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the old case. good evening everyone. >> i'm mike mibach and i'm julie julie haener, a san mateo county jury convicted peterson of killing his wife, laci, and their unborn son in 2004. that case, drawing national attention. >> and today, as ktvu crimet& reporter henry lee explains, peterson's attorneys argued in court evidence from the initial case should be. >> i see mr. peterson trying to unmute so give me a thumbs up if you can see us and hear us, please. >> after some technical difficulties with zoom, convicted double murderer scott peterson told the judge he was fine. appearing remotely from state prison. >> absolutely. thank you, your honor. >ñ peterson, hisúhair in a ponytail was back in court with attorneys with the la innocence project, hoping dna testing of evidence will undo his convictions for killing his pregnant wife, laci, and their 2002. their bodies washed ashore in richmond, although the family lived in modesto. the trial was moved to redwood city because of extensive publicity on tuesday, san mateo county judge elizabeth
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hill questioned why stanislaus county prosecutors needed more time to hand over evidence in the case. >> a lot of these items have been raised and litigated as part of the initial appeal. >> david harris, one of the original trial prosecutors, said peterson had raised many of the same issues before, including during an unsuccessful attempt to get a new trial in 2022. >> there's a lot of back and forth from the record, and there is going to be a large amount of reading for both sides. >> mr. peterson has been waiting 20 yearsúto find some of these o recordings and video that should have been provided, paula mitchell, director of the la innocence project, says her client never got key evidence, even during his original trial. i don't think that the nature of the request, it's not a fishing expedition. they're very precise, they're very specific, and we believe that they are, probable, very easily accessible. >> the judge set future court dates over the next few months. peterson's sister in law, janiec and her husbandújoe, attended
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the hearingl but declined to speak for him. if they don't find anything, nobody else can do anything about this. >> ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza says petersongs previous lawyers raised concerns over juror misconduct and constitutional violations. this time, he says, the defense has a different tack. >> this is digging into the evidence. what did the police evidence? from something that perchancec was exculpatory? >> peterson was originally sentenced to death, which was set aside by the state supreme he's now serving life in prison without parole. scott peterson is now 51 years old. he indicated he plans to attend all future court hearings via zoom from mule creek state prison in amador county in redwood city. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. an abandoned trailer caused a bit of a scare and a hazmat investigation in martinez today. >> firefighters got a call about theútrailer on pacheco avenue. 930 this morning. the hazmat
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team was summoned after discovering it was not empty. officials later learned three as abandoned outside the plant last week, and two were towed away on friday. investigators ran tests on thec liquid inside this trailer and determined it was not hazardous. >> san francisco police have reopened a case from 2023 where a chinese woman died after reportedly being pushed to the ground. ktvu is christian captain joins us now in the city, and christian police are giving this a second look after that same person initially suspected last year, was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting another asian woman. >> yeah that's right. that woman now in jail facing charges for allegedlyúassaulting a 71 year old woman. now, police are taking a second look at that previous case. san francisco police arrested 43 year old thea hopkins last week for allegedly assaulting a 71 year old chinese woman. now, police are taking a spsecond look at another incide. she was reportedly involved in in july of 2023, where hopkins
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was investigated after 63 year old yanfeng wu ground in the bayview district and later died. a police investigation at the time determined the incident was an accident. investigators have released a statement reading in reexamining thec evidence in the july 3rd case on third street in egbert avenue after receiving new evidence. we are not disclosing what the evidence is. but the attorney defending assat case says she hasn't seen any evidence connected to the 2023 death, but says they need to be looked at as separate incidents. >> there's nothing about these new allegations and charges that, change district attorney and the police officially deemed the 2023 incident as an accident. >> civil rights attorney and spokesperson for the asian justice movement, charles jones, says the community lost some faith in the police following last year's case. the group says that incident was caught on camera and are asking for that
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video to be released. in their statement, police said, quote, the sfpd does not release evidence open cases because it could jeopardize the investigation. jeung is encouraging police to investigate the two cases as part of a pattern of behavior, and see if these were possible hate crimesn >> here, the, the suspect, you know, reportedly, pushed or attacked two elderly asian women, within blocks of this pos still in custody for the assault last week. no word on if july ie district attorney, whether or charge hopkins for that earlier death, that also has not yet been determined. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, christian, thank francisco is downúslightly, butn remains at a crisisúlevel franco
