emily turner looks at what's in store. emily? >> reporter: everything's just getting started right about now. 5:00or so. take a look. they're all getting their stickers. it's all about community outreach. they're going to be barbequing, they're going to be having conversations. even the top brass is expected to show up here at some point, because the bay view, one of these neighborhoods, where there's some contention between the community as well as police. they want to say we're done with that, let's move forward together. >> it's basically bringing people together. it's the community and the police together, and trying to just have that conversation. that one-on-one interaction, and to listen to people's problems, to voice concerns, and to let them know, hey, we're human as well. >> reporter: this neighborhood again is one of those neighborhoods where that contention is here. there have been two officer involved fatal shootings in the last 9 months. coming up at 6:00, you're going to hear from folks who are in this neighborhood

emily turner says that they were nabbed in one of the biggest gang busts ever in contra costa county. >> reporter: these are the faces of the norteno street gang prosecutors say and they are behind two, if not more, of the recent highway shootings in the bay area. >> it consisted of about 250 officers, maybe close to 300. there was 19 locations hit simultaneously and then we rolled back and hit two more. we also did numerous prison cells and jail cells throughout the state. >> reporter: 24 people were rounded up in operation omega red. it took one day and 12 agencies but almost a year to prepare. the charges include murder, assault, weapons, trafficking, drug sales and prostitution. >> these are bad guys and what they're doing are bad things. that membership, that activity, gets its joy, its profits from preying on our community. >> reporter: the search turned up 18 guns, two cars and a boat, $15,000 in large quantities of drugs and illegal marijuana plants. as a result, law enforcement says they've already seen a dip in crime in contra costa county. >> it's a huge operation. we think

emily turner found out the fine -- emily turner found out what the city is doing to make the city state -- safe. >>reporter: the playground is back open which for some is worrisome. kathy and her triplets spent sunday on the playground because they did not know what happened. >> if i was an adult from a critical condition am a limb, what would've happened to a child. >> it fell from 50 feet up cracking her skull as she watched her 5-year-old and 9- year-old daughters play. she had surgery last night and remains in critical condition. the condition of the tree is in question. >> the tree has good moisture content and the wood is very healthy. with that we are taking a look at everything else we can find out since it occurredin the investigation is ongoing. >>reporter: they assessed the pine in 2008 and updated it in 2010. two years ago friends of the park they do have several limbs trimmed. this week park will go out and reinspect the trees to make sure there are no other problems. in the meantime the propped -- the park is open looking for -- making folks look out for their cells and th

kpix 5's emily turner is live in the city where the smoke is the thickest. emily. >> reporter: you're absolutely right. you know, california more specifically san francisco has a history maybe notoriously for drug use. but now we have the numbers as far as marijuana is concerned to back that up. we don't have to walk far in san francisco to find someone who smoked pot in the last year. but finding someone willing to talk about it on camera is a little bit tougher. can we talk to you about smoking pot in san francisco? >> i'm late. i have to be somewhere now. >> reporter: almost one in four teenagers and adults in san francisco has gotten high in the last year according to a study by the u.s. substance abuse and mental health services administration. that's the highest number in california and in the country. >> it's not a surprise frankly. i have lived in san francisco for a long time and you can't find an apartment here where you roommate won't smoke pot. >> reporter: it's because san francisco is home to the medical marijuana movement. since 1991 when the c

live on lake tahoe, emily turner kpix 5. >>> right now, two hurricanes are churning toward hawaii. hurricane madeleine is currently a category 3 and expected to pass the big island tomorrow. behind it, hurricane lester. >> let's get to kpix 5 meteorologist paul. >> it has the potential for double trouble for one portion of the hawaiian islands. this could be a rough week. we have hurricane madeleine and hurricane lester. let's talk about the first one to potentially impact the big island. that would be hurricane madeleine. category 3, just updated about five minutes ago. sustained winds down to 110 miles per hour making it a category two. is a big storm regardless. 205 -- 250 miles east of the big island. there is the forecast cone potential. this time tomorrow night has become backout, we may be looking at a category one hurricane making landfall somewhere on the southeastern side of the big island by as soon as 7:00 or 8:00 tomorrow night and the front right quadrant of the storm is the worst part in that is likely what will hit the hawaiian islands. wind and rain, a lot of rain

