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emily turner, kpix5. >>> supporters of the prop 10 campaign are rallying statewide. proposition 10 also called the affordable housing act would repeal the 1995 cost to hawkins act and allow local governments to set their own rent controls. now today in san francisco, supporters of prop 10 protested outside the black stone group. america's largest corporate landlord. >>> san francisco is becoming infamous for its open drug use and dirty streets. mayor london says $70 million is being spent on street cleaning. there's a poop patrol and a group that picks up needles. it's a more complex system than just cleaning up the streets. >> we have to give what we're doing a chance to work. we have to make sure that we're not losing jobs as a result of this. and yeah, we have to hold big business accountable. they should be paying more to help address this issue when they're a part of san francisco. >> besides changing people's behaviors, the mayor says we have to get people off the streets and into housing. >>> meanwhile in livermore, a man who was caught on camera destroying a
emily turner, kpix5. >>> supporters of the prop 10 campaign are rallying statewide. proposition 10 also called the affordable housing act would repeal the 1995 cost to hawkins act and allow local governments to set their own rent controls. now today in san francisco, supporters of prop 10 protested outside the black stone group. america's largest corporate landlord. >>> san francisco is becoming infamous for its open drug use and dirty streets. mayor london says $70 million is...
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emily turner, kpix5. >>> new video of an engineering marvel in san francisco. this is time lapse video of crews moving a 153-ton building. developers wanted to raise the site by ten feet to make room for new road and combat rising sea levels. the move was part of the new waterfront neighborhood construction. >>> and, new video from stanford showing what could be the newest generation of drones. but, these are not limited to flying or crawling. these new ones can potentially drag and hoist heavy weights. boom. it's called the fly-cro-tug. short for flying micro tugging robot. it was created at stanford's research lab. the drones are able to anchor onto the landing service and using a winch, they can hoist up loads 40 times their own weight. what's more, check out what happens when they work together. they can even open doors. >> they won't just roll around and map out the terrain. they won't just fly around and take video. they will start pulling and pushing and perching and landing on things and otherwise, interacting with this world that they are working in. >
emily turner, kpix5. >>> new video of an engineering marvel in san francisco. this is time lapse video of crews moving a 153-ton building. developers wanted to raise the site by ten feet to make room for new road and combat rising sea levels. the move was part of the new waterfront neighborhood construction. >>> and, new video from stanford showing what could be the newest generation of drones. but, these are not limited to flying or crawling. these new ones can potentially...
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reporting live in sonoma county, emily turner, kpix 5. >> emily, thank you so much for your coverage tonight and throughout the past year. you've done a great job. now the fire storm has prompted many changes. both at the local level, the state level, even the federal level. let me tell you about some. u.s. lawmakers are recently approving a wildfire disaster fund to cover the ever growing cost of fighting fires. in the meantime cal-fire and the forest service are going to be stepping up their efforts to prevent fires in the first place. they're going to be doing a lot of tree thinning, some more prescribed burn projects, and the state is actually going to hold local fire agencies accountable. they will hold them to stricter standards about holding out alerts for those who happen to be in the path of a disaster. pg&e is also taking some steps to minimize the chance of actually starting a fire like energizing power lines when the fire danger spikes, getting out ahead of it sort to speak and having firefighters monitor any work that might spark firefighters. now stay with kpix 5 throug
reporting live in sonoma county, emily turner, kpix 5. >> emily, thank you so much for your coverage tonight and throughout the past year. you've done a great job. now the fire storm has prompted many changes. both at the local level, the state level, even the federal level. let me tell you about some. u.s. lawmakers are recently approving a wildfire disaster fund to cover the ever growing cost of fighting fires. in the meantime cal-fire and the forest service are going to be stepping up...
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emily turner explains. >> reporter: october is very much fire season in northern california.his fire is different. it is the first prescribed burn in sonoma county this year. it also represents another first. the new additional commitment the state has two preventative firefighting. 35 acres, one afternoon. this salt point state park controlled burn is possible, in part thanks to governor brown's make commitment of $96 million for preventative measures. that additional sum will be added to the hundred million the state already spends in vegetation management and prevention and it makes a big difference in what firefighters say they can get done. >> we have typically been down staffed in the fall of fire season is over. we do not have resources to help us learn the time we want to burn. having that staffing into the prescribed fire season has been helpful. >> reporter: the additional money allows seasonal staff to stay on longer, past the traditional fire season. to fight future fires by setting ones like this. >> we can control when the fire burns and with the air temperature
emily turner explains. >> reporter: october is very much fire season in northern california.his fire is different. it is the first prescribed burn in sonoma county this year. it also represents another first. the new additional commitment the state has two preventative firefighting. 35 acres, one afternoon. this salt point state park controlled burn is possible, in part thanks to governor brown's make commitment of $96 million for preventative measures. that additional sum will be added...
