betty yu is in gilroy tonight. betty? >> reporter: liz, this is somebody that was very close to or familiar with these girls. tonight, their friends and classmates here in gilroy say they learned a real tough lesson about the dangers of drinking and driving from their tragic deaths. >> i know now she is happy because she went with the girls she loved the most. >> reporter: three best friends. >> i love you! >> reporter: their smiling faces, photos, and favorite colors worn on the broken hearts of so many who loved them at tonight's memorial. >> we are not going good. we are very saddened. who would think that this would happen to us. we didn't know anything. >> reporter: on tuesday night, the girls were all sitting in the backseat of this mustang. chp says the driver, 23-year- old anthony embernon had been drinking. they also found drugs and alcohol inside the car. anthony swerved off the road and hit a concrete drainage ditch. he was the only one to survive. friends tell us he was yolanda's new boyfriend. >> he was good

betty yu got up close to that cat. >> reporter: i was only about 3 feet from this cat when it was in a total trance. the department of fish and wildlife officials safely shot a dart into this animal and they did it right behind me in someone's backyard this evening. you can call this the beginning of a mountain line hangover. the sleepy 90-pound teenage cat spent much of the day playing hide and seek with san mateo police officers. >> it's pretty crazy to see this happening 2 blocks from my house. >> i don't think i've ever seen this kind of police presence or news presence in my neighborhood. >> reporter: crime tape closed the area near ninth and palm areas as we saw police with rifles running down the block. our chopper was above as officers went door to door searching homes and garages for hours. >> he jumped from here up here. >> reporter: nicole saw the mountain lion from her apartment window as it hopped from her backyard to the neighbor's. >> it was really pretty. it was pretty big. it seemed scared. >> reporter: police eventually cornered the cat in a tree along ninth avenue

betty yu asked them why not? >> reporter: politics has gone to the dogs in sacramento this year. ab147 would require publicly funded labs using dogs and cats for research to put the healthy ones like riley up for adoption rather than put them to sleep once testing is over. >> this bill isn't about the research process. this bill is about the humane treatment of animals. >> is that animal healthy enough and can humanely live, i think we have a responsible as a state that animal is given the opportunity to become part of someone's family. >> reporter: but the biomedical industry doesn't see it that way. at a recent committee hearing lobbyists told lawmakers the bill is not necessary and could be harmful. >> we've become more and more aware of the true intent of the sponsors and that is to insinuate themselves into our research programs. >> reporter: the none for is the nonprofit the beagle freedom projects. a group industry spokesperson says he doesn't trust them. >> the sponsors of the bill have ties with organizations that have been involved in terrorism against research. >> repo

betty yu is there with the latest. betty? >> reporter: ken, i can tell you it smells like burning rubber around here. in fact, we could smell the oil from inside our live truck with all the windows rolled up from at least a mile away. and here on the beach, we are seeing that oil splattered just about everywhere on rocks like this one. tonight, cloudy brown water laps what used to be a pristine sandy beach along the santa barbara county coast. workers in protective suits spent the day cleaning up a shovelful at a time. hand crews are bagging up oil contaminated sand as new crude watches ashore with every wave. just offshore, containment vessels are trying to stop the slick from spreading. crude was floing through the line at 84,000 gallons an hour when the leak was detected yesterday. it took three hours to shut it down. >> we are sorry this accidental release has happened and we are bringing in all the resources at our disposal to respond. >> reporter: you can already see the impact. this bird was coated with oil. santa barb

betty yu spoke with the owner who was taken hostage. betty, he had some nice things to say about the suspect. >> reporter: yeah liz. he used very flattering words to describe this gunman. he practically praised him. the owner seemed totally unfazed by all of the drama in his gas station. >> he was a total gentleman. didn't say a single disrespectful word. >> a gentleman? >> a total gentleman. a total gentleman. >> reporter: that total gentleman had a gun when he barged into jack bhalla's gas station auto shop this afternoon. police hot on his tail. >> he said i won't harm you. rest assured i won't harm you. i won't do anything to you. >> reporter: did he give you any indication of why he did all of this today? >> no. no. we asked him why the police were after you. he did not answer that. he just kept quiet. >> reporter: before jack was nearly thrown to safety by heavily armed officers, he spent two-and-a-half hours trapped with the carjacker. though he tried to be his friend. >> i told him, you can pick out a drink and have it. and he h

