tv KPIX 5 News CBS September 25, 2021 6:00am-7:00am PDT
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>> live from the cvs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news. businesses in contra costa county, adjusting to the new indoor vaccine mandate and why some on following the news. plus, how the booster shot era has begun. where you can get a booster shot in the bay area today. smokies guys and dirty air with a clear advisory today. morning, it's saturday, september 25th. thank you for joining us. let's check in with our meteorologist, darren peck. >> you notice a cooling trend from friday but you will really notice it today. looking at the daytime highs today, mid-80s for inland
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locations. low 90s yesterday. we'll be upper 60s in the bay and low to mid 60s at the beach. we are keeping a close eye on the air quality with the bay area air quality management district having managed an air quality advisory for moderate smoke, particularly for inland valleys. i'll have more, complete forecast coming up in just a bit . new this morning, a san jose man is fighting for his life after being stabbed last night. police say, the attack happened at about 1130 last night you west san carlos street and brooklyn avenue, a few miles west of downtown san jose. so far, investigators are not saying if they have identified a suspect in that case. we are now in the first weekend of a vaccine mandate that just took effect in contra costa county. people tony indoors must show proof of a negative covid test. as kpix 5 supporter has found, not at one is following those rules. >> reporter: a restaurant in concorde, the indoor dining room not this empty since the pand
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>> friday, 30 be packed. people are coming out less though. >> reporter: john marquez, chef and owner of lelah, had to make a choice when he first heard about the mandate. he says, all of his staff members of been vaccinated and are following protocols but checking vaccine status is another step he is not willing to take. >> it's business. we need to stay alive. >> reporter: across the way, a russian of operations with kevin callahan set for no impact yet from the mandate. his customers are already courted in order to drink. >> they are already as friday. adjustment layer. we are trained to keep it as simple as possible but challenging. >> reporter: diners out and about on a friday night or just
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is divided about having their vaccination status checked. >> i don't agree with it. that's like asking if there vaccinated? >> i feel a lot safer. i am totally okay with it. i really welcome it. >> that was andrea nakano reporting. meanwhile, the head of the ccc has overruled the panel of scientific advisors. front-line workers will be given booster shots. one of those advisors is a stanford doctor, grace lee. dr. lee said, the experts were split on whether blisters could provide a substantial benefit for this group. the director's move now gives healthcare workers, teachers and other frontline staff an option to get a booster based on their individual circumstances. >> we recognize that those individuals that have the individual risks are very different, not only based on age and gender, but also by your personal circumstances. how important is it for you to not miss work? we are running into workforce capacity issues in the healthcare delivery system. i would say the same for teachers. you need to keep teachers healthy and make sure that
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they're able to come into the classroom and able to teach her students. >> the panel agreed that the way to make the largest impact on the pandemic and stop transmission is to vaccinate the unvaccinated. strike happening today, cvs and walgreens are now offering booster shots to eligible customers following guidance on the cdc. both pharmacy chains, providing a third dose of a visor vaccine with appointments recommended to make sure the booster is available at a specific location. those eligible include people 65 and older and people jobs with a high risk for exposure. with the recent wave of covid case is behind us, health officials warned we shouldn't get too comfortable. they worry that another surge may still be coming. kpix 5's maria simbra dinner with what could cause the next spike. >> reporter: as quickly as the delta variant ran throughout country, covid numbers are dropping dramatically, following the pattern we saw in europe and india. health experts are now worried about a new wave this winter.
