neda iranpour reports from san francisco. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. these popular spots all across san francisco despite that increase in police patrols. in fact, they doubled police patrols in several of san francisco's top destinations which includes fisherman's wharf, chinatown, union square and right here off of lombard street, the most crooked street in the world. it's the target of crooks. about 2 million tourists a year come out here and many of them drive rental cars and park them on the streets. they are full of cameras, wallets and luggage. police have made more than 140 arrests in the central district since april. it may sound like a lot but there were 66 car burglaries in one week alone. muggings and robberies are also on the rise. >> i think it's gotten worse in the last couple of years. i mean, there's why i put the caras uplike, ov a year ago. >> reporter: in fact, jose's surveillance cameras captured a break-in from july showing a family from utah leaving their car for 15 minutes and in that time a burglar looks through the windows, br

kpix 5's neda iranpour is live us. >>> a warning at local beaches right now. e surf is up this morning and waves could get as high as 20 feet today. kpix 5's neda islive at ocean beach to show us what's happening. neda, good morning. >> reporter: yeah. good morning. the signs are always up warning of the dangerses here at ocean beach. this is a challenging beach. the waves are high. they are up to 9 feet here south of us as high 11suased a fee beach hazard s for all the northwest-facing beaches so that includes ocean, montara beach and sylmar state beaches also. waves may be up to 20 feet in some areasissy . thin the gulf of alaska. it's sending energy down into our waters here. it's not safe to walk your dogs because of the threat of sneaker waves. never turn your back on your pets. be aware of rip currents. they are scary. water temperature here right now at ocean beach between between 62 to 64 degrees according to the latest surf line report but it is below normal for many s. high tide is at noon today. again at midnight. the waves will come down this aftern

neda iranpour joins us live from san francisco to explain. neda. >> reporter: we're just down the street from one of the world's most crooked streets here on lombard and 2 million tourists come here and park along lombard and nearby streets and thieves know that these rental cars often have wallets, cameras and luggage and that's what they are after. we do have surveillance video from back in july showing a family from utah leaving their car, a burglar looks through the window and breaks the glass and flees with a purse and expensive jewelry. a neighborhood captured that video on surveillance video says the burglars are getting bolder. this crime took out 15 minutes. >> it's worse in the last couple of years. i mean, that's why i put the cameras up, like, er a year ago. >> reporter: police y they have made more than 140 arrests in the area. there were66 car burglaries in a week. they are increasing the number of officers who walk the street, from 14 to 28 officers double the number in the past six months. but neighbors even police say it's onl

neda iranpour joins us live from oakland to tell us what activists are planning to do today in hopes of ending the expo. neda. >> reporter: this group is called stop urban shield and they are planning to pack a meeting room right here in oakland where a task force is set to meet for their final meeting to decide on the future of urban shield. now, urban shield is the weapons and training expo. the task force was created back in may by the alameda county board of supervisors. it promotes itself as intense training for intense times but it's always met with protests, forced out of oakland in 2014 and the following year, urban shield came under fire when a vendor sold black rifles matter t-shirts. pictures from the convention this year in alameda county shows people shopping for rifles and facial recognition tools. protestors say it's arming extremist far right groups also groups known as oath keepers who had a booth at this year's expo. southern poverty law center describes the oath keepers as one of the largest radical anti- government groups in the u.s. today. a professor at cal state

life in oakland, neda iranpour, kpix 5. >>> today in san francisco, a statue will be unveil to honor comfort women. that's the term for hundreds of thousands of women and girls who were forced into prostitution by the japanese army during world war ii. activists have been fighting for years to get the memorial installed in saint mary's square park. the japanese government stepped in to block the construction of that claiming that the country has already made proper restitution to the comfort women. the unveiling ceremony starts this afternoon at 2 p.m. >>> job cuts are reportedly on the way at palo alto-based packard enterprise. bloomberg reports the cuts involve about 5,000 workers roughly 10% of the company's staff. the cuts will start before year's end. hpe focuses on information technology. less than two years ago, it was spun off from the original hewlett-packard as a separate company. >>> time now 5:09. a tense situation at uc- berkeley ahead of a planned appearance from conservative speakers. how much the school is now paying to keep things peaceful. >> the streets of san fran

