jessica flores reports. >> reporter: good morning. the flames are out but it's still very smoky out here and the charred hillside is left behind. fire crews are monitoring for any flare-ups. meanwhile, folks that live in this community off edwards and 580 spent the night back in their homes after being evacuated yesterday afternoon. now, that fire started around noon. it tore through about 22 acres here. and getting dangerously close to homes. now, firefighters they really fought it from above using air tankers to drop fire retardant and also water making sure to handle this quickly. they didn't want it to spread to nearby homes. they evacuated about 100 homes. residents grabbed pets and belongings waiting to see when they could return. >> it's gotten into that canyon where our house is next to all our houses would be gone. >> now, firefighters gained an upper hand by early afternoon. no homes were damaged. no one was injured. but it was very tense and frightening for a lot of residents who live in the community near the quarry. i liv

i'm live with the latest coming up. >>> i'm jessica jessica flores live in oakland where a 3-year- old boy was in a hit-and-run in richmond near the richmond city hall. the boy's mother was trying to put him in his car seat, he ran into the road, a red smart car hit the child, slowed down and ran off. it has a black top and front end damage. police say they hope someone can identify the driver. >> it's too obvious, red smart car, not only that here's the thing it's a 3-year-old and anyone will tolerate this. so the best thing to do is to turn himself in and we can discuss this and figure things out. >> reporter: we spoke to the boy's family yesterday and they are asking the public for help. they are hoping someone can recognize that car, identify the driver. now the boy's family also says that he had brain surgery yesterday. at last check, that 3-year-old boy was in stable condition. in oakland, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> time now 6:56. it's time for your "final 5". hollywood is mourning the loss of hugh hefner. the american icon and playboy founder died from natural causes last n

jessica flores is live in concord this morning and another hazy hot one. people can cool off at the police station, right, jessica? >> reporter: yep. good morning to you, neda. good morning to you, everyone at home. the concord police department is opening their community room as a cooling center. this is a good place where you can beat the heat and no smoggy conditions. if you don't want to crank up your a/c or don't have a/c, this is a good place to be because it will still be warm inland. the bay area quality management district issued a spare the air alert today and the heat wave in oregon and california are causing the air problems and there is no wood-burning allowed. folks are asked to allow outdoor activities during the hottest part of the day. it will be cooler and hope by tuesday this will blow out with good air quality again. >> reporter: people are asked to cut activities that could add to bad air like barbecues and mowing the lawn. a spare the air alert has been issued since thursday. no word if they will have to issue one for tomorrow. report

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in fremont with more on that record power demand. neda iranpour reports, though, first from the weather center. >> these highs are unreal. right now already things warming up. 85 degrees for you in oakland. good morning, everybody. get ready for a hot friday, a hot weekend, a hot holiday weekend in fact. here's a look at where our temperatures are heading today. whoo, those are a lot of numbers on your screen. 105 degrees expected in napa today. 109 in fairfield. 100 in vallejo. concord 115. these are record-breaking temperatures. livermore 116. livermore has had several days of triple digits but nothing this hot. it's going to stay that way today and tomorrow. fremont 102. 99 degrees in oakland. above average temperatures. mix that hot air with smoky conditions, we are getting a lot of smoke coming from these fires to the north of us. all that smoke is actually moving south into northern california calling for very unhealthy air conditions especially in the east bay and santa clara valleys. coming up when we get a break. >>> our rec

i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >> that's a good tip. thank you so much. >>> let's go to jaclyn with a look at traffic. it's holiday light out right now. >> yeah. you would hope so, but we have seen a little action. we have a few incidents, hot spots to tell you about. the first thing northbound 2809 at wood side, it looks like it's not causing any delays. on 101, we did have an earlier accident near university and this is 280 through san francisco. you can see traffic nice and light, moving right at the limit. we'll take it through city, where there are no delays. across the golden gate bridge, things moving, and in the toll plaza, green in both directions. that's a check of traffic. >>> an emergency meeting will be held to respond to north korea's sixth nuclear test that happened yesterday. pyongyang claims the underground hydrogen bomb detonation was its most powerful successful nuclear test to date. south korea's military said it carried a live-fire exercise using fighter jets and long- range missile in a drill simulating an attack o

