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victim. i mean, by your definition, yeah. >> reporter: of course there's one person who's pretty clearly a victim. vern holbrook built a successful business and loved his role at the center of a happy family. did he trust too much? should he have known what might be coming? maybe. those are tough questions to answer. because the truth is, no one wants to believe your flame spewing smoke into the air. we're tracking the air quality as crews work to put out the fire that is still smoldering, and a leaky pipe
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forces an evacuation at a contra costa county senior living facility. concerns tonight that that leak isn't water and despite a fire and multiple racist incidents, a san francisco family says they've got a lot to celebrate how their community is coming together again to help support their recovery. the news at 11 starts right now. thanks for joining us. i'm terry mcsweeney. gia has the night off and we begin with that breaking news out of oakland. more than three hours later, dozens of firefighter are still battling flames at a lumber yard that fire continues to smolder, sending huge amounts of smoke into the air. video from our traffic camera shows the plume of smoke that can be seen for miles. flames broke out around 745 at the economy lumber yard that's on high street, just off of 880. video from the ground shows huge flames shooting out of the building. firefighters say the fire is impacting traffic in the area. there are train tracks nearby as
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well. we just learned in the last few minutes rail traffic that was suspended is now back in service. the lumber yard sits near a gas station, and the man who operates that gas station says there have been fires here before. they normally start along the railroad tracks near a homeless encampment, but firefighters say they do not believe this one started. but the tracks, they believe it started inside that lumber yard. still, the flames put people on edge. i was very afraid that come we get a lot of gasoline, got over 30,000 gallons of gas under the ground over here. we got a lot of people over here. of course, i was worried about. so far, no injuries reported. the cause of that fire is under investigation. taking a live look now from our oakland cam tonight. this is what the smoke is looking like right now. much reduced from earlier. and it is white smoke. they're getting a lot of water on that right. right now knocking down the fire and firefighters telling people nearby still even though there's
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less smoke, keep your windows closed. let's bring in meteorologist rob mayeda and rob. a lot of smoke. is this having any major impacts on our air quality tonight? well, that smoke advisory does continue for this fire. again, this lumber facility fire. you can see the smoldering plume still there right now. earlier reports did see a spike in pm 2.5 pollution or smoke pollution right around the 8:00 hour. those levels have dropped off, but some reports across the east bay, including lafayette police reporting smoke and ash in the lamorinda area within the last 1 to 2 hours. and based on the wind directions, i think there's a chance that that smoke advisory will likely continue into the morning. you see the winds there. it is part of an onshore wind generally west southwest as we head through tomorrow morning. so you have a little bit of smoke all the way to moraga and orinda. i think chances are tri-valley maybe even out to conquer due to those onshore winds. you may wake up to the smell of smoke again that is coming from that fire near 880. hopefully fire crews can get a continued knock down on
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that fire and reduce those smoke levels. right now, with that smoke advisory still in effect for inner portions of the east bay along 880 into the morning hours, most likely. terry. all right, rob, thanks very much. our team has been sending out updates throughout the evening. if you haven't already, make sure to download our free nbc bay area app. you can customize the breaking news and weather alerts you want us to send straight to your phone. it is a great resource to have. we now know the name of the man shot and killed in a quiet peninsula neighborhood. police say 27 year old deonte gordon of san francisco was killed friday night in belmont. happened near hiller and irwin streets, right near a park. first responders tried to save gordon, but he died at the scene. no arrests have been made. detectives are asking anyone who lives in the area to check their surveillance cameras for anything that could help with this investigation. a motorcycle is killed in a crash in half moon bay has been identified as the mayor's son. crash happened just before 6:00 last night on highway one.
