our jackie ward is live there now with what we know so far. jackie. >> reporter: michelle, to give you a little perspective from the last time i talked to you, we have moved down a little bit on van ness down the hill more close to the water i should say. that's because the scene was just opened up to the public about a half-hour ago after two cars were cleared from the scene. we have video that was taken just moments ago to show you what we saw. you can see that there was a black sedan as well as a u.s. park police patrol car removed from the end of van ness by the municipal pier. once that happened, police cleared the area and normal activity has since resumed. not many details were revealed overnight but we can confirm that one person was shot and is at zuckerberg general hospital in critical condition this morning recovering from life-threatening injuries. another person was detained. the shooting happened last night around 9:30. sfpd says a u.s. park police officer was somehow involved and a gun from the suspect was recovered at the scene.

>>> i'm jackie ward in san francisco. the just department plans ton filing a lawsuit against tetra tech, the company they hired to clean up hunters point. the justice department wants to join in on three previously sealed ts d ntiffs all of those had previously worked for tetra tech. here's what the company is saying about this new development this morning: >> reporter: tetra tech was hired by the navy to locate any radioactive contamination at hunters point so new housing could be built there. but whistle-blowers, those who formerly worked for the company, say results that claim the area was safe were falsified. the justice department has until january 14th to file the complaint against tetra tech. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> time for your "final 5." >> this morning, a man is dead after a police pursuit in fairfield ends in a crash and shooting. police say the suspected kidnapper crashed on east travis boulevard after a woman inside the car shot him. a ten-month-old baby was also inside the car. they are both unharmed. offi

jackie ward reports from van ness avenue and tells us about the new setback. jackie. >> reporter: michelle, it has been one hit after another for drivers and now businesses. business owners say they are getting fed up and it's easy to tell why, because it's hard to tell what is even open along here. this project on van ness was supposed to be done sometime next year. it started two years ago. now the sfmta is saying it won't be done until the early part of 2021 because there were abandoned utilities underground that they weren't expecting to dig up. the mta tells us it's a process to test each one individually and make sure it's not still providing a service before getting ripped up. this delay is starting to fry business owners' last nerves. >> yesterday my entrance was sealed off. there was no way to get into my business. so i had to call sfmta and say, can you guys provide an entrance? >> reporter: the mta says it has an outreach team that tries to stay in close contact with the businesses along here. even then, some of the stores, bars and restaurants are s

kpix 5's jackie ward tells us neighbors are gearing up for a fight. jackie. >>> reporter: as many as nine schools are being considered for this so-called master plan. leland is just one of them. the san jose unified school district is considering moving, closing or relocating or adjusting enrollment of various schools to accommodate housing. in order to hire and keep good teachers, building somewhere they can live is key. one includes tearing down or moving leland high school and the bret harte middle school to vacant district-owned land a mile away. there, the district would build two new schools. then housing would be built at the former site of the schools. that leaves the question, what would happen to leland's pat tillman field? this idea is already getting backlash from people who live in the area. it's one of the wealthiest areas of san jose. >> i'm just really horrified to hear that they might consider tearing down a very well established middle school and high school. >> i don't think the neighbors are going to approve of it. i think there wil

kpix 5's jackie ward is live along the embarcadero to explain why lime wants to keep scooters off the streets. jackie. >>> reporter: michelle, it comes down to the fact that lime is kind of being left out of the party in their opinion. san francisco is supposed to launch this pilot program starting monday but it only wants to use two scooter companies, "scoot" and "skip." those are the only two that they want to be a part of this program. so starting monday, the sfmta is issuing permits to those two companies and only those companies. several news outlets are reporting that lime doesn't like that and is now instead trying to stop that from happening by filing a restraining order. lime told "the examiner" that it feels like it has no choice but to seek this emergency relief in court. and that it's never had to take legal action in any of the 100 markets it operates in globally. scooters haven't been allowed in san francisco since june 4th. partially because the sfmta received 1800 complaints about scooters in just a three-week period. through a permitting process, the city thinks this

live in concord, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> let's take a live look outside. it is 5:04 right now as we take a live look at some of the traffic in the east bay. 880 on the right looks like things are pretty good there right now. and on the left, we have highway 4. jaclyn is monitoring what's shaping up to be a messy commute in the east bay. >> it could be. but so far it's good. we are still moving at the limit along highway 4 westbound. here's a live look highway 4 at railroad. right now bart is running all trains on time. 36 trains in service. but keep in mind, again, that the bart parking lot is used as an evacuation center so limited parking. you're encouraged to get dropped off if you are planning on using bart or head to a different bart station if you need to park your car. i know that's not always an option. so heads up. we are in the green on the drive times and the rest of mass transit is on time. >>> looks like light southwest winds for that area of bay point where the fire is. here's the "salesforce tower" camera view and you can see areas of low cl

