ken bastida is in the newsroom... etting word people >>> two people shot and the search for the suspects in novato. ken bastida is live in our newsroom with an update on our top story. >> reporter: we are just getting word of people in novato who live near fairway drive are being told to "shelter in place." stay where you are if you are in your house. stay there. if you are working, stay in your office. all this as a search is under way right now for as many as three suspects. here's what we know. a lot of this is coming in as we speak. sheriff's deputies found two people with gunshot wounds in an open space area off fairway drive in novato. this is in the area near the marin country club. the shooting was reported about 5:00. one gunshot victim was found right away. then later another victim found. no word on their conditions right now. we want to give you a visual idea of the area that this search is going on right now. you can see it's open space right at the end of that cul-de- sac. this is a neighborhood of fairl

ken bastida has more on a land grab not seen in a century. >> reporter: in mountain ranch, california gold rush, and it's booming again. >> we call it the green rush. it's not the gold rush. this is the green rush. >> reporter: green as in marijuana, the new gold up here. bill smith has 18 escrows on his desk at the mountain ranch reality. >> we have sold 75 properties to growers and pretty much know what you are looking for. >> reporter: smith said it's going so well he is going to pack up and move to mexico. a few months ago, this town of 1500 was nearly wiped out by the 70,000 butte fire, land resettled by growers who want to get in ahead of california's initiative that could set a path for legalized recreational marijuana like this former english teacher who acquired this 20-acre parcel last year and likes to compare his crops to fine wine. >> every varietial is different like wine, and they have to be taken care of. you don't want them smashed or stepped on. >> reporter: he didn't want us to show his face or use his real name, but "captain" insists he is in full compliance in sta

and our ken bastida found out it is creating a land grab not seen in more than a century. >> reporter: the calaveras county town of mountain ranch boomed during the gold rush. now 166 years later it is booming again. >> we call it the green rush. not the gold rush. >> reporter: green as in marijuana. the new gold up here. bill schmidt has 15 grows on his desk. >> we pretty well know what you are looking for. >> reporter: schmidt says it is going so well, he is fixing to pack up and move to mexico. a few months ago, this town of 1600 was nearly wiped out by the butte fire. land that is being resettled now by growers who want to get in ahead of california's november initiative that could set a path for legalized recreational marijuana. >> how long have you been up here? >> reporter: growers like cap pain. a former english teacher who acquired this 20-acre parcel last year and liked to compare his crop to fine wine. >> it is a little different. like a red or white wine and they have to be cured and taken care of like wine. >> reporter: he didn't want us to show his face or real name. but

. >> and i'm ken bastida. we'll get a check of weather and traffic with roberta gonzalez who has been up partying all night because the warriors won. >>> you know, our director mike bruce called on me and said have you looked at the camera as of late and i went, no, and pushed it up. can you see this? guess what it is? >> a black gibon. >> that's good, you have been listening. [ laughter ] it's a 20% wining. the most -- waning. you can see. boy, the visibility is great there. san francisco, 54, santa rosa 47 degrees. we will see the clouds slow to clear from the beaches today. mid

in the newsroom, i'm ken bastida. guys. >> thank you. >>> a student was arrested for attacking a teacher. it happened yesterday in mount diablo high school in concord. cell phone shows a teacher who already has cuts on his face trying to subdue a 16-year-old boy. from the video it looks like the teacher does not punch back. but instead, he gets the boy down on the ground. concord police say the boy was suspended from school and will probably be expelled after a disciplinary process. police say the boy punched the teacher in the eye after the man told the boy he was in a place where he was not supposed to be. >>> authorities trying to put all the pieces of a complicated puzzle together after a murder and chase in the south bay yesterday. they say that the suspected killer 43-year-old andre redmon is behind bars and not talking. the murder mystery started at a home on madrone drive near los gatos. it is still very much an active crime scene there. investigators are removing bags of evidence and have searched every searc