neda iranpour is tracking the triple threat. neda. >> a lot of action right now in the tropics. here's a look right now, though, at irma. the magnitude still strong. miami right now getting some rain and some thunderstorms from this already the beginning bands of this storm already working their way in. so let's track this for you now. we'll get to the other storms in a moment, right now bringing heavy rain and wind for the bahamas and cuba. as we track it, it's going west. west at 14 miles per hour, sustained winds at 155 miles an hour. a category 4. then once it gets to cuba, it makes the sharp turn and heads north. that's when it's going straight for miami. look at this, the southern point of florida, the keys there. so this is saturday 8:00 eastern time, 5:00 our time. it could make landfall as a cat- 4 and working through the center of the state and then it dwindles down a bit but will impact the southeastern states. right now, it looks like that cone of uncertainty is keeping the storm in the minute. here are the spaghetti plots. the areas of watches and warnings extend on

kpix 5's neda iranpour joins us from lombard street to explain. >> reporter: we're here at one of san francisco's most popular tourist destinations, nearly 2 million people come out to lombard street every, single year. and it's known to be the most crooked street in the world but it's also being targeted by crooks. thieves keeping an eye on all these cars lined up on lombard and nearby streets knowing that's likely luggage in a few of them. they know how to detect the rentals from the local cars. >> so much glass on this street. i see so many tourists -- i feel for these people. >> there's glass all the time. we are's just waiting for the next step when they go into the houses. >> reporter: she lives near the area and says crime is up but so are police patrols. >> every time something happens, there's always a response now. >> reporter: that's because sfpd doubled the number of officers in the central division from 14 to 28 officers who now walk these streets day and night. >> they start to recognize the people who are committing crimes. >> reporter: you would think that's lower crim

kpix 5's neda iranpour shows us how dive teams are trying to get them out. >> reporter: this carrier here with the letters mol on it came to the port of oakland from japan carrying dozens of containers. 11 fell off and 10 need to be salvaged from the water. a massive mighty cargo ship causes quite the mishap. one container seen on its side pulled out of the water in time. it's now on the dock. 10 others fell and sank to the floor of the san francisco bay. divers contracted by the port of oakland to do the searching. after two hours, three were spotted near the bow in the dock. once they are all found and marked with a buoy, a crane will start pulling them out. >> fortunately, these are empty boxes so the weight is not as great as it could have been. >> reporter: the port of oakland says they are 20 to 40 feet long some about 5,000 pounds empty. they were going back to asia for filling. >> if you don't have empty containers in asia you can't export to this country, the shoes and computers. >> reporter: in fact, 2.5 million containers come through the port of oakland every year. and in

live in ocean beach, neda iranpour, kpix 5. >>> now to our morning commute. we are taking a look at 880 here. two crashes near the toll plaza. the first one is southbound 880 at west grand avenue. two lanes are blocked one lane is blocked. the drive time is in the red about 20 minutes. the backup is to the maze at the bay bridge heading into san francisco. >>> one death is confirmed at an early-morning fire at an oakland apartment building. anne makovec reports. we just got terrifying details from the apartment building overnight. firefighters are still on scene. the fire broke out just before 4 a.m. one person was found dead on a stairway. i just spoke with a woman who awoke to screaming came out of her apartment and saw that man fully engulfed in flames. she grabbed a fire extinguisher but couldn't get close enough to the burning person. >> i couldn't even get close enough. it was too late. i couldn't even get close enough. i never heard his voice. i heard yelling. >> the coroner van is here. the investigation into the death is under way. there's significan

