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next to you. >> how's the weather? >> how did you guys like summer? >> it's over! >> looks like we are back into some fall weather conditions outside a lot of clouds out there now chilly in santa rosa 45. we have a chance of some showers coming up. we'll talk about it coming up. >> a live look at the south bay this morning, san jose one at trimble at 4:30 this morning pretty much cruising along on most major freeways. overnight roadwork, more coming up. a 3-year-old boy is among 13 people hurt in a shooting at a park in chicago. ambulances and police rushed to the scene just after 10:00 last night. authorities say at least two gunmen opened fire on people playing basketball. >> i heard 20 shots. i just walked over here and police is over here real quick. they got over here real fast.
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>> you ain't getting away with nothing. you should turn yourself in. do what's right. >> authorities say the 3-year- old was shot in the cheek and is in critical condition. but expected to be okay. police suspect the shooting was gang-related. hayward police want to know why nobody called 911 after a 10-year-old girl was shot her house riddled with bullets. kiet do found out last night why it took so long to get help. >> reporter: there's been no time to clean up glass and debris. the family was at the hospital all day. we caught up with the girl's father as they headed back to be by her side. you didn't hear the shots? >> i heard shots. i thought they were, uhm, something else. something else or something, like, uhm, bulbs popping. >> reporter: hayward police say around 2:00 this morning a gunman sprayed the house with bullets. the family members waited until
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7:30 a.m. to call police. 5 1/2 hours later? >> how come they didn't call us? if they were scared, understandable, but we still need to be out there to treat whoever we can treat. >> reporter: why didn't you call the cops right away? >> because normally we don't call the cops when we hear shots on the streets. i didn't know it was in front of my house and i didn't know my daughter was shot. >> reporter: one round hit the 10-year-old girl in the buttocks. the father offered this reasoning why they didn't call police when they found blood on the sheets. >> i had told them to check her and they said that she was on her first period. she's 10 years old. and it -- i didn't notice any holes in the walls. >> reporter: many neighbors heard the shots but not one person called 911. excuses ranged from not wanting to get involved to, they thought someone else was going to call. pastor chuck horner with calvary baptist church says this attitude must change. >> that's why it happens is because nobody deals with it. we need to stand up to this. it will only get worse. >> reporter: anything you want to say to anybody out there who
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is judging you out there at all? >> nobody has the right to judge. >> everybody is going to judge. i'm not judging nobody. people who did this will have to deal with the lord. >> reporter: in hayward, kiet do, kpix 5. dozens of san francisco police officers were called out to help at a murder scene on potrero hill. a large crowd gathered after the shooting at 23rd and arkansas at 8 p.m. last night. extra officers were called to deal with the group. a man and a woman in their 20s were shot multiple times while they sat in a car. the man died. the woman is expected to survive. police are looking for the gunman. new details about the washington navy yard killer. the head of the fbi says it appears aaron alexis was wandering the halls hunting for people to shoot and today we're learning a new timeline for the rampage. investigators say alexis fired his first shot by 8:12 monday morning after coming out of a restroom with a shotgun. first responders got there by
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8:20 and a gun battle began. alexis died at 9:30. house republicans are taking a gamble on capitol hill today. they are betting democrats want to avoid a government shutdown he more than they want to see the affordable care act take effect. susan mcginnis has the latest on that budget battle. reporter: house republicans are taking a strong stand against obamacare. >> i think our position is very clear. the law is a train wreck. >> reporter: the house is expected to pass a bill today that would keep the government running but it cuts off funding for the president's healthcare law. >> any bill that defunds obamacare is dead. >> reporter: the vote sets the stage for a showdown between republicans in the house and democrats in the senate. >> we are sending a strong message to the house, we will not blink. >> i expect my senate colleagues to do everything they can to defund this law just like the house is going to do. >> reporter: the two sides have less than two weeks to
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compromise or face a partial government shutdown beginning october 1. that will hurt a struggling economy and political careers. government services like museums and national parks could close and hundreds of thousands of government workers could be forced to stay home without pay. lawmakers in both parties could end up paying the price. >> if you are an incumbent candidate heading into 2014, i don't think any swing voters, republican or democratic leaning, want to see that there was a government shutdown. >> reporter: polls show more americans would blame republicans for a shutdown than democrats,which is why some republican senators call the house gamble a bad bet. susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. >> some republicans say that if they can't defund the affordable care act during the budget battle they will try again during the debate about raising the nation's debt limit. and the republican- controlled house has passed a bill to cut $4 billion out of the food stamp program. that plan would allow states to put work requirements in place
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for food stamp recipients. the bill likely won't make it past the democrat-controlled senate. it passed a bill that would make about a tenth of the amount of those cuts, roughly $400 million a year. today the obama administration plans to introduce new requirements for coal-fired power plants. under the proposal, new plants would have to install technology that captures carbon dioxide and buries it underground. coal producers say the technology is too expensive. the coal industry provides 40% of all u.s. electricity, but it has recently been losing market share to natural gas. it's the end of the summer, one day. >> yesterday was gorgeous around the bay area. today we have those clouds on the increase and looks like we'll see more clouds and a cold front, chance of showers this evening. look at that. we have two cold fronts making its way in our direction. not a lot of energy with it but it will usher in a chance of
