in santa rosa, susie steimle, kpix 5. >>> wineries are trying to get up and running as the fires burn. owners say most of the grapes were harvested before the fires broke out but they are concerned about the grapes that are still on the vine for red wine making in particular the skin on the grapes apply the right color which might have been damaged by the smoke and ash in the year. >> there is compounds in the smoke that can manifest in the wine. so we are doing a lot to mitigate that. >> the vineyards were scorched or fried on the edges. so we lost about 1 acre we think about 12 acres here. >> wineries wanting to harvest those grapes as fast as they can. some plan to get started before dawn tomorrow. >>> the weather is starting to work in favor of the fire fight. it will begin tomorrow with the return of the onshore flow after an 82 degrees day in san francisco. 11 pm and it's still 71 degrees. 12 degrees warmer in san francisco them livermore. 58 degrees in livermore, 60 degrees concord, 53 degrees santa rosa, one of the cooler spots tonight. as that onshore flow returns to san fran

kpix5's susie steimle is live with now people plan to deal with this. >> reporter: well, ken, police chief bill scott today said this is something that has been on his mind since he took the job in january, but he also reminded supervisors that he only has had the job since january. he said he doesn't need any new laws passed to fix this problem. he just needs some time and he said in time you will see results. >> but there's so many break- ins into autos bernal heights, there's not anywhere without broken glass on the sidewalk. >> my boyfriend's car got broken into about a week ago. >> i do see a lot of glass broken on the pavement when i go to work every day. >> if you own a car and drive, you regularly expect to pay to fix your windows. >> reporter: supervisors hillary ronan and norman yee and police chief scott committed today to staffing to have a team focused on car break-ins, property crime and bike theft. originally the supervisors planned to mandate this move with legislation, but chief scott committed to take on the problem saying a law does not need to pass for police to f

kpix5's susie steimle is live in golden gate park where the festival is already underway. susie?rter: it is. it's been going on since about noon today and as you can see behind me, there is that heavy police presence, heavily armed police presence that we're seeing standing here right at the entrance and that's something police and event organizers want you to know if you're coming down to this. you should expect to see that especially given recent events this week. every year about 500,000 to 3/4 of 1 million people come down for fleet week. event organizes are say they want to make sure -- organizers say they want to make sure everything feels secure and everyone comes here to have fun. this is the 17th year of the event. it started in 2001. originally this was called the strictly bluegrass festival. after two years they started to diversify and added a bunch of different types of music. if you come down here this weekend, that is why it is now called the hardly strictly bluegrass festival. you'll see anybody from cheap trick to the lead singer of the black peas this weekend. s

kpix 5's susie steimle shows us why officers will riding trains to ask if you paid for your ride. >> it's frustrating. >> reporter: less than five minutes after we walked into the 19th street bart station in oakland, someone jumped the gate and got a free fare. >> a guy just like hopped through the emergency exit, didn't pay, attendants don't do anything. >> it happens? >> every day. >> fare evasions costs us 15 to $25 million a year. >> reporter: bart's board of directors unanimously approved two ordinances to target cheaters. starting january 6th, officers will be hired to board bart trains and ask every, single person for proof of purchase. if caught, you will be charged $75 for your first offense. minors will be charged $55. three strikes and you face criminal charges. do you think the checks will help? >> i think so. i think so. >> it really makes sense for the people who do pay for their fares. you know? it's not fair to them. >> reporter: 75% of bart's operating costs come from people who follow the rules and pay the full fare. officials anticipate this will bring back 8 to $1

in santa rosa, susie steimle, kpix 5. >>> 4:57.me wine country residents are allowed back in their homes, a new wildfire forces evacuations in the santa cruz mountains. we'll take you there live for the very latest. and i'm kenny choi. breaking news in santa cruz county - where flames are spreading fast acros acuations and >>> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, october 17th. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. breaking news in santa cruz county. right now flames are spreading fast across hillsides forcing evacuations and threatening structures. kpix 5's sandra osborne reports from the santa cruz mountains. >>> reporter: good morning to you, kenny. yeah, right now we are off bear creek road. bear creek canyon is what's behind me. that's what we're looking across. you can see the flames spreading up the hillside engulfing trees producing some very large bursts of fire. there are some evacuations in place. we have been speaking with cal fire. the last official estimate is around 30 acres burned but i heard another report that i

