len ramirez reports. >> reporter: much of downtown has been blocked off. market street is one of the major routes off of town with a roadblock on it. it will be this way throughout the rest of the evening as president obama ends his visit here at the fairmont by sleeping over for the night in downtown san jose. mr. obama will be attending an event for the democratic national committee at a private residence in los altos. it's an intimate tech roundtable where 25 donors paid $32,400 apiece for time sp with the president and a public fundraiser hosted by two businesspeople held at the fairmont in san jose. tickets for that event started at $1,000 and also up to $32,000. $5,000 for a photo op. there are there are protestors who want the president to aggressively oppose the keystone tar standards pipeline which would go from canada to the gulf coast. >> we are against the keystone pipeline because it's absolutely dirty fuel and it makes no sense to build a huge infrastructure to continue to use coal. >> reporter: once again, the president will be spending the

kpix 5 reporter len ramirez joins us with more. len. >> reporter: allen, because of the 1906 earthquake weevils been conditioned here in the bay area to think of the next big event as a single catastrophic event, but this new information suggest that the bay area may also be prone to a series of very large earthquakes happening over a relatively short period of time on all the major faults. >> it's big earthquakes. >> they say new data suggest that when it comes tore quakes, we may not be in for the big one, but rather it might be a series of more. >> sometimes six events comparable if not larger. >> the last 14 years the team have been entrenching on the ground of major bay area ground faults. what they found deep in the dirt was evidence of it dating back to the 1700s. it suggests the because hit by a series of earthquakes between 6.8 and 7.5 over just a few decades between long periods of relative quiet. >> they're flying past each other. they're flying past each other on our major faults. so stress is always coming in. the crus

in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> just minutes ago, the 49ers sent us statement. it reads in part quote, we want to make sure it cuts for the parking commitments already made by the city. the 49ers and santa clara will work together to find a creative solution. >>> donald sterling pleads for for giveness. >> i'm wrong. i caused the problem. i don't know how to correct it. >> the clippers owner dishes the blame for his racest rant but gets candid about his next steps. >>> no more guessing if your luggage will show up. the new way to keep track of your bag while you fly. ,, ♪ at kaiser permanente we've reduced serious heart attacks by 62%, which makes days with grandpa jack 100% more possible. join us at kp.org and thrive. donald sterling is breaking silence... two weeks after e n-b-a banned him for life. t as c-b-s reporter bigad shan terling's >>> emailing battled clippers owner donald sterling is breaking his silence two weeks after the nba band him for life. cbs reporter tells us some say sterling's apology is a little too late. >> clippers ceo richard parsons

len ramirez has more. >> reporter: allen, there have been three officer-involved shootings in salinas this year. this one was the only one that was fully captured on video. there's a big reason why a claim was filed by an oakland attorney well versed in these kinds of cases. >> well known civil right attorney standing beside the younger brother of the police shooting victim came to salinas and filed a claim against the city on behalf of the man's family. >> unless they admit to wrongfully having killed and pay him substantial damages, we intend to file a federal civil rights lawsuit in the very near future. >> the shooting last week was captured on a teenager's cell phone and a store's surveillance video. it caused outreach in the latino community and sparked a riot in which another man was killed and a police officer injured. the. >> he was not aggressive. he was walking slowly away. the circumstances to why he got shot multiple times is a clear mystery. it raises the question about whether these officers were properly trained, whether or not they had the proper patience, whether or

kpix 5's len ramirez in morgan hill where it's been a colorful cinco de mayo and another protest just getting underway. >> reporter: that's right. it has been quite a day hire in morgan hill filled with protest and counter protist. this is a rally organized by parents. it started earlier today with gilroy morgan hill patriots. fortunately, everything has gone smoothly. >> the accept outside was crowded with protesters, and the media, but it was peaceful. students stuck in a traffic jam on the way to school wondered what is the point. >> this happened over five years ago. i don't know why this is going on. >> maybes of the gilroy morgan hill patriot stood one by one with their flags. they didn't carry signs, didn't raise their voices. it was a silent protest over a recent court ruling that limited students' freedom of expression four years ago. >> there is no reason to ban the american freedom of symbol. >> in 2010, fourteen age boyce wore four american flag t- shirts. school administrators told the boys to turn their shirt inside out or go home: but tensions remained high. >> mexican