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police say a pickup truck and motorcycle were involved in that crash. the coroner's office has identified the victim as joaquin dominic jimenez alvarado. he is the son of mayor joaquin jimenez . his family shared this picture of the 28 year old with us, a volunteer firefighter firefighter in the area tried to save his life, but he died at the scene. in a statement tonight, mayor jimenez spoke about the loss, saying, this is a complete tragedy. my son was well respected, loved by family, friends and the community. he was respectful and never caused any trouble. he had a beautiful heart and was a giver. he grew up in half moon bay, loved writing stories and riding motorcycles. i'm very proud of him. we have new video tonight for you from moments after a fire broke out at a beloved dog walker's home. now this video was shared with us from a neighbor's ring, surveillance camera. terry williams and his family were also the recent targets of racist incidents, and police and firefighters are still trying to figure out if this is all connected. the fire
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and those racist attacks, even though they're out of a home, the family says they've got a lot to be thankful for tonight, as jensen reports, the alamo square neighborhood is rallying around the family to rebuild their home and their lives. terry williams boarded up home is now covered in loving messages from neighbors, friends and community supporters, many of them attending a sunday afternoon barbecue and fundraiser for the family. i got water. he's a loving person. he loves animals and he loves the people. he's helpful to all the neighbors. flames tore through the family's home tuesday morning and firefighters had to rescue williams parents. the cause is still under investigation. we hear different stories, but we haven't gotten unconfirmed yet. the fire broke out while williams was at city hall. supervisors were discussing a resolution denouncing the racist mail he received twice in the last few weeks. longtime neighbors are appalled. people just feel free to hate now more than love. and that's what's
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sad. san francisco is supposed to be this, like, safe, inclusive place. and then, you know, something like this happens and it's just heartbreaking. neighbors say terry and his family are like family to them. and they showed up in big numbers today, coming with donations of clothes and household goods and even money. people are asking, you know, what they need, what they can do. williams is a well-known professional dog walker and says he's also faced racist comments in alamo square park today. other professional dog walkers were also on hand to show their support. i feel awesome, man. to tell you the truth, it really does like it kind of makes me. it humbles me that so many people showed up. so, you know, i'm very proud and grateful to gofundme pages to help. the family have raised more than $225,000, and after today's event, williams says they now have the money needed to renovate their home and return to the neighborhood that they love so much. i want to say thanks for everybody, everybody who donated help my family. thank you in san francisco. tom
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jensen, nbc, bay area news on the peninsula an investigation underway after a freeway shooting. a truly bizarre story happened around 11 last night. southbound 280 just north of the woodside road exit. chp says a driver in a red dodge challenger driving on the freeway against southbound 283 motorcycle riders come up from behind and opened fire. they fire three shots at the car, and then they just take off. person in the car was not hit and not hurt. the driver says. they don't know what the suspects were doing. not sure why the attack happened in the first place. north bay police are investigating a shooting that happened near a bocce ball gym happened around three yesterday afternoon in san rafael. police were on their way to a report of a disturbance on d street when they got calls about a crash on b street, just outside the marin bocce federation. by the time they got there, they saw two people running away and a man who'd been shot. he was taken to the hospital. no word on how he's doing. police say the shooting
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and crash were connected, but they're not saying more than that. so far, no arrests. more than 60 seniors living in an oakley apartment complex are staying in a hotel tonight. after they were forced to evacuate. as nbc bay area's marianne favro explains, an unusual incident forced the power in their building to be shut off. reporter what started as a midmorning call of someone stuck in an elevator at oak grove senior terrace on carroll lane in oakley, quickly grew to much more. that's correct. they determined that the elevator was stuck between floors because of a water leak or an unknown substance in a bathtub on the second floor that overflowed from the bathtub into the wall, and the load bearing wall that has the electrical service for the entire apartment complex. firefighters say no one was inside the stuck elevator, but the hazmat team was called in to figure out what was inside this bathtub. in one of the units, firefighters say it might be sewage with the electrical
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system impacted, shut off power for safety reasons, forcing more than 60 seniors to evacuate. but it was not an easy process. some of them are in wheelchairs or use walkers, others have medical issues. if i didn't have an extra oxygen tank, i would be in bad shape because they don't have no generators here. the seniors we talk with say they've dealt with flooding here before. firefighters confirm that jackie ryder had to evacuate with her two dogs today. they don't maintain these buildings like they're supposed to. if they did , we wouldn't have these problems. we reached out to oak grove senior terrace but have not received a response. the contra costa county fire protection district and several other agencies spent more than three hours safely evacuating the tenants and their pets. the displaced seniors will now spend tonight and possibly tomorrow night in a nearby hotel. marion
