reporting live in the newsroom, cate cauguiran, kpix 5. >> thank you, cate. now 6:46. now for a bent metal update. >> it's not quite empty outside but there's not a whole lot going on on this holiday monday. we can sew you how quiet traffic is if you're crossing the san mateo bridge. 880 and 101. and one earlier accident we were watching has got the all- clear on northbound 880 on the onramp, overturned accident. that is now completely cleared out. chp left the scene and the freeway is fine from fremont all the way up to oakland. there's a drive time for you between 238 and the maze, only 15 minutes right now. no overnight roadwork or any roadwork really except for the 280 closure that we'll update you on in just a few minutes. there is a giants game this afternoon at 1:00. closure in effect until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow and everything is on track so continue to use 101 as your alternate or jump on the plaza, very quiet east bay to morin county. >> it should be a nice day in most spots. patches of fog in the coastline, we see some of that right now. some of the clouds try t

kpix 5's cate caugiran is live at 6th and brannan streets. cate, the chp is warning drivers to be prepared to sit in traffic during the memorial day weekend. >> reporter: yes, they are. we're actually live in front of one of those off-ramps that will be blocked to drivers putting extra cars on 101 and side streets in the area. but let's break down this closure. it's southbound 280. it's going to be a two-mile stretch between king street and pennsylvania avenue off-ramp. it's going to close tonight at 9:00 which means mariposa, sixth and king street on-ramps will be closed off to traffic. the highway will re-open at 5 a.m. tuesday morning. your best bet out of the city will be highway 101. crews will use the 4 day closure to replace a bridge hinge to make the roadway safer in case of an earthquake. we are joined live now by steve williams from caltrans to talk more about these repairs. what can we expect, steve? >> hi. we're going to close this down like you said at 9 p.m. tonight. tonight it's going to be noisy and dusty because we have to de

we have one idea, we have cate caugiran at a cooling center in dublin. how are you doing, cate?: i'm good. right now it's pretty cool. i know that's going to change dramatically over the next few hours. triple digits will be here in dublin. health officials say heat- related illnesses can be prevented if people find a way to beat the heat. there are resources for people who need them. colling centers will be set up -- cooling centers will be set up across the bay area in senior centers and community centers designed so you can pop in, get a little relief. it's also going to be another "spare the air" day. so that means we're looking at more pollution. this is video over dublin. today's weather combined with vehicle exhaust will key arizona more haze that we saw yesterday. on top of that cal/osha is also concerned for workers who will be spending most of the day outdoors. they have cautioned employers to inform and protect those employees who will be spending the day in the heat. cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> a check of your traffic 101 in dublin, it's slow, an earlier accident. you

cate. >> reporter: yes, he is. nonprofit group called santa cruz puma society has been tracking 47m, the mountain lion. they say it was looking to establish his own territory. typically, these cats are viewed from afar or at the zoo. not in an underground parking garage. >> kind of uncommon for it to come all the way down through here, but that being said there is a trail that cuts through, the stevens creek trail comes through this area. so it may have taken that route. >> reporter: they say this cat came into rangesdorf park around 6:30 last night and strolled across california street before landing at the casa del rey apartments. that's where he sat for hours. officers believe he was a far ways from home. >> palo alto police department had some sightings several years ago so their natural habitat i believe would be up there. >> reporter: guns were drawn, the complex surrounded as game wardens struggled to tranquilize the animal. the process took so long because it turned out the wardens didn't have all the parts

reporting live in fact newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. -- reporting live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> the bay area is celebrating the life of maya angelou. the award winning author, activist and poet died yesterday. she was 86. angelou turned had your personal pain into poetry and inspired millions. kpix 5's anne makovec joins us live from oakland where a sculpture of maya angelou is a reminder of the time she spent here in the bay area. >> reporter: i think the past 24 hours have really been a learning experience for all of us when we find out exactly the place that she has in history and in our history here in the bay area. we have even seen a couple of people stop by this statue in her honor in downtown oklahoma this morning just to be here and to remember her. you can see several flowers left overnight, as well. this is part of oakland's remember them monument. so she is here with the likes of abraham lincoln and ghandi. this sculpture in particular was created by oakland's artist mario chiodo. he is inspired by angelou's work as an author, poet and civil rights activ

cate caugiran joins us live. crews have a lot of work to do over this memorial day weekend. >> reporter: yeah. a lot of work, michelle. and about 60,000 cars normally use this stretch of southbound 280 but not today. you can take a look right now because caltrans crews have been hard at work trying to replace that old hinge in the bridge and caltrans says it's about 50 years old so it was time. the purpose is to make the road safer in case of an earthquake. we do know that this work is going to continue over the next few days. representatives say they have decided to shut down all lanes because the process of replacing the hinge involves quite a bit of demolition work. >> they have to demolishing the concrete because the -- they have to demolish the concrete because the hinges are imbedded in the concrete and then they pour the concrete over the hinges. >> reporter: the good news for neighbors about the demolition work, they are about halfway done so there shouldn't be too much noise or dust over the weekend. the

