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joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> a gunman is on the loose after a homicide. someone reported gunfire before 2:00 a.m. in the morning. deputies say the 26-year-old victim turned up later at the hospital where he died. police in santa rosa are looking for the vandals behind a window smashing spree. they broke windows on five cars over night. police think they used large rocks as their weapon. rk kelly -- on what it took to solve a sca situation. >>> now to the aggressive bees that attacked a neighborhood over the weekend. they killed two people and sent two people to the hospital. mark kelly with more on the sting operation. >> reporter: looked like a ghost town sunday. >> it is quieter out here. >> reporter: but there is one noise that won't go away, the buzz of killer bees. >> i will be like oh, my god, are they going to attack me now. >> reporter: two hives behind this house. the homeowner tells me when they were removed friday the bees, more aggressive than your honey bee got stirred up and we saw it for ourselves. >> sucker. got me in the eye. >> climbing
joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> a gunman is on the loose after a homicide. someone reported gunfire before 2:00 a.m. in the morning. deputies say the 26-year-old victim turned up later at the hospital where he died. police in santa rosa are looking for the vandals behind a window smashing spree. they broke windows on five cars over night. police think they used large rocks as their weapon. rk kelly -- on what it took to solve a sca situation. >>> now to the aggressive bees that...
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kpix 5's joe vazquez joe vazquez on the relatives struggling to believe a dad and his baby girl are gone. >> reporter: a passing boater spotted the body of a small child near the georgiana slough bridge in walnut grove 30 minutes south of sacramento. it's believed to be a 1-year- old girl. but the medical examiner has not formally identified her. the body was found about a quarter mile from the spot divers recovered the body of kyler jackson, kayleigh's father, saturday night. >> it's most likely the other victim. >> reporter: the baby's grandmother doesn't want to believe it. >> he would want me out here until i have confirmation of his baby. >> reporter: the family has been trying to get the attention of law enforcement and the public ever since kyler and kayleigh went missing monday night. the father and daughter were last seen here they bay area in antioch. he was driving up to sacramento when they disappeared. >> whole new set of questions yesterday in my mind, a whole new set of questions. no closure. >> reporter: after recover kyler's body, the sheriff's department said the radar
kpix 5's joe vazquez joe vazquez on the relatives struggling to believe a dad and his baby girl are gone. >> reporter: a passing boater spotted the body of a small child near the georgiana slough bridge in walnut grove 30 minutes south of sacramento. it's believed to be a 1-year- old girl. but the medical examiner has not formally identified her. the body was found about a quarter mile from the spot divers recovered the body of kyler jackson, kayleigh's father, saturday night. >>...
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joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> new tonight at 11:00 p.m. a new arrest in the murder case. an hour ago officials announced they have arrested a 20-year- old. the charge, conspiracy after the fact. two people were attacked. one stabbed to death. another shot. the shooting victim survived. they were all students at novato high school. despite the arrest officials are still looking for a third suspect in the murder. >>> investigators have called off the search for pearl pinson the teen kidnapped last week. this weekend search crews and the family scoured and found nothing. she was last seen wednesday morning dragged into a car by an armed man. fernando castro was killed in a police shoot out on thursday. >>> 7 people injured following a crash in san francisco this evening. mese say four cars were involved and one of the -- police say four cars were involved and one of the victims is in critical condition. >>> a rescue after a car veered off a cliff today. police and fire rescue teams worked to pull two teens out from the bottom of the ravine. officials say the teens were lucky
joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> new tonight at 11:00 p.m. a new arrest in the murder case. an hour ago officials announced they have arrested a 20-year- old. the charge, conspiracy after the fact. two people were attacked. one stabbed to death. another shot. the shooting victim survived. they were all students at novato high school. despite the arrest officials are still looking for a third suspect in the murder. >>> investigators have called off the search for pearl pinson the teen...
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this is real. >> reporter: in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> friends and family gathered in livermore today to remember a mother and daughter killed by a drunk driver a year ago. the man left the wine festival. flowers and pictures were put up at a park. they were on a sidewalk when brian jones hit them with his car. jones had a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit. >> drinking and driving and speeding, you kill someone, that is a crash, you killed them. >> police patrolled the wine festival to make sure anyone who had too much didn't get behind the wheel. >>> tomorrow students will hold rallies against possible tuition hike. they are upset about a recommendation that tuition should go up. at san francisco state students will march at noon. they are also protesting cuts that college of ethnics studies. >>> claims that airbnb is playing politics. it donated thousands of dollars into san francisco campaigns. the home sharing site poured $257,000 in to campaigns for moderate democratic candidates and their issues. it comes days after progressives threatened fines an
this is real. >> reporter: in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> friends and family gathered in livermore today to remember a mother and daughter killed by a drunk driver a year ago. the man left the wine festival. flowers and pictures were put up at a park. they were on a sidewalk when brian jones hit them with his car. jones had a blood alcohol level almost twice the legal limit. >> drinking and driving and speeding, you kill someone, that is a crash, you killed...
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joe vazquez is at city hall. supervisors want him gone? >> reporter: for weeks now we have been watching loud demonstrations, people outside of city hall saying they are tired of the police shootings and they want the chief fired. today for the first time battle lines are being drawn inside. >> you need to remove this man. >> crowd at the police commission meeting lights in to police chief greg suhr. >> reporter: now the chief is in a bigger hot seat. several san francisco supervisors are calling for his removal. there is also a counter chorus insisting he should stay. >> time for us to start a search for a new police chief. >> this is a publicity stunt by a colleague. supervisor kim is trying to get headline. but this chief is moving forward. >> this is governing by mob rule. police chief greg suhr has to lead it reforms. no outsider will be able to implement the reforms. >> this report that came out is a game changer. this chief is not in a place where he can implement the changes. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> well, it is the f
joe vazquez is at city hall. supervisors want him gone? >> reporter: for weeks now we have been watching loud demonstrations, people outside of city hall saying they are tired of the police shootings and they want the chief fired. today for the first time battle lines are being drawn inside. >> you need to remove this man. >> crowd at the police commission meeting lights in to police chief greg suhr. >> reporter: now the chief is in a bigger hot seat. several san...