emily turner shows us these events are just one factor in is what is becoming a regular wait a second nightmare. >> reporter: these folks are taking public transportation, but not all of them are and the roads are going to reflect that. on any given weekend, a lineup of taillights stand between you and your destination. but never more so than during the summer month ins the bay area this year. >> we have seen a lot of high profile events that will clog things up. >> reporter: events bring people into the city from outside and those folks have cars and the cars cause traffic and the backup on the bay bridge doesn't look much different than a monday morning. this weekend seems to be especially driving people crazy. >> we have been bad. last night i was driving here for uber and this road took me 45 minutes. one block. >> the weekends were not always this way. saturday and sunday drivers used to have smooth sailing. success is what the city says is to blame. >> because of the economy growth, we are seeing more people coming into the city whether it is a weekday or a weekend. we are seein

kpix 5's emily turner spent the day on the fire lines. emil . >> reporter: we've been watching firefighters roll in here at the command center where i am right now. they have been coming in all day trying to up the staffing to fight this fire, because while the number they are giving us is 4,000 acres, they say they have been concentrating on firefighting, not on making sure that that fire is accurately measured. in fact, the fire is just past that roadblock right there and you can even see the smoke over the him. >> reporter: it's highway 128 on the map but today it's a clear demarcation line between living and charred. >> we need to get ahead of this fire and get some lines put in and put them in safely and take care of our fire crews at the same time. >> reporter: the fire started yesterday threatening 35 homes and the canyon creek campground. voluntary evacuations were issued but many, including this person, stayed. >> i fell asleep and i woke up to the sound of chainsaws about three or 4:00 this morning. and i opened my door, and the

kpix 5's emily turner reports on how police tracked them down. >> reporter: these are the faces of the norteno street gang, prosecutors say, and they are behind at least two or more of the recent highway shootings in the bay area. >> consisted of about 250 officers maybe close to 300. there was 19 locations hit simultaneously. and then we rolled back and hit two more. we also did numerous prison cells and jail cells throughout the state. >> reporter: 24 people were rounded up in operation omega red. it took one day and 12 agencies but almost a year to prepare. the charges include murder, assault, weapons trafficking, drug sales and prostitution. >> these are bad guys. they are doing bad things. that membership that activity gets its joy, gets its profits from preying on our community. >> reporter: the searchers also turned up 18 guns, two cars, boat, $15,000, large quantities of drugs and marijuana plants. as a result, law enforcement says they have already seen a dip in crime in contra costa county. >> there's a huge operation. we think we have made a difference. we hope to continue t

. >> kpix 5's emily turner live at the courthouse for us in lake county. pashilk almost didn't make it to the court hearing, right? >> reporter: yeah. there was some folks concerned about him from what we understand. he basically passed out on his way into the courtroom. he has received medical attention. he has access to that in jail. but in jail, they are also worried about his safety. for that reason, they are holding him separate from all the other inmates. for the first time, damin pashilk faced his 19 criminal charges in court, 14 of them for arson. and for the first time, the community he is accused of burning got to see him. >> he acted like a perfect coward that he is. you know? there's just no other word to describe that man. you have to be a coward to do that. >> reporter: we know he is accused of starting 12 fires in lake county and one failed attempt. the clayton fire is one of those fires, destroying more than 175 homes and burning nearly 4,000 acres. investigators say the jerusalem grade fire from last year may be another one of them. >> we'

