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really be awkward. that sir, you're gonna have to find a new job. uh remember, uh, the tonight we have our documentary on tmz investigates. where is kate middleton? it's on fox network tonight at nine o'clock. eight central. it is really interesting. we will see you tomorrow. justice targets the bay area tech giant over its control in the smartphone space, plus a learning experience for law enforcement. >> the couple at the center of a terrifying kidnaping case that was deemed a hoax by investigators, talks today with police about what they went through and the changes they want to see. >> and coming up a little bit later, restaurant week expands in the east bay. we are live with the incredible cuisine you can find when you dine in berkeley from ktvu fox two news. >> thist&
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antitrust lawsuit filed against silicon valley based apple. >> the u.s. attorney general accuses the company of a series of violations that helped stomp out competitors in the smartphone market. it is a everyone, to the four this holmm alex savage. the department of justice, along with 15 states and the district columbia, are part of this lawsuit. ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary is covering this developing story apple's global headquarters in cupertino. jesse,úa tough day ts exactly right. apple stock lost 4% of its value on heavy took ag on main street. this after federalúprosecutors said apple engages in anti-competitive behavior that hurts consumers and lessens the choices that not, the leading, the leader in
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the market that they are because they merits. >> they are in that place and that front position because of, illegal, monopolistic behaviors. >> at a morning news conference, california attorney general rob bonta explaining why this statec is joining 14 others and the district of columbia inúa federal lawsuit against apple. specifically, prosecutorsúsay apple engages in anti-competitive conduct towards third party app developers and uses rules that heavily benefit apple. for example, apple, according to the suit, makes messaging with non-apple phones and products worse, which makes claim makes its users think iphones are better than the other brands on the market. and the company makes it more difficult for users and developers to move beyond its products and servicesúand share information with non-apple brandsn federal officials say a%
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on any app from the i store and on in-app purchases. >> apple carries out its exclusionary, anticompetitive conduct in two principal ways. first, apple imposes contractual restrictions and fees that limit that developers can offer.lityt- iphone users. second, apple selectively restricts of connecn third party apps and the iphone's operating system. >> one impact is that once you get into the apple ecosystem, you're highly incentivized to buy additional apple products. does make it difficult for&tm consumers to do the mixing and matching thatúsome might want to do. there are some that says apple products. >> in an emailed response, apple executives say if this suit is
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successful, it will, quote, hinder our ability to create the kind of technology people expect from apple, where hardware, software and services intersect. additionally the statement says this sets a dangerous precedent empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology. at the apple store in palo alto, some loyal apple customers provides much of the products they use in their daily life does function as a alleged harm. many said so far - >> apple is a monopoly and we seven personally, but we have choices. you can buy. you can buy any of the products that you want. no one's making you buy apple products. >> the government is seeking injunctive relief they want appo change its behavior here going forward. no court date has been set yet, and apple wants that court date is set. can file thie
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dismissed. rob bonta says if this does go forward, he expects this case could last as many as three years. we are live near apple's headquarters here in cupertino. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. guys, we'll head back to you in oakland. sp>> i imagine this legal drama time. jesse. thank you. well a day after the one, governor newm is touting its possiblec advantages. >> the governor touring a behavioral health treatment center today in los angelesn prop one squeaked byúwith 50.2% of the vote. governor newsom says the bond measure will help address homelessness and also help get people suffering from mental illness and addiction. >> we're here to modernize the mental health services act. thinking. we're here todayrt- celebrating, this journey and this successful and reform the approach we take to addressd substance abuse and disorder and challenges that continue to have
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access out on the streets and sidewalks and those >> county health officials will have until 2026 to adjust their mental health budgets to reflect a shift in priority for state funds from prop one. >> san jose city leaders are considering a policy that would reserve affordable apartments for people who live in certain neighborhoods. housing advocates andúsan jose mayor matt the measure. it would set asider lower income applicants who live in specific areas and have been identified as facing displacement. in addition, 15% of affordable apartments would be set aside for lower income spapplicants living in the same city. council district as the available units. >> doing our outreach get togethers, we have witnessed families living in cramped and inhabitable conditions due to limited income and documentation
