>> reporter: elizabeth cook, kpix5. >> a doctor advices if you had a year of unprotected sex and not pregnant or multiple miscarriages you should see a specialist. if you plan to start a family later there are options including freezing embryos. >>> edgeicators crossing fingers in the '80s the art council had an 11.5 million budget. in 2011, art funding peaked at $32 million. this year, governor brown is proposed only $5 million. but a bill in sacramento could reverse the spiral and restore it to $25 million the next year. >>> a creek in oakland hills is known for its orange color and foul odor. running through mill college and passed the coliseum. as mark kelly reports its grimy days are numbered. >> reporter: get close to the creek you know something is not quite right. >> smells like rotten eggs, that is what it smells like. >> not clean water, not safe to drink and not good for the plants. >> unattractive and unhealthy. >> reporter: for sandy, it has been in her backyard so long now the foul smell is her new normal. >> i am used to it. can you smell it? >> i can smell it. oh, tha

kpix5's elizabeth cook shows us one digital device that is not hard to swallow. >> reporter: a stay at home mom of three who runs a busy household. >> i'm in charge. i'm the ceo of their world. >> reporter: she also looks after her dad who is legally blind and suffered from a variety of health problem. >> i take about 30 pills a day. >> he is home by himself. so i worry a lot. >> reporter: now a redwood city company has created a digital medical device that might help put lori's mind at ease, you don't just wear this technology, you swallow it. >> it is a real revolution. >> reporter: it is called helias. that little speck at the end of the pencil contains big technology. that speck is actually a powerful ingestable sensor. when swallowed, it uses your stomach fluid as a power source and transmits a unique digital code to a sensor you wear on your body like a band aid. >> it is collecting information on what you ingest and when you ingest it and collecting other information on your body's physiology. like your heart rate, your physical activity and sleep patters. >> reporter: the patch

>> reporter: elizabeth cook, kpix 5. >>> let's hope we get more rain so folks don't have to worry.he rain left behind clouds this morning. in fact, a lot of fog out there. if you are stepping outside, that will be the main weather concern i think the next couple nights. all that patchy, dense fog. we are seeing visibilities dropping to less than a quarter mile across much of the bay area. so the fog is still just forming. so be careful. in some spots it's clear, bay bridge not bad. temperatures running generally in the 40s and the 50s this afternoon. we'll sneak in sunshine and clouds, temperatures in 50s and 60s in the warmest spots. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> we can barely see any cars right now across the golden gate bridge so dense fog obviously limiting visibility this morning coming out of marin county into san francisco. so i'm assuming they are doing lane changes right about now, but we can't see to know for sure because of the fog. this is the time they usually do it. san mateo bridge traffic nice out of hayward no delay in either direction. and once again,

kpix 5's elizabeth cook has more. >> reporter: here's the pill that is drawing praise. >> we have a cure! >> reporter: and protests. >> the price is staggering. >> this is the start of a new future. >> reporter: sovaldi is a breakthrough drug for hepatitis "c." the wholesale price for the recommended 12 week treatment, $84,000! that's $1,000 a pill. >> the thought of dropping one on the floor and not being able to find it, you know, is very scary. >> reporter: but experts call the once a day pill a game changer. it cures 90% of patients infected with the most common strain of the liver-destroying virus. >> i have had two liver transplants. and i still have the virus. and this offers me the possibility to actually be free of this illness. >> reporter: sovaldi cuts treatment time in half and in some cases eliminates the need to inject interferon, a drug with severe side effects. >> the results was spectacular. we have been able to cure many more people with very simple very short durations of therapy. >> reporter: even though it's made by a u.s. company, pill for pill, americans will likel

good evening i am elizabeth elizabeth cook. >> and bart has opened an investigation. >> reporter: a woman witnessed the entire thing here in san bruno. the man was harmless in the video. the bart officer tasked tas tased him for no reason. the man was harassing riders and was convinced to talk to him on the platform. witnesses can be heard saying he did nothing wrong the officer tases the man and he is dragged to the aisle. >> don't move or i will tase you again. taser, taser. >> reporter: 5 full seconds. one witness was so horrified she wrote a blog post and reported it to bart police n . in a statement to kpix5 bart is launching an investigation and an audit for part police. >> reporter: he was booked for public intoxication and parole violation. >> the bart police have a taser policy. they can use a taser if the suspect poses an immediate threat to their life or another person's life. >>> the oakland police department, we have the real story at the headquarters. >> reporter: thomas frazier was hand picked to fix the oakland police department. the fixer couldn't figure it out and got ca

