but len ramirez sr. was a legend, you know, he was raised in san joaquin valley, came here, served in the military, served his country, and established a number of organizations here in san jose. and, you know, i think demonstrated the qualities of our parents' generation. you know, they earned everything that was given to them and they understood the importance of passing on those values to their children. i always said that i got into public service because my father taught us the importance of finding some way to improve the lives of others, and i think that's probably true with len ramirez sr. now what you're going to see later in the program is a couple members of the len ramirez sr. family, len ramirez jr., of course, his wife julie, who are just representatives of a much larger clan who will be at the hispanic foundation ball and be recognized there. but again, i think they were chosen because they represent decades, you know, not just a couple years, not just one community service organization, b

reporting live in san jose, len ramirez kpix 5. >>> cute, furry, phony. >> pet owners are passing off thunder shower canine companions as service dogs, and it's surprisingly easy to pull off. >>> plus, what could be the final fight for businesses that some say the harming the environment. ,, mom... yes honey? dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. [ dad ] jan? ♪ people just can't leave home without them. and that's a real problem f pe ice dogs." sue >>> when it comes to doggings some people just can't leave home without them. >> that's a real problem for people who rely on service dogs. sue quan in the sudden spike of dogs going where they don't belong. >> there you go. good girl. >> her name is angel, and amputee michelle lewis says that's exactly what she is. >> she's always ready to help. >> the service dog had been making her life easier for the past year, but she says dog owners who try to pass their service dog off as assistance dogs are making

len ramirez show >>> businesses is booming for many bay area realtors. palo alto is especially attractive to wealthy foreign buyers. len ramirez shows us their high- end house hunting experience comes complete with luxury limo service. >>> reporter: when it comes to selling real estate in palo alto it now pays to speak chinese. from shanghai to hong kong, interest in palo alto's priciest neighborhoods is soaring and that has real estate brokers doubling down on new ways to capitalize. here it's all aboard what could be a marketing master stroke mercedes-benzes style. he invested $100,000 into the luxury bus specifically to drive around and show properties to wealthy foreigners four and five families at a time. >> people who are used to the finer things in life so they are not going to want to go out in a cheap refurbished toolbox. >> reporter: the company takes reservations for weekend selling excursions to exclusive neighborhoods. >> it's about as prime as palo alto gets. >> reporter: where the buyers don't blink at the bottom line. >> $5 million range.

len ramirez reports the driver actually stopped at first but then took off. len, high the change of heart? >> reporter: we don't know. only the driver knows that, liz. there is one of those cases that could have easily been cleared up because it didn't result in any injuries if the driver had just stayed and did the right thing. but because she took off it is now a serious case of hit and run against a blind, defenseless minister. >> last night ant 8:00 o'clock i left here to go to starbucks. >> the reverend was out for a stroll with his seeing eye dog one block from his home. >> a car comes backing up out of a cul-de-sac and hits mane my dog. >> the car was not going fast, mean to they are the reverend or his dog were seriously h. but what happened next made the incident a serious crime. >> she said are you okay. i didn't answer her. she said let me move toward she moves apartment she keeps on going forward, turns around to make a u-turn and comes back towards me. she swerves around my body and keeps on going out the cul-de- sac and speeds out. >> seeing if

kpix 5's len ramirez tells us the new policy comes after accusations of racial profiling. >> reporter: for the first time ever, san jose police officers are recording the exact details of each instant when they stop, detain or handcuff someone on the street without arresting them. >> did they use a limited detention? what was the reason for the stop? the race of the individual? all that information will be quickly entered into a computer using an alpha numeric, and that information will be recorded and saved. >> reporter: it's part of a new policy prompted by complaints by minorities that officers ordered them to sit on the ground during limited detentions than whites who are usually allowed to stand in the same situations. >> why do i have to sit on the curb when it's a traffic stop, when it's clear i'm not armed? >> reporter: independent police auditor ladoris cordell took the complaints in 2011 and recommended policy changes in her 2012 report to the city council. >> there's humiliation associated with that. is this racial profiling? >> reporter: this community activist called the

