it was dumped there. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5 merchandise. >> joe vazquez, kpix 5. -- joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> san francisco is getting a new batch of liquor licenses but kpix 5's cate cauguiran explains the neighborhoods getting the licenses may surprise you. >> reporter: the sunset isn't typically considered one of the hot spots. >> friends wouldn't come out here for -- unless we were going to hang out. would be nice to have a few more options in terms of night life. >> reporter: san francisco reached its cap on liquor licenses till now. they got a law passed to help areas identified as needing an economic and special -- and social boost. >> neighborhood specific and when the business goes out of business it can't be sold. >> first of its kind in california. >> reporter: now for the first time in 77 years san francisco will get a chance to issue 5 new liquor licenses to restaurants. before the legislation one major barrier for local neighborhood restaurants to get a liquor license is they had to buy it from a previous owner and it would cost them up to $300,000. >> there are bro

as k-p-i-x five's joe vazquez reports... it's now spread to the bay >>> a peculiar hoax is popping up across the u.s. involving evil looking clowns. as joe vazquez reports it's spread to the bay area and police are not amused >>> reporter: modesto, california this twitter video shows a clown in a field. a group of kids eventually chase him away. it's one of dozens of clown sightings reported to police and school districts around the country. is this for real? a prank? an overreaction? >> the threat is serious enough for me that i would put it in that violence category. >> reporter: oakland's school police chief says creepy clown messages were posted on instagram and directly targeted oakland schools. >> we have had two specific threats to two specific schools. >> reporter: he is not saying which ones. antioch school district also put out a notice saying schools were targeted there. this instagram post tells students to wear blue to stay safe. the fairfield school district also received online threats. >> we take this serious

reporting live, joe vazquez. >> thank you. >>> storm watch. a messy drive today. the rain made it tough to read the highway signs. and in san francisco the rain flooded the two right lanes this afternoon. the chp had to shift drivers to the left. floodwaters made their way into the oakland coliseum during the raiders game. water poured over some of the wiring. >> and in the mountains the hillsides were drenched, adding to concerns about mudslide in the burn zones. most of the showers are now moving south and east of the bay area. the low pressure that created this is heading out of the pacific northwest but there are still showers to deal with. ban of showers into the north bay. in general things will dry out tomorrow. big changes later in the week. also, through tomorrow afternoon there will be coastal flood warnings. thousands of people are without power in the bay area. pg&e, 5,000 customers. 4300 in fremont. the cause is not known. >>> wet weather hampering the search for a missing plane in the sierra. the plane was last heard from yesterday near the south sho

joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> this baby abducted in the bay area. tonight how police tracked thousand infant and his kidnapper. >> this bay area man nearly died in a motorcycle crash. tonight his family is suing the paramedics. how they say he add undersult to injury. >> and -- insult to injury. >> and betty yu with how america furara is rocking the latina vote. ,,,,,,,,,, a few hours ago, they managed to track her down. tonight: reporter steve large, on how it >>> man hunt for a woman accused of kidnapping her baby. they managed to track her down. how it was all thanks to a sharp eyed bystander. >> reporter: law enforcement officers dote on the 7-month- old, holding their baby, safe and unharmed following a kidnapping and amber alert that led authorities to the tiny mountain town of downyville. the baby's kidnapper, his mother hannah ruth ashley. this is main street and this is where hannah ruth ashley was taken into custody in front of these doors. photos captured the moment. hannah ruth ashley stopped and handcuffed as she walked with baby hidden

. >> people say it was more than economy, joe vazquez talk to voters who were at a watch party in san francisco.>> they rolled their eyes, shut them in disbelief many laughing out loud during parts of the debate that were serious. like when trump explained his loose language is just words. sometimes the crowd was blown away at the shamelessness of it all. >> he was going off the rails. >> the debate watch party was like a serious drama that became an unintentional comedy. >> frankly this election is a dark comedy for a lot of people. >> bill clinton his were actions mine were words.>> at times this crowd was uncomfortable watching their grandparents squabble almost. >> i know you are into big diversion tonight anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it is exploding and the way republicans are leaving you. >> it was tough to see because she is a good statesman and any credible politician but it is hard to fight someone with no rules. >> this was locker room talk. >> he apologized for that talk. i have no ownership of that and i won't say if he did or didn't. >> he sai