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some of those showers later on this evening and some much cooler air on the way. 50s and low 60s into livermore. by the afternoon big changes ahead. yesterday, wow, even soared into the mid-90s into livermore. but as we head toward this afternoon, highs topping out maybe some low 80s about 14 degrees cooler in livermore. 67 in san francisco with increasing clouds and big changes on the weekend. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. the pay gates look good through the bay bridge toll plaza no delay. but there is a but, they have three right lanes blocked from the incline to treasure island for just about another 20 minutes until 5:00 this morning. northbound 880 high street to embarcadero three left lanes
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blocked until 5:00. there may be southbound roadwork as well but just seeing a tapping of the brake lights northbound in the commute direction. golden gate bridge looks great. bart is on time. the chinese flag will not be flying over san leandro city hall next week after all. kpix 5's christin ayers explains how public pressure prompted the mayor to reverse the decision. >> reporter: the backlash was swift. >> you're probably getting at least 75 emails and phone calls combined each day. >> reporter: three days after san leandro's city council voted to fly the chinese flag over city hall, a dramatic about-face. >> we won't actually be flying the flag of china on october 1. >> reporter: in a rare move, san leandro's mayor used a powerful ordinance that allows him to suspend the city
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council's decision. >> china does not deserve this honor! >> reporter: that is exactly what tibetan protestors who flocked to monday's city council meeting were hoping for. >> it's really a big victory not only just for the tibetans but worldwide. >> reporter: it was benny lee's idea to fly the flag on october 1 a tribute to china's national day and a way to signal to chinese investors that san leandro wants their business. >> this partnership allows us to grow quicker. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> those remarks from councilman lee were from earlier in the week. he was unavailable for comment after yesterday's decision. california just became the first state to legitimize ridesharing. the app-based industry companies like lyft and uber faces a laundry lift of things -- those things with the moustaches on the grill -- includes training and background checks and
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commercial liability insurance. unlike taxi drivers, "rideshare" cannot accept a street hail from a passenger. taxi drivers say that ridesharing takes away their business. >> i believe our best shot is in a court of law, which is largely not political. >> state puc plans to revisit today's decision in a year just to see how it's going. violence in san francisco is prompting calls for more security in a popular nightclub area. >> as kpix 5's elizabeth cook reports, the proposed security measures include a dress code. >> reporter: don't let the bright lights fool you. the streets of broadway have had their share of dark moments. look at this guy we found on the streets. >> pretty rough area like the red light district in san francisco. so i don't come here at night at all. >> reporter: from fights to shootings to this recent wreck involving a taxi and a pedestrian, but all that may be about to change. the city announced a new plan to make the area safer and more
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attractive starting with increased security and even a dress code. >> it's unified for all the nightclubs and bars, be up to the bar or nightclub to enforce it. >> reporter: area businesses we talked to are all for it. >> we don't have a dress code in place for now but we definitely, you know, just try to like filter out people that we think might have a problem. >> reporter: so what does a dress code mean exactly? for girls, you can pretty much get away with anything. for guys that means no baggy pants, no tennis shoes, and you're going to have to leave these at home. many partiers don't seem to mind, either. >> like in chicago they make everybody come dressed to impressed. it keeps the riffraff out. >> reporter: the big hope, get broadway to clean up its act for good. >> i believe, personally, broadway is basically two blocks long and it should be the mecca of safe entertainment for everybody. >> reporter: elizabeth cook, kpix 5. >> san francisco's also working with party bus companies in an
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effort to make sure the area has enough police presence for big groups. all right. it's now 4:42 in the morning. 18 minutes before 5 a.m. the u.s. postal service drowning in debt and the only hope to stay afloat is going to cost you. >> and imagine coming home to this mess. how a former raider is offering partiers a chance at redemption. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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yesterday. the dow hit a record high wednesday after federal reserve decided to its economic blue chip stocks backed off yesterday. the dow hit a record high wednesday after the feds decided to keep the economic stimulus instability. the dow was down -- intact. the dow was down 40. the reason is the investors wondered if the fed feel the economy is in worse shape than thought. the nasdaq moved 5 points higher. the postal service might need an emergency rate increase to stay afloat. the urgent request may come despite a one-cent rate increase on first class mail that took effect in january. first class mail is now 46 cents for the stamp. the postmaster general says the agency is in the middle of a financial disaster and will lose $6 billion this year. a decision could be made next
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week. another round of job cuts is coming to san francisco- based wells fargo. wells fargo is cutting 1800 jobs citing a slowdown in business. the cuts are nationwide. it's not clear if any jobs will be lost in the bay area. just weeks ago the bank eliminated 2300 jobs from the same unit. in a few hours, apple stores will open up to these long lines and fanatics will get their hands on the long- awaited iphone. people in palo alto were in it for the long hall bringing lawn chairs and blankets to wait outside the apple store. a few diehards have been camping out since tuesday. the camping crew says everyone is helping each other get through the wait. >> there's also a public bathroom down the street which is nice. starbucks has allowed us to use their facilities also. and as far as sleeping, i have a team that we've done shifts so, you know, collaboration makes life easier.