>> reporter: elizabeth cook, kpix 5. ♪[ music ] >>> 6:09.rom radio hit to olympic opening ceremony, how the russian police choir got funky with a grammy award winning song. >> reporter: water-wise gardening from the north bay to the south bay and all microclimates in between. we have tips you need to know with mobile weather. >> all that water left behind from the storm is causing problems. today we have dense fog advisory. when will that lift? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we have a new accident coming in this time in the oakland hills blocking one lane at northbound 13. but first we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy@kpix.com. or tweet me at #ewengerkpix and watch to see if your question gets answered on air. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, welcome to the farm of jack. there's a curly fry tree. and a chopper out back. there's a barn full of buns. and a thing you gotta try. a critter that makes burgers with bacon inside. boooorrrk- it's beef and pork! get

. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. joe, can you tell us what happened? >> reporter: that flight left from here yesterday. cafe pacific headed to hong kong, but over japan, about 8 hours into the flig, the experience strong turbulence. 12 passengers and crew members were injured, according to the south china morning post. eight went to the hospital once they got on the ground in hong kong. a flight attendant had a neck injury. we found a couple photos that were tweeted out today. it's quite a mess. debris scattered about the cabin. people were bashing their heads. hug gage luggage and other stuff were flying out of the aisle. it was more violent than a roller coaster and it was going on for two minutes. we reached out to the passengers who tweeted photos and other passengers, we hope to hear back from them soon. reporting live, kpix5. >> there was also a scare in the air over billings, montana, of all places. the united airlines plane from denver dropped without warning mid flight yesterday. severe turbulence sent passengers flying through the cabin. four

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. that threat is highlighted by a devastating fire that leaves 15 people without a place to live tonight. flames erupted in the house in san jose with so people still inside. kpix5's len ramirez finds out how common it is for so many people to live in one small house. len. >> reporter: elizabeth, it only looks like a small house from the treat, but there's actually seven bedrooms back there. like a lot of homes in san jose right now, they are being converted and sublet to multiple families. that's not an ideal situation, but when something like a fire happens, it can be potentially deadly. >> cell phone video of the house fire shows an out of control fire ball and what firefighters call a nightmare scenario. >> the biggest nightmare element is, you know, missing someone. >> captain doss says there were 15 people living in the home with 10 present at the time of the fire. >> when there are so many people in a home, it makes it very difficult to account for everyone in in. >> one pet dog

good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida. kpix 5 is in san jose. >> reporter: about just an hour ago, crews left the scene. it is hard to see in the very dark night out here, but of course crews, they are still trying to figure out. investigators are trying to figure out what lead up to the crash. more than 12 hours later, they still block off the southbound highway 99 exit in sierra and kingsburg as crews toiled into the night to repair the physical damage, but not the loss of the families of the 33- year-old juan gonzalez and 34- year-old brian law. >> i feel sad for my personal relationship that i had with him as well as his family. and all the people that he impacted and touched during the time. >> reporter: they began their careers in the bay area. gonzalez in san jose, law in oakland. >> it was hard enough when he lost in the first place. >> reporter: the pair was headed to a crash reported to be in the northbound lanes of 99, turning out that the crash was really on the southbound lanes, and that is when they found the

i am elizabeth cook. >> am ken bastida.ulie watts on the promise frustrated enrollees say covered california simply could not keep. julie. >> reporter: tonight we are hearing complaints from several people who say the doctors listed on the website aren't actually accepting the covered california insurance. >> this person could not wait to pick his new doctors on his new covered california insurance plan. >> the first thing i wanted to do was get a primary care doctor. >> he chose a plan specifically because the california website said the plan covered a variety of stanford doctors near him. >> except when i started doing and calling the doctors, none of them accepted the covered california plan. >> three page of supposedly in- network doctors and none spend his insurance. false advertising? he says it was a mistake and tells us, quote, like others anthem will continue to double check its provider list to improve accuracy. but, isn't that covered california's responsibility? >> yes. it is our responsibility. however, we do n