susie steimle is in redwood valley: 50 homes, 40 structures, 3 lives, all taken by wildfire in mendocino. this disaster isn't garnering as much forestville. the fires are sending up giant plumes of smoke over the north bay -- and affecting the air quality all over the bay area. and kpix 5's christin ayers reports: it could go from bad.. to even worse. tonight health officials are saying the air quality is the worst they've seen in at least a decade, and not just in the time is 4: federal help is on the way for those areas dealing with the wildfires in wine country... what the major disaster declaration means for california. president trump has approved a major disaster declaration for california. k-p-i-x five political reporter melissa caen has more, on what can be expected from that declaration. [sot- mark neveau, markneveau.com] sxs-mark-neveau-2-caen- mistrot-hfr(1) 1:44 this is monumental, unprecedented - i would say this is something firefighters won't see in not just one lifetime, but two lifetimes. veteran fema coordinator and fire fighter mark neveau has made disaster zones his l

live in santa rosa, susie steimle, kpix5. >>> former 49er colin kaepernick takes on the nfl. >> coming up his new fight against the league and top owners and president trump weighs in -- team owners and president trump weighs in from the rose garden. >> plus incredible new video, the rush to get patients out of the hospital in danger of going up in flames. >> the cartoon that's making the rounds online and howl the tragedy has impacted the family of the man who created charlie brown and snoopy. >>> an icon of the american west is now under federal siege. >> they not only lose their family and freedom, but they might be slaughtered in the future. >> we learned proposed cuts could mean euthanizing thousands of healthy horses. >> the largest opponent on the other side is the ranching unit. >> when there's so many of them they're destroying their own habitat, they're not pretty anymore. >> expect original reporting from kpix5 news. expect more. our collaboration with pg&e is centered around public safety. without pg&e's assistance, without their training we could not do our mission to keep

kpix5's susie steimle is live at the scene where the motive remains a mystery. >> reporter: liz, a full mile of 380 west bound was closed down as a crime scene overnight. the shooter and a target of the shooting both fled the scene leaving the uber driver injured at the center of it all and police with very few answers. e so we don't know if it was a s iple occupants >> the uber driver was an innocent party that was unfortunately caught in some sort of a crossfire duo. >> reporter: just minutes after picking up two passengers last night at sfo an uber driver ended up shot in the neck. her car looked like this. her passengers were terrified. >> very shaken up. the driver who was struck was transported to the hospital and the two passengers, they were in disbelief. >> reporter: that uber driver is expected to fully recover. chp officers say they have no reason to believe she was targeted. >> we don't believe that either the driver or the passengers were in any way related to the shooting. they just were unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: detectives shut down

kpix 5's susie steimle shows us how they are getting through the waiting game as one evacuation center in santa rosa. >>> reporter: dave allen swung by santa rosa's veteran building where nearly 300 evacuees are sleeping to bring calm to the chaos. >> bring a little bit of cheer to the crowd. everybody needs to be lifted up. >> when they first arrived, they are in a state of shock, right? and they are emotionally upset and rightly so. and then over the course of time that starts to ease a little bit. but now, it's the frustration of when can i go back? >> reporter: mike conroy with the red cross says he can feel people starting to get restless. they are sick of feeling stuck. most are wondering if their homes are still standing. do you know how your house is doing? >> no. and i wish i did. >> reporter: john and his wife ran from their home in oakmont at 4 a.m. monday. >> you could see the flames coming down the ridge. >> reporter: he learned to lower expectations. >> they just told us that, you know, don't expect to even be allowed back to your homes for maybe even a week. and we're ju