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for two years, covid-19 has been proven to behave unpredictably, throwing off even some health experts. >> random behavior of the virus is difficult to wrap our heads around. >> reporter: for months, the highly have a chance this will delta variant drove up cases once again. now many areas are seeing a sharp decline. in california, the positivity rate was 7.2% as of august 1st. at monday's time, it was 21%. in california, the seven-day rolling average peaked. 704 new cases on september 2nd. today, it's 215. are you surprised about the sharp decline? >> in the bay area. >> reporter: dr. john schwartzberg, from uc berkeley says, those with high natural immunity after infection and many following health mandates could all play a role in the dramatic decrease. however, -- >> the weather is going to be
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public for us. >> reporter: both dr. forsberg -- >> when winter comes, people come back indoors. >> reporter: and abbott ideology professor george rutherford from ucsf billy we will see another spike in cases. >> the weather will get colder. people are going to be inside more. i know that the holidays. >> but i think for much of the bay area, we may have enough immunity and enough adherence to the other measures we have undertaken to keep things slow down. >> reporter: if feels like is never going to end. health experts predict that it will improve next spring, as people who get vaccinated to get natural amenity and people are inclined to gather outdoors as the weather warms up. in san jose, maria medina, kpix news. a palo alto woman is accused of starting a fast -looking blaze. firefighters are using
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helicopters about the fire. they are even closing lake shasta, or hit hard by the drought. the font fire destroyed at least 100 homes and over 9000 buildings remain threatened. the fire has grown to over 6000 acres. it's just 10% contained. the wildfire threatening some of the state's ancient trees exploded by more than 8000 acres in just 24 hours. the kmp complex in the sequoia national park has grown to more than 36,000 acres and 0% contained. crews are preparing to set up the back burns to reduce fuel and fire crews are also aggressively using dozers to improve ground access. meantime, pg&e is responding to these charges stemming from another shasta county fire. the saw fire killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes near reading last september. anne slider, among the 32,000 charges for not removing the
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trees that sparked the fire. in a statement, pg&e ceo said, this was a tragedy where people died but as for the team's efforts to reduce fire danger, she added, criminalizing the adjustment is not right but failing to prevent this fire is not a crime. the time now is 6:08. still ahead on kpix 5, sleeping on cbsn bay area, what protesters in the bay area are saying about this decision from joe biden. a popular restaurant, famous for burritos and tacos, looking to expand in san francisco. why the city says, no way. a live look outside before we head to break. we'll be
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sprawling migrant encampment on the bridge for the texas-mexico border is now getting bulldozed. more than 20,000 people were involved according to the moment of homeland security and it has provided a policy challenge and humanitarian crisis. cbs reporter natalie brand says, some of the migrants are staying in the u.s., while others are being deported or leaving voluntarily. >> reporter: to dangerously crowded order encampment in del rio, where nearly 15,000 migrants, mostly haitian, had gathered over the past week
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told cbs news, they crossed through 11 countries. they say, they feared being sent back to haiti. >> translator: there is no life for them there. >> reporter: the biden administration says, border officers have encountered around 30,000 migrants in the real since earlier this month. homeland security says, more than 12,000 asylum-seekers will go before an immigration judge. about 8000 migrants have decided to return to mexico voluntarily. around 5000 are still being processed by dhs with more than 2300 being deported under a pandemic-era health rule, despite growing criticism of the policy. >> it is important to note that title 42 is applicable and has been applicable to all irregular migration during this pandemic. it is not specific to haitian nationals or the current situation. >> reporter: friday morning, president biden waited on the
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investigation into border patrol agents on horseback aggressively dispersing migrants earlier this week. >> of course i take responsibility. i'm president. it was horrible what you saw. to see people treated like they did, horses, running over people, it's outrageous. >>rtdel rio's mayor, lozano, urged the federal government of doing a better job of listening to local officials, saying, he warned of a looming crisis back in february. natalie brand, cbs news, the white house. here in the bay area, a protest in san francisco last night criticized how the biden administration was handling the situation at the border. about 100 community activists gathered in front of the city's federal building. some say, the deportation of more than 2000 haitians is wrong and racist. many are calling for a more humane treatment of haitians. >> people are running away from a dire situation in haiti.