and i'm cate cauguiran by the golden gate bridge. there have been changing.blems just witnessed the accident as a result of people trying to get around the new change here. and then commuters, in this case, two prius cars. one tried to make an illegal change and pay extra attention this morning because things have changed. so for regular commuters across the bridge, there's a good chance if you aren't looking, you could miss it. construction crews moved the last san francisco exits up by a thousand feet. and if you miss this, you have to drive all the way across the golden gate bridge and pay the $7 toll just to make it back. >> moving that last exit can be treacherous because if you're not local and a native like i am, you'll miss it. >> tell me what it was like down in here. >> a lot of traffic and patience. bring it with you. >> the modification is so construction crew can add safety shoulders. you can see so many people violate here and try to make it an illegal right turn and avoid the extra toll. and then be extra vigilant. it moves up a thousand feet.

live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> the u.s. government plans to kill thousands of owls in upstate california. the reason, the barred owl is an invisualive species on the hoopa indian reservation. they are taking over the nesting area of a spotted owl. it's a threatened species. >> the barred owl is a wonderful bird but it's invasive. >> spotted owl numbers have dropped as much as 80% in just the last 20 years. >>> nearly 1500 fast food workers descended upon mcdonald's in oak brook illinois yesterday demanding higher wages. people showed up in dozens of buses and were met with riot police there. the protests were peaceful but 110 people were arrested. it was to get the attention of the shareholders meeting today for mcdonald's meeting. >>> it is 6:40 on your thursday. he was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the country. how harvey milk will be honored at the white house today. >> oh, yum. we're talking barbecuing and memorial day. they go hand in hand. so we have the details on mop and smoke coming up. >> and th

i'm cate caugiran.ll bring you the latest in this police investigation. >> president obama outlines a plan to end the 13-year conflict in afghanistan. the thousands of troops will remain in the country after the war's end. >> winds are back. looks like the red flag warnings and high fire danger going up, too. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and another busy commute this morning over at the bay bridge toll plaza. backed up on all the approaches into the macarthur maze approaching the pay gates. full look at your drive to work coming up. >> thank you. good morning. it's wednesday may 28. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:31. >>> mourners across the state of california gathered to remember the lives lost in that deadly isla vista rampage. kpix 5's kit it live in san jose. and kiet, three of those students from right here in the bay area. >> reporter: yeah. one of those students george- cent graduated from this high school two years ago. folks showing up from santa barbara all t

cate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank. state lawmakers who support the bill say this is a great way to cut down on pollution not to mention create a reserve of money to help repair our roads and highways. state senator mark desaulnier of concord just introduced this bill to test out the vehicle miles traveled or vmt tax because the gas tax is no longer bringing in what it used to thanks to people driving more fuel-efficient cars. this would be a voluntary program. it would eliminate the state's gas tax which currently is 52.9 cents per gallon, the second highest in the country behind new york. instead, it would institute a vmt tax. the idea is just that, tax people for every mile they drive their cars. the program is already being tested in other states. >> we want to do as washington and oregon has done in a much bigger state with much longer commutes, much more impactful to our economy, to make sure that we find out whether it would work, whether the public would like it or not. >> reporter: the way it works in other sta

kpix 5's cate caugiran is in the newsroom with more on this developing story.> reporter: michelle, animal services is investigating these two attacks. they know that the dogs involved belong to a neighbor in the area and got loose from the owner's backyard. we were there when the owner was confronted by one victim's husband. brentwood police officers say these dogs caused these injuries which led to this confrontation. >> see what at the did to my wife? >> you know what? it's not a pet bull. >> i don't know what it is. i just got home myself. >> it's a mastiff sharpei. >> i don't care what it is. >> you know what? you don't even get in my face. you don't know what it's doing to my daughter. those are like my granddoggies. >> reporter: it all began yesterday morning when two dogs got out of their yard and went on a rampage. >> i was walking my dogs and these giant dogs decided to make mine a snack. >> reporter: he put his dogs on top of a truck to try to fight off the other pair. >> one of the dogs went for my finger. i pushed him off. the other one didn't like

time now 6:00. >>> i'm cate caugiran live in the newsroom. a cat gets loose in a mountain view neighborhood not just any cat but a mountain lion. we'll have more on the hours- long standoff and what it took to get him out of there. >> reporter: and police are still looking for a driver who hit and severely injured a pedestrian last night. i'm anne makovec live in san francisco with the damage left behind. >>> and checking the ride on westbound 580, it's pretty stacked up all the way through the livermore valley and now we are getting word of a stall approaching hopyard so closer to