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health department, 64 people died from accidental overdoses in february, including 47 from fentanyl. that is down slightly from january, when 67 people died, but an increase from the spsame period last year when 52 people died of overdoses, the health department announced today. it is expanding a type of addiction intervention called contingency management. even though addiction is awc,tm chronic illness, recovery is possible and there is a way out of addiction and into a healthier life. >> contingency management programs are available at zuckerberg, san francisco general hospital, the san francisco aids foundation,úand at a new report shows that boeing failed 33 of 89 audits during an examination done by the federal aviation administration. the six week audit was conducted after a panel blew off an alaska
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airlines 737 max jet back on january fifth. ktvu tom vacar live tonight out at oakland international with more on the story. tom >> well, let's put this at the grade score was a d minus what its supplier of door plugs& got was an f. the federal aviation administration says boeing failed 33c of 89úaudits f its manufacturing and quality control processes as its door plug supplier, the device that blew out on january 5th failed seven of 13 audits. >> well, that's a very high failure rate, international aviation attorney mary schiavo is a former inspector general of the us department of transportation that oversees the faa, which in turn oversees boeing and the airline industry. they also have to see that boeing is doing all of the assembly in the exact and precise. so, you know, steps and procedures that are approved, documentation of how the door
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plug was installed is missing or never existed. requiring that documentation is part of the certification process. >> schiavo saysúthe faa may soon find itself under investigation. >> did the faa do everything it was supposed to do in overseeing boeing? and has the government been robust enough in its oversight? >> a few years ago, in the wake of two 737 crashes that back the spcrashes, boeing agreed not to mislead, deceive or defraud the faa. that is why boeing is under criminal investigation it's una. >> i mean, it's a huge loss of confidence. >> the myers live inc saint helena. you get on the plane counting that the steps have been taken and everybody's takig ownership of everybody's safety. >> when the event happened, i just was like, okay, that's one
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of those freak accidents that you're just going to isolate in your mind and think, that won't happen again. >> whenever a deadly accident does not happen, the ntsa lab often says it was lucky we don't rely on luck. >> we rely on, you know, engineering, safety. >> and get this united and southwest airlinesúannounced that they are cutting capacity and or slowing hiring due to slower new plane deliveries and that could in fact ktvu fox two >> all right, tom, thank you for that. meantime tonight, more questions surrounding boeing after a former employee turned whistleblower was found dead over the weekend. the body of john barnett was discovered saturday in a holiday inn parking lot in south carolina. authorities say he died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. barnett worked for boeing for 32 years before
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retiring back in 2017. now, just days before his death, he had testified in a lawsuit against boeing, raising his concerns about serious safety issues in the company'súcommercial airplanes. charlestonúpolice say they are awaiting a formal cause of death as they try to determine the circumstance surrounding barnett's death. >> a pair of thieves busted for stealing from the vta light rail. what investigators say they were after. >> also, an east bay cities plan for rent control put on pause. why the issue the november ballot. >> also ahead tonight, oakland business owners threatening not to pay their taxes as they accuse the city of failing to keep them safe. >> moreúovernight showers again last night and this morning early now it's clear. plenty of sunshine and things warmingú . 's g ng
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stop paying city taxes in the diamond district. >> restaurantsúand small businesses are fed up with the distress it's creating ford them. some are throwing their manager of seibel's pizza and diamond district says business business folks want to consider withholding taxes unless the city bolsters its efforts to crack down on the crime that's been plaguing the town. >> we're scared of our lives now. diamond district isúnot the same as back in the years that i have beenúworking. >> tuesday morning, a mobile phone store was broken into on fruitvale for the fifth time in two years. the manager said it happened at 3 a.m. thieves took an ipad, the cash register and
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other electronicúequipment. other small businesses in oakland are on board with withholding taxes. one small business owner we spoke to shared she's very frustrated. >> i have already paid my business tax for this year,úof course, because it was already due, but, we don't have any services. and toúthe credit, the police that i do see on the street are at a loss as well because they don't have any leadership.t& >> city councilor for the diamond, john ramachandran, says she's been advocating for her districts for the year that the city needs to civiliansays roles that can enhance efforts by the police. >> you know, i hear them. i absolutely understand where they're frustrated are coming for. it's already hard to do business post and then you're getting hit again. and again and again by robberies and burglaries. >> the counselor says getting unfilled civilian jobs will help, and that's something thert jobs in the city of oakland, but
