live in oakland, maria medina, kpix 5. >> one quick question, i'm depee, one security er or thiss several blocks wide in knowing what has gone on in the bay area for the last six months. one security guard? >> reporter: yeah, what's interesting, they said they have about 15 security cameras here because they knew that there were fires, suspicious fires around town here. so that's why they installed cameras. they did confirm there is one security guard here who is in a different building from where the fire started. >> all right, maria medina live in west oakland, thanks, maria. >>> we just got this video in. those embers, maria mentioned, spreading to homes, blocks away. this helmet cam video shows firefighters breaking down the doors of a burning home on peralta street. you can see what firefighters experienced inside a burning building. flames, they are consuming the ceiling above them. water from their hoses, raining down on them. >> and these are just the latest in a string of suspicious fires at housing construction sites in the east bay, including four dating back to 2016. one of th

chris that's medina here in the studio and i've got our question for you too now the death toll at the moment stands at seventeen people and more than forty are injured and hospitalized now the investigation says that he was the attacker was a loner how was that even possible even if he was not a professional a shooter and now we're talking about a lot of people being injured and a lot of being killed can we think about the possibility that he could have had an accomplice. you know of course i mean that's a point of the investigation and we don't really know yet and the police there will be doing that investigation of course when you have something like this the first thing you want to do is make sure that all of those records are taken out of this could actually be in pursuit of people we don't know and that so much report that the police try to flush somehow we've we've actually had oshie which is in the past that had all the guns and then pretend the students in one out with the kids so so we sued court at least do that that's why they're quite harsh with the children but the studen

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seemed like they were there doing what they loved to do. >> maria medina, kpix 5. >> the company said as always we will pull together to extend our support to the employee's family and our fellow colleagues during this difficult time. >>> starting right now red flag warning in effect for the north and east bay hills. meteorologist paul deanno has been looking at the fire danger and here we go again, right? >> and until it rains, we'll have this every time we get an offshore wind and every time we see what happens here with a north wind that will get gusty in the mountains. fire danger will go up. it's been high for the past couple of months. it'll be critical for the next two days. dry northeast wind, low relative humidity below 10%. in the hills of the north bay and east bay. we are looking at critical fire danger, red flag warnings will start now. what will end this is a widespread rainfall. the rest of us almost went over october. november averages triple the amount of rain in october. the hope is we get some rain soon. we will talk pe raina few minutes. >>> we reached out to pg&e

in east palo alto, maria medina, kpix 5. >> thigh have you covered. we also have a guide to the ballot measure on our website. just go to kpix.com/election. >>> san mateo is taking a new step to tackle opioid overdoses before they become deadly. the sheriff's department is equipping all of its employees with narcan. that's a drug that can reverse the affects of opioids and potentially save a life. well now the sheriff's whole staff is being trained to administer narcan and even take it themselves if they get exposed. and other first aid. >>> san leandro is expanding the service to their public parks over 20%. they do not have wi-fi in their homes. city leaders say connections in parks will help these people access services and expand their opportunities for students. wi-fi is now available at nine city parks. >>> coming up next, the u.s. senator trying to cash in on her bet with the president. why it could cost president trump $1 million. >>> a big job for the u.s. coast guard. the reason they're pulling up these massive navigation buoys in some busy

artie's medina coach of a bank you for bringing us that report. a high school marching bands performance in the united states state of mississippi has sparked anger of students an act of holding policeman at gunpoint picture show members of forest hills band dressed up as doctors and nurses and armed with toy guns the performance was delivered during a high school football game officials meanwhile have slammed the show. this is unacceptable in a civilized society someone should be held accountable why would any high school marching band ever need free guns had they been performing this routine all year other making a complaint to the mississippi high school activities association as well as de forest hill and g.p.s. administration how could any administrators think that have timeshare was appropriate last night forest hills band performed a halftime show at brookhaven high school depicting police officers being held at gun point absolutely disgusting the incident struck a chord with many as it comes less than a week after two local officers were s

