christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> the man who vandalized b.a.r.t.'s fleet of the future is also wanted for this daring plunge. >> visit china and you may not come back. the new wa deal talk. when you're up late bingeing video games... try my $3 sauced & loaded fries. like my chili cheese curly fries with cheddar cheese and all-beef chili or my triple cheese and bacon curly fries loaded with three kinds of cheese and bacon. so you can power through the entire zerkanian army for just 3 bucks. ok jack, just so you know, i was like this close to totally destroying your planet until i heard about those fries. thanks, zarg. i appreciate that. no seriously, i was going to boil the oceans, set your atmosphere on fire, you know really dark stuff. i get it. try my new $3 chili cheese or triple cheese & bacon curly fries. >> we learned tonight aography vandal accused of using b.a.r.t. cars as his canvas now wanted in australia. he was arrested at sfo last week. turns out he was also wanted for jumping from this moving train in australia. you can see he nearly h

christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> the man who vandalized b.a.r.t.'s fleet of the future is also wanted for this daring plunge. >> visit china and you may not come back. the new warning from the feds. >> a dangerous trend mimicking bird box. the warning from netflix. mimickin bird box. the warning from netflix. >> we learned tonight aography vandal accused of using b.a.r.t. cars as his canvas now wanted in australia. he was arrested at sfo last week. turns out he was also wanted for jumping from this moving train in australia. you can see he nearly hits a piling on the way down. investigators believe she part of a larger graffiti gangs in australia and new york city. >>> new tonight the state department is warning americans if they visit china they might not be able to leave. the warning was handed down today in a travel advisory. they call the attention to china's exit bands. they could prevent citizens from leaving china for years. >>> president trump placed a call today the widow of a fallen police officer. police corporal ronil singh was shot to d

in oakland, christin ayers, on the nightbeat.d out to the assemblymembers' offices tonight, but so far they have no comment. stranded in the sierra. his life-saver? dog biscuits. va bthere to sy. "how many roads must a man walk down" this super bowl ad is spot on! meet the california dalmation -- who has a starring role. <> <> <> (((break))) (((break))) (((break))) <> <> <> a man gets stranded in a snowstorm in the sierra. and his only option for food? dog biscuits! reporter steve large with the details: ic: 36:12 and i'm inside the comfortable home of 80-year old wendel murdock now.. he wasn't sure he'd make it to tell this incredible tale. somehow through pure will...he did. 36:04 sot 36:23* ic: 13:47 i said many times, i can do this, i can do this, 13:52 wendell murdock was only supposed to be snow shoe hiking...for an hour, when he got turned around in a storm on a sierra trial...and one hour turned to 2 and

in sausalito, christin ayers, kpix5. >> thanks. >>> the wind was strong enough to bring down severales. kpix5's don ford is li for fmont whe nd >> reporter: the wind has been blowing pretty good

kpix 5's christin ayers is in berkeley tonight. >> reporter: berkeley making history tonight passing that policy unanimously, it basically forces anyone who wants their coffee or soft drink to go to pay up. >> i really want this to pass >> reporter: city council chambers crowded tonight with supporters of an ambitious ordinance designed to cut waste. and change the way you eat out in berkeley. >> without dramatic change, in the products and packaging we consume, there will be more plastics in the ocean than fish by the year 2050. >> reporter: city council member sophie, eliminate disposable plastic food where in the city. under her bill, you have to either bring your own cup when you get a drink to go, or pay 25 cents for a disposable one. some people we talked to said it goes too far. even for berkeley. >> 25 cents would be too steep as a student. i mean i don't have a lot of money and so having to spend 25 cents per to go cup is just, it's not right in my opinion. >> reporter: others said they would simply avoid the fee by carrying their own dishes. cal students gina wright is alre

kpix5's christin ayers was there. >> reporter: tonight friends and family of the two teenage girls who were killed in that horrific crash friday night said they were touched by the crowds of people who gathered here to honor the girls and they hope their deaths were not in vain. tonight it didn't matter that there was a storm. >> rain, sleet, snow or hail we'll be here for them. >> reporter: mourn ers gathered under tents, lit candles and prayed and said good-bye to 13-year-old jaia lightner and 17-year-old leana rubin. >> this is a parent's worst nightmare and a grandparent's worst nightmare. leana was driving jaia and four other young people in this suv leaving a high school basketball game when she lost control on slick roads and slammed into a tree. the four who survived including annette's other granddaughter kiara were hospitalized. friends of jaia's father jay said he did not have the strength to come to the vigil tonight. his daughter they say was his pride and joy. >> she was a wonderful girl. she was daddy's girl. >> reporter: the hope among friends and family, that what happ