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in fremont on the key concerns in this heat wave. jessica. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. that's right. we are at the pg&e fremont distribution center and today, it is all hands on deck. i want you to take a look behind me. you'll see hundreds of transformers here. they are stocking up because they are expecting it to be a very busy day, possibly responding to outages. state authorities predict record demand on the power grid. the last heat wave the bay area had in june caused big outages. people cranking up ac overloaded the grid. at the height of it, 40,000 people were without electricity. today state officials hope to avoid some of those outages issuing a statewide "flex alert." that's a call to conserving energy between the hours of one and ten p.m. today. the california independent system operators which oversees the power grid is asking residents to set thermostats to 78 or higher. cool your home with fans and drapes. turn off all unnecessary lights and appliances. and use major appliances in the morning or late evening. >>

jessica flores joins us live from alameda with the details. jessica. >> reporter: hey, good morning. we're in alameda because this is the city where residents were actually surveyed about what they think the biggest problems in the city are and they said 74% said that the housing crisis was a serious problem here. now the governor will be in the bay area addressing this issue signing a package of 12 bills today in san francisco. now, here's the rundown of the bills. $4billion affordable housing ballot measure is one of the bills he will be signing putting that question to the voters. there will be a $75 fee on real estate transaction documents, that will increase revenue up to $300 million. other bills will cut some of the red tape to help speed up affordable housing construction. but it will be years before there is relief because it's estimated there's a shortfall of more than a million housing units. that governorthe governor will be in san francisco in 11 a.m. using the most expensive city in california as a backdrop as he signs this packa

kpix 5's jessica flores has more from walnut creek. details should be revealed this morning. >> reporter: good morning, kenny, that's right. we are right in front of the bart station here and eventually, bart officials want to turn this whole area around the bart station into a walnut creek transit village and the first phase of those big plans starts today with work on a new parking garage. take a look at the pictures. it will include a police station, shops, restaurants and public plazas. the new garage is the first major step in the transit village plan that includes more than 900 parking stalls. opening in late 2018. don't worry about having parking while the new one is built. the existing garage will remain open at all times while the new one is built. the village will include 596 new apartments. it's all part of bart's goal to bring 20,000 housing units near bart stations across the system. later today around 11 a.m., the bart president will talk about the plans and what it will mean for riders in the future. reporting live in wa

kpix 5's jessica flores is live in oakland this morning with the very latest. jessica. >> reporter: good morning, kenny. yeah. the 3-year-old boy was taken here to children's hospital oakland suffering from a head injury in serious condition. at last check we're told he is now in stable condition. let me show you a map of where this happened. it happened wednesday morning. that hit-and-run crash leaving that boy critically injured. right next to the richmond city hall off macdonald avenue. police say the boy's mother was trying to put him into his car seat when he ran into the street and police say a driver struck the boy. police say the driver stopped after hitting the child, drove around and took off. video surveillance shows the suspect vehicle a red smart car with a black top. it has front end damage. police hope someone can identify the driver. >> it's too obvious. red smart car? not only that. it's a 3-year-old. i don't think anybody is going to tolerate this. so the best thing to do is turn yourself in and we can discuss this and figure things out. >> re

