and as kpix 5's len ramirez reports -- a new lawsuit claims the school district tried to cover it up. >>> students at a cupertino high school are accused of creating a kill list targeting black students. as kpix 5's len ramirez reports, a new lawsuit claims the school district tried to cover it up. >> what is your main focus for today? then it says lynch [ censored ] >> reporter: attorney richard richmond son is holding a printout of a computer screen of monta vista high school in cupertino some of the evidence he will use in a civil rights lawsuit filed against the fremont union high school district and administrators at monta vista who he says failed to adequately protect black students who were targeted on social media by six to ten boys from various racial backgrounds. >> they called themselves [ censored ] masters. they went on to say that they were going to kill each student they created a kill list. on that list were the names of 6 or 7 african-american students in the school. >> reporter: the lawsuit was filed on behalf of the family of one of the female students targeted on t

kpix 5's len ramirez on the scene right now. len. >> reporter: firefighters are still on the scene of this fire doing quite a bit of mop-up. you can see the fire crews down there. this is a grass fire that got started this afternoon. and it was very close to a fire station on almaden avenue in the almaden valley and the firefighters actually saw the smoke from the fire before any calls came in. so they are able to respond very quickly. they got up here in just the nick of time because they were able to save one house where the flames came very close. we talked to that homeowner a few minutes ago. >> it moved fast. until you see it you don't appreciate how fast it -- it's like liquid rolling towards you. you see it in the distance and then the next thing now it's up against you and you feel the heat. i was stand there is with a hose trying to keep everything wet in the immediate vicinity of my house. >> reporter: the san jose fire department and cal fire responded to the fire. the crews are still on the scene. they will most like

we don't know exactly what that will be at this point. >> thank you, len ramirez. >>> students at solano county high school wanted to write about "black lives matter" for the yearbook. the principal said no. kpix 5 reporter susie steimle says the yearbooks at buckingham charter high school came out a couple of hours ago with a tribute to "black lives matter." susie, walk us through what happened. >> reporter: well, liz, like you just said, at first this piece was at risk of not making the yearbook altogether because it divided the student body here so heavily. administrators were worried about that. but in the end, it became a lesson about the first amendment for both teachers and students alike. when ariana goldman and vanessa were asked by their school to put together a "black lives matter" piece for the yearbook, initially they were taken aback. >> you don't really expect that out of buckingham. >> reporter: but they dove right in interviewing teachers and students to find out how buckingham charter magnet high school felt about race. >> people from our own culture didn't want to supp

len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a yosemite entrance is closed due to a massive rockslide. park officials closed l portola road on highway 40. about 4000 tons of rock piled up on the road covering an area of more than 1000 feet wide. the debris fell from the park line slab cliff yesterday morning. the stretch of road will remain closed at least through the weekend. >>> from a rockslide to a freak hailstorm in june. tonight, napa valley is still recovering from this week's wacky weather. kpix 5 andrea warner checked out the damage to some prized grapes. >> reporter: this is what the co-owners of dos locas should have been doing, taking in the views. instead, they were watching this. a freak june hailstorm pounding their 5 acres of vines. >> it seems to work its way down the ridge line so starting at howell mountain, and then atlas week. all the very best grapes in napa may have been impacted. took 20 minutes later, the damage was done. >> it happened that exactly the wrong time. this year, we were about halfway through bloom, maybe two thirds of the way through bloom edwin t

kpix 5's len ramirez is on the field at avaya stadium for the kickoff of pro flag football. len, is this a look at the future, do you think? >> reporter: i no what you're thinking and you're right about a couple of things. there is no blocking. there is no tackling. no big hits. but there aren't even any goooooooaaaaal posts. there are no extra points in flag football but you have a 100-yard field, a beautiful stadium here at avaya and some of the best ex-nfl players getting set for tonight's flag football festivities. it i new twist on an old game you probably remember from middle school. >> this is flag football. >> reporter: jeff garcia played in a practice game yesterday and is color commentating for the first-ever professional flag football game at avaya stadium tonight. >> this is an opportunity for professional athletes former professional athletes and guys who are wanting to get back into the game to showcase their abilities. >> reporter: league president and financier jeff lewis came up with the idea for a professional flag football league while watching his son pla

