maria medina breaks down the lawsuit that claims sex parties among officers were commonplace. >> gilroy is a very small community. it took a lot of courage for her to come forward. >> reporter: her client a gilroy police dispatcher for nearly three decades who decided enough was enough. >> and she would have rather have not done this. >> reporter: and is now the department and the city of gilroy. the 60-page lawsuit details a long list of sexually explicit behavior among officers and dispatchers, including their names and even their wives or girlfriends' names. >> it was just, um, a wife swapping kind of self-swapping kind of voyeuristic environment. >> reporter: but that's not against the law. >> nope. it's not. >> reporter: so what was it she was against? >> well, it was very unprofessional and it was creating a hostile work environment. >> reporter: but in what appears to be a criminal claim in the lawsuit, the dispatcher whose names is patricia harrell, alleges two officers had sex with young aspiring officers ranging in age from 14 to 21. >> they are police officers. and these are

kpix 5's maria medina is live outside google headquarters with the story. >> reporter: james damore said he values diversity but because of his memo the ceo of google plans to hold a town hall with employees tomorrow. >> i decided to create the document to clarify my thoughts. >> reporter: james damore was just a google engineer who decided to write a memo about the gender gap at his company. >> i heard things that i disagreed with. >> reporter: in an interview james damore explains he wrote the memo after attending a diversity program at google. >> a lot of shaming. that is sexist, you can't do this. there is just so much hypocrisy. >> reporter: he blames biological causes for the gender gap. women have more nurotticism. >> he is not the only one who thinks that way. he is just the only one dumb enough to write it. >> reporter: while she doesn't agree with the memo she said his words are putting google in the spotlight for its lack of diversity with women making up 31% of the work force. >> i have met many google engineer that are female who tell me i don't want to become a mom yet beca

grateful that, you know, they returned my dog. >> reporter: maria medina, kpix 5. >>> tonight police are searching for a bank robber with a tattoo. police say the 45-year-old robbed the u.s. bank this afternoon. that is a brass knuckle tattoo on his neck. he also has a warrant for his arrest. >>> a california cemetery, their family goes to visit their son's burial plot to find out he is gone. >> not right. >> reporter: when the family says they went to visit his grave in rose mead they discovered -- rosemead they discovered he was gone. >> they didn't tell us anything. that is traumatizing to show up to find out the way we found out. >> reporter: he died in 2015 and was buried next to his grandfather. he left behind two sons and a wife. the wife did not have a good relationship with the family. she wanted to hurt them after he was buried so had the cemetery move his body to another section. >> you don't disturb the dead? >> the family is now filing a lawsuit. against his wife and also the catholic arch disies that over sees the sem -- diocese that over sees the cemetery. >> we feel t

in san jose, maria medina, kpix 5. >> the honda sells for $59,000. the model 3 starts at 35,000. >>> all right. we have some -- the potential for thunderstorms on the way for the bay area. at least at the upper elevations. sticky situations for thursday afternoon. live towards the embarcadero. warm today. 100 concord. 97 san rafael. sfo, 7th busiest airport in the u.s., concord 76 degrees. san francisco 57. heat advisory till 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. things will be cooler tomorrow than today. numbers step off of the highs near 100 and this is the interesting part, high pressure that is east of the bay area with low pressure off shore providing monsoonal moisture working up from southern california where earlier today they had flash flood watches posted in their mountains and sayserts. for us -- deserts. for us, you can see in the future cast, there is plenty of high clouds working over the bay area tomorrow. not as much sun. less sun, temperatures come down. that figures. coming from a southerly direction. it will be warm and sticky tomorrow. humid

kpix 5's maria medina has the plans. >> reporter: this is great wolf lodge. a massive indoor water park with water slides, waver pool and surf stimulator and they are in talks with city leaders to build a park here. sure, kids seem excited about it but this mom says -- >> looks pretty crazy. >> reporter: not so fast. >> it is a simple town i guess. i don't know. it is already growing so much just to have another huge park to bring in people, i don't know. i am unsure about it. >> reporter: great wolf decided to enter negotiations for 60 days. the water park would be adjacent to the theme park off highway 152 with 700 family suits, shops and restaurants. they would create hundreds of jobs and make money for the city through taxes. the company says it is reaching out to the community now for feed back. and it appears there are lots of unanswered questions. >> where is it at? >> reporter: we had more questions about the plans but a city worker told us as part of the agreement they can't talk about it. if they are able to strike a deal construction could begin de