let's go to jackie ward. she is live at the concord bay point bart station where a lot of those people have spent the night. jackie. >> reporter: anne, people did spend the night at that bart station but i'm actually now at the calgary temple church in concord where about 150 people are here. we just spoke to a pastor earlier this morning who says they set up 150 cots and they filled up quickly. but the people are warm and safe. they have a blanket and hot breakfast on the way. the red cross just announced that they set up a second location. we'll tell you more about that in a second. but for now, overnight, this was the only place people could come to. about 4,000 people from an estimated 1400 homes in bay point have been evacuated. the pastor here says when they were first asked to open their building to the community, they jumped at the chance to work with the red cross, set up cots and got supplies in place. >> as people started to show up, we said let's open up the lobby and we got hot coffee and let the

let's get right over to jackie ward at the scene for the very latest. jackie. >> an hour ago the media was moved off the area, a good indicator for drivers because that means the freeway is opening up soon. just about 15 minutes abow, chp was able to re-open all lanes of northbound 880 so there shouldn't be any further issues with this part of the commute. a tour bus caused it when it hit a vehicle in front of it and pushed it to tho r lane. the bus hit another vehicle pushing it into a semi truck. two people who died were in each of the cars of the tour bus that it hit. the truck and bus drivers were unharmed. >> it's bad anytime there's a fatal. i can't say one is worse than the other. a loss of life, amount of people that it impacts and epr: tous hey are all d. drove on top of one of the cars it hit and made a mess. at this point chp doesn't know how fast the bus was going and they don't believe drugs or alcohol were a factor but it's still unclear if this was a case of distracted driving. all we know about the victim so far is that one was male, one

jackie ward is there now live with the very latest. jackie. >> reporter: here we are hours later and all lanes of northbound 880 in union city are shut down right now. the accident investigation team for chp is recreating the scene right now. it happened at 10:40 p.m. a tour bus in the middle lane approached stop-and-go traffic and crashed into the vehicle in front of it, pushing it to the left into another lane. the tour bus continued to hit another vehicle and pushed that car into the back of a semi. the two people who died in the accident why in each of the vehicles the tour bus driver hit. the tour bus driver and the truck driver were able to walk away with no injuries. but here we are more than six hours later and this de ill usi delays as the morning commute heats up. >> there's a lot of pressure. we understand that any closure of one lane, two lanes, impacts traffic especially when we have all the lanes closed. we urge people to look for alternates. >> reporter: there's still a lot of questions involving what happened and how thi

our jackie ward is live there now with what we know so far. jackie. >>> reporter: michelle, not many details were revealed to us overnight but we can confirm that one person was shot and that person is in critical condition at memorial hospital recovering from life- threatening injuries. another person was detained. besides that, not much details. the shooting happened last night around 9:30 at the end of van ness near the municipal pier. san francisco police department says the park police officer was involved. a gun from the suspect was recovered at the scene. both the sfpd and the san francisco district attorney's independent investigations bureau are looking into what happened. sfpd is asking people if they know anything, if they have any information, give them a call to the number on the screen. 415-575-4444 or you can text them a tip at tip 411. live from aquatic park, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> now to san jose, two residents displaced after an overnight fire at a duplex early this morning. fire crews in san jose worked to knock down the fi

kpix 5's jackie ward reports from san jose city hall with details on a new program being announced today. jackie. >>> reporter: michelle, it seems promising for both the homeless population and the city of san jose. the goal is to help the homeless population turn this into steady jobs while making san jose cleaner. here's what we know about the program so far. it's all part of the beautify sj effort to start more than 25 homeless people getting paid $15 an hour to pick up trash for four to five hours a day in about 40 locations litter hot spots. the city will be working together with two nonprofits, goodwill of silicon valley, and downtown street teams. this isn't the first major effort we have seen by san jose to reduce homelessness. last month, hope village the first-ever county-run homeless encampment in santa clara county opened. while county supervisor dave cortese recognizes that it's not a permanent solution, he does believe it's a good first step in helping people livermore stable lives. >> keep the encampment open for other people who are in line to come in who are in worse cir

kpix 5's jackie ward reports from san francisco. >> reporter: monsanto is arguing that the attorneys for lee johnson, the former groundskeeper at a bay area school, didn't present enough evidence to support that claim. so in august a jury sided with johnson. the man says he now has cancer because of roundup. johnson says he contracted the deadly cancer after years of using roundup, a weed killer that contains the ingredient glyphosate as part of his job. monsanto says those allegations are false and is asking the judge to toss the verdict, reduce the award or grant a new trial. >> if monsanto fails to adequate -- did monsanto fail to adequately warn of the potential risks? answer yes. was the lack of sufficient warnings a substantial factor in causing harm to mr. johnson? answer: yes. >> reporter: monsanto still says its products did not cause the cancer and while they say they sympathize with mr. johnson, the scientific evidence of 40 years proves that glyphosate is safe to use. in 2017, the environmental protection agency said the chemical isn't a likely carcinogen to cancer unit o