. >>> kpix5's joe vazquez shows us how marin county is bracing for the storm tonight. >> reporter: i'm standing here near the shoreline highway and 101. this is an area that always gets high water when we get a bug storm and starting tomorrow let's face it, it's going to being inconvenient, but not everyone is hating it. >> we're trying to get them out of the house before the rain starts. >> reporter: in downtown san enselmo the kids are thrilled with the impending storm. >> get to put on their rain boots, rain jackets, splash in the puddles. >> reporter: it's hard to believe after such a gorgeous night the morning will be wet. in fact, not everybody does believe it. >> it won't. >> reporter: it's not even going to rain here? >> no. i don't think. so. >> reporter: the forecaster said it's going to rain. >> the forecast early also said that the the giants would win. >> reporter: that's true, mr. cubby. that's not right, though. but it is right that the storm will arrive in the morning. pg&e crews were out clearing branches today because the combination of rain and wind will likely knock

kpix5's joe vazquez is live at sfo tonight. joe? >> reporter: liz, first we want to tell folks that most of the flights are actually going just on schedule here at sfo with the dramatic exception of those in the projected hurricane zone. dave lipin / bay area medical di team. checking the board at sfo, many of the flights to and from miami and other points in florida are canceled. those arriving from the hurricane zone are telling traveler stories. the garcia family is from the orlando area. their flight was canceled. so they had to make other plans. >> we drove actually to miami and we were the last flight. everything after us, the whole airport was shut down. >> reporter: meanwhile dave lippen of san carlos is preparing to go into the hurricane zone. he leads about 50 members of the bay area disaster medical assistance team who have been told to stand by. >> everyone here all has day jobs out in the san francisco bay area community. the plan now is to be ready to go and wait for orders. >> reporter: while they await orders, some p

joe vazquez, kpix5 news. >> once their investigation is complete santa rosa police will forward their findings to the da's office of deputy thorn is -- office. deputy thorn is no longer on the case. >>> a break in the case where four students were shot. san francisco police made two arrests. the 15-year-old students were shot tuesday afternoon as school was getting out in the parking lot at june jordan high school in the excelsior district. police believe one particular 15-year-old girl was the target. the three male students were simply bystanders. >>> earlier tonight in san francisco dozens of students and community members gathered in soma to call for peace and justice. some held white balloons to represent those who have lost their lives to street violence. >> we want the street to be safe. we want the community to be safe. we want the people in the community to be safe. we don't want nobody else having to bury their children. we don't want nobody else getting shot, robbed, murdered, none of that. so it's simple. we are out here for solutions. >> students shot tuesday are all reco

kpix5's joe vazquez talked to witnesses who heard the dramatic confrontation. >> reporter: the sound of the gunshots was caught on a witness's cell phone camera. >> it was scary. >> reporter: julio ramirez was standing outside his house when hayward police opened fire. >> like nine times. >> reporter: you ducked your head? >> right. i went like this, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. and then i just went inside. >> reporter: witnesses say it all started when a park ranger drove up to a man parked in an rv motor home and told the rv driver he needed to move along. the rv driver apparently got upset and rammed the park ranger's vehicle. then witnesses say he went on a rampage smashing into about half a dozen cars parked alongside. then when police arrived, investigators say he rammed his rv into more than one police car. >> he assaulted parked cars and then assaulted the officer that tried to stop him. >> reporter: rafael arrest sawno was -- arizano was as a birthday party across the street. >> he smashed into the cop. once he hit the officer, then they are going to have to defend themselves so