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. >>> kpix5's emily turner spoke to some residents in santa rosa's hard hit fountain grove neighborhood. >> reporter: the signs and sounds of rebuilding are evident, but as michael williams will tell you firsthand, the process hasn't been an easy one. >> it's close to impossible if you don't know what you're doing. >> reporter: the high cost per square foot, the low number of laborers and the emotional toll are tough hurdles to overcome. in addition the city of santa rosa estimates that at least half of the people who lost their homes in the fire have yet to settle with their insurance companies. patrick mccaleb is still battling his. >> they are slow and purposefully slow and make it dit. >> reporveand paid out, the mon will get won't be enough to rebuild his home. it's a similar story throughout the development. once the city's wealthiest neighborhood it's now a wash with for sale signs. zoe miller's wikieup neighborhood is the same way. she will have to use her contents payout, money earmarked for furnishings will now go to construction costs. but for all the challenges and the traum
. >>> kpix5's emily turner spoke to some residents in santa rosa's hard hit fountain grove neighborhood. >> reporter: the signs and sounds of rebuilding are evident, but as michael williams will tell you firsthand, the process hasn't been an easy one. >> it's close to impossible if you don't know what you're doing. >> reporter: the high cost per square foot, the low number of laborers and the emotional toll are tough hurdles to overcome. in addition the city of santa...
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as kpix 5's emily turner reports, it is still a work in progress. emily? >> reporter: i think there is a perception, liz, because my phone is in my hand and according to my gps knows where i am that a wireless emergency alert should be able to find me right here in the middle of the city of napa. while that expectation is here, the technology isn't quite there yet. >> head southeast towards fourth street. >> reporter: we rely on our phones to give us information and in some cases save our lives. >> i know i rely on my phone too much. >> reporter: when it comes to wireless emergency alerts on those phones, it's clear they are not always your guardian angel. >> everything is technological with its glitches too. you know, everything in our lives right now that has technology attached to it. sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. >> all right, we'll start with calistoga. >> reporter: today napa tested its new alert system for the first time. everyone in the county whether you live there or are visiting should have gotten this test text message. it went out
as kpix 5's emily turner reports, it is still a work in progress. emily? >> reporter: i think there is a perception, liz, because my phone is in my hand and according to my gps knows where i am that a wireless emergency alert should be able to find me right here in the middle of the city of napa. while that expectation is here, the technology isn't quite there yet. >> head southeast towards fourth street. >> reporter: we rely on our phones to give us information and in some...
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but kpix 5's emily turner says that even those residents are still homeless. >>> reporter: some houses stand, most burned down. but since debris removal, journey's end mobile home park and the lives of those who lived there are just as much in limbo as the days after the fire. >> basically, this is the year of living in a question mark because no one has an answer. >> reporter: yvonne lived in the park for 30 years. her house survived but isn't livable. none of the surviving units are thanks to the fire. but despite the damage, she can't get money from foremost her insurance company and has to get help from legal aid sonoma. >> they are claiming they don't have to pay out on the claims because the park, the mobile home park, is closed due to government action. well, in fact, the park is closed by the city and the state because the fire destroyed it. >> reporter: yvonne has stage four renal failure. she wants to be made whole. >> where's the integrity? >> reporter: there are about 33 homeowners in journey's end with houses still standing. almost 30 of those face the same problem as yvon
but kpix 5's emily turner says that even those residents are still homeless. >>> reporter: some houses stand, most burned down. but since debris removal, journey's end mobile home park and the lives of those who lived there are just as much in limbo as the days after the fire. >> basically, this is the year of living in a question mark because no one has an answer. >> reporter: yvonne lived in the park for 30 years. her house survived but isn't livable. none of the...
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emily turner, kpxi 5. >>> a drunk driver arrested after plowing through a parking lot and crushing cars. take a look at happened at the northridge apartments on camelback road. people found glass littering the ground around their cars this morning. police say a driver was arrested for drunk driving last night. no injuries reported. >>> san francisco is trying inexpensive experiment in democracy. the city is allowing noncitizen parents to vote in school board elections. melissa kane on just how many people have signed up. >> reporter: we do have numbers for you. in 2016 san francisco's citizen voted to allow it noncitizens with children to vote in school board elections. now that the election is almost here the city has spent $300,000 making arrangements and only 49 citizens have registered. that works out to about $6000 per person. >> we assumed there would be many thousands that could register. >> reporter: he says noncitizen information cannot be part of the regular voter file so a new system had to be created. >> we created a separate database. we have separate roster pages. we have
emily turner, kpxi 5. >>> a drunk driver arrested after plowing through a parking lot and crushing cars. take a look at happened at the northridge apartments on camelback road. people found glass littering the ground around their cars this morning. police say a driver was arrested for drunk driving last night. no injuries reported. >>> san francisco is trying inexpensive experiment in democracy. the city is allowing noncitizen parents to vote in school board elections. melissa...