jackie ward reports. >> reporter: it's not good. we can see it from where we're standing. this is between the ninth and tenth floors on the fremont side. building. you can see it through the branches of the tree. it's being held together with duct tape right now. the hoa attorney here says that building engineers will remove the cracked window sometime today. but the department of building inspections has given engineers until friday to fix it. city officials say the affected window is the outside pane of a double paned window. inspectors discovered this crack last week. it was last month when we reported on the first cracked window here. that one was a little higher up on the 36th floor. officials tried to send a drone to inspect that broken window more closely but it crashed and came very close to hurting people on the ground. >> watch out, ah! >> reporter: city officials say the leaning and singing problems that plague this tower didn't cause the first window to crack. unknown what caused this one to crack. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> also in san francisco, funding for the

in san jose, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> time now 5:10. straight ahead this morning, first an earthquake, then a tsunami and now a volcano. the deadly situation in indonesia. >> and the wet weather not over yet. we'll show you hi-def doppler, the showers on the radar right now. we'll also talk about our shower chances as we head through the day coming up. rocked indones on the same island damaged by a powerful earthquake and tsunami. no >>> a developing story out of southeast asia. a volcano erupting rocked indonesia on the same island damaged by an earthquake and tsunami. no word of any casualties. but the eruption did not prompt any evacuation orders. authorities are telling people to avoid the area near mount soputan and warning planes to look out for the ash. this comes as the death toll from the 7.5 earthquake and devastating tsunami now tops 1400. more than 2500 people are also seriously injured. families are now facing a fifth day with little foot or water. supplies have yet to reach hard hit areas and communication is limited. >>>

jackie ward, kpix5. >> pg&e anticipates finishing line inspection today. they are being done via helicopter, driving and on foot. >>> marylee is tracking the dry and windy conditions for us. we are watching the winds ease and they will continue to die off as we had through the afternoon and the rest of tonight. they live look, you can see the sunshine we are tracking offshore winds. that is a dry and warm air out of the north and northeast. very dry out there. let's talk about the wind speeds. up to fairfield, 24 mile-per- hour winds. solano county under a red flag warning for the central valley until 11:00 p.m. the rest of the bay area we are watching the winds decrease. that is why that red flag warning has expired from the north bay and east bay hills. >>> in the south bay, a total of 11 people are now displaced after a two alarm house fire in san jose. the flames reported just before 8:30 a.m. on east san antonio street. the fire started in the attic on the causes under investigation. no injuries were reported on the red cross is on scene assist in the

talk to you. >> jackie ward live for us. >>> more than 20 people are displaced this afternoon after a fire ripped through a san francisco high-rise. the fire broke out yesterday evening at the gateway complex. the 25 story building near washington street , in the city's financial district. you can see flames shooting from the windows as we are going to take a look at some of this fire that started. the fire jumped from the 12th floor all the way up to the 16th floor yesterday. about seven people seup aat the hyatt hotel. > ming an update on the missing washington post journalist. who may have killed him and how he died remain a mystery. >>> the world's longest sea crossing bridge has opened up. where you can take this road. just ahead. ) is not buying the saudi's explanation of wha >>> developing at this hour, the turkish prime minister is not buying the saudi's explanation of what happened to u.s. resident and journalist, jamal khoshoggi. how he died, who killed him and why is still up for a matter of debate. angelica alvarez has more details. >> reporter: turkish president says jama

kpix 5 reporter jackie ward is live outside the department of justice building in san francisco with more. jackie. >>> reporter: the department of justice intends on joining in on three previously sealed whistle-blower lawsuits. these lawsuits were filed by seven plaintiffs who used to work for tetra tech during this supposed clean-up. here's what tetra tech is saying this morning in a statement. quote, we'll vigorously defend our record and confident we'll prevail following an impartial review of the facts. tetra tech was hired by the navy to locate any ride i don't active contamination at the hunters point site so new housing developments could be built there. whistle-blowers, those who formerly worked for the company, say results that claim the area was safe were falsified. in this ongoing battle between who already lives at hunters point and tetra tech, residents recently hired their own scientist to analyze the radioactive waste problems. >> the navy decided to not sample roughly 90% of hunters point. they declared it couldn't be contaminated and didn't need to check. so the 10%

let's get to jackie ward live in san francisco with more on this problem. jackie? >> reporter: michelle, the hoa attorney tells us that building engineers do plan on fixing this second cracked window today. we are not sure when. but we can see it from the street. let's show you what we're talking about. we are looking now on the fremont side of the building through these branches, you can kind of see it. it's being held together with duct tape. the department of building inspections has given engineers until friday to fix it. so the cracked window is between the ninth and ten floors on fremont street. it's the outside pane of a double paned window. inspectors discovered this crack last week. you may remember that just last month, the first cracked window was found on the 36th floor. the city says the notorious sinking and leaning problems of this tower are not what caused the first windows to crack. it's unclear what caused this second one to split. the building sunk a foot and a half since opening in 2009. so this second cracked window should be fixed sometime tod