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favro nbc, bay area news just into our newsroom, redwood city police are asking for help finding this woman. police say 82 year old carol haggerty last seen on iris street around 7:00 this evening. she's five foot five, wearing a dark blue jacket and black pants. again, this is redwood city. if you theinner, you're asked to call 911. across the nation, americans are marking memorial day weekend, remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. in san francisco today, the uss san francisco memorial foundation put on its annual ceremony to remember the crew of that famous warship. 100 sailors and seven marines were killed during the historic world war two battle of guadalcanal. that was in 1942. hundreds came out to pay their respects and listen to the musical tributes. some of those gathered were the descendants of the men who gave their lives for our country. listen to this story of what memorial day is all about. this ship, one of the
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most storied ships of the naval history, decided to go into a combat situation that was simply suicide. and they did it because they needed to save the lives of the marines on the beaches of guadalcanal. the story is of sacrifice, and this is the sort of story we want people to remember on the memorial day weekend. as we keep in mind those who did not return home from their time in service. yeah, that ceremony was held at san francisco lands end. several other ceremonies and remembrance events taking place tomorrow. of course, we've compiled a list of events happening across the bay area just go to nbcbayarea.com. click the link at the top of our home page to find one in your area. a colorful makeover coming to downtown san jose. a giant mural will be painted in san pedro square. when i say giant, i'm talking about 12,000ft■!s. yeah, it's going to be created by san jose native jimmy paints. the mural will span across a section of san pedro street,
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which is only open to pedestrians. volunteers going to help paint it? they're going to start tomorrow and it could be done by next weekend. it was a fiesta all weekend in san francisco's mission district, as the city celebrated its 46th annual carnival. this year's carnaval, parade and festival honored indigenous roots of cultures from mexico central and south america, the caribbean, the us and of course, the home of the world's largest carnaval. brazil thousands lined the parade route sunday, spanning 20 blocks through the mission brazilian latin america, central america, central america and mexican and most of americans here today. i mean, we're all well represented in this carnaval. i also like the celebration of san francisco as the new home base for many of these cultural organizations, and they're bringing their culture from their homeland to san francisco. beyond the parade, the two day festival
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featured 50 local performing artists. and are you ready for this? 400 vendors? we are back in 60s. we continue to follow that breaking news in oakland. a massive fire still smoldering at a lumber yard there, and yet another midair scare. dozen people hurt after their plane hits wild turbulence. also a catalytic converter theft turns into tragedy. an actor killed by robbers in l.a. and we saw 81 degrees today in walnut creek later this week. could be getting closer to 90. details on a big warm up as we head a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for ultimate business. don't miss out on our fastest speed plans yet!
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outside in oakland right now, and you can see they are really getting a good handle on that fire. still a lot of smoke coming out into the air. firefighters are still telling people who live nearby to keep your windows closed. this is going to be smoking for a while. no word yet on the cause of that fire. but investigators tell our crew at the scene they believe it started in the lumber yard itself and not along nearby railroad tracks. some people in the area say a number of fires have started near the railroad tracks. they saying, not this one. we're of course, going to keep a close eye on this for you. overnight or today in the bay team will bring you the latest updates tomorrow morning starting at five. we'll also be posting updates on our website, nbcbayarea.com overseas. yet another mid-air scare 12 people hurt in wild turbulence on a flight from qatar to dublin. injuries so severe some passengers had to be hospitalized. nbc's dana griffin has the latest. ambulances racing across the tarmac after
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severe turbulence rocked this qatar airways flight from doha to dublin. one passenger sharing these photos of the cabin in disarray, food splattered on the ceiling panic. the look of panic everywhere. we just felt the plane dip for about five seconds and next to us we saw the flight attendant just go up in the air and come straight back down dublin airport, says the boeing b 787 nine was over turkey when it hit turbulence, injuring six passengers and six crew members. some of the flight attendants i saw they had like scratches on their face, they had ice to their face. there was one girl that had a sling on her arm. the airport also says emergency crews evacuated passengers on the plane in dublin, eight people were taken to the hospital. it was so scary at the time. you just don't know, is this it or not? the airline says the matter is now subject to an internal investigation. the incident comes just days after a singapore airlines flight hit severe turbulence. dozens remain hospitalized and one passenger died of a suspected heart attack . while turbulence is common, this level of severity is
