. >>> i'm len ramirez in san jose, a cry for help tonight from this east foothills neighborhood where rowdy parties ha we saw the cloud of smoke and my heart fell. i knew we'd lose our home... and we did.000 homehas wildfire victims need help so i'm voting 'yes' on 19. it limits property taxes on wildfire victims so families can move to a replacement home without a tax penalty. you never know what you'll be faced with. please, vote 'yes' on 19. >>> san jose members are under siege, they blame rowdy partiers who take over their streets, near suncrest avenue. live in the east san jose foothills, where they worry some will get hurt here. >> reporter: they have some of the best moves, they come up here to admire those views but neighbors say ever since the pandemic hits, and the bars have been close people have been coming up here in droves. they are doing a lot of other activities, a lot of it captured on video. and a case of beer and bottles later suncrest avenue in san jose's east foothills. they con out of control situation at night. that is when parties us up with dozens of cars, nei

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kpix 5's len ramirez is at the spot where the new mega development could transform what might be the biggest wasted space left in the city. >> this is what the view down santa clara streak looks like now. here's a peek into the future. plans just unveiled by the valley transportation authority and london-based design firm shows how a future downtown b.a.r.t. station could spur a densely packed development. >> they came up with this very beautiful and aggressive plan that's all these mixed uses. >> reporter: the design concept shows high rise office buildings, condos and apartments, retail, restaurants, apartment spaces, including rooftop gathering places. >> really the center of it all is the main b.a.r.t. station for downtown. >> reporter: the area has been right for development for years, except for a few small businesses on the edges, the center of this block is practically a blank space for developers. the ideas are both tantalizing and worrisome for some san jose residents right now. >> i'm super excited to see b.a.r.t. come to san jose but we can't forget about the working clas

we have len ramirez continuing the team coverage from san jose. >> reporter: it is never a good feeling when you can see the air you are breathing. look at the air over the santa clara valley. that is the aches in yourture of wildfire smoke and smog. when you throw in the extreme heat we had today, things are going from bad to worse. the wildfire smoke and haze formed a dirty cloud that cyclist brodey ran right up into. >> the air quality is bad. it makes your throat dry. i should probably not be out here. >> reporter: and in the santa rosa valley the air quality listed as moderate and temperatures in the upper 90s makes it even worse. this is doug, a 68-year-old trail runner, but he felt it today. >> you have trouble breathing. you can't take in as much air. it is a little difficult. >> reporter: the bay area air quality management district extended a spare the air alert because of unhealthy levels of smog and wildfire smoke. it is not just in the air but settles down on everything and gets inside your body. >> smoke impacts are the biggest concern. they have immediate health impacts.

len ramirez joins us now with the local tourism industry getting hit with a one-two punch. >> reporter: it has been a very difficult summer season for santa cruz here, just when the businesses were getting used to operating under the pandemic, the fires are tricking a new round of closures, evacuations, and there is still some ground here lingering from those fires. has been a very difficult thing for some businesses to survive and some of them will not be around for 2021. the road sign into town says it all. despite were practically everyone wants to be, more tourists and more business, santa cruz a shutting down its number one tourist attraction for labor day weekend, the beaches. >> i like to go to the amusement park and i like to lay it is kind of limited. almost feels like they're keeping the taurus away. >> reporter: beaches will only be open for limited times and only for exercise and police will be patrolling and special beach vehicles looking for violators. >> weird, unpredictable, we are just hoping it is over soon. >> reporter: the shopkeeper don wallace is talking about 202

in san jose, len ramirez, kpix5 five. >>> there is been a spike of home break-ins, in a residents are demanding answers from the district attorney's office. kenny choi is live in north beach where police are upping patrols. >> reporter: is a northern district which includes north beach and telegraph hill. in 1000 incidents so far this year and it is in this park right here that one resident says she saw one of the burglary suspects that was arrested just a few days ago. now that suspect was arrested earlier this month, she saw the suspect here in this part. she said soon after she reported an incident to police, she started posting some flyers and alert neighbors after getting few answers from sf pd. she sent dozens of pictures and videos from surveillance cameras. they map out the details to investigators exact locations counting more than 50 burglaries in a span of weeks. they took part in a zoom community meeting this afternoon, to address residence concerns. >> i want to say i'm sorry. i can hear the frustration in your voice, and frankly, i don't blame you. it is unbelievable how

in san jose, len ramirez, kpix5. >>> coming up in next, intense new buddy camera video from police just released. the inky bay area protests that got out of hand and the one man hit by a police motorcycle. some adjustments ago, the death toll was lowered at the north complex fire in butte county. wait until you hear the bizarre reason why. >>> later, september 11 ceremonies looking difference this year, going viral in >>> kind of a bizarre update for sure. officials have lowered the death toll in the north complex fire, after they discover the remains were actually a skeleton. belonging to an evacuee who had been studying anthropology. now this is the huge wildfire burning in butte county, near oradell. 19 people now missing, that has not changed. couple was listed among them in a they fled with nothing at all. last night, they borrowed a strangers phone to call their daughter, tell her they are okay. >> they actually let me talk to her, and i know we cried and everything and how they had gone to our property and that the corners office is going out there to try to verify if our bodies