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, an it is time that we take action. >> this measure would apply to projects currently in development as well as future spdevelopments. the proposed policy change has been years in the makingúand it required law o go into effect. the city council is set to vote on the change coming up on tuesday. the couple case that was initially deemed a hoax by vallejo police today took part in a special training event for detailed their experience to a room full of officers. the goal to try to change how police handle criminal investigations, and denise huskins was kidnaped and raped by an intruder back in 2015, but before the truth of her story case a hoax and during an 18 hour interrogation, erin quinn, huskins boyfriend at the time and now her husband, was accused of killing her. when huskins jur childhood home. while the couple
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was accusedúthat story, the reasoning of the local and federal investigators found the details just too far fetched. but it was all true. in the recent netflix netflix docu series american nightmare. while the couple now married with two kids, shared that hoped for change and a betterve spfuture. >>údespite that, we're still eternal optimist. we refuse to be jaded. our story really represents people, but also the best in people. more than anything, our story is an example of how special it is to be human and the capacity for resilience. >> all right. for more on today's event, we're joined here in lee, who was there for that training that took place today. what was henry. the main message that we heard from fromúdenise and aaron to law enforcement. what are the
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changes they want to see in terms ofúhow cases like theirs are approached? >> well, they wanted to stress that, you know, even though traditionally, historically, when you have a missing woman, you know, police always look at the boyfriend their message today is to avoid what they call confirmation bias, alsoúknown as tunnel vision. just because you think everything might fit neatly in one way and it could be completely opposite. and that's exactly whatúhappened here. a stranger abduction, complete home invasion from idea who was. >> what was the receptionc like to these officersúin thisúroom to the couple and their story today?t& >> a number of standing ovations. in fact, seaside police chief nick borges, the seaside police, was the host at a local hotel while this police chief was squarely in thet& couple's corner, apologized on behalf of law enforcementúvalleo police. even though seaside has nothing to do with it, they are owning it. and so the reception
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in the room very well received, officers lined up with copies of their book for them to sign, and they also got invitations to speak elsewhere at other law enforcement functions. >ñ henry, how did this training event come about and who initiated the appearance by by event, a lot had to do seaside police chief, nick borges. as did many others, and he book- actually reached out, not thinking that they'd be receptive. but they reached back out to him and said, they are interested. they were oblige.rey area and b- and again, very night and day lw enforcement, they again, they received apologies. they received standing ovations and a lot aúlot of good well wishes all the way around. sp>> yeah, but the idea here, henry, the way that investigators go into a case like this and to also change the way that they treat victims as well as those who are accused. >> right. and you can't just
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simply throw someone like they did aaron quinn in an interrogation room for 18 hoursn airplane mode, which cut offt& connection. but i was told later on the reason that they putúhis phone on airplane mode. that's an investigative tactic where they freeze what's in there, they don't want any material removed, but in doing so, you cut off a critical line of communication. so the officers in the audience today were told to, you know, let's just think e spassumptions, don't think that, you know,úwhat happened proof eo keep an open mind.c officers took thatúto heart.et- yeah. all right henry thank you. appreciate it. you bet. >> thankúyou. well, we've got some big news to tell you about regardingc student loan forgiveness. yeah. >> coming up here on the for today, the announcement today from the biden administration that dollars in student loan debt. >> and barry, whether another wn cloud mix. it has beenc a streth of dry weather that will soon be coming to an end. we're talking&
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for nearly 80,000 americans, as fox's connor hansen tells us, public servants from teachers to firefighters, will see their loans forgiven. >> president biden says 78,000 firefighters, teachers, nurses and other public service workers will have their student debt canceledn nearly $6 billion in total. the administration has now forgiven student loans for almost 4 million americans. president strongly about wanting to relieve the burden program for public workers thatg was overly complicated and restrictive, canceling student debt on a large scale was a key part of biden's 2020 campaign. although the supreme court struck down his attemptúlast june. the latest announcement
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comes after biden's multi-state promoting his economic agenda. >> it's about being able to look your kid in the eye and say,t& honey,úeverything's going to be okay. well, that's what we're working on. >ñ but not everyone thinks canceling debt is the best way to move the economy forward i me and how is it sustainable? we're just doing it now, just this spyear, just this administratio. what about the future administrations, and what does it say to students who an educae to pay, maybe i won't? i mean, >> the biden administration says some of those public workers will start to receive emails next week supreme court decisio& the president hopes to find more ways to cancel student debt in new york. connor. >> it's been one year since wall street journal reporter evan spgershkovitch was detained.