. >> i'm maria medina in for michelle griego. it is now 4:29. almost 4:30. happy tuesday, guys. >> happy tuesday. >> and party, it's your favorite day of the week. >> it's the day i get things done. >> it's a productive day. >> we promise, we do not coordinate it, but it's yellow, blue, yellow, blue. >> cal bears this morning. >> warriors! >> that's right. >> we're kpix 5! >> our school colors. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> all right. well, i'm filling in for roberta this morning. we have your weather covered. you saw the top of the bay bridge covered with fog. the airport seeing some haze right now. it looks like our current conditions, concord 61 for you. oakland 60 degrees. livermore 59. san francisco 59. so 50s and 60s at this early hour. and look at all the fog, the marine layer is going to stick around for a few hours. it has crept in all the way to fairfield, concord, santa rosa, you guys are socked in now, including livermore. here's what you can expect for the day, low clouds through the morning, temperatures staying average all week long and, yes, we'll

every park, every dark alley. >> reporter: maria medina, kpix 5. >>> a man who was beaten by san jose police has a victory in federal court. the beating happened two summers ago. it was captured on surveillance video. three officers stopped him who does not speak english. he yells in spanish to his father. despite commands to be quiet. that is when an officer slams him against the car and starts hitting him while two others join in. today in a trial a jury awarded him $350,000. the city attorney's office will pay an additional $100,000. >>> tonight a man hunt in alabama after a dozen inmates escaped from jail. veronica de la cruz has more. >> reporter: police are telling everyone to lock their doors and stay inside. the sheriff captured 11 of the escaped prisnenners so far. -- prisoners so far but tonight this inmate, brady kilpatrick, is still on the run. he is facing drug charges. how did they all escape? the inmates fooled a new guard yesterday. >> some of the inmates are pretty smart on what their plan was. changing numbers on the door with peanut butter. that may sound crazy but

i am grateful that, you know, he returned my dog. >> reporter: in san lorenzo, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> "patriot prayer" a group known to demonstrate with violence is coming here to san francisco. the permit has been granted. we'll tell you about the -- [ cut off ] ♪[ music ] and i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside... the morning rush is about to start... >>> good morning, it is thursday, august 17. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside on this thursday morning as we take a live look at 880 in oakland and on your left, we have a shot of the pyramid in san francisco. what's the forecast like for today? >> we have had a very extensive and expansive marine layer. people have been saying, hey, this is "june gloom" in august. overcast now at the transamerica pyramid. but we can see the beacon and keep in mind, the pyramid stands 853 feet tall so if you can see that

kpix5's maria medina spoke with the long time dispatcher who now wants the city to pay up. ys -- it takes the >> gilroy is a very small community. it took a lot of courage for her to come forward. >> reporter: her client, a gilroy police dispatcher for nearly three decades, who decided enough was enough. >> she would have rather have not done this. of reporter: and is now suing gilroy. the 60 page lawsuit details a long list of sexually explicit behavior among officers and dispatchers including their names and even their wives or girl friends' names. >> it was just a wife swapping kind of spouse swapping kind of voyeuristic environment. but that is not against the law. >> no, it's not. >> reporter: so what was it she was against? >> well, it was very unprofessional and it was creating a hostile work environment. >> reporter: but in what appears to be a criminal claim in the lawsuit the dispatcher whose name is patricia harrell alleges two officers had sex with young aspiring officers ranging in age from 14 to 21. >> them are police officers and these are people you want to

in gilroy, maria medina, kpix 5. >> san francisco neighborhoods could be getting a face-lift to keep cyclists and pedestrians safe. the focus is on taylor street. the upgrades include wider sidewalks with greenery and bike lanes. it's a high injury corridor. sfmta set up a pop-up design workshop to show off the plans and build community support. ♪[ music ] >>> it is 4:57. and while shooting up drugs is illegal, there is a push to provide safe sites in which to do it. we'll explain next. >> scorching temperatures across the bay area. we'll tell you all about the heat advisories and warnings and what that means for your weekend coming up. august 31st... i'm michelle griego. and i'm kenny choi. let's start with a liv >>> good morning, everyone. it is thursday, august 31. i'm michelle griego. >> good morning. i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside take a look at the conditions on this thursday morning as we take a live look at the bay bridge. you have 880 on the right in oakland, nimitz freeway looking like it does at this hour at 5:00. >> quiet still. >> good. >> yeah. >>