len ramirez tells us, now those companies could even be fined. >> the public health officer ordered private healthcare providers back in june. today the same officials expressed frustration. quick, convenient and free covid-19 testing site such as this drive through pop up run by second to county was a divide as the key to slowing the pandemic. >> this is what enables us to see what's going on. today she had to reissue the order because the companies are still not testing enough. >> there really is no excuse for large healthcare systems, but stepped up and done their fair share. >> they are head and shoulders above what private companies are doing, in the first week of september the county did 13,000 covid test, private companies including kaiser permanente, stanford and hca are doing far fewer. >> we have seen and heard of a concerning practices for healthcare providers that discourage covid-19 testing or make a hard to access. >> the next up is to find healthcare companies if they still don't comply. >> that the testing we can't see come with got to be able to see in order to know how to

reporting live in san jose, lens ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a san leandro police officer charge evidence in the deadly shooting of a black man inside of a walmart was handcuffed and taken into custody. we show you officer jason fletcher, walking into court with his lawyers today. fletcher was booked on manslaughter charges. that are some shot and killed steven tyler in april who was holding a baseball bat inside the walmart, had been accused of shoplifting. taylor's family was outside the courthouse today, and they say more needs to be done. >> i feel a lot of emotions. mostly sickening, anger, more of the same. >> reporter: how so? >> nothing is changing. it's the same thing over and over again. >> fletcher is one of the first bay area officers to be charged with manslaughter in more than a decade. the charges come in the wake of a new california law putting new limits on the use of divorce by officers. >> the issue is going to be did he attempt to de-escalate the vision before using lethal force, and the answer was most assuredly he did. >> prosecutors argue that taylor did not impose an

len ramirez is in a hard-hit area since they were business days welcome the help, but say it just is not enough. >> health workers went door-to- door spreading the word to struggling small businesses, how safe health practices can keep essential workers on the job and the business is open. it is part is a massive -- massive effort to visit 3000 small businesses in person this month. >> it is for the community and for the workers, the better and more successful the business will be. >> it is this restaurant had the inside anagrams closed in by noon today no customers out side. >> it is very, very difficult because the customers, it is low. not too many customers. >> the past information, safety placards, and references for business assistance and loans. the western store next door, they are keeping the doors open by big into their savings. >> i think people are scared to go and shop. it somewhere else come you know. >> they can reopen indoors but other businesses cannot even do that. >> i have a movie theater, a restaurant and bar. for the most part we cannot open any of the mentors.

let's get right out to len ramirez to the dual threat. >>> starting this saturday and every saturday until the end of the year, santa clara county will be offering free flu shots here at the fairgrounds. county officials are trying to get a jump on influenza this year because of potential complications from the coronavirus. board of supervisors president rolled up her sleeves to get this year's flu shot, and the importance of getting the flu shot. >> we are encouraging everyone from toddlers to seniors from age 3 to come you know, forever, to get a free flu shots. >> flu shots will be given to all every saturday between 9 am and 4 pm from now until the end of december and this year there's extra urgency because of the dual threat from influenza and coronavirus, which are different viruses, but present with similar symptoms. >> cough, shortness of breath, those kinds of things so it is going to be difficult for your doctor to distinguish between the two infections. >> reporter: he says getting the flu could lead to complications which could increase the chances of getting covid-19. >>

let's get right out to len ramirez to the dual threat. >>> starting this saturday and every saturdayhe end of the year, santa clara county will be offering free flu shots here at the fairgrounds. county officials are trying to get a jump on influenza this year because of potential complications from the coronavirus. board of supervisors president rolled up her sleeves to get this year's flu shot, and the importance of getting the flu shot. >> we are encouraging everyone from toddlers to seniors from age 3 to come you know, forever, to get a free flu shots. >> flu shots will be given to all every saturday between 9 am and 4 pm from now until the end of december and this year there's extra urgency because of the dual threat from influenza and coronavirus, which are different viruses, but present with

san jose's the first to join the fight as len ramirez reports as part of a new california climate action core. >> reporter: that's right. up in the foothills of san jose you can see that we are still breathing a lot of hazy, smoky air from all those fires and it is conditions like these that is prompting the creation of this new climate action core and inspiring young people to use their energy and creativity to help solve big problems like this. >>> climate change is burning down our forest. it is lapping of our shores. it is choking our lungs. >> reporter: at a news conference to launch california's climate action core, they stood in the background and off to the sides but young people like nancy are already on the frontlines as climate change warriors and they will be the ones leading the new california effort. >> i feel like and people are very involved because we are the first generation that is really feeling the effects of climate change. so we are really motivated to take action. >> reporter: she works our city forest, a nonprofit that was highlighted for the model of the climate