kpix 5's joe vazquez found out, our bo. it has a secret weapon. >> reporter: behold the megabot. in this hayward warehouse a legend is being born. the next generation of giant fighting robots is being built by megabot, inc. >> we want to bring everybody's childhood dreams to reality. >> reporter: the new robot called the mark 3 is mostly under wraps. >> this is actually one of the parts that are going to go on the robot's arm. >> reporter: it will be slightly taller than the old robot, the 15-foot-tall mark 2. >> this is a 6" diameter pneumatic canyon. >> reporter: the weaponry will be upgraded as the team prepares for a megafight against another giant robot in japan. >> there's a combination of range weapons and melee combat weapons? originally we only had range weapons on our robot. so that's part of the reason why we're building a whole new robot. >> reporter: the megabot is operated by a human who sits in the torso of the robot in an area called the cockpit. they are doing some testing to make sure the cockpit is safe. the new megabot's youtube series shows just how serious t

here's kpix 5's joe vazquez >>> reporter: the 911 call came from a neighbor here on highlands avenue in sonoma county. the neighbor says she heard loud arguing but when deputies arrived, the woman said there was no problem. the man ran inside his room and locked the door. >> as a sheriff, i'm extremely sorry. >> reporter: sheriff steve freitas says what happened next should not have happened. he says deputies scott thorne who was only with the department about five months repeatedly used his nightstick and taser on the man. it was caught on camera worn on the bodies of three depth his who responded but the sheriff isn't releasing the video. >> they forced their way into this gentleman's room. while they were in there, they talked to him. they could see he feels not injured. they could see he didn't have a weapon. and so that's when things should have slowed down tremendously. it should have been been clear there was no crime. >> reporter: the sheriff says the body camera video shows the deputy using his baton in an excessive way but that it was his use of the baton at all that got hi

kpix 5's joe vazquez tells us who dropped it off and why they didn't think twice. >> it just magically appeared and we have pcbm in point richmond now. >> reporter: edie says the three large piles of covered dirt lining canal boulevard came out of nowhere a couple of weeks ago right next to the point richmond neighborhood where the mayor lives. >> the executive officer of the water board told me that they were not authorized in any way to do this. >> reporter: the signs indicate pcbs are present, chemicals which could be carcinogenic. >> it's really disturbing that anyone could just make a big pile of potentially cancer- causing dirt just appear in your front yard. >> reporter: a spokesman for wareham development says the dirt comes from under a parking garage they are building in emeryville. he says they have been temporarily storing it on company property in richmond. wareham development says yes, there is pcb here but they have tested the soil and that the pcb only makes up two parts per million. now, at that level, the company insists that government standards indicate this soil is

in san jose, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >>> >>> we now know a student is responsible for drawing graffiti a a san ramon high school. there have been two cases of graffiti on bathroom walls at the high school. yesterday a student admitted to being responsible for one of those incidents. in one case, quote, whites and colored were written above separate toilets. >> i knew there was racism. but i never thought it would happen here. i thought we were always welcome from the school but it made me feel and our whole group feel unwelcome and unsafe. >> the school is working with the san ramon police department to find the other person responsible. >>> a stockton social media prankster's latest stunt took a violent turn caught on camera. [ yelling and cursing ] his prank videos have more than six million followers. but his clown prank last week ba >> that guy in the clown suit is an instagram prankster. his prank videos have more than 6 million followers but his clown prank backfired when he jumped out of the bushes at a man and got pistol-whipped. >> i was literally like oh, it's a joke kind of li

but as joe vazquez found out... there'sa high- tech way for parents to call a time- ou video games with the neighbors, they become zombies... look at these faces. like their brains escaped to another universe. bringing them back to earth is a real chore. gary dunn / san francisco you want to be the cool dad. and you want to go in and say, '10 minutes dinner time in 10 minutes." "you don't want to be the dad who's yelling and screaming ... and you come back in 5 and they're still on." now, a new device could put that zombie resistance on hold. the primary purpose for the home wireless system by san francisco based-eero inside your house in hard to reach places. but it also serves an alternate purpose with a feature called family profiles; a smart phone app. nick weaver / ceo, eero what family profiles allows you to do is set groups of devices for each of the kids in your home and set limits ... and - get this - you can even temporarily pause their video game to get their attention. nick: you can pause any device in y