kpix 5's emily turner just got an update and emily, things are starting to flare up again as we saw from the pictures. >> they only have it about 10% contained. and what's happened in just the last hour, hour and a half you can see over my shoulder. all that black smoke that's coming from fire that has jumped the containment lines and is now burning on the other side of that containment line and firefighters are working to try to fix it. it's a race against the clock. firefighters want to get out in front of the "cold fire" before the weather makes it worse. cal fire is bringing in as many people as it can to keep it under control. >> you will have resources coming into this incidents all throughout the day, throughout the night and into tomorrow. >> reporter: the fire started yesterday threatening 35 homes and the canyon creek campground. voluntary evacuations were issued but many, including jerry redden, stayed. >> i fell asleep and i woke up to the sound of chainsaws about three or four a.m. i old my door and there were, um, all these flash -- i opened my door and there were, uhm, all

emily turner shows us how the lake has changed over the past year. >>reporter: it is sunny and beautiful today. while that is great for folks who want to get out on the water, it is not good for the lake itself. uc davis researcher brent allen has been studying the lake for the last 20 years and says the impact on tahoe's health extends far beyond the basin their global and despite local efforts to clean up their act, no bumper sticker campaign can curb climate change. >> if you look at the overall picture of research for the last 15 years, climate change is having a greater and greater impact on the lake compared to human impact. they are starting to become equal. >>reporter: the most recently released numbers show big changes. temperatures are rising at an unprecedented rate and the surface temperature is at a record high. the water isn't mixing as deeply and it lost almost 5 feet of clarity this year alone. the lake clarity is determined by dropping this plate -- plate into the lake to see when it disappears. the average of those 35 measurements a

kpix 5's emily turner is along a bike path in marin county tonight where police have just made a major bust. emily. >> reporter: they made a major arrest. that's just one bright spot in what could be a very cloudy picture. one arrest, however, the number of thefts is skyrocketing. marin county is the home of mountain biking and a mecca for cyclists. but for that reason, it's also a gold mine for crooks looking to steal bikes and never more so than right now. >> it's always been kind of a common thread for a number of years but the reality is for unknown reasons we have had a dramatic spike over the last couple of months. >> reporter: the sheriff's office is working to figure out why and who is responsible. just this week, novato police arrested a man on drug charges who had three bikes and 33 frames in his home. as someone on the receiving end of theft, katie hendricks hopes police will catch the police who stole hers. >> it's terrible. actually it happened to me valentine's day so it was a pretty sour moment to start the day on. >> reporter: she hasn't been able to recover her bike an

kpix 5's emily turner on where the money is going to come from. >> reporter: kayla sanfilippo's walk to work could be getting greener. rohnert park will vote tonight whether or not to replace more than 80 trees with new healthier ones. >> i think they look pretty mediocre, not really fancy. >> reporter: the 83 ailing honey locust trees are in the median and have been there for 40 years but recently haven't been doing well. >> they are not as full and lush as we want trees to be in the area and so we think that there's a better option out there at least have been proven to survive and thrive in situations like this. >> reporter: chinese histwo other types of trees will take three years to complete. this won't cost taxpayers anything because it comes from a fund set aside and contributed to by developers who take trees out when they are building in rohnert park. in rohnert park, emily turner, kpix 5. >> the project would cost almost $42,000 and be the largest tree replacements project in recent memory. >>> mountain view police say bicycle related collisions are on the rise. a new repor

kpix 5's emily turner was the first reporter on scene. you have some new information for us. "when it came down i thought whoa, i hope that didn't hit anybody and i looked over and there was a little girl standing there... and i thought holy crap it just missed the girl, so i

