andria borba reports they can fix anything . >> reporter: the first rule is to clean up your sawdust . of the 79,000 residents only two are known as the fix it guys. rick labech and bill weyer. when they moved in he needed a hobby and fast expect after twiddling my thumbs for a few weeks i said i have to do me>> himself in the wood shop and they carved out a niche as the fix it guys . >> furniture pieces, broken lamps, all kinds of crazy things come into this shop. we have built a reputation with the residents. if it is broken, bring it to the shop they will fix anything. one of them was dentures. no joke. what do you need? he pulls out his upper palate and said my dentist has not been able to fix this tooth. >> reporter: the work of serving as a secondary priority to comradary. >> without this, i do not know what i would've done. >> we can fix anything in this shop except a broken heart. they are hurt to fix. >> reporter: andria borba , kpix 5 . >>> a san francisco stable celebrate his good large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written prop 27,

in san mateo, andria borba, kpix 5. >> read the full grand jury report on our website, kpix.com. kpix.com. > >> fire crews in sonoma county are warning drivers to be carefl around adobe and stage gulch roads. you can see why here. sme coming from this three acre fire fire that started in lakeville a a couple of hours ago. officiall our assignment desk the fire isw contained. crews will remain on scene for a couple more hours putting out any hot spots. > >> and this sunday marks the onr anniversary of the destructive caldor fire. now pg&e is doing k to prevent another blaze from ripping through the area. the 221,000-acre blaze leveled the town of grizzly flats leaving bd burned tree trunks and empty lots. now pg&e is burying nearly burying nearly six miles of oved power lines in the foot print of of the caldor fire. even though grizzly flats is starting from scratch, the utility says it's not too late. >> we feel it's the best long tm solution to make the community safer. >> pg&e is on track to bury 175 miles of lines this year, but it it has a goal of 10,000. the cost for this wo

andria borba, kpix 5. >>> now to the fire watch in siskiyou county where crews battling the mckinney fire could face drier and hotter conditions the next few days. at least four people have died in that fire, which now covers nearly 90 square miles near the california-oregon border. however, it's growth has slowed considerably thanks to some much-needed rain over the past few days. the downside, of course, is the threat of mudslides and flash flooding. this debris flow took down entire trees along whitney creek near mount shasta. meantime, in yosemite, mariposa grove has reopened to visitors after the washburn fire shut it down for nearly a month. fire crews were able to save the giant sequoias by using sprinkler systems and protective foil to shield the trees. >>> still to come, she promised to clean up the tenderloin. now she's trying to deliver. how san francisco's new d.a. is cracking down on drug dealers. >>> and hundreds of electric bikes left abandoned in richmond after the company that brought them there bolts. >>> and how california's addressing a problem brought to light by

. >> andria borba on the concern that closing the hospital and transferring those patients could prove to be too much for some vulnerable residents. >> reporter: with request for medicare and medicaid being ignored thus far, the city of san francisco is using a nuclear option to keep laguna honda open in the form of not wanted by two lawsuits. >> this is a matter of life or death. this is a last resort. we did not want to be here but we are. >> reporter: the first lawsuit from the city is an effort to at least delay the closure of laguna honda until after the city's appeals are finished. >> we proposed a certification process that would not require simultaneously kicking patients out of the hospital. it was rejected by cms. we asked for 18 months to ensure patients would be safely transferred and discharged, rejected. we asked two-phase transfers to our most honorable patients would be transferred last, rejected. >> reporter: the second lawsuit is a class action filed on behalf of patients and their families. among the plaintiffs, deborah bauer. her son suffered a dramatic brain injury

kpix 5's andria borba on why that is especially important for the latino community. >> reporter: for santiago, a health educator institute -- the growing outbreak of monkeypox in san francisco feels all too familiar. a huge impact on the latino community and not enough outreach. >> i would have hoped that we had learned a little bit more, especially since we are still dealing with covid at large. >> reporter: 15% of san franciscans are of latino descent, but 27% of all current monkeypox cases are in that community. he says more spanish and culturally competent out reach is necessary. >> i think a big factor is the language that we're using. both in english and in spanish. and any other language, really. we must be focused on destigmatizing the way that we're reaching our community. some folks that perhaps have relationships with other men that don't identify as gay may be triggered and step back from taking advantage of some of the resources. >> reporter: it's something the san francisco department of public health says they are working on. >> we have a specific team that we've initi

