>> a wild fire burns nearly 50 2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns nearly 50 mi.2 a wild fire burns n on the sierra foothills and forces thousands to evacuate. firefighters are still trying to still trying to get the upper hand. > >> the heat fueled the fire ands making hills across the bay area even drier. homeowners and firs bracing for tough months ahead. > >> she had to get away from him. >> he threatened her? >> always. >> a neighborhood reeling aftera after a young woman was beheade. disturbing things from family friends about what might've led up to the attack. good morning it is saturday, september 10. let's start with a quick checkf our weather. >> reporter: today is today we start putting the memories of te heat wave behind us. it's goino be a lot better temperaturewise. we have added a new element, e smoke. is going to look a little bit hazy. air quality sht

be too bad at the ground level. numbers in the mid 60s, 65 in san jose. mid-80s for daytime h. daytime highs. daytime highs, i don't even have 90s. a very nice day temp. day temperaturewise. the complete forecast coming up. > >> 11 major wildfires earning in in california. one of the biggt the biggest is the mosquito fir. smoke from that fire is blanketing the area. one officl says fire crews are at a tippin. tipping point. the fire is growg quickly and threatening more buildings and homes. so far there is no containment. >> reporter: a tough and trickyk tricky task to fight the flamesd hold down the hotspots. fire cs working through different conditions with often

inaccessible terrain. >> how dangerous is this right now? >> it's really tough. we have a lot of canyons and what we call. those drainages caused the fireo come right up and blow right up when you get a line with the wid the wind. >> forcing fire crews to watch where they put their people. the custody so steep the width s to be wider than if they were oa smaller slow. >> is one of the reasons we are still at 0% containment. the width takes a very long time. there is progress. >> robert jennings showed me hit up at his georgetown home. >> in less than two minutes there will be so much water flyg off and 20 will be soaked. i have the same set up in that ho. that house. >> a professional plumber he lid his property with commercial sp. commercial sprinklers. >> it might not look really nic, but it just does the job. i have

i have a lot of valuable stuff in there that you don't want messed up. >> firefighters bracing for an other night with extreme heat ad dry conditions. some taking their own precautions and not willing to leave. >> it doesn't matter where you are what you are doing you haveo be careful and be prepared. it never hurts. >> the fire has grown to about 0 acres and more than 5000 peoplee been forced to evacuate. > >> this week's heat wave alreadn dry landscape around the area. it's not just firefighters who e on high alert. >> reporter: before the heat wae heat wave the vegetation in thes here was already incredibly dry. . believe it or not it is even drier than it was before hand. that does not bode well for fir. fire danger. the yellow fieldsd browning trees desperately need moisture. the extreme heat over heat over the last few days only days only dry them out more than

than they already were. >> have you ever seen the hills this dry? >> no. >> reporter: he likes to like -e here. >> climate change is upon us. is really affecting us. >> reporter: from these hills to to his house in the hills... >> is getting worse on a daily basis. >> it definitely as another layer of difficulty on top of a difficult situation. >> reporter: the fire chief saye heat wave increased fire dangers and will make fires that spark up even harder to fight. >> you are going to see an increase in size in size and scope and an increase of the drawdown of fir. fire resources. it really is a broad impact. >> reporter: the extreme heat accelerated the mosquito fire bg their tahoe, drying out the already incredibly dry brush an. and trees. a haze starting to

set in over the area. he is keey aware of the fire danger all ar. >> it definitely worries me. maybe not in the very spot perhaps, but around us. you know fire goes. it doesn't necessariy have to start from where you ar, you are, it starts for maybe haf a mile or a mile away and quicky catches up. >> reporter: he is holding out e for rain. the months to come. >> i certainly hope this coming fall and winter we can compensae for it. >> reporter: for anyone who livs in a fire prone area the fire cf fire chief expressed the importe of having defensible space and t a bunch of overgrown, dry brush that is prime fuel for fires. >> >> as for the fairview buyer it has burned more than 27,000 acr. the fire is 5% contained. thes

were expanded as the fire continues to burn. >> it was so fast. it was unbel. was unbelievable. when we came out of our ranch, the flames were right there. >> strong wind from tropical stm tropical storm kay making the ft the firefight even more difficut by grounding helicopters. mores are likely. > >> a community is in mourning ar mourning after a young woman was beheaded. >> reporter: strangers and loved strangers and loved ones alike have been stopping by this makeshift memorial where the yog mother was killed. friends of e family say the beheading happened in front of her children. they spelled her name in candles. friends identify the the victim as karina castro. adn murray said she is close with the victim's mother.