today our len ramirez was there when the officer paid a special visit to that man. >> there he is. >> how are you! >> i'm great. how are you? >> i'm doing outstanding! it is a pleasure, sir, it is a pleasure to meet you, thank you. >> you, too. >> your first face i saw when i woke up. >> well, good. >>> reporter: san jose police officer robert dale came to the bed sign of frank nunez, of jacksonville, florida to check up on how the patient was doing. >> i feel great, believe it or not. >> reporter: nunez looks fit and says he feels fine after a near-death experience at mineta san jose international airport yesterday. he was in a security checkpoint line at 6:20 a.m. when he collapse the unconscious. officer dale was on airport duty and responded to the commotion. >> he was having agonal breathing which is labored, uhm, breathing that is, uhm, reflexive in nature, not effective breathing, which is typical of somebody that's having a cardiac event. >> reporter: officer dale also happens to be san jose pd's top cpr instructor. he grabbed one of the airport's nearby defibrillators and wen

reporting live in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> coming up tonight, what it's like for the workers. they put in long hours many, many days building this bridge how it feels for them to finally open, and the stories they are going to tell their grandchildren. new bay bridge will open to drivers tonight.. we're not sure of >>> and we learned just minutes ago that the bay bridge will reopen tonight. now, they have not announced a specific time, but we'll be sure and let you know as soon as they do. here is exactly, though, the sequence of events. cal transhas to do a final sweep. and-- cal tran has to do a final sweep. a fleet of street sweepers will go over those lanes one last time. then the chp will send cruisers. they will check the roadway to make sure of its safety. after that, chp will start opening ramps and entry points to the bridge they will also be guiding traffic across the bridge. as i mentioned earlier, the first time anyone goes across they want to maintain the speed limit. they want people to go 50. as i said, not too fast, as phil matier pointed out, not too slow eit

len ramirez says it's what the driver did next that has everyone looking for justice. >> like i said it's more emotional the fear of walking down the street and -- and -- and, uhm, having this just sense of being hit for a car. >> reporter: the sense of security he once felt walking in his neighborhood is now gone. >> 8:00 i left here to go to starbucks. >> reporter: he was out for a stroll and a cup of coffee with his seeing eye dog when they crossed the street at sparrow court one block from his home. >> a car comes backing out of a cul-de-sac and hits me and my dog. >> reporter: the car wasn't going fast and there weren't any serious injuries but what happened next made it a serious crime. >> are you okay? i didn't answer her. i was bending down pick up the dog. she said let me move forward and she moved forward. she keeps on going forward. turns around in the cul-de-sac to make a u-turn and comes back toward me and i'm thinking she is going to stop and speeds away. >> around the neighborhood talking to people passing around these flyers seeing if somebody saw or heard something,

as kpix 5's len ramirez reports, he is alive thanks to one man. >> there he is. >> how are you? >> i'm great. how are you? >> i am doing outstanding. it is a pleasure, sir. it is a pleasure to meet you. thank you. you're the first face i saw when i woke up. >> reporter: san jose police officer are on the dale came to the bedside of frank nunez of jacksonville, florida to check up on how the patient was doing. he says he feels fine after a near-death experience in mineta international airport. he was in a checkpoint line at 6 a.m. when he collapsed unconscious. officer robert dale was on duty and responded to the commotion. >> he was having agonal breathing which is labored breathing that is reflexive of nature. it's not effective breathing which is typical of somebody that's having a cardiac event. >> reporter: officer dale also happens to be san jose pd's top cpr instructor. he grabbed one of the airport's nearby defibrillators and went to work alternating between using the tool's electric shot, chest presses and cpr. he was able to bringing nunez back after 4 minutes. >> i was