tonight kpix 5's christin ayers reports only one made it out alive. >> reporter: we spoke to the man who tried and failed to save a boater here in richardson bay this afternoon. he told us about the harrowing moments after the boat capsized. >> i'm shook up. i'm really shook up. >> reporter: for hours, tim logan has been playing it back in his mind. >> i wanted to save them. >> reporter: he and others tried to convince a man and woman in their 40s not to cross a windy, choppy richardson bay on a small rowboat like this one. >> they were in the boat with no edto go out in this weather, ridiculous. >> reporter: despito 50 miles per hour, they set out anyway trying to reach a house about 300 yards away. >> next thing i know, i hear something hit the water and i look up to where they were at and they were both in the water. >> reporter: tim tried to reach them. >> i got all kinds of life vests in my boat, i just couldn't get to them. >> reporter: his boat had stalled, by the time firefighters got there, they say the woman was above the water but the men had been submerged and suffered a

as christin ayers shows us: alejandro garibo is sharing knowledge...nce beyond his nats >>> today students rising above scholar is a natural born teacher. >> alejandro garribo is sharing knowledge with a patience beyond his years. >> 3x plus 2. >> reporter: alejandro is a math wiz. >> from here you would have to use innovo. i think it's interesting helping other students who need help. >> reporter: seeing others succeed is paying it forward for the richmond native. growing up wasn't always easy. there were problems at home and alejandro's father would spend time in jail before being deported out of the country. >> my father was accusing my mother of having relations with another man and so he was starting to get a little paranoid about that and so he eventually was getting to the point where he actually went to my mother's job and tried looking for her and so then some of my mom's co-workers called the police. >> reporter: but through it all his mom and siblings stuck together and alejandro made education his no. 1 priority. by the time alejandro got i

reporting live in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5 news. >>> michelle griego and kenny choi will on the closure and the strike tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. >>> in about 15 minutes, pg&e the biggest utility in california and the country for that matter will file for bankruptcy. veronica de la cruz for what it means for wildfire victims and customers of. >> reporter: pg&e served 16 million customers and one minute after midnight it will file for chapter 11 protection in u.s. bankruptcy court as planned. that will enable the company to freeze its debts and continue operations while it develops a financial reorganization plan. apparently includes borrowing a lot of money. today at a meeting that attracted protesters the state puc voted unanimously to allow pg&e to take out $5.5 billion in bank loans. state senator jerry hill doubt the pending bankruptcy is really necessary. >> when you look at the assets they have, the equity they have as a company, they are very strong. they have liabilities but they could pay those over time and could be worked out in some way. but the easy way out,

kpix5 reporter christin ayers has the story. >> reporter: astronomers say sunday night the super bloodf moon will be visible for about three hours and if you don't see it then, you'll have to wait years to see it again. look east sunday night and astronomer bing qwock of the california academy of sciences says you'll see it, a rare total lunar eclipse. the moon will be a little bigger and brighter, but the big attraction will be the side of the sun's shadow casting a red glow as the moon passes behind the sun. it will start at 7:31 in the evening when the moon begins to enter the darkest part of the shadow. >> we'll see a little nibble being taken out of the full moon. it will become a bigger and bigger bite until about 8:41 when totality begins. that's when the moon is completely inside the shadow and looks red. >> reporter: he says the entire event will last until about 10:50 p.m. we won't see another one like it for at least two years. so he says enjoy it for what it is. >> really just a magnificent example of a clock work of the universe where things can line up so precisely that w

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> we're going to switch gears and talk about the sunset tonight viewed from oakland looking towards san francisco today, 36 seconds longer than yesterday. we're on that side of the solstice. days are getting longer. they're now nine hours and 36 minutes long and we sure had a pretty finish to the first day of 2019. tomorrow will be nice, too. high pressure is still off the west coast, but don't be lulled into a false sense of security because by this weekend things will be changing. we get three more days of dry weather. the rain will begin on saturday with gusty winds and then unsettled weather fundamentally is going to change things. it will continue through early next week as low pressure now sets up off the northern california coastline beginning this weekend and it looks like next week is going to be a somewhat wet week. we'll have more details as the day approaches and when we have the forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> tonight san francisco police are on the hunt for a man suspected of sexually assaulting an elderly person. police