michelle, back to you. >> cate, do you know how much this proposed tax would be? >> reporter: not at this point. the way it is going on here, we know that it's going on in oregon and washington, right now in oregon drivers are taxed about 1.5 cents for every mile driven. >> all right. cate caugiran live in san francisco, thank you. >>> san jose police have a number of questions for 15-year- old yahya abdi. they are eager to ask him how he got past that fence at mineta international airport and into the wheel well of that plane that carried him from san jose to hawaii. he is now home from hawaii. officials there turned the boy over to santa clara child protective services over the weekend. >>> developing news. a terrorist group is claiming responsibility for last month's kidnapping of 300 teenaged girls from their school in nigeria. kpix 5 reporter mark kelly is in the newsroom with more on this nigerian terrorist group. mark. >> reporter: michelle, their name is boko haram which translates to western education is sinful. in a video that surfaced in the last 24 hou

kpix 5's cate caugiran with what people are pushing for in a may day rally in san francisco. cate. >> reporter: frank, we can see behind me there's a collection of groups here rallying for may day. some of these people have started chanting and picketing as early as 5:00 this morning. and we have been following them around the city you see now here they are rallied right in front of city hall. they are getting ready for the rest of their day. >> reporter: today is their day. >> to fight for san francisco. >> reporter: thousands of people skipping the 9 to 5 to remind their employers, things need to change. >> the two gate system is unfair for workers to be able to express their, you know, needs to earn a decent living and bond together and unite. >> reporter: workers took to the streets with picket signs and chanting to demand better pay, better working conditions, and fair labor laws. >> right now, as it is, with decent jobs, a lot of us can't afford to live here and we have these contractors that are not paying bay area standard wages on jobs, that just creates problems. >>

cate. >> reporter: michelle, the suspect isidro garcia is expected to make a court appearance today. he has been jailed on suspicion of kidnapping for rape, lewd acts with a minor and false imprisonment. this whole case came to light monday when police say the alleged victim who used the name laura ortiz filed domestic violence charges against her husband. police say she contacted them after she reached out to her sister for the first time on facebook and her sister convinced ortiz to report her abuse. police say ortiz told them she was abducted 10 years ago from a santa ana park by her mother's live-in boyfriend. police confirmed her mother filed a missing persons report hours after the girl disappeared. >> who would imagine the guy would have done something like that? you know? have somebody like for a long time, you know? >> reporter: do you believe it? >> no. i don't believe it. >> reporter: investigators say garcia sedated the girl at 15, locked her in a garage and sexually assaulted her, beat her and forced her to marry him and bear his child. now, neighbors say the two frequen

live in the newsroom, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> a grass fire in vallejo may have started at a nearby homeless encampment. the three-alarm fire began 3:30 yesterday afternoon near 80 and 780. you see the flames all the smoke making visibility very poor. chp had to close connecting ramps in the area for a short time. it was contained in an hour. no reports of injuries. >>> it's a big victory for people who want access to a public beach in san mateo county. yesterday the state senate passed a bill by jerry hill that would force the re-opening of the only access road to martins beach. the beach is public, but the road is on private property owned by sun microsystems cofounder vinod khosla. he recently blocked access to the road with a locked gate. the bill now moves to the state assembly. >>> well, new this morning, only 4 in 10 bay area residents actually use a land line. that's according to a new poll by the bay area council. 60% of people living in the reasonable use their smartphones, 40% though of cell phone users say they are worried about potential health effects from antennae but

cate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, frank.o show you here at 16th and mission, workers are already getting to mobilize and march out to different locations. you can see they are here with their bright orange shirts. they have signs, they have music playing and they are getting ready to march out to different locations. and these people here particularly are advocating for construction workers' rights and they are not the only ones who will be marching today. we are going to see these events all across the bay area so expect workers to be marching, chanting with signs across several cities, san francisco, oakland, santa rosa and san jose. now, this is also known as international labor day where workers advocate for a list of issues including immigrant rights, labor wages, and fair labor laws. workers here at 16th and mission tell me that this is meant to unite workers and give them a platform to voice their issue. but it's also a reminder that changes need to be made. >> this is a great venue for people to come together across

kpix 5's cate caugiran is live in the newsroom. cate, some are saying this effort might buy -- by the u.s. might be too little too late. >> reporter: the girls have been missing for nearly three weeks and many say the world including the media have been slow in responding. so even though nigeria has since accepted president obama's offer, amnesty international says the delay makes the chances of finding the girls slim. >> we are sending in a team made up of our military and law enforcement and other experts and we're very glad nigeria's accepted the help. >> reporter: the u.s. is preparing to deploy a team of specialists including military, law enforcement and hostage negotiators to help nigeria in the search. and nigerian police are offering a $300,000 reward for information that can help them find the more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls. the islamic terrorist group boko haram claimed responsibility for their abduction and vowed to sell the girls as wives. >> i suspect they are being used as sex slaves and suffering very terrible

cate cauguiran, kpix 5. >> cate, thank you. the 77-year-old pilot was a well known aviator. adrani lived to fly. international council of air shows inducted him into their hall of fame. >>> police shot and killed a man after responding to a domestic disturbance call in dublin in the 7,000 block of dublin meadows street around 6:15 tonight. one officer was attacked by a man with a baseball bat. the suspect died from his injuries. >>> alameda county deputies need reconstructive surgery on his face while he and his colleague were beaten while responding to a call. the deputies tried to break up the fight in the hallway. two men and a woman turned their aggression towards the deputies and at one point, the deputy lost consciousness. the other managed to use a stun gun. all three arrested. >> 5:33 right now. another check on the weather. >> looks like a different day today. winds going to be kicking up outside. breezy and cooler all around the bay area, bringing some showers into far northern california. we've got a slight chance of maybe a couple of scattered light sprinkles loc

