroborated by the white house's own notes about the call. and house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff told 60 minutes that his committee will hear from the whistleblower.>> your committee already has an agreement with the whistleblower that he will testify. >> the whistleblower's attorney says negotiations are still ongoing and sent a letter to the acting director of national intelligence expressing serious concerns for his clients personal safety.>> they have not ramped up the deal with the impeachment inquiry but there was a senior staff meeting this morning to look at possible

options. the president's advisers cannot answer questions about why president donald trump's attorney, rudy giuliani reached out to ukraine instead of government officials.>> i did it out of request of the state department and have the text messages to prove it and i also have a thank you from them for doing a good job. >> reporter: the subpoena for giuliani and documents related to the case could be coming as soon as today. rewi pose staepartment officials this week former us ambassador to ukraine, testifies on wednesday and former ukraine envoy will testify on thursday. the golden state warriors are settling into the teams brand- new home address in the media, day for the first time today from chase center. we are there right now with the very latest on the duds.>> reporter: the duds will look a little different than they have

in recent years pass, no kevin durand no clay thompson until at least the all-star break. the coach summed it up best say the new season is like the new building just all going to be experimented he says. he said it will happen and the team will have to be willing to try new things, just how it is. d'angelo russell and rookies are expected to do big things. >> we are excited about the youth and the unknown. in years past we had we will h the number of new players. we have a lot of work to do.>> the warriors say that thompson is doing fine in his rehab and you llqut he to it in the finals and just announced today willie, the new edition who is presumed to be taking over the starting center position will miss training camp because of a foot strain.

he hurt his foot last week. the first preseason is a home game at 5 pm on saturday night. tickets for the upcoming season are on sale in the warriors organization reminds us that warriors.com is the safest place to buy your tickets. a looks like a special- effects from a movie, what caused this fireball caught on camera. a new study reveals why millions of americans fall for scams every year. i may oliver with what to look out for. a beautiful but cool afternoon across the bay area here is a look for the treasure island camera. with the sunshine out there will talk about a warm-up as we head through the week, details coming up.

in hong kong a metro station engulfed in flames after molotov cocktails exploded inside. more than 150 protesters were arrested and some of the most intense clashes with police of the last 17 weeks.

chinese president says hong kong should be allowed to manage its own affairs, the 70th anniversary of the people's republic of china is tomorrow. a massive fireball caught on dash camera as cars clean oil take explosion. it happened around 11 am saturday at the port of old son, south korea. it at 25 crewmembers aboard at the time. the fire spread to a second ship, 21 sailors were aboard at the time and 10 were hurt including one who is now in critical condition. most of the fectewmembers or workers at the terminal but all were eventually rescued. fast fashion retailer forever 21 has filed for chter 11 bankruptcyishat it wil stores in this country and it lists assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion-$10 billion. the company blamed aggressive expansion, less small traffic and a shift to online shopping.

less than an hour to go before wall street closes for the day, tex stocks have been leading the kids the dow right now is up about 150 points. every year about 10% of united states adults falls for fraud, new research was fails how the victim flexed was, and how it can make a big difference on whether or not they lose money.>> reporter: d emerson was job searching online and thought she found the perfect fit.>> i was excited about the money and to be able to work from home. >> reporter: the offer was a data entry work from home position and the company hired her and said they would send her a $50 check to pay for equipment. >> i received a check for $4700. >> reporter: she became suspicious and discovered it was a scam. it was believed the check was a fake and the people behind it probably wanted her to deposit the check and then send back $4000 before it di't fall for t

scam but plenty of people do. new research from the better business bureau finds around one in four people fall for frauds, and they lose money. victims of online purchase scams which involve buying products that never show up are number one.>> anyone can be targeted and victimized by fraud. >> reporter: gary says people are more likely to engage in a scheme when they can connect with the con through social media or a website. researchers also found people who live alone and don't have people to talk to are at higher risk.>> not talking to someone about a potentially fraudulent offer is problematic. and leads to higher victimization rates. >> reporter: knowledge is power, people who didn't fall for a scam knew about it from news reports > they have unveil massive rocket and it could take humans to mars or beyond,

