juliette goodrich on the accusations. >> you shouldn't have to be forced between safe or convenience. >> reporter: they say their 6- year-old daughter was kicked out of kid's country at coyote creek elementary school in san ramone after they complained about inadequate care. >> our situation was unfortunate. my daughter's hair was cut by another child. she had scissors in her face. no one saw it. there were three teachers in the room. >> reporter: formal accusations are being filed from the state at four other sites. not the site their daughter attended. accusations include children were left unattended and in some cases children left the care center and headed home alone. >> my neighbor called me and said do you know a child was left alone outside the classroom door. >> reporter: employees at the kid's country didn't want to talk on camera about the accusations but they have stated they run 13 sites with more than 1350 children attending. the facility director has stated their incidents have been far and few between. and some parents would agree. >> i have nothing to complain. i have

juliette goodrich on profits that are being lost from the harvest that's nearly ruined. juliette. >> reporter: it's all because of all the rain we have had and the lack of sunlight. this is a regular pistachio with the hard shell. what we learned today is growers are keeping a close watch pistachio growers on the inner part of this. this is where the hard shell grows. typically in three months that shell is supposed to be this size. they don't think that's going to happen this year. >> we know there's going to be huge damage this year. we know we are going to have terrible losses but we didn't know how much. >> reporter: her orchard is at risk because of too much rain and not enough sunlight. she says it's the case throughout california. all of the pistachio growers are suffering. >> the heat causes nutrients to go into into the tree itself. >> reporter: they have 100 acres of pistachio and harvest is in october. depending on the weather and how the season goes this summer, if harvest is pushed to november that could be a big concern because then there is frost. >> we won

juliette goodrich on how it went down. >> reporter: this is the trail in pittsburgh. curfew is at 10:00 and goes until 5:00 in the morning. here's what we've learned about the recent attack. police tell us that past curfew at 10:45 at night, a woman was held against her will by three suspects. a good samaritan tried to help the woman and the suspects then told him quote, don't try to be a hero, just go home. the suspects then grabbed the good samaritan and kicked him several times and even stabbed him. and just last month, a 19-year- old pittsburgh man was shot along the trail. the victim was reportedly approached by four men on the trail. words were exchanged and the victim was shot. what happened to the trail in your mind? is it just not safe? >> yeah. i wouldn't recommend anybody walk on it. >> like so long, and there's no houses to where you can run to if somebody does attack you. >> pittsburgh police say there have been several incidents in the past month along the trail. they are trying to step up patrols and hoping anyone with information will come forward abou

. >> juliette goodrich on the cat lover's crusade against the irs. >>> reporter: some call her the caty. but her name is jan and she takes care of cats. lots of them in her home. as a volunteer for fix our ferrels, her mission is to trap stray cats, neuter them and care for them until they can be adopted or released. >> he is going to get adopted. >> reporter: when she tried to take deductions on her tax return for items like cat food, litter, vet bills and unreimbursed expenses, the irs said no way claiming her cat receipt items were nondeductible. >> the irs was contending that this could only be done regarding cats being housed on the premises of an spca. >> reporter: jan's case wound up in tax court. she represented herself because she couldn't afford a lawyer. after submitting receipt after revote to the tune of more than $12,000, jan the cat lady won. >> i argued that it was no different from a daycare center where you can deduct a portion of the house and a portion of your utilities that are being used for the charitable purpose. >> reporter: jan has asked us not release the add

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she was put into harm's way like all of these other children. >> that was juliette goodrich reporting from san ramon. >>> the head of the national transportation safety board will be in san bruno today to tour the site of deadly pipeline explosion. the chairman and representative jackie speier with meet with pg&e officials, local authorities and explosion victims. the chairman will give an update on the investigation. that blast killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes last z the cause is still under investigation. >>> toll cheaters, watch out. new cameras may snap your mug along the bay area's first toll lane. the bay area toll authority is thinking about installing them on interstate 680 between pleasanton and milpitas. a new report shows more solo drivers are using the lane without paying plus it's taking too much time for chp officers to monitor and ticket violators. we'll have a live report coming up at 5:00. >>> 4:38. no cheating when we're looking at this forecast, right, lawrence? >> no. we are getting a our money's worth. finally things turning around weather-wise. starting

