>>> and back to our top story tonight, kpix 5's joe vazquez is leading our coverage live from dallas.e, how's the city doing 24 hours after this deadly police ambush. >> reporter: not too well, veronica. i mean, look, it's a warm sunny night here in downtown dallas. but make no mistake about it, it's a gloomy day. take a look behind me. this is el centro college. this is where police say a sniper was perched last night and unleashed a hail of bullets in the middle of what was until then a peaceful protest. five officers were killed. nine others were wounded. the gunman micah johnson refused to surrender for hours and was locked into a gun battle with police. officers finally sent in a row meet controlled robot bomb and killed him. as you can imagine, it's a gut- wrenching day here in dallas. the community is doing its best to come together. every hour brings more strange news about the gunman and people who died. it is a supreme challenge for the dallas/fort worth area right now struggling with getting their heads around what happened here. we mentioned president obama earlier in the

our joe vazquez continues his reporting from dallas. within the last few minutes, another tense situation outside police headquarters. what's going on? >> second day in a row this has happened. suddenly we just saw a bunch of people start screaming and running past us this direction. we saw police officers with rifles start moving that way. it turns out there was a guy on a rooftop across the street. the police were very concerned. it didn't take them long to realize it was a man who was up there literally taking a selfie as it turned out. but it sent shock waves through this crowd. the police officers are still trying to breathe after two days ago, they were under fire directly from a sniper like that. a very difficult scene. this community trying to come to grips with all that has happened. a lot of people met today at a town hall to talk about it. >> reporter: at a dallas mega church called the potters house, they came together to pray, to shed a few tears, to talk about the trauma of the assassination of police officers. and others

joe vazquez live for us in dallas. we'll check back with joe a little bit later. >>> in san francisco, protestors have been trying all afternoon to get on the bay bridge. earlier, police shut down the i- 80 on-ramp at 5th street after demonstrators swarmed the area. and now the protestors have decided to take a different approach. kpix 5's jackie ward is near the folsom street off-ramp where the crowd is now blocking drivers from leaving the bridge. jackie. >> reporter: juliette, we're at first and harrison street right now and i'm going to ten to the side so my photographer can zoom in and show you what's happening. the protestors just about an hour ago made their way to the fremont folsom street off-ramp and then that forced cars to not go -- they couldn't get off the bridge! they weren't able to get into san francisco. so chp actually had to direct these cars. they were reversing down the off-ramp to get back on to the bridge so then hopefully get off at the next exit. the protestors are sitting down right now and th

joe vazquez is live in dallas where an emotional sunday service remembered the five officers killed and the two black men killed by police last week. >> as the folks here in dallas are paying their respects to the fallen officers, they like the rest of america are trying to get their heads around the broader issues about police and community relations and earlier today we heard voices from all sides of the issue at a town hall meeting. >> reporter: at a dallas mega church called the potters house, they came together to pray, to shed a few tears, to talk about the trauma of the assassination of police officers. and others who died this week at the hands of the cops. >> i had to go to work thursday night in to friday and it was the first time i saw my wife cry when i left to go to work. my kids are like dad, are you really going to work? i have to. this is my profession. i took an oath to serve and protect you all. >> my daughter is an angel. she's definitely more stronger than i am. >> reporter: diamond reynolds called in and she was as calm as she was on the facebook live video she post

joe vazquez is there and he will have live reports beginning later today on kpix 5 at 5:00.nuing coverage on our website, as well. >> cbssf.com. that's it for kpix 5 news at noon. have a great afternoon, everyone. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,, ♪ >> katie: you and my husband. all this time. all the denials and... all those promises. how could you? >> bill: pleased with yourself? >> liam: do you think this is fun for me? i take no pleasure in this. >> bill: oh, sure you do. "it needed to be done," you just said. liam the hero, fighting for the truth, even when he doesn't understand what the hell it is. i mean, this from the guy who changes relationships more than i change my underwear. you should have stayed the hell out of it.

joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news from overseas. one person was killed and ten others hurt in an explosion near an open air music festival in southern germany. the blast happened near nuremberg. this comes days after a deadly shooting outside a shopping mall in munich. >>> back in california right now, evacuation orders are in place for 1500 homes mostly within los angeles county. the santa clarita fire has burned more than 2200 acres since it began two days ago. one person died. firefighters are attacking the blaze from the ground and from the air. they've got it about 10% contained but with extremely hot temperatures and dry land. the flames are still spreading. >> i understand the residents have seen fires before, but these are not normal times. when we say evacuate, that means evacuate. >> an evacuation center has been set up at a high school. they're taking in families and their pets tonight. >>> well north of that fire, another blaze is raging in monterey county, burning more than 10,000 acres. the burn zone stretches through

our joe vazquez joins us live from dallas with what we know so far. joe. >> reporter: juliette, i got to tell you, it's already a tense time here in dallas. the tensions have heightened in the last half-hour or so. you can see right down the sidewalk down there a group of police officers, cops have been running around with guns drawn just within the last few moments. according to police, they saw a man run into the dallas police parking garage right behind the billion here. that man dressed in black, possibly wearing a mask, police are currently sweeping that area. what they said is that they have received some sort of credible threat that someone was going to try to hurt police officers. now, back live here in front of police headquarters, they are still allowing the public to come here. you can see it is a growing memorial. that is one of two police cars, you can see it's just completely covered with flowers and balloons and cards and well wishes. many people here starting to come to grips with just how bad the last few days have been. [ pause ] >> i

kpix 5's joe vazquez has details. >> reporter: september 1974 as the world watched, famous stuntman thee evel knievel launched a spectacular jump over the snake river canyon in idaho inside a rocket cycle. but he failed badly! his parachute deployed too early. >> there's been a mistake! he looks like he is going into the canyon. >> reporter: you survived with minor injuries. now 42 years later with the boost from some silicon valley rocket science, a new attempt. >> it's like touching superman's cape. >> reporter: eddie braun has spent 30 years in hollywood doing stunts for movies. he is retiring after this one. >> this is my thank you and good night. it's my graceful homage to the gentleman that inspired me to become a professional stuntman, evil can kneel. -- mr. evel knievel. >> reporter: the son of the original rocket designer is in idaho now. that's where he is preparing a new steam based rocket cycle based on his dad's old blueprint and some new tech advances. >> if i don't make it i won't be here for the sequel. if i don't make it and i live, i will do it again. i have actually t

tonight, kpix 5's joe vazquez learned new inform >>> a vicious stabbing inside a north bay movie theater put a young man in the hospital and now an accused attacker could be linked to homicide. now kpix5's joe vazquez learned new information about the suspect and victim. >> reporter: he was watching a horror movie called the shallows when the real life drama began. 21-year-old adam lucero was sitting in the roxy theatre in downtown santa rosa. around 4:00 yesterday afternoon this man, a random stranger, opened the door to the movie theater, ambushed adam quickly from behind and started stabbing him. the two had never met. >> that's pretty -- it's almost straight out of the movie, which is weird it happened in the movie. >> reporter: adam had surgery last night because of stab wounds to his throat, ear and chest. he is recovering and expected to survive. mart was arrested and charged -- hart was arrested and charged with murder and now is called a person of interest in another violent crime. a homeless man was savagely stabbed 50 times as he lay in this doorway blocks from the theater mon

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kpix 5's joe vazquez is at the scene with more. it's got to be impacting traffic at this time of the afternoon. >> reporter: it is. the situation is going on for two hours now in one of the busiest areas of the bay area. market street blocked off for several streets around 7th street. side streets like jones and mcallister all barricaded off by police. you can't drive by and even if you walk up to the yellow tape like i did, they are going to tell you get back because you're in the line of fire so that's how tense the situation right now is. a few minutes ago just before we went on the air, we heard three shots being fired. a police officer tells me those were nonlethal shots but it put a stir in this crowd. it is very tense right now, ken. we'll keep you updated. >> thank you, joe vazquez live from 7th and market in san francisco. we'll keep you updated as he said. >>> new at 4:00, one person is dead after a car crashed into a mansion in san francisco. and both the vehicle and the building caught fire. looks like a movie set! it h

as kpix 5's joe vazquez reports, it just keeps happening with the latest incident only a few days ago >>> reporter: the shots have been coming out of nowhere. san jose police say for the last three months somebody has been shooting into occupied cars driving on blossom hill road. in each case a single bullet was fired. in two cases, one man was braised by a bullet and a woman was -- grazed by a bullet and a woman has hit by flying grass. one was may 4, then last saturday. they happened in the early- morning hours. police say they have beefed up patrols in the area of blossom hill and poughkeepsie. they don't know who is firing it or from which direction. >> my driver's side window was shot out. >> reporter: mark's car was shot up in early march also on blossom hill road a couple of miles from these latest crime scenes. he wasn't in the car at the time. two of his friends had their windows shot out at the same time nearby. those cars were also unoccupied. >> it's a form of terrorism if you think about. they are going around town and terrorizing people. and people in the car now? i woul