elon musk revealed the new spacex starship claiming it could launch into orbit as soon as next year. the prototype vehicle is designed to be completely reusable, landing and launching again like a grasshopper. he says the goal is to make humans a truly interplanetary species. >> 99% of the researches should be run making sure the future on earth is good but i think 1% of our resources should be on making and extending consciousness out to other planets. >> to do that, he envisions building a self-sustaining city on the surface of mars one day but, first spacex needs to get this off the ground. let's t lo weatherlooking there d then you fill a little chill. we have the fall chill in the air and you will notice that

as you step outside. we are looking at temperatures cooler compared to yesterday and below average for this time of year. here's a look at the bay bridge, 64 degrees right now concord, 60 oakland and livermore 67 downtown san francisco, mid 60s san jose and low 60s for santa rosa. the 24 hour temperature change after a chilly morning, we were seeing the coldest temperatures since may. this afternoon will be cool with temperatures 1 to 5 degrees cooler compared to yesterday at this time. let's check the wind. a breezy afternoon, downtown san francisco 30 miles per hour. san jose 13 mile-per-hour wind out of the north and northwest. looking at 13 antioch, 12 in vallejo and 10 mile-per-hour in berkeley. there is the strong low pressure system that deep low, that brought the tornado to davis over the weekend and

brought showers and that was even for us this morning and snow in the sierra. that low will move away from us and the ridge of high pressure will be building in. with it we are going to see temperatures on the rise. today the coolest day of the week as we had through the afternoon we are going to catch plenty of sunshine which we are already seeing now. through tomorrow, looking at temperatures a little bit warmer as a go through the day with tuesday. tomorrow the start of a warmings we will see wind, breezy conditions with the wind picking up. here is a live look at tahoe and you can see the snow out there, a winter weather advisory in effect until 5 pm for the west slopes of the sierra as well as for tahoe. localized amounts up to eight inches, sunset at 6:54 pm and sunrise at 7:05 am. 63 san francisco, 66 oakland and upper 60s san jose.

the seven day forecast with temperatures warming up starting tomorrow and that will rddathe through the warmest weeks so far. the new courthouse drama all rise continues tonight on cbs and in it, a new judge pushes the boundaries and challenges expectations. >> counting the day. you hate judges.? no, you hate judges. >> because none of them look like me or her or her or him. >> i spoke to the actress earlier today about the shows diverse cast. >> there are five women in the cast and two men which i think is, those are numbers you don't see a lot and those are numbers that are not reflective in most courts in this country or in the world. women make up a small percentage of judges and lawyers so i hope that the diversity we see on screen will then lead to more diversity in the court, throughout the country and throughout, globally.

>> you can watch all rise tonight at 9 pm followed by bull at 10 in the kpix 5 news at 11. catcher sears project home tonight at 11 and we must get the troubled bay area housing market and the measures to bring about change. we will be right back. menthol juted mad flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco,pr c.

bad places to drop your phone, under the catcher behind the bed but how about off the side of a boat? an entire year after a man's phone when out of of the boat a stranger returned it to him. marshall found the phone off pompano beach in florida and he was searching for lobster after hurricane dorian and thankfully a fishing license tux behind the phone case was still in pristine condition. pictures on facebook helped marshall connect with the phone's owner.>> it he had a urine have to bury itself in the center of the reef and somehow, it ended up right in front of me.>> the phone ended up about 20 miles from where it fell into the ocean. owner says he will keep it as a conversation piece for the future. reminder now if you have a consumer problem or question email us at consumer watch at kpix.com. we will be right back.

today's tip of the day is green skinned avocados, this is the variety. as a matter of fact most avocados or green skinned avocados. hoss avocados of the dark black skin avocados with these do not have an oil content like a house righty so they are not that great when it comes to making guacamole but for solids, like avocado toast you can't beat this and also, they are larger and less expensive. which is a great value. when you buy them the green skinned avocado nice and green all the way around very important. and one more thing, make sure the skin has no cracking. when you bring them home store them on the counter. when you enjoy them nice give to the touch but not

e u go. the green skinned avocado. out there in the market and coming out of florida, enjoy them fit i am tony tantillo your fresh grocer, always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. tonight at 5 pm a bay area city criticized for its plan to build thousands of apartments on toxic soil instead of removing it and they plan to cover up with concrete. that story and much more tonight at 5. that is it for us at kpix 5 news at noon, see you tomorrow.

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