kpix 5's jackie ward is live on van ness avenue and tells us that there's now word that the project may be delayed. jackie. >>> reporter: kenny, it is one hit after another for drivers and now businesses. business owners say they are getting fed up and it's easy to tell why, because it's hard to tell what is even open along here. this project on van ness was supposed to be done sometime next year. it started two years ago. now the sfmta is saying it won't be done until the early part of 2021 because there were abandoned utilities underground that they weren't expecting to dig up. the mta tells us it's a process to test each one individually and make sure it's l ing a servfore gettpped is delay is startito fry >> erdaen edff. thernoy to get int my business. so i had to call sfmta and say, can you guys provide an entrance? >> reporter: the mta says it has an outreach team that tries to stay in close contact with the businesses along here. even then, some of the stores, bars and restaurants are struggling and say they are taking things a day at a time. so until this work is done, there's r

jackie ward is in the rockspring neighborhood where major flooding happened just last winter. jackie. >>> reporter: the last time i was here the streets behind me had such high water levels and floating sewage, it was disgusting. so that is part of the reason why the city of san jose saw a need to get people into housing faster whenever that next disaster strikes again. so san jose and airbnb are partnering up to launch a new program called host corps which intends to proactively recruit people in surrounding areas near disasters and encourage them to open up their homes to people in need. this is made possible thanks to airbnb's open homes program that started in 2012 after hurricane sandy hit the east coast. the goal is to have a list of homes already willing to host people for free before the next major earthquake, flood or some other natural disaster hits. that way, people in need don't have to wait as long to find a place to live and this process should be more streamlined and people aren't just stranded without a place to go once something like this does happen again. we

kpix 5's jackie ward is live in san francisco to explain why lime wants to keep scooters off the streets. jackie. >>> reporter: michelle, it comes down to the fact that lime is kind of being left out of the party in their opinion. san francisco is supposed to launch this pilot program starting monday but it only wants to use two scooter companies, "scoot" and "skip." those are the only two that they want to be a part of this program. so starting monday, the sfmta is issuing permits to those two companies and only those companies. several news outlets are reporting that lime doesn't like that and is now instead trying to stop that from happening by filing a restraining order. lime told "the examiner" that it feels like it has no choice but to seek this emergency relief in court. and that it's never had to take legal action in any of the 100 markets it operates in globally. scooters haven't been allowed in san francisco since june 4th. partially because the sfmta received 1800 complaints about scooters in just a three-week period. through a permitting process, the city thinks this way of g

in san jose, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> let's get a live look outside. the morning rush is starting. >> we are tracking action in the south bay this morning. right now we are seeing a couple of earlier crashes in the clearing stages with flashing lights and tow trucks on the scene. partially blocking a lane on southbound 85 past highway 87. but we're not seeing any delays. speeds are in the green. we had an earlier crash near capitol expressway and 17 near the lexington reservoir a car hit a deer so please be careful and be on the lookout for deer. we have seen a big trend of that lately. through the altamont pass area, we have a new crash westbound 205 as you approach 580 so slow going for our "super commuters." speeds dip below 20 miles per hour. you continue to be sluggish heading into livermore. our drive time remains in the green, just over 25 minutes heading towards 680. we are getting first reports of a crash over at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll take a closer look at that and what delays it may be causing coming up in the next traffic report.

that's where we find kpix 5's jackie ward there this morning with more details.kie. >>> reporter: michelle, regardless of who you support politically, it is a tense morning today. and those who support dr. christine blasey ford say they stand with her. a group gathered here in palo alto last night among a lot of other protestors across the country that were gathered for so-called cancel kavanaugh demonstrations. this is a live picture of washington, d.c. this morning of the capitol building where demonstrators are expected to meet in defiance of brett kavanaugh's nomination and the fbi investigations that were just wrapped up. n,last night. thousands stood outside the federal courthouse near the u.s. capitol and inside the senate office building. republican leaders felt confident going into the morning procedures. >> what we know for sure is the fbi report did not corroborate any of the allegations against judge kavanaugh. >> i feel very good about where this nomination is right now. >> reporter: those who gathered in palo alto said they don't believe judge kavan

in palo alto, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> time is 5:36. this is a live look out west towards the golden gate bridge. lovely morning. fleet week the main attraction is finally here today. the main shows start in san francisco, gearing up for the big show in the sky and our anne makovec is live with a where the blue angels are getting to take flight. got to love this time of year, anne. >> reer: yeah. and t military ships going under the golden gate bridge a little later on this morning. here's one of the ships brought in here behind me. this is the uss bonhomme richard. this is one of the ships that you can tour in fleet week 2018. the blue angels started practicing over the bay yesterday after taking off from oakland airport giving us a preview of the big airshow in today through the weekend. on the water, the navy brought in state-of-the-art combat ships. the mcallister is the navy 's newest ship. it can go 40 knots even though it's the size of an office building. >> we have the ability to change and put new things on, take old things off