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kpix 5 reporter emily turner has just arrived at the location.. emily what have you learned? have been following news out of sonoma county where there are reports of a suspicious device discovered near highway 101. emily turner has just arrived at the location. what have you learned? >> reporter: good news they have just wrapped up, they detonated the device and now all threats are over. i enjoyed now live with the sergeant, what exactly was this device? >> we don't know yet. we have to piece it together. we just just -- we just detonated it. but it has been rendered safe. now the investigation will start. >> reporter: you said it looked interesting. >> what we saw was two pieces of metal, separated by some type of wire. >> reporter: where do you go from here? >> the bomb squad will take a look at it, they will ask for a the material. there are cameras here we will check them out. >> reporter: we are approaching the anniversary of the wine country wildfires, do you feel like that has anything to do with this or is a too early? >> everyone is sensitive to that. it wasn't a dan
kpix 5 reporter emily turner has just arrived at the location.. emily what have you learned? have been following news out of sonoma county where there are reports of a suspicious device discovered near highway 101. emily turner has just arrived at the location. what have you learned? >> reporter: good news they have just wrapped up, they detonated the device and now all threats are over. i enjoyed now live with the sergeant, what exactly was this device? >> we don't know yet. we...
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kpix 5 emily turner e taught. emily? >> er: allen, ort just r this woman, but hefami here at dixie elementary school, where they say things will not be the same without her. this is debra dibenedetto's favorite spot to teach. today it's quiet. in a place for those who love her to mourn. >> it's horrible tragedy that has affected our entire community. >> reporter: alison morris' son, logan had ms d. last year. she taught second grade and was known for her outdoor classroom and the love of the environment. >> she was passionate about teaching and kids, passionate about nature. >> reporter: the 20-plus year teacher at dixie elementary was riding her bike home last night when hit and killed on sir francis drake boulevard. the driver 24-year-old paula drake, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and n her family and to the staff. >> reporter: she was a wife, mother, brand new grandmother. for staff she was a mentor, leader, friend. >> it was a hard day for sure. >> a real big problem of this community for the last 24 yea
kpix 5 emily turner e taught. emily? >> er: allen, ort just r this woman, but hefami here at dixie elementary school, where they say things will not be the same without her. this is debra dibenedetto's favorite spot to teach. today it's quiet. in a place for those who love her to mourn. >> it's horrible tragedy that has affected our entire community. >> reporter: alison morris' son, logan had ms d. last year. she taught second grade and was known for her outdoor classroom and...
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our emily turner joins us live from napa on what it this means for the industry. >> reporter: as the demand for wine grows and the labor market gets ghr, there are fewer and fewer human hands that touch the vines and the wine. it is also faster with quality control. >> on his computer screen he can sort what goes out and what stays in, what goes into this tank verses that tank. >> reporter: almost half the valley vineyards are harvested automatically this way. and more will be joining their ranks as they replant, especially as the labor pool will treat and the demand for wine will grow. >> there's so many acres that are planted and need to be harvested at the same time. even with 30 crews, we cannot get it done. >> reporter: wineries are going high-tech too. this machine automatically sorts the fruit using parameters. and they will do it more consistently. >> after a couple of hours, a human that's watching a moving conveyer belt gets tired. so the performances are not as good as within the first hour or so. >> reporter: the machines cost half a million dollars total. it doesn't take
our emily turner joins us live from napa on what it this means for the industry. >> reporter: as the demand for wine grows and the labor market gets ghr, there are fewer and fewer human hands that touch the vines and the wine. it is also faster with quality control. >> on his computer screen he can sort what goes out and what stays in, what goes into this tank verses that tank. >> reporter: almost half the valley vineyards are harvested automatically this way. and more will be...
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emily turner, kpix5. >>> the high cost of housing is a big issue in the area. that is why prop 10 is creating such a buzz. melissa kane breaks down both sides of the rent control proposal. >> reporter: there is a lot of hype around this measure but it does less then either side wants you to believe. this proposition does not create rent control but it does change who can create it. robin jones was born and raised in oakland and she has lived in this apartment for three years with her daughter. but when a new owner bought the building this year she got a 60 day notice to vacate. >> they don't have a care in the world. they bought this building knowing we were living here. >> reporter: are building is not rent-controlled and she says it should not be so easy for a landlord to evict tenants. she said she is voting for prop 10. >> it means everything to me. >> reporter: despite what you have heard or seen prop 10 does not create rent control or bureaucracy. it does repeal a state law that acts as a barrier to rent control for new buildings. the result is that count
emily turner, kpix5. >>> the high cost of housing is a big issue in the area. that is why prop 10 is creating such a buzz. melissa kane breaks down both sides of the rent control proposal. >> reporter: there is a lot of hype around this measure but it does less then either side wants you to believe. this proposition does not create rent control but it does change who can create it. robin jones was born and raised in oakland and she has lived in this apartment for three years with...