emily turner, kpix 5. >>> breaking news. cal fire on the scene of a large brush fire near the reservoir in morgan hill. the flames sent up smoke. planes and helicopters made aerial drops. earlier there were flames on the ridge. this is a live look from chopper 5 right now. it's much better news as you can see right now we are seeing more smoke than flames really. crews contain that fire to 15 acres, 30 homes were evacuated as a precaution as we continue to watch these live pictures. paul deanno is on the weather conditions there. paul. >> reporter: it's been 60 days since we have had [ signal breakup ] it's super dry. wind is 5 to 10 miles per hour. it's warm but not hot. currently 90 degrees in morgan hill under clear skies. relative humidity is low and will be low through the weekend at 25 to 35%. so fire conditions, yes, everything is dry and will stay dry for a while. thankfully not that windy and hot in the santa clara valley right now. speaking of hot, some of areas will be hot thi weekend. that's coming up in the full

reporting live in martinez, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> we now know what sparked a devastating "valley fire" last fall. it was a hot tub. cal fire says it was faulty wiring a kind of do it yourself job that somebody used to hook up their hot tub. a source of the fire traced back to a home in the town of cobb. from there, the fire took off. four people were killed. that fire burned over 76,000 acres and became the third most destructive wildfire in california's recorded history. cal fire has referred the matter to the lake county district attorney's office. it's not clear in the homeowner will face criminal or civil charges for the fire. cal fire estimates the cost at nearly $57 million to put it out. >>> a shocking discovery at a destination san francisco mall. a body found in the westfield shopping center. police ruled the death a homicide. that body was discovered somewhere inside the market street mall about 10:15 this morning. officials have not said exactly where the body was found and they are not saying how the person died. their identity has not been released. >>> an unusual si

kpix 5's emily turner on the backlash for a department already struggling to repair its relationship nity. emily. >> reporter: it's a sensitive time in our community and this is a sensitive topic. and we don't know the motive behind this picture. maybe it was just supposed to be humorous. but there are plenty of people who think that it's too flip or even disrespectful. maybe this picture was an effort at deescalation by the san francisco police officers association. but whatever the motive, it has had the opposite effect on many including mayor lee. >> given the backlash to those images, people are going to register that as not acceptable. do better. let's all do better. >> reporter: at the top of the back page of the union news letter is two labs, one black, one white with signs around their neck with a parody of the "black lives matter" movement although it doesn't seem funny to some. is this undermining efforts to make things better in the community? >> whenever you're trying to change the culture, like in the police departments, there will be hiccups along the way. >> reporter: i

emily turner in lower wake -- in lower lake with details on the suspected arsonist. >> reporter: he was into custody during a traffic stop without a single incident and is now behind bars. he faces 17 different charges and the wrath of one very angry community. damin pashilk is behind bars, charged with 17 counts of arson, a crime he is accused of committing not just with the clayton fire but several others over months. >> we cannot certify if there were multiple emissions of a single fire but it's safe to say he is responsible for numerous fires over the last year. >> reporter: the learned about the fires while serving -- pashilk learned about the fires while serving on the fire lines in trinity county and since his release from jail, records show he has had six parole violations. >> a lot of the details are being withheld because we want to make sure that we have a good prosecution and that the criminal justice system takes its place. >> reporter: meanwhile, his actions shock the community. people have used pashilk's facebook page to lash out. one woman said "i thought our

emily turner spoke with parents who want to know could it happen again?chen and are triplets spent saturday on the playground because they did not know what happened the night before when a tree fell on a mother of two. >> if that was an adult under critical condition from a limb, what would happen to a child. i would've had second thoughts about bringing them here. >> the branch creek the mother's skull while she watched her daughters play. she had surgery last night and today remains in critical condition. the condition of the tree is now in question. >> we have seen the tree has good moisture contact and the wood -- content and it is healthy. we are looking at everything. >>reporter: parks and? assessed the canary pine in 2008 and it was upset -- updated in 2010. two years ago friends of the park they do have the limbs trimmed. this week

