i'm veronica de la cruz. live in the newsroom. >> veronica, thank you for that the. >>> san jose's tough pot club laws could go up in smoke if medical marijuana advocates have their way. they are giving out free pot to potential voters in exchange for their signatures. len ramirez is here now to tell us pot club us could be only days from closing. len, sit even legal to bribe somebody that way for a signature? >> reporter: well, they say that they are not giving the free pot for the votes, but it is in effect that is what is going on. this is an all out effort. as you can see, tents here in front of the sidewalk in front of san jose city hall. they're going to be staying here for the next few days so they can gather signatures here 24-7. this also spreading very rapidly on instagram and facebook. especially since this is word of free pot. >> . >> chastitt baker just received about $50 worth of medical marijuana. >> i have seizures. >> so you're going to cash that in. >> yeah, i am. i will get a free evalcrewu

so at this stage i'm going to turn it over to veronica or al. we're in a joint venture with our good friend al norman >> good afternoon, commissioners how you doing. >> i'm doing fantastic. >> you are very exceptional to the project not only a.m. am i the developer but i'm talking about block 52 we want to thank you for the rules and regulations this is a community project we're developed in and helping us to keep all the promises made. on the block 52 development we're appreciative active to our partners that bring everything we're satisfied with their work we're coming before you to get our approval for them to continue doing what they do and go ahead and make that a successful project you-all you'd love to this ♪ the hunters point shipyard thank you very much for your time >> thank you. thank you al and danny. so i'll speak a little bit more i want to get to the fun stuff to the architecture i want to orient you on the pr prospective the major phases for block 52 is in the red block scare it's for a 72 units. and there will be bike parking on

james and veronica with me. >> it is a good idea. previous generation, two version of the v. the iphone is a bigger deal now than the ipad. given all the attention the i had got the iphone -- >> twice as nice as two releases. jimmy kimmel and crew stuck and apple logo on the back -- they took to the streets demonstrating apple lovers's undying devotion to the branch. take a look. >> tell you the date as well as the time. and old school, it is still -- always in airplane no. because it is apple that would impress me. >> i am pretty impressed. melissa: that is so sad. they are saying it is old school. $20. it does show how people might devoted to apple and pressured to say it is cool. >> kind of scary. i wonder what rocks these people have been swimming under. turning now to go obviously. there's a video making its way around the internet, baby go to a bar and, you got to check this out. take a listen. >> man. >> i can't get enough of this. it has nothing to do with the market. i am so sorry. trade and invest. watched this 600 times to

back to you. >> thanks, veronica. >>> an up tick in a scam.looefs try to get through your wallet through skimming devices on atms. >> we have five ways to protect yourself from becoming a victim. >> it's happening here in the region, jim and wendy with atm skimmers in fairfax county and leesburg. i looked at the fbis website and found good information. if you follow these five steps, you can avoid getting ripped up. first, inspect the card reeder before you use it whether at an atm or s ump. be sufficient. if you see anything that is loose, damaged or plastic pieces that are sticking out. also, be wary if you see any scratches or tape residue. when entering your pin, block the key pad with your other hand to prevent cameras from recording you. >>> if you are pumping gas, avoid typing in your pin number, run it like a credit card trance action instead. >>> next, use an atm location inside and where you see security cameras. a potential courtrorook will has access to install a skimmer there. scammers like to target popular areas. last, if, for s

now i want to bring up veronica from the ahi

thanks, veronica.30 minutes and, of course, as she said we are keeping our eye on that fire in solano county. 7 homes have burned, an 8th is on fire. people are trying to use pots and pans, carrying water to save their belongings. some people have loves everything. earlier video that we had of this fire showed not only the houses burned but cars in the driveways were destroyed, as well. so people losing everything they have in the house and outside, as well. this is solano county where this fire is happening. >> we are also keeping an eye on another fire burning near vacaville. chopper 5 was over that area near highway 113 and hay road it started about 3:30 this afternoon. not clear the number of acres or containment. but we have two fires, one a house on fire here in solano county and another in vacaville. >>> and thank you for watching. the "cbs evening news" with jim axelrod is next. >> remember, the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix.com. we are back in 30 minutes. >> axelrod h