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kpix 5 emily turner on what's to come for the recovering community. emily? >> reporter: this isn't just an emblem, but also an entry way for this neighborhood. lined all along this wall are signs that say sonoma strong, coffee strong, santa rosa strong. now this neighborhood will have a wall that shows that. >> reporter: the burned lots have been cleared for months. those living in coffey park, the first thing they see is this torched crumbling wall. >> it needs to come down. >> and this week it finally will. the group coffee strong is working with the rebuild north bay foundation to demo and rebuild the wall. without mers to pay for >> there's 42 homeowners. >> it could have cost them $24,000 each. but now an outside donor has come to save the day and face. the debris remove company has opted to foot the bill as part of a way to give back to the community. you'll remember this story we did back in january when the company was under scrutiny for its standards. before that they filed a protest with the army corps of engineers that delayed debris removal. >> i
kpix 5 emily turner on what's to come for the recovering community. emily? >> reporter: this isn't just an emblem, but also an entry way for this neighborhood. lined all along this wall are signs that say sonoma strong, coffee strong, santa rosa strong. now this neighborhood will have a wall that shows that. >> reporter: the burned lots have been cleared for months. those living in coffey park, the first thing they see is this torched crumbling wall. >> it needs to come down....
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kpix 5 emily turner is there now with the aftermath. emily? >> reporter: yeah, liz. just the last hour mall security was further from the building as you can see behind this caution tape. temporarily closing the area. as for that home goods store, they say that's closed until further notice. >> we sell a lot of stuff in the rain. >> reporter: marcus says his department at goodmans hardware had a rush of procrastinators in today, buying most of his tarps, trying to fix their leaky roofs. >> a lot of people, they wait until it rains, then they say they have a leak and they come in to wet patch it, slap it on and it stops leaking. >> reporter: but perhaps the biggest leaking roof is in san rafael. causing a partial cave in at the home goods store this morning. >> the drainage system gets clogged. the weight of the water adds to the roof and the roof will collapse. >> reporter: dumping all that collected water onto the checkout lanes below. luckily no one was inside at the time. but the city has red tagged the building. the merchandise is standing in puddles. >> i saw wa
kpix 5 emily turner is there now with the aftermath. emily? >> reporter: yeah, liz. just the last hour mall security was further from the building as you can see behind this caution tape. temporarily closing the area. as for that home goods store, they say that's closed until further notice. >> we sell a lot of stuff in the rain. >> reporter: marcus says his department at goodmans hardware had a rush of procrastinators in today, buying most of his tarps, trying to fix their...
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people were suppose to get the alert on their phones, but as kpix 5 emily turner reports, not all went according to plan. emily? >> reporter: no, those alerts went out a little bit late thanks to an era that once they got solved, they did eventually go out just under the wire of the regulations with with fema. now most people got them, but not all did proving this is an imperfect system. >> all right, we will start can calistoga. >> reporter: today napa tested its new alert system for the first time. everyone in the county whether you livetharvisiting should have gotten this test text message. it went out to 140,000 plus people. 86% surveyed so far got it. >> text message did bleed over and outside the county line. the ping of the cell phone towers are not exactly precisely based on the county line. we do know there are some spots in napa county that exist where cell phones might not work. >> reporter: one of those missed areas was inside napa city limits. this is the preliminary map from survey results. so far the county knows two designated observers in that area didn't get the alert
people were suppose to get the alert on their phones, but as kpix 5 emily turner reports, not all went according to plan. emily? >> reporter: no, those alerts went out a little bit late thanks to an era that once they got solved, they did eventually go out just under the wire of the regulations with with fema. now most people got them, but not all did proving this is an imperfect system. >> all right, we will start can calistoga. >> reporter: today napa tested its new alert...
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kpix 5's emily turner continues our co. e is in the lark field area about four miles north of where i am with the many challenges that some of these homeowners still face. emily? >> reporter: allen, coffey park really is the success story out of all of these areas that have burned. you can see there's houses going up behind me. but to be completely honest, for every house that's being built, there are two or three empty lots that have yet to be developed that may not even be developed and are simply put up for sale. the sounds of recovery are all over the north bay. but nowhere more so than santa rosa's coffey park. this had is michael williams. he rebuilt his home with his own two hands. >> it's close to impossible if you don't know what you're doing. >> reporter: he's been a contractor for ten years and a carpenter for 29. when he says the rebuilding process is hard, he knows. >> it's a different type of rebuilding, you know, there's no infrastructure, there's no water, there's no power, there's nothing, and nobody knows w
kpix 5's emily turner continues our co. e is in the lark field area about four miles north of where i am with the many challenges that some of these homeowners still face. emily? >> reporter: allen, coffey park really is the success story out of all of these areas that have burned. you can see there's houses going up behind me. but to be completely honest, for every house that's being built, there are two or three empty lots that have yet to be developed that may not even be developed and...