and we learned that here. >> reporter: in pleasanton, andria borba, kpix 5. >> i have a broken lamp. maybe they can fix it. >>> a cross-country journey on an e bike ended in san francisco today. dr. gregory mosson started his trek in washington, d.c. on april 2nd. the purpose was to raise money for peripheral neuropathy research. his trip raised more than $150,000 in celebration of his accomplishment, mayor london breed declared today gregory mosson and peripheral neuropathy day in san francisco. that is a big trip. >> even on a ebike. >> that's a long time to be on an ebike. it ain't that comfortable for that long. >> no. hopefully had very comfortable padded clothing along the way. >> or a padded seat. >> no doubt picked some up. >> i want to meet the fix of it guys. i need this to be fixed. >> find a few things around the house. >> shoes. >> collecting in the drawer. >> i'll get to it. i'll get to it. the fix it guys. >>> let's take a look at what's happening weather-wise. not a whole lot of change to the weather pattern. the fog is going to make its return. it's trying to right n

andria borba on the concern that closing the hospital and transferring people could prove to be too much for some vulnerable residents. >> reporter: with requests for medicare and medicaid to come to the table ignored thus far, the city of san francisco is using the nuclear option to keep laguna honda open in the form of not one, but two lawsuits. >> this is a matter of life or death. this is a last resort. we did not want to be here but we are. >> reporter: the first lawsuit is an effort to delay the closure of laguna honda until after the city's appeals are finished. >> we proposed a recertification process that would not require simultaneously kicking patients out of the hospital. it was rejected by cms. we asked for 18 months to ensure patients would be safely transfer and discharged. rejected. we asked to phase transfers so our most vulnerable patients would be transferred last. rejected. >> reporter: the second lawsuit is a class action filededes. the eborah bower. her son suffered a traumatic brain injury and has been at laguna honda for 20 years. >> my son feels safe there. i don

kpix5 has andria borba to break it down. >> reporter: a newly released rt from the grand jury raises concs about what happened to the watey when a major earthquake hits. is seared into the brains of this d with the aftermath of a major earthquake in sunny san mateo c. the infamous san andreas fault s a path right through it and the sandra courier fault skirts the. the threat of an earthquake is s on the minds. >> we are not taking a blind eye and we are preparing and practicing on an ongoing basis. >> the grand jury said many of the 15 water districts do not he backup water or fuel to keep the to keep the water flowing 72 hours after the quake. >> in various scenarios, 1-3 days with backup supply. we areg to make repairs and hopefully re normal supply. >> reporter: cal water has backup lines from 23 other dists other districts around the stat. >> we will make the calls and get resources coming in. it wile the pumps and there will be pore power units to power the pump s. >> cal water is constantly implg lessons learned from these quak. >> with these connections, as eg starts oscillati

kpix 5's andria borba reports districts across the area are scrambling to fill classrooms with teachers. >> we are super committed to a teacher being in every classroom on the first day. >> reporter: school starts at san francisco unified school district in two weeks. the district is short 123 teachers. >> it's difficult for a lot of us, of the public school districts. we have the added difficulty in san francisco of our cost of housing. it's hard for teachers. it's hard for new teachers to live in san francisco or early career teachers. >> reporter: it's not just sfusd, but across the u.s., the teacher shortage is hitting hard. ads even say a teaching credential is not necessary. >> we can do an emergency permit, emergency credential for a person who has a bachelor's degree, bachelor of arts, bachelor of science and a certain number of credits related to whatever it is they're going to teach. it's actually possible for somebody who doesn't have a teaching credential but has an interest in being an educator right now to come and try it out. >> reporter: still hundreds, if not thousands