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there's been an earthquake, there's been countless disasters and not to mention of the country itself has really been an object of exportation from other powers in the world. >> the haitian action committee that sponsored the protests are urging people toco congressional leaders to demand justice for the haitian people. lived this emphasis go now, where a popular talker he abased in the mission has been banned from opening a new store across town. el parlito is looking to expand to north beach but with 11 locations, a 12 foot make it a chain, technically. the city has a role that chain restaurants aren't allowed in north beach . >> a locally-based taco rhea should not be treated the same. our definitions are out of whack. we are putting those two in the same category. >> that tacorea , to my understanding, is very unique to the mission. why do we want to bring that to the beach? >> we're told that the
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restaurant to get around the brand by changing the name, signage or menu of the store. no word on whether the owners would consider that. talk among the forecast today, an air quality advisory in effect today. the future cash, starting at 6:00 this morning. you can see the smoke coming out the fires in the southern sierra. that will be a fairly consistent thing. we're gonna keep the smoke going. goes up the coast and dragged back on shore, which is why we have the air quality advisory today. let me show you how we're going to change the pattern though. doesn't change a lot by the weekend but by early next week, it will, because we will get another one of these early fall systems up there. futurecast is able to read the rain in there. we can bring the for now and watch those showers pretty much plant themselves over the pacific northwest by the time we can do monday. most of the storms are going
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there. the southern end of it will drag some showers through northern california. if we want to be committed rainfall starting monday, midnight, as soon as we going to monday, playing through monday and into early tuesday. we pick up 3/4 of an inch of rain on the foreclose, maybe 3/10 of an inch of rain in eureka. ukiah, getting something out of this as well. we won't see much rain further south than that, but it's possible. we will keep an close eye on it as we get closer to it. anything will do a strong onshore flow will push out the smoke. we will have better air quality for next week. saturday's daytime high, staying right on average. we will be mid 70s to low 80s for much of the south bay. in the valleys and the east bay will see numbers climbing to the mid-80s. the come back over into the bay and bc temperatures ranging from the upper 60 to the lower 70s. all these numbers are right on the mark for the average for this time of year. 74, santa rosa. we will see temperatures around 90 in ukiah. seven-day forecast, a couple of things that stand out here.
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there's a ind we look across san jose with those daytime highs dipping down into the low 70s by tuesday, we increase crowns a bit. i didn't put any rain on here though. even in those microclimates, if you want to see rain, it would be the middle line, the valleys of the north bay, and that would be like santa rosa, down to the mid-70s. i just don't have a high enough degree of confidence to put rain on that yet. we will watch it though. new this morning, thousands of people are turning out for the california capital airshow. the annual event was canceled last year because of the pandemic. now, as reporter elizabeth kling shows us, covid-related roles are in place for the show's return. >> reporter: the thunderbirds are back. along with more than a dozen other aerial acts performing in this year's california capital airshow at the field. featured aircraft are military cargo planes from travis air force base and the u-2 spy
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plane based out of beal. last year's airshow was canceled due to covid-19 concerns. this year, a number of changes are in place to keep the crowd safe . >> we gave people another option if you want ready to go to this event. you can hang out with the family and the parking space. >> reporter: friday's opening night featured a drive-in viewing area. >> it's a really good idea. >> reporter: you can still get an up-close look at the action overhead. >> it gives us an opportunity to be with the family, spend a little time and still be able to social distance. >> i think this is better than having to walk around and deal with the crowd and everything. we're kind of enjoying our time as a family but still enjoy the airshow. is awesome. >> reporter: the number of tickets this year have been cut in half, 20,000 people a day. some events have suspended, like rights on legacy aircraft and the kid's pavilion. >> we knew thousands of families would pack in. that's not where we're at right now in society. >> reporter: the stars of the
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show, the position planes, still enough to keep all eyes glued to the sky. >> it feels great to be back. >> that was elizabeth kling reporting. the airshow continues this weekend, beginning at noon today and tomorrow. barry bonds had 73 homers by himself in 2003. the 2021 installment of this emphasis go giants, with nobody over 27, are going to break that team's record. 4 long balls last night and
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cotton candy for every cavity. tied at 2 in the 6. captain brandon belt, mission for takeoff. cleared for takeoff. 27: of the year. next inning, blowing the game wide open with a three-run long ball. giants' fourth homer of the game. they win it, 7-2. first time they hit the century mark in wins since 2003. >> it's a huge accomplishment, huge benchmark that i've never gotten to. not on a giants team. so it's very cool. obviously, going into the season, didn't really expect it, but i think with how we've played all year, it's really not that surprising. >> dave roberts of the dodgers in arizona, looking to stay one back of the giants. top of the second, a.j.
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can ask for a two-run homer. l.a. gets win number 99. 4-2, the final. dodgers remain one game back of san francisco. a's, hosting the rival astros, trying to keep the playoff hopes alive. oakland leading, 3-2, bottom of the 7th. starling marte, 4 for 5, 4 rbi for starling. later in the inning, pinch- hitter, chad pender, get out the muster and the rye bread. it's a grand slimy time. a's combined to score 11 runs in the 7th and 8th inning, winning, 4-2. they remain four back in the a.l. wild-card race. the warriors have reached a deal with veteran guard avery bradley. bradley, a two haven't time selection the mba's all defensive team lead for use in in miami last year, but he did win a title with the lakers in the 2020 nba bubble. to, brother's new teammate, steph curry, checking out day one of the ryder cup in wisconsin.