kpix 5's veronica de la cruz tells us, it was filed by a former company exec. veronica? >> reporter: that's right. the former vice president of marketing whitney wolf says the harassment started after her relationship with her boss and cofounder justin matt continue went south. she says mateen repeatedly called her names including slut, gold digger and whore and in front of the ceo. wolf's lawyer says she tried to resolve these concerns with the ceo of tinder as willel well as the parent company of tinder match.com but to no available. >> we believe it's up to the company that controls the workplace to make sure that this behavior doesn't occur and to make sure that the law is followed. >> wolf resigned in april of this year saying she was pushed out under the threat that mateen would fire her anyway. mateen has been suspended pending an ongoing internal investigation. liz? >> veronica thank you. >>> coming up, we are always hearing about these phone scams. >> you would think who would fall for that? you might be surprised. we found out the tricks those callers use to tr

veronica de la cruz is in the newsroom with the dramatic video. veronica. >> reporter: yeah, liz. scary moments. you can be sure that the mother you're about to see is counting her blessings today. take a look at this. watch closely. this is security video from a building on 3rd street near harrison. keep a close eye on the upper right-hand corner. you see that woman pushing that stroller and an suv came right at her. she backed up just in time. wow! we're going to slow it down so you can see it again. f the way be barreled into her and the b by the time we all that was l >> she has enough time to barely get out of the way with the baby. when we got there all there was was damage to the building and tire marks. police say the suv collided with a car in the intersection and caused it to nearly hit the stroller. both drivers went to the hospital complaining of pain. as for who is to blame for this crash, that is still under investigation. but there is one lucky mother and child tonight. liz? >> that video is unbelievable! all right, veronica, thank you. >>> a dramatic scene in valle

kpix 5's veronica de la cruz is following the story in the newsroom. veronica. >> reporter: allen, today the faa told the u.s. not to fly into sleeve. the last two -- tel aviv. live in the newsroom, veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. >>> confusion and finger pointing in the malaysia plane crash investigation. forensic investigators from interpoll today began identifying the remains of people who died when flight 17 was shot down by a missile. a freight train carrying the bodies and the black boxes arrived in ukraine. but a third of the people on board the plane are missing. international investigators say there are signs of significant tampering at the crash site. president of byplay signed a condo lens booked to. rush president pew putin says he will support the efforts. >>> taking live look at sfo where president obama is scheduled to arrive in rabbit four hours. tomorrow, he has the home of a real estate photos gull to raise money. ticket prices started at $10,000 per person. but a $32,000 ticket gets you into a vip reception, lunch, and a photo with the

veronica? >> those homeowners, da, are obviously really upset. this has been going on for three years. the situation looks urgent. couldn't the city just fix it and then charge east bay m.u.d. if it's their water line. >> reporter: i asked them that and richmond city engineers say it's going to cost them a lot of money to dig up all this pavement. they say even though the leaking is happening here, they think even though the water is seeping out right here, they think the leak is coming from somewhere else that could be down there, it could be somewhere up there so they just don't know. they say it's way too costly to dig up the entire street possibly the neighborhood to find where that source is. >> da lin in richmond tonight, da, thank you. >>> we are getting a first look at one of the suspects shot in a botched robbery attempt at a jewelry store. it comes as a second suspect is still on the loose tonight. the trouble started about 1:30 this afternoon at a santa rosa shopping center. police say two armed men entered the bennett valley jewelry s

ikea has it all. >>> i'm kpix 5's veronica de la cruz. here's what's new at 6:00 tonight. money, record profits in fact. for the bay area company that makes that thousand dollars life-saving pill we told you about. but find out how much more every american will be paying for insurance because of it. and living and working near levi's stadium. the high prices people are paying to be close to all the action. those stories at 6:00 with ken bastida and me. >> thank you. >>> see you then. thanks for watching us at 5:00. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is coming up next. >> and remember, the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix.com. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, a somber homecoming. the victims of flight 17 are returned to the netherlands. elizabeth palmer is there. mark phillips is at the crash site where rebels have turned over the flight recorders, but other evidence has been tampered with. barry petersen is with gazans driven from their homes by the war, taking shelter in a school. >> reporter: peop

