visitors to the park today seem undeterred by the incident which happened on the 105th anniversary of john muir's own death. >> spooky, but i still want to go in. >> others hope the park service wonder why the tree fell to begin with. >> maybe they can take information and gather some status about the rest of the trees in the area and see if any of them are at risk to fall too. >> the officials say this was an isolated event. aging trees and fragile root systems are common in the bay area. in marin county, i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> a bakery owner in san jose hopes someone can identify the thief who broke into her shop and stole a cash register. surveillance video captured this morning's crime. you can see the person break through the front door and head to the register. it happened around 2:00 this morning at annie cake delights and flour in willow glen. the crime has saddened the owner. >> it's sad. it's the day after christmas. we work so hard and why? why a small shop? what would you expect from a bakery? why would you break into a small shop like this? >> reporter: the owner also says

vividly remembers the events of 13th december the day she says policeman 1st trashed the students of john muir university with stakes like the 1st for the children of many of the women protesters study there. she says she's never seen them so angry and scared as they rushed to help side the hamid is a women's rights activists who. has long experience of working with muslim women she says that police brutality and the unjust citizenship law have forced women even from relatively conservative backgrounds to step out and protest never never have i seen this kind of spontaneous outpouring of education and protest by muslim women they'd afraid for the next generation for their children they had afraid that they may become either if you get in their own lands or they may be torn out the mother of 6 says have pressured her husband to stop protesting she is equally concerned by divisions within the protest movement and says the lack of leadership may be just the win for india's government is looking for. the leader of the congress party support the protests along with other parties opposed to the ruli

the female driver from acura was taken to john muir medical center with major injuries. they are still investigating whether drugs or alcohol played a role . >>> a man accused of intentionally ramming his call car into a police vehicle is in custody tonight. mitchell the suspect's car pretty badly damaged after the crash. here's a look at the scene. police of they are trying to get the driver to pull over as they investigated an armed robbery that happened nearby but instead the driver took off. leading police on a chase that eventually ended it with the crash and a small fire . police say they found a gun inside the suspect's car . >>> homelessness across the country and across the state is on the rise. moore than half 1 million people experience homelessness at least once in 2019. that is an increase in about 2.7 compare to last year. california the study found additional 21,000 people were homeless. that is up 16.4% from the previous year . >>> a full some man thinks he has an answer to help the homeless, billed the city just for them. tonight is showing off the rende

india are being accused of using unauthorized and excessive force against protesters at new delhi's john muir university around 2 weeks ago an independent investigations found offices indiscriminately beat demonstrators destroyed public property and arrested people unlawfully police are also being accused of intimidating and firing on protesters in the state of her pradesh. and the voters capsized in eastern turkey drowning at least 7 migrants $64.00 others including afghans pakistanis and bangladeshis were saved from lake van by emergency workers the lake is a well known crossing point for migrants heading towards europe internet and phone lines are still down in some parts of the philippines after typhoon fun phone at least 16 people were killed in the storm which tall roofs off houses and toppled trees planes in various services have been suspended stranding thousands of people israeli warplanes of a town thomas targets in garza their injuries are reported israeli forces say that they were responding to rockets fired from gaza towards ashkelon that's where caretaker prime minister benjamin

the female driver of the acura was taken to john muir medical center with major injuries. the chp is investigating whether drugs or alcohol played any role in that crash. >>> in oakland a man accused of intentionally ramming his car into a police vehicle is in custody. na posted this picture, the suspect's car pretty badly damaged after the crash. this happened on thursday. here is a look at the scene. police say they were trying to get the driver to pull over as they invest gaited an armed robbery that happened nearby but instead the driver took off leading police on a chase that eventually ended with a crash and a small fire that was quickly contained. police say they did find a gun inside the suspect's car. >>> coming up, a california man proposes a novel idea to try to tackle the homeless crisis in the state. researchers may have found a way to protect california vineyards from a disease that cost winemakers millions of dollars every year. %fo >>> live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix5 news. >>> welcome back to kpix5 news this morning. the time now is 6:31.

. >> but the director of uc davis john muir institute says one problem with olivine is it's most effectiveand it can even harm plants. but another kind of volcanic rock finally ground up can actually increase farm production while cleaning the atmosphere. >> it has a lot of nutrients like potassium, zinc, iron. >> reporter: pulverized salt is being tested right now over massive acreage. >> we could increase crop yields by 20% to 50%. >> reporter: professor holten says if 3/4 of the farmland used the salts, it could capture about a third of all the carbon emitted each year, putting a serious dent in carbon emissions. it's raising seed money to test the olivine rock on remote beaches without disturbing recreational beaches. >> we can show the world this is a technology and technique of minimizing transport, minimizing grinding that could remove all the world's emissions if needed. >> the earth has been cleaning itself this way from the very beginning of time. the odds are this could be one of the many solutions to global warming. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 the