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breaking news now. police in riot gear moving in to clear out those protesters who illegally took over a building owned by uc berkeley. more than 20 law enforcement agencies teamed up to clear them out. nbc's pete serratos is in berkeley with the very latest pete. reporter. well yeah, those demonstrators inside of that abandoned building here in berkeley, as you can see behind me, they have been arrested. we still do have some police here on site, crews on site, as are working to board up that building. but some of those demonstrators outside say that they plan to come back to this site in the coming days. the

tension escalating between demonstrators and officers this evening in berkeley, outside of an abandoned building taken over last night by pro-palestinian protesters calling for an end to the war in gaza. but in less than 24 hours, a heavy police presence involving multiple police agencies shut down nearby streets, outnumbering the group of protesters, allowing police to arrest 12 people inside of the building. the takeover of the building, happening just days after the uc berkeley encampment, disbanded after student organizers came to an agreement on their demands with university officials. it's unclear what the specific demands are for the group that occupied this abandoned building, but the university says they are not affiliated with the student groups on campus. pretty typical for berkeley for just the current situation. tim mitchell from berkeley is one of the many onlookers at tonight's demonstration in his neighborhood. and with protesters chanting to officers, we'll be back! he's expecting the protest to continue until the war comes to an end. it's

just going to keep happening. i think people are just the pro-palestinian protesters are just fed up at this point after after that many months. so they really want to just go all out. so it's just going to be might be a chaotic summer from take you back out here live in berkeley where this road is actually reopening. as they cleared the scene. now, uc berkeley officials made it clear that no one is inside of that abandoned building, and those arrested could face charges of trespassing, vandalism and destruction of property. live in berkeley. pete cerritos nbc, bay area news. okay, we see it's still very active behind you. thank you. pete, we're also following breaking news in texas . a powerful and deadly storm in houston. you see the broken glass and debris scattered across the streets downtown and broken windows and the skyscrapers there. four people are dead, two of them killed by fallen trees. it's now 1 a.m. in houston, texas. nearly a million homes and businesses are without power. we should mention the a's

also played in houston earlier tonight. that game did go on inside the dome as scheduled. new at 11. she never saw it coming. the video almost hard to watch. san francisco woman is attacked by a stranger from behind, and the entire assault you see right here is caught on camera. tonight we are hearing from the woman who says she was just making a stop at her neighborhood corner store. here's nbc bay area's gia vang. that's kate rincon walking into her potrero hill neighborhood corner store tuesday afternoon. she waves hi to the store owner and then a woman in a pink sweatshirt comes in and out of nowhere, grabs kate's hair from behind while slamming a bag with a bottle of jack daniels onto her head and begins her assault. and i was hit over the head with a plastic bag that had glass bottles in it, and then she just immediately started punching me in the head, and i'm not sure how many times i had no clue what was going on. the whole thing she never saw coming lasted fewer than 10s ending

with a store owner of kansas food market stepped in, tossing the woman out. video shows a shocked and hurt kate laying on the ground, wondering who and why when she says she had no interaction with anyone outside. when it happened on tuesday afternoon, i was. afterwards, i was just in complete and total shock. yesterday i was crazy angry and today i'm just completely overwhelmed. so let's see what tomorrow brings today, jessica blasi pleaded not guilty at an arraignment after the district attorney's office charged the 26 year old with two counts of assault. she was arrested while sfpd was on scene investigating. we're learning blasi is also being held on a parole violation, district attorney brooke jenkins said in a statement. it is random acts of violence like this that negatively impact a feeling of safety. she goes on to say her office is committed to, quote, ensuring that we have appropriate accountability for those who commit crimes the entire ordeal. i've never experienced anything like that before. makes kate feel just a little uneasy about her longtime neighborhood, but not enough to

scare her away from her favorite corner store. and the owner, who she says has become like family. he's amazing. he's my hero. but before the other day, he's always been my hero. he's like the nicest person alive in san francisco. gia vang nbc bay area news in the east bay now. new rules for the county fair. fried food, fun rides and an extra set of eyes. it's opening night for the contra costa county fair and teenagers are welcome, but only with an adult. there's now a chaperon policy for the next four days. anyone under 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult who's at least 25 years old. each chaperon can only have four minors with them. this is all in response to a series of fights between groups of teenagers last year at the county fairgrounds. a lot of people tell us tonight, though it's sad to see all this happen, but they understand that's crazy . all the kids in high school or school, they can't get dropped off no more and come by themselves, you know what? i think it's a pretty good idea. i