maria medina reports. >> we are close to the two-year anniversary of tony's death. >> reporter: this is a man who investigators say shot and killed tony ramos. >> the ramos family made a decision as a family that they had to stand up and stay, no more. >> reporter: but it's the federal government ramos's family is now going after. >> for their failure to properly store, secure, safeguard their firearms. >> reporter: in september 2015, ramos was working on an anti- violence mural on the 580 overpass. ramos was taking pictures of his work when investigators say marquis holloway shot him for his camera. the gun in his hand stolen from the rental car of an i.c.e. officer who left it in a bag in plain view while parked in san francisco. >> it was very well known in the city of san francisco that there were high auto thefts and break-ins during this time period. it's well documented. >> reporter: the lawsuit says the i.c.e. officer acted negligently, carelessly, recklessly and unlawfully. the gang member unable to legally obtain a firearm was allowed access to a loaded weapon that he used

maria medina on why they say i.c.e. should pay for his death. >> we are close to the two year anniversary of tony's death. >> reporter: this is a man who investigators say shot and killed tony ramos. >> the ramos family made a decision as a family that they had to stand up and say no more. >> reporter: but it's the federal government ramos' family is now going after. >> for their failure to properly store, secure, safeguard their firearms. >> reporter: 10:30 a.m. mid-september, 2015 ramos was working on an anti-violence mural on the 580 overpass. ramos was taking pictures of his work when investigators say marquis holloway shot him several times for his camera. the gun in holloway's hands allegedly was stolen from the rental car of an immigration and customs enforcement officer who had left it in aing about in plain view while parked in san francisco. >> it was very well known in this city of san francisco that there were high auto thefts and break-ins during this time period. it was pretty well documented. >> reporter:

kpix5's maria medina spoke with a relative of the suspect now behind bars. >>> hours after his murder rocked the firefighter community the body of oakland firefighter jake walter wassesque quarted in a mile -- was escorted in a mile long procession from the san jose coroner's office to the chapel of the chimes just hours before san jose police announced an arrest in walter's murder. street... around nine- ((morales: "17 >> we are certain we do have the suspect responsible for the homicide. >> he needs to face the consequences of what he did. >> reporter: tonight a relative of the suspect olivier juinio said their family is stunned. investigators say juinio gunned down walter as they left a music festival on taylor street at gordon biersch thursday night. >> we're trying to find out what prompted this to occur. >> reporter: walter just graduated the academy in april. one of his instructors told kpix5 the whole department is in shock. he was a guy that would always be ready to help, assist or volunteer. >> i feel sorry for both of them. >> reporter: walter was only 30 years old. two fam

and i'm maria medina in for >>> you're looking live at the bay bridge this morning.cisco. good morning, it is tuesday, august 8. i'm kenny choi. >> i'm maria medina in for michelle griego. it is now 4:29. almost 4:30. happy tuesday, guys. >> happy tuesday. >> and party, it's your favorite day of the week. >> it's the day i get things done. >> it's a productive day. >> we promise, we do not coordinate it, but it's yellow, blue, yellow, blue. >> cal bears this morning. >> warriors! >> that's right. >> we're kpix 5! >> our school colors. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> all right. well, i'm filling in for roberta this morning. we have your weather covered. you saw the top of the bay bridge covered with fog. the airport seeing some haze right now. it looks like our current conditions, concord 61 for you. oakland 60 degrees. livermore 59. san francisco 59. so 50s and 60s at this early hour. and look at all the fog, the marine layer is going to stick around for a few hours. it has crept in all the way to fairfield, concord, santa rosa, you guys are socked in now, including liverm

in dublin, maria medina, kpix 5. >> the event is sunday, september 3.ou can still get tickets through ticketmaster, s.a.p. box office or the always dream foundation website. >>> that story was about ice. now let's talk about something that's the opposite, heat. there's some heat coming. not to the entire bay area but coming up find out when 100- degree heat triple digits return to the bay area. that's next. >> coming up all new at 6:00 tonight, a bay area man accused of killing his girlfriend flagged by ice just weeks before. now the victim's family is demanding to know how he slipped through the cracks. >> but first, the markets closed up today: a small earthquake jolted he of bed this morning. the 3-point-oh magnitude quake struck around 6-30 this morning about 5 miles >>> a small earthquake in the bay area this morning. shook some people out of bed, 3.0 magnitude quake struck around 6:30 a.m. about 5 miles off the coast of muir beach. some people in both marin and san francisco counties said, yes, they felt the shaking from that 3.0 earthquake. did y