jessica flores tells us it's complicating dangerous conditions for firefighters. >>reporter: firefighters have a tough job working under smoky conditions. firefighters contained the town home fire on south wind and park haven drive quickly keeping it from spreading to other units and three residents made it out, but learned the devastating news about their pets. >> the three rabbits did not survive. [ crying ] >> about 20 firefighters worked to put out hot spots as the building continue to smolder. the smoke billowing into the hot and smoky air. >> the high heat has been terrible. we cautioned our crews and we have a working fire to start a second alarm which gives us additional -- >> bay area air quality management officials says wild fires burning in oregon and california is causing unhealthy air of pollution making it hard to breathe for some folks today. crews delivered extra oxygen tanks. >> we've had no reports of damage or entry to either the crews or any of our apparatus. >> air management officials -- asking areas to avoid driving and use public transit a

reporting live in alameda, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> time now is 5:08. first a high-speed bay area chase. then a carjacking. see how the wild chain of events finally came to an end. >> plus, spacex's ceo elon musk set to unveil a potential rocket to revolutionize travel not just on mars but here on earth. >> that's so cool! okay. speaking of cool, a definitely cooler day across the bay area. i'll talk about how today's temperatures are going to affect your weekend. >> and right now, we are tracking speeds in the green along 242. but reports of a new hit-and- run crash. will this impact your ride? find out coming up. police started tailing the man in castro valley yesterday afternoon. th >>> check out this chase in the east bay. police started tailing the man in castro valley yesterday afternoon. the driver blew through red lights and dodged on coming traffic, got stuck in hayward. chopper 5 followed him jumping from the suv to the convertible telling the driver of the car to drive but police eventually surrounded them about a mile away. >> i pulled over

kpix 5's jessica flores reports. >> reporter: good morning. about 500 berkeley students benefit from daca. that's what they estimate. that's just people who tell the university they benefit from daca so there could be more. people are mobilizing rallying today on campus on sproul plaza at 5 p.m. to defend daca bracing for that announcement today. now, it's estimated about 800,000 people across the united states benefit from daca or "deferred action for childhood arrivals." president obama started the program allowing illegal people brought to the country as children to stay and work here. about a quarter of the dreamers live in california. more than any other state. hundreds of thousands of daca recipients pay taxes. if the program ends, it's estimated the u.s. stands to lose $460 billion in the national gdp. a woman married to a kpix 5 employee is among the thousands of "dreamers" awaiting a final announcement. >> it makes me very sad that people don't want me here, don't want me in my own home. >> politico says the president plans to end the

reporting live, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> now to our storm watch. this morning, hurricane irma has been upgraded to a category five storm as it comes closer to the u.s. mainland. irma could make landfall in florida by this weekend. people are stocking up on supplies. they are picking up gas for generators, food, water and other essentials. the state's governor has already declared a state of emergency. in houston, heavy duty garbage trucks are picking up debris in neighborhoods damaged by hurricane harvey last week. we are also learning that there have now been at least 63 deaths related to this storm. many of the victims were killed when they got caught in rising floodwaters or lost control on waterlogged roads. the governor of texas estimates that the cost of recovery could be as much as $180 billion. >>> these dogs survived hurricane harvey and now they are looking for homes in the bay area. they went from texas to oakland on a private jet. all the pups are examined, vaccinated and if needed microchipped. they were already in shelters when harvey

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in walnut creek, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> a transit-oriented ribbon- cutting ceremony in novato celebrating the completion of the redwood and grant transit improvement project. >> working with the city and the team of consultants, they envision a modern, clean, efficient new facility as a brand-new gateway to downtown novato. >> backers of the project say that the new facility will improve safety, access and efficiency for passengers. >>> still ahead, a possible benefit to a devastating virus. how zika could fight a certain form of cancer. >> plus, officers thought that they stopped their suspect from running. but see how this woman managed to slip away. congress is back at work and they have a lot on their agenda. weijia jiang -- on their latest moves on capitol hill. >>> from immigration reform to hurricane harvey relief, congress is back at work and they have a lot on their agenda. weijia jang on their latest moves on capitol hill. >> on this vote, the yeas are 419, the nays are 3. >> reporter: the house has overwhelmingly passed a bill to provide nearly $8 billion in emergen