herndon was in getting a meeting with the officials at netflix. >> thank you, len ramirez. >>> well, how about some good news? millions of americans' credit scores could soon be going up. that's because certain negative information will no longer be included in credit reports. consumerwatch reporter julie watts on what's behind the change. >> reporter: from paying her bills before they are due to maintaining a good job, kimber matthews does everything she can to boost her credit score which she admits is less than stellar. >> a little bit better a few points. >> reporter: she is hoping the score will soon get a boost. july 1, credit reporting agencies will begin removing some negative information from the equation including nearly all civil judgments and most tax liens. >> it's going to help those individuals in particular who don't have other negative information on their credit reports. >> reporter: financial adviser bruce stewart says overall, 14 million people are expected to benefit from the deal between the credit reporting agencies and 31 state attorneys general who accuse the

len ramirez is at san jose international which just hit another major milestone. >> reporter: that's right. 1million passengers in a month and traffic tonight is still pretty busy. by the time it's all said and done tonight, airport officials say there will have been more traffic through this airport today than the day before thanksgiving last year, one of the busiest travel days traditionally and airport officials say the summer flying season is off to a flying start. fast motion video shows in hyper speed what frequent flyers out of ma net a san jose international -- manetta san jose international have been experiencing for months. >> there is a dramatic increase in traffic. >> reporter: for years it was slow growth coming out of the recession, but the last few months have seen double digit growth and in may the biggest spike yet. >> we grew 17% and broke 1 million passengers in may which we haven't done in more than 10 years. >> reporter: by popular demand more nonstops have been added to key cities on the east coast, europe and asia. >> there's so much boom going on in this indus

in san jose len ramirez, kpix5. >> under the deal whole foods will continue to operate under the same name. >>> americans are going nuts for coconut oil. when you search for it on amazon, you get more than 67,000 results. but tonight a new study says it's not actually good for you. in fact, the american heart association says it may be as unhealthy as beef drippings and butter. that's because coconut oil is packed with saturated fat which can cause bad cholesterol and increased cardiovascular risks. so how does coconut oil get so popular in the first place? well, demand started storming right around the time -- soaring right around the time dr. oz recommended it as a way to lose weight about five years ago. >>> now to an out of this world experience for sure, spacex founder elon musk is giving us a new look at his plans to send people to mars. kpix5's mark sayre shows us. ut every two years the orbits of earth and mars line up favorablyâ and that's when groups of the transport ships would begin their journey together. plan in an >> reporter: liftoff of what elon musk says is key to c

but len ramirez says some of the neighbors aren't convinced they're going to be protected from the next big storm >> reporter: there have been long range plans but those plans were also considered too big, too expensive and no one knew where all the money was going to come from. now here comes this new plan that ties into an existing parcel tax and officials say could be completed within the next couple of years. >> reporter: brook springs is filled with signs of come back. there's no surprise that plans to protect the neighborhood are met with skepticism. >> we appreciate that. >> reporter: her tenants have not returned. her credit cards are maxed out and says the flood protection was needed long ago. >> if we do not repair this creek it will flood again. so we're taking every measure possible to find the solution. >> reporter: the valley water district will consider plans to extend coyote creek flood protection from montigue express way. it could be a combination of flood walls, levees and vegetation removal that's designed to protect the area from the kind of flooding that happens ev