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jordan spieth, a golf shot i'm used to. the result, not as much, as spieth goes tumbling down the hill, stays out of the water and finds himself on the green. what a shot. spieth and justin thomas, as though he was leads, 6-2, after day 1. they need 14 1/2 to win. congrats to the san jose giants. they are low a west savings after a three having game sweep of fresno. present and future, looking good right now for the san francisco giants. that's it for sports. the warriors' first preseason game is less than two weeks away. right now, the team's second- leading scorer from last year can enter the building. andrew wiggins is currently unvaccinated. until he gets a shot, he will be able to play. the nba isn't requiring players to get vaccinated, but said, those who play on teams in san francisco and new york will be subject to local mandates. today, this emphasis could the prominent public health announced that it would not accept a religious exemption from wiggins, and that players are subject to the same rules as fans.
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the current order says, unvaccinated, they cannot enter indoor areas, regardless of the reason they are unvaccinated, and cannot test out the requirement, even if they have medical or religious exemptions. coming up next on kpix 5, streaming on cbsn bay area, the man who ran the lab tells jurors what did and didn't happen when he raised the red flag about problems with the company's tests. plus, south bay resident people are facing eviction take the fight to city hall. here's a live look outside of
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>> live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix 5 news . welcome back. the time now is 6:29. thanks for joining us. i'm devin feeley. let's have a quick look at our weather with darren peck. >> daytime highs today are going to come in pretty much right on the mark they- areawide, which stands out from the inland numbers. mid 80s today for daytime highs, sitting well in the 90s for those inland valleys for much of the last week. the other issue to discuss for today is the fact that we still have the air-quality advisory in effect through today at least. look for many centers in the north bay and south bay to hold onto moderate levels of smoke.
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i will have good news on clearing out smoke and complete forecast in just a bit. >> thanks, darren. what companies knew about a blood test. prosecutors say, they plan to launch the project anyway. kpix 5's len ramirez reports, the man who used to run the lab left jurors with a lot to think about this weekend. the former lab director at theranos said, he sent emails and met face-to-face with elizabeth holmes to warn her about all the problems they were having with the test machines in the lab. he says, the company went ahead with plans to launch the project anyway, over his objections. dr. adam rosendahl told the jury, in his opinion, theranos was more interested with public relations and raising money than it was with caring for patients. he says, he met elizabeth
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holmes and 2013 to warn her that several blood tests on the theranos machines cannot be validated just days before they were to launch at walgreens to be used on actual patients. he said, holmes was not her normal self and seemed upset and nervous but moved ahead with the launch anyway. >> what the government has to do here is not rely on just one witness, but it's the number of voices coming forward, warning them of the problems that are highly relevant. >> prosecutors presented emails in which holmes showed that her then boyfriend, sonny walters, used other blood tests instead of their own. >> you can suggest this was out and out fraud when you bait and switch the technology that you're using and reporting it to be to the public as yours. >> dr. rosen dorf left the company, but before he did, he is morning, brian subjof fe
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cotionwi e hi fiancee, petito during a cross-country road trip. he is a person of interest after a search of a swampãhim came up empty-handed. we look for a closer look at the case erring on "48 hours" tonight. >> raised questions about how we have been up to cover these missing persons cases. i think it will raise awareness of the racial disparity and, moving forward, you'll see more of these cases covered, as equal as they could be. you also have to consider the factors involved too with gabby petito's disappearance. so many people are drawn to this case via social media, tiktok and number of people reaching out to authorities to help piece together what's going on. they're still asking for the public's help. >> watch "48 hours," the
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special of what happened to gabby petito tonight at 5:00 on kpix 5. police have identified the gunman in thursday's shooting rampage, saying, he shot 15 people and killed a shopper before taking his own life. see this reporter janet shamolin is at the scene and that this. >> i mean everybody was running. i tried to find the exit. >> reporter: people inside this collierville kroger's scramble thursday after the sound of gunshots. cell phone video appears to capture one of those shots and the chaos unfolding at the store. >> an active shooter. >> reporter: police ration to the grocery only four minutes after the gunman opened fire. first responders triaged wounds, as customers and employees filed out with their hands in the air. >> the employees and customers knew what to do.