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emily turner as at san mateo police headquarters. >> reporter: this is a case took three rounds of search warrants a born two months of around-the-clock investigation and now police say they feel like they have their suspect. take a look this is 40-year old brandon sherman, he was arrested this morning outside of his home without incident on a traffic stop. the victim has confirmed his as the one who attacked her. he is now charged with rape, kidnapping as well as felonious default -- as well as felonious assault. he had uber and lift off stickers on his car though only one of them was still relevant to the time of the crime. >> at the time of the incident his privilege as a uber driver had been suspended. it was determined that a complaint was lodged to uber about him regarding some misconduct. uber responded by suspending his privileges as a driver. >> reporter: so police tell me up until the point of his arrest, though he was kicked off of uber, he was still active as a lyft driver and police say because of his predatory nature day believe there may be other victims. if you recognize h
emily turner as at san mateo police headquarters. >> reporter: this is a case took three rounds of search warrants a born two months of around-the-clock investigation and now police say they feel like they have their suspect. take a look this is 40-year old brandon sherman, he was arrested this morning outside of his home without incident on a traffic stop. the victim has confirmed his as the one who attacked her. he is now charged with rape, kidnapping as well as felonious default -- as...
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emily turner has the story from the journeys and mobile home park -- journeys end mobile home park. >> the mobile home park and the lives of those who live there are just as much in limbo as the days after the fire. >> this has been the year of living in a question mark because no one has an answer. >> she lived in the park for 30 years and her house survived but is unlivable. none of the surviving units are but despite the damage she cannot get money from her insurance company and has had to get help from legal aid. >> they claim they do not have to pay out because the mobile home park was closed due to government action. in fact, the park was closed and the city and the state because the fire destroyed it. >> she has stage 4 renal failure. she simply wants to be made whole. if she -- and she is not the only one. there are about 33 homeowners with houses still standing almost 30 of those face the same problem and 13 of them insured by foremost. >> these are the folks the worst off. the folks that had the lowest income, elderly, disabled and here they are getting stonewalled by the in
emily turner has the story from the journeys and mobile home park -- journeys end mobile home park. >> the mobile home park and the lives of those who live there are just as much in limbo as the days after the fire. >> this has been the year of living in a question mark because no one has an answer. >> she lived in the park for 30 years and her house survived but is unlivable. none of the surviving units are but despite the damage she cannot get money from her insurance...
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kpix 5's emily turner has details on that good news. >> reporter: right now it's a dirt lot. pretty soon brad sherwood will be able to say? >> welcome to our home. >> reporter: instead of? >> we're here on the lot of where my family lived before the tubbs fire. >> reporter: he's one of 16 neighbors in this larkfield neighborhood that have opted in to a group rebuild with stonefield development. it's the biggest group rebuild in post-fire sonoma. >> you start with the foundation, the plumbing, and sequentially it moves forward. just plan by plan, house by house. it starts at one end and finishes at the other. >> reporter: the assembly line- style approach is huge for some homeowners like brad, who says he was vastly underinsured. the department of insurance, in fact, estimates about half of fire survivors are in that same boat. so the economy of scale of this approach. he says it made his rebuild possible. >> well, we are easily saving close to $200,000. it's not only saving us money per square footage, but it's also giving us a freedom of flexibility to build a semi- custom h
kpix 5's emily turner has details on that good news. >> reporter: right now it's a dirt lot. pretty soon brad sherwood will be able to say? >> welcome to our home. >> reporter: instead of? >> we're here on the lot of where my family lived before the tubbs fire. >> reporter: he's one of 16 neighbors in this larkfield neighborhood that have opted in to a group rebuild with stonefield development. it's the biggest group rebuild in post-fire sonoma. >> you start...
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kpix 5 emily turner reports one mountain of mattresses is building up right here in the bay area. >> the locks are on the door with the eviction notices posted, not only can blue marble materials not pay their rent. but they are also not able to pay their employees, laying this all at the feet of the council that's funded every time we buy a mattress. >> reporter: this warehouse is just one of three facilities, blue market materials, that they would have across the state. they were contracted by the mattress recycling council to handle the 400 million plus mattresses californians discard every year. but now folks like carmen say they won't be recycling them at all because blue marble is closed. >> well, i guess we will have to go down to the dumps and pay. >> reporter: the council runs the state mattress program. it canceled the contract with blue marble in september. ceo chad robinson told us. >> and it just showed very little regard for the lives that are impacted by it. they weren't interested in hearing a response. they provided three reasons for the termination, which were all v
kpix 5 emily turner reports one mountain of mattresses is building up right here in the bay area. >> the locks are on the door with the eviction notices posted, not only can blue marble materials not pay their rent. but they are also not able to pay their employees, laying this all at the feet of the council that's funded every time we buy a mattress. >> reporter: this warehouse is just one of three facilities, blue market materials, that they would have across the state. they were...