kpix5 reporter len ramirez talked to some of them today. >> reporter: claudia vasquez is getting her first taste of college courses. >> sitting in that first class made me realize this isn't high school anymore. >> reporter: at least she won't have to worry about how to pay for education. she is one of 120 students receiving scholarships through a new program called san jose promise which pays tuition and fees, books even transportation to san jose city college for two years. >> i have two other brothers going to college. so my parents are kind of like challenging. it's challenging for them to pay for all three of us. so, when i heard about this program, i was very excited and i was like it's going to be a weight off my parents shoulders and they're not going to have to stress about it. >> reporter: the children qualified with high grades or are the first in their family to attend college. >> money has always been a problem. growing up we didn't have much. but now with this opportunity to go to college for free and courses paid off and everything. it helps us. >> the first group of s

kpix reporter len ramirez on the neighbor who taking the city to court. len. >> reporter: no doubt about it, allen. the city of gilroy has a big fight on its hands not only in court but out here where the trees actually are. the mystery over exactly which trees are due to be cut down. >> it's a california quail. >> reporter: members of this gilroy high school class are some of a growing number of people in town upset with the city's decision to cut down 235 trees spread throughout the city and here near christmas hill park where the class studies birds. >> for the first time we saw a wood duck nest right on the tree. it's going to get cut down. it's upsetting. >> reporter: several trees along the uvas creek levee has metal tags stamped with numbers that could earmark them for removal. some may be in the way for a planned bridge. >> it seems excessive to go on either side of where the bridge is going to be. i just don't see the purpose for that. >> it's very difficult to identify the trees of which they are speaking. >> reporter: camille wants to get to th

kpix 5's len ramirez in san jose with pour on what the deal is going to mean for customers. len. >> reporter: well, customers have a lot of questions about this deal. especially with this store here in downtown san jose. it just opened a couple of years ago already has a very loyal following. and a lot of people are worried that the corporate culture that they like so much here could change under this deal. the marriage of amazon and whole foods is being called a blockbuster deal especially for amazon which now has a physical foothold in the highly competitive grocery and retail markets. >> not continental it get deeper into groceries but it has been angling fort funston years but gives amazon an in store platform for its own branded products like the echo home speaker system. >> reporter: amazon is paying $13.7 billion for the austin based whole foods which operates 460 upscale grocery stores. under the deal whole foods will continue to operate under the same name, some customers worried about whole foods's recent struggles are hopeful. >> i think that having amazon buy the

reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> thank you. california's attorney general is now taken over the corruption case against the contra costa county district attorney. d.a. mark peterson admitted that he broke state law hundreds of times between 2011 and 2015 by spending more than $66,000 in campaign cash on his personal expenses. things such as travel, hotels, restaurants, movie tickets. peterson could lose his job as d.a. if he is found to have committed willful or corrupt misconduct. he will be arraigned june 14. >>> a man accuse of ramming two patrol cars is recovering after being shot by police officers. the man was first wanted for driving recklessly in vallejo last week. officers caught up with him in martinez late last night. kpix 5's jessica flores reports that is where the shots rang out. >> reporter: this is how the police shooting ended, the dodge challenger in a ditch with multiple bullet holes on both sides of the car. vallejo police say they caught up with the suspect 0-year-old kevin decar -- 20-year-old kevin decarl

in cupertino, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> the end of an internet era. we look at the rise and fall of a silicon valley giant. as yahoo begins a new chapter. it's official... verizon today closed it's deal.. to acquire yahoo. kpix 5's kiet do on the fall of the tech-giant.. and how today marks an end of an era. >>> new at 6:00 tonight it's official, verizon today closed its deal to buy yahoo. kiet do on the fall of the tech giant and how today marks the end of an era. >> reporter: the internet is nothing if not brutally efficient. their wikipedia page has already been updated to say yahoo was an american multinational technology company. >> i think it is the end of an era and the beginning of a new era but silicon valley is constantly reinventing itself and so eras come and go. and we move on. >> reporter: the verizon deal closed this morning worth $4.8 billion. at its peak during the first dot-com boom yahoo was valued add more than $100 billion. yahoo as a brand is still immensely popular. between email, finance, news and fantasy teams, it adds up to m