in san jose, len ramirez -- coming soon to a printer near you. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> certain people began printing workable firearms. authorities are working to remove plans for printing guns from the internet. >>> paul, we were talking about this earlier. it's starting to feel like fall. sort of slight change in the air. >> darker earlier, nights getting cooler and when we start talking about the r word which we don't all summer long rainfall, we can have 50-degree temperature spread every summer day but we don't get rain. one of the driest spots in the country summer-long, that's about to change as we say hello to fall coming up on sunday afternoon. a shot in oakland toward the city, not much of a marine layer. highs today mild. morgan hill, livermore, sonoma all above 85. redwood city 84. oakland 80 for you. perhaps the biggest surprise, a pleasant one if you were in the city wanting warmer weather, 57 degrees officially in -- 75 degrees officially in san francisco. kpix 5 hi-def doppler radar spins and spins looking for rainfal

kpix 5's len ramirez tells us the new policy comes after accusations of racial profiling. >> for the first time ever, san jose police officers are recording the exact details of each instance when they stop, detain, or handcuff someone on the street without arresting them. >> did they use a limited detention. what was the reason for the stop in the race of the individual. all that information will be quickly entered into a computer just using alphanumeric. that information will be recorded and saved. >> it's part of a new policy prompted by complaints of black and latinosty noes that officers more often order them to sit on the ground or on a street curb during detention than whites who are usually allowed to stand ine. >> people say why do i have to sit on the curb when it is a traffic stop when it's clear i'm not around. >> the complaints in 2011 were recommended with policy changes in a 2012 report to the city council. >> humiliation is associated with that. there is the question of racial profiling. >> community activist calls the new police practice a step in the right direction

len ramirez, kpix 5. >> you leave an anonymous tip by emailing epa at tips now.org or you can call the number on your screen. >>> as a hole, workers tend to avoid the graveyard shift, but in nappa valley it is around the clock work during harvest time. why workers there are loving working through the night, patrick sediloo has more. >> reporter: crews at this wine reimbursements in nappa are already working picking grapes off the vine to give the world the famous nappa valley wine. >> it is fun out here, even at 2:00 in the morning. we're having a great time. it's layla vest. >> farm workers usually work day shifts, but here there are only night crews and they are loving it, simply because of the comfort the moist, cool air brings. >> night harvest is fantastic. the crew likes it because it is much cooler at night. >> a generator powers the light the crews work by and they do what they do best. >> it's better for wine quality because the grace come in cool. >> it is one of the highest paid jobs in the country. they also have 401ks, sick leave and full time benefits. >> they love it her

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len ramirez in san jose where plaintiffs say the big company is just trampling on their rights. len. >> reporter: allen, of the 425 million gmail users, very few of them probably ever read the fine print on those user agreements when you first sign up for an account. google says that there's language in there that allows them to do what they are doing and that is scanning people's emails for advertising opportunities. the plaintiffs attorney says if it is in there, it's so buried that people really never read it or will find it. we found a lot of people surprised and unhappy that this practice is happening. >> in box, sent box, it's all full. spam. >> reporter: the inbox may be full but when it comes to google's gmail, the question is, who else is reading it? >> we shouldn't have to worry about what we put in our emails. it's personal. we should be able to say whatever we want and not worry people are reading it and receiving things we don't want. >> reporter: that question of privacy is at the heart of a class action lawsuit filed in san jose. google attorneys say the company's

in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> there will be backlash in the u.s. because conservative bishops have been call on the pope to be more vocal about fighting gay marriage and abortion. >>> facing elimination, oracle team usa won the first america's cup race today. as don ford shows us team new zealand fans can already taste the victory. >>> reporter: kiwi fans poured into the america's cup park pier believing that today would be their day. the day that they would finally win back the america's cup. so excited that some came in costume. >> going to be the end of the america's cup today. >> reporter: how do you know? >> emirates team is racing. >> reporter: says the man hiding his face? >> exactly. >> reporter: the cup itself is on display being prepped for the expected new zealand win while kiwis fans cheered. [ applause and cheers ] >> reporter: other fans were more cautious. >> races-wise, we are definitely in the dumps. >> reporter: then something unusual happened. oracle won the start of the race and nenever looked back. they won and the surprised or