kpix 5's maria medina on why some say the city is to blame. >>> reporter: the little league president said the homeless have set up tents on their field, their dugouts, even the bathrooms. this park lot is filled with homeless right now. they used to get a lot of help from park rangers until they were told to stand down because it was too unsafe for them out here. >> i don't know what else to do. >> reporter: this is what ball homeless who leave behind piles of trash, broken into bathrooms leaving behind feces. >> it's not okay. >> reporter: and even this. >> my daughter was going to come out here with me today, now that? >> there's probably 150 people that live in that camp. >> reporter: dolores is the president of the spartan little league which lost half of its players last season. >> parents don't feel it's safe for the children over there. >> reporter: now according to the area's neighborhood association president and the san jose park ranger union, the homeless encampment at the ball field is growing more out of control after city staff told park rangers not to patrol nearby coy

scope of the banning as unclear but such is the means popularity twitter as struggling to keep up medina caution about twitter struggles with its definition of hate speech it seems that it's also failing to keep its notorious russian trolls theory together you're struck me in vogue. remember those big bad russian trolls you've heard about for what feels like years now who are alleged to have up and that the us presidential election the so-called troll factory a secretive technology firm that created and distributed both fake news and divisive stories and pose these were accounts that really looked like american citizens well and a bit for transparency twitter has published some nine million tweets from thousands of accounts they believe were run by stud trolls and if you like us find the data more than a bit difficult to interpret we're not conclusions have already been drawn by the digital forensic research lab twitter gave the group early access to the database and they put out a four part report where they outlined the major takeaways and some may surprise you for example the russian

it is an industry. >> reporter: sat the san jose center maria medina, kpix 5. >>> major development in the heated battle over marin county golf course. a judge has made a final ruling to block the county's purchase of the golf course. a group sued saying the edan en analysis before completing the takeover. the plan was to turn the land into open space. now the iscertn. supprs are gathering signatures for a 2020 ballot measure that would require the land remain a golf course and unless voters approve a change. >>> dash cam video, how they show a school bus taking a terrifying turn right into a river. this happened last week, just north of austin, ignoring a barricade, flooded with water as you can see they were quickly swept into the river. one middle schooler was aboard and had to be rescued. the student was okay, not hurt. but police arrested the driver for that dumb stunt. and local media report, he is also out of a job tonight. >>> never good. >> yeah, turn around, don't drown, especially when it will be a raging river be goes without saying. around here it's a river of the city of

maria medina reports, some worry they won't pass. >> reporter: san francisco police officers who get bilingual pay were tested once and never again. but now they could be retested every, single year starting in january. >> we didn't see anything wrong with having the city making people recertify on occasion. >> reporter: but some of the officers who took the exam did. kpix 5's learned the test is much different than it was years ago specifically, the spanish version which uses conversational spanish. >> spanish from somebody from mexico and central america is different so a word can throw you off. heard some frustrated officers who were disappointed for not passing. >> reporter: some officers who grew up speaking spanish say the test isn't easy. in fact, some are choosing not to take the test and lose the bilingual pay perk. >> what caused the change? sometimes the department can be very reactionary and usually it takes something to happen for a new policy to get amended or implemented. >> occasionally we do update our tests and upgrade our tests. >> reporter: susan is the chief of p

maria medina, kpix 5. >>> san jose firefighters are set to receive a series of raises. a tentative deal with the firefighters union would increase baby 3% annually for the -- increase pay by 3% annually. supporters of the deal say it is overdue to keep up with the cost of living. some people it will keep san jose in the red. >> dow believe firefighters deserve every penny we can pay them. this proposal puts us in the negatives. in a situation where we are going out to taxpayers, asking them to give us even more money to fund our infrastructure, including fire, houses no less, i think it is irresponsible. >> the city council will vote on the new pay package on tuesday. >>> tonight we learned a popular chinese restaurant in walnut creek will get to renew its lease. in a statement, the encina grande center said, "missed the mark when told jade garden it was time to go. the restaurant's owner told us yesterday the whole foods next door didn't want the competition." no comment tonight from the grocery chain. >>> also tonight uber is the latest company to boycott the major in