as jackie ward tells us, that is mayor under breeds reality in san francisco. these problems are news to her or anyone who lives here >> reporter: heroin needles, these are the recent observations and new york times reporter wrote about in a story that ran on monday. it's not the kind of inspiring direction the mayor is proud of. she says while it is accurate, it is not the whole story. >> we have cleaned up a particular block and not even an hour later, the same block is unfortunately just as dirty as it was before it was cleaned up. >> reporter: the city is and has been trying to fix these ongoing problems forget $70million is being spent on street cleaning. there is a poop patrol, and a group of people that goes around picking up needles. one of the places the mayor says has improved since she took office is right here in ui plaza. if you venture a couple of blocks from here it can be downright disgusting. the mayor says she is well aware of that. >> they said i had this block 7-8 times a day and i always find something. what does that tell you. if we didn't

jackie ward spoke to one of the two scooter companies that have been given the green light to rule out a new fleet in a few days. >> we are good at maintaining them. we have been cooperative with the city in terms of sharing data and applying for permits and basically working with them so we can grow our business in a way that works for the city. >> reporter: skewed network ceo believes his company was one of only two scooter companies selected to become a part of its 12 month pilot program for scooters. the scooter company has a different view as to why skit was chosen which is why it filed a temporary restraining order against san francisco this morning. they hope this legal action they say they were forced to take prevents scooters of any kind from showing up on streets and in the city come monday. in a statement, handpicking winners and losers based on unclear criteria , bias and favoritism with no transparency rarely results in the community's best interest being served on this is no exception. they believe they should consider more equitable approach to scooter sharing and refrai

jackie ward, kpix 5. >> no word on when the station will reopen. we will keep you updated on air and online at cbssf.com. >>> a 15-year-old kayaker in critical condition after a bowl hit him in the san mateo lagoon around 4:00 p.m. yesterday. police arrested the driver 48- year-old stephan chiari who is accused of being under the influence of alcohol. >>> the deadly synagogue shooting in pennsylvania, the suspected gunman just appeared in court. >> hilary lane has the latest. >> the county -- suspect is facing 29 crimes including 11 counts of homicide. he ran into the synagogue behind me yelling and firing a gun over the weekend. suspected shooter robert bowers was in a wheelchair making his first appearance in a federal court in pittsburgh on monday. >> the judge advised him of the charges. he is detained in jail without bond. >> police say robert bowers open fire in the tree of life synagogue on saturday killing 11 people and wounding six others. >> the suspect was talking. >> on a website popular with the alt-right he posted a photo of three han

let's get to napa and jackie ward. have county officials said whether they've fixed the problem? >> reporter: kenny, that's what they say, but still it was a tense 25 minutes or so that we had to wait for that texas letter to come through on our -- text alert to come through on our cell phones. later than expected but met with a round of applause. napa county's new wireless emergency alert system finally sent out the text test just before 10:00 a.m. county officials say it all came down to checking the right box. >> we set up the test. we had selected one of the portal boxes incorrectly. unfortunately we were able to get fema on the phone in our support through nixl and identified the message being sent out. >> i want to thank everybody for their patience. we had to call fema directly and there was a very specific nuance that we knew nothing about they said that's what you had to do and we just -- i mean, it's one of those things. >> getting to this point required the county to get certified through fema. now napa county will be allowed to send alerts through nixl and i pause. th

it's get right out to jackie ward who is live in downtown calistoga. jackie? >> reporter: they say it's all in the name of fire danger safety and it's odd to see downtown calistoga the start. the only light you can see are headlights from cars. something that they've never done before. a lot of places we have seen severe wildfires. they think that this is the right move. the outage may last 24 to 48 hours. we just don't know because we don't know when the weather will change widespread outage means no school here other schools in the area are closed today. so here's a list of them. we have clearlake high school, middletown, and still unclear whether the school will be on tomorrow or not. we will keep you posted. >> well, they have been working through the morning to monitor the shut off to mathatverything >> joininus th more ies. good morning. >> and >>'s odhear from despread is thproblem? we acly where is off. and it's been initiated. we have 17,500 customers in the northbay and we have an additional 42,000 customers in sacramento and el dorado. and when we l

jackie ward is there now live with the very latest.ackie. >> reporter: here we are hours later and all lanes of northbound 880 in union city are shut down right now. the accident investigation team for chp is recreating the scene right now. it happened at 10:40 p.m. a tour bus in the middle lane approached stop-and-go traffic and crashed into the vehicle in front of it, pushing it to the left into another lane. the tour bus continued to hit another vehicle and pushed that car into the back of a semi. the two people who died in the accident why in each of the vehicles the tour bus driver hit. the tour bus driver and the truck driver were able to walk away wi