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tonight kpix5's christin ayers reports another school is on the chopping block. >> reporter: if oakland unified school district is on its way, affluent kaiser elementary will shut down and the students will meto north oakland sankofa elementary. already some parents are ready to fight back. deidre mcghee said she did a lot of research before enrolling her son jayden in henry j. kaiser's elementary, a small school nestled on a picturesque street in the oakland hills. >> he needs extra help and the teachers and counselors and everyone, having that smaller size has been great for him. >> reporter: so she and other parents and teachers were upset to learn kaiser could shut down in 2021 under a plan to close oakland unified school district's $30 million budget gap. >> surprising, disappointing, sad. >> this is a bad decision. it's a bad choice. it's not a solution. >> reporter: the plan is to close kaiser and move the students to sankofa academy, a lower performing k through 8 school. a district spokesman said it's a space issue. kaiser is small. sankofa is large with room to expand and blen

kpix 5's christin ayers is live in oakland with the school cut battle. >> reporter: yeah, that yakima that school board meeting is continuing as usual tonight after protesters shut it down they were demanding the board rensider the closure of dozens of oakland schools. it was supposed to be a standard school board meeting. instead, it came to this. oakland students and teachers storming the meeting shutting it down and forming a circle to share their experiences and question board members. the board was considering $30 million in budget cuts tonight. including the closure of roots academy and nearly two dozen other public schools. >> you closing down is like adoption. >> reporter: students demanded answers from board members. >> which one of you are voting for schools? >> reporter: at least one board member, roseann torres, was swayed by the protest. the vice president jody london would not share her vote. despite the chance, at a protest earlier in the day, teachers said the closures are a tipping point. >> we cannot take the disrespect. >> nobody's going to be thrilled. nobody wants

and tonight kpix 5's christin ayers reports: another school is on the chopping block.standup intro: if oakland unified school morning, starting at 4:30. a live look at the capitol tonight. president trump is set to deliver his state of the union address next tuesday. and tonight georgia's stacey abrams has accepted an invitation to deliver the democratic response. she's a rising star in the democratic party. she gained a national during her unsuccessful campaign for governor of georgia. senate minority leader chuck schumer said he invited abrams because she has led the charge for voting rights. xavier becerral deliver the *spanish-language response to ' 5. well the shutdown may be over -- but tonight the damage could take 300 years to repair.. at joshua tree national park. that's according to the man who ran the park for many years. joshua tree was open to the public for 34 days during the shutdown.. but with fewer rangers. during that time, vandals chopped down the famous joshua trees... lit illegal fires.. and tagged graffiti. and off-roaders tore through the pristin

kpix 5's christin ayers is in berkeley tonight.. christin. live intro ad-lib based on decision francisco. "san francisco is kind of a train wreck" "we have to look at san francisco... walking down the streets is disgusting and it has to change." in an interview with c-n-b-c.. at the world economic forum in switzerland.. salesforce c-e-o marc benioff says the inequality problem.. is because of tech.. and gentrification. in november.. benioff poured millions into prop-c.. to raise taxes on big businesses to help the homeless. tonight - the u-s department of labor is accusing "oracle" of discrimination... claiming the silicon valley tech company owes 400-million dollars to women and people of color. the complaint builds upon a 20-17 lawsuit alleging oracle paid white male workers more than others. the judge halted the suit at the time.. to allow oracle and the labor department to mediate the dispute. we reached out to oracle.. but they declined to comment tonight. a live look at capitol hill: tonight the senate's intervening .. in an attempt to

kpix 5's christin ayers is in oakland.. and christin, this isn't the only school in jeopardy tonight. "...mike hutchinson/open oakland public education i'm really disappointed that they made the community, this is the third meeting we've come to, they made us sit here for hours and hours knowing that that's what they were gonna vote anyway. aimee sueko/oakland school board president unfortunately given the funding that we have, from the state of ca, we cannot fully resource all 87 schools in the way that we want to so until we get more funding we are in this untenable situation." michelle griego and kenny choi will have the very latest on the closure and the strike vote.. tomorrow morning starting at 4:30. in about 50 minutes.. p-g & e.. the biggest utility in california.. and the country.. will file for bankruptcy. veroncia de la cruz on what it mean elizabeth, p-g and e serves 16 million customers. at one minute after midnight.. it will file for chapter 11 protection in u-s bankruptcy court.. as planned. that will enable t