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gershkovitch was arrested last march onúspying charges while on a reporting trip outside of moscow. he will remain of the my another hearing in this case is likely to happen next week. today, gershkovitch's sister spoke to reporters. >> i'm just in awe of him, i don't think any of us really know what it would be like to be in that position, national security adviser jake sullivan says the u.s. remains in communication with russia inc te hopes of securing the 32 year old's release. >> well, the countdown is on for congress to avert another government shutdown. sp>> lawmakers have until tomorw night to approve spending limits spor parts of the government wil shut down. fox's rebecca castor has the latest on the negotiations. >> in the wee hoursúof thursday morning, congress released more than a thousand pages of government funding legislation. but there's little time left for lawmakers to pass it to avoid a partial government shutdown friday, putting operations at
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the departments of defense, labor, health and human services, education and others on the linen >> we're talking about how to expeditec it as quickly to havee to review the legislation. >> house speaker mike johnson will likely waive a house rule requiring that members have 72 hours to review bills before voting on them, but that still leaves the upper chamber, and at least one senator is already threatening to hold up the legislation. >> it's sad to say when that the blame goes to both parties. >> the legislation includes over $1 trillion in bipartisan spending measures. republicans u.s. defense and borderg for security, and cutúoff funding for a providing humanitarian relief to palestinians in gaza, after claims employees participated in thec october 7th attack in israel. meanwhile, democrats are happy about lowering child care costs and blocking cuts >> these aren't the bills that
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democrats would have written on our own. they are the result of very tough negotiations. we've had to stickúto some very spdifficult top lines and fight off literally hundreds of republican poison pills. won't end here. lawmakers areon- still reviewing president biden's budget proposal for 2025, which includes tax hikes for billionaires and tax breaks for families. in washington, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. our weather now and giving you a live look across the oakland estuary, where mark said vice heading into today was get out there and enjoy it, because he says things are going to be changing. so mark, that's what i did today. oh good. a really nice walk. yeah.t& >> the rainfall making a comeback tomorrow. heather. so yeah. plan on some cooler clouds making a comeback. so yeah, it's been nearly a here iy area, but it is still late march. we typically still talk about some rain this time of year and it's definitely moving
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in as we move into your friday afternoon into fridayc night. so this was the scene today, a jusy nice day, a fairly mild day as well. and then as we take this forecast model and show you those rain the wayn so rain returns, especially by this time tomorrow as that next is for friday and saturdayt& rainfall projections around approaching two inches for thel- north bay coastal hills. winds will be around 30 to 40 it's spring time, but they actually have a winter storm warning that kicks in byúfriday afternoon. friday evening. now the satellite today, not a lot of cloudúcover to show you with clear to partly cloudy skies. a lot of energy though offshore here. so here's the pattern change developing a lot of cool air tucked in behind this system. that cooler air definitely moves in by saturday. current numbers. right now itgs actually fairly mild showing you some 60s 67, san francisco 61 ad san jose, a nice 70 degrees. so camera looking out toward the
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nice greenc hillsides in the foreground, but definitely not & those clouds have been drifting in now. tomorrow morning, for se rain up in the north bay, but the of the timing, it's going to move in later tomorrow afternoon. here's the forecast model. here we are 7:00 tomorrow morning. and theng about some rain showers moving into portions of the north bay. thisúgradually spreads to aftern hours, and i'd on some morect& off and on rain downpours into your weekend and maybeúeven a thunderstorm. we'll have more on that and your whole weekend forecast coming up in just a little bit. >> all right. we'll see you in just a bit. mark thank you. up next aúcollaboration to repurpose more used clothing. how goodwill is partnering with fashion design students here in the bayc area to upcycle garmens and help reduce waste