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emily turner live for us. thank you, emily. >>> now to the latest on the deadly shooting at a pittsburgh synagogue. the man accused of carrying out the attack faced a judge today. robert bowers appeared in court shackled and in a wheelchair. the 46-year-old faces 29 federal charges including hate crimes. prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. authorities say bowers walked into the synagogue armed with an ar-15 and three handguns on saturday morning, killing 11 people. the victims include a doctor, brothers with special needs, and 597-year-old woman who was a holocaust survivor. outside the synagogue there's a star of david memorial for each of the victims killed. the first of the funerals begins tomorrow. >> it still doesn't feel real. like i heard what happened, but i can't reconcile that at all. >> bowers is being detained without bond. be back in court for a hearing on thursday. back here in the bay area, members of all faiths are coming together in the wake of this attack. kpix 5 kiet do is live
emily turner live for us. thank you, emily. >>> now to the latest on the deadly shooting at a pittsburgh synagogue. the man accused of carrying out the attack faced a judge today. robert bowers appeared in court shackled and in a wheelchair. the 46-year-old faces 29 federal charges including hate crimes. prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. authorities say bowers walked into the synagogue armed with an ar-15 and three handguns on saturday morning, killing 11 people. the...
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reporting live in san rafael, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> our exclusive salesforce tower cam shows clearing skies over san francisco as we look live towards the golden gate bridge. beautiful picture there. compare that to the same view from earlier today as the morning rain and clouds were rolling through. police in petaluma say the slick streets contributed to this morning's crash at petaluma boulevard in crystal lane. this car flew out of the roundabout intersection and nearly ended up in the front yard of the nearby home. paul, those roads are drying out by now. >> yes, it is getting drier out there right now with a little bit of break, not entirely done yet, but not a drop of rain currently on kpix 5. high-def doppler radar, sitting off to the south and west. rain sitting offshore, also spawning a few thunderstorms over the central and southern sierra. but for us for the next several hours we'll be dry. why did we go so dry and why did the south bay not get a drop of rain? our storm is staying just a little too far away to the south and west. to the north bay you got soaked, but the res
reporting live in san rafael, emily turner, kpix 5. >>> our exclusive salesforce tower cam shows clearing skies over san francisco as we look live towards the golden gate bridge. beautiful picture there. compare that to the same view from earlier today as the morning rain and clouds were rolling through. police in petaluma say the slick streets contributed to this morning's crash at petaluma boulevard in crystal lane. this car flew out of the roundabout intersection and nearly ended up...
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emily turner joins us now. you've been checking out the winds. where are we at this afternoon? >> better safe than sorry. things are starting to slow down quite a bit. the regular flag warnings in most of the bay area expired about noon today. now looking at our current conditions, as far as these winds are concerned, really the one thing i want you to take a look at is the direction of these arrows. this is good news. that means where she an on shore flow as opposed to that hot dry offshore flow. and now the one place this is still lingering as an offshore flow, so the more danger is the wind. and it is in solano county. still northeast winds in fairfield at 9 miles an hour. not anything too dramatic as far as wind speeds there, but certainly we want to see those directions shift, so everything is now an on-shore flow. again, in solano cown city where we do have a red flag warning in effect as well as lake county. parts of sacramento valley as well as the foothills, you guys are still under that red flag warning. that is in effect until 11:00 tonight with those dry winds and t
emily turner joins us now. you've been checking out the winds. where are we at this afternoon? >> better safe than sorry. things are starting to slow down quite a bit. the regular flag warnings in most of the bay area expired about noon today. now looking at our current conditions, as far as these winds are concerned, really the one thing i want you to take a look at is the direction of these arrows. this is good news. that means where she an on shore flow as opposed to that hot dry...
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kpix 5's emily turner on where they would go. >> reporter: it's 20 minutes, it's mobile, self-contained and set up to serve the people who need it most. >> the successes are boundless. the dignity that we have provided which you think is the greatest success, we served over 1,000 showers to over 100 people. >> reporter: sausalito is considering mobile shower services for the homeless and anchor out communities. if the program passes, the downtown streets team will set up shop for three hours a day two days a week offering showers and services to anyone who needs them. >> it's great because the people using them, um, are living pretty desperate lives. i think this will give them more hope and pride and better chance of moving on with their lives. >> reporter: san rafael and novato already have similar programs serving more than 1,000 showers to about 100 people. these are the four proposed sites the city is considering. and while some like wayne agree with the premise, they are on the fence of the program overall. >> my concern would only be that it would bring more homeless to town. but
kpix 5's emily turner on where they would go. >> reporter: it's 20 minutes, it's mobile, self-contained and set up to serve the people who need it most. >> the successes are boundless. the dignity that we have provided which you think is the greatest success, we served over 1,000 showers to over 100 people. >> reporter: sausalito is considering mobile shower services for the homeless and anchor out communities. if the program passes, the downtown streets team will set up shop...