>> what a sweet girl. she did not deserve this. she had two little children, struggling evey day like the rest of us. her bod her boyfriend wasn't bad lookin. bad looking. it seemed like thet along. >> reporter: she said karina wae her car when her boyfriend appr. boyfriend approached. it happed at magnolia avenue and laurel st before noon thursday. >> she was putting him in the car, he raised her head and cut her head her head off. the children saw . saw everything. >> reporter: the suspect has been arrested and bd on suspicion of murder and idend as 33-year-old josc salano. adrian said he would coy threaten the victim. >> he sent her attack, she has n her phone that he was going to literally he had her if she did not cancel the restraining orde. >> karina's friend say they used they used to spend time with a . a couple.

>> we all used to be mutual friends. >> we all hung out, none of us would ever expect anything like this. we can't even believe it. >> reporter: the sheriff's office said the woman was killeh killed with a stabbing instrume, but the weapon has not been fou. >> police arrested a 42-year-oln for a deadly stabbing at a san o bart station plaza. police say on august 28 the man was stabbeg an argument right in front of of the mission bart station. the violence came one week after committee members knockdown temy and sing. art had put up the bs early to crackdown on the sale f stolen and illegal drugs. > >> a construction broker killed by a -- worker killed by a roadway vehicle. police say thr was killed about 1:00 p.m. yest. p.m. yesterday. >

>> more than seven months aftera oakley woman picked up her car, the same vehicle police believe her ex-boyfriend dumped after killing her. her family is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to her rema. after hurt disappearance jones died in a shootout with police. > >> whipping winds, and flood watches . new video shows somef the latest impact from tropicalm tropical storm kay. > >> here is a live look outside. outside. we will be right back.

>> welcome back, on the storm wh the remnants of tropical storm y kicking up more wild weather inn california. with rough seas and drenching r, a big change from the heat this past weekend. in the middle winds of 109 miles per hour were recorded in the san diego . diego mountains. >> we have our heavy equipment d our swift water rescue team. ous are both 24 hours. >> this is all too much, especiy for this time of year.

>> there is a concern about rain causing debris flows and about winds fueling attention wildfires. > >> we do have a slight chance og some of that. let's start out by taking a look at the big pic. big picture. i mean maybe a shower that would barely be mea. be measurable. look at where the leftovers are. you still se it in the satellite. you do note something like this often. it s not a significant impact, but enough rain, especially in the s and the high desert that they he flooding concerns. you watch the rainfall it is significant from this point on. we saw enough lightning yesterdy in the sierra that there were some new fire starts. nothing

significant in terms of new fir, fire starts, but that system wil continue to throw enough moistue our way that it will be a factor the next two days. no rain in te forecast. however, it will look. look cloudy. it will be hazy from smoke. we will have both ts in the sky making it look very r to yesterday. if you noticed yesterday things looks a bit od. bit odd. i will show you how te smoke is going to be in one sec. here are your current numbers. that is more marine layer than g else from the vantage point on top of mount sutra. that is oura looking out over the city. if u look at the big picture there will be elevated smoke coming our way. you can see it when yu watch the futurecast. yellow and orange shows a higher degree