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if you go on there's only 35 pos listed. and since last year, i have been trying to dig into what is blocking hiring, public safety and finance committee meetings are slated for tuesday. >> both of which may impact gete resources for small businesses in her district. in oakland, alice wurtz, ktvu, fox two news tonight governor newsom touting the results of a chp sting operation targeting carjacking rings and gangs in oakland. >ñ the chp, according to the governor, arrested 168 people and recovered s60 stolen vehicles in oakland spwere arrested on a number of charges, including possession of stolen property narcotics, and dui. the arrests were a result of undercover operations and uniform patrols. >> new at five tonight, san jos& police say following a tip, they were able to seize a number of illegal,úprivately manufactured guns. officers served a search warrant on friday at an
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spundisclosed location in the city. they say they found three guns and six devices to convert weapons into a machine gun, along with a silencer, ammunition and two 3d printing machines were used to make,úthe firearms or materials to manufacture firearms. >> benito hernandez was booked into the santa clara county jai& for multiple felony firearm related charges. police say they are working to find out if the weapons were being made for sale in san jose or elsewhere. also pepper spraying another man who- was preparing to celebrate the first day ofaman. it happ aund 830 last night outside the islamic center of north marpoce say this time it does not appear the suspect explicitly targeted the spcenter ttúat this point they did not have sufficient victimúwas treated for minor injuries.
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>> the redwood city city council voted against considering a resolution calling for a cease fire in gaza. >> the motion fails with two votes. it's okay, jessica howard j. >> howard cave howard now, people debating >> as you heard there, hundreds signed up to speak at the meeting, some waiting as long as two hours to give their opinion. manyúalso spoke out against a resolution, calling it outside the scope of city business. some council members voiced similar concerns, saying they hesitated to spend city resources onúan international issue. an effort to stabilize rent in the city of concord has been suspended. just days after the council signed off on this plan. ktvu is tori gaines explains what's behind. >> the concord citycúcouncil adopted a plan just last week, which would impose a rent stabilization on multifamily rental complexes of two or more units that were built before
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february of 1995. >> we have heard from tenants for years, and it feels like as if at the 11th hour, there are homeowners, homeowners and landlords who to come, you know, make some noise about how this is going to affect our our bottom line, our profits. >> a new petition is in the works and some organizers hope to keep the ordinance from ever stabilization ordinance would have capped annual rent increases in the city to either 3% of rent cost, or 60% of the consumer price index, whichever was lesser. that means a monthly rental, which started at $2,500 per month in rent, could not be spraised more than $75 annually. the same ordinance aimed to make it tougher for landlords to evict residents without just cause. we spoke with one concord resident who maintains rental properties in the east bay, he says. this ordinance has done more to divide concord residents than support tenants. >> at the end of the last
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council meeting regarding this issue, the mayor sat up there on his in his, position in front of his placard and said, you know, i told you guys eight years ago when this was on the ballot tha& city did it, it was going to be way worse for the homeowners. and now it is rising. >> juntos supports tenants across the east bay and advocates for affordable housing. they say the fight for rentc control has been going on for years. >> now that it's been suspended, they are feeling overwhelmed, they're feeling sad, they're they feel like they can't they can't be celebrating right now that now there's more to do that after fighting for eight years now there is more that they have to do to fight back. if the wil& choices is repeal the ordinance or november ballot to let the voters decide. the opposition are spreading misinformation also about how rent control and just cause have lied to people in order to-
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gather signatures. i just want to, you know, let people know to read before they sign she hopesn concord. rent, and we have 50,000 peoplen the petition. require over 7200 signatures from voters registered concord, tori gaines, ktvu, fox two news crews in capitola have begun to demolish the wharf house restaurant and capitola boat and bait shop. >> the city decided to tear down the buildings after determining they were no longer safe. this comes due to the damage caused by the storms in january of last year. workers are breaking down the buildings piece by piece and then hauling them off the wharf to keep debris from falling into the water. >> all righty. we're checking in on the rain that we got last night and a little bit early this morning, much less than we had the before, but very
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that it came in overnight. it got some some raindrops on the ceiling or on the roofs. and then in the morning it lingered a little bit longer. so we did have a little bit of wetúon the very early morning commute, especiallyúin the north bay. so these are some of the totals down from the last bit. i mean,n marin county produced some places almost an inch and kentft just under a half inch today. redwood city, 4/100. so there it is outside. you got a little wind. i think that's going to be our story the next couple of days. looking at the flag the, flagpole where they belong, you can see that west wind. what's going to happen is the pressure. the high pressure is going to start coming down out of to come. it's going to come out of there. north and it'll create. we have a wind advisory. it's going to go in effect, come down like this out ofúthe valley. and so in the valley areas like sacramento, the modesto, marysville, red conditi wouldn't i know i shouldn't say