in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> april 2013 survey shows that just 14% of american workers are in their dream careers. >>> we had a survey today. most people said it was beautiful outside. [ laughter ] >> dream weather! >> spectacular outside! >> four out of five doctors agree today was a nice day. the fifth just took the day off. he didn't respond to the survey. doctor played 36 holes today, the fifth doctor! >>> you enjoyed today. if you didn't and a lot of folks maybe not enjoying that commute into the city, the weather will continue tomorrow. if you couldn't get out today tomorrow will be find oakland touchdown bay bridge blue sky gorgeous evening and we are on a fantastic sunset alert once again from the top of the pyramid to the golden gate, nothing but sunshine. highs today a few of you did mac it to 80. livermore 80, napa 80, redwood city close 79, san jose 78. 78 degrees for oakland. 75 for san francisco. warm but not record heat because you have to go back just three years. on this date in 2010, it hit 93 degrees in san francisco. it hit 96 in oakland. so this is the goo

kpix 5's len ramirez is at 49ers headquarters in santa clara where smith showed up for practice but has some very disappointed teammates and coaches. len. >> reporter: elizabeth, he did try to carry on as normal today, but he is facing some very serious charges. arising out of his arrest this morning in which his blood alcohol level was reported to be .15 almost twice the legal limit. 49ers star linebacker aldon smith hit the weight room instead of the locker room immediately after the team's practice in santa clara working out all by himself. just a few hours earlier, he was in the santa clara county jail posing for a mugshot booked for suspicion of driving under the influence of challenge and possession of marijuana. >> approximately 7 a.m. this morning our officers responded out to a report of a solo vehicle collision out in the silver creek area of san jose. >> reporter: it happened at the corner of bel aire hills drive and bently ridge drive in a neighborhood of very expensive homes. smith crashed his pickup into a tree. there were skidmarks, a pile of burned rubber and evidence of

kpix 5's len ramirez on how that has triggered an outcry from soccer players and environmentalists. >>> reporter: the santa clara youth soccer park is already overshadowed by the 49ers stadium, its big new neighbor but now is football about to give soccer the boot? >> get out of here! >> reporter: that's what soccer supporters are afraid of. >> they should play around our facility. it's our soccer park. it was their first. -- it was there first and it's time they abide by the regulations they made. >> reporter: deborah of "santa clara plays fair" is one of the groups gearing up for a fight against the 9ers and the city of santa clara. the issue is not enough stadium parking. the 49ers have 20,000 stalls but is looking for 6,000 more that has the team and eyeing the soccer park for more parking. >> if we had to move the soccer field which we have not yet determined, we had to do some brainstorming on where it could be put around the city. >> reporter: then they got in hot water the with environmentalists. >> see the tall trees in the back? they are all going to come down. the soccer fi

kpix 5's len ramirez explains how their high-end house hunting experience comes complete with a luxury limo service. >>> reporter: when it comes to selling real estate in palo alto -- [ non-english language ] >> reporter: -- it now pays to speak chinese. from shanghai to hong kong interest in palo alto's priciest neighborhoods is soaring and that has real estate brokers doubling down on new ways to capitalize. at deleon realty it's all aboard what could be a master marketing stroke mercedes-benz style. >> we are riding in a new limo bus. >> reporter: they invested $100,000 into the luxury bus specifically to drive around and show properties to wealthy foreigners four and five families at a time. >> people who are used to the finer things in life are not going to want to go out in a chief refurbished school bus. >> reporter: they take reservations for weekend selling excursions to weekend neighborhoods. >> it's prime palo alto. >> reporter: where the buyers don't blink at the bottom line. >> homes like this would be typically about $5 million. >> reporter: michael says half to two-third