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kpix 5 five -- joe vazquez on the criticism that could spark change. >> reporter: dramatic city hall protest loudly demand the firing of the police chief, a much calmer group studying racial bias at the san francisco police department. >> over 200 -- >> working pro bono for a blue ribbon panel released preliminary findings. the police department overwhelmingly arrest more black and brown people in san francisco than white. >> also the department is not transparent when it comes to disciplinary processes and also there is a police union, poa. >> we find the san francisco police department independent of the poa, in addition to the blur the lines between them, many believe the poa influenced and an out of the department have been and remain an impediment to open dialogue x poa disagreeing with the findings. >> what i do not understand is why we cannot start off with removing the chief. smack public comment -- >> reporter: public comment was scorching. >> we have invested in law enforcement and what we have is the worst kind of amateur hour parks joe vazquez kpix 5 . >> the chief receiv
kpix 5 five -- joe vazquez on the criticism that could spark change. >> reporter: dramatic city hall protest loudly demand the firing of the police chief, a much calmer group studying racial bias at the san francisco police department. >> over 200 -- >> working pro bono for a blue ribbon panel released preliminary findings. the police department overwhelmingly arrest more black and brown people in san francisco than white. >> also the department is not transparent when...
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joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> tonight a father and baby are missing. they were last seen in antioch. he dropped his stepdaughter off on sunday but never made it back home to san francisco. the coast card has been searching the river along the highway. >> put them in the car. i kissed all my kids good-bye and said i love you to him and that was it. >> the mother has been trying to see if anyone has seen them. they have been calling his cell phone but it has gone to voicemail. >>> tonight the golden state warriors are on the brink of elimination after falling to the thunder in oklahoma city. more later on in sports. >>> living in the bay area is not cheap. whether renting or buying. that the why a new ad campaign struck a nerve. cate cauguiran is here with more. >> reporter: this ad has several people in san francisco all fired up. >> reporter: living in the city with this view comes with a price. rent $3,100. home price over a million dollars. one company says 10% down because you are too smart to rent. do you think it is realist took say that here in san francisco? >> no. i think it
joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> tonight a father and baby are missing. they were last seen in antioch. he dropped his stepdaughter off on sunday but never made it back home to san francisco. the coast card has been searching the river along the highway. >> put them in the car. i kissed all my kids good-bye and said i love you to him and that was it. >> the mother has been trying to see if anyone has seen them. they have been calling his cell phone but it has gone to voicemail....
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joe vazquez with the story only on 5. >> reporter: take a look through the fence and you can see a big stack of campaign signs. most belonging to one particular city council candidate who told me tonight she concerned he might be the victim of political shenanigans. >> signs stacked up. >> reporter: steve brown is a candidate for san jose city council. someone has been stealing his campaign signs from yards. >> signs have been disappearing across the district here. >> reporter: he brought us here to the high school where teenagers dumped the signs. this is surveillance video from a neighbor's home that he says shows a terrible stealing a sign. he -- teenager is stealing a sign. he tracked down had car and confronted an 18-year-old who confessed. >> he said it was part of a large operation, youngsters -- operation, youngsters, stealing signs across the district here for a few days. >> reporter: did the kid say who directed them to steal them? >> they didn't. not yet. >> reporter: he talked with the principal today. >> he told me he is concerned the kids went through a prank that gone wr
joe vazquez with the story only on 5. >> reporter: take a look through the fence and you can see a big stack of campaign signs. most belonging to one particular city council candidate who told me tonight she concerned he might be the victim of political shenanigans. >> signs stacked up. >> reporter: steve brown is a candidate for san jose city council. someone has been stealing his campaign signs from yards. >> signs have been disappearing across the district here....
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kpix 5's joe f talked to -- joe vazquez talked to one guy who saw it all happen. >> reporter: yeah. you can see the sink hole right there, that is mission street. and that is the hole. as big as a car. 5:30 p.m. this evening it collapsed and swallowed a car. >> it was insane. >> reporter: he shot this cell phone video after a family inside got caught in a hole. rescuers said they couldn't leave their car because it was in danger of falling further. >> they had to stay inside to make sure the weight didn't distribute unevenly. they had to stay inside till they got the ropes to make sure the car was secured and wouldn't fall into the hole. >> reporter: what was their reaction when they were told you have to stay in the car? >> shock. like you tell someone to stay inside a dangerous situation. >> reporter: rescuers wrapped ropes to a tow truck and pulled the car to safety. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: what caused the sink hole? officials say there is a broken sewer line, that is one possibility. also look and you can see road work was recently done. >> that is something they lo
kpix 5's joe f talked to -- joe vazquez talked to one guy who saw it all happen. >> reporter: yeah. you can see the sink hole right there, that is mission street. and that is the hole. as big as a car. 5:30 p.m. this evening it collapsed and swallowed a car. >> it was insane. >> reporter: he shot this cell phone video after a family inside got caught in a hole. rescuers said they couldn't leave their car because it was in danger of falling further. >> they had to stay...