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sustainability.újulie, thank forc the time. what is the goal of this partnership with san francisco state? >> yeah, our goal is to inspire a new generation of designers to use materials in the most sustainable way possiblec. >> all right.úso how do you see the to divert clothing that would otherwise be thrown away, away fromúthe landfills is that that's part >> yeah. i mean, as you know, and all your viewers shopped atf our stores, but one of our main, the main part of our mission, in addition to job training and career services out of the land. so wegre always trying to innovate and improve. we've been piloting, cleaning and repair to keeping materials out of the landfill. >> and so how does this collaboration work with the fashion design students at san francisco state? they do. they get to go and select the items at a goodwill warehouse that
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they they think they might want to turn into new garments. yep. >> i brought them to our warehouse. we actually had a quick tour, but they selected from a subset of the materials that actually went through our retail channels and unfortunately didn't sell. so they selected items and they're in the process of creating designs from those older garments that didn't resell. yeahn >>c what a fun process for those students. and i know you are going to go check in with the fashion design students at san francisco state tomorrow. and what is this all about? you're going to check in on of see whaf progress has been made. yeah we wanted to give them a little bit of feedback to make sure that the designs will showcase and look really great on our mannequins in our storen >> yeah. the top, and that is the end result, the final, the final products will be put on display at your your storen that's on that's on haight street. that's right. in the city. now are those items going to be up for sale? because i people might walk by and go, boy, that's up
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for negotiation with the spstudents. >> so we'll wegll have toúsee. but we're really excited because the semester of may, and that's festival season. and as you know, haight street is like the center of festivals in san francisco. so we're going to be weúasked the students to do a festival wear collectionn so that's what's display. >> that's that's fantastic. so how do you hope thatúan experience like this for these fashion design studentsúcan also maybe inspire some to pursue a career in fashion design? yeah. >> well they are fashion design and merchandizing majors. so i think thatgs their goal. but they we really want to inspire the next generation of designers to be as sustainable as possibly enough textiles in the world for designers to use and make new clothing. why are we making new stuff? so we really want to inspire creativity keep as many materials as possible out of the landfill. >> i mean, that's that's the
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whole goal to divert from going into the landfill. is there talk about sort of expanding program& like this soúthatc you can divet evenúmore, use clothing away from the landfill. >> there is. yeah. we're continuing continuing to pilot a variety of projects to keep materials out of the landfill. and even potentially hiring somebody to in-house at goodwill to take some of those materials and repurpose them and resell them. so, yeah, a vision to really innovate in the area of textile circularity. and so a lot of big plans int& store for us. >> all right. and before we wrap up, we that the jacket you are wearing rightúnow. >> oh, almost forgot. yeah. >> is repurposed. yes. >> this was an old blanket look. really wonderful. thanks. yeah >> all right,úwell we appreciate it. and good luck with your your check tomorrow. and i can't wait to hear about the items on display at your store on haight street in the city. julie bryant with & >> thank heather, over to
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you. >> yeah. thank youc guys both so much.úmyself and my teenage daughter big thrifter. so i love this idea. okay. coming up next, supporting survivors of sexual assault. coming up, i'm going to talk with a local tattoo artist about the project called still not asking for it. and why he's adding his voice to the fight against vi im blaming