a higher degree of smoke merrily merrily coming off of the mosquito fire over in the sierr. the sierra. if we look at groul onshore flow hopes to clear outa lot of it. we have a low level degree of smoke. the light shadf blue tells you we will probablyl be trending into the moderate category, but not a widespread issue. the other story is the c. considering what we just went through last week, this is the most important element. daytime element. daytime highs in the southbay mid-80s. low 90s yeste. 90s yesterday. this to be abouta 10 degrees drop from there. yoe in the low 100s the day before that. this is a 20 degrees drop degrees drop from where you were where you were two days ago. middle 80s for inland east bay . bay committees. let them heal y going to 86 today, pleasanton gg to 87. these are the numbers tht two days ago, going back to thuy were around 111, a huge

improvement. the rest of the sy looks great as you get back into get back into the bay. a lot ofs along the shoreline. low 90s through mendocino county. the seven-day forecast, we are stayg just like this. in fact, it's gg to get cooler with daytime highs daytime highs in the mid 70s by the time we get to tuesday, wed, and thursday. for the inland valleys of the east a daytime hs daytime highs in the low 80s and and if you upper 70s. > >> that is incredible the difference from one week to the. the next. it says a lot more about the intensity of that hea. that heatwave. these numbers going into the middle of september can be expected. thee a little cooler than average. it was the heatwave that makes e contrast so dramatic for sure. >> you know i like to teach you about having control of the wear

and you have done a good job and us with much cooler temperature. cooler temperatures.'s >> you bet. > >> intense heat over the last 1s has presented a huge challenge for great growers. in the sacro area growers had to harvest ear, not great news. this week's heat wave made things worse. >> >> the intense heat starts to oe the grapes. the sugar levels arh the roof. ultimately with highr levels will have t >> >> wine grapes are sacramento cs number one crop valued at more than $150 million per year. > >> will the a's stay in open or split for las vegas? many colosm workers jobs depend on that dec. that decision. >> a board is there and you havo fill it. >> coming up we introduce you ta long time usher banking on the teambuilding a new ballpark in oakland. > >> straight ahead in sports, it is expected to be pretty sloppy

at soldier field for the 49ers n 49ers even -- season opener. plus, the american francis deaplo have been new york crowd on their feet.

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>> one big question heading ints opener against the bears. will the tight end play? the three-time pro bowler missed another practice due to a injurd on monday. as for the rest of the team, trey lance and compand their final practice before traveling to chicago. the game kicks off at 10:00 a.m. rain is is expected, you at the wind and and you expected to be extra sloppy on soldier field. >> i never know if that will bea be a advantage or disadvantage.

there could be pluses and minu. sometimes i feel the rain helps and sometimes it hurts. there e so many variables i try to nevee too big a deal about it. you se what's going on in the game andt teams are having advantages or . or disadvantages. >> the u.s. open semi's, the fan fan favorite, american frances tiafoe falling behind two sets-1, even facing a match poit in the fourth set. he is not dead yet, he battled back to wie set in a tiebreaker. that said, does he have any magic left? hed to be exhausted. the match over four hours, but it goes into th. the net. > >> left-handed hitters rejoice. the shift in major-league a spos dead. the infield shift be bandg next season. a pitch clock will also be added. they will have 5

seconds with the bases empty an0 seconds with runners on base. did his job runners on base. yesterday, struck out 11 chicags at wrigley, and the second inning there is his loan mistak. loan mistake. a two run shot into those one up folks into the the bleachers. jumping to the , the eighth, estrada up as the go-ahead run, a 3-2 count and he he goes chasing in the dirt. the the ending is over, the chancesf a playoff berth seem over for the giants, just three hits as y fall 4-2 for their fifth straight loss. > >> aj pollock has been outstandg this season, he had a 3-0 lead entering the night. the throw, adam engle is safe. the white sox tie it up a three. the next batter, look wo is coming up. the former athlec elvis andrews does it again. a e

to the leftfield wall, two runs to score, what a homecoming. hs turned up, not a great outing. he gave up a five spot in the . the ninth-inning. sox are victs 5-3. and yesterday draymond gren joined the michigan state hall of fame. he play for the spartans from 2008-2012. he wae national player of the year his senior season with 16 points and and 10 rebounds. he was a national player of the year yet went 35th in the draft. every m had a chance, he ended up in sa, oakland at the time. that doest for sports. have a great mornin, everyone. > >> the eighth of cleared another another legal hurdle on their plan to build a new ballpark in. a judge rejected three lawsuits