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run, hide, fight and secure themselves. we removed people from freezers, closets, hiding between pallets of groceries. >> reporter: the alleged shooter was found dead from what appears to be, what police call, a self-inflicted gunshot wound. police identified him and said, he worked at kroger on a daily basis. they say, he seemed to be shooting randomly. authorities seized electronics and other evidence from his apartment but wouldn't talk about a motive. olivia king was a regular shopper there. her son says, she was shot in the chest and doctors couldn't save her. this type of crime needs to stop being washed over and sanitized, he wrote on facebook. no one deserves this. janet shamolin, cbs news. collierville, tennessee. live to san jose this
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morning yesterday, a group of seniors, many of them sick and disabled, based off with city housing officials. seniors say, they're upset with the city's planted victim from the motel they have lived in and converted into a permanent affordable housing. the monthly rent would be $627. the seniors say, they just can't afford that. they want the city to reduce it to around $200. >> covid is still active up there. you going to throw it down the stairs? >> i don't understand why you're like sorry, i can't afford rent. peace out. >> the city's housing deputy director told the group, she will try to find other options for them but can't make any promises. it's been 10 months since the 2020 presidential election. this one, new numbers on an arizona recount. it was paid for by trump supporters. is one confirmed that biden won the election. it even added a few hundred votes for president biden. former president trump has made constant claims of widespread voter fraud, but even arizona republicans didn't buy it. >> this is still the most
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dishonest one that has been done. >> the sham was built on a lie. they knew it was a lie. >> texas officials said thursday, they're launching an audit in some counties. officials in pennsylvania and wisconsin or also getting underway with audits. live to sfo, there could be notes past on the no-fly list. delta is calling on fellow airlines to help create a shared database of and passengers. the faa has taken nearly 4400 complaints about unruly passengers this year alone, most of them over mask requirements. adult alone says, it cemented the names of more than 600 banned passengers to the faa. right now, more than 600 people are on its internal no-fly list. at a cost can you you, purchase limits and, in some cases, prices are happening.
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this time, is not driven by hoarding or panic buying. instead, cosco says, it has a lot to do with the supply chain delays. kpix 5's len explains. >> reporter: toilet paper has seen a limit with also limits to some popular cleaning supplies. cosco is all about the deals. the limited supplies, the giant retailer wants to prevent hoarding and stop stockpiling. >> i think it's great idea that they're putting a limit of what everyone gets. no one is left behind. >> people need to be careful and mindful of what they do. nothing greedy. >> reporter: many costco members support limits on high- demand items after seeing what happened last year. >> everyone gets it, everyone's happy. no one's arguing, fighting like before. >> reporter: the delta variant has given up the demand for some products. but the cosco chief financial officer blames shipping and transportation problems, saying, port delays, truck and driver shortages are making it
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very difficult to get the products to the stores. >> is very tough to get drivers trained. is not a sexy industry. you have to have it in your blood. you have to want to do it. >> reporter: on top of the truck a shortage, with ab trucking in oakland, buti says, port and terminal delay sometimes force drivers to wait six to eight hours for a container. >> we're sitting. we're not being used efficiently. >> reporter: to deal with the supply chain delays, cosco says, it's putting in orders early and even renting ships to transport their own shipping containers from asia to the u.s. cosco is warning shoppers, because of the higher transportation cost is, some products will go up in prices. >> typically it's less than other places. and so this won't affect my buying practices. >> i don't like paying more for stuff just off the top. but everything costs more in california. >> the price increases to a minimum. >> reporter: these won't be
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limits. at cosco, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> the cargo ships cosco is renting are able to carry 800 to 1000 containers at a time. cosco insists, they can make 10 cross-pacific trips a year with the ships. next on kpix 5, streaming on cbsn bay area, a statute targeted by protesters at a state capital, now set to be replaced. what th
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new witten this morning, a volcano spewing lava on the canary islands. the disruptions prompted a fresh out of evacuation orders from people nearby. nearly 7000 people already cleared out earlier this week. the volcano is located on the island of la palma. it's been erupting for six days now, sending a river of lava towards the city. they say, these lava flows could continue for weeks, possibly even months. take a look at this.