. >> i'm elizabeth cook.find it cold or harsh but using deseen tactics to keep homeless away. it's subtle and unless you know where to look, you may miss these new features. new at 6:00, phil ma tier said the idea is like keeping the birds off the ledges of buildings. phil? >> reporter: that's right. everybody knows pigeons and how we keep them off the building with stuff. that's coming down to the ground level to use the tactics to deal with the homeless. >> it's kind of uncomfortable right now. kind of impossible. >> yeah, it is. >> reporter: and maybe that's the point as one long time customer told us the homeless were taking over the area. >> i don't want to go through a mine field. >> reporter: not alone whether it's city park benches designed so you can't lie down or embedded in doorways to make it uncomfortable to lay out a sleeping bag. handling hopeless is becoming an increasing part of san francisco's city architecture. >> we saw it when they did the civic center courthouse where they put in stuff s

good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida.orter ryan takeo talked with some nervous u.p.s. drivers today and some places they can't even deliver after dark. huh, ryan? >> reporter: hi ken. this is where the trucks start their day and get filled up and go all over the east bay. today we learn how companies deal with the bay area's most dangerous routes. when two groups started firing in west oakland yesterday, this u.p.s. driver was caught in between. the drivers spoke to kpix 5 exclusively. he asked us to hide his identity and disguise his voice. >> i thought i heard choir trackers and it wasn't firecrackers. >> unfortunately, it comes with the territory. >> reporter: the union representing local u.p.s. drivers says they are trained to be aware of their surroundings and leave any dangerous situations but drivers say that's not easy. >> we have to watch out for everybody. >> reporter: this driver didn't want to us show her face because she doesn't want to be fired. she told us certain spots of oakland like east and west oakland

. >> and i'm elizabeth cook.s were left flooded during the storms, but technically still in a drought. kpix 5 reporter len ramirez joins us live from the south bay where the wet weather didn't really do much for the reservoir levels. len? >> reporter: elizabeth, definitely a case of the haves and the have-notes when it comes to water storage. you're looking at lexington reservoirs, definitely one of the have-nots. we've found that this reservoir actually has less water today than it did a month ago. there are signs all around the valley of the continuing drought. this is not supposed to be a joke. it only looks that way because of the drought. the ponds, which are used to recharge underground water supplies, have gone dry, because the valley water district stopped diverting reservoir water to refill them. >> we're not refilling the water supply and we're using more of it. >> reporter: there was little or no change in reservoir levels, despite days of rain. about a quarter ofan inch fell on the san jose area, up t

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. a major change coming to carpool lanes around the bay area. they will be transformed into express lanes. and everyone will be invited to drive there for a price. kpix 5's ryan takeo is live in mobile5 driving in one of contra costa county's biggest traffic jams. ryan. >> reporter: hi, liz. we're driving northbound on i- 680. we are in alamo. i'm going to flip the camera so you can see what a nightmare this is during the evening commute. soon if you are driving by yourself you can pay to enjoy the fast lane not only here but across the bay area. day after day the east bay's i- 680 is bumper-to-bumper. if you have the luxury of having company, you are drive in the carpool lane with another passenger. pretty soon you might just need your we'll let. and not that rider. but each time you do, you will see a couple of bucks disappear, too. transportation leaders say the change will ease congestion and speed up traffic. they think between five and ten miles an hour during rush hour. >> you take the un capacity in that lane, make it available to solo d

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. let's start live in the north bay. it is getting soaked right now. commute looks. pretty slow going. this is right along lucky drive in larkspur a notorious spot for flooding. >> a live look at the east bay for you. the rain starting to pick up in walnut creek after a brief break this afternoon. >> and we have reporters and cameras all over the bay area tonight. we start with paul deanno. paul? >> reporter: the radar really, really is getting active. we told you yesterday that the evening commute would be the worst of this. well, it's commuting by rail, it's commuting by road or sfo with a nearly three-hour departure delay right now because of the rainfall. so pick a road. first 80 from san francisco across the bay bridge through oakland, berkeley, richmond all the way to vallejo, we have steady soaking rainfall. rainfall rates in excess of one half inch per hour that's the yellow you see on your television screen. this is all the stuff that's coming up from the south. you see just as much rain offshore as onshore. there's more to go. palo alto getti

good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida.those storms in just a minute but first, a story that you'll only see on kpix 5. >>> "covered california" is shutting down a major portion of its website following our investigation of doctor shortages. julie watts has been on this story and is here with the exclusive. julie. >> reporter: we got word late this afternoon that "covered california" is shutting down a key part of the website because there are way too many mistakes about which doctors are accepting "covered california" patients. >> you would think that once you have the insurance that all you needed to do was find a list of doctors that accepted the plan. came to the realization a week later that not enough regular doctors are available. >> reporter: these are two who signed up for obama administration and discovered the doctors originally advertised as in network weren't actually accepting their insurance. >> this is something that the consumer is going to have to work out with the health carrier. >> reporter: earlier this