know they had a little bit of problems last year, so i think it's better that they have more supervision. the county fair isn't the only place that's made changes due to teenager brawls. last year, great america also instituted a chaperon policy, bringing it back to life. downtown san jose has faced a number of issues over the last few years, including homelessness and concerns over open air drug use. but the city is hoping to bring more foot traffic in. so tonight it was a party in downtown san jose. city held a block party to highlight the city's small businesses and art scene. nbc bay area's jocelyn moran has the details. good night guys. block parties are back in downtown san jose. i feel like a butter pound. every single track. live music, food, art and small businesses downtown is open for business, all with the hope to bring more foot traffic to downtown. tonight's party taking place in fountain alley, connecting first and second streets. we're creating exposure for the small businesses. we have incredible

entrepreneurs in credible diversity of restaurants and bars and cultural venues. downtown san jose has faced issues over the last few years. the pandemic, of course, impacted businesses and in turn, foot traffic. and about a year ago, residents expressed their concern to nbc bay area regarding open air drug use. the city responded with officer foot patrols tonight as the city moves forward with its second summer of block parties, businesses around are optimistic. one of the businesses welcoming this is good time bar. they've been open for about a year. the owner hopes this block party brings more customers in. a lot of folks in san jose are still unfamiliar with with the product, but you know, as we bring in more customers, people get to try it, they really like it. and we kind of make a lot of lifelong customers. the san jose downtown association points to a recent study showing downtown activity is up 20, and even with good time, bar says he's seen it. we're seeing more foot traffic sort of month over month, we're really excited

about the summer. a number of vendors also get the chance to show off their products. the block parties are set to continue throughout the summer in different parts of downtown. i love to see like our community come together, have different kind of vendors out music, art. i love seeing art. jocelyn moran, nbc, bay area news. good news in sacramento. all clear. the substance found in a suspicious package sent to the governor's office is not anthrax. that package was delivered to the swing space building late this afternoon. that's about two blocks from the capitol building. the package contained a threat that there was anthrax inside. all staff members quickly evacuated, but were allowed to go back inside that building once officials tested the substance. a teacher strike has been averted in contra costa county after a tentative deal was reached late tonight. this comes after teachers rallied in pleasant hill earlier this afternoon. members of the contra costa schools education association teachers were calling for better pay. they claim that they

weren't making enough money to live in the district. that they teach in. well, tonight, the contra costa county office of education said that they have reached a tentative deal. the two year agreement includes a 6% raise that can be renegotiated if the cost of living rises more than 2. superintendent released a statement saying in part, quote, this agreement increases the compensation for our hardworking employees while ensuring that this agency remains fiscally sound. more drama in the san francisco mayor's race a planned forum between mayor breed and supervisor aaron peskin has been canceled, and the chronicle reports a separate debate scheduled to happen at the same time, which is next monday, has lost another participant, daniel lurie. breed and peskin have all dropped out of that debate. hosted by together. sf mayor breed cited concerns that the group is too closely connected to one of her opponents, mark farrell. the five major candidates have agreed to participate in a debate next month. we're back in 60s up

next. in danger of losing their homes, we investigate a spike in evictions impacting the elderly. where do they go when they're forced to leave? also i think definitely in every job in sports, almost a shelf life. and for a coach. so what's the shelf life for steve kerr? we go one on one with the coach. he opens up about his future with the warriors and the weather is calm right now. quiet wind speeds and we've got some cooling underway. let's get you set up for the weekend

are in tough positions. there's a spike in the number of elderly people in danger of eviction. senior investigative reporter bigad shaban explains why. for 80 year old zeta flowers, this isn't just a house. it's her home of 26 years. it's where she raised her four adopted children and more than 20 foster children, all on her own. but now she's being forced to leave. it's not fair. it's not fair. bloom flowers runs a daycare out of her home, but the pandemic decimated her small business. her rent of nearly $2,000 a month, she says, became unaffordable before covid. had

you ever not paid your rent? oh no. never. not ever. no. i'm a believer in paying for where you stay. like many cities across california, oakland enacted an eviction moratorium during the pandemic, prohibiting landlords from kicking out tenants unable to pay their rent. but after that three year long moratorium ended last july, landlords were allowed to begin demanding up to a year's worth of back rent and evict tenants who didn't pay up. we're seeing an alarming rise in the eviction of low income seniors, attorney and tamika zamora is the executive director of the eviction defense center, a nonprofit providing legal aid to more than 3000 low income tenants each year. they have fixed incomes, right? like social security that barely, barely covers the rent. so they had like little side jobs to supplement and the moment the pandemic hit, all those jobs dried up. today, nearly a quarter of the oakland clients at the eviction center are