joe vazquez, kpix5. getting a lot of attention across the globe. we will introduce you to the wo >>> still ahead, a local artist is getting a lot of attention around the globe. we will introduce you to the woman who is creating store trips. >>> you can e-mail your nominations at cool schools.com. we may come and feature your school on the broadcast. ,,,,,,,, >>> good morning and thank you for watching kpix5 morning news. taking a look at your futurecast, by lunch hour today, that's when we will start to see the light rain move into the northern portion of the bay area. it will be wet in santa rosa, light rain showers expected to scatter across the region by the evening commute making roadways on the wet side for the evening travel. meanwhile as we forge ahead towards your tuesday, lingering shower possible around the rim of the bay and then dry out by midweek setting the stage for blue skies for blue angels. >>> traffic along the altamont pass, slowing up as the time goes, 205 at 17 miles per hour. 202 to altamont will take yoa heavy 35 minutes. >>

the mother of two of the victims spoke with joe vazquez an interview you'll only see on 5. >> chanceas very loved. >> reporter: two deputies arrived at her home. >> they said there's a accident and, um, your sons have been killed. both of your sons have been killed. >> reporter: her sons, 18-year- old lance and 20-year-old chance argall were in a car driven by a third man, 18-year- old chance maurer. they were on sir francis drake west of samuel taylor state park when the car crossed the lane of traffic went into the ditch and wrapped around a tree. all three were killed. police have made no determination whether alcohol or drugs played a part in the wreck. >> i love my boys more than anything in the world. and now my whole purpose of living and -- and so, um, now i'm lost. and they're lost, too,. >> reporter: she says lance was the sparkly one, quick wit and artist. chance was a musician who played guitar by ear. they worked with their mother on her nonprofit called love wild horses a sanctuary movement for the protection of horses. >> my saddest thing is that i could not hug them r

joe vazquez, kpix5. >> we should mention the police department has not formally released the officer's name but an official with the police union did confirm it to kpix5. we are told he is in critical condition. >>> the santa cruz police department is investigating a deadly shooting. police were called to a house early yesterday morning when a man was reportedly making death threats. officers say they tried to arrest the suspect outside but he started swinging at them with a metal rake. they say they shot him after they tried to tase him to stop. >>> crews worked through the night to restore power to thousands of customers here in the bay area. at one point last night nearly 5000 people were affected, mainly in the fremont and newark areas. no word yet on what caused that power outage. >>> it was a rainy weekend, you probably noticed, all around the bay area, which did make things difficult for drivers. as you can see the rain made it tough to read the highway signs on 280 in san mateo. on 101 in san francisco the rain pooled, flooding the two right lanes southbound near paul avenue. t

kpix 5's joe vazquez is at at&t park right now. joe, it was a roller coaster. >> reporter: it was. they had this game. there was so much hope going into the game. especially after last night's win. >> reporter: at&t park on a cool october night. giants fight to keep alive. if they lose the season is over. the team is determined. the energy level is high. the roar of the crowd. the crack of the bats. early hits were a blessing for the giants and a curse for the cubs. on top of the curse of the goat that plagued chicago fans for years. the goat made an appearance earlier in the day. >> we love the goat. the goat curse is over. >> the giants kept hitting. up by three. >> we are going to win again. >> the cubs weren't done. a 9th inning rally put chicago on top. giants fans fell silence. prayed for a miracle but it wasn't to be. chicago wins. the giants are done. >> they couldn't make the extra out. 2 strikes and a hit. drove me crazy. >> reporter: that guy yelling let's go warriors. time to root for the next potential world champion because this season is over. maybe the goat curse is

