we'll be back. >> that was maria medina reporting. the winds are gone but the rains are epic as what's left of hurricane patricia now unloads of texas tonight. more than 20 inches of rain have fallen in parts of south texas. the result is you probably know has been massive flooding. the relentless rain washed away a set of railroad tracks near dollars causing a de-- dallas causing a freight train to derail. >> we'll take it one hour by a time and see how it goes. as the tide comes in and the wave gets bigger we'll make a decision if we need to get out of here. >> flash flood watches will be in effect for parts of texas through monday and here's why. the storm has had the breath knocked out of it but the latest develop to p shows in tonight -- moving in with more to come tomorrow. >>> other news now, at least five people are dead after two cars collided head-on in the sierra foothills tonight. it what happened just before 7:00 along highway 120 near groveland. two other victims are in serious condition in the hospital and right now, it

maria medina live on closing the loophole that allows some ivory to be bought and sold legally. marie i can't. >> reporter: betty, the law allows you to bay and sell old ivory but now this new law changes that. here in chinatown it wasn't difficult finding stores that sell is ivory night. think it's a great thing. there's way too much poaching going on. >> reporter: in san francisco's chinatown we found several is stores selling ivory. the owners say they're selling it legally because it was made before the 1989 global ban on elephant ivory imports. >> and where is that ivory from? >> reporter: an investigation found san francisco is the second largest market in the country for ivory trinkets. >> it should have been stopped a long time ago. >> reporter: today jerry brown closed that loophole. the new law will jut law the purchase or sale of elephant ivory rhinoceros horn in the state after july 1st. the owner of this store told us she will continue selling is ivory despite the law because she's retiring and will shut her doors soon. >> i'm just kind of short- sighted. and are th

kpix maria medina in livermore with details. >> reporter: livermore police are confirming those 4 men decided to meet in this parking lot before something went wrong. >> the subject is determined and is very callous and cold- blooded. >> reporter: jason brown on the run from livermore police for a second day and now we're learning he's been wanted for weeks by fresno police for a murder in a restaurant. >> the justice system leads to take your of these people that are doing these things. >> reporter: at the strip more in livermore where police a brown and another person and pushed to people in the car life is back to normal but many wonder why the 4 men chose the quiet town as a meeting place. >> we all question. why here? why our town? the only thing i can come up with was it was far from oakland. >> reporter: hours after the shooting that took one is man's life, police surrounded the home in oakland but he was nowhere to be found. the motive of the shooting is unclear as well as where brown and his partner are hiding. >> it's scary but i have every faith that our police department i

maria medina is there with the search for the suspects. >>reporter: police have not released a motive or the identities of those victims, but they are searching for those suspects as you mention. people here are confident they will be able to find them. >> they are ruthless and evil. this is a quiet town and we don't have these type of things that happen very often. so we take it very personal when someone comes to our town and commits a crime like this. >>reporter: livermore police identify the man they say ambushed two people in their car saturday as jason brown a man who faces charges of murder and attempted murder. >> it's scary. >>reporter: a few reminders of the brutal attack were left behind at the strip mall. the news is a shock to their normally quiet town. >> my jaw definitely dropped. this is scary. i meet my daughter here all the time. >> not so much that somebody got killed but that he's carrying a semi-automatic or had a dangerous weapon and then disappear. >>reporter: police say after the shooting brown and a second suspect

kpix 5's maria medina spoke with a couple who narrowly missed being hit at the house they were renting in south lake tahoe. >> and then all of a sudden the whole house shook and there was a bang and it felt like an earthquake. >> reporter: their images rod mcfadden and his wife will never forget. >> it was scary. it was obviously very scary. >> reporter: rod says around saturday night he heard a crash, looked outside and saw branches falling and then the flames. >> that's when we decided let's get out of the house. i thought maybe a powerline fell down. >> reporter: when they walked outside the quickly realized it was a plane. neighbors tried everything they could to save the two people inside. >> there was just no way. the flames were too high. >> reporter: investigators have not released the identities of the pilot and passenger but kpix 5 found a beech single engine plane registered to conrad oakley. >> very nice guy, sad to think something like that happening. >> reporter: neighbors described conrad as a retired chemical engineer and an experienced pilot who flew planes in the viet