. >>> police told kpix5's jackie ward there was a burst of gun fire then the killer got away on a bicycle. >> reporter: fremont police are continuing to search the grimmer neighborhood for any evidence that may lead them to the killer. >> we talked to the witness or the reporting party and he said that he saw a male leaving the general area of the front door of the residence and get onto a bicycle and pedal away. >> reporter: people heard gunshots coming from this home on the 43,000 block of charleston way. when they got here they found a 56-year-old south indian man dead in his bedroom. he died from multiple gunshots. investigators used several tools to initially try to catch the killer. >> we have a tracking k-9 dog and we try to use our drones with some technology to detect heat but we were unsuccessful. >> reporter: i spoke to several neighbors off camera who have lived here for years. they say it's highly unusual for something this horrible to happen in the area where they live. the deceased male has been renting out part of this home and sharing it with a family. the family was home

from ucsf, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> president trump with another series of threats against the state of california today after he criticized how the state handles its water and wildfires. at the white house the president threatened to withhold federal funding to california. after claiming the state has more than enough water. trump accused state officials ofintentionally sending water out to sea. instead of giving it to farmers in the central valley. >> because you know we're tired of giving california hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars all the time for their forest fires when you wouldn't have them. and if they managed their forest properly. they have lousy management and g somethinvery bad. they won't let us take the logs, they won't let us take the dead trees. >> they signed memorandum to override the environmental protections put in place to protect salmon and other fisheries. >>> a chilly day throughout the bay area, but the fog soon be behind it. we're going to warm up. which day will be the warmest and closest for some of you to 90 degrees. the forecast is next. >>>

kpix 5's jackie ward is this mo jackie. >> reporter: a new trial, that's just one of the things monsanto attorneys are asking a judge to consider here today. they believe the court wrongly awarded lee johnson hundreds of millions of dollars. johnson is a former pest control groundskeeper for a bay area school who used the weed killer roundup as part of his job every day. he said every time he used it he wore protective gear 20 to 30 times a year sometimes 2 to 5 hours a day. despite his precautions, johnson was diagnosed with non- hodgkin's lymphoma and claimed roundup was the cause. we spoke to him after the verdict and he told us he remembers his trainers telling him that the glyphosate-based weed killer was safe enough to drink. >> it became the joke almost like, hey, man, if you drink it, it was like, what? you know, it was really a shock! >> reporter: monsanto says while it sympathizes with what johnson is going through, they believe their product is safe to use. their attorneys are asking a judge today to toss the verdict, reduce the award or grant a new trial. so we'll have to see

it still s to otappral pcessber in contra costa county, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> well, it was a beautiful day, but you know what things are changes especially along the coast that will affect our temperatures. look at that. the fog is rolling in, bringing cooler temperatures. i'll tell you how cool we'll get overnight coming up. >>> it could be their chance. taxi drivers, meeting with san francisco city leaders right now discussing ways to level the playing field. in their fight for work against the ride shares. that story all new at 6:00. >>> well things are starting to change out there weather wise. take a look at our salesforce camera. a lot of that making their way over san francisco right now, making for changes when it comes to the temperatures. take a look at this. san francisco, dipping down into the 50s. thanks to the layer that is coming in, bringing you some of the cooler influences. still in the 80s there all day today. santa rosa 77. those temperatures will start to tumble though as it starts to go down. this is what we have to thank for those sunny skies. a slight offshore f

kpix 5 reporter jackie ward says city officials are announcing details of a new program today they hope will help train people for jobs. jackie. >> reporter: yeah. michelle, these homeless people who are participating in the program will be getting paid $15 an hour. it's all in an effort to help transition them into more steady jobs. so during the pilot part of this program, employees will pick up trash for four to five hours a day at more than 40 litter hot spots. while san jose's department of transportation and its department of parks and recreation will be administering the program, two nonprofits, downtown street teams and goodwill of silicon valley, are benefiting, too. they will receive grant funding to help hire more than 25 homeless residents. addressing the homelessness issue in san jose is an ongoing effort, of course. just last month, hope village the first county run homeless encampme in santa wasstablishe >> san jose residents or santa clara county residents, today they finally have an address again and this address that comes with a whole bunch of services and resources f

it's get right out to jackie ward who is live in downtown calistoga. jackie? >> reporter: they say it's all in the name of fire danger safety and it's odd to see downtown calistoga the start. the only light you can see are soadlights from cars.

jackie ward is there but how will impact patients. it looks like the strike has started about an hour earlier than we would've thought. check out behind me, there are dozens of people all ready out in front of the campus. they should up about 10 or 15 minutes ago and are all ready making quite a bit of noise. the associated press is reporting more than 4000 appointment of had to be rescheduled because of this strike including 241 surgeries. it is supposed to start at 7 am. but they started picketing lines here as well as the 16 other facilities across the. they say that they have been in talks for more than a year right now. they represent 15,000 which include positions like respiratory therapist, and patient transporters. they say that they have increased the staff. and make sure that they still receive proper medical attention. >> we brought in staff from across the country. and they will be shifting those duties to other areas so that we can focus on our patients. >> in a statement obtained by the associated press, it's a number of

jackie ward is live to explain. >> the chairman will be in sacramento to clear up reported confusionbout wording on that ballot and what that yes or no that would mean. so at stake is the gas tax that was proved back in the spring of 2016. it raise gas prices by about $.12 per gallon. but that money is being used to fund five billion-dollar with the transportation projects every year. the campaign is claiming that voters are being intentionally tricked into voting know when they meant to vote yes and campaign leaders are announcing that they are now taking legal action against the creators of what they call the misleading ballot title. >> we have our he paid one of the highest gas taxes but what did those politicians do? they have stolen our money year after year. >> reporter: in our exclusive survey, our poll conducted people are asked how do you vote? 58% said yes, repeal 29% said no their team % are still undecided. so according to the public policy institute they have the strongest support in orange and san diego counties not so much here in the bay area. later on this morning, t

