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>> now, at 11:00 a close call, residents pack up and drive. >> i've got my daughter. we pacd up everything that was importan. was important. > >> dozens of sheriff's deputies and one bay area department are on desk duty tonight, what turned up in their files after a a colleague was charged with murder. > >> california is cracking down on rampant catalytic converter thefts, making stolen devices all but impossible to sell. >> > >> bay area scientists play a key role in a killer asteroid

threatening earth. > >> nasa made history to save the the planet from future destruct, future destruction, nasa flew a spacecraft to its doom, straight straight into the history books tonight. in the first test of whether or not earth would be able to defend itself from a catastrophic asteroid strike. we we spoke with the scientist that that helped make it happen. bet? happen. betty? >> reporter: this was nasa's first-ever planetary defense tested, and this moment was eight years in the making. >> reporter: this is the moment that scientists celebrated a mission to knock a celestial object off course. 10 months ago, nasa launched a spacecraft the size of a refrigerator from vandenberg in california. on monday night they deliberately crashed it into an asteroid the size of the statue of liberty. 7 7 million miles from earth. >> i could not believe it, the energy in the room was

incredible. we had all been anticipating this moment for many years. the perseverance of the dart engineering team through the pandemic. >> reporter: the leader of the planetary defense team was part of the double asteroid reflection test, or dart. >> we contributed over the past eight years, it was emotional. a a lot of people were crying. it was really special. >> reporter: dish out of shows the moment of impact. for more lab provided analysis for the m. the mission. >> in media we think of blowing up an asteroid into pieces. this this is not to that, this is a gentle nudge. most of it stays together. it is a really big impact plume. >> reporter: they will start writing 3-d simulations of the

event. this test will help scientists prepare for future threats that could be much closer to earth. >> we are showing that planetary planetary defense is a global endeavor, and it is very possible to save r . >> reporter: it could be months before we know if it redirects to the asteroid, but, nasa says that earth is not in danger of a a strike within the next 100 years. andrea? >> it is amazing how far science science comes. thank you, betty. betty. > >> a close call in the oakland hills, where a four alarm fire came within yards of a row of homes. it started as a truck fire near the edwards exit. the people in the truck were okay. so were the surrounding homes along little rock court, thanks to the work of about 70 firefighters. >> all of this was full of

smoke, were flames by the house right there. i ran and i got my daughter. we packed up everything that was important. we are trained because of the fire last time. then we put everything in the trunk, and drove the car around the corner so that we could get out. there's one way and in one way out here. >> reporter: firefighters will be monitoring hotspots throughout the night . > >> 47 deputies are on desk duty until they can pass their psychological evaluations. a recent internal audit revealed that they each scored a d letter letter grade on tests done since since 2016. these were acceptable as passing until the law changed in 2016. those deputies will have ne new exam to be restored to full. full duty. this is a copy of the the letter that they received on on friday. it says that the sheriff's office intends to schedule you another

psychological examination. in the meantime, you will not be authorized to carry a firearm, make arrests or issue traffic citations. the sheriff's office tells us that they took a deeper deeper look at stuff files after after a 24-year-old deputy was d in an execution style double murder earlier this month. here is what the department had to say at that time. >> we do thorough background examinations. people are asking if we missed something or did not do something right, but everything that i have seen that that has been ported to us would would indicate that he was a very good candidate for law enf. >> the 47 deputies that are out of service represent about 5% of of the county force. > >> 18,000 california drivers had had their catalytic converters stolen. tonight the state is stepping in to help. the governor signed two bills to make the pricey parts nearly impossible for thieves to sell. it will now be illegal to buy

from anyone except a license to dealer or a dismantle her. detailed transaction records are are required. one bay area woman woman who has been hit twice said that she will take all the help that she can get. >> if i'd drive my car and park it, it would be five minutes, and it would be taken. i don't trust people anymore. >> fines for violations could be be as high as $4000. study investigators with the forest service have seized a transmission as part of a criminal investigation into the mosquito fire. the blaze west of of tahoe has burned at least 78 buildings across an area, more than twice the size of a and. it it is 85% complain tonight, and pg&e said that they are cooperating with the investigation and noted that the the cause of the fire has not been determined. > >> still ahead, bracing for impact, and hurricane gaining strength as it heads for u.s.