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. this is what drivers are dealing with now.e five is on 680 near alamo where the roads are wet but traffic is moving along okay. team coverage begins with chief meteorologist paul deanno and hi-def doppler radar. >> radar picking up a lot of rainfall out there. i just got off of kcbs radio and was talking with the traffic reporters there. basically whatever the normal commute is, double that even on a friday night that's how bad the roads are. rainfall picking up again very heavy couple of hours ago caught a break but now in the north bay santa rosa, rohnert park, highway 101 i hear it's a parking lot. sonoma, napa, yountville, st. helena moderate rainfall. 580 out of san leandro and hayward out toward dublin, rainfall north on 680 from dublin to san ramon. i'm just going to zoom out to show you what's been transpiring over the past four hours. all of that rain is the pineapple express. it's exactly what we need but folks trying to get home from work are going to get home later than normal tonight. 11 p.m. rain continues. at 10

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. we begin with a live look outside at the golden gate bridge.a parched bay area is on the verge of badly needed rain and a lot of it. let's get right to meteorologist paul deanno with more on this one to punch. paul. >> reporter: punch number one is coming in early. we have a few sprinkles up here on the rooftop of kpix 5, a beautiful shot of the bay bridge in the background. we are cloudy, wet and we are going to stay this way for a long time. we are not going to let up on the rainfall likely until monday afternoon next week. what is it doing right now in kpix 5 hi-def doppler radar the strongest radar in town to answer that question. a little light rainfall, a lot of it not hitting the city. it's in various areas. wave number one has already arrived. you're looking up to the north now. there's plenty more rainfall to go. no end to this until about tomorrow afternoon. so let's talk about why this is happening. a big ridge of high pressure that was blocking all the storms is now steering all the storms right into the bay area. that ridge is now

. >> i'm elizabeth cook.valley today and saw firsthand just how bad the drought has impacted farmers. as a result, he is pledging millions of dollars in federal aid to help those who have been hit hardest. 100million goes to help with livestock. another 60 million to food banks. and that's just some of the aid. the president says so goes california, so goes the rest of the nation. >> california's our biggest economy. california is our biggest agriculture producer. so what happens here matters to every working american right down to the cost of food that you put on your table. >> the president avoided getting into the state's water politics, which frequently pits cities against farmers. >>> kpix 5's len ramirez is in morgan hill with farmers in dire need of rain and money. len. >> reporter: elizabeth, the drought effectare real and bad for some families. we talked to a woman today whose family has been ranching in morgan hill since 1917. she is a third generation cattle rancher but she may be the last in her f

. >> i'm elizabeth cook.ke it rain so governor brown is turning to cash to fix california's drought. but he admits writing checks totaling more than half a billion dollars won't be enough. kpix 5's phil matier is at the state office of emergency services with where the money is going. phil. >> reporter: that's right. it's an interesting mix of policy and public relations that the governor is trying to get out a message that he is trying. but what he has planned isn't enough. >> you can't manufacture apartment. you can desalinate it or capture it and store it or move it but within those constraints, that's exactly what we're doing. >> reporter: so while the political and environmental debate over who should get water continues to rage in california, governor jerry brown called for spending some $680 million on short- and long- term relief that everyone can agree on. >> this is serious. today is a call for action. >> reporter: for example, money for emergency food and shelter, for farmers and laborers who are b

. >> i'm elizabeth cook.n takeo shows us how money and influence are spilling into the east bay but first len ramirez on how silicon valley is trying to lure more tech workers out of san francisco. >> reporter: san jose already has a thriving business community but it could be better. that's why one city council person after viewing the protests against some businesses in san francisco feel that san jose can do better than the city by the bay. >> reporter: san jose is building new housing by the story. and by the block. thousands of new housing units are coming online at a blistering pace including two new 20 story high-rises in the downtown core but what's not up to speed are the number of jobs being created here. >> out of the top 20 cities in the united states we are the only one that has a larger nighttime population than a daytime population and we want that to change. we want more jobs. >> reporter: that's why this city council member was dumbstruck when he heard about the loud angry protests over googl