challenging the city's environmental review. opponentse the stadium should not be built in the port. they want the new ballpark on the current colosseum site. at least one ofe groups say they plan to appeal.t in the middle are colosseum wors who feel the impact of whether or not they decide to stay in oakland. we spoke to a long tim, charles, whose livelihood is on the line. >> reporter: there is a warmth to his chuckle and gentle touch. >> can i help you? >> reporter: welcome to section, section 121, charles raleigh has raleigh has been working at them the coliseum for 25 years but ks that it could be coming to an e. an end. there is a cheers like feeling here where everyone knos your name. >> people come by, they know yo. know you. >> that's got to feel good? >> it does. >> reporter: but it is hard to y goodbye when you love talking ss and you have had the best seat n the house. >> i work all of the games. you

see how some of the people that didn't go with the team, that didn't move or don't support them anymore because they are g. are gone. >> reporter: the oakland city cl will ultimately decide the team. team states. jobs are on the le for charles and company and muc. much more. >> coworkers for 15 years. we go to barbecues together, to each other's homes. >> the people you know, the fans the fans you know. you know thm a long time. >> charles can talk to anyone from family members of owners, to players and your average fan. he worked for the u.s. postal se in nearly 40 years. his retirement check arrives on tim, on time, this job allows the nor now grandfather to provide even. even more. >> ultimately it's going to be better for the whole community. >> reporter: he wants to keep walking, talking, and working ag

as he can. >> a board is there. you have to fill it with something, what? something, what? you don't havel have basketball. you don't hav. >> reporter: for charles is time charles is time to build a ballk in oakland. >> we still keep our employment. keep our employment. >> coming up, king charles is oy declared the new british monarc. we will bring you the latest in in london. > >> dueling court filings continue about whether or not al third-party should examine classified documents to see some former president trump's home in florida. we are back in a m.

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>> welcome back, thank you so mh for joining us. let's start thif hour with a quick check of our . our weather. >> going to look a little hazy out there. we will have a few , you might even feel a little moe humidity. there is no rain in the forecast over the next few . few days. that is southern cali. for us cloudy and much cooler. great news in terms of cooling e temperatures down from that heatwave we were in last week. t doing that today at all. middle middle 60s now. if we look at the daytime highs mid-80s. lookt the bay, upper 70s. only going o

88 in the more today. it was 11 was 111 two days ago. much moreg up in a few minutes. > >> king charles iii was officially proclaimed king todan london. the world still mourning the death of his mother, queenh on thursday. >> in taking up these responsib, these responsibilities, i shalle to follow the inspiring examplei have been set in upholding consl government, and to seek the pea, the peace, harmony, and prospery and prosperity of the peoples of of these islands. and of the common realms and territories tt the world. >> a council of senior politicians and officials gathered at st. james palace. the ceremony was the first of is kind to be broadcast live on te. on television.

>> king, head of the commonwealh the commonwealth. king charlesi charles iii officially proclaimed king in london this . this morning. >> i am deeply aware of this great inheritance. and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty. >> reporter: gun salutes marked the occasion. yesterday, he and his wife, the queen consort were warmly welcomed outside buckingham palace. >> i speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow. >> reporter: the king addressed the nation with a photo of his r his mother beside him. >> to my darling mother, as youn you begin your last great journ, great journey, to join my dear e dear late father, i want simply to say this, thank you. >> he promised to carry on the s lifelong service after her unprd