shores. > >> we are gearing up for fleet

be alive look at the florida cot florida coast where instead of the emergency has been declared ahead of hurricane ian. the storm is approaching cuba at this hour and could hit florida later this week as a category four storm. storm track shows a possible land fall in the tampa bay area where there are already already lines of traffic leaving leaving the city. mandatory evacuations have been ordered in in low-lying areas. residents are filling sandbags and grabbing essentials at local stores where bottled water

quickly sold out area at some gas stations have already run out of fuel. the national hurricane center says that ian good deliver a storm surge of up up to 10 feet. >> people are remembering the sm that hit tampa bay, 100 years ago. this could very well be that the next 100 year storm. >> >> no one wants 100 mile hour winds for 8-10 hours. i am a little bit worried, but prepared? yes. >> hear his perspective on the sheer magnitude of the storm, this is the view from the international space station. our our first alert meteorologist is is joining us now, tracking the storm. when will we see this make landfall? >> wednesday, for tampa. the timing and a detail can still adjust. we have had some close abuse on this now from our first first alert forecast. i can now give you a better idea on how that is playing out. we had mend

had mentioned that it is about to make landfall on the westside westside of cuba, which it is. you can see where the storm is. if we put the actual forecast track on this, this is the cost. cost. have anna sits over here. this is one of the better locations to be if you are going going to be that close, it is far enough removed away from the the eye. it will likely be a category two, perhaps three, as it moves across the western edgf cuba. that's first. that's overnight and tomorrow morning. then we look ahead, by the time that we have gone to wednesday night, then we have a category three that is pointed virtually directly at tampa bay. it does not mean that it comes on sure is a three. a good weekend, but either case, it is a significant significant threat. of course, a a category three storm, the label goes along with wind speeds at, 110 mile-per-hour winds. the much bigger issue is because that this is tampa. the way that tampa is oriented. tampa bay is oriented almost pey

almost perfectly to allow the storm to create a significant s. of the water gets lifted up and put on sure and that is where we we can see the storm surge that will be the biggest impact, because of the way that those storm comes together in the right location. we will have much more on that. at home, things have cooled down if you are near the water. the marine layer is building back in, we are in the upper 50s for most locations. when we wake up tomorrow morning and will be gray skies for everyone, than the marine layer will melt back down into the beach. it is the gray sky at the start from a deep marine layer. we will have light mist out of this tonight and tomorrow morning. early morning commuters, if you are in in the coast, the windshield wipers may go on for a time. it would not be big rainfall totals, but, you could get mist out of that. closer in the 50s. daytime highs are right on the mark for average. all of those inland locations are average

except the city and oakland will will be below average, just because this is such a strong flow, it is like august there. however, it will warm up as you look across the seven day forecast. 79 tomorrow 287 on friday. same story, we warm up in the microclimate for mid-80s to the low 90's by the time we get to friday. that is the forecast for now. andrea, back over to you. > >> we are all very familiar with with the sound, the blue angels will roll back into the area for for fleet week area to san francisco's celebration of the armed forces is the largest in the country. kpix 5 news is proud to be this year's broadcast sponsor. from the presidio to meier island, the bay area is full of military landmarks. tonight, john ramos

kicks off fleet week coverage with a tour of the regions rich military past. >> reporter: when admiral paul halsey made a triumphant return after world war ii, it was perhaps the most climatic fleet week in history. the history of the military in the bay area started long before that. when the spanish wandered into the bay anits value. >> it was decided to establish a a permanent army post in 1776. >> they called it l presidio day day san francisco. with the milewide goldengate of being the the only opening to the bay, it made for a perfect military situation. >> they put cannons on both sides of the entrance, so that back guys that tried to sale and and would be caught in the crossfire. you control the entrance to the goldengate, you control the harbor.

>> reporter: the territory passed from spain, to mexico, to to the united states. in 1949 everything changed. gold was discovered. >> the explosion in economics and people brought by gold, that that is what led to the u.s. government saying that we have to defend this. >> reporter: the presidio was expanded. by the civil war, at e western end of the bridge, was a a large brick fortress that was bristling with cannons. the battery on alcatraz could hit any ships that were trying to at at the city. >> the bay was well guarded by all of this heavy artillery. much of it had become obsolete fairly quickly. >> reporter: the cannons got bigger, even though they were never used. in 1941, an event that rocked the country in the world -- >> the bomb went down with the smokestack of the arizona and exploded the ford magazine.

>> with the attack on pearl harbor, america was in a world war. >> reporter: the bay area was the most important spot on the west coast. small towns like richmond, and alameda boomed with the war effort as thousands thousands arrived at to build, outfit and repair ships. then there was meier island. >> if you are in the navy you knew about meier island. >> reporter: the historic foundation said it became a valuable location for repairing ships that were fighting in the pacific theater. it was in constant fear of attack. the bomb shelter still exists along railroad avenue. it also holds the distinction as being the oldest navy base in the west, established in 1853, to protect the gold trade. >> this was the beginning of the the navy's history in the bay area. it continued all the way through until the navy departed in the 1990s.