. >> kpix5's susie steimle is the only television reporter in that community to show us what is going on. she's with us live. susie, devastation we saw in sonoma county. mendocino county it looks similar. >> reporter: and a lot of people up here in mendocino county, ken, feel as though they've been forgotten because they're not able to communicate with people, so not as many people know that it's happening here as well and today we learned because their communication is so limited up here, if an evacuation order is put in place, police would have to go door to door to alert people because that's the only way they know they could communicate with people and resident are worried they could end up trapped. 50 homes, 40 structures, three lives taken by wildfire in mendocino county. this disaster isn't garnering as much attention as the napa and sonoma county fires have pause remote mendocino is completely off the grid. >> yeah. a lot of people are cut off from what's going on and they're all scared. it's not good. >> reporter: wildfire took out the main cell tower for this area leaving pe

kpix5's susie steimle tells us the driver is lucky to be alive. >> the uber driver was an innocent partys unfortunately caught in some sort of a crossfire duo. >> reporter: just minutes after picking up two passengers last night at sfo an uber driver ended up shot in the neck. her car looked like this. her passengers were terrified. >> very shaken up. the driver who was struck was transported to the hospital and the two passengers, yeah, they were in disbelief. >> reporter: that uber driver is expected to fully recover. chp officers say they have no reason to believe she was targeted. >> we don't believe that either the driver or the passengers were in any way related to the shooting. they just were unfortunately in the wrong place at the wrong time. >> reporter: detectives shut down 380 between el camino real and 280 south for four hours overnight while they searched for clues. on 280 south they found a big one, this abandoned car also riddled with bullets. they still haven't found the driver of this abandoned car or the shooter who was likely in another vehicle. >> the occupants of tha

kpix5's susie steimle is live in concord with a vote that came down afternoon. susie? >> reporter: that was a unanimous decision to delay recreational pot sales and we are inside emerald city garden, one of the businesses in concord that can help you set up your at-home cannabis growing operation and it's also a business that said it was negatively impacted by today's decision. >> we are the home depot for cannabis growers. >> reporter: when proposition 64 passed last november, emerald city garden owner called this the end of prohibition. >> there's so many people who right now don't use cannabis because their mindset is it's illegal. >> reporter: starting january 1st adults 21 and over can legally purchase marijuana for recreational use in california. >> it can go many different ways. >> reporter: today contra costa county passed an ordinance delaying any business owner's ability to profit from that. >> so businesses won't be able to sell in particular areas until we allow them se or to grow or to process. >> reporter: the county is also considering other limitations.

kpix5's susie steimle was there. she's got the latest on what they said. >> reporter: cal fire, sonoma county sheriff's office and police just briefed the media on what's going on and one of the most incredible things they said it is more than 17 hours now after this fire broke out, they are still at 0% containment, santa rosa police calling this a horrific and terrifying event for everyone in sonoma and napa counties. now we have some video for you from earlier of what they're calling the epicenter of the fire today. this is the fountain grove neighborhood. you can see an active fire. this is what we saw all throughout the afternoon, firefighters forced to just allow homes to burn saying that they just did not have enough resources, whether it was manpower or water, to take on the flames. so this happened over and over again throughout the day. now they set up this press conference. they are still not yet in search and rescue mode. they're still actively evacuating people from that fountain grove neighborhood. they

kpix5's susie steimle on the technology that could have been used to send out mass hearts. susie? e ni e doesn't use >> reporter: well, veronica, sonoma county just received federal approval in august to use fema's text alert systems during emergencies, but county officials chose not to activate it during the wildfires last week and now many people who live here are asking why. g that or had we had >> we were awakened by neighbors at about 2:00. >> reporter: louann capp learned of wildfires outside her santa rosa home the way many in sonoma county did, by neighboring banging on her daughter in the middle of the night. she doesn't use a cell phone at night and therefore wouldn't receive the alerts authority are telling people to sign up for, the nixel or soco alerts? >> no. >> for someone not tech savvy, they won't figure that out. sonoma, lake and mendocino counties received federal approval to use these alerts. when your cell phone connects to a tower in a danger zone, you receive an alert to evacuate. lake county used the system. sonoma and behind seeno did not. -- mendocino did