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joe vazquez is at city hall to explain tonight. joe? >> reporter: for the last year a panel of distinguished judges has been looking into this scandal at sfpd about racist text messages. tonight the public got it's first glimpse of the preliminary findings. ause) in addition to the blurred lines betweee two, many believe that the's influence in and outside the department has been and rem an impediment to open dialoe and meaningful and sustained reforms to combat violence within the department. t sagrees with t while dramatic city hall protests loudly demand the firing of the police chief, a much calmer group has been studying racial bias at the san francisco police department. >> bias policing complaints, there have been over 200 since 2012 and none have been sustained. >> reporter: groups of attorneys working pro bono for a blue ribbon panel called by the district attorney just released some preliminary findings, among them that the police department overwhelmingly arrested more black and brown people in san francisco than white. >> 47
joe vazquez is at city hall to explain tonight. joe? >> reporter: for the last year a panel of distinguished judges has been looking into this scandal at sfpd about racist text messages. tonight the public got it's first glimpse of the preliminary findings. ause) in addition to the blurred lines betweee two, many believe that the's influence in and outside the department has been and rem an impediment to open dialoe and meaningful and sustained reforms to combat violence within the...
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kpix 5's joe vazquez talked to one guy who saw the thing and got it all on camera. >> it was insane. >> reporter: vaughn shot this cell phone after a car with a family inside got trapped in a hole on mission street. rescuers told the bewildered family they couldn't leave their car because it would fall further in the hole. >> people had to stay inside to make sure the weight didn't distribute unevenly where the car would fall further into the hole and because of that people that were inside the door stay inside until they got the ropes tethered down to make sure the car was secure and wouldn't fall in the hole. >> what was the family's reaction when they said you have to stay in the car? >> they were shocked that they would be told to stay inside a dangerous situation. >> reporter: rescuers wrapped ropes around the meters and to a tow truck and pulled the car to safety. >> wow. >> whoo! >> reporter: what caused the sinkhole? officials say there's a broken sewer line underground. that's one possibility. also, look closely and you can see that some roadwork was recently done on the sam
kpix 5's joe vazquez talked to one guy who saw the thing and got it all on camera. >> it was insane. >> reporter: vaughn shot this cell phone after a car with a family inside got trapped in a hole on mission street. rescuers told the bewildered family they couldn't leave their car because it would fall further in the hole. >> people had to stay inside to make sure the weight didn't distribute unevenly where the car would fall further into the hole and because of that people...
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. >> kpix5's joe vazquez is at city hall tonight. joe, a stunning turn of events today. just yesterday the mayor said that he had the chief's back. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, ken. it was very stunning, very emotional at city hall today. you can actually hear it in the mayor's voice as he announces he decided it's time for a new chief. mayor ed lee made the announcement in his office just before 5:00 hours after an officer fired into a stolen vehicle in the bayview killing a 27-year-old african american woman, the latest in a series of police shootings prompting reforms from the mayor and chief. >> the progress that we've made has been meaningful, but it hasn't been fast enough. that's why i've asked chief suhr for his resignation. >> reporter: the mayor named toney chaplin as acting police chief. up until now the mayor had stood by sur even as pressure to fire him increase -- suhr even as pressure to fire him increased dramatically in the past few weeks. >> power to the people! >> reporter: this evening the frisco five were among the small crowd going to protest b
. >> kpix5's joe vazquez is at city hall tonight. joe, a stunning turn of events today. just yesterday the mayor said that he had the chief's back. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, ken. it was very stunning, very emotional at city hall today. you can actually hear it in the mayor's voice as he announces he decided it's time for a new chief. mayor ed lee made the announcement in his office just before 5:00 hours after an officer fired into a stolen vehicle in the bayview killing a...
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kpix5's joe vazquez spoke with witnesses who saw the officer get hit. what do they tell you, joe? >> reporter: ken, check it out behind me. it's still an active investigation, busy scene tonight. police investigators are in the middle of the intersection, about speaks or eight cars there involved in this multi- vehicle -- six or eight cars there involved in this multi- vehicle collision, glass shattered all over the street. it all started with a carjacking in bay point about 5 miles away. police say this man robbed this bmw from its driver around since p.m. police chased it here from antioch through pittsburg. the driver crashed his car into a bunch of other cars, then immediately got out and started firing shooting an officer in the face. >> i rolled up to the scene and saw the accident and heard the pops, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, just firing at the officers and they just started firing back. >> all i seen was when they were shooting, he fell back and that's all i seen. i seen him on the floor and he got up really quick and that's when all the cops were just there. >> report
kpix5's joe vazquez spoke with witnesses who saw the officer get hit. what do they tell you, joe? >> reporter: ken, check it out behind me. it's still an active investigation, busy scene tonight. police investigators are in the middle of the intersection, about speaks or eight cars there involved in this multi- vehicle -- six or eight cars there involved in this multi- vehicle collision, glass shattered all over the street. it all started with a carjacking in bay point about 5 miles away....
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joe vazquez on the step they are taking to put worried drivers at ease. >> boom, boom, boom >>> reporter: the wild west gunfight began in a convenience store parking lot in antioch. >> this one guy walked from here and he shoot back this way. >> reporter: he just started shooting the other car? >> yes. >> reporter: he shot up several cars in the process and took off chasing another car onto highway 4 right in the middle of rush hour. that's where witnesses reported gunshot being traded between two vehicles. police gave chase, recovered two weapons, made four arrests. incredibly, nobody was hurt. >> we are going willing to take money out of our tight general funds and put them into something that makes the freeways safer. >> reporter: the pittsburg now wants to install cameras along highway 4 in pittsburg. last week's freeway shooting killed a mother of four. that gunman got away. >> the cameras were up in the location that we're looking at, if they were up, we would have captured the vehicle. >> reporter: pittsburg has more than 100 cameras all over the city. they voted to fund a project
joe vazquez on the step they are taking to put worried drivers at ease. >> boom, boom, boom >>> reporter: the wild west gunfight began in a convenience store parking lot in antioch. >> this one guy walked from here and he shoot back this way. >> reporter: he just started shooting the other car? >> yes. >> reporter: he shot up several cars in the process and took off chasing another car onto highway 4 right in the middle of rush hour. that's where witnesses...