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campaign called still not asking for it fights the culture of victim blaming for the 10th year, tattoo shops all around the world will host a flash charity event. they've raised more than $1 million to helpt& support sexual assault survivors, and they're hoping ms event coming up this weekend. and joining me now is ben is ben brooke, tattoo artist and co-owner of pastime tattoo in san being here, ben. thanks for having me. so this is your third year participating in the events important to take part, iújust think know, it's a very special cause. and it's, you know, very important for us to help people in need in, especially us victims of sexual& assault. it seems like they're a group that's very, underrepresented and unable to need. and this is a good way for us to help all kinds of people in thatúregard. >> yeah. so i did mention that itúwas yourúthird yearn whatc ws
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the reception like the previous years? have a lot of up? >> yeah, it's very, very big. we have people usually lined up opi think we participated, we were ablec to raise over $vl000 for that one day. >> oh that's great. that's the types of designs soalk abou- spshow us a little bit about wht sppeople from $1u0 to $300, you could get them in color, black and gray. it doesn't matter in all of the money that we make from it will be donated to bay area women against rape. >> yeah. and why did you choose that organization? localúorganin that, just of fitsúthe, thec charity that wegre going for as far as helping sexual assault victims and they've been a big help for women in the bay area, and we've worked with them before. >> so it seemed like a. >> it really is great when amouy
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that has been made over the last ten years.úi mean, that's got to make you proud to know that this group of tattoo artists and these shops have really banded together toúmake a big event has gained over $1 million in donations. just from doing the tattoos and raising the money. so, yeah, it's we're trying to make a bigúimpact every single year. yeah. >> and you are, do you find that it is, in fact, sexual assault survivors that are coming in for the tattoos? or is it people that that, that just, you know, want to get a new tattoo or both >> a little bit of everything. spyou know, we have some surviv, share their and everything too. and it's, you know, it's a way to cope. itgs a way toc spread awareness. and then it's also allies and people who you know, maybe weren't in that situation but definitely want to show their support.úso it's good all around.t& >> when do you remember hearing a certain story and how you felt knowing that you were you were you were supporting that person in so many other people like them, i don't know about a specific story, but you could definitely see in in people's
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eyes when they're done and they get something that helps themt& cope. it's almost like a feeling of closure that they're able to, to get over, having a memento that, you know,úhelps them get spthrough a trauma that they've been through. >> yeah. okay. so let's say that i want to help sexual assault survivors,úbut i'm not interested in a tattoo that i c? >> absolutely. on our website, pastime tattoo.com, we are giving away raffle entries which there is a ton of prizes ranging good stuff ranging from, gift certificates to restaurants, photoshoots with photography hours, merchandise, all kinds sr everyone in there. and if you don't want to get a tattoo, you could enter a raffle entry and spthat all the raffle entries wl be donated as well.t& >> okay, it really is great what a creative wayúand i hope a lot of people turn out thisúweekend. thank you again, ben, for you for coming in. i just want to remind folks at home the still not asking for charity event. this flash event coming up this
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sunday, the 24th from 12 to noon again. it'súat pastime tattoo there in san leandro. thanks ans again for what you're doing. alex. >> yeah, such an important cause. thank you both, right now, weúwant to let you know about an effort that's underway to make improvements to say will help to save lives. california senator alex padilla was among those backing thec proposed change in washington today, alongside the secretary of health and human services and the chair of the fcc. the new fcc rule would route calls based on the person's closest call center rather than their service area code. currently, a person with a area code is routed to a local crisis center in our statel even if their physical location is hundreds of >> we know that there are more f 988, and because of that, we'll get to see them for the holidays. at christmasc, for their birthdays, and we'll get to hug rather didn't have somewhere to go.