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extremely rare. but scientists say climate change could cause the number of incidents to increase as heat makes the jet stream more volatile. how crucial would it be for pilots to have advanced technology so that they can get a warning when something like this is about to happen? oh, it would be. it would be a game changer. another game changer. seat belts. it'll keep you in your seat and not in the ceiling. and if you happen to be out of your seat during an unexpected dip, try to brace yourself to avoid injuries. dana griffin, nbc news. new at 11 general hospital actor johnny wactor was killed while trying to stop a catalytic converter theft. this happened in downtown la 3:00 yesterday morning. police say a worker found three men trying to steal his car's catalytic converter, so he tried to stop them. and that's when one of the men shot him. the group fled the scene. paramedics rushed, whacked her to the hospital where he died. police are still looking for the three suspects. well, this week, the
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man who attacked nancy pelosi's husband in a home invasion has two separate court appearances. david depape was sentenced by a federal judge to 30 years in prison for attacking paul pelosi in 2022. however, a new sentencing hearing is set for tuesday because he was never given a chance to speak in court during his previous sentencing and the law requires a defendant be given that chance. so to perhaps going to get that opportunity at a new sentencing hearing on tuesday, then wednesday, opening statements are set to begin in depape state case. jurors were sworn in friday. that trial expected to last. they're saying about three weeks as convicted killer scott peterson is also due in court on wednesday. he's going to appear virtually via zoom. los angeles innocence project has taken on his case that's trying to win a new trial for him. peterson is serving life in prison for the murder of his wife, laci, and their unborn son 20 years ago. the family lived in modesto. now, on wednesday, a motion will be heard in redwood city to
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retest dna in the case. peterson's new team says two burglars could be responsible for the killings. they want to test a bloody mattress found in a van the morning after laci disappeared. prosecutors are calling the whole thing a fishing expedition, pointing out the two previous retests show dna on the mattress matched a man, not a woman. the official end of an era for social media giant meta. as of wednesday, sheryl sandberg will no longer have ties to facebook. in january, she announced she would be stepping down from the company's board once her term ends. the 54 year old joined facebook in 2008 as the company's chief operating officer. she's been a board member since 2012. in 22, sandberg stepped down from her role as ceo. javier olivan replaced her. sandberg is going to stay on as an advisor. she hopes to focus more on philanthropic work. well bottlerock has just wrapped up in napa the three day festival held at the napa valley expo ed
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sheeran, queens of the stone age and the offspring. among the bands who played today. the event also featured demonstrations from famous chefs, along with appearances from celebrities bradley cooper, cameron diaz i saw her on friday and steph curry. he was there with bradley cooper yesterday for a superstar cook-off, spectacular weather all three days. and, i got to say, it's extremely well organized event. i've got i've got no iron in the fire, so to speak. there's just really well laid out and great acts, a lot of fun and you provide a nice weather. so thank you. yeah, it was great. blue skies. yeah they couldn't have ordered up better weather. and if you like the warm up we had today there's a lot more. bring it on. that's workweek forecast. we'll get a taste of summer-like conditions coming later this week. let's take you outside right now. we do have low clouds on approach to san francisco. currently looking at 52 degrees close to the same temperature 24 hours ago. and you can check our temperatures around the bay area today. we did climb up to 81
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degrees in san rafael 50 now, so we've cooled rather quickly. we will see some patchy low clouds heading into tomorrow morning. 60 in walnut creek, low 80s today. about that range tomorrow. it's later in the week that will begin to see those temperatures really start to climb on up and into san jose was 76. currently 58 degrees. patchy low clouds into the morning. so pretty much the same thing for tomorrow. we'll continue to have those cloudy and cool conditions near the coast, warm temperatures inland. then wednesday through friday. that's when we're going to see the warmest days. really, it's going to be thursday on into friday afternoon. those inland valleys will have a chance of mid to upper 80s. right now, winds continue to be out of the west. and keep in mind, if that ongoing lumber facility fire along 880 there near oakland, that's going to push the smell of smoke into the east bay. don't be surprised if you wake up tomorrow morning. tri-valley out towards concord and walnut creek. if you smell smoke, it is still coming from that lumber yard fire which is burning there along 880 in oakland. even though the fire activity has come down, usually we get the