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emily turner spoke to a vineyard owner with grapes that cannot be sold. >> reporter: there are acres of grapes that will all be left to rot. >> it is discouraging. >> reporter: her vineyard is in lake county wedged in between the areas burned. they burned for about a month. taking her barn and the profits from her entire harvest. >> the grapes absorb the smoke. now the wineries are rejecting the grapes. >> reporter: so the fresno winery won't be buying her fruit and she won't be able to recoup but about 30% from her insurance. she will have to eat the rest because no one will drink the wine. >> it is frustrating. we had lots of plans. i was going to retire. >> reporter: i talked to the winery association, they estimate that roughly half of this year's harvest will end up like this crop on a vineyard floor because no one wants to buy it. smoke paint is real but some growers say it is gone too far. >> they are talking smoke paint and they think it is a smoke issue, i think it is an inventory issue. >> reporter: some winemakers have declined to purchase 1200 tons of his crop that he say
emily turner spoke to a vineyard owner with grapes that cannot be sold. >> reporter: there are acres of grapes that will all be left to rot. >> it is discouraging. >> reporter: her vineyard is in lake county wedged in between the areas burned. they burned for about a month. taking her barn and the profits from her entire harvest. >> the grapes absorb the smoke. now the wineries are rejecting the grapes. >> reporter: so the fresno winery won't be buying her fruit...
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that one was intercepted at the mail facility in burlingame where emily turner says security has been stepped up. >> it was a incredibly scary busy morning at the sicily but now it has turned very quiet as no one has gone in or out of that building. the wave of pipe bombs sent to critics of the president has hit the bay area. this morning an employee found a package that met the description of other packages sent across the country to critics of the president. this one was addressed to tom steyer, political activist. they took the device out of the facility. officials were wearing bomb gear and they loaded it onto a special truck an a convoy of lots of law-enforcement officers, they took it to a bomb disposal site that's just off of airport property. they then detonated it safely, officials say right around 1 pm and now, they are trying to figure out who sent it and exactly what it was. of course officials are very much tightlipped about all of this, meanwhile the postal service says their national security protocol is what really led to the discovery of this device, all employees hav
that one was intercepted at the mail facility in burlingame where emily turner says security has been stepped up. >> it was a incredibly scary busy morning at the sicily but now it has turned very quiet as no one has gone in or out of that building. the wave of pipe bombs sent to critics of the president has hit the bay area. this morning an employee found a package that met the description of other packages sent across the country to critics of the president. this one was addressed to...
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kpix 5 emily turner is live for us in napa valley with what we're learning right now, emily? >> reporter: yeah, it is just so sad, it's in the vineyard that you can see behind me over my shoulder. i will hop out of the way to give you a better look at how quiet it is. since this happened at noon today, no one as you can imagine has been working. the man who died is 49-year-old leon marcello luna. he was working in the vineyards. and it is a part of beau canyon estates wine. the label associated with this vineyard. this machine you can see, it is to blame on automatic harvester that picks grapes. his clothing got caught in that machine and actually pulled him into the machine killing him. of course, the family did not want to talk on camera as you can imagine they were too upset. but they did say he was a father and a husband. cal osha is on the ground. remaining tight lipped about any information. >> and do they have anything to say about this yet? >> they have not had anything to say to us about this. we have reached out to them. they have not said anything. however, i did a
kpix 5 emily turner is live for us in napa valley with what we're learning right now, emily? >> reporter: yeah, it is just so sad, it's in the vineyard that you can see behind me over my shoulder. i will hop out of the way to give you a better look at how quiet it is. since this happened at noon today, no one as you can imagine has been working. the man who died is 49-year-old leon marcello luna. he was working in the vineyards. and it is a part of beau canyon estates wine. the label...
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kpix 5's emily turner is on the north bay college trying to house their employees. >> it is called the college of marin but fewer than half of the faculty and staff actually live in marin county. now the school is looking to change that. it is an old jim that will soon be affordable housing but not for dorms that you might think. this college housing project -- project is where faculty and staff. >> far and wide, the east bay and in the city as well. >> reporter: 85% of the student population lives in the county but only 39% of the staff do. this man says rent is hard on an academic salary. for that reason, he knows of several candidates who have decided against working with the college of marin. they decided not to come here because it is cheaper to rent in l.a., down south in comparison. we are losing good talent because of it. >> in fact an employee housing feasibility study says that will likely continue, affecting future recruitment of personnel and that is why the college is now in escrow to buy this old fitness center and has already approved the purchase of the 2 buildings next
kpix 5's emily turner is on the north bay college trying to house their employees. >> it is called the college of marin but fewer than half of the faculty and staff actually live in marin county. now the school is looking to change that. it is an old jim that will soon be affordable housing but not for dorms that you might think. this college housing project -- project is where faculty and staff. >> far and wide, the east bay and in the city as well. >> reporter: 85% of the...