kpix5's susie steimle on where the suspect was finally taken into custody. susie. >> reporter: well, this was a three hour manhunt. it all started in the tenderloin, came here to where we're starting at turk and franklin and into the lathe and ended back in the tenderloin on ellis street. from hayes valley to the haight police spent the afternoon searching for a suspect who struck a san francisco police officer with an suv and took off. neighbors living near buena vista park were told to shelter in place after the suspect's vehicle was found abandoned nearby, but it was on ellis street where police caught the man believed to be responsible for that hit and run. >> the suspect was taken into custody on the 500 block of ellis. >> reporter: the suspect was targeted for possession of an illegal firearm in the tenderloin this afternoon. police say the suspect became aware of their presence and made a run for it. >> officer down, officer down. turk and franklin, officer down. >> reporter: the police officer from the tenderloin station was on his bicycle when the su

live in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix5. >> thanks. it looks like they've got some pretty good weather out there, too. >> cheap trick, come on, brian, that's our generation. >> absolutely. let's do that. >>> they will have good weather for it this weekend with clear skies around the bay area this weekend and the numbers will come up ever so slightly looking out toward mount diablo. highs today concord 87, morgan hill 85, live more 87, san jose almost 90 and santa rosa 91 degrees. isn't that a beautiful shot from sutro cam looking over the city of san francisco toward the bay and the hills that were bumped up by the hayward fault out there across the bay. concord 86 degrees now, oakland 77, livermore 82 and san francisco 71, santa rosa 84. here's what's happening, high pressure building in over central california, low pressure means slight warming through saturday. the numbers continue to climb before they cool on sunday. the surf is up as well, as we talked about earlier in the newscast. temperatures will be 90 degrees in the warmest s

kpix five's susie steimle says.. are banding we heard from evacuees getting frustrated waiting to find out if their home is there or not. some are banning together to do their own investigations. >> sitting around, not knowing was killing me. i had to come up and see for myself. >> reporter: for the past three days, josh browning has been taking fire reporting in to his own hands. he lives in an area authorities said to evacuate 2 days ago. >> if it gets to be dangerous, we have escape routes, ridgeway or austin park or the outer road. >> reporter: this is the first time he has seen black smoke this week, a sign crews started air drops as fire creeps over the ridge. >> we take this out. it becomes a big bedroom. >> reporter: eric opened up his culinary school to neighbor whose lost homes and forced to evacuate in the middle of the night monday and camp crossed roadblocks to get back. >> i wish i could drive up and know what the facts are. >> reporter: a as a frustrated and well connected businessman, he isn't satisfi

live in san francisco, susie steimle, kpix5. fire st the >>> today we got our best report yet on the firefighting efforts against the wine country wildfires. check out these numbers. the tubbs fire is now 91% contained and the nuns fire, 80% surrounded. >> we have a lot of work to do still. we have a lot of hot areas on these fires, but we have stopped the forward progress and movement on all these fires. we have lines around them. >> sonoma county reports one additional death from the fire bringing the total to 42. 48 people are still listed missing in napa and sonoma county. >>> the first lawsuit has been filed over the wildfires. a couple who lost their home to the tubbs fire is suing pg&e. this is all that's left of their home of more than 30 years. their suit accuses pg&e of failing to keep trees and brush trimmed near power lines. the harvels say they fled early monday morning with only their pets and clothes on their backs. >> i flew out of the house and didn't grab my wedding ring or my dress that's been in a box for 34

kpix5's susie steimle on the rising stats and what police plan to do about it. >> if you own a car andyou regularly expect to pay to fixtures your window. >>> supervisors leave and ronan and chief scott committed today to have a team to focus on car break-ins, property crime and bike theft. originally the supervises planned to mandate this move with legislation, but chief scott committed to take on the problem saying a law does not knead to pass for police to fix -- need to pass for police to fix this problem. >> we're going to get judged by our results. we can have a pretty strategy, what not, but at the end of the day a year from now how you're going to look at this police department is did this stuff work? >> reporter: sfpd doubled foot patrols and will add 270 more police officers to the force by the end of this year. car break-ins are up 25%. so far there have been 19,975 in 2017. san franciscans fall victim to this crime on average 85 times a day. >> there's not a block that doesn't have broken glass on the sidewalk. >> reporter: this man who showed up for public comment today sa