70 year reign. thousands are laying flowers to pay tribute to pay tribute to the queen. >> it is such a sad time and obviously a moment in history that our member. i remember laying flowers for princess diana so well. >> reporter: sarah felt compelled to bring her six-year-old daughter. >> i wanted molly to remember the day and saying goodbye. >> reporter: the country in a pd state of mourning until the queen is laid to rest. >> president biden says he will attend queen elizabeth's funeral . king charles will hold severas today including with the prime r who took office this month. > >> as a new era begins for the y people in the bay area are paying their respects. mournerse mourners were invited to find

books. among them were a pair os visitors who happen to be here when the news of the queens passings reached our shores. >> i think it is important to py our respects. >> we have never seen a king. it is pretty surreal. >> the british consulate and itf will be collected well wishes ad preparing for what comes next. we have much more on the queeng and the bay area's reaction on our website at kpix.com. > >> new developments today on thr in ukraine. ukrainian forces are reclaiming territory in the. they say they have pushed throh the front lines. along the way ukrainian forces have reportedln thousands of square miles of te, threatening to cut off russian supply lines. russian forces are most likely taken by surpri. the sector only like defendantt

the time. > >> a key deadline is looming ine lawsuit regarding the fbi search search of mar-a-lago. it comes n as the justice department moveso appeal the decision to appoint a appoint a neutral third-party tw the documents n inar >> reporter: the justice department and former president donald trump legal team have sud potential candidates to be the so-called special master to revw the documents the fbi confiscatd from trump florida home last moh last month. >> you need someone with top security clearance. you need se need someone with a level of ex. of expertise. >> reporter: earlier this week l judge approved the former president's request to have a nl a neutral third-party sift through the season materials. oy the justice department found noe it is appealing the ruling. thj has also asked the judge to partially stay the ruling so tht investigators could continue tow

the 103 most sensitive documents sensitive documents seized from, including the ones marked "top " "top secret." the justice department argue the investigation could be irrevocably harmed. >> they are saying there is a hm here, the national security committee has to be able to cone to see if there are other documents and what happened to these documents. we need to be able to continue with our investigation. >> reporter: the trump team has until monday morning to respond to the doj request. also fridayr federal judge in florida dismisd trump's lawsuit against the true from the 2016 residential elecn residential election including the former democrats presidential candidate, hillary clinton. he claimed they conspired against his campaign. >> the judge said that the formr president's claim about the 201n 2016 campaign fail on the merits on the merits at every step of the analysis. the former president's legal team says they

they will appeal. > >> the alameda county sheriff dy accused of shooting and killinga dublin couple in their own home faced a judge for the first time first time on friday. devon wis jr. was formally charged with to counts of murder with a special after the killing, heading towad southern california for eventually surrendering. williams mother said her son was in a romantic relationship with maria and he is due back it in court wednesday for a plea h. > >> an armored truck guard shot n shot in broad daylight has died. daylight has died. last tuesdaye six-year-old had just picked up a bag of money and he was shot in the back outside of the hospl doors. police say the suspect d the money and ran and is still at large. > >> imagine getting caught in a dust storm while heading to the club. how the las vegas trip mey vanished in an instant. >

>> jenny will feel these young s young students accomplished of her dream. >> how this week's jefferson award winners are making a difference to reme

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>> a dust storm in las vegas placed a damper on a night on te town. strong winds pushed in thursday night and kicked up a dust storm. suddenly the strip recently disappeared and lookeda little more like burning man. is a great in the people dressed ud heading out to the club. the dust storm caused dozens of flight cancellations. >> not all that uncommon. thunderstorms with strong wind running across the landscape. they do that a lot more often i. in arizona. they can happen. looking at a time lapse from this morning. we are watching the last 20 minutes. a beautifug of the marine layer and the lows clouds coming in over the city. air quality will be a factor on on this day. the real issue with

real issue with smoke is over here. we take a look at the foos the foothills and there is a lof unhealthy and downright hazardos air if you have friends or family who live over on the eastern side of second middle c. middle county. here at home the air quality should stay moderate stay moderate and most. it's going to look hazy today. mid 6s out there now. low clouds fillg in the bay. if you want to seee the smoke is coming from you can you can see the point source right there. here we are at ho. at home. watch the smoke it pulled in overhead fairly consiy fairly consistently over the net few days. what we care about is care about is how much we are bg are breathing at the ground, a much better story. the onshorew onshore flow pushes a lot of the of the smoke out of the bay. not all of it, a lot of it. wl call it moderate. there is an air-quality advisory. you maybt