at san jose state, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> time now 4:39. >> people calling 911 just to get a free ride. coming up, in an original report, they are clogging the system and putting lives at risk. why paramedics are forced to respond. >> clear conditions this morning as we take another live look at the skyline of san francisco. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. we have some breaking news. this is just in from new york city. a fuel truck hitting a passenger plane at laguardia airport. these are live pictures. the american airlines flight had 172 passengers on board. you can see that fuel truck right next to that wing of the plane. the aircraft is now out of service. no injuries were reported. >>> it's possible you may need to call 911 for an ambulance at some point in your life. maybe even more than once. but 300 times in just one year? kpix 5's susie steimle with an original on the people taking our emergency system for a ride. >>> reporter: it's the start of the night shift at paramedics plus. already, they are running a code 3 which means lights and sirens, clearing a path dow

at the santa cruz police department, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> a landmark case against monsanto that led to a big award may be heading for a retrial. a former bay area groundskeeper dewayne johnson has terminal cancer and he says monsanto's roundup weed killer caused it. he said the company failed to warn users about the hazards or respond to his phone calls. in august, a jury awarded johnson $289 million, including $250 million in punitive damages. but yesterday, a san francisco judge said in a tentative ruling that johnson's attorneys failed to produce, quote, clear and convincing evidence of malice or oppression by monsanto. that judge says she will likely throw out the punitive damages. later during a hearing, she also express doubt out separate issue, whether monsanto can be held liable. monsanto's parent company bayer says in a statement: the company continues to believe that the evidence at trial does not support the verdict and the damage award. the jury's verdict was wholly at odds with over 40 years of r across asia are down sharply as investors react to yesterday's sell-of

kpix 5's maria medina was with the crowd at leland high school as angry parents from that school and nearby bret harte middle school demanded answers. >> i definitely have some questions. >>> reporter: it was a rocky start and a highly charged end. parents packed the room armed with questions for san jose unified school district leaders about an idea to tear down leland high school and bret harte middle school and build in its place affordable housing for teachers, staff and even low-income families. >> it would take millions of dollars to replace all of this! i can't understand. >> how would you even consider it, to put, you know, low- income housing where we're standing here? it wouldn't be enough. >> reporter: frustration grew when district leaders couldn't answer how many affordable housing units would be built. >> how many houses are we talking about putting in? >> yeah! >> reporter: or how rebuilding the schools on a vacant lot a mile away makes sense. >> the mood is going to change t traffic patterns, it's going to stop almaden expressway which is already backed up. it just do

they tell kpix 5's maria medina that if the city doesn't do something about it, they will. >> it's like living in a war zone. >> reporter: in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in san jose -- >> it's become a terrifying place to liver now. >> reporter: -- crime is spiking from daytime home invasions, carjackings, robberies and burglaries. she said it's so bad she feels like a prisoner at home. >> when i'm home alone during the day now, i set my alarm. and i do feel like a prisoner. i don't feel safe going out to my driveway after dark. >> reporter: at a recent past town hall meeting, concerned residents expressed outrage about the crime to the city's top cop. that night, chief garcia told them he was creating a new burglary prevention unit to target the most prolific criminals in san jose. >> we have a lot of work to do to make san jose safe. >> reporter: mayor sam liccardo attended a willow glen neighborhood association meeting where crime became a hot topic again with neighbors. >> they have every right to worry so we're just going to step it up. >> i think we need more police office

medina of another brick style in the regions bid to be free of spain's rule. a year after cats linus failed attempt to break away from spain the situation in the region remains deadlocked back than madrid called the referendum on independence illegal and refused to acknowledge it as a result of police crackdown on demonstrators left hundreds of people injured on the anniversary there are similar violent scenes on the streets of catalan as capital. we do know is that just two blocks away from here there was another polling station at least raided that building and forcibly removed people out of there are hundreds of people injured as bodies attacked peaceful voters that's really the price down the street a lot of people are shouting at national police forces to leave the region a lot of money out and it be to seize on the biggest constitutional crisis and the country for decades and if we're twenty seventeen madrid to control of catalan government and put eight of the deposed members in jail and the oust catalan leader of fled the country to belcher with an int