joe vazquez found out it paid off. >> put the gun down, man. >> reporter: cell phone video captures the beginning of the incident on jones near market. police the man without a shirt has a gun and refuses police orders to put it down. >> put it down! >> he said he wanted to die. he made statements to the effect that he didn't want to go to prison. >> they decided to shoot him with a beanbag gun and then he lay down on his stomach. >> 221, he has his hands in his pockets and refuses to comply. >> reporter: the beanbag shots are nonlethal but they have little effect. the suspect lies down on the ground but he still is holding the gun and won't take his hands out of his pocket. his family describes him as a man with mental illness. a negotiator with the crisis intervention team talks to the man for nearly four hours. >> negotiations are attempting to be conducted. >> reporter: until he finally gives up his weapon and peacefully surrendered. the police chief says this peaceful resolution is a real- life example of the deescalation training the department has been undergoing now for months.

kpix 5's joe vazquez reports. >> reporter: what's on the mind of the community right now? >> i think we're dealing with a lot of [ indiscernible ] outrage. for several years, when things continue to build up, it eventually goes to burst. you know? >> reporter: we talked with mistah fab in oakland. he is a multi-platinum reaper and producer. >> white america when will this madness stop ♪ >> reporter: his latest song called six shot after men were killed. he is a strong supporter of the "black lives matter" activist recently denounced by police officers and their supporters as proponents of violence. >> you want to associate them with, like, a riot, a gang? that's just like saying, the "black lives matter" you guys are a gang so now you guys are our enemies. >> reporter: people are voicing concerns then these guys take what is being said and they apply in toward killing cops. i mean, do you think that hurts the cause? >> i don't -- >> reporter: do you think that backlash is on the community because people sort of lump everybody together you know what i mean if they see "they

in san jose, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> some bay area foodies can't fathom a trip to mcdonald's but they might cave because gilroy garlic fries are coming to every mcdonald's in the area. it has locally sourced ingredients. the garlic was grown in gilroy. back in may when they were tested out in four locations they sold out in a flash leaving many customers disappointed but by next wednesday, you can give them a taste at any bay area mcdonald's. >> oh. >> put it on your calendars! >> so i already have a problem with mcdonald's fries being that i love them. [ laughter ] >> so -- >> garlic, oh, man! >> big problem to have. >> this sounds very dangerous. >> not this weekend but next weekend is the garlic festival in gilroy. yeah. we are just supporting our local farmers with all that garlic. i'm just supporting my city! >> local economy. >> doing my best here! [ laughter ] >>> good morning. rise and shine! welcome to your friday. this is our live weather camera looking out towards mineta international airport and so far just some high, thin overcast but for the most part clear skies there t

kpix 5's joe vazquez shows us how they are recreating the infamous feat. >>> reporter: september 1974, as the world watched, famous stuntman the late evel knievel launched a spectacular jump over the snake river canyon in idaho inside a rocket cycle. but he failed badly! his parachute deployed too early. >> there's been a mistake! he looks like he is going into the canyon. >> reporter: he survived with minor injuries but never lived it down. 42 years later with a boost some sillicon valley rocket science a new attempt. >> it's like touching superman's cape. >> reporter: eddie braun has spent 30 years in hollywood doing stunts for movies. he is retiring after this one. >> this is my thank you and good night. it's my graceful homage to the gentleman that inspired me to become a professional stuntman. mr. evel knievel. >> reporter: an engineer of saratoga is the son of the original rocket designer. he is in idaho now where he is preparing a new steam-based rocket cycle based on his dad's old blueprint and some new tech advances. >> if i don't make it i won't be here for the sequel. if i

joe vazquez leading our coverage is live in dallas. joe. >> reporter: the streets are still blocked off here in front of el centro college in downtown dallas. right back there is where police say the sniper perched up and targeted police officers. just as a peaceful march was winding down last night, bullets rained down on to the crowd. >> somebody is really armed to the teeth. >> move back, get back. >> i would say probably about 20 gunshots rapid success. >> i was screaming run, active shooter. >> turns around and got hit, boom, bam! boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, kept going! >> reporter: police surrounded 25-year-old micah johnson but after a long gun battle and hours of negotiation, he refused to surrender so officers decided to deliver a bomb by a remote-controlled police robot and blew him up. johnson lived in the dallas suburb of mesquite. he was a decorated private first class with the army reserves to served in afghanistan. >> he said he was upset about the recent police shooting. the suspect says he was upset at white people.