len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> four homes burned in san francisco's oceanview neighborhood this morning and thanks to one resident's quick thinking, several people were able to get out. cell phone video captured account massive flames on bright street. one man used fire extinguishers to help douse the flames giving people inside just enough time to escape before it got out of control. 90 firefighters on scene had to deal with thick smoke mixed with fog limiting visibility. >> i look up, i just see flames all over my face, just everything just burning, just like -- i couldn't see, my eyes started burning up, i can't see anything. >> more than a dozen people lost everything in that fire. two people ended up in the hospital with smoke inhalation. >>> san jose police say they have arrested the man who stabbed a mother of three to death in her apartment. 22-year-old woman was arrested and faces a murder charge. -- plan was arrested and faces a murder charge, he is a relative of the victim. a neighbor called the police officers. they found the body of a 28- year-old woman. she has three young dau

reporting live, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> really interesting case, len, in that, you know, you look at both sides, police seiko go into a bakery, take a kid or a woman or something hostage, hit somebody with the shears and do some damage. on the other hand, people always ask us, i get this all the time, why don't police just shoot him in the leg? they are not trained to do that, are they, len? >> reporter: they are not. there's no guarantee that that shooting in the leg will stop the force -- will be the force necessary to stop this person from hurting other people. so they are trained to shoot to kill. and in this case that's what happened. >> len ramirez reporting live from salinas tonight, thank you, lenny. >>> a bay area mom accused of assaulting her daughter's bully is being called a folk hero. delia garcia-bratcher waged into a santa -- walked into a santa rosa court this morning surrounded by supporters. her attorney said she never touched the 11-year-old boy at an elementary school last week, just confronted him and asked him to leave her daughter alone. >> my client is a folk

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. >> our len ramirez with the stories of the bay area victims. but, first, reporter brian webb talked to a student who duck down and survived the -- ducked down and survived the shooting. >> reporter: dylan fonsillas was out friday night grabbing food with friends. next thing he knew, he was scrambling for his life. >> dylan fonsillas took a couple of steps inside the santa barbara deli when bullets began to fly and glass started to shatter. >> if you look at the video, the billets are breaking the glass. that glass broke and landed on my back. >> dylan scrambled to the back corner of the store. and, with shots still ringing out, he grabbed his phone and called his mom toll say good- bye. >> i went straight to the back and called my mom. i was like i don't know what's going to happen. anything that does happen, just know i love you. there were small pauses in between. i thought he was outside the store trying to get in. i didn't know what was going to happen. didn't know where the shots were coming from. i definitely wasn't going to peek my head

len ramirez live with what people could have to pay if they go over their limit. len. >> reporter: well, there's water everywhere here in santa cruz as you can see. but it's not the kind that the city needs. and so these very tough restrictions went into effect today restricted that some people already say that they are unwilling or unable to make. 77-year-old barbara anderson saves water when she can capturing bowls and buckets that used to waste while she waits for hot water to come through. >> doesn't take long for it to get hot. >> reporter: it's not even a gallon. but right now, every drop is precious especially for someone whose passion is for plants. >> to water them just directly that way, that will save some water. >> reporter: will it save enough? mandatory rationing takes effect today for the santa cruz restricting single-family homes to 249 gallons per day. customers using more will be fined $25 for the first 10% over. $50 for each 10% after that. it's about 60 gallons per person per day. >> a lot of families are already using 60 gallons or much less a