kpix 5s christin ayers is there tonight.kg)) standup: tonight organizers are cleaning up after a martin outside tonight.. maybe you saw it.. a full moon. this was our view earlier tonight.. from the camera on our roof. but this shot.. from chopper five. you can see it even better. <> <> <> <> <> <> wake up with our team: mary lee and gianna franco -- for the latest on weather and traffic, starting at 4--30. <> wedding bells for a warriors star. how coach kerr let the happy news slip. and here's that shot of the moon again... (((break))) (((break))) (((break))) <> <> <> he just got engaged... to t-v personality hazel renee. the two haven't made an official announcement yet. but warriors coach steve kerr let the news slip after today's morning shoot- around. renee has been on the shows "empire"... "the real housewives of atlanta"... and "basketball wives." no wond

kpix 5's christin ayers was there. ((pkg)) standup intro: for murder. the manhunt tonight in the south bay. "truck is right here, curb is right there, our people right in the middle of it" their firetruck.. riddled with bullet holes. tonight the davis fire chief recounts the actions his crew took.. the night a police officer was gunned down. if you've always wanted a tesla.. here's a way to get one, for free. <> <> (((break))) (((break))) (((break))) (((break))) <> <> help identifying 2 suspects on scooters.. wanted for murder. it happened last month at the "el rancho liquors" on almaden road. nesurvailae video shows the suspects on scooters outside the or storeto a shooting at the store. and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. here's a closer look at the suspects. if you recognize them. san jose police want to hear from you. tonight: police have released a sketch of the man who beat a san francisco gr

kpix 5's christin ayers is at the toll plaza right now.. christin? winds so high they blew a big rig towing a trailer onto its side on eastbound 580 around 8:00 tonight. amazingly the driver was not injured and managed to get out of the truck safely. right now the left two lanes of the highway are blocked. it's unclear when they'll reopen. tonight in oakland all that wind and rain turned deadly...downing a heavy branch on cal trans property along interstate 580. the victim: a man in his forties who may have been seeking shelter along the highway. friends found him trapped under the tree and by the time authorities arrived...it was too late. "ofc. eli davis/chp one of the branches of the tree had broken and fallen on top of this individual and unfortunately he had succumbed to his injuries. " authorities say use common sense on the roads out here and go slowly. they say if you think you're going slow alreadyâdrop your speed five miles per hour slower. live on the richmond san rafael bridge, ca, kpix-5. thanks christin. in sonoma county tonight they've

as christin ayers shows us: alejandro garibo is sharing knowledge... with a patie >>> today students rising above scholar is a natural born teacher. >> as kristen airs shows us. >> a math whiz. >> from here we would have to use a new rule. >> and calculus tutor. >> it's interesting to help other students. >> seeing others succeed is paying it forward. growing up wasn't always easy. there were problems at home and his father would spend time in jail before deported out of the country. >> my father was accusing my mother of having relations with another man, and so he was starting to get a little paranoid about that so he eventually was getting to the point where he actually went to moer'sb and tried mom' coworkers lled the police. >> through it all his and made education his number one priority. >> by the time he got into 9th grade, he couldn't help but think about college, he had been accepted to a high school right smack in the middle of contra costa community college. >> is he a senior, tutoring both high school and college students. teacher steve hu

kpix 5's christin ayers is on lombard street.. home to a pretty epic traffic jam.(pkg)) it's called the crookedest street in the world...frank morrow, who lives on lombard says at times...it feels like the most congested. frank morrow/lives on lombard we'll have cars idling in front of our house 14-16 hours a day. roughly two million of them hit lombard every year. you get at least 3 or 4, 5 car fires a year because people overheat and then you get cars sliding down the hill backwards (butt sot) we'd sure like to see somethian his support for a toll that would charge drivers anywhere from $5 to $10 and force them to make reservations online before visiting. eric young/sf county transportation authority the way this might be implemented is with a camera that captures license plates or it could be implemented with parking control officers. it just doesn't make any sense. it sounds like it's dreaming. not all of the residents of lombard want a toll. i think everything is working beautifully. everyone loves us. i love living here and i've lived here since 1959. and for