kpix 5's maria medina says this outbreak may not have peaked just yet. maria. >> reporter: juliette, most of those cases are people who live here in santa clara county. and now health workers are urging people who are sick to stay home. >> we are still in the middle of measuring the outbreak. >> reporter: the outlook at marisco's san juan is far from over. >> we are continuing to get additional reports of people who got sick from eating at the restaurant. >> reporter: with the number of cases now at 141, 49 of those confirmed by lab workers, the focus is on the spread of the message of the outbreak so those who got sick don't continue to spread it. >> we have a small handful of people who were secondary cases. those are people who got sick from being in contact with one of these original cases. that's a very small number. that's good news. that means that the outbreak is not -- it's not spreading. >> this is a very serious risk. it scared me. >> reporter: gregory says he landed in the emergency room this past weekend with a fever of 105 degrees after eat

kpix 5's maria medina on why police say it's just a matter of time before they catch these guys. malia >> reporter: they have received tips since media aired the surveillance video. now they believe the suspects are laying low. >> these people are dangerous. >>> reporter: surveillance cameras catch these men allegedly breaking into a home before walking out with stolen goods. >> fleece suspects are connected -- these suspects are connected with multiple residential burglaries in the general area. >> reporter: san jose police say these men are behind several home break-ins including a home invasion where police say they shot a homeowner who came home and interrupted the burglary proving these guys are getting braver and bolder. >> these guys were prepared for the unexpected. they were armed with a handgun. >> i thought it was horrible. terrible. >> reporter: terry christiansen has lived in this neighborhood for more than two decades and says crime in the area in the last two years has been on the rise. >> homes being broken into, cars burglarized, vandalized and it's just really d

maria medina reports. >> reporter: that's right. that driver turns out could not and did not hear his passenger but that woman says when her driver wasn't responding, she decided to bail out when she could. it was the ride one woman will never forget. a lyft ride that ended on the street where larry lives. >> i heard a woman kind of yelling or screaming like she was in pain. >> reporter: he said he heard the screams and sirens, ran outside his home last night, where san francisco police say the woman jumped out of her rideshare car at a light breaking her ankle. >> the driver was going in the opposite or wrong direction from the address she gave him. >> reporter: investigators say the driver picked her up yesterday sometime before midnight in the corona heights neighborhood. one detail the passenger didn't notice, her driver was hard of hearing. when she kept telling him to stop because he was going away from her home, she believed she was being kidnapped. that's when she says she jumped. >> i would have jumped out if he wasn't list

live in san jose, maria medina kpix 5. >>> warriors are a step closer to building the new arena in san francisco. here is a video. it shows what the new facility would look like when it is done. today the team announced it bought 12 acres in the mission bay neighborhood from salesforce. the terms of the deal are not being disclosed. the land is across from ucsf last week, the hospital through the support behind the project. the warriors want to open the new arena for the 2018 season. >>> san francisco nta is considering banning cars on powell street between ellison gary. increasing in stop and go vehicle traffic is causing table cars to stop frequently and the agency says that is causing tables to pray more often and increases the possibility of a crash. if approved, the ban would take effect by thanksgiving and last for one year and a half. >>> the newest tool to make san jose st. safer. a new pedestrian traffic signal is being tested. it is called high intensity activated crosswalk. featuring three lights flashing a series of solid yellow and red lights when a person needs to cross.

maria medina is live for us in san francisco where drivers are saying they are going to strike. maria. >>> reporter: and veronica, protestors are out here earlier today. they were supposed to gather here again at 5:00 but as you can see, no one is out here. they are hoping to spread the message to other uber drivers that this protest is going on all weekend long. [ yelling ] >> reporter: instead of sitting behind the wheel. >> they are mistreating us. >> reporter: these drivers are standing outside uber headquarters. with these three demands for the uberx option, raise rates by 60%, raise the cancellation fee from $5 to $7, and add a tip option to the app. >> we are not making any money. >> reporter: he says he is forced to be at work all day away from his family to survive. he says he works nearly 70 hours a week for a $700 weekly paycheck. even then it's not enough. >> my life is like i have to make payment arrangements to pay my bills. >> reporter: the drivers say the maintenance on their cars takes a toll on their wallets from gas to toll fees to oil changes. >> so reality u