len ramirez reports, a terminally ill man reportedly went gunning for romantic rival before then taking his own life. >> you know, i heard the shout, you know, you mf, and then the four shots. >> reporter: neighbors on marlene court heard the pops but thought it was firecrackers. the next day the victim's girlfriend found the bodies and screamed. a neighbor who did not want to go on camera says he ran to the house and saw two bodies in the flooded kitchen with the water still running. >> i just imagine he probably just left the water on to see what's going on was accosted by the guy in his house. and then i saw the victim, you know, laying on the floor and the other guy sitting on a couch with a hole in his head. >> reporter: sources tell kpix 5 the shooter had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and he recently moved back in with his estranged wife so he could be with his children in his final months but he apparently learned his wife had a new boyfriend and in what may have been a final act of jealousy and rage, killed the man and himself. neighbors describe the victim who they call k

kpix 5's len ramirez says his season and future are in jeopardy. >> reporter: a dramatic turn of events as aldon smith pled no contest to three felonies and three misdemeanors stemming from two cases in santa clara county in 2012 and 2013. mr. smith faced the judge this afternoon pleading no contest to a weapons charge where he fired a .45-caliber handgun at a san jose house party that turned violent. no one was hurt. he also was found in possession of illegal firearms and weapons clips. smith also pled no contest to a dui last year when he crashed his pickup into a tree in the evergreen area of san jose. he was also accused of swimming out his license plate in that incident to avoid detection. now, the district attorney's office insisted today that there was no special treatment, no plea bargain. >> the defendant, mr. smith, changed his plea on all counts so it wasn't a negotiated plea deal with the d.a.'s office. he changed his plea and the sentencing will be determined by the corporate that's the difference between a plea bargain where you see charges dropped or an agreed sentence. h

live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> the class of 2014 actually has five 4.0 valedictorians. >>> right now vice president joe biden is visiting the bay area. just moments ago he arrived at the san francisco home of billionaire hedge fund manager tom stier. biden is raising money for the democratic national committee. in about an hour he will head to the fairmont hotel in san francisco and just this morning, biden gave the commencement address at the u.s. air force academy in colorado. >>> a scary freak accident in new york city. a saw blade broke loose at a construction site, flew down a sidewalk and hit a woman in the leg. surveillance video caught it all in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. you can see the giant saw flying through the air. then a woman drops to the pavement suffering a deep gash from the 3-foot-wide blade used to cut through cement. >> she was shaking and bleeding. >> the woman is now recovering in the hospital. crews at the construction site have been ordered not to use any saws until all the equipment is inspected. >>> well, a mystery in lake mendocin

kpix 5's len ramirez on a new service that chauffeurs kids in high style. >>> reporter: the gleaming mercedes-benz are starting to be a familiar sight around palo alto along with the drivers and concierges who shuttle kids to and from school and all of their extra activities. >> my husband and i both work full time and it's hard for us to kind of get around and in the middle of the day there's no way we could leave and drop our child off. >> reporter: bernice kwong uses the service to shuttle her 5- year-old daughter four times a week. she is picked up at school and driven to her chinese schools several miles away. >> this didn't exist, she wouldn't be able to go to her after school care where she is in immersion chinese school which is what she wanted to do. >> parents have difficulty getting kids to school and after-school activities and we saw an opportunity to try too find a solution. >> reporter: boost is a pilot program run by mercedes-benz out of its silicon valley research and development division in sunnyvale. the door-to-door service costs $22 one way. parents can download

. >> i'm len ramirez in the south bay where this heat wave in the middle of a drought is hitting the area like a one-two punch. there's not enough water in the santa clara valley to pump back into these recharged ponds so the water here has been evaporating in the heat. add to that the fact that the santa clara valley only got about 50% of its normal amount of rainfall. plus, people tend to use more water during heat waves. in los gatos, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> and the city of san jose has announced it's going to close alum rock park because of extreme fire danger tomorrow. >>> chief meteorologist paul deanno has the right idea in walnut creek with swimmers trying to beat the heat. >> reporter: you have to hang around by the water if you can today. high 101 in walnut creek currently 96 degrees in the shade and these kids right here, they are very fortunate. they are taking swim lessons, i'm sure, which were reserved a couple of weeks or months ago when we didn't know it was going to be 101 degrees but these kids are learning how to swim, learning safety and how to stay cool on a hot