. >>> moments ago we got an update as to jackie ward reports that the b questions including the continued delay. >> if we can complete our work, we will do so. like of the initial stabilization is complete. phase 2 is underway. fremont street is still close.this is a four level, temporary support system. these are two major girders. they have to hold the roof and bus below them. >> this was exposed to open tomorrow. the construction manager says it will be open no later than the 17th. not satisfied with the update the director of transportation demanded answers. >> if he could help us understand why that change and what level of competence we, the public should have. >> it was an evolving process. the design ended up being more significant than originally was projected. i think there was -- there is a much more conservative approach that is our final product. >> reporter: what caused the cracks in the first place has not been determined. >> there is a lot to be done before they can think about opening the transit center. test results are due back the first week of november. then they have

jackie ward is live at the scene. they just opened up some lanes? >> reporter: about an hour ago chp was able to open up to lanes to traffic. now this is as smooth as traffic has been all morning. that is not saying much. the backup is about a mile and a half long. traffic came still to a standstill. this is why a big white -- -- a big rig involved pill --. the rig itself ended up over the side of the embankment. the car chp says caused this is a white honda civic. it cause the driver of the truck to swerve. that's when the load shifted and cause the rake to overturn. the civic fled the scene and still has an outstanding warrant. >> it was at the beginning of the morning commute. luckily it was when traffic wasn't as typically as heavy. >> reporter: this was actually the second hit and run accident that happened within a matter of minutes. both involving the white honda civic. the first one happened at the stonebridge exit. chp says the civic fled that scene as well. then caused this accident to happen. the driver of the big rig is okay and the othe

kpix 5 jackie ward with more on the investigation. >> the allegations are very serious. the santa clara swim club is a very well-known establishment within our community. >> reporter: captain wahid kazem says his officers were told saturday morning about the alleged embezzlement case involving the santa clara swim club and its long-time ceo and head coach john bitter. according to the club's board member, bitter misappropriated an estimated $600,000 or more of its members money. now the santa clara police department is in the beginning stages of its investigation. >> it's us stepping in, understanding the business practices of this club. the finances, the rules and responsibilities. so we're truly at the investigative stage. >> at an emergency meeting on september 27, the sc board terminated bitter effective september 28. in a letter says, "we realized this may come as a shock to most of you. please understand that there were circumstances that led to this decision. we are in the process of working with authorities, and u.s.a. weted bitter's home d left a message on his

jackie ward explains what happened. >> reporter: some people here started packing up their things early this morning while others said they were not moving no matter what. this is the flyer that was posted in different locations by east 12th street including this encampment called one nation earth. parker has lived on this public parcel of land since july 4. mainly because he says it is the safest spot in oakland he can find. alternatives like the top sheds are dangerous. >> bring in the people from an encampment , and all of those people in that encampment are doing drugs, or whatever it is that they do. what makes them think that when they put them inside of the top shed they are going to change their habits. >> i've asked you five years for senior housing , joe. >> reporter: went city officials in oakland police officers showed up the situation got heated and an argument broke out between the city of oakland regarding the treatment of homeless people and their belongings. because of martin versus the city of boise, homeless in any california city or town cannot be punished for sleepi

jackie ward, kpix 5. >> the club is not associated with the city. it has no city oversight. a meeting for the members will be held in the future to provide more details about the investigation. >>> you're looking live at the white house right now. millions of americans across the country received a presidential alert on their cell phones 30 minutes ago. in the first ever tested the new emergency national alert system. the alert was sent out at 11:18 pm -- a.m. no action is needed. the presidential alert system was developed to warn americans about a national crisis or disaster. such as a missile launch or a possible tsunami. this test was expected to reach 225 million phones. we sent our photographer out to see if anyone in the east bay was checking their phones during this alert. he said he saw a few people looking. many people said they did not get the alert. the white house says when those messages appear people should take them extremely seriously. that have a direct impact on life or safety. >>> a story out of washington. federal authorities are investigating a suspicio