kpix 5's maria medina with why he may not be returning to the courtroom after all. it flips back and forth every day. >> reporter: new developments all the time. there was backlash from students who found out the professor who harassed a student in 2015 was returning to the classroom. now we have learned that one class is canceled and the second class, this memo was sent out earlier to students by one of the dina read in part, quote, hello, students, i'm writing you to inform that you professor lewis aptekar will not be teaching research and [ indiscernible ] education in the fall. we'll be working on securing another instructor. a university investigation found he asked a student on a date in 2015. he was suspended for two weeks, went through diversity training and was set to return this fall to teach but now a spokesman says he will continue to remain an employee but not teaching. >> certainly what we heard from the students in the past several weeks were very important. the students say they need a really good learning environment. we heard that and we're doing o

maria medina, kpix 5. >>> time now 4:40. one bay area organization is working to bring communities together amid a disturbing string of hate crimes. details on their unique approach. a non-profit called "sea the boat.. >>> crews are working to recover a boat that sank in san francisco's aquatic park. a nonprofit group called sea scouts uses that boat to train kids. nobody was on board when it went under yesterday. a salvage crew has been using inflatable bags to get it up, make it float again. it does have 50 gallons of diesel fuel on it but so far, no sign that any of it has leaked. >>> president trump is back at the white house after a pair of rallies in the western u.s. the president spent yesterday in reno, nevada. it was a change from tuesday night in phoenix when the president attacked his critics. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. >> while in reno, the president signed a bill making it easier for veterans to appeal their disability claims.

that is where we find kpix 5's maria medina where she is asking experts if the law would help or hurt addicts. maria? >> reporter: liz, one expert says we need this law because he sees drug use on these streets every day. >> really tragic, it is disturbing. >> reporter: for the last 16 years, nicholas helped his dad run derog and alcohol treatment centers, they soon plan to open one in santa cruz. >> even in broad daylight, you could walk by somebody having a full body convulsion with a needle sticking out of their arm. >> reporter: their mission to help addicts began 16 years ago when nicholas lost his brother in a crash, nicholas says his brother was drunk. >> i am grateful that something is being done about this. >> reporter: they are learning of a bill making its way through the state assembly that would allow users to inject illegal drugs in controlled health facilities. the goal, to reduce public drug use, syringes on streets, and infections and overdose death. >> this is going to allow health professionals to seek thout drug user and-- out the drug users and offer treatment in

maria medina on the legal proceeding which involved a packed courtroom, a went nose and a very wage tail. >> reporter: your honor, may the record reflect the newest member of san francisco's superior court walked in on four paws and then promptly sat. m they're able to calm down enough to be part of hte proceedings courtroom >> his name is nemo and we're so excited to have him here. >> reporter: nemo is a 2 1/2- year-old black lab. he is the first courthouse dog in california to work as a court appointed special advocate or casa for short who speak up for abused, neglected or abandoned children in juvenile dependency court. nemo not only speaks up, he calms down very trauma tiled kids. >> by touching him or -- traumatized kids. >> by touching him or petting him they're able to calm down enough to go through the proceeding. >> reporter: judge flanes davis administered nemo's -- nancy davis administered nemo's oath. he raised his paw and was sworn into service. there was a short movie on his childhood. nemo got a short round of applause and a butt scratch. >> i've been concerned about the

i am kenny choi. >> and i am maria medina. jessica flores is live at lake merritt station with the new crime numbers and why police are now turning to the public for help. jessica? >> reporter: good morning, kenny and maria. b.a.r.t. police have released pictures of that man suspected of attacking different b.a.r.t. passengers there hoping somebody recognizes this man. the first attack happened last thursday. aybar rider was sitting on the train when the man hit the victim and he took off. last thursday we did not know where this happened but now b.a.r.t. police say it happened between the san leandro base station and then the same suspect was on the san francisco bound train when he started punching him in the face. the man did not steal anything and the attempts were unprovoked. >> these attacks were unprovoked which is pretty concerning for us that our patrons are getting assaulted by this individual. we want to get the information out in hopes that we can identify him and bring him to justice. >> reporter: this is coming ju