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marine air that comes in in the morning. it kind of traps some of that smoke. and if the winds staying in that direction all the way to sunrise might smell some of that for the morning. now for the afternoon, if you have any holiday plans that will take you up towards the sierra, watch out for daily chances of afternoon thunderstorms, as we could see a lot more of that actually tuesday and wednesday for areas around lake tahoe and down towards yosemite. now closer to home, lots of low clouds along the coast for the morning. they'll stay there into the afternoon, but you see the sunny skies inland. so we start the day in the 40s to low 50s. midday temperatures looking pretty nice, mostly 60s and 70s in areas far enough inland, close to 80 in vacaville, mid 70s around san jose. upper 70s for concord, but still kind of chilly around san francisco. low 60s to mid 60s from san francisco to oakland. so now here's the progression of the warm up that comes wednesday through thursday. notice how those inland temperatures now by thursday are in the mid to upper 80s inland 90 in vacaville, low 80s in san jose bay. side temperatures at least for a couple of days, warm up into the 70s. but look at that. by friday
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. solano county a chance of some low 90s mid 80s into san jose and 80s across the north bay valley. so quite a bit warmer than the way we've been seeing temperatures over this last weekend. heading towards next weekend though, kind of like we just went through. we're going to see another cool down coming as a sea breeze likely picks up with active weather returning to the pacific northwest, so we'll get a little taste of summer later this week. and then those temperatures cool down once again, heading towards next saturday and sunday. so around thursday or friday may get closer to 70 around san francisco, mid 70s in oakland, then comfortably cool as we move forward into next weekend. right now the midweek warm ups have changed to late week warm ups. it looks like there thursday and friday, the warmest days of the week. pretty nice again for next weekend. gorgeous stuff rob. thank you very much. well still ahead great story here. a bear burglar taking over there. he is taking over a california neighborhood and he's got a bit of a sweet tooth. we're going to tell you about the one treat he's after, but who really
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county neighborhood on high alert thanks to his sweet tooth. this particular bear has become so infamous. it was nicknamed after the treat. it was spotted rummaging for oreos. we got him right there. don't argue with me. those are oreos, sir. video shows it grabbing a pack of oreos from a car full of groceries. there's been three similar cases across the past week. look at that. that's evidence. oreo also believed to be the same bear that broke into one woman's garage to eat a chocolate cake that was in the refrigerator, so he's not hung up on oreos. he'll eat a lot of things, including this woman's
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cake. neighbors say the bear has not shown any signs of aggression. just craving a curry . party of six ayesha and steph curry have welcomed their fourth child into this world. the couple made the announcement in a post on instagram today. the new baby curry decided to make an early arrival. kaya's chai was actually born on may 11th and they kept it from us. okay, kaya's means rejoice, chai means life, and he joins daughters riley and ryan and son cannon. for all you basketball fans out there, rob mayeda says for the curry family, it's an and one. if you like basketball, you love that one. anyway. family says kaya's chai is doing great. still ahead, a tough day for the giants and for the a's. also, history made in indianapolis. you watched it right here on nbc bay area, and if you missed it, don't worry about that. we've got highlits ofgh
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nbc bay area. after a four hour weather delay. history. made at the indianapolis motor speedway. you know he's going to do it back to back. josef newgarden is a two time indy 500 winner for the first time in 22 years, back to back at indy 500, driver josef newgarden did it, winning his second consecutive indy 500. new garden outdueling pato award with a last lap pass to win what is dubbed as the greatest spectacle in racing. it sure was today, and today's win gives team penske its 20th win. the
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excitement came after hours of delays at the brickyard. some were wondering if we were going to have this race today. a band of heavy thunderstorms pushed the race back four hours. rain drenched the track. thousands of people had to be evacuated from the stands, but the race got underway. it finished and we have back to back winner. san francisco giants have been winning games in the late innings recently, but today the tables turned giants in new york to take on the mets. and things looked good early on in the third inning, for example, brett wisely comes up in a tie game, unties it, quickly, hits one out of the ballpark. giants lead right there, 2 to 1 on the hill. logan webb holding the mets to one run through seven innings looked great. tyler rogers comes in in the ninth and he didn't get nailed but he didn't really quite have it. he gives up a walk in four hits, a couple of them kind of cheap, including the game winner to omar narvaez, who was zero for 27 at citi field this season until today. giants lose four three. they're
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home tomorrow afternoon against the philadelphia phillies. oakland a's home against the houston astros. great day for a ball game. astros leading three. nothing in the fourth. and here comes kyle tucker. and there goes the baseball. over the wall in right center a two run shot. it was five to nothing houston oakland gets on the board in the sixth. max shuman sends one out to left. his third of the year makes it 5 to 1. shea langoliers homers in the ninth. but that's all the a's could come up with. houston comes away with the win. 5 to 2 a's off tomorrow. they play tuesday in tampa bay. we're back in 60s in just ahead. close calls near schools. driverless car companies say their vehicles are safe, but some school crossing guards tell another story. we investigate