kpix 5's maria medina is in san ramon where the swarm of quakes is the talk of the town. maria. >> reporter: and veronica, add another one to the list. more than an hour ago, 1.5 magnitude quake hit san ramon. people have been stopping us all day asking if we are covering the earthquakes of the it's definitely what people are talking about. >> fairly an atmosphere thing but maybe it's something that's just part of the drought. >> reporter: in his english and history class -- >> some of us get pretty excited about this. >> reporter: where the focus is usually on the medieval period -- >> the science of this is truly, truly fascinating. >> reporter: -- science has found its way on his lesson plan. you can say it's shaken it up. >> boom, earthquake, here we go. the one thing about middle school years is students are so aware of what's going on in the world around them. >> i was in the car and i was terrified! >> reporter: many students felt monday's 3.5 magnitude quake after school sparking conversations between their parents about what to do if the big one hits. >> since we

kpix 5's maria medina on the bay area scientists who want to mease poll next, google streetcar rolls around inmate -- may not be rough -- mapping the road but how you will you breathe. maria medina on the site is who want to measure palooza one neighborhood at a time. >>> >> reporter: from car exhaust to suit even cigarette smoke, soon google maps will show pollution you breathe in in your city, neighborhood and even street. >> it's interesting and it will increase awareness around the city and hopefully around the country. >> reporter: at berkeley national laboratory, scientists created a sensor that measures palooza -- measures pollution and will be a start on -- installed on google cars. sizes have worked on the air pollution sensor for years. the sensors way the smallest particles in the air that find its way into our lungs. >> if you ride a bicycle or going on a walk someplace, they may want to know how polluted it is. >> reporter: san francisco company is working with google to put the sensors in its cars. eventually posting data by next year. >> the hope is that one day the in

kpix 5 maria medina is in livermore and found out this is not the only crime this guy has been wanted for>> reporter: tonight livermore police are conforming the men decided to meet in this parking lot before something went wrong but the motive is unclear. >> the subject is determined and very callous and cold-blooded. >> reporter: jason brown, 18 on the run for a second day from livermore police. and also wanted by fresno police for weeks for a murder of a man at a restaurant last month. we all question why here, why our town. >> reporter: livermore police said they believe brown and the person he was with new the 2 victims they are accused of ambushing in their car at this busy parking lot outside of a strip mall. they are not saying yet -- not much yes. >> is at again, john's or weapons it would be safe to say it to be one of those but we are not specifying what the motive is >> reporter: the only thing that i could come up with was it was far from oakland. far from where they were. >> reporter: hours after the shooting, investigators searched his own but he was gone. the question

maria medina in san ramon tonight, thank you. >>> a temporary barrier is now up where a fence fell on to an oakland freeway. this is the 23rd avenue overpass above interstate 880. almost 500 feet of metal fencing came crashing down last night. that caused a huge pile-up. couple of drivers wound up with minor injuries and traffic was stopped in both directions for an hour. the chp is looking into why the fence came down. >> reporter: australia struggled with the drought for 12 years and now california lawmakers are heading down under to get water saving tips from the pros. lawmakers are joining environmentalists, business owners and labor leaders to see firsthand how australia managed its worst drought. the group kicked off its nine- day visit on monday. >>> in california harvest has begun for navel oranges. the drought reduced acreage for the popular fruit but even so growers expect an above-average crop. they had to pay big money for the water. that means customers will pay more per pound. >>> new at 6:00 lawns may be going brown all across california. some beautiful butterflies have

as kpix 5's maria medina reports, the governor. signed a bill that closes some longtime blue pills. >> i think it's a great thing. there is just way too much poaching going on and got to take care of it. >> reporter: governor. jerry brown signed a law that will dramatically impact many stores in san francisco's chinatown. >> where is that ivory from? >> reporter: a kpix investigation last year from several stores selling ivory, the owners claimed they were selling it legally because the ivory was imported to the u.s. before the 1977 state ban. >> is an mammoth? >> no, this is ivory. >> reporter: that loophole is now gone with a new state law that goes into effect by first making it illegal to buy or sell elephant or rhinoceros tasks, no matter how old it is. >> my parents, they believe in it, they think it's very valuable. >> reporter: alice chow said she supports the new law that says many chinese including her parents see ivory as a status symbol. >> it means power. but these days are different and, you know, you are in the u.s.