i am maria medina. >> and i am kenny choi. b.a.r.t.in the spotlight once again with some riders being badly injured. kpix 5's jessica flores is live with my police are asking for the help of the public to solve a recent attack. >>> this morning b.a.r.t. police have released pictures of a suspect in separate attacks coming out a time when crime numbers are up across all workstations. the pictures you see i've been released this morning by b.a.r.t. police the suspect is connected to two separate attacks. the first on august 3 with a b.a.r.t. rider sitting on the train. police say the suspect punched and kicked the victim before taking off. the same suspect was on a san francisco bound train approaching when he started punching a man in the face. in both cases the victim does not know the suspect. this comes at a time when a new report shows a crime spike liquid to the san francisco chronicle which obtained numbers from the agency. the b.a.r.t. station sorry 35% increase in robberies and 27% jump compared to last year. misdemeanor arrests

i'm maria medina. >> i'm kenny choi. first let's start with traffic and weather.cking our compute this morning. >> reporter: traffic tuesday, that's what we call this, because we are dealing with major delays for folks making their way ong 101 heading to the south bay. this is accident with a "sig alert." three lanes shut down along northbound 101 at story road. it's backed up to 85. i would highly recommend using an alternate route. continue to 85 if you want to hop on 87. you can see do that. reports of a fire right at that 280/101 interchange. so give yourself some extra time. an hour from hellyer to san antonio. >>> we are taking a live look now at the bay bridge and, yeah, the tops are covered. you can obviously see a lot of gray out there. but you know, along the embarcadero i'm seeing a lot of cars coming alive. people are waking up lights are on and the sun is rising very soon. our turbulence will be consistent for the next several days. oakland up to 60. livermore 58. san francisco 59. and clouds hanging around for a while all the way through to livermore

kpix 5's maria medina with a plan some are saying could save lives. >> reporter: nicholas lost his brother 16 years ago in a crash, nicholas says his brother was drunk. >> really tragic, it is disturbing. >> reporter: they turned the tragedy into helping addicts. nicholas now helps his dad run alcohol and drug treatment centers, with plans to open one in santa cruz. >> even in broad daylight you could walk by somebody having a body convulsion with a needle out of their arm. >> reporter: they are learning of a bill making its way through the state assembly that would allow users to inject illegal drugs in controlled health facilities. the goal is fooreduce public-- to reduce public drug use, infection, and overdose death. >> this is going to allow health professionals to seek out drug users and offer them treatment and in one location. >> reporter: the county spokesperson said they had no comment because they had no idea santa cruz would be included. the bill's author says the county has a high opioid overdose rate like other counties in california. >> i would rather they do it in a supervi

kpix 5's maria medina at the campus in mountain view. what happened? >> reporter: well, you know, google employees say that they were in fear of their safety because some of their names and even the questions that they wanted to ask during the town hall meeting were being posted online mostly on "alt right" websites. the ceo of google wanted to hold a town hall meeting today at 4:00 to address the controversial memo written by tech engineer james damore. now, damore was fired earlier this week for that memo in which he said that it was because of biological reasons that there are more successful men than women in tech. well, today thousands of employees were set to meet with the ceo today but again, that meeting is canceled last minute with the ceo sending out a letter to employees just a short while ago saying, on some websites, googlers are now being named personally. googlers are writing in concerned about their safety and worried they may be outed publicly for asking a question in the town hall. and here's what we found. conservative pun did milo y

. >> and i am maria medina. good morning, everyone. we are so glad you are here. and thank you for joining us. we do have overcast skies into the city and even a little bit of localized drizzle. it is 50 million in santa rosa and 62 degrees in oakland. 50 it's degrees with 6 miles- per-hour breeze and a windy up to 24 in fairfield more sunshine today with lust humidity and temperatures near seasonal. we are talking about 70s and 80s around the peninsula and we have your full forecast for the week ahead but first let's say good morning to jaclyn dunn. >>> good morning. oakland we are doing with caltrans having one lane closed between 23rd and 29th. in the meantime they are moving right at or just below the limit. over at the bay bridge toll plaza we have a little bit of a backup at the toll booth but if you have fast >>> you are zooming by. >>> san francisco had made an official offer to buy and mcdonald's location that has been having trouble. kpix 5's katie nelson has the details. >> reporter: general flynn has lived here every day. >> i think those who walk thro