want to overdo it, things coulde could be a lot worse. we lived h lived through much more over the more over the last few summers. mid-80s today. with a cloudy and hazy day, maybe a little bif mugginess in the year you only o to the mid-80s in the southbay, mid and upper 80s for our warm d middle valleys. the low to middle 70s along the shore. family andrew 78, we will do 82 in santa rosa. the numbers in lake county still in the 90s. if you are wondering t the left overs from what was one was once tropical storm kay there it is on the satellite. it is kind of interesting to se that counterclockwise been righf the coast. in terms of our impacts, this will be rain down in monterey county. we will see we will see showers and maybe even an isolated thunderstorm oo in the sierras. here at home ig to be the clouds. if we got any

any rain it will be a stray drop drop barely noticeable and meas. and measurable. that was stay wh us for the next two days. todad tomorrow cloudy, a little humidd hazy. a combination from a tropical storm to the south ands to our east. welcome to septem. there is sure seven-day forecas. san jose cool to the mid-70s. is going to be midsentence by the middle of next week. the microclimate shows a more dramatic drop for north bay val, which have been in the low hundreds the last few days. wee going to be in the upper 70s by the time we get into early next. next week. >> we are talking a 20-30 degreg in temperatures one week to the next. >> it's kind of nice if you areg to end a heatwave like the one e had last week. let's just move on instead of slowly stair stepg our way down.

>> a 14-year-old lives on through a legacy of giving beguy her parents. >> jenny, although she was takey taken away by this horrific murder, she is too precious to t be gone. >> they formed a nonprofit in hr name after she was stabbed to dh to death in 1994. >> we wanted to do something. i think that is something that she something that she love to do. we want to carry on that and coe doing that for her. >> the organization organize anl visual to remember the teenagerd teenager and continue the hunt r her killer. they also create a committee programs. they support the alameda county memos to remember violent crime victis and helped to start a section os on safety in several county lib. county libraries. the highlights

a music education program and oa and orchestra band and choir tht ended with a community concert in oakland. sophia is among thousands of students who have n part in the free summer music pm music program, first as a partit and then as a student coordinator. the family have wd the row. >> they are the kindest people. it breaks my heart, but also it is so heartwarming when they coe to me every time i do something that they are proud of like givg a speech at a memorial service, performing or taking on a responsibility out of my comfor. comfort zone. >> reporter: in addition committee donations have fundeds funded scholarships for academid music experts and promising youg promising young musicians. the awards pay tribute to jenny, a straight a student. >> jenny will feel these young , young students, young musicians accomplished her dream.

>> reporter: the music to child safety the board member says they give from their hearts. >> they always put other people first. they have remained adamant that whatever they can do to stop ths from ever happening to anyone an anyone again is priority one. >> i know she would be proud of whate are doing. >> for serving the community this week's jefferson award in the bay area goes to these two, kpix 5. >> they now live in southern california but returned to the bay area often. as for the invn into a murder suspect, they says are using updated technology to follow new leads. > >> we learned about this week'sr because of you are nominated them for jefferson award. if you would like to nominate pleae allow the online form on our website at kpix.com .

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>> part is celebrating its 50thy this weekend. the transit systm was considered revolutionary, bt it has been derailed by the pandemic and other issues. we e with a longtime worker who has n with bart through good times an. and bad. >> bart is the best thing that r happened to me. >> oscar rodriguez spent more tn half of his life making a career life making a career at bart. 32 years to be exact. darted as a station agent at 29

years old. >> we check for debris and sometimes you have to check fore people. >> now he oversees some of the safety operations. >> be advised i do not see obstructions on the track at ths time. >> an immigrant alvados ork at bart helped to send twor >> i had the opportunity to play opportunity to play a little prl soccer. bart was the best thing that could've happened. once you play for money it is a different game. >> in his three decades at bart the transit agency has evolved to become a course that connecte space and san francisco. at the at the height about 440,000 people were riding daily. ridership one off a cliff after. officials say now about 40% of their ridership has returned and