kpix 5's maria medina has more on this brazen heist. >>> reporter: inside one of the few celtic shops there is a camera recording every angle. >> i'm very grateful that no one got hurt. >> reporter: last friday, those cameras recorded this man doing what appears to be sort of a dance with a shop employee. when jim moves right, the man moves left. when jim turns to the front of the store, the man hides behind merchandise. this goes on for a while. jim says he never saw him at all. so when he walked out the door, the man pounced at the opportunity to swipe nearly $10,000 worth of jewelry and cash not once, not twice, but three times. >> how crafty this person was. >> reporter: catherine is the owner of the celtic shop. >> you feel violated. >> come back in again. >> reporter: she says she was shocked when she watched the surveillance video. >> why, you know, why? >> reporter: the shop is a fixture in the small community. catherine's husband used to help her run the store before he died. he was the one who chose the cameras that she now hopes will help campbell police catch the crook. >>

it's medina here in the studio manson i have a question now you mention. this this. problem the mass shootings the school especially when you have them in back in the united states and now it's kind of an international trend that's spreading and maybe there are even some similarities to what we happened to see here happen this day today in the russian city of courage to some other incidents and tragedy that happened to back in the united states but i have this question now the das tall is quite high we're talking about seventeen people being killed as a result of this attack now over fifty injured but if we talk about the columbine massacre there were two attackers there and they had rifles they were completely equipped with that but here we're talking about a loner is that possible or we can now fear is that we we can expect to hear news about him having accomplished this. just for doesn't necessarily we're going to any evidence. that he was a company in addition all. i could think of many of trucks were once on hold a truck or who even more than seventeen. powdered

police we're able to catch up with medina after an officer stopped him on the road for a broken tailight. after an investigation police discovered that he had an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest regarding alleged illicit narcotic sales in davis. officers discovered additional individually packaged narcotics and cash. (jrstone) up next -- still many questions left unanswered about the possible murder of a journalist... how the investigation is impacting the finance industry... when we come back. (justine) plus -- many people remain unaccounted for in florida following hurricane michael. details on the search for residents who remain missing... when we come back. (mabrisa)a look at your forecast coming up... (jrstone) many people remain unaccounted for in florida following hurricane michael.(justine) today, the dangerous task of sifting through piles of debris and rubble, as crews search for loved ones.(jrstone) here's omar jimenez with more. florida's governor and the federal emergency management agency's administrator tour the communities most impacted byhurricane michael.so

. >> but first, let's get to maria medina live in oakland massachusetts korea? >> reporter: and now that the fire is out, we're getting a better look at the damage done out here. you can see behind me, these town homes were just gutted. more than 12 hours after the fire started. investigators, they would remain on scene. >> it was an orange glow. >> reporter: an entire city block on fire, devouring town homes under construction. sending embers into the air, causing several other small house fires, and forcing dozens out of their homes in the middle of the night. >> i feel like i was going to die. >> yeah, the embers, they were coming this way. to this house. >> reporter: as nearly 100 firefighters battle the flames, they say someone tried to light another building under construction not too far away on peralta street. mayor libby schaaf says it's not clear yet this was caused by an arsonist. the fires follow several arsons of building under construction in the last couple of years in oakland. mayor libby schaaf urges the community living next to developments to

wildcard for the event in seignosse, eliminated current men's leader filipe toledo, leaving gabriel medina his fellow brazilian in the overall standings. you know, iwas you know, i was pretty lost in the moment, to be honest. i kind ofjust built through the heat, and i was... the two waves that came to me happened to be beautiful, open faced waves. it is amazing out there. it is so fun. we don't get to surf enough when i am on tour, so i am just stoked to be out there. why wouldn't you want to be there? voth women's and men's events are going down to the end of the season. you can get all the latest sports news at our website. but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello. wednesday brought some unseasonably warm if somewhat breezy weather to the shores of the uk. a big contrast with what we saw piling into florida — into the panhandle here, we saw hurricane—force winds, torrential rain, and a big storm surge around the coast thanks to category 4 hurricane michael. that system, now moving over land, will start to weaken significantly, but it's still going to bring a lot