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wind warning, but maybeúthey could. we have a wind advisory for parts of the bay area. and it's because of that high building back in after the low went by and the pressure gradient or the stronger the hie stronger the low. the closer they are wind.úso as the seasons on and the lowsúbecome less strong, the winds start to come down. it's just a variation as you go into the spring and summer. so clear and breezy tomorrow and the next couple of days. we have plenty of breezy conditions to talk about and temperatures that are going to be in the mid 60s tomorrow, but then upper 60s, low 70s moving forward. so kind of kind of cool. i'll see you back here. we'll do the full forecast. wegll there. i don't think there's any rain coming, but there's some wind and some other weather nuggets. i'll see you back here. >> all right. we'll see youc ina bit, bill. thank you. a library in san francisco is expanding its services beyond books. the e new lending program, they hope will payouts for police misconductúin oakland have declined in the last fivec years. the new data currently te
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available to the public. >> san francisco public library's bayview branch is full of books, but on a table tucked spawayúin an old woodenúcard catalog is the branch's latest packets are planting seeds of knowledge in a very different way. >> our seed library doesn't require library card at all. >ñ yes, that's right, a seed library where people can come and borrow seeds to plant fort& free. >> the patrons can take whatever grow, and once they harvest it, they just bring their seeds from their harvest back. >> the librarians hope these tiny seeds will open a bounty of learning about nature, biology, urban gardening, and even health and nutrition and it's become an inspiration for even the most >> i never knew there was a dragon our herbs have been growing the fastest today i pulled some
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waltham butternut squash. >> staff say they're already seeing many community members donating seeds from their own community plots or personal gardens. >> you know, i'm very, very excited about what to look like come june or july. >> library spokeswoman jamie wong says it's inspired her, tof this, she says, is a sign of how modern libraries are branching >> the seed lending library is very much in tune with is to help peoplec to grow and to lea& , find new hobbies, just discover new things about themselves. >> we're trying to engage a space talk toúeach other. can cn learn together. when we get to witness that, it's very, heartwarming. yeah >> for the bayview location is one of three pilot programs so far, along with the potrero and portola branches, and san francisco library staff say if there is enough interest, they're open to the newsroom. ja
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katsuyama, ktvu, fox two news next at 530, thieves turning their sights to the ground targeting vta light rail tracks. stole that could affect your commute. >> also had one week of counting ballots in the vote on, with thp opposing the measure is saying about the race andc some pretty heated moments from both sidest& of the aisle on capitol hill today, as lawmakers question the special counsel, who declined to charge president biden for the
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bus does represent a smallnd th- portion of the since the beginnf spthe year. ktvu south live tont in downtown impact to vta riders jesse good evening. >> mike. julie, good evening to youc rider and they'll tell you this system is great until there's a problem. delays are a thorn in their sides, especially when the extra time spent waiting out here at e down the tracks, which it is right now. well, when that is all caused by thieves who are impacting the service that was here tuesday, two eagle eyed santa clara county sheriff's deputies patrolling vta light rail stations >> our sheriff's dispatch received a call yesterday a little bit after noon in the area of crop, vta station
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captain jose cardoza says two suspects stole critical infrastructure from the station to take the copper wire within a second call, told deputies suspects were stealing copper wire again, this time at the redwood station in sunnyvale. our deputies responded to the area. they made an enforcement stop and arrested two persons responsible, and 55 year old frk pacheco are charged with in theo cases, officials say there have been over two dozen such crimes committed by multiple suspects since the first of the year, costing vta over a half million dollars in damage. >> the cables that are being stolen, they, they track train movement on our system, which in turn activate gate arms. train switches and signaling it will prevent trains from receiving proceeds. signals moving. >> copper tubing and wire theft
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is not new. thieves used the buckious metal for vta, such thefts bring their 42 mile light rail system to a grinding halt, impacting nearly 15,000 daily riders. you're going to be waiting a little bit longerújust because of the delays. ñ> vta has tried burying the copper connection points, covering them with rocks, even using grease to foil thefts. >> but the crimes still happen. >> really urging folks to call in if they see anything suspicious on the vta tracks. >> and vta officials say if you see someone walking away fromúa station such as this holding something that looks like tubing, don't think it's just nothing because quite often the copper wire or tubing has an insulation around it, which is not copper. it's a different color. and so you might think it's nothing. it's they have, bs something very valuable. if you have any questions, you can call the sheriff's office, not the san jose police. call the santa clara county sheriff's office because they have jurisdiction.