seniors. that's up 17% compared to pre-pandemic. tenants advocacy groups in san francisco and berkeley are also seeing spikes in the number of elderly facing eviction. nationally seniors are now the fastest growing age group experiencing homelessness. roughly 140,000 and counting. how do you tell somebody who's 75 get back in the job market? because you need to make $600 more a month, right ? it's a lot of these situations are really impossible. her nonprofit took on zeta's case after zeta got an eviction notice from her landlord, demanding she pay nearly $18,000 in owed rent or move out in three days. what went through your mind? what went through my mind? first of all is they didn't care to expect me on a short notice to move that fast. like in three days. impossible

tenants can legally fight off their eviction for rent missed during the pandemic, if they can show they endured a substantial financial hardship as a result of covid 19. you can't just say it. you have to be able to support it, real estate attorney mark chernov says renters need to have documentation proving their struggles. they may also have to get an attorney if their landlord disagrees and takes them to court. what would you say to those who argue that this puts an unfair burden on the shoulders of tenants? because the only way to make the defense is to have to go through this legal process. if it's truly the result of substantial financial hardship, you would have bank records, you would have credit card bills, you would have loss of income that you could show, you could have decreased of hours. that would be pretty easy to prove up. chernov has represented hundreds of landlords, including the homeowner who sent zeta her eviction notice. as unfortunate as it is, small property owners can't subsidize these types of situations. it's not fair to ask them to. while zeta received her

notice after the moratorium ended, we've learned hundreds of seniors were also getting eviction notices during the moratorium when it was illegal to force someone out of their home because of missed rent payments. records we obtained from oakland's housing department show the number of eviction notices filed against renters did drop by about 80% once the moratorium went into effect, but during the three years it was in place, we've learned landlords still sent out more than 2500 eviction notices, including to low income seniors. the letters threatened to kick out renters within just a few days, even though landlords didn't actually have the legal power to evict them during the moratorium. courts weren't granting evictions for lack of payment. there is no teeth behind those notices because the law says you can't collect that rent for that time period. but for many tenants, just getting those eviction notices was reason enough to pack up. that can cause very vulnerable populations like low income seniors, to be scared and not know their rights. and you know,

to basically move out. in fact, during the moratorium, we discovered oakland landlord sent at least 350 eviction notices to renters at ten apartment buildings that cater to low income seniors and those with disabilities. the apartments are all owned or operated by three companies newport partners llc, christian church homes, and human good, which calls itself california s largest nonprofit provider of senior housing. that group was the only one that responded to our request for comment, telling us the eviction notices. it's centering the moratorium do not reflect the actual number of evictions, which are extremely rare and must be approved by the court. they weren't allowed to serve serve that notice in the first place. and if a tenant moved as a result, they could sue the landlord for wrongfully evicting them. so it seems like really the only way to be able to fight that is the tenant first has to move out and then argue that it was a wrongful eviction. yeah, for a tenant to have an action for wrongful eviction, they

can't be living in a rental unit anymore. so you can't be living somewhere and say that you were wrongfully evicted. hi, this is amanda calling back from the eviction defense center. we spoke yesterday briefly, which puts the burden on the renter to find a new place and then take the landlord to court. advocates say the government is doing next to nothing to protect them. the alameda county district attorney's office wouldn't tell us how many wrongful eviction cases it's prosecuted, if any, and the city attorney's office in oakland has only tried for wrongful eviction cases over the past five years, but even lawful evictions can still feel wrong. to those forced to leave, i'm seeing seniors out pushing carts now because they're homeless instead of going to court. zeta flowers reached a settlement with her landlord that forgives her, owed rent and provides her with moving expenses if she leaves by next month. i had help many others didn't have the knowledge of knowing what to do, and i think that when they were

served, they just moved out. they just left. zeta now has time to pack and say goodbye. she plans on leaving oakland in hopes of finding a new place. she can afford. this may not be her house, but she'll always remember it as her home. with the investigative unit on bigad. siobhan, if you have a story for bigad or anyone else in our investigative unit, give us a call 888996 tips or you can visit our website nbcbayarea.com. slash investigations. taking a look at our weather now vianey. you and i actually got to step outside a little earlier this evening here in san jose. pretty comfortable out there. i mean, it is. what is it? 1119 at night and we're still seeing temperatures in the 60s for san jose. i'd say that's a win win situation as far as the marine layer, though, what's going to happen with that? well there's going to be a shift into the morning. so let's get right to your microclimate forecast so i can guide you through your forecast into your morning commute. and of course the