. >> and i'm maria medina in for michelle griego. cal state university faculty is voting on a potential strike. they say negotiations have stalled. kpix 5's jackie ward is at cal state east bay in hayward with the latest. good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, maria. classes started here at cal state university about a month ago but faculty is ready for a break they say because of unfair salary. starting at 9:00 this morning the strike authorization vote will begin online and in person. california faculty association president jennifer eagen says stagnant faculty which is why the 20,000 members are ready to strike. the cfa wants 5% annual increase for all its members as well as a 2.6% service salary increase for eligible faculty. csu management is offering a 2% salary increase according to the cfa. csu spokeswoman says that the fair proposal because faculty was the only group of employees to receive salary increases during the recession years. starting at 7:00 this morning, picketers will arrive to kickoff the vote and that

maria medina joins us now with the explanation. what's happening? >> reporter: veronica, this is all based on an ordinance that was passed a couple of years ago. so next year, the minimum wage will stay the same at $10.30 and some say that's unfair. how do you live on $10.30 an hour? >> stretch it out. it's hard. >> reporter: she struggles to make ends meet from her san jose fast food joint. >> i'm a cook. >> reporter: sometimes she can't pay her bills and emma is a mother of four. >> it's loans, extra hours, extra shifts. pulling ends here and there to do what you got to do just to make ends meet. >> reporter: now she has learned her minimum wage pay won't go up. voters passed an ordinance two years ago that allows for a jump in minimum wage if the consumer price index goes up. but in the last 12 months, the cpi went down when gas prices took a drop in august. although emma lives in one of the most expensive cities in the country, the cpi is a university city average. >> do you think that's fair? >> no, it's not fair. it's getting harder and harder

i'm maria medina in for michelle griego. >> i'm frank mallicoat. time now is 6:00. and east bay woman is dead and her older sister is now in jail on this monday morning. this after a weekend in the city of rodeo. kpix 5's joe vazquez talk to neighbors about the people involved. >> reporter: the brown and white corner house on this peaceful rodeo street is the scene of a murder. the sheriff's department says that they demand alleged murder are both elderly women. >> total shock. i'm having trouble sleeping at night. >> reporter: the murder victim is 69-year-old zana thomas according to a spokesperson who confirms the victim's own sister, 71-year-old linda june thomas of washington state, is in jail, charged with her sister's murder. suzanne lives across the street and is related to zana. she's heard from family members that the shooting happened while zana's husband, don, was in the other room. >> she shot zana, and wrestled with don for the gun. >> they've arrested a 71-year- old woman. do you know her? >> yes. >> do you know linda june? >> yes. i've met her a few t

kpix 5's maria medina got there firsthand accounts. >> and then all of a sudden the house shook and this big bang, it felt like an earthquake. >> reporter: they are the images rod mcfadden and his wife will never forget. >> it was scary obviously. >> reporter: rod says around 6:00 saturday night he and his wife heard a loud crash, looked outside and saw branches falling and then the flames. >> that's when we decided let's get out of the house. i thought maybe it was a power line fell down. >> reporter: when it walked outside the quickly realized it was a plane. neighbor's tried everything they could to save the two people inside. >> there was no way. the flames were too high. >> reporter: investigators have not released the identities of the pilot or passenger but kpix 5 found a beech single engined plane registered to conrad yu from oakley. >> really nice guy. it's a shame to think of something like that happening. >> reporter: neighbors described him as a retired chemical engineer and an experienced pilot who flew planes in the vietnam war. >> oh, man. he was a very, very nice neighbor

we are going to find out who is doing it and prosecute you. >> reporter: in oakland, maria medina, kpix 5. >>> the parents and kids plan to walk through oakland tonight to talk to the community about their message of peace. >>> a live look at sfo right now. air force one scheduled to land in about 2 1/2 hours from now. it is fleet week so traffic will be a mess in san francisco. president obama is staying at the fairmont hotel in the city. barricades are up, security is tight in the area. tonight, the president will be part of a democratic national committee roundtable. that's going to take place at a private home in san francisco. then tomorrow morning he appears at a democratic fundraising concert featuring kanye west with tickets up to $10,000 each. earlier today the president was in oregon meeting with families of the oregon college shooting victims. we'll have more on why that community was so divided about his visit coming up. >>> one of the men who helped thwart a terror attack on a train in france is improving after being stabbed in his hometown of sacramento. doctors upgraded s