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in convention as he tried to peel off at least some support from libertarians ahead of what could be a pivotal week for his campaign closing arguments in his historic criminal trial. now less than 48 hours away, here's nbc's julie sirkin. it's a long holiday weekend of campaigning for former president donald trump, and today he's hitting the gas pedal, courting voters and speed racers at the coca-cola 600 in north carolina. you believe so? a big nascar contest in a key battleground state, north carolina. but last night, a far less friendly reception than trump typically sees at his own rallies. the crowd at the libertarian national convention booing the former president combined with us, you have to combine with us. we cannot give crooked joe biden
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four more years. in 2016, trump was able to reach voters outside traditional party lines, but this year, the libertarian party should nominate trump for president of the united states. whoa. maybe you don't want to win. maybe you don't want to win. libertarian voters seem hesitant to support the former president. i would rather eat my own foot out of a bear trap. independent candidate robert f kennedy jr, who spoke to the same audience on friday. no more propaganda was briefly considered today to be the party's 2024 nominee, but was quickly voted out by the libertarian delegates robert f kennedy jr, 2.07. it hasn't stopped rfk, trump, or even president biden from trying to make inroads with third party voters. biden skipped the libertarian convention, speaking to military cadets instead. at west point's commencement, a white house tradition nothing is
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guaranteed about our democracy in america. every generation has an obligation to defend it. and donald trump returns to court after the holiday weekend, closing arguments expected to begin in his new york hush money trial on tuesday, former president charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors say he facilitated a payment to silence adult film actress stormy daniels about their alleged affair, a verdict in that case could come as soon as this week. an nbc bay area investigation is raising new safety questions about driverless cars and their ability to recognize and avoid people in crosswalks. one member of congress is calling our findings concerning and is now calling for action, senior investigative reporter bigad shaban shows us why. how y'all doing today? school crossing guard theresa dawn has spent the past 11 years keeping children and their families out of harm's way. hi. good afternoon. she
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thought she'd seen it all. you're welcome. until she noticed some of the cars at her busy san francisco intersection had no driver. i just don't think it's very safe. california remains one of the country's largest testing grounds for self-driving vehicles that offer everything from food delivery to taxi services. but dawn says driverless cars operated by google's sister company waymo nearly ran into her three separate times while she was guiding families along the crosswalk. the parent grab the child and looked at the car, and there was nobody driving it. so, you know, they just, like, grabbed their chest. it almost hit you. yes. it did not recognize me in the intersection, even though you were standing in it with your stop sign. yes. she's not the only one. we spoke to 30 crossing guards stationed at more than 20 schools across san francisco and nearly one out of
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every four, roughly 25% told us they experienced some type of close call in the crosswalk with the waymo driverless car, where the vehicle either hit the brakes last minute or the crossing guard rushed out of the way to avoid being hit. i tell kids to stay back, one crossing guard told us. another saying, i've almost been hit half a dozen times. so if the car wasn't able to recognize those people right away, what does that tell you? that they should have drivers, but not every crossing guard has had a bad experience with robo taxis. one told us they stop better than people. another added i've almost been hit by parents, not driverless cars. those who have had near misses say they occurred within the past year, but none could remember exact dates or times, waymo said. without specific details, it can't tell us what its vehicles did or why, and declined our interview request. but in a statement, waymo told us we take
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public concerns very seriously, adding while we're proud of our safety record, we also recognize the importance of ensuring that other road users feel confident and comfortable around our technology. is there a lack of oversight here? i think what you have is well-intentioned action, but it's just not comprehensive enough. california congressman kevin mullin says the department of transportation is falling short of its watchdog responsibilities. he wants the agency to force driverless car companies to reveal how often their vehicles are involved in a near miss. right now, they only have to disclose details on actual collisions, federal transportation officials tell us they have six ongoing safety investigations into driverless car companies, including waymo and cruise. but the agency wouldn't comment on the congressman's request to expand reporting requirements. the national data that's being captured is really limited. what's available now isn't really telling the whole story.
