good afternoon, afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. > >> we start with an uber driver driver after a tree fell on his car out of nowhere. kpix 5 's anne makovec with more on this close call. >> on the middle of this guy's , check it out, that tree come down at 8 then market street right onto a vehicle driven by an uber contractor with a passenger inside. the car windshield smashed pretty hard as well, similes are still stuck stuck in the wipers. the fallen tree was taken up by its roots d roots and it was blocking a couple traffic lanes there on market street. the department of of public works had to come in with that chainsaw. >> we will always prioritize a tree that is in the public right right of way, a path of travel or in a traffic lane. >> the driver was pretty shaken up, as you can imagine. he was g a passenger to the airport whent when that tree cut that route short. we will have more for you you on this at 5:00, reed. > >> people in a san jose townhouse got quite the wake-up call, a rude one at that. a car crashed right into their building good police say this happened bef

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. > >> and bard riders are hoping they don't get a repeat of th good afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. we made it through the hottest days of the week, but parts of the bay area, we know you're still roasting. we are hearing from you. it is a first alert weather wednesday because of it. dublin and inland inland spots are hovering around around the triple digits. you see on the left and right the difference in what the pictures are. and definitely it is one of of those days were colli so is g is conserving cal iso is asking to conserve energy. between 4:00-9:00, all of us can conserve electricity. first alet first alert weather meteorologist, paul heggen, is tracking that today. > >> it is hot in the inland bay where temperatures hovered between 100-105 degrees. hotspots right now, 104 in fairfield and livermore. temperatures are well into the 90s in the santa clara valley, with a mix of 70s, 80s, 90s, around the bay. downtown san fr, san francisco, low 70s. the worst of the heat taking a break break today, but tomorrow, inland temperatures will step back up to the erougo will about 10

good afternoon, everybody, everybody, i'm reed cowan. it is the end of an era for the british monarchy. queen elizabeth ii died today at the age of 96 in her home, in scotl. in scotland. people all across the uk, and owned around the world, are mourning her passing. passing. this is a look at buckingham palace right now, and and hundreds are in the streets paying their respects. cbs' ian lee reports, thousands have been been there today. >> despite the rain, many here e living flowers, and also at windsor castle where the queen also had her residence. but this this is a nation in mourning, especially after that announcement came this afternoon afternoon that the queen had passed, peacefully, that she wad by her family. members of the royal family rushed to scotland to be at the queen's side in her her final moments. her son, charles, now takes the throne, as the family and the nation mourn the loss. >> it's just a sad day. >> buckingham palace said in a statement, the queen died peacefully. the news, news, somberly announced, by the the

good afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. let's start right off the top with that shooting involving six adults at an oakland school campus. kpix 5's anne makovec is following this story. >> more than 30 rounds were fired and what they are describing is a targeted shooting that ended up injuring more than six people. they are all still alive, that's the good news. three of them are still in the hospital, two in serious condition, and one described as stable. the other three have been released and are okay. the shootings happened over 24 hours ago on the king estate campus on fontaine road, in east oakland. police say there were at least two shooters and one accomplice. they are all still on the loose . as far as the people who were shot, two were students, one was a counselor, one was a security guard, and the other two were school staffers. police say the shooting was related to a gang conflict in this city, but that none of the victims was actually the intended target. two we know that the people are traumatized, and as the

or reed cowan was allowed access to to the top of the tower. >> this morning we rang the bells for queenth. she died this morning and as soon as as we heard the news, we knew we we were going to do something sl for her today. >> reporter: priest malcolm clemens young opened the steel door to where the bells would ring 96 times. one strike for every year of the life of elizabeth the queen. a sister in in the faith to the priest at the bells. >> part of the global anglican community. we are mourning the loss of a great person of our time. >> reporter: as news spread in the sanctuary below, young set in motion to make the queen's life and legacy a teachable moment. a life of duty. honoredn this stone edifice. >> she was able to be so faithful in the way she carried out her duties for so long. >> reporter: what is a life? be it a queen's or a commoner. and is one more sacred than the other? no, says the priest. bels are for all of us. reminding us of the god who rings us to life an the life that goes on after the ringing stops. >> bells have this wonderful way way of having kind of an afterl