in san mateo, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> according to the usgs. , there's a 63% chance of an earthquake magnitude 6.7 or greater in the next 22 years. >> you haven't felt one yet. >> not yet. >> that's why i get a little nervous saying earthquake. >>> it's going to be here. you have to prepare for it. you don't know when the big one is coming. >> you keep telling me to get the earthquake quit. >> we have changes coming our way today. low pressure sincing right over the bay area now. that could make for a very interesting day ahead. out the door we go, we do have a couple of clouds floating on by and look at that system that's just kind of swinging right overhead right now. you can see some showers even some snow in the sierra nevada. winter weather advisories up there toward yosemite and kings canyon. could see maybe one to three inches of snow above 7,000 feet. now, with that low overhead that may just provide enough instability to spark a couple of isolated thunderstorms. i think the best chance will be over the east bay hills. and then much warmer weather as we look toward the holida

reporting live in downtown san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> as len said one of the president's stops is sparking controversy. tomorrow, he will speak at a green energy event at walmart in mountain view and labor activists are not happy. that part of the story ahead tonight at 6:00. >>> one billionaire expected to hobnob with the president tonight has a date in court as soon as tomorrow. opening statements in the battle over martins beach begin today in san mateo county. a surfing foundation is suing venture capitalist for blocking access to the popular beach south of half moon bay. he bought the property in 2008. this is the latest in several lawsuits. surfers say he is violating the california coastal act. he has been ordered to testify tomorrow or monday. >>> new at 5:00 another pedestrian has been struck at a very dangerous intersection in san francisco. kpix 5's ryan takeo is at the scene in the sunset district. what can you tell us about this latest one? >> reporter: we have been here before, ken. we just got an updated on the victim a 20-year-old college student expected to be

kpix 5's len ramirez joins us from morgan hill with how people tried to beat the heat today. len. >> reporter: well, they are obviously beating the heat by staying indoor. you can see from our live shot, very few people out here at the park except for a few die-hard soccer players. but, the best place to beat the heat today in the south bay had to be raging waters in san jose. the popular water slide park opened upped to for free. that's right free admission all day long on this the hottest day of the year so far. it was all part of a special promotion with the tour of california bike race which used raging waters as a start line this morning. about a thousand people came out to enjoy the cool watts. >> my kids are too young to be in school. me and my girl had a day off. what better day. nice, hot weather. a good day for it. >> cold on the weekend. all of a sudden, it's almost 100. we could not have planned this. you never know with weather. >> of course, if you had to go to school or work, the day wasn't that much fun. these students at summit rainer high school in san jose

. >> kpix 5's len ramirez with the plan and the backlash. len. >> reporter: we are talking about free pot for people who voted. you know, a lot of folks have been trying to get younger voters to turn out at the polls for a long time. but this is probably not what most people had in mind. >> reporter: people who buy pot at this san jose marijuana dispensary can run up quite a tab. but on a election day next tuesday, this club and others like it will be giving away pot for free. that is, if you have a marijuana card and prove that you voted. >> it's always good to be politically active for any issue not just this one. >> reporter: pot clubs have been feeling the squeeze from city hall and by coincidence, the city council is voting on tough new regulations on the same day voters go to the polls. >> these are the candidates recommended by the coalition. >> reporter: pot clubs endorse candidates considered cannabis- friendly. >> to offer somebody a drug to induce them to vote doesn't seem right to me. >> reporter: city councilwoman and mayoral ca

len ramirez, kpix 5. >> len, thank you for that. >>> new at 6:00, it is out with the old and in with the new over in one concord community a. historic home demolished to make way for a bunch of mini mansions. neighbors in the subdivision tell our john ramos they weren't going to let it go down without a fight. >> reporter: no matter how long it takes to build something, it's always amazing how quickly it can be destroyed. >> it feels like we're losing a bit of history. >> from his front yard, 91-year- old wayne stribley watches as the familiar house across the street is ripped to shreds. it belonged to a walnut grower for whom the intersection is named. but after mr. humphrey and his wife died, the family decided to sell the property to a developer. >> it is the saddest day of my 50 years of living here. >> the neighbors appealed to the city to preserve the house or at least salvage some of the unique features inside. >> we just hit brick wall after brick wall trying to make it happen. >> so the development company moved in quickly this morning to tear the old house down. and, now, t