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many are calling it the miracle house. drone footage shows a single home being spared from the lava flow. rivers of lava have destroyed nearly everything in their path, including 200 homes since first erupting last week. back here in the bay area, looking live at san jose this morning, pta is kicking off a new project meant to relieve traffic troubles at a busy south bay corner. the project will reconstruct the interstate of 101 and trouble road in san jose, also widening trouble road between de la cruz boulevard and seymour avenue, as well as the central expressway, san jose and santa clara. >> we are going to replace the old structure with anyone that's whiter to accommodate more traffic through the interchange. also to provide a separated bike path and pedestrian path.
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>> officials say, the project will begin next week and construction is expected to take about two years. lived to the state capital now, been more than a year since protesters toppled a statue of missionary's statue in santa clara. a memorial will be installed at the site. who will it honor instead? >> reporter: outrage over racial injustice, the statue of spanish missionary orcera, brought down in the sacramento capital. roughly one year later, on california native american day, the governor signed new legislation authorizing a memorial in honor of local tribes. >> many of our people have documents that say, people were shackled in chains during that era. >> reporter: james ramos, an a some women and member of a local tribe, sponsored the memorial legislation. ramos says, the native american voice was absent when many of
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these statues were going up in the '60s. now, local tribes will be part of the dialogue. >> now it's the people from the sacramento area that will be giving options to the legislature of what should replace cera. >> reporter: cera's legacy is controversial. historians say, many of those working at his missions were beaten and abused. however, the diocese of sacramento describes cera as a priest who worked to protect the dignity of native american people and describe the toppling of the statue as vandalism. we talked to some people at the capitol familiar with the former statue that said, they were glad to see it go . >> i hope you will have some kind of ceremony where they will invite some of the local tribes to come and do it in. >> that was anna giles reporting. a lot of planning needs to happen before the statue is constructed. local tribes must get their
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plans approved by a committee before they can break ground. all right, there's something interesting about today's daytime highs. right on the mark for average this time of year. mid 80s for the inland valley temperatures in the bay. that will be nervously cooler than what you had certainly on friday. also for much of this last week, where we spent a good part of it in the mid-90s. for the rest of the bay, we are all cooler as well. everybody's numbers come down pretty much right on the mark for average. there is still an issue with smoke. showed you that at the top of the newscast in the top of the half-hour, we have the air- quality advisory that's going to be staying with us through today. i will show you more on how that plays out over the next two days. i'm gonna jump ahead now to monday and tuesday, what is good news with longer-range systems, next early-fall rainmakers. going to try and bring some rain here. really, it's all going to the pacific northwest. however, as we look at monday, that system will be able to
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drag some rain into northern california. it's nice to see the mountains colored in here a little bit. this is falling primarily through early monday morning through tuesday morning. now we're only looking at 3/4 inches of rain on the far coast. eureka, 1/10 of an inch of rain and ukiah gets 1/100. it's really, we will watch and see if the rain gauges might be able to get some rain out of this as we get closer to it. but the real impact is the fact that it's gonna clear out the smoke, which is good, because if we come back now and just look at the next two days, saturday-sunday, the smoke is going to continue pouring off of those fires down in the southern sierra. this will disallow stuff pulled to the bay area. keep that in mind. temperatures, below average. san francisco, oakland, san jose, a cool down through tuesday and wednesday with daytime highs. as we take a look across the microclimates with the inland valleys and the east bay up top,
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up to the upper 70s for daytime highs by tuesday. inland, east bay and for the north bay valleys, the temperatures will dip into the mid-70s. we increase the clouds a bit but i just don't have a high chance of rain on monday and tuesday yet. watchior th as we get ke closer though. we have seen cats rescued from trees. this one is different though. fire crews went to work to help a bird of prey. it was suspended between two large trees thursday. the person called in the professionals, using the truck muncie extension ladder for firefighters to take 45 minutes to take the tangled rafter to safely. oakley they weren't injured and was ultimately released back into the wild. it's unclear how she got caught in the line in the first place. a san francisco woman has led the charge to get more than 15in ns19arintres us to
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this week's jefferson award winner. >> reporter: hundreds of senior citizens have already come to the center in san francisco's lake view neighborhood for hot meals, giveaways and activities according to the computer lab. so why not also make it a covid- testing and vaccination site? felicia thibodeau worked with the city to make that happen. she had at the southwest community corporation, which serves more than 300 older adults. this includes joe's and stokes. >> to have some of the topic and it is get vaccinated, that's everything that you need. we're actually thankful for that. >> reporter: alicea and her staff called on nursing as i got more than 75% of them vaccinated earlier this year. bye-bye spring, she encountered more people of all ages afraid to get the shot. alicea and her team went block