and let's start with neda iranpour for a look ahead at or hot temperatures. >> it's hot and hazy. it's nasty out there. look at this haze. i'd like to say this was our marine layer. but it's not. of course, that's what we're used to, not this. we have smoky conditions out there. a lot of smoke coming from fires across northern california. a lot of people headed to the beaches this weekend for this labor day holiday. you can already see the crowds out there. but it's hazy there, too. at least there, temperatures feel a little bit more comfortable. already, at this noon hour 100 degrees in concord. oakland 87. livermore 98 degrees. we are still on our way up when it comes to those temperatures. san francisco 89 degrees. here's what we're dealing with. an excessive heat warning has been extended through monday with those temperatures expected to hit the triple digits in many areas today. we are expecting to see record- breaking conditions. heat advisory even along the coast. here's what we're going to see in san francisco today. temperatures hitting the mid- 90s shattering records th

neda iranpour reports, though, first from the weather center. >> these highs are unreal. right now already things warming up. 85 degrees for you in oakland. good morning, everybody. get ready for a hot friday, a hot weekend, a hot holiday weekend in fact. here's a look at where our temperatures are heading today. whoo, those are a lot of numbers on your screen. 105 degrees expected in napa today. 109 in fairfield. 100 in vallejo. concord 115. these are record-breaking temperatures. livermore 116. livermore has had several days of triple digits but nothing this hot. it's going to stay that way today and tomorrow. fremont 102. 99 degrees in oakland. above average temperatures. mix that hot air with smoky conditions, we are getting a lot of smoke coming from these fires to the north of us. all that smoke is actually moving south into northern california calling for very unhealthy air conditions especially in the east bay and santa clara valleys. coming up when we get a break. >>> our record shattering temperatures are set to significantly strain california's power grid. kpix

. >>> we are more delays to tell you about but first let's check the weather with neda iranpour. >>> i am watching the doppler to show you what is going on, a lot of lightning strikes happening right now, some strong bands of rain coming through and places to the south, san luis obispo and santa barbara along the 101 and interstate 5, this strong sell picks up south of monterey, this is not necessarily our region but all of this is moving north and is expected to reach her area tonight. look at these lightning strikes west of king city, soledad, and monterey could be next. it is causing some swirly conditions when it comes to winds, some coming out of the east and northeast and north winds, west winds, we are feeling the breeze. 10 mile-per-hour winds and san ramon just picked up southwest winds at 70 miles per hour, this tends to happen, alejo 15 mile-per-hour winds coming out of the southwest, berkeley also 10 mile-per-hour winds, we can expect temperatures start to cool, cooler than yesterday and it sure was hot yesterday. in these thunderstorms and showers will arrive through tom

. >> jaclyn is joining us on traffic and neda iranpour is filling in for roberta . >> she is enjoying her vacation. >> she missed a lot of big weather days. [ laughter ] >>> today we are experiencing a nice morning, we did not have much cooling overnight, still warm and it does feel muggy. we are watching the storm system to the south and look at the lightning strikes that went across parts of central california or across interstate 5. this will head towards our area and right now we are basically seeing high clouds as the storm system moves north. look at how beautiful this view is. no fog insights because we did not get this cooler air coming through so it is just keeping things clear out there. you can even see the golden gate. this is a rare occasion. livermore is 73 and san francisco, 71, it does not feel that chilly. temperatures will be a bit warmer today as we start the cooling trend, still above average and we explain coming up. let's check in with jaclyn. >>> we are tracking slowdowns, this is a long westbound 580 and this is more than usual, this is due to a motorcycle acci

neda iranpour is following irma's progress from the weather center. >> believe it or not, irma has actually intensified. the winds there sustained now at 185. take a look at the massive eye as it moves across the atlantic. surface temperatures on the ocean 85 degrees. that's why it's intensifying. it's warm water. and that's what really fuels hurricanes. so this one a very strong one. here's the track pattern. 180 miles east of antigua right now. gusts as high as 220 miles per hour. it's moving west now at 14 miles per hour. expected to reach puerto rico as a category 5 by friday morning. it could be passing just north of haiti and cuba as it heads to south florida on saturday with a strong surge. this is the strongest hurricane in the atlantic since 2005, now tied with hurricane wilma. we are talking life- threatening flooding. that storm surge will be massive and could impact florida as early as saturday. coming up, we'll talk about the local forecast with cooling and clearing to discuss. >>> still ahead, global tensions rising after north korea's latest missile launches. the changes the