joe vazquez on the victim's recovery and another brutal crime that the suspect may have committed >>> reporter: he was watching a horror movie called the shallows when the real life drama began. 21-year-old adam lucero was sitting in the roxy theater in a downtown santa rosa. police say 23-year-old delonte antioch hart a random stranger opened the door to the movie theater, ambushed adam from behind and started stabbing him. the two had never met. >> that's pretty, like, it's almost like out of the movies, just weird it happened at a movie. >> reporter: according to social media posts from friends of the family adam had surgery for stab wounds to the throat, ear and chest. he is recovering and expected to survive. hart was arrested and charged with attempted murder and police are now calling him a person of interest in another violent crime. a homeless man named [ non- english name ] was savagely stabbed 50 times as he lay in this doorway just blocks from the theater just after midnight monday. right now police are not calling hart a suspect but they do want to find out where he was a

kpix 5's joe vazquez is there and i understand, joe, there is a news conference happening right now withhief. >> reporter: there is right now chief toney chaplin speaking with reporters. the situation just ended and it ended peacefully. let's listen in for the chief. >> talk about why it took so long four hours. >> because, you know, we -- we have been pushing to create as much time to possible. the sanctity of human life. we would stay out here until tomorrow if we had to. we didn't want to result to lethal force. >> reporter: live on channel 5 right now. he said some words like he said he wanted to be hurt by police. is that what he said? >> yes. he said he wanted to die. he made statements to the effect that he didn't want to go to prison and so the negotiators negotiated and worked with him and it was a four-hour ordeal but like i said before we would have stayed out here however long we needed to make sure it resolved peacefully. >> reporter: we're going to break away from the chief for a moment just to wrap up what we have heard here. there was a standoff for about 4 hours in the s

joe vazquez stirs up his story. >> reporter: a state dinner at the white house is one of the grandestost glamorous affairs in d.c. but this week a much younger hipper crowd is heading to the east room for a meal. >> just scoop it. >> yes. >> reporter: on the guest list 8-year-old cannon meyers of santa rosa and he is taking his mom amy. >> to be a guest at the white house is going to be amazing. it's just going to be literally the trip of a lifetime. >> reporter: cannon is one of 56 young chefs who won an annual contest known as the healthy lunchtime challenge part of first lady michelle obama's "let's move" initiative. the youngster created an original healthy affordable recipe deemed by a blue ribbon panel of judges to be delicious called cannon's california rolls packed with california's finest ingredients, lemons and avocados from the central valley chicken and yogurt from petaluma and whole grain tortillas from santa rosa also included some of his favorite food. >> [ indiscernible [ mumbling ] >> reporter: he has a tough time talking. he was born with an extremely rare genetic di

.>>> joe vazquez shows us what was leaving out of the water right in front of him.>> reporter: three sailors just south of the bay bridge suddenly they were joined by a bottle nosed dolphin who started playfully doing flips alongside. >> what do you think was going through his mind? >> i think that he could hear it in the video.>> [ laughter ]>> he would just appear for 10 or 20 seconds, and we would say, we think he is done. and then he would come back up and we would squeal s'more. truck porpoises are often seen here -- >> reporter: porpoises are often seen here. but what is rare is catching them on video frolic ling -- frolicking at the bow of the boat. >> it just tickled as. i was laughing because of my crews reaction and they were laughing because of my reaction. do you think it off and then started performing for you? >> i think that it did. i think he was excited by her cackling. >> was that you? >> she was the squealer and i was the laffer. it was a bucket list thing for me to see dolphins in the bow, and i never thought that i would see it in the san francisco bay. there you

joe vazquez is live in dallas tonight. it appears people are creating their own memorial there. >> reporter: they are, brian. rain is starting to fall on this memorial in front of the police department here and that is dampening the crowds but not the spirit as folks have gathered here in large numbers to pay their respects to the fallen officers. among the flowers and balloons and cards and prayers at dallas police headquarters, two strangers embrace and dissolve in tears. you all know each other? >> no. [ crying ] >> no. [ crying ] it's not real. can't hardably believe that this could happen. [ overlapping speakers ] [ crying ] >> reporter: it's going to take some healing from a lot of communities and here you are strangers and i have to point out, different race, right? what's it going to take? what's it take to get through? >> i don't know. i don't know what the answer is. but i just know that, um, people need to do more than ju