kpix 5's jessica flores continues our team coverage with reaction from there. >> reporter: hundreds of students here on uc-berkeley's campus have benefited from daca. but now that the trump administration has canceled the immigration program, these students called "dreamers" see their dreams are now in limbo. >> feeling frustration, fear, uncertainty. >> reporter: karen is studying economics at uc-berkeley. she hopes to one day work at the federal reserve. >> i can't lawfully work until something is worked out. as a person, it's just -- it means that, you know, i again am stigmatized and put into the category of an illegal alien. >> reporter: brought to the country as a 2-year-old from mexico, she is among thousands of those who graduated from the university of california allowed to stay in the country with daca. but with the end to daca, the uc president said in a statement in part, the university of california will continue to stand with "dreamers" and their supporters as we fight to keep the program alive." catholic charities of the east bay helps illegal families. they are urging d

reporting in richmond, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> new at noon, a berkeley middle school teacher and activist yvette felarca is demanding the most recent charges brought against her be dropped. kpix 5's jackie ward reports l >> reporter: yvette felarca oupr sfrwas om joined by eddie robinson and their attorney. both were arrested on tuesday as part of a counterprotest. felarca was arrested for battery and resisting arrest. robinson was arrested for battery and resisting arrest and participating in a riot. they are insisting that the berkeley police department drop their charges and all charges against all the over rioters. on tuesday felarca was protesting "patriot prayer." she says the charges were politically targeted and that her group "by any means necessary"isev er >> it is completely the world turned upside-down that the university and that this community would have to spend millions for them to protect the rights of these racists and misogynists to then attack our race. we're going to continue to stand up against them. >> reporter: our cameras were there when she was arres

in oakland, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> another bay area athlete might be taking part in the national anthem protest, this after many nfl players have been kneeling during the anthem. yesterday president trump called for the nfl to ban players who kneel while the anthem is playing. >> you cannot have people disrespecting our national anthem, our country r d that's what they are doouin and in my opinflion, agthe nfl to change or you know what's going to happen? their business is going to go to hell. >> kpix 5 reporter anne makovec has more on what could be the first nhl player to join the protests. >> reporter: the sharks are practicing today ahead of tomorrow's preseason game in anaheim. and that is when the nhl may enter into this nationwide controversy. sharks forward joel ward says ihenational anthem tomorrow. ward is from canada, one of about 30 black players in the nhl and says he has experienced racism since he started playing hockey. today the team sent out this statement. the san jose sharks deeply respect each individual's constitutional right to freedom of speech and persona

reporting in fremont, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> taking you live outside now, it looks like fog, but it's not. it's the haze hovering over the bay area. a shot from our sutro tower camera. kpix 5's jackie ward continues our team coverage live in novato with the air quality concerns and how one school is making special arrangements. jackie. >> reporter: yeah, michelle. as you can see behind me, the kids are out of school for the day and that's a little bit earlier than usual at loma verde elementary school. i'm sure the kids are relieved because this is one of the schools in novato that doesn't have air-conditioning. the novato unified school district made the call last night. today kindergarten through fifth grade were released at noon while grades 6 through 12 will be let out at 12:45. parents like lawrence appreciate this decision. >> i think it's good for the kids because, um, it's already hot right now. so it's hot already and i think it's, you know -- we want to be sure that all the kids are safe. >> reporter: the principal here at loma verde elementary school says this scho

jessica flores reports from the oakland hills with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. firefighters have been here through the night. they are here this morning monitoring the hillside here off edwards and 580 making sure there are no more flare-ups aggressively attacking this fire yesterday. meanwhile, residents spent the nice back in their homes as crews got control of the fire by late afternoon. it's about 60% contained. the fire burned 20 acres in minutes. could you see it. air tankers dropped water and flame retardant. they raced to control the flames as the fire tore through the hillside. about 100 homes were evacuated. we saw residents grabbing pets and belongings waiting to see when they can return. >> had it gotten into the canyon, all the houses would be gone. >> reporter: no homes damages, no injuries. i live here. i came home from the morning shift. i live in this community and could see the flames and smoke shooting up behind my home. these firefighters worked very hard to gain control of this fire. we have to give them a lot of credit for that. a lot of re