kpix 5's cate caugiran joins us live in vallejo. it appears the shooter fired multiple times hitting two people. >> reporter: yes, they did, frank. vallejo police believe that the car that the victim was inside was targeted. here's the scene from earlier. several evidence markers indicate that this will be an extensive investigation. the shooting happened around 9:00 last night at this "five star" station on lincoln road west. investigators say the suspect fired several shots at a car in the parking lot inside the 24- year-old man hoe died later after being taken to the hospital. >> it's early in the investigation. we don't know what the motives are or the cause of this shooting. we have two shooting victims. >> reporter: there was a second person nearby also hit by a bullet but is expected to survive. at this point it's unknown if the victims knew each other or the relationship to the suspect. and no one has been arrested. cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> police haven't released the names of the victims. >>> a day to the victims of the de

frank, back to you. >> cate, how is the student? >> reporter: we know, after the incident the student's injuries were so bad he had to be taken to the hospital but he is expected to be okay. reporting live in oakland, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> developing news after weeks of controversy surrounding their long-time owner. the los angeles clippers may be on the verge of being sold. kpix 5's anne makovec is in the newsroom with details of a record-breaking offer from former microsoft ceo steve balmer. >> reporter: he is offering $2 billion for the team. all of the parties seem to be in agreement about the sale except for donald sterling. former microsoft ceo steve balmer has signed a contract to purchase the los angeles clippers for a record-breaking $2 billion. he made the deal with donald sterling's estranged wife shelly. the team says in a written statement she was acting under her authority as the sole trustee of the sterling family trust which owns the clippers. >> mrs. sterling and her lawyer have gotten an offer that they seem t

kpix 5's cate caugiran joins us live. they have a lot of work to do over the big holiday weekend. >> reporter: they do and they are well under way right now. i'm hearing a lot of drilling, a lot of work going on. for drivers this will be about 60,000 of them will have to find another way around all of this work. it's also a week where that's going to be a lot of stuff going on. we have giants games, carnival so plan ahead. we have a look at the work that's already being done. let's break this closure down. it's southbound 280 about a two-mile stretch between king and pennsylvania. those on-ramps. caltrans crews are working to replace a bridge hinge to make sure the roadway is safer in case of earthquake. for more on that now we are joined live by caltrans' steven williams. could you talk to us about the work that's going to be done? >> yeah. what's going on now is the demolition of the old structure so they can replace the hinges with new hinges which will enhance the seismic capacity of the structure. >> reporter: so wha

kpix 5's cate caugiran reports. >> reporter: good morning. a player said he would come here into the locker room here at candlestick stand in line with other injured players where painkillers were handed out like candy. the lawsuit was filed in federal court in san francisco on behalf of more than 600 former players. it allege, quote, the nfl has illegally an unethically substituted pain medication for proper healthcare to keep the nfl's tsunami of dollars flowing. the legal does have a ban on the use of painkillers without a prescription. but there is no clear policy or oversight of how team doctors provide the drugs. >> some games, i'm taking two or three vicodin before the game, two or three vicodin halftime, a shot of toradol before the game and they are getting both shoulders, hands, shot up before the game. >> reporter: jeremy newberry told kpix 5 he suffers from renal failure, high blood pressure and violent headaches because of all the pain medications the team doctors gave him. roger goodell hasn't received the lawsuit and they are n

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cate? >> reporter: well, yeah it's both good and bad but for the 60,000 people who use the stretch of southbound 280, this sign will be very welcome for them. because they'll have an easier ride this morning. caltrans closed off the section of highway 280 on thursday between king street and pennsylvania avenue for earthquake retrofit work. construction and engineering crews worked to replace a bridge hinge which meant a lot of noise and dust for nearby neighbors. but now it's all done which means a safer roadway for drivers. >> it's been a very challenging project. they had to bring in crews from other projects just to make sure that we made the deadline. >> reporter: now these hinges will allow the bridge to accommodate for expansion and contraction and will also make the highway safer in case of an earthquake. but the work is not quite done just yet. there are three more hinges to be replaced on the northbound side which means there will be closures the fourth of july weekend and labor da

cate cauguiran has the story. >> reporter: was looking for a new apartment and a new job. he was on a date when he got the call he never expected. >> he might collapse any day now. cancer of the blood. decided he wasn't going to let his diagnosis become a death sentence. >> people get the whole, oh, i really have cancer, i'm going to die and why me. that hit me on later on. i was too focused on trying to beat this thing. >> he did after getting an umbilical cord transmit and in his blog, he writes, it came back. >> cancer got worse. >> ryan's reality, his best chance was among the phil pinot american community. >> if you came from the same background, there's a much higher chance that all the proteins on your cells are going to be a perfect match. >> no one in his family matched and the search of the natural. the donor program, only 7% of those are asian. phil pinot americans, barely 1%. >> reporter: ryan said no fda approved chemo can help, to 5% of his bone marrow and the odds are against him but he'll still fight. if not for him, for others. >> they always say it doesn'