prompting evacuations to our north, in trent frederic could good afternoon, everybody, everybody, i'm reed cowan. it is is a first alert weather day, and we are traca upwith people swimming in concord to avoid the hottest part of the d. the day. first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen joins me now with a closer look at the the conditions out there. paul? >> yeah, and right now temperatures are warm to hot inland, but not bad for out of the ordinary for early september. extreme heat will build through the weekend. current temperatures, in the 80s 80s and 90s, inland. the excessive heat warning has been pushed back by one day. that heat dumb will be building in a little slower than anticipated. this excessive heat warning for parts of the bay area goes, send send a tuesday, but the heat is going to be just as intense. expect to upper 90s in the santa santa clara valley, 100 at parts parts of the bay, and it is still a heat advisory for sunday sunday and monday for some of the higher elevations, the xhosa xhosa elevations at marin county county and bay areas except the most inland bay. temperat

. > >>, everybody, i'm reed cowan. start with a green light on a new effort to help californians expensing to health and substane abuse issues. kpix 5's anne makovec has the details on thi. this one. hi, anne. >> this is that new c.a.r.e. court system we've been talking about for the past few months. the governor finally signed that that bill in san jose, today. the goal is treating people with people with severe mental illnes mental illness, forcing them, basically, to get help here is how it's going to work. family members, healthcare workers more more first responders can file n file petition with the care court on behalf of someone they believe either can't survive on their own or could be a threat to themselves or others. now if that person qualifies, they will will get legal help as well as a a care plan, which can include things like housing or medication for the next year. and then after a year, the person could get another year of of treatment, or a graduation plan. >> everybody has the capacity to to be fully

good afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. we can tell you right now, three people are dead from separate shootings that happen 45 minutes apart. the first one, one, around 7:45 last night near near the oakland islamic center on telegraph avenue in the pill hill neighborhood. oakland police say it was a drive-by. two men, 27 years old, 59 years old, both died at the scene. a 19-year-old also took a bullet but drove himself to the hospital. then later at the very very same scene a suspected drunk driver hit a parked police police car that was investigating there, sending two two officers go to the hospital, hospital, but they are expected to be okay. closer to 8:30 a woman was shot and killed. police are responding to le shtings overnight. >> >> it enormous strength that we try to manage our resources as properly as we can, can, but you need the appropriae the appropriate number of officers on every scene to make sure they are safe. >> these shootings bring oakland oakland to 90 homicides so far this year low compared to 97 at

good afternoon, i'm reed cowan. > >> we are going to go to live video on 35th, right now, showig now, showing it started as a vegetation fire along 580 then quickly followed up that hillside as fires do, spread into the backyard of several homes. there is significant damage to at least three structures right now. the fire is at four alarms. what does that mean? just extra men and women on the ground fighting th. the fire. now, a much better situation as we go to chopper video here, right now, live pictures from the chopper, showing how charred this scene . scene is. we see all the blackened vegetation on the border of those homes. you see water being sprayed on the hotspots. but we are seeing a lot less smoke and flame than we we did within the last hour. chopper 5 showing us the scene that people are coming home to on a friday afternoon. you can see where we presume that fire started there at the road's age, age, then you can see where the fire ate through, and the rooftops, blackened by the flames. here's what we know right now. three homes burned, many more damaged in the area. so

afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. > >> b.a.r.t. says don't get on if if you can avoid it. kpix 5's anne makovec is here in the newsroom with the big problems that really stretched all day and probably will go into tonight. what a mess! it was a nightmare scenario for about 200 200 passengers stuck on board a train that got caught in the trans bay tube. it lost power, and they were in the dark on that train for about two hours. it really is something that strikes fear into your heart. it it happened just after 7:00 in the morning when a substation providing electricity to the trains and the tube went off-li. went off-line. they finally got it powered back up at about 9:0. about 9:00. you are looking at cell phone video of people just hanging out walking through. the the train, that is. once the power got up, riders were taken back to the west oakland station. yeah. massive delays as as we mentioned in both directions. b.a.r.t. expects major systemwide delays through the end of service, tonight. that is why they are telling people, just take other public transit at this poin