betty yu is at the fairmont hotel in the city tonight. betty? >> reporter: ken, he is probably resting now, but earlier, he went on quite the ride. he visited tesla headquarters before making his way here to san francisco. he is the first and only prime minister of japan to visit the valley. he wasn't welcome at every stop, though. this might be the fastest way to soak up silicon valley. take a ride one of the biggest player ins tech. tesla's ceo elon musk. >> how fast did you go? >> no comment. that fast. [ laughter ] >> reporter: japanese prime japan's prime minister wants to import some of silicon valley's style and culture. >> what does it mean to you to have the japanese leader visit you and your area? >> i guess he really cares about the innovation and entrepreneurship. >> silicon valley today has transformed itself into a entirely different town compared to the one i have heard about. so exciting and consistently evolving at top speeds. >> reporter: speaking at stanford earlier, abe says he wants to build business partnerships with the va

in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >> thank you betty. the vta says it is having a hard time keeping up with all the action at levi stadium. they say it will cost them more than $3 million a year to handle stadium events. an amount that is not sustainable in the long run. they have asked the city of santa clara for help. but they said no. now, they are asking for a huge fare increase for bus undelighted rail service. round trip tickets could climb as high as $20. >>> an emergency water summit tapped local leaders on how to fight the drought. recycling is one of the big topics of discussion that would involve a big process to filter and purify the water but they had a much bigger picture in mind. >> one of our goals is to get everyone in shape for the governor's 30% reduction call. so we are coming up with strategies to achieve reduction in water use. >> the water supply is literally sinking. one of the basins it depends on has dropped 33 feet over the last year. and in this unprecedented drought, a water park might seem like a giant waste

live in santa clara, betty yu, kpix5. >> tonight, concern over the well being of a little girl has the chp looking for an suv. a toll taker saw the girl between nine and 12 years old kneeling in the center console struggling and screaming at someone in the passenger seat. it was 8:30 saturday night. a bridge security camera captured the vehicle. it is tan or gray. 1995 to 1997 chevy blazer. now the car doesn't have any plates. on a temporary operating permit on the rear window. it is not clear if there was any foul play. the chp just wants to make sure the girl is okay. >>> well, a grass fire in san jose burned toward a mobile home park near coyote creek this afternoon. stated at 4:30. the flames moved fast. but firefighters put them out. and none of the homes was damaged. >>> also tonight, mark kelly tells us the city of oakland took a big step to prevent another big fire in the east bay hills. mark? >> reporter: well ken, firefighters say getting rid of certain flammable trees is a good thing. but for the people living in these hills, they have a whole list of reasons why they don't

betty yu says it all comes back to a house party in san jose. betty? >> reporter: ken, this house party got a lot of media attention back in december. it happened at ex-49er ray mcdonald's house last year, we learned more trouble went down that night. according to the accuser. >> she wants mr. mcdonald to know that she is just not going to live in fear of him. >> reporter: high powered attorney gloria allred accused ray mcdonald of punishing her client for reporting the alleged rape. wolf is also now accusing this man of assault and battery. 49ers linebacker amad brooks. brooks and mcdonald were teammates and wolf claims brooks groped her in a sexual manner when she was unconscious after falling by mcdonald's pool and hitting her head. she believes the surveillance video will show brooks touching her before mcdonald carried her to his bedroom and assaulted her as well. but prosecutors have not filed any charges against mcdonald. the niners cut him from the team. in march, mcdonald sues wolf saying any sex they had was consensual. >> we will not allow a

betty yu on what the police and the mayor are telling everyone. betty? >> reporter: well ken, the mayor says he knows this city can do better and the police department is saying that its job is to ensure the officers don't act on any biases that they may have. the community knows this won't be an easy fix. >> i feel like i'm automatically seen as a threat. automatically. i'm 6' 3", i'm black. >> reporter: tierney yates knows his image can set off the wrong alarms for police officers. >> why are police going into the neighborhoods acting the way they do? >> reporter: he thinks it is reflected in newly reletsed numbers. the mercury news found in the first nine months of last year, blacks made up 18% of those who were stopped and briefly detained. even though they make up just 3% of the population. latinos came in second compared with whites at 9%. >> it is obviously not a picture that we want to convey. but obviously, we have to be careful with how we analyze and how you see data. statistics can be seen in a lot of different ways. we are bringing someone i