andria borba has this amazing story. >> reporter: the first rule of the wood shop at stone ridge creek retirement is clean up your sawdust. >> we're about a third of the way through this project. >> reporter: of the 79,201 residents of pleasanton, only two are known as the fix-it guys, 80-year-old rick levesque and 95-year-old phil wire. when rick and his wife kathy moved in after a 40-year career in nuclear physics at lawrence livermore national laboratory, he needed a hobby, and fast. >> after twiddling my thumbs for a few weeks, i said i got to do something. i'm going nuts. >> reporter: after building a desk and a model wooden ship, rick found himself in the wood shop five hours a day seven days a week just to get off the sofa. he and phil carved out a niche as the fix-it guys for the residents of stone ridge creek. >> it's a continuum of furniture pieces, broken lamps, all kinds of crazy things that are broken come into this shop. we have built a reputation with the residents, if it's broken, bring it to the shop. they'll fix anything. >> reporter: the craziest thing they fixed? >>

they're hard to fix. >> reporter: in pleasanton, andria borba, kpix 5. >> incredible story there. >> i know. "we can fix anything but a broken heart" they're so sweet. >> yeah, they are. >>> time is 5:11. still ahead this morning, legal trouble strikes the a's again as the team tries to build a new ball park to stay rooted in oakland. we break down the latest woes coming up. >>> and we've got a tasty surprise this morning in our "morning mix." the free celebration happening now you can save big on supersonic wifi from xfinity. can it handle all of my devices? oh, all that. and it comes with a 2-year rate guarantee. what?! ok! no annual contract. no equipment fees. oh, and a free streaming box. oh, i like streaming. it's all just $50 a month when you add xfinity mobile with unlimited data. will you add a motorcycle? no... did you say yes? the new xfinity supersonic bundle. it's kind of a big deal. >>> it's 5:14, on the "bay area beat" now, the two suspects accused of kidnapping brabybaby brandon will not go to trial. in april, yesenia ramirez and 28-year-old jose portillo pled guilty

. >> reporter: in pleasanton, andria borba, kpix 5. >> i love these guys. as we take a live look outside in san francisco. look at that skyline. you see some of those clouds rolling in. maybe the fix-it guys could fix the drought problem? >> they can fix pretty much anything. they probably have a good idea how to fix it. earlier today more scattered rain. welcome sight for lot of the us. we caught light showers falling in san francisco earlier this afternoon. chief meteorologist paul heggen is here. how much rain did we get? >> not enough to register officially as a trace of rainfall. so just enough to maybe briefly wet down the road, the back enough, enough to deposit another layer of dirt on a parked car outside, but that's been it. that monsoonal moisture continues to move through. there is a possibility of a shower popping up across this week but they are very few and far between. some of the moisture -- this is actually from this, the remnants of a tropical moisture system. this was hurricane frank. some of that moisture has made it up towards us. it's

they are harder to fi >> reporter: andria borba, kpix 5 news . >>> we have our forecast with paul heggen. something tells me a little duct tape and sawdust they could even fix the weather when we needed. >> maybe they could bring us some rain. without the clouds'slot we pop up storms of the high sierra and clouds across the state. fortunately, no additional thunderstorm activity in the vicinity of the mckinney fire. that remains a possibility this evening. looks at the amount of moisture on future cash showing up in brighter colors on the map. plenty over northern california and the remnants of hurricane ranked feeding moisture toward this. the good news, towards the weekend, the moisture will decrease. bright colors disappear, and we will back to normal humidity levels and amounts of water in the atmosphere overhead as we go towards the weekend. a potential for pop-up thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon over the high sierra, and we will see that activity friday afternoon. northern california not quite as much activity. around the mckinney fire, while any rain would be mostly welcome, they

>> reporter: in oakland, andria borba, kpix 5. > >> time is running out for some people to have their student loan debt forgiven. attorney general launching a campaign to get the word out about student loan forgiveness. nearly 1 million californians who work in public service are eligible r this program, but only 10,000 have received it. the program expires on october 31st. you cay online at studentaid.gov. > >> a beloved diner has closed its doors for good. the restaurant shared on instagram saying it was, quote, time to pass the torch. the post thanked thanked its employees and customers for their support. rus was known for oakland coffee, breakfast plates, burgers, and beer. it was a hot spot for breakfast and late-night food. t opened a location in oakland in 2011, which later closed in 2019. one of the co-owners is green day bassive mike dirnt. > >> peak season for shipping goods to the united states ahead ahead of the holiday season, now now experts are warning a short age of rail workers could cause more disruptions to the supply chain. carter evans reports from reports from th