kpix 5 reporter joe vazquez will have a live report coming up at 6:30. >>> now we want to take you live to southern california for a look at the huge wildfire in santa clarita about 35 miles north of los angeles. the fire has burned 22,000 acres. at least one person was killed. firefighters discovered the body inside a charred vehicle. the fire has destroyed 18 homes so far. today about 1500 residents were ordered to evacuate. firefighters estimate they've only got the fire about 10% contained. >>> in monterey county, over 10,000 acres have burned north of big sur. parts of highway 1 are closed off as crews battle the spreading flames. there's a mandatory evacuation in effect for the community of palo colorado. kpix 5 devin fehely is at the cal fire command post with more on the fire fight. >> cal fire says it has assembled a massive response to match this massive wildfire. an estimated 800 firefighters from across the state and county. and yet the fire continues to grow and threaten some of the central coast's best known communities. >> reporter: the fire nearly doubled in size overnig

tonight joe vazquez shows us some of his fans are burning mad. >> reporter: the 4th of july fireworks see you later. >> reporter: -- have begun angry at his announcement he's leaving oklahoma city for the golden state warriors. some of kevin durant's former fans are setting his jersey on fire. >> they shouldn't be mad at kevin. >> reporter: they 00th? they're burning his jersey. -- they shouldn't? they're burning his jersey. >> not like they did lebron's. >> reporter: durant, a nearly 7-foot tall giant who moves as gracefully as a guard recently has been hinting he might not stay in okc. >> two most important things for me is being around great people and having fun playing basketball. >> reporter: now that he's a warrior four of the five starters are all stars. steph curry and durant are both likely future hall of famers. >> reporter: what does it mean for your team the wizards? >> my team? not good, not good at all. >> reporter: some fans are complaining it's unfair. >> i don't think they're upset with the warriors. i think they're upset with the whole let's make a team out of money

kpix5's joe vazquez checks in with bay area law enforcement on how they are dealing with this new threat. >> i mean obviously it's a wide range of emotions, anger being one of them. >> reporter: tonight we're riding along with alameda county sheriff's deputy joel hasna. >> confusion, frustration and kind of stuck because how do we fix this problem? >> reporter: he's 31 years old, used to work at the oakland police department. his father has spent more than three decades in law enforcement. you have to come out every day, get in the car and go answer this 911 call. what's going through your mine and your fellow officers -- mind and your fellow officers' at this moment? >> we discuss almost daily the possibility of ambush and go over tactics and strategies to try to combat it. when you're being ambushed or there's a sniper scenario or something like that and you have no clue where this threat's coming from, that's my biggest fear. >> reporter: so there's dallas and baton rouge. what went through your mind the moment you heard again officers were killed? >> my first inclination is to empath

our joe vazquez continues his reporting from dallas.n the last few minutes, another tense situation outside police headquarters. what's going on? >> second day in a row this has happened. suddenly we just saw a bunch of people start screaming and running past us this direction. we saw police officers with rifles start moving that way. it turns out there was a guy on a rooftop across the street. the police were very concerned. it didn't take them long to realize it was a man who was up there literally taking a selfie as it turned out. but it sent shock waves through this crowd. the police offer

kpix 5's joe vazquez spoke with the teen and will have the full story tonight at 11:00. veronica. >> thank you. >>> a drone helped millbrae firefighters fight a four-alarm fire. it engulfed a community center and it wasn't an accident. the fire broke out just before 4 a.m. on the exterior of the building leading investigators to call the fire suspicious. chopper 5 captured the devastating aftermath. the community center once home to summer camp, daycare and adult classes is burned to the ground. >> we are going to have a bigger better community center soon maybe but at the same time, seeing this, i mean, you know, just reflecting with some people that you over there we shared so many memories here. >> the community center is considered a complete loss. no reports of any injuries. >>> a fire in san jose burned more than 30 people out of their apartments. tonight they are still sleeping inside a school because they have nowhere else to go. but only on "5," len ramirez shows us who has stepped in to him 'em. >> reporter: five days after a small electrical fire led to even g