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live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. >> apple making a big investment in bay area housing and the latest to pledge its help in the crisis. thank you for joining us this afternoon. i am kenny choi. >> and i am michelle griego. . we have kpix 5's anne makovec with details on the housing plan. >> reporter: this is the biggest financial commitment yet made by a tech company
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after the industry has taken a lot of criticism that helps to create the housing crisis. here's a breakdown of are some of the apple $2.5 billion investment will go. $1 billion will go into an investment fund to build new low income housing and another $1 billion will help first-time homebuyers with her mortgage. apple is also offering $300 million in land that it owns in san jose for new housing and giving $150 billion to local housing advocacy groups like housing trust silicon valley. >> the tech companies and employers have a responsibility to be part of the affordable housing solution california needs millions of new homes picked this has been a challenge for more than a generation. >> reporter: have been giving $50 million to destination home
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. >> to prevent homelessness for families and to look at the creative solutions to help communities in need. >> reporter: tim cook said in a statement before the world knew the name silicon valley, apple affordousing means ome and we opportunity and pride. earlier this year both facebook and google committed $1 billion to help in the bay area housing crisis. in san jose, anne makovec , kpix 5 . we are taking a look at the housing crisis in our original series project home you can watch the latest tonight at 11:00 right here on kpix 5. for front is can you make progress in, county with containment on the kincade fire at 80%. all evacuation orders have been lifted and 121 square miles a
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bird and they expect travel containment by thursday. i am jackie ward in healdsburg. these people are still trying to get their lives back in order and that is what they're here. 20 for tables of help and information await dozens of people in healdsburg . >> we just wanted to get everything settled and get the help that we can get. people like martha, a mother of three whose family was evacuated, her husband is a farm worker who has been out of work because of the fire. >> he is undocumented. it is hard. it is really hard. >> the local center has become the first step toward normalcy. >> reporter: here is it a trifecta of services. feature of the board of supervisors says he has been here before. >> this is something that we were able to get up very
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quickly. all of our employees have experience from the last 17 disaster. we were able to flow right into this. it is unfortunate. >> reporter: it will hopefully help families feel like they are gaining some ground and doing whatever it takes for their kids. >> they are my motivation. i would do anything to keep them safe. they are my motivation. that is what keeps me going. >> reporter: these resources will be available from 10:00 in the morning through wednesday and you do not have to be documented to get help. in healdsburg, jackie ward, kpix 5 . efforts and resources can be found online. the state attorney general has announced a spike in illegal marijuana grow arrests during statewide raids 140 people were arrested
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and 168 weapons seized with 950,000 plants from 345 growth sites totaling 25 tons of proce all of thfigures are from they and damaging public lands and it will be brought to justice. >> the state campaign against marijuana planting is the largest legal marijuana grow program in the country. we now know four people were forced from their homes after a two-alarm fire in the central richmond district this morning. it broke out near 5:00 on garrity boulevard. the fire was inside the walls and attic of a large residential building with a business on the first floor. everyone got out safely. dozens of east bay customers are without water this morning with a water main break he at the corner of drew street in
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san angelo last night. crews are working on repairs and drivers are encouraged to avoid the area. tomorrow the around the city council will vote on a temporary moratorium on short- term rentals after a deadly shooting at airbnb halloween party. it is in downtown orinda . the suspects remain at large and the fbi is now involved in this investigation. police had been told about the party three times before they showed up. the father of 23- year-old ramon hill junior blames police for not taking sufficient action. >> the police was called at 9:00. that party should have been shut down. if the party would've been shut down, my son will still be here. he had a baby on the way. he will never see his baby. i am looking at airbnb.