cate cauguiran reporting live in the newsroom, kpix. >>> this just in. police arrested 24-year-old michael green for the murder of attempted murder of two people in a san francisco parking lot. he was found in florida and will be extradited to san francisco. he's accused of shooting two victims, a sixth and jesse last november after a fender bender accident. the passenger was killed and the driver was wounded. >>> checking bay area headlines. mountain view city leaders looking for access improved for parking. they'll look at a plan to use cameras to report the license plates cars entering the garages and residents concerned about privacy but the city said the information will be routinely deleted. >>> congested pricing on the area bridge. it's not working. ross reported this morning in the chronicle that a recent check showed the same number of cars going through the tolls four years after the change. total is $6 between 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 and just $4 during the offpeek hours. >>> the missing construction hill worker spotted in reno around 2:00 this morn

cate cauguiran recount it is moments where a stunt went horribly wrong. >> spectators were recording the moment it happened. even the announcer knew something just wasn't right, noting the pilot in the vintage plane went upside earlier than before and then the touchdown, no one expected. >> standstill, stay right where you are. we've had an incident. we are aware of that. >> reporter: the plane glides down the airfield, the crowd watching in disbelief. smoke starts white at first and minutes later, black smoke and flames come pouring out of the aircraft. the investigators at traffic air force base spoke monday morning with an update on the investigation. >> we were focusing strictly on the perishable evidence which is the site of the guard and getting moved. and evaluated. >> military officials say the pilot's 70-year-old eddie andretti had done this maneuver several times. >> if you reference his web site, you can see mr. andretti has been flying since he was 16 years old and performing in air shows for the past 25 years. >> extraordinarily talented pilot and drove several airplanes

kpix5's cate caugurian has been out at the scene all morning and joins olive. >> reporter: to give you an idea of how close this happened to the school. we are standing in the park where the student was shot. he walked across the street to kennedy high school where he got help. we will also tell you some parents are not convinced their children are safe. they have been coming to the school and taking their kids home. >> i can keep him safe. i'm not saying they didn't, but they did. but i can keep him safe, too. >> reporter: sylvia whitley raced to the school after hearing about the shooting on the news. the students were getting into their classrooms when they reported shots nearby. a group of people were fighting in the park across the street from kennedy high school and that is then a suspect fired a shot at a 14-year-old boy, a student at kennedy. the boy was shot in the leg and taken to children's hospital in oakland. administrators put their emergency plan in place locking down the school and a nearby elementary school. >> we have emergency preparedness strategies in place. school

kpix 5's cate caugiran is live in the newsroom. >> we are hearing how the parents of the shooter actually tried to stop him. >> reporter: the family is in seclusion. a family friend said he showed me signs of violent before the rampage. on the night that elliot rodger brought death to the streets of santa barbara his parents raced to stop him. john blackstone sat down with a family friend. >> in each car they are listening to the radio and they are hearing that at least been a massacre in santa barbara. they then talk about a black bmw and elliott has a black bmw and peter said to me during that drive he knew that his son had caused this. >> you had met elliott? >> yes. >> you knew him? >> yes, i did. he was a boy that was unbearably removed. he hardly joined in conversation. and when he replied to something, he looked startled. i thought he was the loneliest person i had ever seen in my life. >> i have been forced to endure an existence of loneliness, rejection and unfulfilled desires. >> does the family themselves feel a sense of responsibility? >> inwardly think we must do when somethi

frank, back to you. >> cate, have we heard from anyone in the railroad or the oil industry at all?orter: no, frank. unfortunately, no. there has been no immediate comment regarding the government's new regulations. however, the association of american railroads has put out in a statement that they will do all they can to comply with the new rules. live in richmond, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> there's a big flap over how a fairfield post office dealt with a messy bird problem. five rescued chicks just one to three weeks old were knocked out of their nests during a tree trimming, black crown night herons. nests in city owned trees around the post office make a mess everywhere. the tree trimming service that caused the birds to fall was commissioned by the post office. >> it is frustrating to see these trees get whacked and the birds right when they're nesting. i don't even want to know if there were any active nests destroyed. >> campos street service trimmed the trees. the person in charges says, what happened to the birds was an accident, and he is taking full responsibility for it.