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or youúcan call vta. we're live in downtown san jose this evening. jesse gary, ktvu, fox sptwo news. mike, julie, back up to you in oakland. >>c all right. jesse, thank you. >> it has been a week since millions of voters across the country cast their ballot on super tuesday. and here in still do not know if governor newsom's multi-billion dollar mental health reform proposal will pass. as of tonight, the prop one vote count remains too close to call with leading by less than a million votes. the california secretary of state's office says about 1.5 counted today. the grouped to be a statement conceding that thed measure will likely pass. if it does, the state can then borrow $6.4 billion in bonds to build mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities. it housing for more primaries are being held today in georgia, mississippi and washington state. and we've just learnedc 4
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democratic nomination for president. polls in georgia closed about 90 minutes ago. mr. biden, cruising to victory there. he also won in mississippi, where he ran for pe made official at the democratic national convention in august. trump also won in georgia today. he is expected to clinch the republican nomination once enough votes are counted in the other primariesl and set up a nr rematch between donald trump and joe biden. the president is crucial union endorsement. heer- met today with leaders from the teamsters union, which is one of the largest unions in the nation , which, with more than januarye president received an endorsement from the united auto workers union. the topics the president and teamsters discussed today included workers wages, pensions, income bankruptcy reform.rporate and file members got the. rank
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opportunity toúask the president questions that are important to us. his message has been, you know, consistent. pro-union president. >> former president trump met with the teamsters earlier this year. the union is expected to make an endorsement this summer, it backed mr. biden over trump. >> a contentious hearing on capitol hill today, both spdemocrats and republicans in congress questioned special counsel former special counsel robert her over his investigation into president biden's mishandling of classified information. robert julie haener stood by his handling of the case and his inl mental state. vox's rebeccat's castor is in washington with the story. >> former special counsel robert president biden over his mishandling of classified documents, faced intense scrutiny from both sides of the aisle. >> on capitol hill tuesdayl joe spbiden told us he knew the rul, so mr. her why did he break them? >> and you're doing everything t
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trump reelected. so that you can get appointed as a federal judge . >> investigators found dozens of documents in the president's personal offices and garage. in his report, her concluded the evidence was not sufficient enough for charges, but also cited concerns over biden's memory as contributing to his decision. sp>> i did not sanitize myt& explanation, nor did i disparage the president unfairly. if your senile enough, even your violations of federal criminal law won't be prosecuted. >> and one part of the report her wrote biden would likely present himself to a jury as a sympathetic, well-meaning elderlyc man with a poor memory. >> you understood when you made that decision, didn't you you wa language, didn't you? >> politics played no part whatsoever in my investigative steps. >> democrats also meant to distt voters from donald criminal cas, including his own charges for
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mishandling classified documents. >> so who wins with this ludicrous, embarrassing ban? win wins. she wins. the tyrants of the world win. they have one more reason to celebrate. donal& trump. >> former president trump is trying to get his own classified documents. case dismissed. a floridaújudge will hear those cx news the white house today signed off on a new emergency aid package for ukraine president biden announcing $300 million in funding meeting with the president and prime minister of poland. >> this comes as congressional republicans have blocked a bipartisan military assistance bill for ukraine, israel and other allies. president biden said the emergency spending is made possible through savings in the defense department's long makers. >> today, the united states ist& announcing an emergency package for ukraine using cost savings from previously approved
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pentagon contracts. the package includes munitions and rounds to help ukraine hold the line against russia's brutal attacks. >> us officials are also looking into seizing billions of dollars in russian assets and using those funds to pay for. >> 23úand me facing another lawsuit over last year's hack that affectedc millions of customers. what the dna testing company is accused of hiding from the victim. >> also, inflationúnew numbers just in and what the future rate cuts and light on te problems facing america's power grid, why large parts of the country coul soon be ac g