let's get right to kpix5 joe vazquez at at&t park tonight. joe? >> reporter: ken, what an exciting game. it was 0-0 most of the game. the tension was building. then there's a three-run homer in the top of the 90, but i have to tell you the -- 9th, but i have to tell you the fan here at public health did not start celebrating until the very last pitch. [ cheering and applause ] [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: how would you describe the mood where that home run was hit? >> oh, it was like electric, man, yeah. it was just euphoric. it's awesome. >> reporter: we've been through this a few years. where does that one rank? >> pretty up there. >> let's go giants! let's go giants! >> look around here. look at this. look at. this we're all so fired up of it's the most exciting thing i've seen -- fired up. it's the most exciting thing i've seen in a long time. >> reporter: before the game not a lot of people including giants fans thought they could get through this, but now after this victory, ken, we're talking about maybe the fourth world series ti

.>>> joe vazquez, kpix 5 a rare chance to break out the umbrella today. one viewer sent us this video of the rain coming down in martinez. julie, we may not be done with a wet weather yet. >>> we do have more on the way tomorrow. it might look until a little different. we solve rain, and hail. really heavy downpours. we did see heavy downpours in the bay area as well. some folks in the east bay got a nice trenching. overall, rain totals were not very impressive. they are very hit or miss today. some folks got over a 10th of an inch. most folks around the bay area, south -- san francisco, maybe a 10th of an inch. tomorrow, we could see more rain. i will show you that in the future cast in just a bit. outside, we are drying out. we have temperatures in the 50s. there 60 degrees for san jose at this hour. the area of low pressure, this upper-level trough, that brought us the unsettled weather today. at or miss showers and thunderstorms. the hide it, another moisture plume. this will move in tomorrow and bring with it showers were the afternoon hours. future

joe vazquez is in glen park now with some new information. joe? >> reporter: yeah, kevin epps is well known not just for his film making, but also for helping steer young people away from violence, but today police arrested him inside his home after a murder here. family members are wracked with emotion as the man they identified as marcus polk sr. is wheeled into the medical examiner's van. his son describe an acrimonious history between the suspect and victim. >> based on the history and everything that's been happening, there was a lot of anger in the person who did. this. >> reporter: marcus polk, jr. said his father was homeless and did not live with his family but sometimes showed up at his ex's house unannounced often angering her current husband kevin empire state building. when family members arrived today, he said something epps took as an insult. >> he showed up out of the blue today and from what i've been told he made a comment saying that she doesn't really like you. i think that was what did it and he shot a man in the back. >> the

joe vazquez shows why police do not believe there's any threat to the public. >> reporter: when police arrived in an alleyway between the hotel and the parking lot on the property, they found a man lying on the sidewalk. they tried to revive him, but edied from a gunshot wound. >> we like to let the public know this wasn't a random act. we believe the victim was targeted. >> reporter: they believe he was visiting a registered guests. >> he may have been there for a while preceding the incident but he was visiting a guest there we believe. >> reporter: vers are not elash rating on what led up to the shooting. they've say the gunman got away. >> it's; term was visiting the registered guess. no reason to believe that the registered guest is a suspect. but, you know, we have to explore all pockets at this point. -- explore all possibilities. that's the best i can give you at this point. >> reporter: police are not yet identifying the victim. they say he's in his late 20s, from the bay area but not from here. >>> time now 4:40. the deal between at&t and time warner gets political. president

joe vazquez reports. >> reporter: checking the board at sfo, many of the flights to and from miami and other points in florida are canceled. those arriving from the hurricane zone are telling travelers' stories. the garcia family is from ocoee in the orlando area. their flight from orlando was canceled so they made other plans. >> we drove actually to miami and then we were the last flight. everything after us, the whole airport was shut down. >> reporter: meanwhile, dave of san carlos is preparing to go into the hurricane zone. he leaves about 50 -- leads about 50 members of the bay area disaster medical assistance team. they have been told to stand by. >> everyone here, doctors, nurses, paramedics, all have day jobs out in san francisco bay area community. the plan now is to get ready to go and wait for orders. >> reporter: while they await orders, some pg&e workers including linemen and equipment operators are already planning on leaving. >> they will be helping hand in hand with the florida light & power crews to restore power as if they were working here in california during a win