. >>> it is hard to believe a freak accident on a treadmill, but betty yu found out it is more common than you think. betty? >> reporter: liz, you don't often think of a treadmill of a dangerous piece of equipment, but people are getting seriously injured. we don't know what caused dave goldburg to fall off the treadmill, but experts say as these things get more high- tech, people are paying less attention to their workouts and getting hurt. even the most experienced athletes and professionals can run into trouble. >> a little click. popped up. and i knew something was wrong. >> reporter: alex lopez once hurt the back of his knee running at full speed. he is the director of sports medicine at team clinic in santa clara. prominent injuries include ankle rolls. treadmill falls. >> people can misstep. we have people accustomed to the width of a treadmill. some can go off the side. >> have you ever wanted to run? >> reporter: even when you stay on, there are distractions, screens just about everywhere. >> i'm looking at the tv or at the phone for the messages i get. >> reporter: you shoul

betty yu tells us people are fuming. >> reporter: this is what the inflatable rubber dam looked like before vandals sliced it open yesterday. and this is what it looked like this evening. the rubber barrier now flattened under a small pool of water. nearly 15 million gallons of future drinking water has poured into the san francisco bay. >> it is just sickening. it hurts inside to think that somebody would think that would be a fun thing to do. >> that really ticks me off. that will cost a lot of money to replace it and it will take time and we need this dam because it is a recharging pond. >> reporter: when fully inflated, the rubber dam was 13 feet and stretched over 200 feet across the channel. it was enough water to supply 500 homes in the neighborhood for a year. >> it is very thoughtless. >> reporter: alameda water district and police checked tout damage. it is surrounded by fences and barbed water. a new dam will cost $3 million. it was already working on replacing the old one. now, it will speed up the project. what would you say to this vandal? >> what would i say? i wouldn'

betty yu reports. >> stay on the line with me, okay? >> okay. but i'm freaking out. >> i understand. i understand. and who is it that she is in domestic with, the father of the child? >> yes. >> just one second. >>> reporter: the 911 caller is talking about ray mcdonald. she told the dispatcher she is is the mother of alleged victim. mcdonald's ex-fiancee. >> i'm all the way in like los banos. she just called me and asked me to please call 911 because she is trying to escape with the infant. >> reporter: police say mcdonald physically assaulted his ex-while she was older their baby. the caller got more frantic. >> is anybody doing anything? >> stay on the line with me. >> reporter: by the time police showed up, mcdonald was already gone. police found him three hours later at his ex-teammate justin smith's home in san jose. he is now facing misdemeanor domestic violence and child endangerment charges. >> the only thing i know is there was apparently no physical contact between the two of them. >> reporter: mcdonald's attorney denies the allegatio

. >>> also tonight, betty yu shows us a san jose company has figured out a way to combine coffee and marijuana. and profits are high. >> reporter: when you brew caffeine and cannabis in a k cup ... >> you will taste a gourmet cup of coffee or a cup of tea. organic. fair trade. and locally roasted. >> reporter: jill amon runs house of jane. a premium marijuana coffee and tea company out of san jose. >> this is where all the tea bags, the k cups. >> reporter: the entrepreneur started testing out her ideas in her kitchen after a trip to amsterdam. the k cups are in high demand. we stopped by her processing center where workers process thousands of bags of marijuana tea and k cups in a day. >> my favorite is the mocha. >> reporter: jill says it is easier for patient to medicate with these kindsover drinks on the go or in public. her brand is getting rid of the stigma. the stoner image associated with weed. >> our target is much more mainstream. we are not marketing at all to the barely legal. our products don't necessarily appeal to a pot head. >> reporter: next up for this company, they