weekend ahead, temperature wise throughout, you'll notice we've got several 60s still even in sunnyvale. so the temperatures are quite comfortable. not too cold, not too hot. and that's exactly what we're going to see tomorrow when it comes to our daytime highs as well. now satellite radar right now we actually did get some clearing. we managed. but that marine layer will once again start to build in overnight into early tomorrow. if you want to follow along, you can see the timestamp right up here. friday eight 3930 1030. look what happens to that marine layer. so we see it back off of the inland areas, but it remains pretty dense around the coastline, stretching all the way from san rafael through san francisco, half moon bay and down through santa cruz and central portion of california. you might even catch some drizzle as well. limited visibility through the morning commute that we're talking less than five miles, so be mindful of that. may want to take some extra time on that morning commute. now, as far as your temperatures for tomorrow, things are going to stay dry. that's the good news there, and daytime highs will be just a tad bit cooler. look at san jose maxing out in those upper 70s. meanwhile, in dublin, similar

conditions 75 stretching in through oakland 71. how about san mateo? 68 in the city is going to be in the mid 60s. now as we inch closer in towards your weekend, let's look ahead into your saturday. no big changes in the temperatures, but you will notice into saturday evening. we're going to see the breeze kick up just a bit, especially in through parts of the interior winds. from the north northwest. you can see the colors right here where you see the green and the yellow. we're going to notice some of that start to pick up. we're talking 15 to 20 plus. so more of a breeze at times gusty especially leading into sunday. further up into parts of the mountain area. so we're talking higher elevations for the north bay. but even so you'll certainly notice that breeze, which could be triggering once again to those allergies. so if you're going to be out and about, please be mindful of that. the long range outlook, though, great news there. we're going to be talking about the dry weather, not just for the weekend. the extended outlook is looking fantastic. when you look at our 7-day forecast, i think we're inching closer in towards that spring like temperature now 70s and back to 80, and then a

stretch of 70s with mid 60s in san francisco. you know, you guys went out to that nice dinner tonight. oh we did no invitation here. that's not true . we even asked if anybody wanted food back. it was it was a girls night. thanks for being a. all right. up next, have any of these men done work on your home or maybe your neighbors? the warning from police about a scam targeng elderly

the investigation began last november. police say these three men from virginia offered free roofing inspections to elderly homeowners across california. once the homeowner agreed to minor repairs, they continued to add additional costs to fix new issues that didn't actually exist. all three were arrested last week. investigators believe there are more victims out there, or there may be anyone

with information is urged to call police. well, you may soon have to pay to play pickleball in san francisco, so of course, you may know there's been a surge in demand for courts in the city. so the sf recreation and parks department is trying to crack down on players who overbook those courts. the parks commission voted yes on a $5 reservation fee for 28 of the 66 courts across the city. it still needs to go through the board of supervisors for final approval. yeah, i played pickleball. i was coming to work hobbling. i bet i heard it's a wonderful sport. i need to try. up next, we're going to check in with an excluse interview

steve kerr is going to be leading a super team into paris. but after that, how long will kerr be leading the warriors? that's the big question here. a lot of speculation about his future, especially now as it appears the warriors dynasty is

over. we sat down with the coach . i feel like we've got a couple of years here with steph, draymond hopefully klay. i'm loving my job every day. i love coming into this building every day. what's not to love about the bay, so i can't wait for next season with the warriors. but there's going to come a time and maybe it's in two years when my contract's up. maybe that's the time where it's time for me to move on, and time for the warriors to seek new blood and new ideas. and we'll both know when that time comes. and i can tell you one thing. it will be a very amicable parting of the ways. whenever that happens. very interesting. revealing i spent some time with kerr at chase center, 58 years old, ten seasons and four nba titles with the warriors. but these last two years, you know, it's been

difficult to say the least. we've posted the full segment with coach kerr on our website, nbcbayarea.com. all right. baseball tonight, we told you about that severe weather in houston. the a's just trying to get out of their the bottom of the third inning. the astros broke this game wide open joey porfido with his first career home run houston wins this game 8 to 1 and