reporting live in san francisco, cate cauguiran, kpix 5. >>> new this morning, a girl from about i don't care managed to get away from a man she says forced her into prostitution. the 17-year-old escaped from a stockton motel sunday and called 911. she told police she had run away from home after a fought with her parents and was forced into prostitution by a man she had met months ago. police say when they caught him, three other teenaged girls were in the car. >> what's really alarming is that the 14-year-old girl inside the car was teaching the other girls how to be prostitutes. >> 20-year-old chester brown is due in court tomorrow. meanwhile stockton police are looking into the possibility of more victims. >>> and right now police are looking for whoever committed a triple shooting in san francisco's bay view district. with deadly results. i want happened yesterday shortly after 5:00 p.m. at the intersection of key street and palu avenue. police say they believe the shots came from a passing car. one victim did die and two others still in the hospital and investigators still trying t

. >> reporter: cate dorr opened the west coast chapter of the warrior canine connection.fice at menlo park va, cate is a one woman powerhouse giving local vets what she calls canine therapy as she trains them to be trainers. >> the same skills that they practice with the dogs they are practicing on in their own lives as well. >> reporter: skills such as patience, impulse control, positive communication, were all needed to train ford to open it up. >> playing tug of war. good boy! >> work on ford cutting on the light switch. >> reporter: john tyson has been a warrior trainer for seven months. after two tours in iraq he returned struggling with anxiety and depression and says working with cate's dogs has been the best medicine. >> good boy. sometimes when you come in from a place that i did you don't feel good about yourself. you can't even love yourself. they will love you so you can love yourself. >> reporter: john says it used to be difficult getting out of bed most mornings. now he is here training other vets to help prepare these dogs for someone who needs them more. >

kpix 5's cate caugiran was at amador valley high school in pleasanton where a forum was just held for students and parents. >> we are so angry. parents of are really angry. -- parents are really angry. we try to understand why our kids need to be punished. >> reporter: stress levels at amador valley high school just kicked up a not sure as did the pressure on school administrators. >> they are getting punished for something they didn't do wrong! and the schools cannot do anything about it! >> reporter: she is a parent of a junior at amador valley. yesterday her son and 400 other advance placement students were told the ap test they took last month were not valid because of seating irregularities. . >> a lot of kids are about to break down. yesterday when they told them in the gym, a lot of kids cried. >> reporter: it came to light after an anonymous concern that a student possibly cheated and was declared not an issue but the educational testing service asked how were the students placed? rules state students must be seated five feet apart. >> we were 2" under the required distance be

cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> california's redwood city are in danger from poachers. park rangers say thieves are cutting massive parts from the base of the tree to sell on the black market to make furniture, bowls and souvenirs. park rangers say burl protects the trees from insect infestation and fire. a mile has been slut down to help combat the crime. >>> time for weather now. could be the most important forecast that you do all year long. >> absolutely! we got to do this one right for moms. we have mother's day coming up. i think that will be nice. but today we got the clouds outside. there's a slight chance we could see some sprinkles out there today as we have a weak weather system moving on through. out the door we go, our hi-def doppler radar is tracking this system. there's not a whole lot of moisture with it but you can see right here at the end of the loop a few light showers off the coastline. so far none has made it to the bay area just yet but looks ominous outside right now cloudy skies over san francisco. and the temperatures cool into san francisco as

cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> let's take a live look outside right now. you're getting a beautiful view of san francisco. that's from our oakland airport camera. got a little fog out there. how about a little preview of the weather to come for the big memorial day weekend? here's lawrence. >> the unofficial kickoff to summer is looking great. going to see a lot of sunshine. high pressure now building overhead very nicely. expect some warm temperatures away from the coast. we'll still see enough of a sea breeze to bring some low clouds and fog there. if you plan to travel, temperatures in the central valley today up in the mid [ indiscernible ] [ no audio ] >> lake tahoe 73 degrees. but you know what, this weekend, we are expecting some showers but we're not expecting some rain dropped. we'll explain that coming up. >>> lives police believe a sexual assault on a woman walking in robertson park may be related. joggers and walkers were alone and assaulted while wearing headphones. the suspect is believed to be a hispanic male about 5'8" around 180 pounds. an

i'm cate caugiran.s today and the concern that police might have for may day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a change could be in the air for airline ads. why critics say 2 means deceiving passengers about the cost o tickets, coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> your realtime captioner is linda macdonald. door.. to a horrific scene. two burn victims escaped an >>> a three-alarm fire guts a home in west san jose. we have the dramatic video coming up in a live report. >> a bay area family opens their front door to a horrific scene. how two burn victims escaped an explosion and wound up at a house nearby. >> and an earlier accident is jamming up the works now in southbound 880. it's in hayward. we'll help you get to work on time. it's all coming up. >> thank you, liz. good morning, everyone. it's thursday, it's the first day of may. it's may day. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now 6:31. >>> let's check in with lawrence for the hot forecast. >> yeah. guys, if you like the heat, you're goi