kpix 5's len ramirez on what is fueling their surprising comeback. >> reporter: for the michael ybarra family of mountain house, the morning routine goes quick. good-byes to his wife and their 2-year-old son connor then off to the freeways for everyone. general, any and connor are off to work -- jenny and connor are off to work and michael is a regional manager for a company. >> he put on 200 miles in a day. >> reporter: he is part of a group of new super commuters commuting long ways to the bay area for work. >> you leave before 7:00 you're okay. >> reporter: he spends 4 hours a day driving but it's a sacrifice he is willing to make. >> we're in a new built home and i couldn't get something like that inside the bay area. >> reporter: bay area housing prices are on the rise again and for the mid $500,000 for a two-bedroom condo in san jose you can buy a four-bedroom home with a yard in mountain house a place turning its way around from the recession. >> mountain house is the number one community in the nation for homes under water and now it's going gangbusters. >> reporter: home place

len ramirez picks up the story. >> reporter: it's more emotional, the fear and walking down the street and having this sense of being hit by a car all the time. >> for the sense of security he once felt walking in his neighborhood is now gone. >> about 8:00, i left here to go to starbucks. >> he was out for a stroll with his seeing eye dog when they crossed the street one block from his home. >> a car comes back and out of a cul-de-sac and hits me and my dog. >> the car was not going fast and neither the reverend nor his dog were seriously hurt, but what happened next made the incident a serious crime. >> says, are you okay? let me move forward, and she moves forward, she keeps on going forward, turns around in the cul-de-sac and comes back toward me. i'm thinking she's going to stop. she swerves around my body and keeps going out the cul-de-sac and speeds out. >> talking to people, seeing if anybody saw something, heard something, might have seen something. >> search for clues for the identity of the driver. because the reverend is completely blind, he could not give police a descript

but kpix 5's len ramirez tells : the stadium is >>> we're less than a week away from the opening of the new 49ers stadium. kpix tells us the stadium is coming up short on parking. the santa clara youth soccer park is already overshadowed by the stadium. but now, as football is about to give soccer the boot? that's what soccer supporters are afraid of. >> they should play around our cisoccer park. it was there first and it is time they abide by the regulations they made. >> it's just one of the groups gearing up for a fight against the niners and the city of santa clara. the issue is not enough parking. the 49ers have 20,000 stalls, but looking for 60,000 more. they are eyeing the soccer park for a possible move. >> if we did have to move the soccer field, which we have not yet determined, we had to pick, we had to do some brainstorming on where it could be put around the city. >> but, one of the possible new sites got the city into even more hot water this time with environmentalists. >> you see those tall trees in the back there, they are going to come down. the soccer field footprint

live in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. >> the city is urging people to be patient saying this is not even close to being a done deal. the plans will be studied further in the coming months. >> new at 5:00, they waited in line for a ride and they ended up getting robbed at gunpoint. oakland police say some armed men held up a group of people in the casual carpool line in the rockridge district this morning. kpix 5's ann notarangelo joins us with the latest on this investigation. anne. >> reporter: ken, we are near the intersection of hudson and claremont here in north oakland. this is a popular spot for people to pick up casual carpool. and about 9:00 this morning, armed suspects showed up as about 15 people were waiting in line to get rides into san francisco. this is a popular spot because it's easy access to highway 24. we just spoke to one of the victims, who was involved in today's incident, she said there's 15 people in line and then all of a sudden, three men come up with guns, pointed at them, and tell them to give us everything you have. so they complied. she also said some p

live in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. >>> a similar case happened last year with 49ers defensive lineman demarcus dobbs. he was arrested for dui following a crash but the team held him out of a game against the rams. the nfl then suspended dobbs for the season opener. >>> the search is on for the man who fired a shotgun outside the courthouse in pittsburg. you can see where shells blasted a window at the arnason justice center just before 8 a.m. police say surveillance shows the man firing while trying to get it out of a hiding spot in bushes. they say it does not look like he targeted the courthouse. the man took off in this red chevy suburban. the courthouse locked down for half hour. but later did re-open for business. >>> a 15-year-old boy is coming clean telling authorities he is responsible for shooting out car windows along highway 101. until this morning, the shattered glass was about the only clue they had. but then the teenager walked into the san jose police department and told the front desk that it was him. his accomplice an 11-year-old boy also interviewed with the