there we go. >> i'm so lost. >> reporter: at stanford, betty yu, kpix5. >>> the football helmet of the 21st century. on the subject of athletics or what passes for athletics, the bay to breakers run for tomorrow. forecast is going to be chilly. mostly overcast skies as we start off sunday morning at 55 degrees. mostly cloudy and by california standards, cold. here is how it looks. it is still stacking up behind the toll plaza. concord, 55 degrees. oakland, 55. pretty much everybody in the mid 50s right now. another blanket of low cloud comeing in over the bay area. tomorrow afternoon, a fairly mild to cool day like we had today. just mid 60s . even inland for the most part. slight shower chance mondays. a big trough of low pressure over the west coast. from time to time, we get this low pressure this moves close to or in the shoreline. when it does, maybe a sprinkle or two up top. in general, temperatures will stay cooler than usual. on the future cast, you can see there is plenty of cloudiness forecast for tomorrow and tomorrow afternoon. the southerly flow powered by low pressure off

betty yu shows us how bad it is. >> reporter: oil is everywhere it shouldn't be. coast guard vessels are corralling it. workers are shoveling it. 7700 gallons of oily water have been mopped up from the pacific ocean. a third of what was spilled in the water. the cleanup is very labor intensive. these workers are combing through oil soaked rocks and picking up any vegetation and putting them in plastic bags. >> the greatest challenge is really time. >> time. >> reporter: the company at fault is looking at serious troubles ahead. >> we will be here until it is returned to the way it was. >> reporter: this is not the first time the company had to answer to the public. it was forced to pay $44 million in pipe upgrades and civil penalties after ten leaks around the country in 2010. an la times analysis found its rate of incident per mile of pipe is more than three times the national average. at today's press conference, the man in charge of safety had no comment. >> if you can't speak to the specific number of incidents, how do you rate your regulatory record overall?

live in palo alto, betty yu, kpix5. >> according to the u.s. consumer product safety commission, thousands of people head to the e.r. every year because of exercise equipment injuries. many of those injuries are treadmill-related. >>> at one bay area high school students are learning to focus less on getting a's and more on finding inner peace. they're turning to transdential meditation. this is offered at palo alto high school where expectations are high and tragically lots of students have taken their own lives. >> you're not thinking of all your work. you're not thinking of like all the stuff you have to do or all your problems. you try to clear your mind of all thoughts. >> the school doesn't require students to meditate, only to put aside their work and sit quietly for a few minutes. >>> tonight cbs paid tribute to david letterman who is signing off the late show a little later this month. we thought we'd look back to 1996 when he taped a week's worth of shows here in the bay area. >> from the palace of fine arts in san francisco, californ

live in gilroy, betty yu, kpix5. >>> also tonight, a mountain view police officer responding to a call of criminal activity was hit by a suspect's car. police say the suspects were trying to get away. it happened in a parking lot on grant road. police tweeted out this picture. chopper 5 gave us an aerial view. it happened near the marshall's department store. the officer suffered only minor injuries. >>> some shocking new surveillance video tonight. two teenagers sitting in a holding area at a police department in illinois handcuffed. now watch as an officer enters the room, says something, then takes out what looks like pepper spray and starts letting them have it. you can see, one of the teens immediately starts twitching and shaking. the incident happened in january but it has taken months to write up a report. tonight, the department says it is investigating. >>> the owner of the mcdonalds says she had no idea people were doing drugs there. as we told you late last night, the city of san francisco is threatening to shut the place down calling it a magnet for crime. franchisee claim

in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >> the prime minister's wife is with him on the trip and she lit up the room during her visit to rosa parks elementary school in san francisco. she shook hands with the students, who gave her a very warm welcome, and serenaded her with a song. >>> it is 4:39 on this friday. they have an epic view of the bay. but now students on the cal campus may be forced to give it up. we're going to tell you why. >> what is cool about your school? email your nominations to coolschools@kpix.com. we may come and feature your school on the show. >>> no for gas and oil. that's what tesla's ceo elon musk hopes to achieve with his latest project. >> it's actually within the power of humanity to do. we have done things like this before. and so it's not impossible. >> tesla is creating batteries to store solar electricity and power homes and businesses across the u.s. the battery called power wall will be $3,000 per battery way less than the $18,000 sticker price for a larger version of a tesla home battery that's already in some 300 california homes. tesla expects to s