desaparición sin embargo hoy las autoridades de los Ángeles, informaron a los angustiados padres que a la medinano de 13 años, pertenece a una escuela especial, todo comenzó cuando el alumno quería salir del salón, y el profesor se lo negó. >>>> en nueva york; se producieron imágenes y impresionantes, de ratas gigantes que se puede dar un el bronx. >> pueden dormir ni cocinar por miedo a contraer una peligrosa enfermedad >>>>: así vio el habitante de su edificio invadido de grandes ratas >>>>: otro inquilino se encontró con esto, a primera orden del día >>>>>> uno tampoco puede dormir de noche; tengo hijos chicos,. >>>> tengo un tío y cuatro ratas. >>>> clemente asegura haber tenido que llevar a su hijo a una red emergencia porque una rata lo mordió >>>> no puedes hacer nada te sientes impotente, su hijo sufre muchos problemas de salud, y ahora le resta que los roedores >> ahora los inquilinos, están tomando acciones, están tapando estos orificios. >>>> nuestros residentes no deberían vivir en estas condiciones, hemos tomado medidas benéficas, y eliminar el acceso de los roedores, a nuestros dep

mosques so he imposed the responsibility of the whole most of the world as saudi arabia is the host and medina the whole the city is four four four four four all muslim countries he never mentions mohammad and sound months name but he always pushed king said a man to be after it and to hold a mammoth been sound man accountable and i can show you these newspapers front pages from his speech a survey of the paper say aired on ses the suspects should be tried in a stumble over the premeditated murder of jamal she also. another paper with the with the same subject don calls on king to send some of these suspects yesterday prisons are done made a call that the suspects should be tried in turkey. under an independent investigation and today we heard turkey's justice minister just how often hour ago saying that if the tricks prosecutors have a strong evidence they find a strong evidence or if they have a strong suspicion about the involvement of saudi consul general in istanbul engine mouth jews murder then the prosecutor is allowed to send an invitation and demand the extradition off the saudi consu

kpix 5 maria medina joining us live from leland high where that community meeting is getting underway. maria? >> reporter: and boy this plan has struck a nerve. this meeting is expected to be packed. as you mentioned, the plan is to tear down two schools, leland high school, which is right behind me and brett harp middle school next door to build affordable housing. not just for teachers, but staff and low income families as well. district leaders say now this is necessary as the cost of living rises and they continue to lose teachers who cannot afford to live here. but parents, they argue not only are these schools established, have some of the highest test scores in the city and well loved, but the move will also hurt property values nearby in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in san jose. >> surprised, sad, mad. it sounds strange. the move of something like -- the mood of something like this will change. traffic pattern is going to stop, which has been backed up. now i want teachers to have more money and to be able to live nearby. i understand, i guess what they're trying to do,

maria medina, kpix 5. >>> the surprise announcement at the white house. u.n. ambassador nick had i can hailey says she's resigning. president trump praised haley for the work they have done together calling her, "very special." the former governor of south carolina said her decision was not a step towards a presidential run. >> i am not running for 2020. i can promise you what i will be doing is campaigning for this one. >> the president is expected to announce haley's successor in the next few weeks. someone asked mr. trump today about his daughter, ivanka, taking haley's job. >> the people that noe saucedo ivanka would be dynamite. i think ivanka would be dynamite, but doesn't mean i'd pick her because i'd be accused of nepotism. >> haley's latest departure from president trump's national security circle. she says she will step down at the end of the year. >>> after a bitter battle over his nomination. for the first time today new supreme court justice brett kavanaugh took his seat on the bench. he and fellow justices heard a handful of cases today. among th