60% on weekends. but for all oe supporters, bart has plenty of . of critics. >> back in 1972 bart promised the customers safe, reliable and reliable and clean transportatin in the bay area. >> in the apollo street station you will look something like th. along the way you stop at . failed, pecialn rent yrs. nt years >> a senior fellow at the independent institute based in . this group awarded golden flew >> the transit system has basicy has basically been captured ovee years by the labor unions and te politicians. bart is more focused on capturing more more taxpayer subsidies than being

attuned to what the customers want. >> he says bart has become expensive and unsafe with a numr of robberies and killings. >> our crime raid is extremely w when you consider this a public. public space. pretty much any other public space would have ar higher crime rates than here. >> one thing supporters and cris can agree on is the success is , even in this post pandemic era. oscar plans to be a part of tha. he says at least four more years four more years of bart he wille 65 then, and he will see what his body tells him. for now he loves mentoring the younger generation of bart workers. >> if you have work ethic good things are going to happen to you. >> a coffee shop in san francisco's chinatown says busis is picking up again. the ownerl owners tell kpix 5 they are gral

for customers on social media who acted as saviors during the. the pandemic. >> what if you could start youry with a little color, and then add some sprinkles to your lifet you will get is more than just r just your average morning joe. instead, what you will get is a work of art. that work courtesyf courtesy of the co-owner of home co-owner of home coffee roastern san francisco's chinatown neigh. chinatown neighborhood. who understands the importance of patience, along with knowing hoo use a canvas of coffee and a pallet of foam all to create th >> ho did it ke? >> it

takes about three months to gety comfortable. before that you are hoping for the best and praying. >> prayers answer for social media influencers who come here for both the drinks and the phos the photos. >> i need to action, are you afd to drink it because it was the ? >> no. the art is like the icinn the top. it's the fun part. it's the surprise. >> a surprise for this small bus small business who like many struggle during the pandemic and and found those customers on sol media kept business brewing. >> people see us on instagram s, on tik-tok, we don't even know t it. they just tell us hey, we saw your coffee shop on tik-tokd we want to see what it's all about. we do really care for te coffee taste and want to make it to make it fun. >> people in san jose tired of waiting for a vacant lot to be

transformed into a public park s was promised to them more than 20 years ago. now a group of people living in the area working to improve the area as best they can. they are doing it all without a permit. the fr and son say they just reach their wits end and something hao be done. >> my son was born in 99. he should of enjoyed this park. 2s later he is an adult who never t to use the part. my son and i, some of the residents here are taking matters into our own han. own hands. >> the city has already been out already been out after getting e complaints. they say while thed the residents frustrations, thek needs to be done through the prr channels. >> the work is constituting trespassing without trespassing and results in hazards for othes for others who may walk, bike, or recreate in the area. some wk has been done on the developed d developed land. primarily the issue with the current status.

>> officials say they currentlye about $450,000 budgeted to impre the park, but say it's not enouh to fulfill the so-called mastern that th

>> is going to be a bit hazy out is going to be a bit hazy out there today to the smoke coming over from the mosquito fire. concord daytime highs today upper 80s. san jose, daytime his

today down into the low and middle 80s. going to be a wondl day. when we look at the seven-day forecast san francisco, san jose and oaklandp oakland up first. daytime highs daytime highs in the mid 70s foh of next week. when we look at the microclimates we will see temperatures in the mid-80s fort inland valleys. > >> coming up, an update on the wildfire currently burning out f control in the sierra foothills. foothills. it has scorched an area about the size of san francisco. > >> people who knew the victi of a gruesome

>> a wild fire burn fairly 50 m2 in the sierra foothills and fors thousands to evacuate. firefighters will have the lat. the latest. > >> the heat this week fueled the making the hills across the bay area even drier. homeowners ands are bracing for tough months ah. months ahead. > >> she was in trouble with thisy and she had to get away from hi. from him. >> he threatened her? >> always. >> a peninsula neighborhood reeg after a young mother was beheadd in the street. we hear some disg things about wh