>> reporter: the war was won only to be followed by other conflicts, including vietnam. however, that were turned public public sentiment against the military, and with the development of modern defense systems, the old bases shut down. at the museum aboard the hornet and alameda, joseph tab walks among the aircraft. the tangible reminders of days gone. ne by.om world war war ii towards vietnam, and it will let you look at, feel, and be engaged with history. >> reporter: there are places throughout the bay area where you can do that . engaging with a history that transforms the world inside the san francisco, john ramos, kpix kpix 5 news. > >> stay with us for special coverage over the next two weeks weeks on kpix 5 news. > >> straightahead in sports, the 49ers are trying to get sunday out of its system. that loss

came with the california, mountains, oceans, natural wonders, diverse and creative people. but when the out-of-state corporations behind prop 27 look at california, they see nothing but suckers. they wrote prop 27 to give themselves 90% of the profits from online sports betting in california. other states get much more. why is prop 27 such a suckers deal for california? because the corporations didn't write it for us. they wrote it for themselves.

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>> a brutal loss for the 49ers yesterday, but they also lost players on the field. the 49ers were slight favorites at home against the upcoming rams. that is a monday night game that a year ago help turn to the seaso. season around. all-pro left tackle trump williams suffered a a high ankle sprain in denver's loss last night, and he is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. a huge loss for the niners offense. williams is regarded as one of the best players in the league. we also lost linebacker aziza scheier who was was taken off the field with a sprained acl. he will miss two months. on top of that, it was a a bad night for the offense, from the safety to the two turnovers, at all ended up in a loss with the defense only giving up nine points of their .

their own. >> the defense is playing the way that they were, giving us opportunities, if we don't turn the ball over, it is 10 points per game and we should be able to win as long as we don't turn it over. the goal is higher than than that, but, at the very lowest we cannot do that. > >> tonight, the giants host division rival cowboys, monday night football tight at six in the third quarter. a tough run,y quan, say touchdown. tied at 13, 13, watch this catch. cowboys cd cd lamb with one hand. cooper rushed through it. the lamb finished. the cowboys were 23-1. were 23-16.

>> nba and the worriers training the worriers training camp has started, last season louis played in 104 warrior games, all all the regular-season games and and preseason. the dollar found something that tired out iron states -- golden state's iron m. iron man. >> i went to a software conference a, there was a lot of of conversation, and after an hour he said i'm going to take a a nap. i was like, we have six hours to go. he was like, i can't do all this talking. this was a lot. >> a software conference? by the the way, wheels are up for tomorrow. they have exhibition games in japan. >> maybe he will be thrown off by that jet lag. >> he will have plenty of time to sleep on the plane. > >> flying out of san francisco tomorrow? you might want to pack pack a snack. why it will be

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>> tonight, san francisco's huntington hotel shuts down as it faces possible foreclosure. the chronicle reports that it is that it is in default on a $56 million mortgage. the indefinite indefinite closure includes the properties restaurants and spa. named for industrial giant huntington, they were on top of [null] hill since 1924. > >> if you are planning a flight anytime soon, pack a snack. wors are on strike right now for

better pay. >> the workers that average $17n hour are asking for fully funded fully funded healthcare. they will pick it every day until their demands are met. > >> to a rescue mission in san francisco, this puppy was stuck inside of a car after the driver driver accidentally locked their their keys inside. fire crews arrived one like it while the dog patiently watched to the window. the keys in the dog were were safely retrieved. > >> still ahead, call it a rumba on water, a first look at the robot that could help fix a huge huge problem along bay area waterways.

kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30.

>> it could be a high-tech solution to getting rid of plasc trash from the bay area waterways. it is basically a floating rumba, the cleaner the road for lunch today at san pablo in point san pablo harbor in richmond where it will stay for three months. the battery-powered vehicle can collect 100 pounds of trash per trip, and recycle mesh collection bags to avoid trapping small fish. it also uses special software to help it it steer clear of voters. > >> tonight, jupiter makes its closest approach to earth in 60 years, but it is hard to see with all of the clouds across the bay area tonight. it is 367 million miles away at the moment. that makes the gas a giant bigger and brighter. the last time that it was this close, president john f. kennedy kennedy was in office. if we are are looking, where should we

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