they have bigger fish to fry, i would think. >> reporter: as you can see right here, tony wilson has put in place this fence to protect what's left of his property, but he's going to have to decide whether or not he pumps more money into this project and moves forward or if he's going to abandon this project all together. >>> a federal crime unfolds in contra costa county. th that thief casually breaking into a wall of mailboxes in concord. a u.s. postal inspector tells us this is a county-wide problem. tom jensen joins us. how widespread is this problem? >> reporter: it is widespread according to the postal inspector. you saw how easily he got into those mailboxes. it's not happening just here in concord. it's happening across contra costa county, and federal investigators are beiworking wi local police. many are seeing the video for the first time. >> i think that's where my mailbox is. >> reporter: watch as this man opens an entire wall of mailboxes and helps himself to the contents. it happened late tuesday night. and one tenant tells us it helps explain their recent lack of mail

>> reporter: raj, we know that tony wilson owned the warehouse next door. we know that tony wilson is sharing that to see if they can spot a suspect. >> the story until the next development. med for us. >>> formally charged with misconduct today. gus kramer accused of making unwanted sexual remarks and racist comments. kramer maintains that three different investigations exonerated him. his lawyer plans to file a motion asking for the d.a. to bow out of the case. but he's not saying why. if that does take place, the state attorney general would take over the case. >>> remember all that smoke last year. the smoke from the butte county fire near se owe. it gave california the worst air quality in the world. that heavy smoke created hazy skies and forcing a lot ofto ou. alley wolf joins us with the details. >> reporter: after so many wildfires across northern california, surprising little is known about what's in that smoke that fills the air and how harmful it is for everyone's health. uc davis researchers are trying to figure that out. hoping it could be one

tony wilson co. owns the building.>> it was l completed wewere looking forward to finishing it. now we are looking forward to cleaning it up. >> reporter: wilson owns the building next door. inside surveillance cameras are pointed towards where the fire happened.>> it was too late. to catch them, maybe but it will not put the building back. >> reporter: this video shows how intense the flames of the two alarm fire got. is started before 10 and the building three-story residential multiunit structure that has been under construction for the last several months. >> atf is here, reduced to surpassed incidents involving buildings under construction. that is one of the reasons they are here to assist us. >> reporter: this is the ninth fire in 2012 it happened at a housing construction site in the east bay. previous fires have been ruled as arsene but the cause of the fire has not been determined. this afternoon, investigators will be scouring through surveillance video trying to find something that might lead them into a cost. atf will be here until 5. in north oakland, jackie ward,

but as i mentioned we did speak to an owner named tony wilson and he said he and his family own this structure and began building this structure back in 2017 and they were in the process of requesting permission from the city of oakland to expand this project. but that request has been pending for close to nine months. so construction is, for the most part, put on hold ever since and with the history of similar fires, he admits there was always a level of concern. >> i'm 90% sure it was intentional. it wasn't spontaneous combustion. fundamentally it makes me sad that it seemed somewhat -- i don't know -- unstable person would have done it. i doubt it was just sort of malicious -- just lots of people around upset by the world and -- i don't know. sad really. >> reporter: as i mentioned, this area is no stranger to construction fight fires and in 2016 and 2017 a construction site on the oakland/emeryville project went up twice and in 2017 we were on scene for the four-alarm fire on vald eds street in oakland, that was a mixed use project of homes and retail space. as we go back out liv

according to the co-owner tony wilson. >> the framing was all completed and we were looking forward to finishing it. but now we are looking for to cleaning it up. >> reporter: this is the ninth fire at a housing construction site in the east bay since 2012. for that reason oakland fire investigators have called and in asking for an assistant from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, in case like in previous cases, this was arson. >> they have identified origin. first floor in the front. however, a particular cause has yet to be identified. >> reporter: coming up new tonight on kpix 5 news at 6, we will take a closer look at what the real dollar consequences of all these fires at construction sites. and that is the insurance. will take a closer look at what on at what underwriters are now requiring to ensure any construction project in the bay area. live in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. >>> fire crews also not done a house fire in san jose that left 15 people without a home. fire crews tell us the fire started outside of the home on marsh street . and then spread to the attic.