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juliette goodrich reports this kind of crime is surging in one bay area city in particular. juliette. >> reporter: we're in antioch along the tracks. this once was a utility pole just chopped down to the ground. the lines were actually energized at the time. pg&e and antioch police say these wire copy thieves are certainly getting more brazen. copper wire is removed from this pg&e transformer. the 45-foot wood pole chopped down and a hand saw found on the ground. pg&e says it has seen a surge in these copper thefts and more brazen. >> and on top of being illegal, it is highly dangerous. if any of these wires are energized, it can lead to severe injury or fatality. >> reporter: pg&e says the thieves are targeting utility poles, buildings, construction sites, foreclosed and abandoned homes an catalytic converters sometimes hitting the same spot twice. pg&e tells us this vandalism is widespread. take for instance this utility pole. it's been vandalized repaired and vandalized again. police say the thieves are looking to make quick cash selling scrap metal. antioch residents say

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>>> good evening, i'm juliette goodrich. ann notarangelo is off tonight. topping our news, a deadly crash shocked and stunned a san jose neighborhood, after a cash slammed into a building, where nursing home patients gathered for activities. one person is dead. six others injured. it happened just minutes, or just before 10:00 this morning at the amberwood gardens home on peterson avenue in san jose and anne makovec is has -- has more on the tragedy. >> on a quiet morning at amber woods nursing home, no one could have seen this coming. >> here comes a car. >> reporter: a 90-year-old woman trying to park in the space dries through a wall of windows and a beam, straight through the dining room where more than a dozen dementia patients were preparing to exercise. >> that noise, the noise, they can't get past the noise. >> reporter: the car pushed several whole chairs landing against this wall, knocking out a metal door. and the wheels still spinning, melting tiles on the floor. >> she was still on the gas until somebody came into the car and actually, you kno

. >> juliette goodrich live in oakland, thank you. >>> marie cal len deer closed several restaurants eliminating hundreds of jobs. employees said they weren't given any warrick. they showed up to work and were told to turn in their keys, they say it's part of a plan to close 65 restaurants nation- wide after filing chapter 11 bankruptcy. the closures will eliminate 2500 jobs across the u.s. >>> it's something we all sink our teeth into. next the popular fruits and veggies that come with a dose of pesticides. we'll tell you how to make a healthier choice when it comes to produce. >>> blown away by the wind and it's all caught on tape, what this woman was trying to do. >>> and it's the first time we have seen her since she was shot t amazing new pictures of congresswoman gabby giffords. >>> good evening for the cbs5 weather center i'm looking at a weather element that's going to occur tomorrow that has not happened since may 6th. the pinpoint forecast as "eyewitness news" continues right here on cbs5. ,, >>> pinpoint weather sponsored by mancini sleepworld. marie callender's hey marcel

juliette goodrich on the accusations. >> you shouldn't have to be forced to choose between safe or convenientheir six-year-old daughter was kicked out of kid's country at coyote creek elementary school in san ramon after they complained about inadequate care. >> our situation was unfortunate. my daughter's hair was cut by another child. she had scissors in her face. there were three teachers in the room. >> the california department of social services is getting involved. what are formal accusations being filed at four other sites. not the site that the daughter attended. these accusations include the children were left unattended and in some cases, children left the care center and headed home alone. >> my neighbor called me and said, do you know she was left alone today outside the classroom doors? >> employees at kid's country at the site in san ramon didn't want to talk on camera about the accusations, but they have stated they run 13 sites with more than 1350 children attending. the facility director said their incidents have been few and far between and some parents woul agree. >> i hav