kpix 5's maria medina shows us the bay area scientists that want to measure pollution one neighborhood at a time. >> reporter: from car exhaust to sit, even cigarette smoke, soon, google map so the publishing your bring in in your city, neighborhood and street. >> i think it is interesting and will increase awareness around the city and hopefully country. >> reporter: it was here at brooklyn national laboratory where scientists created this small sensor that measures pollution and will eventually be installed on google cars. >> measuring everywhere in real time. >> reporter: a team of scientists has worked on the air pollution centers for years. vara caddell says the centers way the smallest particles in the air that find its way into our lungs. >> if they are riding a bicycle or going on a nice walk someplace, they might want to know how polluted it is outside. >> reporter: san francisco company is working with google to put the sensors in its cars and eventually post bay area data pain next year. >> our hope is that one day this information is as accessible as the weather. >> reporte

live in san jose, maria medina. >>> three officers appeared in court this morning. the next court date is november 9th. >>> marin county prosecutors have identified the triggerman in the murders allegedly carried out bey a trio of drifters. they say morrison lampley was the shooter in both cases. the three suspects will be arraigned tomorrow on first- degree murder charges. they are accused of killing audrey carey and steve carter. if they are convicted they could face the death penalty. >>> near record heat in the south bay today. some spots 20 degrees above normal. let's check in with meteorologist paul. >> 18 days away from halloween, and we have temperatures close to, almost hitting 100 degrees today. gilroy 99, napa 98, livermore you hit 99 today. wind so vallejo, mid-90s. even pacifica right at 90. a record was set in livermore. with that 99 today, a new daily record high. but things are changing. a low pressure area name pact us 11 days ago is now heading towards los angeles. it will cool us down starting tomorrow. we'll talk about when we have a chance of re

maria medina is live in livermore with new details. >>reporter: julia, this is where that shooting took place more than 24 hours everything back to normal but now we're listening livermore police aren't the only ones looking for one of the murder suspects. >> they are ruthless and evil. >>reporter: that's how investigators are describing jason brown just 18 years old accused of ambushing two people at a busy parking lot outside a liver moore strip mall last night. now we're learning brown is also wanted in fresno for a murder at a restaurant last month according to police. >> still in shock. i'm very surprised. >>reporter: here in livermore where felicia has lived her entire life a murder in her small town is unheard of. >> this doesn't happen in live poor. >> i leave my door unlocked all the time. >>reporter: they haven't released a motive. hours after the shooting that left one victim dead they identified brown. they got his license plate before he took off. they chased his car to oakland. >> from what we understand they were driving

kpix 5 maria medina with a hard-fought victory for supporters. >> reporter: a victory for it dan diaz whose wife suffered from brain cancer. >> to me i feel a huge sense of pride in brittany. for her speaking up for what she started, this conversation last year. >> the law allows doctors to give terminally ill patients a legal -- legal note -- dose of medication. the governor set up our quote i do not know what i would do if i were dying in pain. i do -- i'm certain that it would be a comfort to consider options afforded by the spell. >> i would like to see all americans have access to same healthcare rights. >> a national debate sparked when dan and his wife brittany moved from california to oregon with the death of dignity law exist. she advocated for the law until the end. >> >> britney talked to the governor three days before she died so i would like to think that that conversation may have played a role in the governor deciding that this indeed the right thing to do. . >> reporter: dan says his wife would've been happy about the governor's decision to help thousands of terminally

maria medina kpix5. >>> thank you. the plane crashed less than a highly from the south lake tahoe airport where it took off. >>> bad day for bicyclists there were two serious crashes in san francisco one deadly. that crash happened this afternoon at market and battery downtown where a bicyclist was run over a by muni bus. joe vazquez was there. >>reporter: i'm standing here along market street and behind me you can see the rails grooved into market street. of course rains roll along here as well as buses. so what happened here according to muni is that the bike rider got his wheel caught in one of the rails, and that caused him to fall over and under the bus tire. authorities have not yet released the victim's name. he is 48 years old. this happened about 3:30 this afternoon. he died right here at market and battery. police are looking over surveillance camera video as well as audio from two buses to try and find out exactly what happened. >> two buses were driving alongside each other and person on a bike was riding i