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in concord, i'm joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> police say the student was charged with assault on a teacher which is a felony. he was booked in jail, then released to his mother. >>> a sigh of relief for california small business owners. governor jerry brown has signed an ada lawsuit bill. one of several entrepreneurs faced suit over the americans with disabilities act. he says that small businesses can even get sued for forgetting things like a phone number on a parking lot sign. governor brown's new law gives businesses with less than 50 employees 120 days to correct issues involving ada violations. >> they make it sound like businesses don't -- we want to hurt the handicapped, um, part of our population but we don't. we want to make everybody accessible, everybody's money is green. >> he had to change locations after he faced some ada lawsuits but relief give small business owners a chance. >>> today president obama plans to order all public schools in the country to allow transgendered students to use the bathroom they identify with. a letter will go out to districts explaining what the
in concord, i'm joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> police say the student was charged with assault on a teacher which is a felony. he was booked in jail, then released to his mother. >>> a sigh of relief for california small business owners. governor jerry brown has signed an ada lawsuit bill. one of several entrepreneurs faced suit over the americans with disabilities act. he says that small businesses can even get sued for forgetting things like a phone number on a parking lot sign....
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kpix5's joe vazquez has more on the hunger strikers' demands. >> reporter: outside the mission police station the vigil continues. 11 days in. >> hunger strikers, frisco 5 in san francisco demanding justice and the chief be fired. >> reporter: upset about a set of police shootings, a core group of five men and women are only drinking liquids, a hunger strike to draw attention to their cause. they say they are going to march from here to city hall on tuesday. they are demanding a face-to- face meeting with mayor ed lee. >> not just saying that like something we are going to push the meeting. we are meeting with him. the city demands it. >> we don't have a planned meeting. we told him we are coming so we expect him to be there. it is going to be super tuesday. >> reporter: the strikers say they have been surprised by the community support, even from some who didn't think they would last a week. >> people thought five days, four days. six days. it's 11. and now we have had people come up to us crying, this is real. people are saying you guys aren't going to kill yourself out here, we are
kpix5's joe vazquez has more on the hunger strikers' demands. >> reporter: outside the mission police station the vigil continues. 11 days in. >> hunger strikers, frisco 5 in san francisco demanding justice and the chief be fired. >> reporter: upset about a set of police shootings, a core group of five men and women are only drinking liquids, a hunger strike to draw attention to their cause. they say they are going to march from here to city hall on tuesday. they are demanding...
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i think that's pretty significant. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> san francisco's mayor weighed in as well in a statement. he says he is standing by his police chief. >>> two alameda county sheriff's deputies have turned themselves in to face assault charges accused of beating a suspect in a san francisco alley after a high-speed chase across the bay bridge back in november. the suspect stanislas petrov suffered a concussion and broken hand. he is in custody on other charges, gun and drug charges. the deputies surrendered yesterday. bail is $140,000 each. >>> donald trump and republican party leaders are set to begin meeting a little more than an hour from now. while the presumptive gop presidential nominee works to unite his party, democratic front-runner hillary clinton is escalating her criticism of donald trump. more now from hena daniels >>> reporter: donald trump heads to washington today looking to build unity with republican leaders skeptical of his candidacy. among them, house speaker paul ryan who last week indicated he was not ready to endorse trump. >> we just need t
i think that's pretty significant. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> san francisco's mayor weighed in as well in a statement. he says he is standing by his police chief. >>> two alameda county sheriff's deputies have turned themselves in to face assault charges accused of beating a suspect in a san francisco alley after a high-speed chase across the bay bridge back in november. the suspect stanislas petrov suffered a concussion and broken hand. he is in custody on other...
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joe vazquez shows us how the shootles rattled multiple towns >>> reporter: police now say the wild shootout in pittsburg was actually the third time in the same day the suspect opened fire with a shotgun. the motive? investigators say he was angry at his girlfriend. first one was about 9 a.m. here at the mcdonald's on mahogany way in antioch. his girlfriend is an employee here but wasn't at work at the time. another worker was wounded by the shotgun blast. luckily, no kids were in the play area at the time. about 15 minutes later, police say the suspect drove to this house in pittsburg, more shotguns blasts. his girlfriend was not inside. she has relatives who live here. nobody was hurt. later around 6:00 police say the gunman carjacked this bmw from a 17-year-old then led police on a high-speed chase through antioch and on to pittsburg. he crashed, starting a chain reaction car wreck, injuring four people. then he traded gunfire with police. one officer was wounded, minor injuries. >> the killings and shootings all over -- random stupid stuff, a girlfriend issue? come on now! >> that's not
joe vazquez shows us how the shootles rattled multiple towns >>> reporter: police now say the wild shootout in pittsburg was actually the third time in the same day the suspect opened fire with a shotgun. the motive? investigators say he was angry at his girlfriend. first one was about 9 a.m. here at the mcdonald's on mahogany way in antioch. his girlfriend is an employee here but wasn't at work at the time. another worker was wounded by the shotgun blast. luckily, no kids were in the...