. > >> good afternoon, i'm reed cowan. let's start with the new new million-dollar claimant to t to fight hate and hate crimes against asian americans in the bay area. kpix 5's [ end of song song ] of it with moreec anne m >> this afr a huge spike spike in hate crimes over the asian community in the last two. two years. citizen, you mentioned, is a popular app where people can share what's going on in their neighborhoods, neighborhoods, and no one in 3 people is already using this ap. this app. it also has a premium version that gives you access to to 24/7 monitoring, texting, and and video chatting, with agents. agents. and now the app is partnering with good water capitol. and they are giving premium accounts to people for e for free in the asian community. community. people who get these accounts will be able to use it for free for one year. and citizen hosted a training session, today, in san francisco's chinatown. >> if you ever feel unsafe ever, ever, walking down the street when you think someone might be following

i'm reed cowan. > >> the federal reserve is asking asking for interest rates to go up another bid to slow inflation. here's how it's shaking up today. the rate incrs rate increases three quarters of of a percentage point. this is the third straight month rates have been hiked to that shortly. shortly. that brings the total increase this year to more than three percentage points. the move is pushing up a cost for you to get a loan to the hope it is it will rise easing prices wy we pay. >> it supposes significant hardship especially for those least able to meet the higher cost of essential items. >> let's talk about those essentials peer the costs are going up, like he just said. electricity bills, you are paying almost 16% more than you were last year at this time. your housing, 6% higher. prices at the grocery store when you were there getting things for your family, you are paying 13% more year-over-year. so wall street reacted, they did not like today's news from the fed. the dow dropped fast, 522 points points today, the nasdaq was down 204. the s&p 500 fell 66. > >> today the cit

. > >> good afternoon, thank you so much for tuning in this afternoon, i'm reed cowan. what a day on wall street! we are watching your wallets after stocks once again took a plungee plunge. anne has more on the difficult day. hi, anne. >> they say don't look at your 401(k). the federal inflation report today really made a lot of investors nervous. so let's go ahead and take a look at those closing numbers, today. the dow dropping nearly 1300 pos 1300 points, or almost 4%. the nasdaq, down more than 5%. and the s&p 500 fell, 4.3%. today's inflation report shows ear over your prices were actually down, slightly from july to august, but they are still incredibly h, incredibly high, up 8.3%, from just last year. that is even wih even with the price of gas dropping $.25 per gallon over the last month. so let's take out food and energy. that means, means, the court inflation numbers are up year over year from july, so next week the fedl the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates another three quarters of a percentage . percentage point. >> if you have a strong la

outlined outlined looking for you to see see how you are doing, good afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan, labor day is here and so is the heat. it's a first alert weather day. potentially triple triple digit temperatures. one hour from now, another flex alert is set to take effect, that's a call for all of us to dial back and conserve energy. this one runs from 4:00 until 10:00, that's an hour later than than usual. officials say power outages are likely unless all of of us cut back on how we use electricity. today's power demand is projected to peek at more than 48,000 megawatts. that that should happen around 5:30 this evening. and tomorrow's projected peak is more than 51,000 megawatts, that would break a september record set back in 2006. it's hot out there. officials say we are likely facing energy deficits of of 2000 to 4000 megawatts so you you will need to do all you can to help save energy and conserve conserve at least twice as much as he did over the weekend. >> we need to use every tool available to get greater energy savings today and tomorrow as the extreme heat wave extend

good afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. > >> right now, florida, bracing for impact as the outer bands of of ian reaches the state. let's go to images of key west, where things are empty, a person out . out there.20million people e un right now. iacu cuba ie a cat you can see it fm from space, a lot of lightning. look at the twinkling clouds, there. reporter jason allen is about to show you he is now strengthening in the gulf of mexico, barreling towards florida. >> there is a breeze, but the heaviest rain is still sitting just outside the metro area. the the downtown, pretty quiet for this time on a tuesday evening, with most people now having either evacuated, or they are sheltering inside for the next couple of days. high over the gulf of mexico, hurricane hunters flew into the eye of hurricane ian, a full 20 miles wide. far below, in key west, people snapped photographs of powerful waves coming ashore. the outer bands of hurricane ian hurricane ian are pushing in to florida as the storm heads north. it's currently on track to reach the sarasota area is a major hurricane before slic