good afternoon, i'm maria medina, in for michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. the victim owned jim's liquor in east san jose. kpix 5's sandra osborne spoke to the victim's brother about how the shooting allegedly unfolded. >> it's shocking that it happened to him. you never know. life is so short. >> reporter: friends stopped to leave flowers and peek inside jim's liquor mart. john ly is his brother hugh, friends calling him charlie. friends say he owned the liquor store and has for years. >> i have known him since before i had kids. my oldest is 16 years old. >> reporter: charlie was taking a break last night while his wife ran the register. the robber came in before 11:00 pointing a gun at his wife. >> he pulled out a gun and pointed it at her and told her, open the register. give me the money. when my brother heard that, he stood up and said no! and then the robber shot him in the chest. >> reporter: the wife later told john she tried to call 911 while the robber was still inside the store. >> robber say, did you call 911, i shoot you, too and she struggle w

coming up at 6:00, maria medina will look at all the developments on health care, including the premium hikes. >>> the senate confirmed president trump's nominee for f.b.i. director. the vote for christopher ray was was 92 to 5. he now replaces james comey that mr. trump fired back in may. we're joined with new revelations on the trump-russia issue. mula? >> reporter: throws, liz. president trump did weigh in on donald trump, jr.'s, public statement about that controversial meeting he took with that russian attorney what. the white house disputes in a recent report is just how involved the president actually was. >> reporter: the white house is defending the statement that trump defended his son. >> the president weighed in as any father would based on the limited information he had. >> reporter: ""the washington post"" reported president trump personally dictated the statement, flying home from the g20 summit in germany. it was described as a short introductory meeting. it said, trump, jr., was not told the name of the person he would be meeting with and that it was not a campaign issu

kpix 5's maria medina is at santana row...h why more and ers are >>> in just a few hours amazon's first bay brick and mortar store will open for business. here's why more and more online retailers are choosing to branch their business offline. >> i think amazon has ref lucianized the way we shop especially online. >> this amazon bookstore now 1 of 10 brick and mortar stores for the online retail giant. >> this is not a bookstore. as a retail expert i call this a web room. >> the director of retail management institute for santa clara university said this is the beginning of a growing trend for online retailers trying to target those hesitant shoppers. >> many consumers today, primarily start their shopping journey online. but there are a number of products that are new that are somewhat different for whom the online experience is just not good enough and you need to go to a store to confirm certain things about the product. >> it's nice to actually touch and feel and look at the sizes. >> she brought three pairs of glasses fro

kpix 5's maria medina is in pasadena. >> reporter: they are the sights, the smells, the sounds of a fair. but something that has happened fewer and fewer times. at this fair in santa clara county is how many people actually come through the front gate. >> i have watched it go from a big vibrant awesome fair with all kinds of stuff to almost nothing. >> reporter: alan says his parents first took him to the santa clara county fair the first year he was born. it was a family tradition. >> when i was young, my aunts and uncles and grandparents from my dad's side of the family would meet here. lots of great memories. big family thing. >> i remember this is the highlight of the summer. >> reporter: his wife liz also came hear as a kid when as many as 250,000 people used to attend. last year attendance hit 38,000. >> attendance is shrinking, the animals are shrinking, the rides are shrinking. >> we almost didn't exist. three days, 5,000 people. >> reporter: but the fair's marketing director says attendance is slowly climbing up every year and they are committed to redeveloping. >> there talk ab

. >> and i am maria medina. good morning, everyone. we are so glad you are here. joining us. we do have overcast skies into the city and even a little bit of localized drizzle. it is 50 million in santa rosa and 62 degrees in oakland. 50 it's degrees with 6 miles- per-hour breeze and a windy up to 24 in fairfield more sunshine today with lust humidity and temperatures near seasonal. we are talking about 70s and 80s around the peninsula and we have your full forecast for the week ahead but first let's

. >> reporter: in san jose maria medina kpix 5. >> the city's mayor attended tonight's meeting. the city continues to talk to google over the land deal. those talks have been behind closed doors. >>> prosecutors say a bay area slumlord rented out this dangerous dungeon. tonight his tenants told us he used a church to prey on those victims. >>> this legally blind man waited for the bus and then someone robbed him. how a good samaritan stepped in to stop a thief in his tracks. >>> this coffee chain started off small in the bay area. now it's expanding from coast to coast. only on 5 tonight, question the ce accused of renting out a >>> i want to update you on a story we brought to you two nights ago. a bay area slumlord accused of renting out a dungeon-type room. katie neilson found a link between the so-called fire trap and a place of worship. >> i always worried about a fire. i knew if something happened myself and my family wouldn't have a chance to make it out alive. >> reporter: we first introduced you to claudia soto when we first told you about the city's lawsuit against the