ever die if i ever pass away please will you make sure that my body is sent back to my hometown of medina in saudi arabia to be buried all right alan fischer live for us in istanbul allan thank you a man has been held in the united states on suspicion of sending at least thirteen pipe bombs to a high profile critics of president onil trump if you central says are say i was arrested in florida earlier on friday it's revealed he is a supporter of president trump the f.b.i. has warned that there could still be more devices that haven't been discovered yet every elizondo has more from new york. after an intense nationwide manhunt the arrest of a florida man who authorities believe is connected to numerous mail bombs sent to high profile people the past few days these are not hoax devices the suspect caesar say och appeared to be a supporter of president donald trump on the site of a van connected to him that authorities confiscated were stickers praising the president and other stickers of opposing wall makers through the scope of a gun on friday before the suspect was arrested mail bombs wer

maria medina is there with a detailed look at the inspection done tonight. >> it is only a matter of time before cam bet got these scooters. a store in san jose has dozens of them. but tonight the city council may put a stop to it at least for now. >> you scan it. >> reporter: there are those who love them. >> because they're convenient and easy to use. >> there are those like steve tickus who never wants to see an electric scooter again. >> i don't think they are a necessity around here. >> reporter: if you ask him why, he has more than one reason. >> the streets are so narrow. most of them are beat up. they leave them everywhere. they are not wearing helmets and kind of an eyesore all over the place. i mean it's like the freedom of the emergency, but like a shorter scale. >> reporter: he says he was almost hit by one. >> i yelled at her, but she kept going. >> we need some rules. >> reporter: the timing is perfect. tonight campbell city leaders will be voting on whether to put a temporary ban on the e- scooters until they can figure out a set of rules for its sudden surge that has

medina ganas de llorar. >>> la señora dice que todavía no puede creer cómo pudo entregar sus ahorrose vigilancia para que el público colabore en dar con ellos y recuerden que para canjear un boleto ganador de la lotería no es necesario ser residente legal . >>> la recomendación que siempre se hace es nunca dar su tarjeta de crédito. no hay que confiar en nadie. >>> se interpuso la demanda contra dueños de propiedades en san francisco. abogados de al menos 100 inquilinos demandaron a la administradora por supuestamente acosar para desalojar a inquilinos en viviendas con renta controlado. >>> aseguran que cuestionan las afirmaciones . >>> vamos a la pausa, alertan san francisco luego de que un informe indicará que más de la mitad de las escuelas en esta ciudad presentan contaminación por plomo en el agua. san josé lanza una iniciativa para ayudar a familias que pierdan su hogar durante una emergencia natural. >>> un incremento de las temperaturas durante la tarde de hoy. vamos a estar hablando de que que nos espera parece de semana que en la mitad de escuel publicas de san francisco an

especially i had of the needle needing between minister is so that the timing is not at all accidental medina thank you for breaking down that story for us. a new u.n. report now it's an appalling increase in the number of civilian casualties in afghanistan victims from bombings using improvised explosive devices or i e d's have risen twenty one percent in the last year the us from suicide attacks are even worse forty six percent the report shares the story of a teenager injured in one such attack i was taking part in a cricket match at the time after the game some of the guests were to give speeches but before those got underway i heard an explosion and source smoke i saw my blood and realize i've been injured i started running there was a second explosion and i fell to the ground and lost consciousness it's in human to attack players it's a game it's seventeen years since the start of the us invasion of afghanistan despite the war the taliban has only increased its influence and now controls almost half of the country the director of the u.k. crisis research institute says washington doesn'

arabia and in those clouds could potentially be some rain as well that extends over here towards medina as well as mecca but down towards santa you had a lot of rain over the last week but things are drying out for you as well we do expect to see a time to there of about twenty four degrees and then as we make our way down here towards the southern part of africa well we are going to see temperatures on the increase expectantly in the interior but for cape town a day for you is going to be bright with a temperature of twenty five. i would have been under the ada. they must set up. a lot of lawyers all caught up. on the nineteenth of december twenty sixth mahmoud hussein was detained by the egyptian authorities he remains behind bars without a trial al-jazeera world investigates his case and media repression in egypt journalism is not a crime on al-jazeera. challenge your perception. powerful documentaries. accept the. debate some discussions you've been out there with the protesters on the streets what are they been telling you. discover a wealth of award winning programming from around