kpix 5's len ramirez tells us, some in san jose want guarantees the project won't price them out. >> reporter: google's plans to build a new mega campus in downtown san jose is cause for celebration. >> i think we should welcome them with open arms. >> reporter: and concern. >> it is not at all clear the google project will be good for the entire community. >> reporter: a coalition of groups supporting renters and low-wage workers came to city hall to deliver letters to the mayor ahead of tomorrow's vote to enter into an agreement with goog frl the sale and develop-- deeg al for the sale and development of the land. the group is asking for community benefit and caution. >> all is a substantial risk that it will exacerbate income inequality and make the housing crisis even worse. >> reporter: the specificvise not been fully disclosed but what has been talked about is millions of square feet of office space and up to 20,000 jobs. the groups want union construction crews to build the campus and google bus drivers, food service people&janitors to be paid well enough to live in san jose.

in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a tearful kathy griffin slams the trump family. the comedian says the president tried to ruin her life! how she is fighting the backlash over this note photograph. >> the debate over the future of the fairgrounds. >> the bay area surf world remembers a pioneer. how jack o'neill turned a humble shop know an empire. >> not every june day that we have cloud-free conditions all afternoon long in san francisco. but we had it today. pretty mild, as well. not going to last for the weekend. find out how much cooler we get and when temperatures will push 90 again coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> here's "skydrone5" giving us an overhead view of the santa clara county fairgrounds. major changes could be coming to the 150-acre site. kpix 5's devin fehely live at the fairgrounds in south san jose where the county is considering all sorts of development ideas. devin. >> reporter: yeah. as you can understand why developers would be interested. it is a lot of land and it's centrally located. and now it's up to the board of supervisors to make t

kpix 5's len ramirez shows us the strategy. >> reporter: well, firefighters are still on the scene of this grass fire that burned in the almaden valley this afternoon and very steep very rugged terrain. this fire got started a little after 3 p.m. today. it was actually seen by firefighters at a nearby fire station and they responded after seeing the smoke. they were able to get here just in the nick of time. the fire was racing up a hill and almost got to a house but they beat the flames back before anything was damaged. >> what's really surprising is how fast it moves. i think until you have seen it firsthand, you don't really appreciate how fast it is -- it's like it's liquid flowing towards you. you see it in the distance and then the next thing now it's right up against you and you feel the heat. >> reporter: firefighters say the cause of the fire was somebody who was doing weed abatement on this hillside with power equipment that somehow sparked the fire. now, firefighters say that if you are doing weed abatement and they encourage that to keep the weeds down so that fires don't

len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> looking for a get-away. how does a $55 flight to europe sound? this month wow airlines is celebrating the five-year anniversary by offering discounted flights to 11 european cities and fly from sfo to london, amsterdam and dublin and there is a catch. the trips can only be booked for the last two weeks of june. >>> the comic con of come i.d. and a look at the hot -- comedy. and a look at the hottest acts in town for colossal cluster fest. >> and we will be able to welcome them with blue skies and not bad temperatures. rain later in the week? details when we cover the forecast. >> still to come in sports, the first no hitter of the season comes against an nl west team and the warriors looking to remain undefeated in the post season. will steve kerr be finally back on the bench to coach the doves? we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> right now some of the biggest names in comedy are in san francisco tonight. chopper 5 flew over as crews set up for cluster fest, a comedy music festival, and some of the funniest people in the business will b