kpix 5's cate caugiran with why lawmakers say it's needed for the state's infrastructure. >> reporter: state lawmakers and reps from the mtc say this is the best option we have with declining gas tax revenue. right now road projects are falling behind as well as improvements. but still drivers say this is a bill they don't want to sign off on. drivers in the bay area willing to go the distance for their daily grind. >> i commute like about 90 miles. >> 30 miles one way so 60 miles a day. >> reporter: but for a potential tax on how far they drive? >> terrible! i think it's a bad thing for me. i mean, for people that are driving so much every day. >> reporter: state senator mark desaulnier of concord just introduced a bill to test out a vehicles mile trapped, or vmt, tax. the idea is to tax drivers for every mile they rack up. the voluntary program would get rid of the state's gas tax. it currently stands at 52.9 senses per gallon. that's the second highest in the nation behind new york. the reason behind the push for the new tax? state leaders say the gas tax is no longer bringing in w

in san francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> she was amazing. you can find more on maya angelou's bay area ties on our website, kpix.com. >>> new at noon now the excitement, the mystery and intrigue surrounding an anonymous cash donor is taking the bay area by storm. more than 150,000 people are now following the twitter account hoping to cash in on this social experiment. kpix 5's kiet do on the growing movement that's taken over the city of san jose today. take it away. >> reporter: we are live here at the location of the second cash drop in san jose. you should have seen this place. was a madhouse. hundreds of people have come and gone. at 11:15 a.m. mr. hidden cash as he is calling himself says that more cash drops are coming to san jose. this was the first san jose clue. across from where the sea creature's play, a dog, pees in the fall. it was found in less than five minutes. >> today is lucky day for alice. and alice is getting free money. if i don't get no more money today, i'm happy. >> reporter: alex found $135 by camping out across fr

back to you in the studio. >> cate, how about the railroad or the oil industry, any comments? >> reporter: no, frank. there's been no immediate comments from representatives of both those industries. however, we know that the association of american railroads has come out in a statement and said they will do their best to comply with the new regulations. reporting live in richmond, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> a new court battle begins today in an effort to let the public use a beach on the san mateo county coast. the new owner closed the road that provided access to martins beach several years ago. this morning, that billionaire landowner is being taken to court by the surfrider foundation. it's lawyers want the property owner to testify about closing the beach access. an earlier attempt to get it reopened failed because the judge based his ruling on a treaty from 1848. that judge said people may use the beach, but only if they arrive by boat. >>> 6:49. time for a little traffic. let's find out how we're doing. >> okay. and we have one unusually slow spot right now. so kind of

for however long it takes. >> that was cate caugiran reporting. the teacher is on paid administrative leave pending the investigation. >>> in fremont police are posting pictures of 26 stolen books. they have been running the serial numbers through a database but haven't had any luck finding the owners. so they took photos hoping to find the bike owners. if you think one of them is yours, call the fremont police and check the photos on their facebook page, as well. >>> developing news now about a fugitive fire chief. there are reports that orville fleming could be hiding out in the bay area. the 55-year-old former cal fire battalion chief is wanted for the murder of his 26-year-old girlfriend last week. investigators suspect he is hiding out in the santa cruz mountains. fleming has access to cal fire facilities and has extensive knowledge of surviving in the wilderness. >>> police in sparks nevada have arrested this man with the help of facebook. nicholas wessel of richmond is accused of kidnapping and raping two teenaged runaways. police say he to

cate cauguiran will have a live update on that for you coming up in just a little.antime, san mateo bridge traffic in the drive time so far out of hayward. this is westbound 92 traffic out and over the high-rise and along the peninsula, 101 and 280. also, still very quiet at this hour. remember, kcbs106.9fm. remember, it's sizzling weather. here's the forecast. >> hot breaking temperatures, maybe not records but they'll be close. temperatures getting hot in spots. out the door we go, kind of a nice cool start to the morning with temperatures in the 40s and 50s. mostly clear all the way to the coastline and then we start to heat things up. plenty of sunshine in the afternoon and it will start to get hot and even hotter, possible records as we will be towards look the next couple of days. and then near 100 degrees as we look towards the next couple of days and not much recovery in the heat overnight. in fact, it's probably going to stay very warm during the nighttime hours. high pressure overhead haas got the temperatures into the coastline and getting hot in spots to

got away with jewelry but able to fend him off when he went for cash. >> i'm cate cauguiran.ing up, a federal investigation into what caused a plane to crash into travis air force base. you're about to see the dramatic video from that accident. the vintage plane flew low near the ground. the air show announcer noticed the timing was off. saying the pilot went upside down earlier than expected. moments later, you could hear the spectators reacting as the plane glides down an open field. >> everybody standstill. stay right where you are. we've had an incident. we're aware of that. >> reporter: colonel of the air force base said the 77-year-old pilot eddie andrini was doing an aerial maneuver he'd done many times before. >> it was inverted cutting a ribbon. i can't give you the details of how high the ribbon is or was, but i will tell you, it's fairly close to the ground when he was flying inverted to cut that ribbon with his aircraft. >> stay right where you are. >> reporter: the plane landed upside down. first white smoke and then later, black smoke and flames pouring out of t