i'm juliette goodrich. ann notarangelo is off tonight. shock and disbelief. as a car slams into a nursing home where patients had gathered for activities. one person is dead. six others injured. and it happened just before 10:00 this morning at the amber wood gardens home, on peterson avenue in san jose. anne makovec on the deadly crash that stunned the neighborhood. >> reporter: on a quiet morning at amber wood garden nursing home, no one could have seen this coming. >> my god, you know. you're sitting there having an activity and here comes a car. >> reporter: a 90-year-old woman trying to park in the space drives through a wall of windows and a beam straight for the dining room where more than a dozen dementia patients were preparing to exercise. >> that noise, the noise, they can't get past the noise. >> reporter: the car pushed several wheelchairs, landing against this wall. knocking out a metal door. the wheels still spinning. melting tiles on the floor. >> she was still on the gas until someone came into the car and actually pulled her out and shut the

and good evening, i'm juliette goodrich.ht san francisco police are looking for a man who shot and wounded five people not far from where pride festivities were wrapping up earlier. it happened near market and 7th streets around 6:15. don knapp on what police say was the motive. >> a police officer marched places where a dozen shell cases landed in john's, mcalister, and market street. police captain joe garety. >> there was a multiple shooting. we have four, possibly five victims. it was gang related. we have one gun in custody. we are doing a cold show. it's an on going investigation. >> there were five gun shot victims. a store owner told cbs 5 of people running in all directions, some into his store to escape the bullets. a security camera may have captured some of the action. police were investigating. there was heavy traffic in the area at the time and a spillover of foot traffic from the pride celebration at san francisco civic center. the captain went out of his way to emphasize the shooting was not related to the pr

. >> reporter: juliette goodrich in dublin, cbs5. >>> a surprise move by the white house today.sident obama tapped into the nation's emergency oil stockpiles. in fact, he ordered the release of 30 million barrels from the country's strategic petroleum reserve. the white house says it's trying to make up for supply disruptions from the middle east and cited a weakening economy. but with gas prices already falling, some republicans say the president is only playing politics. >>> the judge told caltrans put down the shovels and park the bulldozers. he ordered the stop to the construction that's going on on a busy commute route. niles canyon road is only 2 lanes wide. caltrans was widening it buddy liz a bet cook shows us environmentalists won a long- fought battle at least for now. >> reporter: when you drive highway 84 through niles canyon it's easy to forget you aren't far from a big city. >> it's actually a treasure for the entire way area, not just for us in the niles fremont area. >> reporter: it was over a decade ago they began making plans for this $80 million widening proje

. >> reporter: i'm juliette goodrich in antioch.oming up at 6:00, police and pg&e working together to crack down on copper wire theft with a surge of the thefts in the past year. the attacks are more brazen. the story coming up at 6:00. >> it is a contract muni drivers will have to deal with or will they? the new rules and talk of a sickout. so we'll have that and much more at 6:00. >> thank you. >>> thank you for watching. "cbs evening news with scott

juliette goodrich for the implications it will have for others across the country. >> reporter: it wasuite a cat fight. some call her the crazy cat lady. but she's just trying to do the right thing with her charitable cause. and in the meantime, she's getting a tax break. system call her the cat lady. but her name is jan and she takes care of cats. lots of them in her home. as a volunteer for fix our ferals her mission is to track stray cats, neuter them and care for them until they are adopted or released. >> he is going to get adopted. >> reporter: when she tried to take introductions for items like cat food, litter, vet bills and un reimbursed expenses, the irs said no way, claiming her cat receipt items were non-deductible. >> the irs was contend that will this could only be done regarding cats being housed on the premises of an spca. >> reporter: jan's case wound up in tax court. she represented herself because she couldn't afford a lawyer. after submitting receipt after receipt to the tune of more than $12,000, jan the cat lady won. >> i argued that it was really no different fro