in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> well, in the days of dying retail, a south bay mall is doubling down with a billion- dollar makeover. the virtual reality sneak peek. >> plus, we travel to yosemite where the tioga pass is finally open after an epic winter and wait until you see it looks like in july. >>> coming up at 6:30 president trump attacks a news anchor on twitter and even republican allies say he crossed the line. how the white house is firing back. finally back open for business. normally, tioga pass is clear ear: >>> just in time for the 4th of july weekend a popular route to yosemite is back open for business. normally tioga pass is clear by memorial day. this year, took a lot longer. our wilson walker took a drive up there to show us why. >> he said come on up. i handed him my park pass and we rolled in. >> reporter: some were here by design. >> we were the second people through the gate. >> reporter: some by luck. >> we left pennsylvania the 12th of june. we come up and they said, hey, it's open. >> reporter: but no matter how you landed on tioga pass today, it was a

live in cupertino, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> some real water concerns in the east bay. a spike in cancer-causing compounds in drinking water. the east bay municil utility district says in some areas the levels of close to violating federal health standards. the issue, a jump in th ms. they are a result of chemicals used to treat the drinking water. water managers say that the drought is partly to blame. >> what haifinicppany g enis less water. that's fantastic. it's great for our water supply. the downside is that we need to adjust our system because water is sitting longer in those pipes. >> a to deal with it the problems the district will spend millions on treatment procedures. the district has already started to change how and where disinfectants are added to the drinking water. >>> a nanny accused of violating a family's trust. she was arrested for driving under the influence with a child in the back seat this after she crashed into a schoolyard injuring a student. police arrested this woman yesterday afternoon at cipriani elementary school. paramedics treated an 11

kpix 5's len ramirez explains how mineta san jose airport hit a major milestone. >> reporter: this shows in hyperspeed what frequent flyers out of san jose international have been experiencing for months. >> there is a dramatic increase in traffic. >> reporter: for years, it was slow growth coming out of the recession. but airport officials say the last few months have seen double-digit growth and in may the biggest yet. >> we broke a million passengers in may which we have been done in more than 10 years. >> reporter: by popular demand they have more nonstops to the east coast, europe and asia. it's obvious to this man what's happening. >> there's so much boom going on in this industry and around here as far as silicon valley is concerned, we have facebook, all these things, place where everybody wants to be. >> reporter: it may only get busier. a real estate deal between san jose and google could bring 20,000 more workers to the downtown after a decade long expansion, mineta san jose is starting to run out of space. one traveler in san jose native says it's her city's time to shine but

kpix 5's len ramirez on the pitch google is making at a packed hearing. >> reporter: the pivotal vote was whether or not to say yes to an exclusive land deal that could bring a massive google high rise campus to downtown san jose. >> this is really a once in a century opportunity. >> reporter: details of the deal still have to be work ed out but googed would buy up to 240 acre of city owned and private land around the sap center, land once set aside for a downtown ball park but when the oakland a's struck out, the mayor began talking to google, company officials confirmed the company is eyebing the land-- eyeing the land for 20,000 workers. >> i have been asked, which would you rather have? a's or google? we would love to have everybody, but, you know, frankly to paraphrase babe ruth, google is having a better year than the a's are. >> reporter: google representative said the company is interested in creating an urban transit village. >> we know this is just the beginning, we are excited about the possibility of bringing the state of the art office, housing, retail, amenities, sieving

kpix 5's len ramirez explains.. >>> amazon bought whole foods for $14 billion. >> what does it mean for us? kpix 5 explains. >> reporter: the marriage of amazon and whole foods is being called a blockbuster deal, especially for amazon, which has the grocery and retail markets. >> not only do they get deeper, which they have been angling towards the past couple of years, but gives them a platform for their own products like the home speaker system. >> reporter: amazon is paying $13.7 billion for the austin- based whole foods, which operates 460 upscale grocery stores. the deal creates a new giant and sent stocks plummeting for wal-mart up 5%. >> amazon could cut twice the significance of whole foods. a company dogged by the whole paychecks for many years now. the deal with whole foods will mark another step for amazon into the physical retail world. later this summer they plan to open an amazon books. in san jose kpix 5. >>> and whole foods will continue to operate under the same name. >>> now whole foods stock jumped as you could imagine shares rallied 29% yesterday, not bad. shares pic