kpix 5's neda iranpour has the details. >> reporter: the city attorneys say with sea velsbale sirion the other side in oakland and here along the embarcadero will be covered in water that includes the ferry building and all these towers, these businesses, billions of dollars worth of property destroyed and they blame big oil companies. harvey, irma, jose, now maria back-to-back hurricanes hitting the area making for a record- breaking hurricane season. san francisco also experiencing the hottest temperatures ever on record a few weeks ago!! with these extreme weather conditions, city attorney dennis herrera says a lawsuit against big oil is a long time coming. >> the science is undeniable! climate change is altering our planet, placing many of our communities at risk. >> reporter: he and oakland's city attorney filing separate lawsuits on behalf of each city against the five largest investor-owned producers of fossil fuels in the world. chevron, exxon, bp, shell and conocophillips. >> just like "big tobacco," big oil knew the truth long ago. >> reporter: they say just like tobacco co

. >> jaclyn is joining us on traffic and neda iranpour is filling in for roberta . >> she is enjoying her vacation. >> she missed a lot of big weather days. [ laughter ] >>> today we are experiencing a nice morning, we did not have much cooling overnight, still warm and it does feel muggy. we are watching the storm system to the south and look at the lightning strikes that went across parts of central california or across interstate 5. this will head towards our area and right now we are basise

this morning, neda iranpour is tracking hurricane maria. first irma now maria.t'sated cat five through domenica and guadalupe so it made landfall on these tiny islands that were already devastated. . storm surge on already devastated islands. it's at cat-5 and sustained winds -- let's show you how it bounced around. it paid landfall in come feck can and bounced up at guadalupe and now heading to the u.s. cat- 4 in puerto rico but it is still dangerous. moving slowly at 9 miles per hour and moving northward. the plots showing that that's likely what it's going to do. jose to the north is bringing heavy rain and high winds. and waves for the east coast. here at home we just have a chance of showers. more coming up. >>> an accident slowing things down for drivers on the 80. the crash is on the connector ramp from westbound 80 to southbound 680. so right at that cordelia junction there. and traffic is backing up well into fairfield at this point. so expect delays. here's a live look 80 at suisun valley road and you can see those headlights trying to make their way w

neda iranpour reports, though, first from the weather center. >> these highs are unreal.ht now already things warming up. 85 degrees for you in oakland. good morning, everybody. get ready for a hot friday, a hot weekend, a hot holiday weekend in fact. here's a look at where ou

here's neda iranpour. >> it is going to be just right for all of you. look how beautiful it is. you can see it loud and clear. that's because we don't have the fog creeping through. plenty of sunshine out there. just a few wispy clouds. that's all we're going to see. the beach maybe a great idea. head out to ocean beach. here's a view of it right now. haven't seen anyone walking their dogs just yet. but we do expect to see a lot of that action later on today. it's just going to be so nice. temperatures will be right on par where they should be this time of year. and all we're seeing is some cloud coverage to the north of us. for places like eureka, redding, don't expect any of this to dip down to our area. weekend, comfortable, sunshine in store. but we're going to get a cooldown sunday, monday and tuesday. i'll explain that coming up. >>> armed officers are evacuating a home and neighbors as part of the investigation into a subway blast this. morning, an 18-year-old is being questioned for his role in the bombing that killed a dozen people. the suspect has not been charged but

. >>> i'm neda iranpour. live at a cooling center opening today, through thursday.s one northeast public library. emergency officials admit during our last heat wave, they were caught offguard, so they are taking extra precautions. six seniors died at the beginning of the month when it got really hot in san francisco. and in fact, temperatures reached 106 degrees. the hottest day ever recorded. we stayed in triple digits for two days in a row. in fact, it was so hot, cooling systems failed in several hospitals. and they had to use fans for the patients and san francisco fire department also ran out of ambulances because of all of the medical calls. so this week, san francisco's homeless outreach team will conduct wellness checks, and give water to people who are on the streets. and saying seniors have a tough time when it is this hot. group projects, open hand and meals on wheels will be helping to check on elderly. [ station audio trouble ] and also, we want to keep in mind it is not just cooling centers but public pools will be available for you. another way to co