meteorologist veronica johnson got the latest update

>> oh, veronica. >> veronica. >> team veronica for her. >> thank you, michelle. appreciate it.well. germany claims rights against argentina yesterday in extra time. this goal in the 113th minute. did you watch this? this was crazy. the final score 1-0, the same score the germans beat the united states with back in june. tv executives hope to see a similar bump next world cup as a u.s. team figures to be even more competitive in 2018. i was in a bar, drinking a beer. and eating chicken wings. it was really fun to watch. >> yeah, good game. great goal. >> yeah. alrighty. >>> just ahead, a six-month cnn investigation find sex predators are beating the system and getting hired at some of america's best-known theme parks. >>> plus, what if there was a test to predict alzheimer's? would you take it? it turns out there might be. and the answer could be right there on your face. don't miss it. (vo) you know that dream... where you're the hero? hey... you guys mind warming this fella up for me? i'm gonna go back down, i saw some recyclables. make it happen with verizon xlte. find a car

what do you think, veronica? >> it is not going away.mericans know something needs to be done what but happens who knows. there is business there are things you can learn from. maybe these guys can go to washington and give washington folks a bit of a tutorial how to get a deal done. melissa: three of us vary in our politics. we would differ on preferences on the details but we hope facts hold a lesson. you doesn't have to agree on everything to agree to cooperate on matters you are close to agreement. i don't know. >> it's a mess. i don't care if you're a billionaire or on welfare we all know it's a mess. the problem, they didn't come up with a plan. what did they really say? they want the administration to do something. we all want the administration to do something. just do something. melissa: i don't want them to just do something. that is how we got, no arbitrary. >> i think to the point the big three are make here, reference the miami heat that is no longer, there isn't -- not miami. there are help businesses have for immigration a

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i'm veronica johnson. thanks for joining us. until next time remember be safe, be kind, be happy, and come back right here. >>> new images of a car ripped to pieces. what police are saying about what caused this crash straight ahead. >>> but first, a warm weather weekend. wait until you see the seven-day forecast from storm team 4. good morning. thanks for joining us this morning. happy saturday. >> welcome to news4 today. we start with that forecast for this saturday morning. let's get right to meteorologist amelia segal. >> some amazing moon shots this morning, huh? >> absolutely. we'll be taking a look at those throughout the morning. it is a nice start on your saturday morning. happy sur

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i'm veronica johnson. as always thanks for joining us.until next time, remember be safe, be kind, be happy and come back right here. uncle craig, what's the deal? oh...you can't record that many shows at once. why? you can't save every single cartoon. why? you know you can't pause the tv here and play it in another room. why? it's time for fios quantum tv. store up to 200 hours in hd. record up to 12 shows at once. pause and play live tv, room to room. plus, watch live tv on the go with the fios mobile app. redefining what tv can be. woah, this kitchen is beautiful! give him the tour. let me show you! soft-close drawers, farm sink! where's my room? we had to take just a little bit for the kitchen. because your kitchen dreams can be big. ikea has it all. >>> later today you can ride metro's silver line for the first time. it opens in six hours. we'll take a look at how the new line could change your daily commute. good morning. i'm kristen wright. >> glad to be with you today. welcome to news4 today. it's saturday, july 26th. >> it is. and

no tener el apoyo de nadie, lo que hice fue venirme para acÁ. >> desde entonces verÓnica martÍnez pagÓno le interesÓ otra cosa. >> en los Últimos tres meses fue deportado dos veces al cruzar la frontera con mÉxico. de donde la madre trataba de sacarlo porque dije que no. entonces me dijeroque duntro de un mes ibu a pasar algu reÚnalgo ga lograron reunirse esta maÑana. >> estaba sentado. luego ya me vio. lo abracÉ. no lo puedo describir. fue mucha emociÓn. porque sÉ que sufriÓ mucho. >> ¿cÓmo fue ver a mami? >> estaba sentado, yo la vi. >> en tres meses tendrÁ una cita con el juez. a quiÉn le pedirÁn asilo o una visa juvenil para el pequeÑo. >> las autoridades lograron establecer que como Él alrededor de tres mil niÑos esperan cruzar la frontera para reunirse con sus padres. empujar el coche de su hermanita que no conocÍa y recuperar el tiempo perdido con su mamÁ son preocupaciones más propias de sus 4 aÑos. >> 4 aÑos nada mÁs. el lÍder del congreso dijo que esperar que se reduzca la cifra que pidiÓ el presidente obama para evitar la crisis en la frontera. pero se declarÓ que es mÁs din