emily turner, kpix five. >> it's so devastating but firefighters say they are making progress battling the fire. we are told there is not a lot of smoke and the spreading has stopped. crews are still doing fire protection around structures threatened by hotspots. the leading edge of the fire burned right up to this ranch and at this point, the fire has burned 5000 acres and 25% contained. 175 structures have been destroyed and about 700 customers remain without power. pg&e says they expect to have power restored by the weekend. >>> this afternoon, cal fire lifted portions of an evacuation error -- area in clearlake including neighborhoods east of state highway 53 from polk avenue to cache creek. chrstin ayers is in lower lake were some families got to return to their homes. kristin? >> reporter: they were one of the few families allowed to return. this is the kind of devastation the clayton fire has left behind. parts of lower lake looking just like this. this fire was so erratic that it leveled everything you see here, hopping around a bit. an above ground pool is in the back here. th

kpix 5's emily turner shows us the long list of charges and the heat he is facing from lake county neighbors. >> reporter: after hearing the charges in court this morning, if there was any question how the people in lake county feel about pashilk, this sign was left here specifically this morning so he would see it on his ride from jail to court. damin pashilk tried to hide his face in the courtroom today but he can't hide from the 19 criminal charges he's in court 14 for arson and he can't hide from his scorched community. >> i wish i was in jail with him, you know, he could learn the pain he caused other people, it's horrifying. >> reporter: he is accused of starting 12 fires in lake county. the clayton fire is one of those fires destroying more than 175 homes and burning nearly 4,000 acres. investigators say the jerusalem grade fire from last year may be another one of them. >> we are looking at all fires and all instances. i cannot be specific. >> reporter: most specifics about the investigation are being kept close to the chest but we know that cal fire has watching him for a year but i

emily: california lawmakers are pushing for mandatory prison sentences for defendants convicted of rape. it comes after former stanford student brock turner was convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. the judge in the case sentenced him to six months in jail, followed by probation. legislation passed yesterday that bill the governor's desk. some iphone users are taking on apple over defective touch-screens on the 6 and 6-s. they've filed a class-action lawsuit, accusing the tech giant of fraud. users say the touch-screen becomes unresponsive, which then makes the iphone un-usable. the suit claims apple has known about the defect for a while, but refuses to fix it. the federal government is still backing the mbta's proposed green line extension. in a letter obtained by the globe, federal officials say they need a lot more information before approving funding. the planned expansion will take the green line into somerville and medford. erika: general electric is growing financial support behind m.i.t.'s energy research program. ge will donate $7.5 million to the school's research effort which is focused on finding new ways to

under harsh criticism, after sentencing brock turner to six months in jail for assaulting an unconscious woman. prosecutors had asked for six years. cases. emily: former new york city mayor michael bloomberg makes a big donation to his alma mater harvard. $32 million will be used to create an executive education program for mayors and mayoral aides in collaboration with harvard's kennedy school of government, as well as the business school. as many as 300 mayors and 400 aides are expected to participate over the course of the program. randy: we could finally see tom brady on the field today. espn reports number 12 is mang patriots for tonight's pre-season game. it's unclear how much he could play against the panthers. you'll remember, he was at gillette for the last preseason game but went home after cutting his hand on scissors. emily: the red sox head home tonight after two disappointing losses to the last-place rays. the sox scored their lone run on a sacrifice fly by mookie betts last night. 2-1 the final. they host kansas city tonight at 7:10. and the sox learned that they'll after this knee injury in wednesday night's game. he's on the 1

emily blunt and charlize theron, their pric i'm hillary clinton, and i approve this message. michael hayden: if he governs consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, y frightened. gillian turner: he's been talking about the option of using a nuclear weapon against our western european allies. max boot: this is not somebody who should be handed the nuclear codes. charles krauthammer: you have to ask yourself, do i want a person of that temperament controlling the nuclear codes? and as of now, i'd have to say no. ?? ? live event on august 27th, to restore music education in public schools. ny save the musi live event on august 27th, to restore music education in public schools. >>> has been more than three weeks since we last saw hiddleswift together. that's a big deal because they used to be spotted side by side like every day. so is it over? or are they just lying low? we've got the answer at the top of tonight's couples news. ?? >> taylor and tom are still going strong. they're just keeping things ?? ?? >> we've learned the pair reunited at swift's rhode island home earlier this week. you know, the scene of the rock pile kiss where their romance went public in june? and the