. >> reporter: building owner tony wilson says this old printing shop was being converted to 9 work-live units. >> construction crew was here last night picking up tools out of the building to go do a job when this started and one of them talked to a ranger who had come up to him and asked him for a cigarette. >> reporter: wilson says he >> i'm 90% sure it was intentional. it wasn't spontaneous combustion. it makes me sad that -- assume some somewhat, i don't know, unstable person would have done it. >> reporter: but investigators aren't jumping to any conclusions as they only begin to pick through the charred frame and debris. >> everything is still on the table in regards to coming up with a accurate cause. >> reporter: fire officials are not linking this fire with a string of suspicious fires at larger construction sites in recent years. >> as of right now, we have no information to show a relationship between this incident that occurred last night and past incidents. >> reporter: but there was enough concern that oakland fire chief darren white stopped by the scene. and barbara maxwe

. >> reporter: building owner tony wilson says his old printing shop was being converted to 9 live-work units. investigators might be setting their sights on at least one person of interest. >> picking up tools on the building to do a job when this started and one of them talked to a ranger who had come up to him and asked for a cigarette. >> reporter: wilson says he believes this was arson. >> i'm 90% this was intentional. it wasn't spontaneous combustion. it makes me sad that an unstable person would have done this. >> reporter: investigators aren't jumping to any conclusions. >> everything is still on the table in regard to coming up with -- >> reporter: with a string of suspicious fires at larger construction sites in recent years. >> as of right now, we have no information to show any type of relationship between this particular incident that occurred last night and past incidents. >> reporter: but there was enough concern that oakland fire chief darren white [indiscernible] max welwas among those from the federal agency's san francisco division scouring what's left of the building

. >> reporter: building owner tony wilson says the old printing shop was being converted to nine live working units. investigators may be setting their sights on at least one person of interest.>> the construction crew was here last night picking up tools out of the building to go do a job. when this started. and one of them talked to a stranger who had come up to him and asked for a cigarette. >> reporter: wilson believes this was arson. >> i'm 90% sure it was intentional. it wasn't spontaneous combustion. fundamentally it makes me very sad, i assume some, somewhat i don't know, unstable person would have done it. >> reporter: investigators are not jumping to conclusions. as they begin to pick through the charred frame and debris. >> everything is on the table in regards to coming up with inaccurate cause. >> reporter: officials are not leaking this fire with a string of suspicious fires at larger construction sites in recent years. >> as of right now, we have no information to show any type of any type of relationship with this last night and pass incidents.>> reporter: there was en

howard wilson or even clement attlee or howard wilson or eve n to ny clement attlee or howard wilson or even tonyno longer recognisable. what has really driven his anger is the response from mr to brexit and his failure, in his view, to campaign vigorously on behalf of remain. since then, to have abducted a begrudging approach as labour has gradually shifted to a more pro—remain and pro—referendum petition. what i think has triggered him to announce that he does not wa nt to him to announce that he does not want to stay or rejoin the labour party is his view, bluntly, that mr corbyn is unelectable and therefore borisjohnson will win in any contest against him and he urges labour mps contest against him and he urges labourmps and contest against him and he urges labour mps and supporters to recognise the fact and stop pretending that mr corbyn is somehow going to win the next election possibly actually appealed to mr corbyn to himself consider whether he is genuinely a prospective prime minister, albeit he acknowledged this morning that of course he would be widely criticised for those comments. i

including the cousin of makiah wilson, also lost to gun violence. police have charged 20-year-old tony mcclamm for second degree murder for caron's death. >>> power crews are replacenng equiat a substation in northst d.c., equipment malfunction leaving 39,000 customers in the dark on saturday. but the bigger issue at the moment is noise.in you're s live pictures right now from florida avenue where pepco started working on the substation. theyre moving a transformer there. people who live in the u street and shaw areas may see extra crews working, and they cou hear a lot of loud noise tonight. pepco says they hope to be done with this sometime this week. >>> this week is not a good one fall asleep without ac. we are back into the 90s again this week, folks. >> yeah, and the numbers aren'tn coming dowor a few more days. amelia draper is tracking the temperatures and some potential storms this week. jim.ey, doreen and we had a high today of 94 degrees. tomorrow we'll have high temperatures in the mid 90s. and right now it's balmy si out. we're at 83 degrees tomorrow morning. we're also wa

the labour party i have been dedicated to my whole life, not the party of tony blair or gordon brown, not the party of harold wilsoncorbyn? would you namea other thanjeremy corbyn? would you name a name, the person you think could leave the party to what you think would be a success?” could leave the party to what you think would be a success? i the letter thatjeremy corbyn has done some things very well. he campaigned well in the last election. he did much better than people expected. however, there must be more than that. who are these people? is there a list of names you can put out there that would be the ones who would make you feel differently? there are and i will not name names. why not? i don't think it is very helpful. you could say what you are doing is not helpful. that is interesting given you have said what you have said about the party. interesting given you have said what you have said about the partym interesting given you have said what you have said about the party. it is not about being helpful, it is about telling the truth about what i feel about what is happening in politics ata about what is