in san jose, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> 4:51. scary moments when a car bursts into flames. how one man's quick thinking h look at your tv screen and look at concord. temperatures averaging 10 degrees below normal for this time of the year. no clearing at the coast today in the mid-50s. partly cloudy across the peninsula, 60s swinging around to the santa clara valley up to 69 in morgan hill. we could see a 70-degree reading towards mountain house and in tracy. otherwise, mid- and high 60s the eastern portion of the bay area. southwest winds 10 to 20 miles per hour in bodega bay. 65 in san rafael. partly cloudy in sonoma. and we have a slight chance of a light shower in windsor at 66 degrees. >>> heads up heading to san francisco international airport. northbound 101 a wreck blocking to lanes with delays. there was a stalled car and several other cars hit it more coming up. >>> an army captain's training kicked in when he helped a couple trapped in a burning car. a witness captured the crash in north carolina last sunday. you can see the captain in the red shirt dragging the

we sent betty yu to refugio state beach with a look at how >> reporter: ken, it is bad out here. and the trouble with cleaning up oil slicks is that they are moving targets. they get washed out to sea and spread around with the current and with the winds. this has been a 24/7 operation and it could take months before this beach is fully cleaned up. oil is everywhere it shouldn't be. coast guard vessels are corralling it. workers in protective suits are shoveling it. so far, 7700 gallons of oily water have been mopped up from the ocean a third of what was spilled in the water. the clean-up is very labor- intensive as you can see behind me, these workers combing through oil soaked rocks and they are picking up seaweed, kelp, any vegetation and putting them in plastic bags. >> the challenge is time. >> reporter: for the company at fault, plains all american pipeline, they are looking at serious troubles ahead. >> we are not going to way. we are going to be here to return back to the way it was. >> reporter: this is not the first time the company had to answer to the public. it was f

>> god bless him, that's all. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix 5. >> so far the only information released about the suspect is that he is a 35-year-old man from newark. >>> other people found themselves stuck in the middle of that chaos. paul baylis was test driving a car and speaking with the seller at the gas station when they heard a crash. he says the suspect came at them with police in hot pursuit. >> i heard him yell, stop. and then the guy came running this way towards the arco station and the shooting started and i heard shots so the guy i was with obviously him and i got out of the way. >> baylis and the other man were not injured. but they were stuck at the scene until the ordeal ended waiting to get their car back. >>> the people of san bruno have another chance to suggest ways to spend $70 million to benefit the city. the money is coming from pg&e, a restitution fund stemming from the deadly gas pipeline explosion in 2010. the money is meant to benefit the entire city and is separate from the trust fund the city received to make repairs. the san bruno community foundation's pu

as betty yu reports, the accuser says it happened during a night of drinking in december at mcdonald's then san jose home. >>> reporter: >> she wants mr. mcdonald to know that she is just not going to live in fear of him. >> reporter: high-powered attorney gloria allred accused ray mcdonald of punishing her client, 22-year-old kiely wolf, for reporting the alleged rape. wolf is now also accusing this man of assault and battery, 49ers linebacker ahmad brooks. brooks and mcdonald were teammates and wolf claims brooks groped her in a sexual manner when she was unconscious after falling by mcdonald's pool and then hitting her head. wolf believes mcdonald's home surveillance video will show brooks touching her before mcdonald carried her to his bedroom where she claims mcdonald then sexually assaulted her, as well. but prosecutors haven't filed any charges against mcdonald. but the 9ers cut him from the team. so in march, mcdonald sued wolf for defamation saying any sex they had was consensual. >> we will not allow nfl football players or any other rich and famous person to intimidate perso

here's what happened when our betty yu asked some tough questions about the company's previous safety violations. >> if you can't speak to the specific number of incidents, how do you rate your regulatory record overall? >> let me clarify. we are required to fill out certain federal documents. >> how do you rated your record? -- how do you rate your record? >> again our goal is to continuously to improve. our goal is zero. we are going to continue to improve. we're not happy unless it's zero. that's our focus. >> are you happy? >> this is not the first time the company has had to answer to the public. in 2010 it was forced to pay $44 million in pipeline upgrades after there were 10 leaks around the country. >>> campbell police say a brave girl helped officers find her attempted kidnapper. she gave police the description of the suspect shown on the left. and now the man who was on the right is in custody. police found roberto felipe- velasco in his car a silver honda shown on surveillance video. police say he attacked the girl when she was walking her dog last weekend and she was able