. >> i am reed cowan. perhaps the best way to save water it cannot cannot take it for granted. >> one young woman is showing os woman is showing others one step step at a time. justin andrews has her story. >> reporter: on june 28th, ninad up provision, laced up her shoes, and with her dog, began n amazing journey. >> i am sitting on a very long walk. 240-mile walk to my house in oakland to the headwaters of the river. >> reporter: her goal, to bring awareness from where water comes comes from at a time when it is written by severe drought and climate change. >> my mom and my brother made this flag for me. i am carrying it so people start asking the q, where does your water come from? we need change right now in our our water system in california. >> i think it is great what she is doing. vote nina made her way way up san francisco bay to the delta, to the central valley. 32 32 days after leaving home, nina nina arrived at her final destination, the highland lakes near the summit of abbott's past . she thr

afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. in first alert weather, we know the extreme heat is bearing down on us once again, and it's expected to be at its worst, today. across the bay area and many areas. we are tracking the temperatures and threat of major power outages. first alert chief meteorologist, meteorologist, paul heggen is busy, he joins me now, and people are bracing for those te. those temperatures. >> temperatures are extremely hot across the bay area. the last thing you would want is a power outage, but you need to have a plan to keep yourself cool here it temperatures are above 100, above 110 in some locations. santa rosa is at 98, but an hour ago you were at 115 degrees. that temperature has dropped significantly within the the last 60 minutes or so. around the bay, temperatures are are mid-80s, downtown, it's upper 90s right now. rosa, concord, san jose, have all set new high record temperatures to. temperatures today. the excessive heat warning is in effect through this evening for almost all parts of the

good afternoon, everybody, i'm reed cowan. right at the top at 3:00 hurrice 3:00 hurricane ian is taking another swipe at the united states. right now it's bearing down on the south carolina coastline. in fact, we've got an an opportunity to show you live picture. this is the queen city, city, charlotte, north carolina. carolina. cameras are shaking, and it looks every bit like it's it's getting ready for a storm. winds up to 90 miles per hour in in some areas. storm surge coming in with that tied. meantime, on the right side of your screen, we are mindful of florida, who is now dealing with with the aftermath and devastation after the hurricane slammed there. let's start there there in south carolina at 3:00 where water rushed into the streets, quickly approaching the the top of street signs, if you can imagine. these are photos police tweeted, pictures there of a pier, the end of that pier you can see on the right, completely gone and floating south. the storm surge flooding will be most problematic for midafternoon. it coul

let's get out to reed cowan wite on the expected and current out. >> reporter: the numbers seem to change minute by minute. new ns show some 32,000 of your pay las of your pay labors are without y are without electricity. the biggest chunk of those, 21,000 n in the south bay. we are watching the map in real time. p in mind, these are not rolling blackouts. these are heat-related power issues. we can show them to you on the map. you on the map. i want to let you know as ryan did on social media before this broadcast, more than a half million peoplee been alerted blackouts could hiu as well. let's look in east bay. bay. you can see that large sector adjacent to danville. same thing at pleasant hill. when you go on pg&e's website, look at the table. you see the e the little dot. then using a di. then using a diamond. if you want to find out if you are impacted, look for this red bar. bar. hit that button. this is wt comes up. this is your opportuny this is your opportunity. you can enter your address in specifically. that will narrow n where you are as far as the box ago. currently, these nu

. >> i am reed cowan, in for ryan this evening. > >> residence near the mosquito fire are all being alloweders were lifted lifted for placer and el dorado counties. the rainy weather really help crews get an upper hand on the fire. containment jumped 11% overnight. now a hard-fought fight by mother nature brings them to 60%. the fire has burned more than 76,000 76,000 acres, the same size as san francisco and oakland combined. > >> california's insurance commissioner is protecting residents who lost their home to to wildfires. he issued a mandatory one-year ban that prevents insurance companies from cancellations and non-renewals. this is in place for people living near the mosquito fire. the blaze damaged damaged 13 structures and destroyed 78. > >> meanwhile, in sonoma county, fire stations are getting well-equipped with a new, emergency response tool. mobiles mobile generators powered by the the sun. >> wilson walker had a chance to to see how crews use it. >> we are building a solar power power generator. this will be in in one of our stations. the station it is going and does not not h

. >> i am reed cowan. perhaps the best way to save water it cannot cannot take it for granted. >> one young woman is showing os woman is showing others one step step at a time. justin andrews has her story. >> reporter: on june 28th, ninad up