maria medina is there with the search for the suspects. >>reporter: police have not released a motive or the identities of those victims, but they are searching for those suspects as you mention. people here are confident they will be able to find them. >> they are ruthless and evil. this is a

kpix 5's maria medina shows us the bay area scientist to want to measure pollution one neighborhood at a time. >> reporter: from car exhaust to soot, even a cigarette smoke, soon, google maps will show pollution you are breathing in in your city, neighborhood, even street. >> it's interesting and i think it will increase awareness around the city and hopefully country. >> reporter: it was here at berkeley national laboratory where scientists created this small sensor that measures pollution and will eventually be installed on google cars. >> measure things everywhere in real time. >> reporter: a team of scientists worked on the air pollution sensor for years. lara goodell says the sensors way the smallest particles in the air that find its way into our lungs. >> if they are riding a bicycle or going on a walk someplace, they might want to know how polluted it is outside. >> reporter: san francisco company -- is working with google to put sensors in its cars and eventually post bay area data by next year. >> our hope is that one day this information is as accessible as the weather. >> r

kpix5's maria medina tells us how the law works and how it's a hard fought victory for one man in particular. >> i feel a huge sense of pride in brittany for her speaking up for what she started. >> reporter: nearly a year and a half after he lost his wife to brain cancer dan dips why is witnessing a victory in -- diaz is witnessing a victory in what she fought for till the end. >> brittany talked to the governor three days before she died. eyelid like to think that conversation may have played a -- i'd like to think that conversation may have played a role in the governor deciding this is indeed the right thing. >> reporter: today governor jerry brown said this after signing the assisted suicide bill into law. "i do not know what i would do if i were dying and in prolonged and excruciating pain. i am certain, however, that it would be a comfort to be able to consider the options afforded by this bill." >> i would like to see all americans have access to the same healthcare rights. >> reporter: brittany and her husband moved from california to oregon where the death with dignity act exists.

maria medina on what's ahead for the restaurant if it wants to re-open someday. >>> reporter: right now it is unclear whether those owners want to re-open. but if they want to, it will be quite the process with the county. >> it's fever at fever. it's throwing up. >> nausea. running to the bathroom a lot. a lot of stomach cramping. >> reporter: case after case of shigella that sent dozens to the hospital. >> we are continuing to get additional reports. >> reporter: santa clara health leaders say by next week they may know which worker failed to wash his hands at marisco's san juan forcing closure of the mexican restaurant. >> they are cooperating. >> reporter: but it's unto the environmental health department on whether it can re-open. the agency that oversees restaurants in santa clara county is now investigating. a spokesperson says if they give the owners a green light to re-open its doors it would need to throw away all its food and go through food safety classes. >> the investigation is still ongoing and we don't have any conclusions as yet as to how this happened. >> reporter: the

kpix 5's maria medina got there firsthand accounts. >> and then all of a sudden the house shook and this big bang, it felt like an earthquake. >> reporter: they are the images rod mcfadden and his wife will never forget. >> it was scary obviously. >> reporter: rod says around 6:00 saturday night he and his wife heard a loud crash, looked outside and saw branches falling and then the flames. >> that's when we decided let's get out of the house. i thought maybe it wow

family says the sisters had been fuedinr years >>> good morning, 7:56, i'm maria medina. an east a woman is dead and her older sister is in jail for a shooting. the sisters had been feuding four years of her finances. >>> today the transportation is expected to unveil a new requirement for drone operators to register vehicles in response to dozens of near misses with planes at airports across the country. >>> coming up on cbs this morning, six months after freddie gray, what have we learned? a conversation with toya graham hailed as mom of the year. of course, we've got traffic and weather in just a moment. ,,,,,, >>> good morning from the traffic center, a couple of spots in the south bay, busy in san jose. accident northbound 280, look out for chp on the scene as well as emergency crews. backed up along 280 in san jose northbound 101, stop and go conditions as well. sluggish around mckee, brake lights as well as you work your way through the peninsula. check out the drive times. from northbound 101, to 85, almost an hour. also slow on waterloo bay parkway, and colma lin