len ramirez is live from there tonight. len, the company seems to be on quite the buying spree lately. >> reporter: no question about it, liz. linkedin is growing fast. it started with this one main building behind me several years ago. it now occupies five more buildings in this area. more buildings are going to open up in sunnyvale and even that isn't big enough. the question now, is the city of mountain view big enough? almost everywhere you look in silicon valley, another high- tech building is taking shape. and the professional social networking site linkedin is one of the companies leading the latest building boom. the company's massive new sunnyvale complex is about to open but even this won't be big enough. linkedin just filed papers with the city of mountain view for a headquarters expansion of more than 2.5 million square feet enough space for 10,000 workers. >> i was very happy that linkedin would like to stay here and keep their headquarters here in mountain view. >> reporter: but the mayor is also worried there

kpix 5's len ramirez on the well known lawyer who is ta up their case. len.. oakland civil rights attorn john burris - standing besi the younger brother of the n gunned down by salinas poli filed a claim against the cy on behalf of the victim's family. [sot super:john burris/attorney]"basically putting them on notice that unless they admit to having wrongfully killed mr. mejia pay him substantial damages, then we intend to file a fel civil rights lawsuit in they near future." jose mejia.sa his brother had an 8 year o daughter who's still livingn el salvador who he was supporting. he also thanked salinas community for their support. [sot super;jose mejia/victim's brother]"yo queria esta aqui." "i didn't want to be here, but i wanto represent my brother because what they did to him was an injustice." the shooting la week was captured on a teenager's cell phone and a store's surveillance video.t caused outrage in the mostly latino community of east sas and sparked a night of riotg in which another man was ki and a police officer injure burris says the video shows

len ramirez spoke with the lesser known father of levi stadium. >> reporter: when farms file into fans file into levi stadium they have eddie sousa to thank. sousa was mayor from 1985 to 1994 and it's during that time that he set a visionary goal for building a major league stadium in the city. it started with a small step. >> found out that they needed a new home for their training camp. and i knew that we had a good spot with a good infrastructure. >> reporter: when met the team owner eddie debartolo, they hit it off. >> we could see eye to eye. we were both 5'5". >> reporter: the two eddies discovered their families were old friends from youngstown ohio. >> the debartolos were people in the neighborhood and they became friends with my family especially my uncle george. >> reporter: not long after that a deal was done and the 49ers moved south opening a new training facility and headquarters near great america in 1988. >> we made them an offer they couldn't refuse. by getting the 49ers here they planted the seed. i don't think if the seed was planned we would be standing behind this

reporting live in sunnyvale, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> we'll find out who is right. the primary election is coming up on june 3. >>> he was involved in a deathly shooting after the boston marathon bombings. tonight why that fbi agent is now at the center of a bay area investigation. >> why twitter is sending people on a scavenger hunt around the bay area today. >> it is warm in danville. it's cloudy at the coast. i know temperatures are much cooler in the city. but warm inland. will this beautiful warm weather stick around for the entire holiday weekend? i'll have the answer coming up next. >> and tonight some sour news about cherries. ,, female narrator: through monday, get 36 months through monday, get 36 months interest-free financing and save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic, but this special financing offer ends memorial day at sleep train. a santa clar >>> a notorious serial rapist is going to be released. a santa clara county judge ruled today christopher hubbard can live