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emily turner shows us how their community has gained strength and political influence. >> i would absolutely say it is the worst thing to happen to most of us. >> the wine country wildfires wiped out neighborhoods and disrupted or took lives. >> october 2017 with our pearl harbor. >> those who survived have seen a silver lining. the rise of the community forged by disaster. they fed each other -- lifted spirits and launched a crusade in the capital. >> you can bird on the community but you cannot burn out air -- our community spirit. >> one of the darkest times post fire was the holiday season. little darkness is exactly what ron -- what ronnie devol start -- wanted to fix. it started as 30 strands of lights and coffee part. it is a scary place for people to come. >> those strands turned into thousands. they spread from the main drag to cul-de-sacs and across the entire neighborhood. 220 christmas trees decorated burned lawson offered a right spot during a >> -- during a tried time. >> christmas became -- became alive. >> that spirit is not only relegated to those who lost something or someo
emily turner shows us how their community has gained strength and political influence. >> i would absolutely say it is the worst thing to happen to most of us. >> the wine country wildfires wiped out neighborhoods and disrupted or took lives. >> october 2017 with our pearl harbor. >> those who survived have seen a silver lining. the rise of the community forged by disaster. they fed each other -- lifted spirits and launched a crusade in the capital. >> you can bird...
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kpix five's emily turner spoke to one vineyard owner... who has grapes that cannot be sold.ure sign that autumn has arrived... giant pumpkin festivities in half >> reporter: there are acres of grapes that will be left to rot. >> reporter: wedged right in between the areas fires. by the they burned for about a month, taking her barn and the profits from her entire harvest. >> the grapes absorb the smoke, and it's called smoke heat. and now the wineries are rejecting all the grapes, because they have a smoke case. >> reporter: so the fresno winery she's contracted with won't be big her fruit, and she won't be able to recoup but about 30% from her insurance. she'll have to eat the rest, because no one will drink the wine. >> it's frustrating in many parts, yeah, you know. we had lot of plans. i was going to pay the ranch off and retire, and i could live on the grapes. >> reporter: i talked to the winery association. while they don't have solid hard numbers at this point, they estimate roughly half of this year's harvest is going to end up like this crop, on a vineyard floor, be
kpix five's emily turner spoke to one vineyard owner... who has grapes that cannot be sold.ure sign that autumn has arrived... giant pumpkin festivities in half >> reporter: there are acres of grapes that will be left to rot. >> reporter: wedged right in between the areas fires. by the they burned for about a month, taking her barn and the profits from her entire harvest. >> the grapes absorb the smoke, and it's called smoke heat. and now the wineries are rejecting all the...
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let's begin with the valve turners yourselves, emily and annette.alk about the significance of your acquittal. but first, what exactly you did in october 2 years ago. >> thank you, amy. so we entered -- we broke the links to a couple of chains to enter into the enclosures were the pipelines were with their valves. we began to shut off one of those valves. we had made two safety goals in advance or they could be shut down remotely if they chose to. we knew that was standard procedure, and they did in fact start doing that shortly thereafter. annette klapstein, why did you decide to do this? becausecided to do this tar sands are the dirtiest and most climate-polluting oil that there is. and as dr. hanson has said, it is game over for the climate if these are developed. we wanted to shut them down because they absolutely have to be shut down if we're to have a chance o of having our childrern and d future generations have a habitae planet.. amy: can you talk about your role as a retired attorney and a raging granny? who do you represent? >> who do i re
let's begin with the valve turners yourselves, emily and annette.alk about the significance of your acquittal. but first, what exactly you did in october 2 years ago. >> thank you, amy. so we entered -- we broke the links to a couple of chains to enter into the enclosures were the pipelines were with their valves. we began to shut off one of those valves. we had made two safety goals in advance or they could be shut down remotely if they chose to. we knew that was standard procedure, and...
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emily: 18 people under arrest but american lawmakers skeptical. ed: gillian turnerood morning to you. >> good morning, guys. secretary of state mike pompeo returned to washington from saudi arabia late last night with no comment on the sawedy's latest explanation which is that jamal choosh got killed in impromptu brawl inside anywhere own saudi consulate. put out a statement reading in part quote we will continue to closely follow the international investigations into this tragic incident and advocate for justice that's timely, transparent, and in accordance with all due process. now, lawmakers have roundly criticized the administration over the past 18 days since khashoggi was killed. the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee reacting with a statement last night. corker said: the story the saudis have told about jamal khashoggi's disappearance continues to change with each passing day. so we should not assume their latest story holds water. they can undergo their own investigation but the u.s. administration must make its own independent, credible dete
emily: 18 people under arrest but american lawmakers skeptical. ed: gillian turnerood morning to you. >> good morning, guys. secretary of state mike pompeo returned to washington from saudi arabia late last night with no comment on the sawedy's latest explanation which is that jamal choosh got killed in impromptu brawl inside anywhere own saudi consulate. put out a statement reading in part quote we will continue to closely follow the international investigations into this tragic incident...