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by block, person by person, countering what she calls, misinformation with personal stories. >> what it means is if you are unvaccinated and you get covid, when you take it home to your grandmother or mother and father, wife, to your children, you very well could be spreading it. >> reporter: she hosted discussion groups, like one with a doctor and several african-american men. >> for sure i know, 7 of the 9 attendees at the focus group openly done vaccinated. >> reporter: word spread. >> when it one person to say, all right, miss felicia, i'm gonna get the vaccine, then another young man was walking into the center and said, he got the shot. he said yeah, i'm gonna go get mine. just that quick. we had a whole change. >> reporter: she even shares her own health challenges. she had a kidney removed. >> i forgot my cap, said, i have lupus. i want people to see that i'm still here, even with all of the stability with. >>reporter: alicea's next
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project is to see a certain placket hanging on neighbors' doorknobs. senior citizen katie hamilton says, feliciano simply cares. >> she is a compassionate and concerned woman for the individuals. >> reporter: is still helping more than 1500 neighbors get vaccinated against covid-19, this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to thibodeau. sharon chen, kpix 5. >> if you know someone who has done extraordinary work for the community and to nominate them for a jepson award, go to our website, kpix.com/hero, click on award, and
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a new art exhibit in several cisco is paying tribute to technology in a way you probably never seen it. kpix 5's betty yu shows us how this renaissance is changing the future of art. >> reporter: the secret life of machine can be uncovered at renaissance 2.0 dig, now open in san francisco's mission district. there's more than meets the eye when you hold up your cell phone to the canvas. >> paintings are quiet and still. they don't move. this is all about movement and making sound so i thought, okay, i will give a way to bring life out of that. >> reporter: bay area artist,
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eschgblot, is the first to train artists to enhance their portraits. s.a.m. instantly connected with boston dynamics and studied her every move and taught her how to paint. one of the paintings done by the spot from boston dynamics is headed for auction at celebes in new york city. >> my dream is to have a day when we are not scared of technology and we use it for the betterment of humanity. >> reporter: eschgblot also hopes to introduce the younger silicon valley crowd to the tip of the older artworld. >> i thought it was really interesting. especially the applications for the technology and art going forward. it's probably unlimited. >> the same way as the renaissance happened, the changes will make the world a different place. they're still going back. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. either way, half of
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renaissance 2.0's collection has sold. you can see the pieces at the end of october at the moderns on west. a dream come true for a woman on the verge of losing her eyesight. she had a chance to fly like a bird alongside a flock of geese over the french alps. a pilot took her up this week. the geese stuck around because they're trained to follow the aircraft through the sky. when the woman landed, she said, it was magical to see the geese flying in formation. kpix 5 is proud to announce the launch of our new 3:00 p.m. newscast. join allen martin every weekday starting at the conclusion of the "the
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it is 6:57. time for today's top stories. walgreens and cvs want people to know that booster shots of the pfizer vaccine are available. both pharmacies, follow the guidance of the cdc, offering shots to people 65 and older and those with high-risk jobs. a man with life-threatening after stabbed in san jose. police say, it happened at 11:30 last night between wes and carlo street, west of downtown. no word this morning on any suspects. this is the first weekend for a vaccine mandate in contra costa county. it requires people dining indoors to show proof of
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vaccination or a negative covid test. restaurant owners say, they're not going to comply. bay area crews, heading to shasta county to help battle a fire that has already destroyed several hundred structures and burned 6800 acres and is 10% contained. also in chester county, prosecutors are charging pg&e with multiple offenses, including manslaughter for allegedly sparking the fire a year ago. the fire killed 40 people and destroyed hundreds of homes near reading. thank you so much for watching kpix 5 news this morning. don't forget, the news continues all day on cbsn bay area. we'll be back here tomorrow morning at 6:00 . enjoy
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narrator: today on "lucky dog", these four shelter dogs are gearing up to put safety first. they'll learn skills that will not only keep them safe... eric: leave it. yes. narrator: ...but also protect others around them... rashi: hi, buddy. narrator: ...all with one goal in mind, to be safe and sound in their new forever homes. eric: i feel an immense amount of pressure to make sure that the dog that we select is completely trained before going into their household. there really is no room for error.
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