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joe vazquez reports. >> greg suhr is a dedicated public survanta who has servant. >> reporter: mayor ed lee made the announcement in his office just before 5:00 hours after an officer fired into a stolen vehicle in the bayview killing a 27-year-old black woman. the latest in a series of police shootings that have prompted reform from the mayor and chief. >> the progress that we have made has been meaningful but it hasn't been fast enough. and that's why i have asked chief suhr for his resignation. >> he named deputy chief toney chaplin as acting police chief. up until now, the mayor had stood by suhr even as the pressure to fire him increased dramatically over the last few weeks with hunger strikers calling themselves the frisco five rallying to city hall to force his firing. >> power to the people!! >> reporter: the "frisco five" were among the small crowd who were going to protest but instead celebrated. >> it's taken too long. the people have spoken too loudly. and it's about tomb. >> he can only implement the reforms effectively and quickly if we have a new leadership about uniti
joe vazquez reports. >> greg suhr is a dedicated public survanta who has servant. >> reporter: mayor ed lee made the announcement in his office just before 5:00 hours after an officer fired into a stolen vehicle in the bayview killing a 27-year-old black woman. the latest in a series of police shootings that have prompted reform from the mayor and chief. >> the progress that we have made has been meaningful but it hasn't been fast enough. and that's why i have asked chief suhr...
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kpix 5's joe vazquez with more on the surveillance video the worker hopes will prove his case. >> he just calmly sat there. >> reporter: the dark surveillance video shows construction worker sitting calmly there on the right side of the screen talking to police for quite a few minutes. his attorney says it gets ugly once the man realizes he is about to get arrested and he yells to his father in spanish to lock up his truck. >> at that point, one of the officers tells him to shut up and gets closer to mr. paulino. mr. paulino then tries to explain to the officer that all i'm doing is telling him to lock my truck up and then the officer tackles him to the ground. >> reporter: in a federal civil rights lawsuit he alleges the officers began to hit him with their batons. >> strikes him approximately according to video what you see is about 14 or 15 times as mr. paulino is face down on the ground and not trying to fight. he is defenseless at that point. >> reporter: in their written report, the officers said they used force because paulino was combative and they thought he might have a wea
kpix 5's joe vazquez with more on the surveillance video the worker hopes will prove his case. >> he just calmly sat there. >> reporter: the dark surveillance video shows construction worker sitting calmly there on the right side of the screen talking to police for quite a few minutes. his attorney says it gets ugly once the man realizes he is about to get arrested and he yells to his father in spanish to lock up his truck. >> at that point, one of the officers tells him to...
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reporter joe vazquez is live at city hall with reaction to the police chief's resignation.mbshell announcement. behind me in front of city hall you see that orange carpet there. there's a gala taking place but there's also a small group of demonstrators. this is supposed to be a large protest. the announcement of the resignation, took the winds every wind out of the protests. folks were celebrating. they had mixed feelings. on the one hand another person died. on the other hand, they achieved their goal that they have been talking about for weeks now the resignation of the chief. among the crowd, some members of the frisco five hunger strikers. >> it's taken too long. the people have spoken too loudly. it's about time that the demands of the people of san francisco and the world were clear, we need to fire chief suhr. >> hour to the people! >> reporter: how does getting rid of chief suhr solve the problem? >> that's again one part of the problem. leadership says we are watching you. you cannot operate as though you were free range and you were held responsible and to a high
reporter joe vazquez is live at city hall with reaction to the police chief's resignation.mbshell announcement. behind me in front of city hall you see that orange carpet there. there's a gala taking place but there's also a small group of demonstrators. this is supposed to be a large protest. the announcement of the resignation, took the winds every wind out of the protests. folks were celebrating. they had mixed feelings. on the one hand another person died. on the other hand, they achieved...
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in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> bay area home prices hit a record high last month. the median home price in april $686,000. but it is short of the 2007 peak of $665,000 when you consider inflation. so which counties are the most expensive? san francisco, still the tops with a median sales price of $1.3 million. number 2 is san mateo at $990,000 and then marin at $960,000. >>> two men are under arrest following a bizarre robbery in berkeley. it happened just after 7:00 this morning along 7th street. police say a man pointed a gun at a guy as he was getting out of his car. then it got weird. he forced the victim upstairs so he could use his bathroom. now, the victim's grandmother was in the restroom at the time. so the suspect held her at gunpoint while he used the toilet. >> when he came out he was very polite. he thanked me for letting him use my bathroom and he said nice meeting you. >> officers arrested the man about an hour later at a car wash. 25-year-old joseph skyler was booked into jail on suspicion of robbery and carjacking. >> police were surprised to find
in san francisco, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> bay area home prices hit a record high last month. the median home price in april $686,000. but it is short of the 2007 peak of $665,000 when you consider inflation. so which counties are the most expensive? san francisco, still the tops with a median sales price of $1.3 million. number 2 is san mateo at $990,000 and then marin at $960,000. >>> two men are under arrest following a bizarre robbery in berkeley. it happened just after...