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that's right. the data is crucial in crafting regulations that compel these companies to focus on these areas of safety concern. while driverless car companies can keep their close calls secret, we still found a paper trail. we obtained complaint records submitted to the california dmv more than 200 last year. nearly all involved waymo and its competitor gm's cruise, about 30% of complaints detailed safety concerns in crosswalks. we shouldn't have to be their crash test dummies. i've almost been hit. it didn't slow down at all. we had to hit the car with our hand before it stopped. law enforcement tells us people need to be completely out of the crosswalk before cars are allowed to drive through, and if there's a concrete median , those walking need to have at least cleared that side of the street. but our past reporting has raised concerns about how often driverless cars comply, including when small children
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are involved. cruise declined our interview request. the company is still working to address safety concerns after pulling its entire fleet of driverless cars off the road last october amid accusations from california regulators that its vehicles posed a public safety risk. cruise, in a statement, said its cars are designed to detect, track and predict the behavior of road users, including pedestrians and cyclists, adding we have a dedicated team that investigates concerns and the insights gathered help our autonomous vehicles improve. waymo, in its statement, said its tens of thousands of rides every week are significantly reducing injuries and crashes compared to human drivers. you've identified some pretty discernible patterns . we shared our findings with congressman mullin. these are complaints coming from different people from different parts of the state, sharing some pretty eerily similar safety concerns. does that worry you? it absolutely worries me. those kinds of incidents where
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people's lives are put at risk, but it's not reportable. now so we need to be looking at those by by theresa dawn says she's already seen the risks headed straight towards her and the kids she's trying to protect. do you worry one of the children that you see could get hurt? yes. my main concern is just making sure that they get to school safely and that they go back home safely with the investigative unit. i'm bigad ban still ahead, already making a mark before graduating from college. how a bay area woman helps her fellow students and her community while earning a degree. it's a story that will make you bay area proud. we had warmer weather here on this sunday. we did see 70s round san jose, but later this week mid 80s in reaching that workweek forecast, we'll tak
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without enough food to eat. no place is immune. not even an elite four year university in san francisco. but a student there had been stepping up to help. garvin thomas joins us now with her story in tonight's bay area. proud one of the traditions of graduation weekend is students showing their family the places that have influenced
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and inspired them over the past few years. usf is proud of the graduate for graduate maria bochenski, though that was going to mean taking her parents off the university of san francisco campus to just outside the 16th and mission bart station. thanks, dad. you're getting into it. it's here. for the past three years, malia has been coming every thursday evening to share food. there you go. with those who could use some. we'd love to have it with everyone. the meals malia normally serves on these evenings are made up of excess food gathered from usf dining halls and the san francisco food market. it is part of malia's effort to bridge the gap between those who have too much food with those who don't have enough. this is what i'm passionate about. this is what i'm interested in. if i see a problem and i know, like, awesome. this is this lines up with everything i stand for. like i will 100% go for it. and then you go down the stairs. but it's not just out in the community that malia has made
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her mark. it's right on campus, too. when malia started with the food recovery network at usf, its food pantry for students was not the easiest to find. it was housed in the basement of the school library. it was right in this room was the in a closet original food pantry. it definitely was something. it felt like we wanted to keep it hidden. we maybe didn't want to talk about bread. sometimes. these days, though, it has found a much more spacious home. the food recovery network's weekly food giveaways, now in the library' main lobby and featuring much fresher food, will regularly draw in 100 students. malia helped make it the less stigma there was among students about using it, which is just what she wanted to happen. yeah it's awesome and it's grown into something that's people will come and hand out cookies or make coffee. it's a very like it's something that students are super excited to get involved with, to come to usf as the end of a college career is typically a time when