kpix 5 jessica flores is live in fremont this morning, with the details. jessica? >> reporter: good morning, kenny. the fbi looked at all law enforcement agencies, nationally, and they say for the second straight year, violent crime is up for 2016. now they surveyed about 16,000 local law enforcement agencies across the country nationally. and 4.1% jump in violent crime. and that includes homicides, robbery, assault and rape. when you compare that to 2015, homicides alone are up 5.3%. property crime went down, 1.3% across the country last year. and in the bay area, here in fremont, they saw a 24.6% rise in violent crime. one of the largest increases in all of the bay area cities. and it is 7.9% increase in property crime. now, berkeley, hayward and san jose, saw an increase about 13%, rise in violent crime. and oakland remains pretty steady, with violent crimes, san francisco, violent crime actually decreased, slightly, 8% and good news for concord, los gatos, san mateo, and walnut creek, which saw it a- drop in violent crime -- saw a drop in violent crime. and in

reporting for kpix5, i'm jessica flores. >> no doubt a close call, but a huge plume of smoke could be seen from many parts of the bay area. wind is pushing it off to the west. the offshore flow is also pushing up the temperatures and fire danger. let's get the latest on that from paul deanno. >>> that's not changing tomorrow. we're looking at the offshore wind continuing. relative humidity this afternoon was down to about 10% in some locations including oakland and in the hills especially where the wind is 20 to 25 miles per hour is where we have the most critical fire danger and we have a red flag warning in effect the next 24 hours. at its minimum today relative humidity was down to 9%. that's hard to do with a flow from the ocean, but currently we have the opposite of that. we have the offshore wind prevelant tomorrow. santa rosa dropped to 11%, oakland 15%, tomorrow the wind from the east and north continues which not only will keep us dry, it will also keep us warm. san francisco's forecasted high, my forecast is 88 degrees, nowhere close to a record but 15 degrees warmer than av

reporting live in san francisco, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> in the south bay police are investigating after a man was shot to death in his san jose apartment. it happened around 8 p.m. last night on the 300 block of elon village lane north of montague expressway. kp 5 j'skiace wa rd this apartment ay that village is in a quiet part of san jose near several big tech companies. >> it seems very safe here. i guess anything can happen anywhere. but it is a very safe community that wlie in. the homicide and wanted to stay anonymous. she heard a gunshot lying in bed. >> super scary. >> reporter: around 8:40 last ce came to this apartment and found a niman ghl a gunshot wound. they took him to the hospital e information about the victim isn't being released heere di until the santa clara county coroner's office has confirmed the identity and the next of kin are contacted. police haven't identified motive or any information about possible suspects. in san jose, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> firefighters arrived to this home in redwood city overnight to find it engulfed in flames. you can see fire

i'm jessica flores with that story coming up. and i'm kenny choi. >>> good morning, everyone. it is friday, september 1. we made it! i'm michelle griego. >> good morning. i'm kenny choi. let's start with a live look outside. we know the conditions are going to be hot. what a scenic shot of the skyline of san francisco where temperatures are going to be in the 90s today. and a live look on the right, 880 nimitz in oakland. people are heading to work. air-conditioning will be on. >> a little early today, too. when i was on the road, there were a lot of cars. >> a lot of people could be getting out of town for the holiday weekend. so they are getting a head start on the traffic. >> starting the labor day holiday. if you can head towards maybe tahoe, it will feel a little more comfortable. [ laughter ] >> yes. a lot of people want to get outside this holiday weekend. and you're going to notice the heat definitely. usually we have some cloud cover early in the morning but not the case today. this is a live look at san jose right now. temperatures there already 71 degrees. santa ros