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>> you know you can order online, right? >> it's just a phone!! >> the 5s is $199 for a 16 gigs model. 5c starts at $99. analysts project about 5 million to 6 million iphones will be sold through sunday. what do you think? would you wait in line for this? >> no. >> how brilliant is apple's marketing that people line up for days to get a new product? >> they camp out. >> and free air time on newscasts? >> all the time! incredible. >> never figured that one out. >> good for those guys. we have some big changes coming our way. of course, yesterday a gorgeous day. the clouds have already started to move in. seeing some thick fog at the coastline early on today. the temperatures generally in the 50s although we have seen some 50s in the north bay valleys. by the afternoon, clouds on the increase. so yeah, not as hot outside. we'll probably see some 70s and low 80s in the warmest spots inland. a lot of 70s inside the bay. partly cloudy, cool, breezy at the coastline. so high pressure that brought you the nice weather that's moved east and you already have a cold front that's on
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approach. going to be sliding in our direction. so later on it looks like tonight there's a chance we could see some showers and could see some lingering showers towards saturday. an isolated chance of a thunderstorm. here we go on our futurecast model showing you clouds thickening up throughout the morning and into that afternoon. the cold front slides into the bay area. towards the late evening hours there's a chance of showers. then this system slides on through the rest of the bay area just a chance of some scattered showers continuing. not a big system but a little bit early for this type of system to move through the bay area. temperatures in the 70s and the 80s in the south bay. you will see 60s coastside. some low 80s in the warmest spots well inland and then inside the bay you will see those highs only to about 67 degrees in san francisco and 64 in daly city. next couple of days, well, this is the end of summer but looks like it's ending early. a chance of showers later this evening. and tomorrow. then sunday the first day of fall, return to some dry weather, cool toward the mill of next week. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >> reporter: thanks, lawrence. and we will check the ride on
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westbound 580. usually one of our first areas to see brake lights. the commute gets heaviest around this time and it's pretty crowded in the westbound lanes but all our sensors are still picking up traffic at the limit or at least over 40 miles per hour. westbound it looks like that towards the castro valley y, only 14 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. if you are traveling the nimitz freeway, there are a few slowdowns. you can see it right there between high street up towards downtown oakland. they do have three left lanes blocked until about 5:00 this morning. they should be wrapping up here very shortly. in the meantime, the drive time is still in the clear. 18 minutes. so it's obviously not causing any huge delays. and it should be gone, just wait another few minutes, everything should be good to go in both directions. if you are traveling farther south, this is a live look at the milpitas commute no delay and hardly any cars on the road leaving milpitas towards sunnyvale and maybe you're heading out of town sfo the commute on 101 and 280 both look good through san bruno. bart right now has about 20 or
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a few more trains than that all running on time. that's the latest "timesaver traffic." brian, michelle, back to you. >> well, speaking of road conditions, the oakland a's are paving the way for a new era of security at major league ballparks. it began last night at the coliseum before the game against the twins. fans now have to walk through metal detectors similar to those at airports. bags are searched. and pocket items have to be placed in tubs and put through scanners. >> we wanted to kind of start it before we get to the play- offs this year, we wanted people to get used to it. by next season it will be something you'll see all the time. >> it's best to show up sooner too, especially with play-off games likely coming in oakland. major league baseball plans to have these new security measures at all of the ballparks by next year. a former raider is picking up the pieces of his trashed home. as many as 300 teenagers broke in and partied there while he was out of town. sharon chin says, he is offering the partiers a chance
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at redemption. >> brian tweeted me and texted me and said dad there's something going on at the house, we have a situation. >> reporter: brian holloway is a former offensive tackle for the new england patriots and l.a. raiders. he was in florida labor day weekend when his son got word there was a huge party going on at the family vacation home in upstate new york. >> at first i thought it was a joke. i thought he was pranking me. >> reporter: that is, until he went online and saw posts about the party on twitter even as the police came to break it up. >> so i'm watching these tweets and i'm listening to them saying what a great party, i can't believe how drunk she is, look, we can't wake her up and they're tweeting all this stuff. so i'm watching this thing as a movie and i'm going, you got to be kidding me. >> reporter: he says the place was a wreck. >> punched holes in the wall and kicked holes in the wall over there. >> reporter: broken windows, doors, ruins carpets, graffiti, trash everywhere including he says drug paraphernalia. >> i blew right past furious to being just in a state of shock. >> reporter: holloway created this website and posted tweets