he's going to high school, still choosing between betty and veronica. 20s. he deals with more life situations. in one universe he's married to betty and in the other universe he's married to veronica and what's his life like in both university -- universes. >> this is serious stuff. you are dealing with issues like gun control and gay rights, now we hear that archie is going to die in a heroic way protecting a gay friend. >> this all kicked up for us in life with archie number 16. a water shed moment was a gay character who married. we explored some issues that people felt very passionate about and that gave us the courage and also a lot of insight into being able to move forward in i guess you could call them hot button topics. river dale is an all encompassing place, welcoming place, a place where everyone is included, so when archie takes the bullet for kevin, which is what he does, he's really showing really what's the best of river dale and what's the best of america. i mean, he would take the bullet for betty, veronica, but he takes the bullet for

. >> veronica, a spectacular friday. if it could only stick for our weekend. >> perfect. you almost had to remind yourself today still summer. >> right. >> this weekend is going to get a little rocky, little unsettled because hang on we have times when we can see thunderstorms rolling into the area and there will be a time this weekend when i think we can see some severe storms roll through. let's talk about it as we go from that outside shot. there is your monument in the distance. yes, a perfect blue sky. hard to find even a cloud out there right now. temperature pretty reasonable. 85 degrees. down from the average of oour 88 andboy, the other thing that is down is the humidity. just at 35% right now and our wind out of the northeast at just five miles per hour. look at the radar scan. just how quiet it is across the area. but you know what, as early as tomorrow morning there could be a few light showers, isolated showers around our area. so, let me take you hour-by-hour. we start with the evening and it is going to be nice. no problems here. nothing to ruin your friday

welcome back, i'm allen martin. >> i'm veronica de la cruz. kpix 5's christin ayers is near the fire. christin, what's the latest? >> reporter: the latest evacuations, we have about 200 homes in the berryessa estates area that are threatened by this fire. that area has been evacuated. most of them from in that area evacuated. take a look over my shoulder at just how active this fire is burning. you can see the smoke rising from beyond that ridge. evacuees are being told to go to pope valley school or middletown high school for shelter. the fire is fueled by heavy drought conditions. you can see it from the chopper aerials. you can see right here the fire has spread in a very short amount of time of around 5:00 we told you a few hundred acres. and now again hearing that it's now 2500 acres. it's threatening homes in the area and livestock in this very rural area. authorities having a tough time fighting it out here. wind isn't a factor. instead, it's just the dry yellow grasses that you can see growing very high around here. this drought season

30th as a few things to say if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> thank you veronica commissioners feel free if you want during the presentation to look at the geoboards but it's normal for the design review there's design issues we're going to solve in the latter stages and number one the exterior architecture mark ups will be provided for staff and the building retail area will be expansions and studyed namely parking and anything to be screened the time set backs and the corner of kohlman street and jerald avenue we wanted to study the design the garage doors and have a access to the garage levels unit that don't require passing through the garage. in terms of economic development ocii equal opportunity policies for the development in the shipyard having the workforce hiring goals there's an s pe subcontractor goals for the vertical projects or the professional services lanar has achieved 77 fte participation to date and 84 percent on block 52 that's exceptionally high this is $33 million that will create seven hundred and 93 jobs they have a 50 percent goal of tem

now i want to bring up veronica from the architecture to talk about the beautiful design. good afternoon, commissioners and executive director. and chairperson johnson nice to be here we've been excited to be involved in the ocii project on the port and mission bay on block and now in the hunters point shipyard it's really great we're excited to see what's happening. this first image is the elements of our design i'll go through the designs slide by slide but you can look at the model as well as to ask my questions about those later to file in my blanks i might have. the first - >> oh, i'm sorry can you speak up. >> yeah.. all right. so, now i'll be yelling be probably so block 52 has the highest point and the hunters point shipyard of the hilltop area your building is on the top it's visible as you drive into the site and allows for views of the bay. and as we start the design we typically look at everything the sun and the wind and the parks access to open space and you'll see from the diagram the portion of block 52 has amazing views from oakland to candle stick. in loo