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. >>> i'm len ramirez in the san joaquin valley where road warriors and super commuters are making a comeback. just ahead, what's happening in small towns around the valley that are causing people to jump into their cars for the very long commute into the bay area. >> it's bad enough getting pulled over by police but it just got worse. why some bay area police officers are posting incidents of drivers behaving badly on the internet. those stories and much more tonight at 6:00. >>> thanks for watching us at 5:00. the "cbs evening news with scott pelley" is next. >> and remember, the latest news and weather are always on kpix.com. have a good night. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> pelley: tonight, a breakthrough for peace. a deal is reached to avert a u.s. air strike on syria. we'll talk to the secretary of state about that and about the sudden opening that could head off an iranian nuclear bomb. but the united states would look favorably on relaxing or eliminating the sanctions if the iranians were serious about abandoning their nuclear weapon. is the wor

. >> len ramirez shows us their high-end house hunting experience comes complete with luxury limo service. >>> reporter: when it comes to selling real estate in palo alto it now pays to speak chinese. from shanghai to hong kong, interest in palo alto's priciest neighborhoods is soaring and that has real estate brokers doubling down on new ways to capitalize. here it's all aboard what could be a marketing master stroke mercedes-benzes style . he invested $100,000 into the luxury bus specifically to drive around and show properties to wealthy foreigners four and five families at a time. >> people who are used to the finer things in life so they are not going to want to go out in a cheap refurbished toolbox. >> reporter: the company takes reservations for weekend selling excursions to exclusive neighborhoods. >> it's about as prime as palo alto gets. >> reporter: where the buyers don't blink at the bottom line. >> $5 million range. >> reporter: he says half to two-thirds of the deals they do are now coming from chinese buyers. real estate in 2011. an incredible feat in space history. nasa sa

our len ramirez shows us with a little technology and a lot of talent, he is creating suspect sketches that are leaving people speechless. >> reporter: looking like they belong more in and art gallery, these police sketches are adding a new dramatic look to one of law enforcement's time tested tools. >> they describe ascertain eye, and i'll draw the eye they describe. >> reporter: mountain view police sketch artest kevin nguyen is talking about how he works with crime victims and witnesses to create sketches of wanted criminals that september to jump off the page. >> quite often the victims is moved to tears. it brings back a memory that most times they are trying to avoid. they're trying to forget and having seen this face of this perpetrator in front of them again, i think it is disturbing to them. >> reporter: disturbing but effective. >> we're definitely seeing identifications. >> reporter: time after time, nguyen's sketches have helped in the capture of suspects and you can see from actual mugshot photos taken after their arrests, how accurate the artist really was. >> in over 28

today our len ramirez was there when that officer paid a special visit to the man. >> there he is. >> hey! >> how are you! >> i'm great. how are you? >> i am doing outstanding. it is a pleasure, sir, it is a pleasure to meet you. thank you. >> you, too. >> you're the first face i saw when i woke up! >> well, good. >> reporter: san jose police officer robert dale came to the bedside of frank nunez of jacksonville, florida to check up on how the patient was doing. >> i feel great believe it or not. >> reporter: nunez looks fit and says he feels fine after a near-death experience at mineta san jose international airport yesterday. he was in a security checkpoint line at 6:20 a.m. when he collapsed and went unconscious. officer dale happened to be on airport duty and responded to the commotion. >> he was having agonal breathing, which is labored breathing that is reflexive of nature not effective breathing which is typical of somebody that's having a cardiac event. >> reporter: officer dale also happens to be san jose police department's top cpr instructor. he grabbed a defibrillator and