. >> i'm ken bastida. we begin tonight with breaking news.the search for a missing vallejo teen, pearl pinson, is focusing on a remote area near the town of jenner in sonoma county. chopper 5 shows the search teams on the ground and we have seen search dogs in the water, as well. deputies are looking for clues along willow creek road. this new search widens the kidnapping case that happened in vallejo on wednesday and yesterday, pinson's accused kidnapper was killed in a police shootout in solvang. that's hundreds of miles away from the search area going on in jenner. kpix 5 reporter jackie ward is in jenner this evening with the latest on the search. jackie. >> reporter: ken, you just spoke to officials from solano sheriff's county and they are here because they talked to sonoma county. sonoma county sheriff's officers are here at their request, i should say. the piece of information

. >> good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook.t 6:00 tonight, dramatic video of whale rescues off the california coast. the giant creatures are getting tangled up in what's become a late crab season. kpix 5's don ford on who is coming to their rescue. >> reporter: turn right some. >> reporter: just below the surface a humpback whale is struggling to untangle itself from fishing lines pulling floats keeping it from swimming free. this rescue crew is using a pole-mounted hook knife trying to release the animal. >> okay, okay, okay. i think i got something. i know i got something there. >> reporter: this year, several whales have run into crab pot lines that normally would have been pulled by now but the season started so late that whale migration and crab fishing have run into each other. >> the work we're doing is extremely dangerous and people have died in other countries doing similar work. >> reporter: although not a large number of whales are trapped, those that do could suffer severe injuries like this one seen here in 2014 fi

kpix 5's ken bastida is live they newsroom to explain what caused this banking meltdown. n. >> reporter: this is scary. it all started this morning when union bank customers up and down the west coast reported problems accessing their accounts online and at atms. they logged on to find a zero account balance. can you imagine? and bank debit cards were frozen. the bank tells us it all started with an overnight computer upgrade. things took a lot longer than expected. people cut off from their money for much of the day. san francisco-based company tried to explain what was going on and issued an apology on its website. many furious customers turned to social media trying to find out what happened. one asked, are you going to cover my late fees, union bank? same thing with another man who was trying to pay his rent. others threatened to take their business elsewhere. for its part, the bank tweeted back, apologizing for inconvenience. now, we have calls out to union bank tonight still trying to find out if in fact the bank will cover any late fees for its customers. and allen,

ken bastida joins us with the latest on campaign 2016. >> a lot at stake for them both. >> reporter: this is a big one. california everybody wants it, right? there's a lot of delegates. 475 delegates are up for grabs in the democratic presidential primary here. hillary clinton of course wants those delegates to seal the nomination. just a short time ago, she spoke to voters at the hibernia building in san francisco. >> the stakes could not be higher. there is absolutely no way that we can let donald trump get anywhere near the white house! ! >> clinton stressed the importance of the election and urged voters to take part. she was running late at a previous event in san jose. that's where supporters greeted her at parkside hall. clinton campaign says she will use her speeches to focus on why she is the best candidate to raise incomes for families, lower healthcare costs and improve education. a new poll shows the race between clinton and sanders is neck and neck. hillary clinton has just a slight lead but that is within the poll's margin of erro the battle is raising questions about a

ken bastida has the comments. >> a lot of outrage. most people saying the academy needs to pay up. pay their fair share. now, bill writes on facebook, it's good to be king or maybe the queen? jerry says, if you are connected to the criminal cabal that runs the city, you can get away with murder. now, brian writes, all that money they get from students and bleed them dry, they can't even pay their damn bills. time to shut the school down like all the others. on the other hand, michael says, permit fees are a cash cow for municipalities. your taxes already go to pay the salaries of the people in the permit office and building department. anything extra you have to pay for a permit is strictly extortion. and beverly, well, she sums it up simply with this picture. a ref going ha? we welcome your feedback. chime in on our stories on our kpix 5, cbssf facebook page or tweet us at #cbssf and find our original reports on our website at cbssf.com. >>> thank you, ken. mobile gaming company zynga is worth less than its san francisco headquarters. the building on 8th and towns end is up for sa