kpix 5 maria medina is live at mt. diablo where winds have been gusty, maria? >> yeah, the sign is up there. a high fire danger. you can see why. the hills out here, they are dry. one spark and it could be disastrous. california park rangers clear out dry brush and fuel on a normal basis here on mt. diablo. but today they say they are working even harder because of the red flag warning. >> there is still plenty of dry fuel out there. >> reporter: contra costa firefighters say on top of their normal resources they have created a new task force. positioning fire crews in areas they believe are at high risk of going up in flames. the tactic is called repositioning. >> with prepositioning, we can put the resources to where they could fight the fire before it starts and get the jump on it, unlike what has happened historically throughout the wec additional resources. >> reporter: today's weather, low humidity and strong are gusts are creating a perfect recipe for a disaster. in the north bay and east bay hills. with the greatest threat according to the national weat

to discuss the incident with artie's medina. the real incident took place vaca in april last year but let me tell you that the real scandal unraveled last week when the government held a press conference that actually arranged into some kind of a high profile event and that particular press conference of the defense minister accused of russian citizens of an attempted cyber attack on the organization for the proposition of chemical weapons the minister even had a name for what happened back in april and called in a g.r.u. operation well if you have been following the news in the past couple of months well you already know that g r u has become some kind of a bogey word to the west or thirteenth of april this year. carried out an operation to disrupt. operation targeting the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons b. c w the hague there was nothing secret about the visit by the russian technical experts it was a completely transparent and routine business visit well right after that particular incident the russian fo

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maria medina is is is san jose where it is a very noisy night at the marriott. >> for the second night in a row -- a steady drum beat and chance played out in front of the marriott hotel in downtown san jose. >> it took me a while to fall asleep. >> the noise wasn't the only impact this strike had on guests. >> they are not offering rents front service. >> the hotel sent out letters to customers saying they were forced to limit food and housekeeping services. >> they are not offering regular housekeeping. >> this is the impact you wanted? a >> if they want people to do the work they need to pay them enough. >> the employees in san jose joined more than 2500 workers walking the picket line in san francisco and oakland. they are demanding more pay and better benefits. they say many work full-time yet are's -- get are forced to hold a second or third job to survive in the bay area. >> we need one job to be enough. >> a hotel spokesperson said we are you -- we are disappointed that unite here as chosen to resort at the -- at this time. our hotels are open and stand ready to provide excelle

only on "5," maria medina reports this may be just the tip of the iceberg. >>> reporter: for san francisco police officers who spoke another language, they took a test and if they passed, they would get a bilingual pay perk of $70 a month and would never have to take the test again. >> all of a sudden they are being forced to recertify. >> reporter: so they thought. >> official files were lost. >> reporter: the department of human resources the county agency that gives the test to nearly every san francisco city and county employee lost some of their records 20 years ago. >> we did an audit in the spring of last year and found a group of employees across the whole city for whom we didn't have ceicatio that they had passed the test. >> reporter: the chief of policy says from 17 sfpd employ 12 of them officers, were told to retake the test or lose your bilingual pay. >> one is too many. it shouldn't be subjected to having to recertify for something they have already done because somebody lost paperwork. >> reporter: but kpix 5 is learning number of missing records may be even broader. severa

artie's medina court. thank you so much for bringing us the latest . the syrian war has been indiscriminate when it comes to wreaking devastation on people's lives but one tragic story about a thirteen year old girl from aleppo does have a happy ending. i . mean my sister and her two children went outside to buy some things but got caught up in the shell and my sister and her children died and i was taken to hospital as if when we heard the blast i told my wife may god protect the girls from that shell when we went outside to see what damage the blast it cause i saw the children's bodies what remained of them scattered all over the ground. there are not the bottles the russian military visited us they saw sidra and the state she was in they helped us to travel to russia where we've received a very were a welcome all the doctors treated us with care they gave my daughter preset it lacks. i was very scared but the officer even valera which visited me in supported me she brought toys to play together has become a friend of mine. the u.s. secretary of stat