len ramirez in salinas, thank you, len. >>> our bay area headlines three hikers trying to scale a dam in the south bay had to be rescued this afternoon when they got stuck. they were climbing at anderson reservoir near morgan hill when they realized they couldn't get down. fire crews came in and used ropes with a helicopter to help them. no one has hurt. climbing the dam is not allowed. >>> researchers are waiting to examine a baby humpback whale that washed up near pillar point in half moon bay. the carcass needs to wash ashore before they can even try to examine it and determine what killed the massive animal. the coast guard is getting details on the tides and currents to help determine where the whale may have been headed. >>> in antioch another big when for teachers looking to convert dozier-libbey medical high school into an independent charter school. this week contra costa education trustees rejected the teachers' bid. they say the petition doesn't meet all the criteria required for a charter. previously, the antioch school district board had nixed it. the teachers now say the

len ramirez is live in santa cruz with what the city is doing to make sure people use less water. len. >> reporter: elizabeth, the city of santa cruz is giving away a lot of free devices including this one i have right here. it looks like an hour glass but it's really a five-minute shower timer. you just turn it over and time out your shower. it has a sticky thing on the back here to attach to the tile. we saw a lot of people going by the santa cruz city water offices today to pick up their free devices that also includes low flow showerheads, aerators, garden hose shutoff nozzles and the five-minute shower timers. this is all to help people get through the drought. added up, the devices would cost about $30 at the hardware store. >> it's a great use of public funds to support these kind of efforts. we all need to really pull together this summer. >> reporter: now, the average california resident uses 122 gallons a day. santa cruz is restricting people to about 60 gallons per day per person 249 gallons for a household family of four before 25 to 50-dollar fines start kicking in. n

len ramirez reports from east palo alto with how they are fighting back against powerful landlords. >> the building has an electric short. >> reporter: john says his east palo alto department is in disrepair. besides the porch light, cabinets are warped and needs paint. he is a construction worker and his girlfriend is an unemployed child care provider. they say they only stay because the rent just over $1,100 a month is all they can afford. >> it should be decent living. >> reporter: they have lived here eight years but when they were a little short on the rent, they got a notice on their door then a housecall. >> somebody came knocking on our door with unlawful retainer for an eviction. we had to be out by a certain time. >> reporter: the landlord equity residential which owns 1700 units in east palo alto under the name woodland park eventually dropped the case. >> we are located in an area that has tremendous pressures. >> reporter: but city councilman says equity the largest publicly held landlord in the nation gives out hundreds of three-day notices to families every month in eas

our len ramirez reports, that triggered a backlash among labor leaders and sparked some pretty tough words from a top bay area democrat. >> reporter: president obama came to walmart in mountain view to praise the company for installing solar panels and finding other ways to be more energy-efficient. >> more and more companies like walmart are realizing that wasting less energy isn't just good for the planet, it's good for business. it's good for the bottom line. [ chanting ] >> reporter: but outside much of the energy turned against the president. workers and labor leaders were sickened by the picture alone. obama inside a walmart, a company repeatedly accused of workerser abuses and paying poverty wages. >> i would probably be in his office in about, oh, under 30 seconds. >> reporter: robert reich is a former secretary of labor under president bill clinton and now a professor at uc-berkeley. on his facebook page he questioned what numskull in the white house arranged this? >> walmart is the poster child for the biggest employer in america keeping wages very low. >> reporter: it puts

kpix 5's len ramirez with the last-minute push to sway voters. >> my name is colin. >> reporter: it's less than a week in the primary in san jose. they are calling tens of thousands of likely voters for the mayoral vote. >> we are calling voters to see if they can help us get out the vote. >> reporter: out of a crowded field our exclusive poll finds two candidates have broken away from the pack. county supervisor dave cortes. >> makes me nervous because i'm used to being the underdog. >> reporter: and sam liccardo city councilman. >> we are feeling great. we are out there in the neighborhoods. >> reporter: the poll shows cortes ahead with 26% ahead. liccardo 20%. three others are in the back of the pack. the two leaders are both lawyers, both have been councilmembers and both italian- american families have been influential for generations but they have different approaches when it comes to solving san jose's biggest problem, public say. >> what we need to do is stop police officers from leaving. there are some things about measure b that need to be tweaked to make that happen. it nee