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. >> joe vazquez what is going on? >>reporter: that's 7 shootings just the last year on this stretch of highway 4 that's within the city limits of pittsburgh. it's gotten so bad one city council member said his wife doesn't even want to get on the highway anymore. just as they are poised to vote on a law enforcement solution today, more mayhem. the wild west gunfight began in a convenience store parking lot in antioch. >> this one guy cruelty after a dog died in care. 38-year-old juan zarate of san francisco fac felony charges. police say he was working oa one-year-old dachsund at th petsmart in san mateo yeste. three minutes into the visi the dog started bleeding fr the mouth. the pup, named henry, had 2 broken ribs ana punctured lung. petsmart issued this statem any incident of animal cruey goes against everything we believe as a company and individual pet parents. the 'peninsula humane socie is investigating the cause death. a bay area man goes out to y lotto tickets.. police pull him over... minutes later... he's d
. >> joe vazquez what is going on? >>reporter: that's 7 shootings just the last year on this stretch of highway 4 that's within the city limits of pittsburgh. it's gotten so bad one city council member said his wife doesn't even want to get on the highway anymore. just as they are poised to vote on a law enforcement solution today, more mayhem. the wild west gunfight began in a convenience store parking lot in antioch. >> this one guy cruelty after a dog died in care....
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joe vazquez has more on those who were losing their voices and biting their nails right until the last buzzer. >> reporter: exciting in the arena. how nervous have you been? >> i have been nervous, but i know they are going to do it. >> reporter: some yelling, others praying. making this shot and then up and pandemonium. how would you describe this game? >> very intense. i feel like we are going to win. >> reporter: the game stayed close, too close. finally, the team got the lead and won the big game. >> it was the most amazing game i have seen in my life. i have been a golden state fan for 11 years and this was the best thing. curry, mvp, baby, on the way. >> reporter: how stressful was this game? >> oh, my god, first quarter, second quarter i was biting my nails. i have nothing left. now, we are going all the way. this picture... to prove thr >>> hurt your eardrums a bit, how exciting, though. after the game, the warriors tweeted this picture to show that the stunning win was a team effort. the #strength in numbers said it all. >>> bernie sanders was there. he stood out in a suit whe
joe vazquez has more on those who were losing their voices and biting their nails right until the last buzzer. >> reporter: exciting in the arena. how nervous have you been? >> i have been nervous, but i know they are going to do it. >> reporter: some yelling, others praying. making this shot and then up and pandemonium. how would you describe this game? >> very intense. i feel like we are going to win. >> reporter: the game stayed close, too close. finally, the...
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new at 6:00, he told joe vazquez it all starts with separating the good cops from the bad cops. >> the chief met with community members in the western edition this afternoon and insisted there will be change. >> reporter: three days after he was appointed san francisco's new acting police chief, tony chaplain went to church. third baptist church for a meeting with the naacp. >> need to do more to respect all lives. >> reporter: he faced questions from the community and promised he would work hard for reform. >> there's a lot of officers out there that are wanting to do the good work. we're talking about the small minorities out there doing the things they've got no business doing. we're going to isolate and identify. those are the ones we want to send to commission with recommendation that they be separated from the police department. >> reporter: mayor ed lee appointed chaplain thursday to the post of acting chief after another officer involved shooting. this time an sfpd sergeant shot an unarmed 29-year-old african american woman as she was driving aggressively in a stolen car. there
new at 6:00, he told joe vazquez it all starts with separating the good cops from the bad cops. >> the chief met with community members in the western edition this afternoon and insisted there will be change. >> reporter: three days after he was appointed san francisco's new acting police chief, tony chaplain went to church. third baptist church for a meeting with the naacp. >> need to do more to respect all lives. >> reporter: he faced questions from the community and...
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joe vazquez spoke to one of the members of the frisco five last night to hear their side of the story. >> there might be people watching saying, wait a minute, you wanted a meeting with mayor ed lee. he came to meet with you. why were you so upset and hostile to him? >> we weren't upset or hostile. we just want to meet him on our terms. we have a meeting with him tomorrow. >> reporter: "tomorrow" meaning today, of course. also happening today, officer jason lai the former san francisco police officer who is accused of racist texts will arraigned in court, one count for misusing dmv records. investigators weren't able to find enough evidence to charge him for sexual assault the original charge that sparked this entire investigation. it then revealed these alleged text messages. from the mission, jackie ward, kpix 5. >> police also arrested former mrs. lieutenant curtis liu on charges stemming from the sexual assault -- former police lieutenant curtis lou on charges stemming from the sexual assault. what's happening with him? >> he will be arraigned several counts, including delaying or
joe vazquez spoke to one of the members of the frisco five last night to hear their side of the story. >> there might be people watching saying, wait a minute, you wanted a meeting with mayor ed lee. he came to meet with you. why were you so upset and hostile to him? >> we weren't upset or hostile. we just want to meet him on our terms. we have a meeting with him tomorrow. >> reporter: "tomorrow" meaning today, of course. also happening today, officer jason lai the...
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kpix five's joe vazquez is >>> tonight two nevato high school students are behind bars suspected of shooting two classmates. the man hunt is not over yet. >> reporter: that's right, ken. they're still looking for one more suspect. the two teenagers they arrested go to school at nevado high.. investigators removed bags of evidence. the boy is 16 years old they showed us the apartment near by where he lives, it has been ransacked by police. a sheriff spokesman says this young man and another teenager arrested here today are students at nevado high school and they're the suspect of a murder and attempted murder of two other students. the shooting victim survive. one more suspect is on the loose. an army of s.w.a.t. officers had been looking for the suspects all day. >> i was sitting on my porch and they had a big tactical. and eight cops went in the house. they had big rifles and tackty cal gear. and only one man came out. they only arrested one man in the house. >> reporter: this is the backyard where the other teenage suspect was arrested. the cops kicked the gate in and also knocked down par
kpix five's joe vazquez is >>> tonight two nevato high school students are behind bars suspected of shooting two classmates. the man hunt is not over yet. >> reporter: that's right, ken. they're still looking for one more suspect. the two teenagers they arrested go to school at nevado high.. investigators removed bags of evidence. the boy is 16 years old they showed us the apartment near by where he lives, it has been ransacked by police. a sheriff spokesman says this young man...