in santa clara, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> a child died when a wetting trip went wrong on memorial day. five adults and five children all on a boat in the san joaquin river a little south of stockton. it crashed into rocks throwing all of them overboard. all of the children were under 10 years of age. one didn't make it. >> one of the children either was struck by some rocks or was swept under and struck by the prop and by the time ems personnel got here the child had died. >> it's unclear exactly how old the boy was and three others went to the hospital. >>> the city of cleveland has agreed to make some major changes to address a pattern of excessive force by police. terms could be announced later today. it comes just days after a white officer was acquitted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of two black suspects in 2012. the justice department said in december that officers are poorly trained and frequently use excessive force. >>> a san francisco dog treat company wants its one of a kind tricycle back. it's hard to miss too. the owner calls it a pup cycle and said someone stole i

. >>> we sent our betty yu to refugio state beach and she had some tough questions for the people who run the pipeline. betty. >> reporter: well, ken, this company has said it is sorry for this devastating oil spill. but today we really didn't get any answers as to how they will go about resolving this mess and they wouldn't talk about the company's shaky safety report. >> we're not going away. we're going to be here until it's returned back to the way it was. >> reporter: the plains plains isn'tthe plains all american pipeline was forced to pay millions in civil penalties after 10 leaks around the country in 2010. an "l.a. times" analysis found its rate of incidence per mile of pipe is more than 3 times the national average. at today's press conference the man in charge of safety had no comment. >> if you can't speak to the specific number of incidents, how do you rate your regulatory record overall? >> so, let me clarify that a little bit more. so we're required to fill out certain federal documents -- >> reporter: patrick repeatedly evaded questions. but how do you rate your record

in palo alto, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> the u.s. consumer product safety commission says thousands of people head to the emergency room every year because of exercise equipment injuries. many of those injuries are treadmill-related. >>> big development plan that stirred up a lot of controversy may get a final vote from the oakland city council today. the issue, whether the city should sell a publicly owned piece of land to private developers who want to build a 24 story luxury high-rise apartment tower near lake merritt. opponents plan a rally at frank ogawa plaza before today's city council meeting. they are concerned the project will displace working class residents on the east side of lake merritt. >>> california businesses could eventually be able to record phone conversations without the other party's knowledge. today, state assembly committee will consider a bill that would loosen restrictions on a long- time ban against that practice. consumer groups speaking out against the measure from assemblyman evan loew of campbell. >>>

betty yu on the subject that japan doesn't want u.s. students to learn about. >> reporter: 70 years have gone by since japan's brutal occupation of china and korea. its surprise attack at pearl harbor. and a reign of ruin. u.s. atomic bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki. at the 70th anniversary of the end of world war ii japan's history should have been settled. there's just one problem. this u.s. history book. japanese prime minister shinzo abe wants part of the history erased and rewritten. >> i think what he is doing is wrong and it's stupid and it's going to fail. >> reporter: abe has demanded u.s. publisher mcgraw-hill education edit out two paragraphs on comfort women or wartime sex slaves. the japanese army forcibly recruited as many as 300,000 women aged 14 to 20 to serve in military brothels. the comfort women served up to 30 men a day. at the end of the war, soldiers massacred large numbers of comfort women to cover up the operation. now it's abe who is trying to cover up the country's ugly past says uc-berkeley professor elaine k

tonight betty yu takes us inside the panic room. >> 45 seconds! >> all letters no numbers. [ grinding noise ] >> reporter: at panic room in san francisco, you have to think outside the box. you have to solve puzzles, crack codes, figure out clues. >> this might be some variations -- >> 6, those are 5. >> reporter: to reveal more clues. >> they have to be used for something. >> reporter: open a chest. a door. or another mystery. >> there's a stephen king book. >> reporter: within another mystery all while the clock is ticking. >> it's a very psychological game. it's very immersive and we have done our best to put you on a full live hollywood set and you will have to escape from your own movie. >> there's more here [ censored ] >> reporter: panic room is one of the hottest activities in the city and in a few short months it's earned top ratings on trip adviser and yelp. >> we have had everything from companies to families to bachelor parties. >> reporter: first, choose your own adventure. break out of a sicko's apartment. hark your way out of a star