emily: the california judge under fire for the stanford university rape case has recused himself in another key sex assault trial. judge aaron persky was criticized for handing down a light sentence to convicted rapist brock turner. he was scheduled to rule on reducing a child porn conviction in another case, but persky filed a statement with the court, saying some people may doubt that he can be impartial. soldering work in a mechanical room of the state house's west wing triggered the alarms yesterday. the evacuation lasted about 20 minutes. randy: state senators will be working in new quarters when the new term begins in january. restoration work is underway in their historic chamber. so, lawmakers will meet in the gardner auditorium and another meeting room at the state house. emily: the road in saint pete. david price commanding the mound last night against the rays. he went 8 innings with 8 strike-outs, giving up just two hits and no runs. but the real play of the night came from rookie outfielder andrew benintendi. a pop up to left field, and check out that catch. over the wall. whoa! he him was went with it. -- he almost went over with it. an illinois baseball player smashes a grand slam and his own wind

turner. he was scheduled to rule on reducing a child porn conviction in another case. with the court saying some people may doubt that he can be impartial. emily: virginia's governor restores voting rights to 13,000 felons. governor terry mcauliffe made the announcement yesterday nearly a month after the attempt was blocked by the state's supreme court. the court ruled the governor could only reinstate voting rights on a case-by-case basis not en masse. the governor says his office processed each felon's paperwork randy: several students in california were forced to miss the first day of classes over a new mandatory vaccine law. the new law does not allow parents to opt their children out of vaccines because of personal beliefs. in the oakland district alone hundreds of students were turned away. school leaders there say it's because many parents just didn't know about the requirement. emily: a summer celebration rescue. a group of about 1500 americans were taking part in the annual port huron float down. but the winds were so strong it blew the group into canada. several policing agencies pulled the floaters safely from the water. they were s

turner to six months in jail for assaulting an unconscious woman. prosecutors had asked for six years. persky is now voluntarily hearing only civil division cases. emily: new trouble for olympic swimmer ryan lochte. he's been charged in brazil for filing a false report. it's unlikely lochte would go back to brazil to face the charges he could send just a lawyer. lochte made up a story about being robbed at a gas station in rio earlier this month. he now admits he sparked a if convicted, lochte could face up to six months in jail or pay a fine. randy: a stunning loss for uber. the ride-share company recorded roughly $1.2 billion in losses in the first half of this year. much of the heavy losses are attributed to uber paying subsidies to attract riders and drivers, particularly in china. financial experts do say the company is still maintaining mayor michael bloomberg makes a big donation to his alma mater harvard. $32 million will be used to create an executive education program for mayors and mayoral aides in collaboration with harvard's kennedy school of government, as well as the business school. as many as 300 mayors and 400 aides are expected to p

turner. the person it was raped said, "you don't know me, but you've been inside me, and that's why we're here today." the victim, often referred to as emilyoe, went on to write -- "my life has been on hold for over a year, a year of anger, anguish and uncertainty, until a jury of my peers rendered a judgment that validated the injustices i had endured. had brock admitted guilt and remorse and offered to settle early on, i would have considered a lighter sentence, respecting his honesty, grateful to be able to move our lives forward. instead he took the risk of going to trial, added insult to injury and forced me to relive the hurt as details about my personal life and sexual assault were brutally dissected before the public. he pushed me and my family through a year of inexplicable, unnecessary suffering, and should face the consequences of challenging his crime, of putting my pain into question, of making us wait so long for justice. i told the probation officer i do not want brock to rot away in prison. i did not say he does not deserve to be behind bars. the probation officer's recommendation of a year or less in county jail is a soft