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joe vazquez reports they're calling for more cameras. >> in just less than a year, there have been six shootings along a four-mile stretch of highway 4 within the pittsburgh city limits. that includes the murder last week of a pregnant mother of four children. the mayor and police chief are calling for a new plan to install freeway cameras. the plan would be to put up four to six cameras on the property next to the freeway. already there are 100 or so cameras stationed throughout the city. on friday the mayor told kpix5 it's time to spend $100,000 of taxpayer money to expand the program >> we've solved a lot of crimes and saved a lot of lives by having those cameras in our city. >> i think that's something that's worthwhile. >> everywhere you look there is cameras. more and more cameras. they have people -- they identify them. they don't incarcerate them, what good is it going to do? >> they will keep us safe, but it's un fortunate that we have to go through that extreme. >> it's expected to be a topic of discussion tonight at the city council meeting. >>> deputies are searching for a
joe vazquez reports they're calling for more cameras. >> in just less than a year, there have been six shootings along a four-mile stretch of highway 4 within the pittsburgh city limits. that includes the murder last week of a pregnant mother of four children. the mayor and police chief are calling for a new plan to install freeway cameras. the plan would be to put up four to six cameras on the property next to the freeway. already there are 100 or so cameras stationed throughout the...
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joe vazquez is live with the chief's latest message to community leaders. >> the new chief says it's time to start tearing down the walls between the police department and the community. he told community leaders in the western edition that he was going to be the first one to begin moving bricks. >> reporter: three days after he was appointed san francisco's new acting police chief, tony chaplain went to church. third baptist church for a meeting of the naacp. >> those in charge and those on the floor need to do more to respect all lives. >> reporter: he faced questions from the community and promised he'd work hard for reform. >> there's a lot of officers out there wanting to do the good work. we're talking about the small minority out there doing things they have no business doing. that's what we're going to isolate and identify. those are the ones we're going to send with commission with recommendation they be separated from the police department. >> reporter: mayor ed lee appointed him thursday to the post of acting chief after another officer involved shooting. an officer shot a
joe vazquez is live with the chief's latest message to community leaders. >> the new chief says it's time to start tearing down the walls between the police department and the community. he told community leaders in the western edition that he was going to be the first one to begin moving bricks. >> reporter: three days after he was appointed san francisco's new acting police chief, tony chaplain went to church. third baptist church for a meeting of the naacp. >> those in...
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. >> in celebration of the team's victory fireworks lit up the sky above oracle arena joe vazquez is there tonight. pretty exciting stuff. >>reporter: what an exciting game. and by exciting i meanie emotional torture. people here at oracle were alternating between chewing their fingernails off and screaming their heads off. it was one for the ages. game game 7 at oracle it was a close one and it was -- >> exciting, intense. >> how nervous have you been throughout this whole game. >> i've been shouting i have no voice. >>reporter: so nerve wracking some in the crowd began to pray. others were near tears when the warriors would miss a shot then would make one and pandemonium. >> would you describe this game right now in. >> very intense. i feel like we're going win. warriors rule that's right right here. >>reporter: the game stayed close. too close and tense. heart attack ten. finally in the 4th quarter the defending champions broke through and got the lead and then won the big game. >> the most amazing thing i've ever seen in my life. i've been a golden state fan for 11 years. this is
. >> in celebration of the team's victory fireworks lit up the sky above oracle arena joe vazquez is there tonight. pretty exciting stuff. >>reporter: what an exciting game. and by exciting i meanie emotional torture. people here at oracle were alternating between chewing their fingernails off and screaming their heads off. it was one for the ages. game game 7 at oracle it was a close one and it was -- >> exciting, intense. >> how nervous have you been throughout this...
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discovery unearthed in a san francisco neighborhood, a child's casket. childhood home near rossi park joe vazquez with a story you'll only see on kpix5. think it' sket ... eri >> reporter: a san francisco homeowner was having her childhood house near rossi park renovated when contractors stumbled onto a very unusual sight under the garage. >> he said do you have any idea what this is? we think it's a casket. >> reporter: erica connor is living in idaho while the work is done. she told me via skype it's the casket of a little girl believed to have been buried 120 years ago. there are no identifying marks, so they decided to nickname her maranda. officials believe maranda was left behind when the oddfellows cemetery moved away. back in the 1930s the rest of the oddfellows cemetery went to colma because the city ordered every burial ground in san francisco to be dug up and the bodies moved, but some were accidentally left behind and every now and then turn up in residential construction. erica says the city won't reclaim the remains because maranda was properly interred, so she wanted to rebury mara
discovery unearthed in a san francisco neighborhood, a child's casket. childhood home near rossi park joe vazquez with a story you'll only see on kpix5. think it' sket ... eri >> reporter: a san francisco homeowner was having her childhood house near rossi park renovated when contractors stumbled onto a very unusual sight under the garage. >> he said do you have any idea what this is? we think it's a casket. >> reporter: erica connor is living in idaho while the work is done....