. >> reporter: maria medina, >> ramos' murder helped inspire a new state law requiring all off-duty officerso lock up their guns their personal take inhome cars. i.c.e. didn't want to comment on the pending lawsuit. >>> a small plane registered to a bay area dentist crashed in a backyard in sacramento county. tonight the dead. the plane crashed around 3:00 pithis t afternoon isin rio li it happened along approach to the airfield. >> witnesses state they saw the plane at a low elevation flying in a southbound direction clip the power pole and power lines and some trees on the property and then weicntmedo wnha s not yet been released. the faa and ntsb are investigating. >>> a suspected child molester flew to the bay area and landed in all because another passenger caught a glimpse of his cell phone. >>eporte good samaritan was on a southwest flight from seattle to san jose when she couldn't help but notice and read the text messages of 56-year-old michael kellar who was sitting in front of her. kellar was using an extra large phone and had enlarged the size of the text. >> the large font and t

kpix 5 maria medina is live in menlo park with that part of the story. >> reporter: some of the most skilled and trained firefighters left the bay area on sunday. they just arrived in texas a few hours ago. this is just one of many missions they've been on. >> the huge risk in these events, someone has to take. >> reporter: 18 helped the victims and the loma prieta earthquake and hurricane katrina. >> that's finding people, rescuing people, doing what they were trained to do. >> reporter: now the california task force three rescue team made up of 14 firefighters from menlo park and other bay area departments like san jose and palo alto are out in texas, helping hurricane harvey victims. >> everyone is telling every resource available to help these people. >> reporter: his group is one of the 16 search and rescue teams spread out across the country who just got the call to head to texas. from the private sector like apple, amazon, google, the coast guard and the amazon -- oakland fire department, the bay area is helping from hundreds of miles away. >> we left new orleans after 16 days

kpix5's maria medina shows us the city is bringing in the barricades. (( >> reporter: in the past fremont police have used water barriers and even their own vehicles to protect crowds, but this year for thfirst time they have these 12 steel barriers and they're going to go at every main intersection at the festival this weekend. a truck driver mowed them down. ((nats of barricade in fremont)) fremont's steel barricades -- wi -- at fremont is the first bay area city to get these 20-foot barricades. >> these are the delta mp- 5000s. >> reporter: it's got a fancy name, but its purpose is simple, stop a vehicle from plowing into a crowded area. >> we've been talking about the threat of vehicles at festivals for a long time. >> reporter: vehicles have been the choice of weapons in recent attacks including this scene in london when three men drove their van into pedestrians on the london bridge killing eight. last year dozens celebrating bastille day died when a truck driver mowed them down. fremont's steel barricades will be used the first time at this weekend's festival of the arts. >> we're

kpix 5's maria medina shows us the debate he is sparking over the company's work culture. >> i decided to create the document just to clarify my thoughts. >> reporter: before the world knew who he was, james damore was just a google engineer who decided to write a ten-page memo about the gender gap at his company. >> you know, i heard things that i definitely disagreed with. >> reporter: in an interview with a youtube channel he explains for the first time he wrote the memo after attending a diversity program at google. >> there's a lot of just shaming and, you know, no, you can't say that. that's sexist. you can't do this. and i -- there's just so much hypocracy. >> reporter: in this memo, he blames biological causes for the gender gap. men have a higher drive for status and women on average have more neuroticism. >> he is the only one to say that in a memo. >> reporter: this is the vice president of fair funders a group of women in tech. while she doesn't agree with damore's memo, she says his words are putting google in the spotlight for its lack of diversity with women only making

kpix 5's maria medina breaks down why the ceo believed a town hall was too risky. >> there's a lot of just shaming and, you know, no, you can't say that, that's sexist. >> reporter: by now, james damore's former coworkers have likely heard his first interviews after writing a controversial memo about why he believes biological reasons are why there are more successful men than women in tech. >> no one high up ever came to me and said, no, don't do this. >> reporter: it was supposed to be google ceo's turn to talk. he cut vacation short to hold a town hall meeting with his employees. then at the last minute, he canceled it, writing to his employees in part, quote, on some websites, googlers are now being named personally. googlers are writing in concerned about their safety and worried they may be outed publicly for asking a question in a town hall. >> this issue is, of course, they fired the guy that wrote the manifesto. and that undoubtedly upset other people. the end result is now it's become hostile. >> reporter: a tech analyst says google made a bad situation worse by firing damor