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proposal has bipartisan support. the fcc chairwoman said she sphopes theúupdated rule will be ready for a vote in the coming weeks, and even as those changes may be made to the 988 system, we do want to remind you that if you or someone you know is in need of help, the 988 national day by call or text message. and up next here on the. for this afternoon, the we're not just talking about college hoops. berkeley'súrestaurant week tips off today with a fullúlineup of all star eateries. and up next, the live conversation about this year's basketball inspired theme for the culinary celebration and how you can score some great deals on delicious food and a bay area weather. >> anotherc nice day out there. it has been a dry weather stretch thatúwill an end. we'ret rain in your friday forecast that could impact yo weekend plans. we'
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berkeley. they're celebrating march madness. the city is tipping off its highly anticipated restaurant week today, with more than 75 restaurants offering delicious deals, and the menus at many of those restaurants will be highlightingúmushrooms as a special ingredient. this year. as they're saying this year in
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berkeley. they shoot, they spore you. >> i love that you soldúit, alex . that's a good one. i love a good is. okay, so joining us now with more is jeffrey church from real pleasure to have you here. i love this idea of sort of merging all of the excitement o& march madness with another exciting event centered around food. absolutely. >> i mean, berkeley is a culinary mecca of farm to table, started thereúwith alice waters chez panisse, into so much mores havingc food that's accessible for everyone.úwe're a college town, so not everyone can afford a prefixed meal of $4,p50. so created a new tier structure to make it more accessible for celebration of food for ten days. yeah, let's about the tieg options here. >> we're going to put this up on the screen so that folks have an understanding of how this all works out. but but the idea here is that you want to you want to option, a restaurant forant- everyone to go to, no matter how much money you're willing to spend. >> absolutely. so i mean, march
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madness, the puns, the three m's that hummus speak for themselves. oh, i see, yeah. yeah, exactly. and now we throw in ancc3 f1 mushrooms. but yeah. so we have the four different price tiers spfor the layup, the jump shot, the three pointer and the fulltf court press. and then folks who go on our website can basically pick what options they'd like to make it more cost effective for extra plant basedúmushroom tier, which does highlight a lot of our lot of and ofúcourse, marvelous mushrooms. as you can tell, you have the mushroom pin on there. >>úi don't know if folks at home can tell, but you have. yeah, the pin right theren >> i have an extra one for you too, if you'd like it. >> oh my gosh. there you go. there you go. >> your mushroom. that's perfect. >> mushrooms it up there you go. all right. oh my gosh. there we go. thank you very >> so jeffrey though can we talk a little bit about the restaurants that are participating and the wide variety of foods that people can really diveúinto? >> absolutely. so we have telegraph avenue really curry created a mushroom based curry that's within that 10 to
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20 price bracket. oh that's nice. we have a wineries that are participating too, three of them all on the same block, offering $10 to $12 glasses of wine. also pairing it with different pop ups too. so really having that accessibility ofútraditional sit down, amazing restaurants. zeno the hotel shattuck is doing a full mushroom thing course and an boathouse at the doubletree, so it's whatever you want toúeat. you can eat during restaurant week. >> are theúmushroom cocktails being offered? there are there are zeno on the umami sourn >> umami sour. all right. so let's talk if we could because the berkeley restaurant week celebration this time around is spobviously going toútry to raie money for a good cause. there's spa fundraising component to all of this. andúyou kick things off yesterday withúa pop up event as featured food from lamarca tapas bar, which, by the way, i've been to a number of times. it is absolutely fantastic. and so they were serving up their food at berkeley bowl, all the sales going to the berkeley food network. talk about how are you hoping that this year's event will benefit the work that organization is doing to address