kpix 5's len ramirez with the alleged scheme and what could happen next. lenny. >> reporter: well, ken, the casino m8trix is open and taking bets tonight. but a san jose city councilman is asking the casino to pay back the money he says it owes the city, the state as well as the local nonprofit or shut down within 30 days. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the casino m8trix is popular with south bay gamblers to come to play cards 24/7 and its sports bar & grill is a favorite lunch spot for area high-tech workers on the weekdays. >> it's a really good atmosphere. we have a lot of clients who visit. we take them in there have some beer have some food. >> reporter: but soon it could all be ending. the state attorney general's office is investigating the owners for an alleged skimming operation that may have concealed as much as $60 million in profits. >> the message is, pay up or shut down. >> reporter: councilmember sam liccardo running for mayor of san jose accused mhtrix of secretly funnel profits into a series of shadowy organizations controlled by the casino own

kpix 5's len ramirez at leland high school in san jose where one of those victims had graduated a couple years ago. len. >> reporter: that's right just a couple years ago. there are students here who still know him and came by here to offer their remembrances today. >> george chen was 19 years old and a graduate from santa barbara. two of his friends from the class of 2012 came back to campus today. they were angry that the life of their buddy who they last saw on garage withuation day was cut short so violently. >> horrible to think that someone did that to a guy that did absolutely nothing wrong. >> like chen, 20-year-old james chang was also a victim. stabbed multiple times in the apartment they share. chang and chen were both students at uc santa barbara according to their facebook. the distraught parents left for santa barbara this morning to bring his body back to san jose. a long-time neighbor said the tragedy is hard to believe. >> weird that i just saw him tore day e. now it is like he's gone, you know. it's weird to see someone you see on a regular basis, and then just like som

reporting live in morgan hill, len ramirez kpix 5. >> the toughest leg of the race came through the bay area on one of the hottest days of the year. this is where the 100 plus mile ride started this morning near raging waters. at the start of the race, it was already 82 degrees. the ride took them through san ramon valley. it was grueling not only for them, but for the spectators as well. >> they're animals. to beable to do this eight days straight -- be able to do this eight days straight, over 100 miles, the just incredible. >> that's right. riders had support teams helping them stay hydrated along the route. spectators, on the other hand, had to keep cool and fend for themselves. >>> dublin is welcoming people who want to escape the heat to its community centers to cool off. the air conditioned facilities offer areas to read, watch tv or work on computers. the dublin senior center or the dublin public library with the places togo. >>> well, chief meteorologist paul deanno found a place to go. he is live with mobile weather. we did see at least one record. >> reporter: yeah. mid to up

kpix 5's len ramirez is live at sfo on how they plan to keep flights on time and planes moving. len. >> reporter: the weather is great now but during times of bad weather sfo frequently goes from four to two runways. but this will be different. this will be all summer three to four months and no one knows the full impact on travelers. airline passengers can already see the construction equipment and crews getting into place. but you starting tomorrow they will start feeling the impact of sfo's major runway rebuilding project when the airport shuts down half of its four runways. >> for three to four months we'll have arrivals and departures on the remaining two runways. >> reporter: it is a federally mandated project tomake taking off and landing at 40 major airports safer by extending runways but construction will cause delays. more flights will come to the airport after the closure but fewer during the summer. >> normally they increase flight schedules if the summer travel season. in this case it's only up about 2% this summer in recognition of these runway closures. >> reporte

scientists tell len ramirez it's happened here before. >> it's big earthquakes that release most of the seismic energy over time. >> reporter: seismologist david schwartz says new data compiled by the u.s. geological data survey suggests when it comes to earthquakes, we may not be in for the big one, but it might be a series of swarms of big ones. >> sometimes it's 1906 and sometimes it's six events comparable if not larger. >> reporter: for the last 14 years schwartz and his scientists have been trenching along the ground of major area earthquake faults. they found evidence of major ground shifting dating back to the 15 through 1700's and suggests the bay area was hit by a series of effort quakes over just a few decades -- earthquakes over just a few decades of relative quiet. >> the north american plate is sliding past. the crust is always squeezed, but the way it comes out which is in earthquakes principally is different from time to time. >> reporter: besides low loma prieta there hasn't been any big earthquake since 1986. >> the usgs says there's a 63% chance of a 6.7-degree quake