joe vazquez spoke with some gloomy giants fans >>> reporter: at&t park. the giants fight to keep alive in the play-offs. if they lose, it's over. the home team is determined. the energy level is high. the roar of the crowd, the crack of the bats. early hits were a blessing for the giants and a curse for the cubs. on top of the actual famous curse of the goat that has plagued chicago fans for years. the goat made an appearance at the park earlier in the day. >> we love the goat! there's no goat curse now. we love the goat. >> reporter: the curse is over? >> it's done. >> reporter: the giants kept hitting. they were up by 3. >> we won 2012, 2014, we are going to win again 2016. >> which clearly we are about to. >> reporter: but the cubs weren't done. a ninth inning rally put chicago on top. giants fans fell silent. they prayed for a miracle but it wasn't to be. chicago wins, the giants are done. >> they just couldn't make that extra out. they get two strikes on somebody and then they get hit. two strikes on somebody and then they get a hit. it just drives m

kpix 5's joe vazquez was in a packed bar with fans as the team crushed their competition. [ applause and cheers ] whoo! >> reporter: how would you describe the mood? >> it was like electric, man. it was awesome. >> awesome. mad dumb did"mad-bum" did an awesome job. it was up there. we had to win to advance. >> let's go, giants!! [ applause ] >> let's go, giants! [ applause ] >> i mean, look around here. look at this. we're all so fired up. it's the most cing thing i have seen in a long time. [ applause and cheers ] >> whoo!! ! >> the cheers were loud ringing all over the bay area. fans at this bar in san jose say the giants can definitely pull off a win against the chicago cubs. >> a little scary but you know what? the cubs they got their curse. that's all i got to say. and we believe it! we believe it! >> well, the giants take on the cubs tomorrow, friday, 6:15 at chicago's wrigley field. >>> folks in florida, georgia and the carolinas are bracing for the worst as hurricane matthew heads their way. traffic jams are already forming as people evacuate. cbsmarlie hall has the latest. >

some people spoke with joe vazquez yesterday. >> put on the rain boots, rain jacket, splash in the puddlesavoid bringing mud in the house. [ laughter ] >> reporter: now, as for the roadways if you are heading out, they will be slick this morning. some of the regular low water spots will be under water like the manzanita "park & ride" part of which will be closed for a week as a precaution. so everybody preparing for this right now. and just in the minute or so i have been speaking, the rain has been coming down a little harder. so yeah, julie has been talking about it all morning and tracking it. let's go to her now for more details on what to expect for the rest of the morning. >> i zoomed in hi-def doppler into where you are standing right now, anne. our latest radar sweep moved a cell right over the top of you. this is lucky drive. there's plenty more where that came. with the leading edge of that, you can see the heaviest rain north of san francisco although we are getting showers in san francisco. i do want to point this out. this is exciting for anyone who is looking forward to the s

it is never too early in the season for a storm, and a couple of them spoke yesterday with our joe vazquez>> put on the rain boots, rain jackets, splash in the puddles. >> reporter: bring a little mud in the house? >> try to avoid that. [ laughter ] >> reporter: now, as for the roadways, they will be slick and some of the regular low water spots will be under water like the manzanita "park & ride" part of which will be closed for a week as a precaution. again, traffic moving smoothly here in the north bay on 101 in larkspur, marin county, and i guess we are minutes away from the rain. kpix 5, anne makovec. >> minutes away? maybe a few minutes. [ laughter ] >> julie said. >> maybe so. [ laughter ] >> maybe not minutes. >> maybe an hour? [ laughter ] >> all right. let's check on the roads while we wait. roqui. >> we are. i'm waiting for the rain, julie, to affect the roads but things are looking smooth as anne said. let's check mass transit. this is our only problem of the morning so far. bart is delayed 20 to 30 minutes currently due to a track problem and bart had to shut down the system o