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agenda is causing a strain on the grid aimed at reducing emissions are essential to fight the real threat to america's energy supply. >> you know what threatens the grid? depending on fossil fuel >> but there are few solutions offered to utilities and regulators scrambling to keep up with demand for new energy, which more than doubled between 2022 and 2023. some say it's time for the feds to come up with a unified national strategy, but that's not sitting well with industry leaders who say each state should set its own policies. >> i don't believe it's the federal government's job to come spin and tell texas whatc to do. >> i understand, and again, i'm not asking you that question. i'm asking would you support regulators saying no, no, it's entirely up to texas. well, the policy decisions of folks in texas have left 9p% of people isolated. >> right now, the biggest driver of new electric demand in the u.s. is data centers to support all that new artificial
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intelligence in washington, mike emanuel, ktvu, fox battle is br& tiktok. the company's ceo heads to capitol hill as lawmakers fast track a bill that could ban the app here in the u.s. plus, we lost out on most of our january production and our really far behind this year. >> too much of a good thing howt crops, and we are checking in on the weather. >> those scattered showers from this morning are long gone. we're into a nice weather pattern now. a warm weather patt n, some wi
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lawmakers are now moving closer to passing a law that would separate the popular app from the chinese government. there is bipartisan support for this bill in the house of representatives and president biden has said he would sign the law if passed. but there are more mixed opinions in the senate. >> it's not goingc to pass through the senate just immediately because it passed through the house. >> hopefully, one way is that china is our chief adversary, and why we would an n aimed at the united states of america kids is beyond >> before the bill heads to a vote, tiktok ceo will wrap up meetings with lawmakers in washington, 23 and me is facing another class action lawsuit spover its response to a hack tt affected millions of its
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customers. >> the genetics, information and testing company, which is based in south san francisco, was targeted by hackers in april of 2023. the lawsuit claims 23 and me knew that customers of targer genetic data, but the company failed to notify them. this is the latest in more than two dozen lawsuits related to the hackn we have reached out to 23 andme for comment, but have not yet was higher than expected rose time last year. economists say that likely indicates the federal reserve will not cut interest rates at its next meeting, but possibly june. inflation has declined far from the fed's goal of 2% on an annual basis. >> strawberry farms here in california areúfacing problems dueúto all the recent rainy
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weather, fox news zara barker or zara barker impacting strawberry production. >> the variety we grow is called albion. it's a very old variety, but it's sweeter than the new varieties. not quite ready to eat. >> we'll. never make up for that lost time. sp>> jimmy ikegawa, the third generation owner of carlsbad strawberry company, says this year's harsh winter and rain hurt strawberry production, from flower to ripe. >> fruit is normally about 4 to 5 weeks, but at this stage the strawberries are very delicate and if we get a big storm or a big raindropc hits it, weúcan gt a misshapen strawberry like this one. this is not a number one strawberry. so we in with the number twos or pick itúfor juice, he says. >> thec abnormal amount of rain cut their strawberry harvest down from eight months to just five, so we lost out on most of february production.on and ourt- >> so we're really farúbehind this year because of the recent
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storms. >> the carlsbad strawberry company says they've lost out on about 80 boxes of strawberries per acre, and with 20 acres of farming, that's a loss of about 160,000 pounds of strawberries. >> an inch of rain will cause anything turning red to go bad. so really we were we had the same amount of labor. we were just having and throw it away. so we just had no income because we weren't able to sell anything. so it made it really rough and just north in oceanside, it's a similar story. >> while we do have some ripe strawberries, they're few and far between, so we actually had to postpone this year's season. michelle castellano's family has been farming since 1925, and growing strawberries for the public to harvest since 2020. >>c this field that we're standing in is our strawberry u-pick field, but this year they also have to delay their here. t some that haven't turned red yet. and what's
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happened for theúlast couple of weeks is they've slowed down. so during a u-pick season, we would see a whole plant like that full of red strawberries like this. whereas those are still white ae of more weeks. >> i have a feeling it's about we're about to get into good weather andc it'll straighten ot some. so we'll make the most of it. and that's that's farming both the milano farm stand in oceanside and carlsbad strawberry company are hoping to reopen their u-pick strawberry fields in the coming weeks. >> but here in carlsbad, the carlsbad strawberry company just opened up their stance. you can come by and pick up some of the strawberries that they are able to harvest until they reopen their strawberry fields in the coming weeks. reporting in carlsbad i'm zara barker, all right. >> checking in on the temperatures from today. a lot like yesterday. very similar a little bit warmer. we had a lot of that cloud cover took a while to burn off. we had scattered showers last night to the tune of a quarter ofúan inch to ac q0th of an inch to ac few hundredths of