maria medina, kpix5. >>> the man wanting to be the new contra costa county district attorney is getting help from a murderer. one of the strangest endorsements we've seen. melissa? >> reporter: you may recall that contra costa district attorney peterson admitted to lying for using his campaign funds for personal expenses. endorsements for his replacements are coming from all over the place, including an inmate at san quentin. >> this would be a first. >> reporter: they received 12 applications for district attorney totaling nearly 200 pages. but one document stands out. the a's letter from a prisoner, toby phillips, who is vouching for the prosecutor tom kinsoc who put him away for 100 years to life for murder. he says, i have huge respect for you. i know your morals and ethics are true. i know your priority is keeping community members safe. if you were a role model for my kids, i'd be a fat, happy white boy. i enjoy your sense of humor. then an endorsement from bd2742. the best thing coco county could do is move you over here and you would be a great d.a. there is some smart deputy di

. >> i'm maria medina. 6:29.sandra osborne is live in san jose where the investigation is ongoing. you spoke with the brother of the victim? >> reporter: he is in a state of shock his brother the owner of the liquor store behind me jim's liquor mart said that not only his brother but also his sister-in-law were inside working last night when a robber came in. his brother was laying down taking a break while his wife was at the register. he heard the robber, jump up and was shot and killed. the woman tells her brother-in- law how terrifying it was trying to call 911 to save her husband while the robber was still there. >> she tried to call 911 on her cell phone but the robber say, did you call 911? i shoot you, too. she struggle while holding her husband in hand. [ broken english ] >> the robber strike get the money from the register but couldn't and finally he just run away. >> reporter: now, the wife was not harmed. but her husband died here at jim's liquor mart in this plaza. police haven't confirmed the man's

maria medina joins us live at google headquarters with more of the fallout. neda. >> reporter: good morning. a march on google is planned right here at the mountain view headquarters. this is in support of that engineer who was fired for sending out a memo a lot of people say he was rightly fired for his comments against women in the workplace while others say he was practicing his right of freedom of speech. dana rohrbacher says: he also said if silicon valley continues with its he will legal hiring practices it's time for congress to investigate. google's ceo sundar pichai planned a town hall with his employees to talk about it and at the last minute he canceled the meeting saying his employees were concerned about their safety. a tech analyst believes google made a bad situation worse by firing james damore. >> one of the n heard problems at google is they believe that engineers can do everything. engineers can't do everything. they particularly suck at interpersonal stuff. and this is interpersonal stuff. they really need to bring in specialists that are

i'm maria medina. 19-year-old lamonte mims is one of two suspects due in court today in the fatal shootingsan francisco man at twin peaks last month. the suspects allegedly stole edward french's camera before the murder. >>> in oakland, crews have cleared the scene of this two- alarm fire on the 2000 block of 57th avenue. fire crews say a power line fell in front of the two-story house. they are now investigating the cause. >>> and we have traffic and weather in just a moment. >>> good morning. 7:27. we continue to track delays and a new accident. this is along 880 as you head southbound approaching 237. you can see the backup is beyond 92 and traffic is very slow. speeds drop below 10 miles per hour. eastshore freeway a tough ride 80 at carlson. we continue to track delays for folks making their way in the westbound direction and an accident in albany has your ride slow all the way towards the toll plaza. 50 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. another 22 into san francisco. >>> good morning to you, guys. another cloudy start to your day especially along the coast and those clou

i am maria medina. b.a.r.t.ice are asking for help identifying this man who is the suspect in two separate attacks on b.a.r.t. trains. they say the attacks were unprovoked and the victim did not know him. in san mateo county a tree branch fell onto a crowd at a company party. fire crews suspect the powerful storm from the winter caused trees to break up. we have got it traffic and weather in just a moment. >>> good morning. we are monitoring delays toward the macarthur maze with a number of incidents really slowing monday commute down. a new crash pretty interstate 80 you can see traffic is slowly starting to slow down below 28 miles-per-hour. you can see this is backed up all of the way to the maze and you will be in for a slow ride in good company with the 70 minute commute from the carquinez bridge to the maze. >>> it is a gorgeous day across the bay area with clouds stacked up to the coast and sunshine inland. 59 degrees in santa rosa and in livermore san francisco is at 60. today it is summer time and typic