len ramirez reports. >> reporter: much of downtown has been blocked off. market street is one of the major routes off of town with a roadblock on it. it will be this way throughout the rest of the evening as president obama ends his visit here at the fairmont by sleeping over for the night in downtown san jose. mr. obama will be attending an event for the democratic national committee at a private residence in los altos. it's an intimate tech roundtable where 25 donors paid $32,400 apiece for time sp with the president and a public fundraiser hosted by two businesspeople held at the fairmont in san jose. tickets for that event started at $1,000 and also up to $32,000. $5,000 for a photo op. there are there are protestors who want the president to aggressively oppose the keystone tar standards pipeline which would go

live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a growing memorial tonight for a popular east bay teen with a promising future. brittney silva was just weeks from graduating high school when she was hit by a train while walking along the tracks in san leandro last night. today her mother told kpix 5's ann notarangelo her daughter's death could have been prevented. >> reporter: brittney silva's among seems strong but she is clearly distraught today. she is convinced that her daughter would be alive if she hadn't been listening to music with her headphones on. >> i don't know how much more stronger i can be, though. i know god's sure testing me. >> reporter: a mother's anguish just yards away from where her daughter was killed wishing the tragedy wasn't true, wishing her daughter had taken her advice, wishing she could just have one more moment together. >> i hope she comes back [ indiscernible ] one more time. [ crying ] >> just one more time, i need her to come back. >> reporter: yesterday, brittney silva's mother says she was walking on these train tracks texting with her earphones in. a w

. >> our len ramirez with the stories of the bay area victims. but, first, reporter brian webb talked to a student who duck down and survived the -- ducked down and survived the shooting. >> reporter: dylan fonsillas was out friday night grabbing food with friends. next thing he knew, he was scrambling for his life. >> dylan fonsillas took a couple of steps inside the santa barbara deli when bullets began to fly and glass started to shatter. >> if you look at the video, the billets are breaking the glass. that glass broke and landed on my back. >> dylan scrambled to the back corner of the store. and, with shots still ringing out, he grabbed his phone and called his mom toll say good- bye. >> i went straight to the back and called my mom. i was like i don't know what's going to happen.

reporting live at sfo, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> the required safety extensions on the other two runways was done during off hours and completed last year. >>> one more story from sfo. chopper 5 is live over the airport where a new york-bound flight was delayed today because the pilot refused to run over a six inch long garter snake on the runway. eventually a siren was used to scare the snake to the side of the runway. an airport worker caught the snake and it was taken to a sanctuary. >>> we learn today how sound waves could make bay area airports much safer part of a new push to use technology to stop intruders who try to breach airport perimeters. kpix 5's kiet do on the super sensitive listening devices. >> reporter: getting a look at some cool new technology here in dublin that might make airports safer. one of them is sensor fence. it turns this fence into an acoustical device and anything that makes noise on the fence travels up the wire through the microphone down the cable into a laptop and basically anybody who jumps on a fence, it makes noise that the computer interprets that

. >> len ramirez on the controversy. >> reporter: a single american flag in front of the high school here in morgan hill but soon there will be many more like it, at least 50 flag waving tea party patriots from the morgan hill area and a unknown number of outsiders plan to rally outside of the school on cinco de mayo. >> they silenced a symbol of patriotism in america. >> reporter: an appeals court ruling in february upheld the school's decision in 2010 to make four boys go home, turn over or take off their american flag t-shirts out of concern for all students' safety. they wore the shirts at a cinco de mayo celebration as to what was a high point in race relations at the school. conservative radio host jimmy z broadcast nationwide. >> there are people thinking of driving down to the bay area, from oregon, nevada. >> reporter: violent messages on conservative web sites. >> general thets basically saying if there's going to be riots basically let them riot. basically target practice. >> reporter: high school parent and attorney juan lopez plans an alternate rally by his group we the