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an system pretty weak. but overnight came in and kind of messed a little bit with the morning commute. little haze out there right now you can see what can you see.t& just the haze, basically no fog to speak of. but tomorrow morning, valley fog, something we could be contending with. the high pressure is building in, and that means valley fog. that's one of the reasons that'& going to happen. but it also means generally fair weather and a little bit setting up and a wind advisory will go into effect on wednesday afternoon. the central valley is going to get pretty much the gist or the brunt of the winds, but it'll bleed into parts of vacaville, napa and areas around fairfield and out towards davis. it'll funnel right down the centralúvalley. it lasts until thursday at 5:00. so breezy thoe north winds get in the valley. so if you're driving up 5 or 99, you're going to notice them starting tomorrow afternoon and into wednesday. so here are the wind forecast colors. that's where the strongest winds are. and then they reallyúgets going. look at
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these winds on thursday afternoon. so you can see the purples. and there's a little more northeast in that wind on thursday. shots and offshore probably be a little stronger in the bay area on thursday than it will be on wednesday. the forecast overnight lows is grea. a little bit of cloud cover will do that. a little bit of wind to the forecast forútomorrow morning and then tomorrow night. the forecast for thursday morning awesome. this will be at week coming up or the next few days as temperatures ratchet up it's going to be back to spring essentially friday. we never back to not we, you know what i mean? it feels going to feel like spring. so here's fridayt& morning and then we move on to t highs for tomorrow. and the winds will keep things a little mild onúwednesday or pardon me on thursday.úbut then they really start to warm up when those winds change up for us. and into the low mid 70s possibly. and in southern california this weekend they're going to have a
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similar a wind event. but they call that a santa ana wind. and that could be a problem forc them, as you know, with fires. and certainly low super low humidity. so we'll keep an eye on that. but looks like we're in pretty good shape. i'll see you back here at six. all right. >ñ we'll see you then, bill. thank you. well, coming up tonight at six, the amount of money that the paid out in polie misconduct cases has plummeted in the last five years. the factors that are driving down that trend, and a san francisco doctor who is making history by setting up a liver transplant program her home country of etopia
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says, and what the move means for the people of haitin >> pledging an additional $100 million to helps greg palkot reports. >> we welcome yesterday's announcement of a transitional governance structure in haiti. >> after weeks of escalating hae u.s. state department tuesday praised the resignation of prime minister ariel henry, saying the move now paves the way for a peaceful transition of power. in a video statement released overnight, henry announced he would be leaving, saying the
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haitian people need stability and to rebuild democracy institutions. >> it. >> i'm asking for all haitians to remain calm and do everything they can to come back as fast as possible for the good of the country. >> henry was named prime minister at the beginning of july 2021 by then president jovenel moise he was assassinat, leaving henry to unexpectedly fill the role. yet in theúmonths that followed, criticism mounted over over the past few weeks, a wave of gang violence has swept through the capital. now, henry says he will leave once the a mn leaders pushed forward during an emergency meeting on monday.t& just hours before henry's resignation. >> it further seeks to assure that haiti will be governed by the rule of law with the haitian government, falls lawmakers worry the ripple effect could worsen the migrant crisis. >> there will be new leadership that will separate the gangs
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from leading this country and we as america, as a nearby neighbor, have an important role to play. >> the state department says it expects the transitionalúcouncil to be appointed in the next 24 to 48 hours, with an interim prime minister named soonc after in london. greg palkot ktvu, fox two news. >> new at six more questions for the country's largest single exporterl a new audit shows boeing has failed dozensc of faa audits. >> plus, mr. petersonúhas been waiting 20 years to find some of these police reports and audio recordings and video recordings that should have been provided a big hearing today for convicted murderer scott peterson as an influential legal group takes on his case and demands he receives a new trial. >> plus, and because they don't have the staffing, they don't respond to crimes in progress. payouts for police misconduct cases in oakland plummet in yeae unions and civil rights groups are debating the underlying reasons
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