. >> andria borba on the concern that closing the hospital and transferring those patients could prove to be too much for some vulnerable residents. >> reporter: with request for medicare and medicaid being ignored thus far, the city of san francisco is using a nuclear option to keep laguna honda open in the form of not wanted by two lawsuits. >> this is a matter of life or death. this is a last resort. we did not want to be here but we are. >> reporter: the first lawsuit from the city is an effort to at least delay the closure of laguna honda until after the

one of our reporters, andria borba was complaining earlier about the humidity. and it does feel different here lately, right? >> it does. the last six or seven days, the humidity has been noticeable. sarah and i both used to live in texas at different points. it doesn't even compare to what those folks deal with on a daily basis. but when you live in the bay area, you're not used to much mugginess in the air other than the following. we're going see plenty of that as we head through tonight. let's take a look at what you need to know. the fog spreading inland tonight. still a noticeable level of mugginess in the air tomorrow, but it really looks like it's going to be the last day of that because the humidity is steadily going drop, as we head into the weekend. back to where we're supposed to be for this time of year. any time of year for that matter. warm temperatures, especially inland tomorrow. and then we're going see cooler temperatures taking hold as we head into the weekend. so let's take a look at where the moisture is right now in the atmosphere. and the

kpix 5's andria borba has more on what many districts are doing to entice new applicants. >> reporter: the chairs are empty, and so are the basketball courts. but in weeks, if not near days, school will be back in session. the question for many districts is will there be enough teachers. >> we are super committed to a teacher being in every classroom on the first day. >> reporter: school starts at san francisco unified school district in two weeks, and the district is short 123 teachers. >> it's difficult for a lot of us, the public school districts. and we have the added difficulty in san francisco of our cost of housing. hard for teachers. it's hard for new teachers to live in san francisco for early career teachers. >> reporter: it's not just sfusd, but across the bay area, state, and nation, the teacher shortage is hitting hard. ads are promising pay raises and a stable career. ads even say a teaching credential is not necessary. >> we can do an emergency permanent, emergency credential for a person who has a bachelors three degree, bachelor's of arts and a certain number of credi

andria borba, kpix5. > >> it's the one-year anniversary of the destructive caldor fired pg&e is doing more work to prevt another blaze from ripping thro. the blaze leveled the town of gridley frats and left behind burnt tree trunks and empty lot. pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is trying to bury six miles pg&e is of overhead power lines in the footprint of the caldor fire. te fire started from scratch but ty say it's not too late. >> it's a long term solution to make the community safer. >> pg&e is on track to bury 175 miles of lines but they have a goal of 10,000. the cost is $3.75 million. > >> a new study in the journal of of nature of climate change lins climate change to pathological . hazards are aggravated more thaf than half of the people affected researchers looked at noninfects at noninfectious sicknesses like

kpix 5's andria borba reports districts across the bay area are still scrambling to fill classrooms with teachers. >> we are super committed to a teacher being in every classroom on the first day. >> reporter: school starts at san francisco unified school district in two weeks. the district is short 123 teachers. >> it's difficult for a lot of us, of the public school districts. we have the added difficulty in san francisco of our cost of housing. it's hard for teachers. it's hard for new teachers to live in san francisco or early career teachers. >> reporter: it's not just sfusd, but across the bay area, state and nation, the teacher shortage is hitting hard. ads even say a teaching credential is not necessary. >> we can do an emergency permit, emergency credential for a person who has a bachelor's degree, bachelor of arts, bachelor of science and a certain number of credits related to whatever it is they're going to teach. it's actually possible for somebody who doesn't have a teaching credential but has an interest in being an educator right now to come and try it out. >> reporter: st