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>> in response to the shootings, the ceo of airbnb announced on twitter that they are expanding manual screening of high-risk reservations creating a pretty helps response team. in washington at least two officials subpoenaed to testify in the impeachment inquiry refused to show up today and two more are expected to skipper afternoon testimony. nikole killion has the latest from capitol hill. >> house investigators released transcripts held as part of the impeachment inquiry that included testimony from mike mckinley, a former advisor to the secretary of state and for me crane ambassador and she said she was supposed president trump said she was bad news and marie yovanovitch was asked what she thought about telling that president she did not know what it meant and she is concerned. she said she felt threatened and testified the personal
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attorney rudy giuliani worked with two foreign-born associates to have her removed from her post so they could pursue their own business interests. >> this a regular back channel that the president has established with rudy giuliani and the damage that was doing to america's national security and foreign policy interests. >> they did not show up at the lawyer for the whistleblower who triggered the impeachment inquiry says his plate is willing to answer republican questions in writing president trump, who answered robert moore's questions in writing during the russia election interference investigation tweeted that the whistleblower must be brought forward to testify in written answers are not acceptable. >> the whistleblower should be revealed because the whistleblower gave false stories. some people would call it fraud. >> reporter: democrats say they
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will protect the whistleblower's identity. nikole killion, cbs news, capitol hill. tomorrow voters around the country will hit the polls and president trump is making a big push for turnout when they are choosing new governments and virginia were the power of the state house is at stake. in the bay area london breed is running for a full term after winning a special election to replace ed lee and is up against five challengers. several discoveries will also decide on a half-dozen ballot measures, including proposition c to overturn the city current ban on a cigarette sales. the e-cigarette maker juul spent millions of dollars to overturn the ban and then backed away. a pair of housing initiatives are also on the ballot. proposition a would allow the city to issue up to $600 million in bonds for affordable housing projects and proposition
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e to allow for 100% affordable and educated housing on publicly zoned land. kpix 5 has you covered tomorrow. we will bring you all of the results and reaction live on air and online at www.kpix.com . the trump administration opr would allow foster care and adoption agencies to reject lgbtq families on religious grounds. the move would also apply to other programs receiving federal grants, including those that help with hiv prevention of homelessness. many religious groups support the change. critics say is a license for discrimination. the family equality council and group for lgbtq families said the rules will further limit the pool of loving homes available to the forge 40,000 children and puts provider interest indiscriminately over the youth in care that
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proponents disputed the > is unfair to call religious police discrimination. it is important these organizations have the ability to place these children and still operate according to convictions. >> a 2018 study from ucla found an estimated 114,000 same-sex couples raising children in the u.s. in 2016. quick action from a b.a.r.t. worker and toxic air in india and how it is affecting trouble in the sky and on the road. it is shaping up to be a beautiful day across the bay area and here is a live view looking south where it is blue skies and sunshine. we will talk about the week ahead coming up.
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going to have much more on this comment about 5:00. the india capital city has declared a health emergency because of the air that is so toxic people are being warned to stay indoors. they diverted dozens of light from the new delhi international airport on sunday because pilots cannot see through the smog. they have stopped all construction work and they are pulling more than 1 million cars off of the road every day by banning vehicles with odd-numbered license plates one day and then even plate phoenix and the main source of problem is farmers burning crops to make room for a new harvest. this actress posted a picture yourself on instagram same she can't even imagine what it must be like to live here. let's get a look at your weather with mary lee . >> you can see the cloud
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coverage hanging with the fog so it is a cool day along the coast and now i want to show you the tower camera looking east where you can see the haze and the sunshine. you can see temperatures in the 60s and in the 70s riw and . 60 and 72 in santa rosa. we are looking at high pressure in control for us. with that sunshine and above-average temperatures for this time of the year. on the futurecast taking you hour by hour for the rest of the afternoon and started of the day tomorrow another chilly start th low clouds along the coast and for parts of the bay through the golden gate count for tomorrow morning and looking at the sun through the afternoon. it is quiet and calm conditions for the week ahead
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looking to the above-average temperatures to continue for the weekend with a ridge of high pressure in control for us. sunset is that 5:07 tonight and sunrise at 6:39 tomorrow morning. daytime highs are 80 degrees in concord and fairfield and 74 for the high in oakland and 72 in san francisco. here is the extended forecast. you can see not a lot of change here as we see the high pressure system. the daytime have high are above average into the weekend and we will be right back. as district attorney, even for murder. we are a progressive city, but letting violent criminals off early endangers everyone. ad paid for by san francisco police officers association.
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never left home and now brenda is teaching the children of her very own community. >> reporter: brenda is working her dream job student teaching at the elementary school. the very same school that she attended as a child. >> unbelievable. i do not think that i would be able to come back and student teach at the school i went to school at. >> reporter: her dedication showed early on first as a classroom volunteer and then as a paid assistant. community concerns inspire her teaching but it is her family who has her heart. >> my parents went up to third grade in mexico, and then they stopped going to school to go to work and help at home. >> reporter: her parents came to
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america to give their children educational opportunities that they never had. they both lost their jobs and then came the news brenda's mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> and diabetes. it is just medical condition after medical condition. >> reporter: her father took any work that he could get. >> he has always taught us that if we want something we have to work hard and you have to overcome obstacles. >> reporter: brenda is pursuing a masters in education with a multiple subject teaching credential and bilingual studies. >> her first grade teacher now a colleague. >> it is very exciting and self- fulfilling. it just feels so good to see her here. >> reporter: it is a welcome brenda appreciates. >> the community says we can
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come back whenever we want to. >> reporter: with her mother in remission and father back to work, the whole family celebrating. >> it is a goal and a dream for all of us because i am the first of my grandparents 25 grandchildren to receive a bachelors degree. >> brenda will be graduating in a year and she is hoping to teach full-time. to learn more you can go to our website at www.kpix.com . and a quick reminder if you have consumer questions you can always email us at consumerwatch@kpix.com or call the hotline at 888-5-helps-you. we will be right back. re'sto h. with a medigap insurance plan, like an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. medigap plans help pay some of what medicare doesn't, like co-insurance and copays,
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juul. no on big tobacco. no on prop c. coming up tonight at 5:00, it is one part of the south bay that could be spared from a new development. we will have that story coming up tonight at 5:00. >> and that will do it here for us on kpix 5 news at 12:00 .
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>> we will see you at 5:00 for the next full broadcast and we will see you here tomorrow at 4:30. have a great evening.
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