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reporting live joe vazquez kpix5. >>> are you tired of living in the bay area? do you think it's too expensive? you're not alone. a third of the people living here say they plan to leave. according to a new survey by the bay area council 34% of those polled are thinking about moving away in the next few years. not just because of the cost of living but also the traffic. >> the problem is we don't have a meaningful plan. people can find examples of where some improvements are going to be made the smart train we're trying to elect fee phi the train that's not big enough to solve the problem. >> also according to the poll 40% say things in the bay area are going in the right direction an equal number say we're headed in the wrong direction. >>> electric carmaker tesla is going up real estate in the east bay it secured leases on at least 2 maybe 3 huge warehouses in livermore. more than a million square feet. it means jobs in livermore valley. chopper 5 flew over the warehouse complex today. the new space is not replacing the assembly plant in fremont. this will be
reporting live joe vazquez kpix5. >>> are you tired of living in the bay area? do you think it's too expensive? you're not alone. a third of the people living here say they plan to leave. according to a new survey by the bay area council 34% of those polled are thinking about moving away in the next few years. not just because of the cost of living but also the traffic. >> the problem is we don't have a meaningful plan. people can find examples of where some improvements are...
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. >> reporter: in pittsburg joe vazquez, cbs5. >> antioch police say for now they aren't releasing the officer's name who was shot. >>> we live in the tech capital of the world they say, but a glitch with the radio system has oakland police officers scratching their heads tonight. the department had to come up with a plan b when the equipment went down today. betty, this isn't the first time this has happened. >> reporter: that's right, ken. unfortunately this is nothing new for the oakland police department. its radio system has been going out from time to time. well, tonight a city council member said that he is tired of these breakdowns that he believes jeopardizes the safety of officers. this afternoon the oakland police radio system failed and it isn't the first time. it has a rocky history. at times it's left officers unable to communicate with each other during emergencies. opd says it went to a backup county system and everything was working again within 40 minutes, but that's not good enough for council member noel dyo. >> for me to hear our radios are off and on sometimes, it
. >> reporter: in pittsburg joe vazquez, cbs5. >> antioch police say for now they aren't releasing the officer's name who was shot. >>> we live in the tech capital of the world they say, but a glitch with the radio system has oakland police officers scratching their heads tonight. the department had to come up with a plan b when the equipment went down today. betty, this isn't the first time this has happened. >> reporter: that's right, ken. unfortunately this is...
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kpix 5's joe vazquez shows us the rowdiest showdown yet as demonstrators tried to talked police shootings with ed lee. >> reporter: a community meeting about police accountability was supposed to feature both the public defender and the police chief. but the chief was a no show. we're told there were security concerns. this was the scene a few hours after the mayor decided not to meet with the group of protestors. [ [ yelling ] ] >> reporter: they marched through the streets and on to city hall. [ yelling ] >> reporter: the frisco five as they're now known sat in wheelchairs on day 13 of their hunger strike. >> they need to meet with us. we're waiting for him. >> where's ed lee! >> reporter: they glanded a meeting with the -- demanded a meeting with the mayor, a meeting which never happened. >> the mayor is not here today. he is actually in the bayview. he is not -- [ [ yelling ] ] >> he is not here to talk to you. >> reporter: mayor lee was meeting with small business owners in the city's bayview district. he tried to meet with them but they stood him up say the they wanted to wait. the
kpix 5's joe vazquez shows us the rowdiest showdown yet as demonstrators tried to talked police shootings with ed lee. >> reporter: a community meeting about police accountability was supposed to feature both the public defender and the police chief. but the chief was a no show. we're told there were security concerns. this was the scene a few hours after the mayor decided not to meet with the group of protestors. [ [ yelling ] ] >> reporter: they marched through the streets and on...
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our joe vazquez spoke with a witness. >> what was that family's reaction when they were told, you haveo stay in the car? >> they looked shocked that you would tell someone to stay someone to stay in a dangerous situation. >> reporter: crews got some ropes around the vehicle and were abled tow it away. now, they have to figure out what caused this sinkhole. it looks like it was possibly a broken sewer line. in fact, under that hole now is a brick sewer line that dates back to 1875. this road is going to be closed at least through the end of today and hopefully soon they will have a better handle on the problem and what it will take to repair t live in san francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >> that's very old. what other factors will they be looking at? >> they are going to be look at any contractors who may have been doing work around here recently or if there are any road repairs, and maybe the road was not repaired to spec. so they are going to be looking at all these factors but it looks like the age of that sewer line really is the main problem here. back to you. >> thank you. >>> eas
our joe vazquez spoke with a witness. >> what was that family's reaction when they were told, you haveo stay in the car? >> they looked shocked that you would tell someone to stay someone to stay in a dangerous situation. >> reporter: crews got some ropes around the vehicle and were abled tow it away. now, they have to figure out what caused this sinkhole. it looks like it was possibly a broken sewer line. in fact, under that hole now is a brick sewer line that dates back to...
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joe vazquez spoke with the mayor last night. >> will you meet with them tomorrow? going to show up with a lot of political stuff and you know, i'm not interested in having that kind of meeting. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor john avalos is taking to twitter regarding the situation. he said: >> avalos, of course, has been very vocal about this ongoing situation. he is fed up. the public defender's office is also fed up. they will be holding a press conference later today. from the mission, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> 6:46. gianna, we have seen delays on the roads but now on the tracks is this. >> yeah. unfortunately, we do. ace train is 20 minutes behind schedule. ace train 3, 5 and 7 just a little late. so plan for that this morning. bart looks good if you want to use that. everything is on time. caltrain, muni not reporting any delays. on the freeways, westbound 580, you might be stuck in this backup because there was a couple of broken-down vehicles on 580 one at north flynn, a stalled big rig. cleared out of lanes but the damage is done, you're backed up wel
joe vazquez spoke with the mayor last night. >> will you meet with them tomorrow? going to show up with a lot of political stuff and you know, i'm not interested in having that kind of meeting. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor john avalos is taking to twitter regarding the situation. he said: >> avalos, of course, has been very vocal about this ongoing situation. he is fed up. the public defender's office is also fed up. they will be holding a press conference later...