in an eas >>> veronica de la cruz in the kpix 5 newsroom. at 6:00 tonight, it is the secret to his success. dropping crime in an east bay city. why a program is now life support. >>> plus, the major development in a story we have been reporting on for years. oakland city police plagued with problems. now, finally a solution. >>> also, why a bay area yoga center is being pushed out of after two decades. those stories and more coming up tonight at 6:00. >> all right, veronica. >> thanks for watching. remember, cbs evening news with scott pelly is up next. >> remember, always the latest own kpix.com. ight, the immigration emergency, with children pouring over the border, the president takes action. major garrett at the white house. manuel bojorquez in texas on the immigrants who don't survive. >> for every body you find, how many more are out there? >> i'd say at least five. >> pelley: palestinians run for their lives. air raid sirens startle tel aviv. holly williams on violent risings tonight in the middle east. vials of dreaded smallpox virus

in a neighbod were you may not expect it: 26:46 "we're confident that >>> i'm veronica de la cruz inpix 5 newsroom. new hat 6:00 tonight. home prices are shooting up in a neighborhood where you may not expect it. >> we're confident that it's going to get better. you can see already going down the street, more and more houses are getling fixed up. >> we will show you the neighborhood where real estate agents are expecting homes to sell for at least $100,000 over asking and why the boost may not be good for everyone. >>> also new at 6 can, we will show you how electric car makers are going big. we have those stories, plus a serious overcrowding problem in 30 minutes. >> it is that time of year, veronica. thanks. thanks for watching us at 5:00. cbs evening news is next. a storm tearing across the country brings a rare tornado to the boston area. deadly lightning hits a southern california beach and wildfires threaten hundreds of homes. reports from vicente arenas, teri okita and john blackstone. jeff pegues reports the f.a.a. wants to hit southwest airlines with a $12 million fine for s

veronica. thanks. thanks for watching us at 5:00. cbs evening news is next. a storm tearing across the country brings a rare tornado to the boston area. deadly lightning hits a southern california beach and wildfires threaten hundreds of homes. reports from vicente arenas, teri okita and john blackstone. jeff pegues reports the f.a.a. wants to hit southwest airlines with a $12 million fine for safety violations. were parents at risk? it only gets worse in gaza. the war death toll tops 1,000. reports from barry petersen and don dahler. in a battle over the l.a. clippers, the ball was in the judge's court. lee cowan has the ruling. and what killed the dinosaur? dean reynolds tells us astronomically bad luck. >> that asteroid happened to hit at the worst possible time for dinosaurs. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> brown: good evening, scott is off tonight. i'm james brown and this is our western edition. parts of new england are just starting to clean up after a violent storm today including a rare tornado in reve

thank you, veronica. >> thank you for watching. the cbs evening news with scott pelly is next. >> remember, the latest news and weather always on kpix.com. for airline passengers. rules for phones and laptops are changing for flights bound for the u.s. bob orr has details. america is offering $10 million for this man's head. we'll ask why abu bakr al baghdadi is considered the new bin laden. after a frightening near miss, don dahler discovers how often planes come too close at u.s. airports. a video never meant to be seen captures oscar pistorius reenacting the death of his girlfriend. and mark phillips catches up with america's new hope on the tour de france. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

veronica, looking good. >> it is. the nasty weather front we been tracking over the last couple of days, tracking it as it moves off the coast. taking rain with it, too. i could show you on satellite some of the clouds are moving out. you can see the northwesterly wind taking the clouds down to d.c. by morning i expect a mostly clear sky. that will allow temperatures to fall off. 67 tomorrow morning. around 59 to 50 brunswick. it will be invigorating tomorrow with low humidity this time of year. could it hang on through the afternoon? hey, how about the important weekend coming up? i'll tell you in a few minutes. >> thanks. >>> a doctor in pennsylvania pull add gun to stop a man who opened fire inside a hospital. the shooter was named richard plotz visiting the mercy fitzgerald hospital for an appointment in the strpsychiatr unit. when he went behind closed doors with a doctor and a case worker he started shooting. he killed the case worker and grazed the doctor. the doctor pulled out his own gun and fired back. plotz