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students look forward to all the change they're going to make in the world. malia estudillo avenue fox bruin theater. of course, there will always be those who don't want to wait until graduation to get started. garvin thomas great job. she's doing a fantastic job there at usf. rob mayeda here now and, to holiday tomorrow. a lot of people are out and about and it's going to be just nice. it is a lot like today. so if you really like today, you're going to love. tomorrow. we're going to be watching a bit of a warm up later this week. so a bit of a roller coaster ride, slight cool down heading towards tuesday, but the second half of the week and early summer preview where temperatures are concerned, especially in those east bay and south bay valleys right now, watching the low clouds nearby sfo 55 degrees. if you have flights to the east coast tomorrow, call ahead. severe weather rolling out from the midwest heading towards the east coast might see some flight delays tomorrow. for those east coast airports, so check on that if you're heading that way tomorrow. 60 currently in walnut
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creek. kind of mild out there in contra costa county and down to 58 degrees in san jose. now air quality locally is pretty good, except one area will show you that coming up in the east bay in terms of pollen, the numbers have come down from the high category for tree pollen, but you've got moderate for all of cedar and pine grass. pollen has come down. that's some good news in terms of weed pollen. it's ragweed and nettle, which is in the low category. so now about the smoke from that lumber facility, fire along 880 reports of smoke and ash out towards lamorinda lafayette police reporting that about two hours ago, given the wind direction, i think there's a chance you might smell some of that smoke, obviously not just around oakland or san leandro, but maybe into the tri-valley and out towards concord for the morning as winds will continue to be out of the west, we wake up to some patchy low clouds. more sunshine inland for the afternoon morning temperatures starting off 40 to low 50s. and just like today, sunshine inland, lunchtime temperatures in the 70s inland and highs in the upper 70s to low 80s inland.
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for your monday forecast tuesday numbers will come down a little bit. you're seeing that there on the 7-day forecast at the bottom of the screen wednesday, thursday and friday. this is where the warm up really starts to kick in moving forward thursday into friday. there's a look at some summer-like temperatures mid 80s around the north bay valleys 90s possible in solano county, mid 80s in san jose and some 70s bayside, san francisco in with the trend of slight warming as we go through the second half of the week, mostly into thursday and friday, and we get that warm up inland wednesday, thursday, friday, and then trending cooler again as the sea breeze picks back up. this time next weekend. pretty nice looking 7-day forecast ahead. and we've got june a few days away. it is crazy. rob thank you very much. and coming up the official start to summer not enough to help the box office slump. the memorial weekend box office hitting a decas lowde
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angry little guy. yeah. neither the garfield movie nor furious issa a mad max saga could save memorial day weekend. sony's garfield movie claiming number one for the entire four day weekend, estimated $32 million in ticket sales through memorial day. now furiosa, the mad max prequel, claimed the first place spot for the friday, saturday, sunday weekend just three of the four days with 25.6 million. that's according to studio estimates today. aside from memorial day in 2020, when theaters were closed because of covid 19, these are the lowest earning number one movies in 29 years. since castle air earned 22.5 mil in its first four days back in 1995. we're back with
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grand opening today featured work by someone from our nbc bay area telemundo 48 family flow state sound and healing arts, opening its doors in sunnyvale today. the event featured oracle readings, giveaways and whole lot of food artists, including our assignment editor, jose francisco govea and his wife crystal, showcasing their work in the venue. soul song lab featured an art that i have here is representative of my culture of being a chicano native to san jose and using this material and my voice and my artwork, i'm giving representation to people that grow up looking like me. and from the neighborhoods like me and making us all proud. thank you so much for doing it. flow state healing and arts also offers workshops and reiki
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