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hunger and food insecurity? >> absolutely. so berkeley food network established in 2016, really aims to fight food insecurity and hunger. so lamarca, sergio and emily the amazingc chefs there were able o donate their time and create amazing food sales for proceeds to go to the berkeley food network and really supporting food insecurity open to all, and making sure that folks have, a grocery style approach to being able to choose the items they want, not. here's the items you have to take, but you get to pick what works for you, for your cultural preferences and dietary needs as well. >> that's great. canc we talk this is for berkeleyof a boost restaurants? i mean, we've all been talking about, you know, the struggles of some restaurants, especially post. ss offer them a big boost in business. >> absolutely. i mean, ultimately, we are a marketing organization with visit berkeley. this is the 12th year that we've done it, and we really want to give
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restaurants the highlight and the support they deserve and they need. we created all of the menus for them. we created qr codes for themcúto highlight inside their restaurants. and by creating this tier, pricing, it made it easier for multiple restaurantsúto participate. some folks can't offer a three coursr and a drink, that's your deal. and works with your price point and your means. we want folks to be in a cost effective way, but we don't want our restaurants to lose out on their profits, which they need, not just ten days, but year round. >> yeah, yeah, as you were pointing out, i mean, berkeley obviously a long history here when it comes to fantastic restaurants. the home of the farm to table movement, really a culinary destination for a lot of people. what do you thinkc makes the berkeleyúrestaurant spscene so unique? what sets it apart? >> it's the sense of community, iúthink a big part of with this sense of the restaurant week that came up, we had local shops that wantedúto be involved, so yesterday's kickoff event, we had acai and ferns garden participate. 10% of their proceeds sales went to the berkeley food network. they promote the food scene ascc3 fq
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because they realize the restaurant next to me dine, they're going to come and shop. spif i have an art gallery, someone's going to walk by. so i think our food isn't just centered on the plate, it's centered on the community and the people who are behind those restaurants who are making it come to life, really work with everyone together. so i thinkt& that's a big part of why helping our community for low income, for berkeleyúfood network, having our shops involved, it's just everyone's on the same team when it comes to separating to be able to support berkeley. so it's been fun to have this culinary going outúto eat. >> is that communal effort? yeah. yeah, totally. is that that's what dining out is, what it is. well, jeffrey, we just want to remind folks at home about everything restaurant week, you can get in on the action now through the 31st. he walked you through those different tiered options. so really, folks, there is something out there for everyone. so come visit berkeley. all right. >> appreciate my mushroomúpin. >> yeah absolutely. thank you all. appreciate it. yeah. thank >> okay. now let's talk about the weather. and oh mark was goe
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are taking a look at a beautiful day here at the golden gate bridge. but mark, as you mentioned earlier, rain making a comeback. >> yeah, time tomorrow. so it has been just about a week of dry weather here in the bay area. that's a stretch. will soon be coming to an end because you can see the developing headline rainfall making a comeback for your friday forecast. now, not so much in the a slight chance of a shower at 9:00 byc 12:00 a chance primarily up int& the north bay. and then we're and the intensity later in the afternoon hours and into the evening hours. so rain returns by friday afternoonl mid to late afternoon. and also in the sierra this will be a snow spproducer in fact have winter storm watches in place, 10 to sp30in of snowfall and initially maybe 4500ft. as we head a wintp the snowfall. that warning begins friday, 6 p.m. through saturday and into sunday morning. up until about 8 a.m.