kpix 5's cate caugiran with the major push now to keep him behind bars. >> reporter: these women wrote thousands of letters signed petitions and protested, finally their voices will be heard after driving 350 miles from southern california. >> our concern is to stop this guy from coming to our town. >> reporter: wednesday morning, a santa clara county judge opened the floor to testimony from the public. >> all the women are in fear, the young girls are in fear. they are terrified. >> reporter: they are talking about 63-year-old christopher hubbard, dubbed the "pillowcase rapist," hubbard admitted to sexually assaulting 40 women in the 1970s and '80s. he has been locked up since 1996. a judge decided to release hubbard to lake los angeles, a desert community in southern california, where a landlord has agreed to let him live in this small white house. >> we don't have the security. we don't have the streetlights. we don't have the safety. we have two sheriff patrol cars. they are not in the area? one gets called away? we don't have backup. >> reporter: these women part of a community gr

kpix 5's cate caugiran joins us now in the newsroom.he drivers the cops are after, either. it turns out pedestrians are breaking out rules as well, right? >> reporter: right. the crosswalk has already started. do you run to beat the clock or do you wait? what you don't know could cost you. >> reporter: what do you think the numbers on the crosswalk countdown mean? >> hurry up. >> not so much. >> reporter: intersection 21456 of the california vehicle code. >> the letter of the law is you do not enter the crosswalk unless there's a green hand. >> reporter: meaning that last- second dash to beat the clock is, you guessed it, illegal. >> once that green hand turns into a flashing red hand, if you are not already in the roadway, crossing the street, you're not to enter the roadway. >> reporter: it was a surprise, one quickly ignored by people i spoke with at embarcadero and mission. what if i told you that under california state law, you're not supposed to enter the crosswalk when the countdown is going, only for those who are already in it?

love you. >> look at cate caugiran and her mom, beautiful picture. >> great shot.ove it. >> all right. who is up next? >> let's see. >> that's roberta! >> roberta. >> roberta gonzales! and her mom. >> little pooch. >> all right. it's the wedding picture! >> this is from my wedding in october. and the photographer -- >> you got married? >> it's been a while now. [ laughter ] >> the photographer told us to look at each other. stare at each other and smile. we started laughing. >> you call your mother after every show. >> i do. >> hi, mom! she is watching now. i know. >> our most loyal viewer. >> she is very sweet. >> yeah. >>> we would love to see your mom, too. you can post pictures of your mom to our facebook page use hashtag mother's day. >> okay. >> are we going to check traffic? >> we are. we do. mom's watching. i know. pressure is on! mom, this one's for you. happy mother's day! >>> we have seen a number of problems on the roads so far this morning. southbound 680 by washington is one of them. it's a multicar accident still blocking up to two lanes. the chp we

cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> a final check of "kcbs traffic."have breaking news happening right now in san francisco. there's a two-alarm fire and it's burning at 171 bright street between randolph and shields. you can see the latest tweets right now. muni just let us know that the m-oceanview line is completely blocked in both directions at randolph and bright by a number of emergency vehicles on scene. so we have launched chopper 5 for this. we'll bring you live updates. here's a live look at the baby bay bridge toll plaza. backed up fully. the metering lights are on. >>> big change today. the fog is back. so after several days of record- breaking high temperatures, looks like things starting to cool down. still lots of sunshine. it will be a while before we get that cool air working its way into the valleys. so still on the warm side, 80s inland, 70s inside the bay, 60s at the coastline. much cooler weekend with low clouds and fog extending well onshore. partial clearing toward the afternoon. more clouds cooler temperatures into monday. >> al

cate. >> reporter: michelle, they are not the only ones. firefighters as well as others from the east bay are helping. we're talking oakland, hayward, livermore, pleasanton and alameda counties sending fire crews to put out this big blaze. now, the fremont fire department posted this photo of its strike team after arriving from a 12-hour drive. it may be a long wildfire season for southern california, fueled by dry air and wind, the fires racing across san diego county scorching more than 10,000 acres. at least one person has been killed and 20 homes have been destroyed. more than 15,000 residents have evacuated fleeing a blaze that the fire chief calls a moving target. >> the fire started blowing yesterday directly west with an east wind on it and it turned on us and went east. it's still continuing to blow east. >> reporter: horrified neighbors say these conditions are the worst they have seen. >> it was really terrifying. just thinking about, you know, my dogs at home how am i going to get home. i was worried about my neighbors. just all

cate. >> reporter: it not just fremont firefighters. talking a whole bunch of firefighters from the east bay including hayward, oakland, livermore, pleasanton and alameda county are helping to put out this monstrous blaze. fremont fire department posted this photo of its strike team after arriving from a 12-hour drive. from whirl winds of smoke caused by the heat and the winds to swirling flames that rise out of the burning vegetation, the wildfires in southern california seemed to have lives of their own. >> conditions unfortunately in southern california have just been ripe with the large winds, the santa ana winds, and very, very dry. >> reporter: a number of homes have already been destroyed. >> we were coming up the driveway we saw it and all broke down started crying. i have never seen anything like it. >> it was absolutely gorgeous. and now it's all gone. all gone. what can i say? >> reporter: some of the fires burn in the foothills near the san marcos campus of cal state university. two others burn in areas on marine corps airba