jackie ward visited the grocery store where he works in san francisco's marina neighborhood. the same place he bought the winning ticket. >> one until he showed up to work and put in a couple of hours of work. when he did find out he had five of the six winning numbers , his manager gave him the blessing to leave. when store manager onof her employees one. >> i think i ran from the meat department all the way to the front lobby. i believe i was screaming for joy. all of my employees started congregating around the customer service center to congratulate him. >> reporter: leah says he was shaking with excitement. she quickly sent him home away from the spotlight. she would not disclose his name only that he's in his 20s and has worked there for two years. >> i think he was extremely nervous. he didn't know what to do. we kind of gave him a little direction , and some assistance to work his way over to claim his prize. ter: tha thoroyeen ar pele he more excited. >> i am glad a store employee wanted no one got all sixtally cool. of the numbers, so the lottery jackpot will contin

jackie ward spoke to some protesters. >> marriott employees like reina are angry. >> my family are dependent. i don't have benefits for my family or for me. >> they have been without a contract since august 15 after nearly 2 months of negotiating for what they call a livable wage, job security and safer working conditions. they say toxic on nowhere especially when it comes to higher wages. >> we are asking for significant raises and we want people to be up to work full- time and still be able to provide for their families so we are looking at dollars. >> even this cook from hilton came over and said his union is also negotiation talks. >> without it we heard someway. >> and marriott spokesperson said this, we are disappointed that they have chosen to resort to a strike entering the strike our hotels are open and we stand ready to provide excellent service while we respect associates right to participate in the worst stoppage we welcome any associate who chooses to continue to work. >> strikes like this are happening in san jose and boston. >>> workers of authorized strikes and could walk off

. >> a tour bus slammed into the vehicle in front of it, jackie ward picks it up from there. re/max this morning's commuters felt the effect of an accident at 10:40 on north on 880, approached stop and go traffic, it ended up crashing into the car in front of it, pushing it into the left got into another lane. >> it continued on, hit another vehicle and push that vehicle into the cka mi truck. reporter:buended up driving on top of the cars, lodging the second one into a ups truck, tingling vehicles, and creating a mess to clean up before the commute. >> we understand that any closure of one lane or two lanes impacts traffic heavily, especially when we have all the lanes closed.>> reporter: at this point of the investigation chp doesn't believe drugs or alcohol was involved, but they think the bus was traveling at 65 miles per hour or more, distracted driving has not been ruled out. each of the drivers that were hit died on scene. >> i can see that one day is worse than the other, the loss of life, the amount of people that it impacts and effects, they are all bad. >> reporter

.>>> let's get back to jackie ward who is live in and oakland. >> reporter: chp says they edr onto the f nortnd 880, d ama standing on top of his band waving a gun around, erratically. he told chp it was because his van broke down. we did see exactly where this happened on northbound 880 near 66th avenue. the van was cleared from the scene. traffic was slowed down tremendously at one point because of this and chp had to intermittently close down the freeway while they got this under control. when officers got here they held the suspect at gunpoint and were able to de-escalate the situation fairly quickly without incident. what turned out to be a bb gun, not a handgun was tucked into the man's waistband. >> he made some statements that he was fearful that he was going to get hit by traffic, so his bb gun.>> reporter: this ce confiscated as you can see, it is very hard to tell that is not a handgun. officer said the resemblance to a real firearm is remarkable. some people who called into chp said gunshots were fired but they confirmed that no shots were ever fired and the situation was r

jackie ward is at the northgate mall. >> reporter: when employees got to work around 7 am they noticed that the roof was sagging with water dripping down. that's when the fire department got called and the situation got worse. >> the ceiling actually collapsed down. on top of the front area we see right here. >> reporter: when the roof partially collapsed all the responding firefighters and two store employees were standing outside of the building. >> we are about to proceed into deterne if this was in fact weather related. >> the drainage system gets clogged. then the roof will collapse. >> reporter: san rafael fire says the store has only been here about a year. the owner said there was some work done on the roof but they're not sure if that was related to the collapse. firefighters are waiting to get back inside of the building to excess the extent of the damage. building engineers have to deem it safe before they can do that. >>> the building has been red tagged and the store will be closed until further notice. >>> san mateo county sheriff is investigating a homicide near to neate

jackie ward is at the evacuation center. >> but we begin with kpix 5's anne makovec live where firefighters spent the nice forcing people out of their homes. anne. >>> reporter: yeah. right now, they are working to relieve pressure on that natural gas pipeline where e

jackie ward just arrived at the scene. >> reporter: this is a very industrial area. this postal center behind me is relatively new. this is a lot calmer than when we first got here about an hour ago. starting around 10:30 reports of a suspicious package here at the priority mail postal facility. possibly explosive thanks to an early cnn report. soon after that, we can see postal workers being escorted out of the building and officers from various law enforcement agencies, including the police department and the f.b.i. federal agents dressed in bomb suits were able to successfully and safely remove the device. we got here just before 11:30. as we arrived, several officers asked us to step back for our safety, eight cars marked and unmarked, including some from atf quickly pulled out of the parking lot and sped towards the freeway. it appears they went to the explosive detonation site. the f.b.i. office tweeted that they have explosive technicians on scene but there is no immediate threat to the public which is why we are able to get so close to the facility. the packa