kpix 5's christin ayers is live in oakland.. with the school cut battle. christin. natsot chanting it was supposed to be a standard school board meeting. instead...it came to this. natsot oakland students and teachers storming the meeting...shutting it down...and forming a circle to share their experiences and question board members... the board was considering $30 million in budget cuts tonight...including the closure of oakland's roots academy and nearly two dozen other public schools. roots is like a family. you closing down roots is like putting me to adoption. students demanded answers from board members. which one of you are voting for our schools to close? at least one board member...roseann torres...was swayed by the protests. i vote for roots to stay open. but board president jody london would not share her vote... natsot say your vote! say your vote! despite the chants. at a protest earlier in the day...teachers said the closures are a tipping point... tania keppner/teacher, oakland tech we're ready to strike for that because we cannot take the disrespect

. >> reporter: and oakland christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> stranded in the sierras . his lifesaver?og biscuits. coming up, and incredible story of survival. >>> the strip of highway 1 now the site of a tent city. why it may be there to stay. there >>> this super bowl ad is spot on, meet the california dalmatian who has a starring role. ♪ a man gets stranded in a snowstorm in the sierra. and his only option for food? dog biscuits! reporter steve large with the details: >>> and incredible story of survival tonight. a man get stranded in this snowstorm in the sierra and his only option for food? dog biscuits. reporter steve large has the details. >> reporter: i am inside the home of 80-year-old wendell murdoch. he wasn't able to make it to tell the story, but somehow through pure will, he did. >> i said many times, i can do this. i can do this. >> reporter: wendell murdoch was only supposed to be snowshoe hiking for an hour. when he got turned around in a snowstorm on the sierra trail and one hour turned into two, then three. >> the lights started changing. and i'm starting to think bo

christin ayers is live. >> reporter: yes, the gusty winds are the big story out here. 40 to 45 miles per hour out here on the bridge. that gusty wind certainly had an impact on drivers. you can see the video of the a big rig that was towing a trailer earlier this evening it side on 580 east around 8:00 tonight. amazingly the driver wasn't injured and managed to get out of the truck safely. right now the left two lanes of the highway are still blocked. it's unclear when they will reopen. and tonight in oakland, all that wind and rain turned deadly, downing a heavy branch on cal trans property along interstate 580. the man was a victim in his 40s who may have been seeking shelter along the highway. he was found trapped under the tree by friends, and by the thunderstorm authorities arrived, it was too late. >> one of the branches of the tree had broken and fallen on top of this individual, and unfortunately he succumbed to his injuries. >> reporter: authorities say use common sense on the roads. slow down. they say if you think you're already going slow, drop your speed about 5 miles pe

in sausalito, christin ayers, kpix5. >> thanks. >>> the wind was strong enough to bring down several trees in santa cruz, one right onto this car. there were also scattered power outages. kpix5's don ford is li for fmont whe nd >> reporter: the wind has been blowing pretty good throughout the bay area and here in fremont it strong. as of this afternoon, fremont police have responded to nearly 20 calls for wind-related incidents. in the niles community park this the 80-foot tree blew over and smashed into the ground hitting this tree. no one was injured, but police secured the area because several large broken branches are stuck in an adjoining tree. they could fall out and hurt someone. tom smythe says he's been careful all day long. >> i was dodging branches falling off trees earlier, but thank god i didn't have to wear my hard hat. >> reporter: the national weather service has issued a wind advisory for thisar in eff p.m. tonight. back to you. >> thank you, don. >>> it wasn't just fremont, high winds hitting the entire bay area. you see the flags blowing here in vallejo. check out

christin ayers, kpix5. >>> taking a live look at capitol hill. this is day 11 of the par shot government shutdown. thousands of federal employees remain in limbo. in a new interview, president trump is not backing down from his demand for border wall funding. is ready to negotiate ails. ere the end of the partial government shutdown now in its 11th day. >> they can come over right now. they could have come over any time. >> reporter: in an interview with fox national -- news, the president invited democratic leaders nancy pelosi chuck schumer. >> pelosi is expected to quickly pass legislation to end the shutdown. but the bill includes only $1.03 bill wrong for border security and since president trump wants $5 billion for a border wall the white house says he will reject t he made his point clear throughout monday tweeting seven time about the wall. until a deal is reached, 1/4 of the federal government will remain closed and 800,000 employees will either stay home or work without pay. tom hansen, cbs news. >>> it was a night to remember here in