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from some of the kids he says were there. one reads, yeah! it's like so trashed! another says, good thing we got away. but that person may have tweeted too soon. >> this damage can be replaced. what's stolen can be returned. the thing is, what are we going to do about these 300 kids? how did they get this far? how did this make sense? and how do we get back on the right track? >> reporter: police say arrests will be made if it's appropriate. holloway has challenged the kids to come forward, do the right thing, and help him repair the damage. but he says only one has shown up. sharon chin, kpix 5. >> holloway estimates the damage to his house is at least $30,000. it's now 4:51 on your friday morning. why are there so many humpback whales off the northern california coast all of a sudden? the warning going out to folks who happen to spot one. >> and do you even need fries with this? it's the mceverything sandwich
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swimming in the monterey bay how about? saturday morning the dog fest walk and roll in a nice place, los gatos. a chance of showers, bring your umbrella for your little buddy, too. temperature 58 degrees. >> checking the commute one more workday to go and fortunately, everything looks good if you are crossing the golden gate, bay bridge no delay because the metering lights haven't been turned on yet, and the san mateo bridge traffic great out of hayward. we'll have more "timesaver traffic" coming up. three humpback whales are swimming in the monterey bay right now and experts call that a record high population. now the monterey bay national marine sanctuary is issuing a warning, stay away from the whales and give them some room. experts say the whales are likely gathering there because current environmental
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conditions have brought more food to the bay. >> it generally means that the environment in california is colder, more influenced by arctic water coming down from the gulf of alaska. it's typically very high in nutrients and that makes very productive times here. >> reporter: the whales will likely start migrating south to mexico in november. well, this might be one of the most unusual orders they have ever had at mcdonald's. a mceverything sandwich. a wisconsin man spent $141 at the golde arches. he got a tower of sandwiches 43 in all. he ordered one of every sandwich they make. >> said, hey, i want one of every sandwich. i know this is going to sound really weird but breakfast and lunch. i think their main replay was, why do you want to do this? >> so why, why did you want to do it? >> why not. first guy to climb mount
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everest, he said because i can. because no one has. >> probably isn't up there with edmund hillary. chipman says he thought of it two or three years ago but hadn't done it because he thought the people taking the order would hate him for it. >> did he eat them all? >> he probably has them at home stack up as a showpiece. 4:56. more bad news for a central valley farm. the major beef recall just issued. >> another day of racing in the america's cup series. plans for today. it could be over by the end of the day. tell you where things stand coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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while she sleeps but it's five hours later that her father calls 911. >> it's really a victory not only just forty bet tans but for the people all over the world. >> san leandro city council voted to fly the chinese flag over city hall and then the mayor stepped in. >> oh, wow. on the first? >> people are lining up for the new iphone 5s and 5c coming out today and it takes team work to be at the front of the line. >> good problem to have. >> another day, another morning rush hour. but more cars on the road means more jobs in the bay. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald. good morning, everyone. it's friday, september 20. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm brian hackney. frank has the morning off right now. it is 5:00. >> let's get to liz right now. there's some breaking news in san francisco. >> there is. and they are shutting down streets. there's a large police presence in the area near san bruno avenue so they have had to
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close several blocks of it we understand. so the latest closures felton street. we have launched chopper 5 to check the scene and get more information as to what's going on. but it is close to 101 and there is a southbound 101 ramp in the area that's closed including muni number 9. all other mass transit is on time. all the other freeways off to a great start. here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. the commuted is under way at the altamont pass and the livermore valley. here's lawrence with the forecast. >> so nice yesterday, now things changing rapidly. the clouds gathering outside. we have a cold front that's headed to town and it could bring some showers to the bay area. you can see just off the coastline there. going to be a slow move so not going to get here until later on today and not a chance of showers until later on this evening. so throughout the day today we
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