good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida.tate are displaying this message alerting drivers of this afternoon's child abduction in oakland. police believe a shoplifter carjacked an infiniti outside a safeway on redwood road near highway 13. kpix 5 reporter brian webb is there tonight and brian, what's the latest on the amber alert? >> reporter: well, there have been several sightings of that vehicle but so far, not the one police are looking for. at the safeway where it started kind a strange scene. we have all these police and reporters here and shoppers trying to come and go from the store as they usually would this time of night. this all started inside the safeway as a robbery report of a man trying to take off with lobster tails. by the time police arrived, it had turned into a carjacking and kidnapping. police tell me after that the same man came out into the parking lot and armed with a knife, got into an suv and forced an elderly man and an approximately 13-year-old girl to drive away with him inside. they were last se

good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm ken bastida.mond city council will consider offering google an invitation to use its docks for finishing construction on the google barge. new at 6:00, kpix 5's allen martin joins us to explain why the clock is ticking on the high-tech marketing center. >> reporter: it is. google's intention all along has been to finish its floating sales and party barge and move it to various docks in the bay or along the west coast for that matter but before any of the showcasing can happen, google has to get a permit, start paying tens of thousands of dollars in fines in a couple of weeks or move possibly up recover. >> reporter: by this time next month, the barge will have a new homos likely outside san francisco bay because google so far appears to be resisting the permit process required to build a barge in these waters. >> going the hasn't applied for any permits to construct the barge -- google hasn't applied for any permits to construct the barge. >> reporter: his agency informed treasure island almost a

i am elizabeth cook. >> i am ken bastida.is jewelry and cash. tonight he says he isn't going to stand by and let that go. kpix5's ann notarangelo on how this preacher's message has moved from the pulpit to the streets in a story you'll see only on 5. >> they could be grieving today. >> pastor wheeler is counting his blessings. he is out 8,000 dollars in jewelry. and $300 in cash. but as he poupts it, he has live -- puts it, he has lived another day. >> i told him i was a pastor. i believe that is the only reason why they didn't shoot me. >> last night he stopped for dinner at a cafe. as he got into his car. >> when i get one foot in, the guy comes from across the street and approached me. he had the gun down like this with his hand on top of the gun and said give me your money and give me your jewelry. >> other people witness the armed robbery but di't realize it because the suspects were so close as if they knew him. >> middle 30s, emilie 40s. they were not youngsters. we with can't blame it on them this time. they were well

. >> i'm elizabeth cook. it is story first reported last october. bang and -- barge and building. tonight our allen martin finds out why all the activity on the barge has stopped. >> for months nothing has been happening on board construction came to a stand still. now, we know that to finish its floating marketing center, gaggle may very well have to tow that barge somewhere else. >> while the world watched to see what google was up to on treasure island, eve tennessee state's top elected leader back in november couldn't tell us what the mystery was. so we told him. >> what's going on. >> do you know? >> i don't know. >> after month and a half investigation, not only does the state know, it's now saying what's being done in the bay under the management of the treasure island development authority known as tita is being done without permission, possibly even illegally. we basically determined that there is no permit that allows marine construction or marine rehab at that site. >> the bacon service and development committee has sent a letter to tita,

. >> elizabeth cook, kpix 5. >>> now, another thing about water and energy, the demand for both is the highest at the very same time. that is something to keep an eye on if our drought stretches into a hot summer. >>> lady gaga about to be the spokeswoman for california's drought? the singer wanted to use the famous pool to shoot a video. the problem is the pool would have had to be full like this. so park officials made her a deal. she could do the video in exchange for shooting a public service announcement to get people to save water. >>> all right. speaking of, we do have some rain possibilities coming up in the next seven days. not a whole lot though. and what to expect today, saturday, clouds are going to stick around. the winds will pick up and then showers arriving tonight. dry weather returns sunday. and we will have a couple of days of dry weather including the president's day holiday. these are the highs, for today, 58 in san francisco, and basically 50s and 60s all around the area. and pretty seasonal with those cloudy skies. chinese new year parade, tonight, downtown san f

he says americans work too much and now they have more time to stay at home, cook dinner, look after the kids. elizabeths here i'm not quite sure if she's outraged or what. it seems like we're looking at a new way of looking at work. ellison is from the left. i think he takes the european view that work is not a big deal, we want more leisure. >> it's dangerous because you need the workers working to float health reform and the health exchanges with the taxes coming down. the fog machine is in overdrive, the disportion field sis up and the spin doctors are out there with the phrases like liberating us to be entrepreneurs. and what the congressman said, working moms have more time to stay with their children. and he says that obamacare is good because working moms will be able to spend more time with our children? we'll be spending more time getting our children health care because we won't have insurance, basically worrying ourselves sick, too. liberating us from jobs when there are none to be found. this is the new america, mr. ellison, thank you for policies and a way of thinking that's driving the ec

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