violates its rules but twitter refused to do similar saying the video is in line with its policies medina cuts and i delved deeper into the story. working out what torture things as a ride so wrong is no easy task take that controversial american preacher a lawyer can he wrote this i'm not an anti semite an anti termite he wasn't clear enough he even added a video you know what to do. and do semi stop period. term i am not murdered. because you're so stupid and snotty the first time his fat his feet with such comments but there is no policy violation for twitter which says a crackdown on dehumanizing language has not yet come into effect the company has been quick to pounce on others though reported the doing average thing it can to stop the popular new mean showing liberals as an p.c.'s all that gaming term refer still non playable characters as an background character is preprogrammed to with a limited reactions. but. there's no need to get far. they're represented by a grey faced generic character with a bland expression the character is meant to represent people who do not think for t

maria medina joins us with how her family is honoring her memory. maria? >> reporter: i spoke to michelle vough's sister and moms. they are spreading her ashes in hawaii today. her friends have also been honoring her memory all over the world for the last year. >> i just wanted to say we miss her a lot. >> reporter: it was her first country concert. she was having a good time. then minutes after her last post. a mass shooting that killed dozens including the 32-year- old insurance agent. >> i recognized one of the names. i went to independence high school together. >> city council members went to high school with michelle and her sister, kathy. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: five days after the tragedy, he helped organize a candlelight vigil for her family, which drew many who knew michelle from her days in san jose as well as uc davis where she went to college. all with stories about the kindness she had spread around the world. >> and that was the type of person she was. she was an angel. only an angel could do that. >> reporter: after michelle's funeral,

live in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> if you live in napa county, you may have received an alert this morning on your phone. officials are testing out a new emergency alert system. as kpix 5's emily turner reports, it is still a work in progress. emily? >> reporter: i think there is a perception, liz, because my phone is in my hand and according to my gps knows where i am that a wireless emergency alert should be able to find me right here in the middle of the city of napa. while that expectation is here, the technology isn't quite there yet. >> head southeast towards fourth street. >> reporter: we rely on our phones to give us information and in some cases save our lives. >> i know i rely on my phone too much. >> reporter: when it comes to wireless emergency alerts on those phones, it's clear they are not always your guardian angel. >> everything is technological with its glitches too. you know, everything in our lives right now that has technology attached to it. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. >> all right, we'll start with calistoga. >> reporter: today napa tested i

twenty nineteen independence is a saga that could yet have another anniversary next october first medina culture of all with the report well journalist martin roberts believes madrid is unlikely to approve an independence referendum any time soon. petro sun chief the new prime minister in spain who really placed his predecessor money on a run in june has adopted a more conciliatory tone by arranging for cuts alon prisoners who were jailed after last year's failed independence but he's agreed for extra aid to be given to council lumia things like this is held direct talks however he said this a referendum is not possible because that would require a constitutional amendment which in turn would require a two thirds majority in parliament and even then you would have to decide of parliament to call fresh elections pederast sentient is not going to want to do thus because he only has a quarter of the seats in parliament he's governing that a very small minority so the chances there of legal referendum particularly slim. all right just approaching a quarter past eight a m this monday morning

information to use against him well let's get more on this story now he's following this story for us medinaod evening she what's been the reaction there to this. while at the new york times has published an article that has been raising plenty of eyebrows and was actually did. proved by almost all parties a mentioned in it now of the paper he said that american intelligence report stated that chinese and russian spies are listening in when u.s. president donald trump calls his friends using his i phones and later they use that particular information to influence him and his policies well at a daily briefing trying to ease foreign ministry spokeswoman said that the journalists behind that particular article were trying to wean a cademy award for best screenplay and she also added that that's another piece of evidence that the new york times is making fake news now the us president donald trump also commented on this article in a way that he usually does using his twitter now he wrote dad said the article was so in correct and he also added that he only uses government phones well here in mos