at refugio state beach, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> major setback for some california farmers. late last night they told they were getting cut off from their main water supply. the drought is so bad that water from the san joaquin watershed is no longer available to the delta farmers, who have had the water rights for centuries some back to the gold rush and this is the first time they have ever been cut off. with the drought come allergist and that's what you're doing right now, suffering. >> can i get you some kleenex? >> try not to sneeze. >> we see just a little bit of light rain, this is moving towards the san joaquin valley. good news there. it's very light and scattered. the golden gate bridge you see rain on the camera lens and you can see the roads are wet. elizabeth will have more on that. right now, out the door, into the 50s. winds are under 10 but will increase 10 to 20 out of the southwest later today. numbers stacking up from the 50s to the high 60s. i have your memorial holiday forecast, that's coming up later on in this newscast. but first, here's liz. >> thank

in santa clara, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> affordable housing advocates plan to hold rallies this afternoon in oakland and other cities in california. the group first nations is calling for emergency moratoriums to stop low income evictions and stop new housing developments for the wealthy. they are also protesting police tactics. >>> we have some live pictures from donner summit with the snow coming down in the sierra. live look here. carr your chains. chains are ride from kingvale to donner lake interchange which is crazy because they didn't have snow all year practically. >> save yourself some money by taking your own chains, elizabeth. >> that's right. a live look at donner lake on i- 80. there are no chain requirements on highway 50 or 88 but if you are traveling that way you may want to pack them just in case. here's the look along the peninsula. we have delays in menlo park park. sky 3 over the scene northbound 101 in willow. they have tow crews out there now so now we know it is in the final clearing stages. two lanes were blocked and we are seeing delays backed up to the embarcader

betty yu reports. >>> reporter: even the most experienced athletes and professionals can run into trouble. >> a little slow click. something was wrong. >> reporter: alex lopez hurt the back of his knee running at full speed. he is the director of sports medicine in santa clara. common injuries include ankle rolls, even burns from treadmill falls. >> easily people can misstep certainly different treadmills have different widths so you're going to have people accustomed to a certain width of a treadmill, some people go off the side. >> have you ever wanted to run. >> reporter: even when you stay on, there are distractions, videos and screens just about everywhere. >> i'm usually looking at the tv or looking at my phone for messages i get, you know? i shouldn't be doing that. >> reporter: you also shunting looking down at your feet. >> you look down and it disorients row. >>> at the veer head trauma and blood loss are layer -- severe head trauma and blood loss are rare. more than 50 million people in the u.s. use treadmills. there were more than 24,000 injuries treated in the emergency room

as betty yu tells us, there are hazards that most people may not realize. >> reporter: even the most experienced athletes and professionals can run into trouble. >> felt a little click. popped up. and i knew something was wrong. >> reporter: alex lopez once hurt the back of his knee running at full speed. he is the director of sports medicine at team clinic in santa clara. prominent injuries including ankle rolls, even burns from falls. >> easily people can misstep. certainly different treadmills have different widths. so you're going to have people who are accustomed to a certain width of a treadmill. some people go off the sides. >> have you ever wanted to run? >> reporter: even when you stay on there are distractions. videos and screens just about everywhere. >> i'm usually looking at the tv or looking at my phone for messages i get, you know? and i shouldn't be doing that. >> reporter: you also shouldn't go looking down at your feet. >> as you watch your gait, you're looking down, it disorients you. >> reporter: severe head trauma and blood loss are extremely rare but dave goldbe

kpix 5's betty yu spoke with one of the hostages. the arco station's owner. he had nice things to say about the suspect. >> he was a total gentleman. never a disrespectful word. >>a total gentleman. >> reporter: that total gentleman had a gun when he barged into jack's gas station auto shop police hot on his tail. >> he said i won't harm you. rest assured i won't harm you. i won't do anything to you. >> did he give you any indication of why he did this? >> no. we asked him why the police is after you. he did not answer that. he just kept quiet. >> reporter: before jack was nearly thrown to safety by heavily armed officers, he spent 2.5 hours trapped with the carjacker. so he tried to be his friend. >> i told him, have a drink and have it then he had a drink of his choice. >> reporter: what did he drink? >> i think it was brisk tea. >> reporter: a brisk iced tea and some time seemed to take the edge off. >> we started feeling inclined to that this guy will give up. his attitude was coming softer and softer and softer. >> reporter: he's in police custody now. i