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sunday. here's a look at the satellite for today skies out there. maybe a sun cloud mix, but a lot you this isúa speckled cloud cover. that's a sure sign of cold air that will be drifting in over the next couple of days. here's our live camera looking out toward the oakland estuary. you get the sense that weúhave some clouds moving into the picture already, and another mild afternoon. lots oft now, checking in 70 degrees with a sun cloudúmixn now tomorrow morning. for the most part it should be dry. mostly cloudy skies. there's a slight chance of a shower focused up in the north bay. but here's what's happening friday into saturday a cooler pattern, some gusty winds and rainfall potentially between about a half an inch to possibly this was the scene today, this area of high pressurec keeping us dr& but then as you can see, this is the pattern developing out here in the pacific. rain develops tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. and it's a cold pattern. cool unstable air is going to drift in. so as a result weúwill
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be talking about some thunderstorm chances by friday night. and into saturday. here's a this. this is 7:00 tomorrow morning. notice the rainfall up toward eureka portions of mendocino county. there's a slight chance upc in the north really gets going tomorrow00 afternoon. so by this time tomorrow, the rainfall could be a factor, especially for the have some breaks in the cloud,u- some sunshine, some clouds and lead. nowup showers that could the change in the chances for sunday, so let's keep it on showers even as we head towardm the second half. highs forútomorrow will be in the 60s. warmest locations close to 70 degrees. still a fairly mildúto warm day, but temperatures will be dropping by saturday.úthe warmestc locations by saturday may be sunday, and n we'll kind ofúhave a partly to mostly cloudy weather pattern
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into early next week. so hope you'veúthe rainfall becauseúthae closing. we're talking about multiple rain clouds over the >> all right. yeah it has been a good break i know. now the rain returns. allúright mark, thank youúmuch more news. headed your on the bay area. and thisc is a live lookút the traffic along interstate x80 coliseum. and it looks like fres commercials, state farm promises toúbeúa good neighbor. but there are thousands of customers here in california who might just disagree. tonight, you're claim is, i mean, totally ridiculous for me to get canceled. >> coming up new at 5:00 tonight, shocking news for tens customers. why they will soon have to nd new insurance
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resolution on artificial intelligence. the resolution was unanimously approved by all member nations. it was sponsored by the united states and co-sponsored by 123 other countries, including china. us ambassador linda thomas-greenfield ai remains whh took three months to negotiate, also warns against improper desd use of ai systems. >> aúrecent hackúof a national health care provider has the industry now scrambling to get better security in place brown , spprescriptionúid protection is the top priority. >> the bad guys are getting smarter and getting a little bit
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more sophisticated at this last month saw the worst health care hack ever reported change healthcare was hit with a ransomware attack. >> ultimately quarters of all us hospitals, causing more than $2 billion worth of damage. now, america's health care system is looking to beef up security, especially when it comes to prescriber id theft, which hits almost 10% of the 1 million prescribers in the us. and the e-prescribingúcompany doctor they're calling it tru rx, a way to leverage the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to pinpoint where and when bogus prescriptions are being written, and stopúpharmacies from filling them. >> the idea is, how can we start to create digital fingerprints for our prescribers? so in the same way asústreaming service knows, what sort of shows to uns of prescribing. >> the program is brand new, but once it is in place, it willc be similar to credit monitoring
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creating digital fingerprints criminals upping their game and getting more experienced every day, most experts agree fraud detection programs to keep evol. >> cybersecurity is a bit of a cat and mouse game, you know, as as the bad guys develop new techniques, we have to develop new defense mechanisms. >> prescription fraud in the united states at pharmacies is costing $3.5 billion each year. in miami. eben brown ktvu, fox two news, ktvu,úfox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. >> the couple at the center ofúa kidnaping that was deemed a hoax by vallejo police. turning the tables today on law enforcement. >> more than anything, our story is an example of how special it is to be human. and the capacity for resilience. >> good evening everyone and i'e
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captured the bay area's attention and years later demanded the entire country's attention through a new documentary as ktvu crime reporter henry lee explains, the survivors of the ordeal spoke to a room full of officers, urging them not to treat other crime >> how they were story really represents, yes, the worst in people who was kidd raped by an intruder but along police, spoke on thursday to a more appreciative law enforcement audience. >> and even atc our lowest, we had faith in ourselves. we believed in ourselves and refused to let people deny the truth of what happened to us. >> during an 18 hour interrogation while wearing jail clothes,úaaron quinn was accused of killing his girlfriend back in 2015, calling him a murderer, a monster. >>úshe's dead.úi mean,c what are we doing? saying these types of things. >> huskins was released by her spkidnaper near her childhood home, and the couple

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