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>> now at five, it is official the a's are heading out of oakland. the team confirming today this season will be their last at the coliseum as they have found a temporary new home in west sacramento. >> we're excited to be here for the next three years playing in this beautiful ballpark. >> it's been my opinion that the a's and major league baseball have never wanted to be in oakland. especially with john fisher owning the team. >> good evening. >> i'm julie julie haener and i'm greg lee. after 56 years in four world series championships, the a's time in the bay area will officially come to an end this fall. >> the team announcing today a three year lease with the city of sacramento, with their goal of playing on the las vegas strip by 2028. >> we have team coverage for you on the a's departure, beginning with ktvu joey horda live at the coliseum. joey >> well, greg and julie, this is it. we are now in the final season of the a's, calling the
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coliseum their home. the owner of the team saying that he couldn't reach a deal with the city to extend the lease before they moved to vegas. the owners of both the oakland a's and the sacramento kings coming together thursday morning in west sacramento for a major announcement. the a's are moving to sac. >> a momentous day for our 123 year old franchise, as the major league team is going to a minor league stadium, the a's are moving to sutter health park in west sacramento, current home of the river cats, with its majority owner, the sacramento kings. >> you're going to see aaron judge hitting home runs out there. this is what an incredible day. this is epic. it's historic. >> the deal secures a home base for the athletics for three seasons from 2025 to 2027. there's also an option for a fourth season in 2028. >> we're excited to be here for the next three years playing in this beautiful ballpark.
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>> the announcement comes after the city of oakland's previous offer of a five year, $97 million lease failed. the city then offered a final three year, $60 million lease on tuesday, which the a's also turned down. the mayor sent out the following statement thursday. oakland offered a deal that was fair to the a's and was fiscally responsible for our city. we wish the a's the best and will continue our conversation with them on facilitating the sale of their share of the coliseum site. oakland also wanted the mlb to grant exclusive rights to the city for one year, to solicit owners and investors for an mlb expansion team, fisher saying in part, we explored several options for a temporary home, including the oakland coliseum. even with the long standing relationship and good intentions on all sides in the negotiations with oakland, the conditions to achieve an agreement seemed out of reach.
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we understand the disappointment that this news brings to our fans, as this season marks our final one in oakland, and let's play ball in the future here. >> woo! >> sutter health park, with its 14,000 seats, is significantly smaller than the 63,000 seats at the coliseum, but the average a's game attendance is only about 10,000. >> pitch in the air towards right field. >> only 6400 fans showed up to the coliseum wednesday night, when the a's took a beating from the red sox. one nothing. the next home game is april 16th, but for now it's sacramento that's catching the attention and we're looking forward to this being our home until we move on to our stadium in las vegas. and the a's are set to move to vegas in 2028. at the current site of the tropicana. back to you. >> yeah, a lot of upside here for sacramento. they get to show
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major league baseball that they can host a team. have the players. have you heard anything, any tweets or any response from how the players are reacting to this deal? >> not just yet julie. still looking for that stuff. but again they're just excited as far as the team is concerned. the ownership, they're ready to do this, make a move and leave oakland for good. >> yeah sacramento's gain is oakland's loss right? joey horta reporting live for us tonight out at the coliseum joey thank you. well the sacramento river cats are the minor league affiliate of the giants. we did reach out to the giants, but they chose not to comment on the a's move. oakland congresswoman barbara lee did react, calling today a sad one for her city, saying, quote, the a's have been one of the most successful franchises in major league baseball and have brought immense pride to the city of oakland. billionaire greed got us to this point. i hope the mlb continues to work with oakland to keep a major league team in the east bay and hold on to the a's brand.
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>> oakland's vice mayor rebecca kaplan, weighed in on the future of the coliseum, saying in part, quote, with the a's having so much uncertainty about their plans, we worked hard to make sure that either way, the coliseum would not become abandoned. we unanimously approved roots in soul soccer and are pursuing additional sports and events. we are working together with coliseum and arena staff and leadership to retain vital workers, to continue to maintain and operate the facility, to preserve jobs and service to the public. our coverage continues now with ktvu . crystal bailey, who's been talking with a's fans, and crystal, they say they may be heartbroken, but they are not surprised that the team is leaving. >> well, that's right, greg, this has been a long time coming, but obviously a lot of devastation as sports fans here in oakland hang up their a's hats in defeat. >> of course, this is the third franchise loss in the city in the last five years. fans say they're tired of the fight, but they are not giving up on oakland. they say the team is leaving behind a sports legacy that cuts across barriers of race and culture. >> i mean, what a loss. you know
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what heartbreak it is to lose your professional sports teams that we've come together and rooted for. >> this isn't the end of pro sports in the town. the roots are here, the soul are here. the spiders are here and the ballers are here. and we're going to, you know, i think we're going to take the torch and begin a new chapter for sports in oakland. >> and the future of the coliseum is still uncertain, as the city is negotiating with the team to sell their portion of the venue to a developer. fans say they'll continue protesting outside home games this season at the coliseum, and they will attend the very last a's game, but they are shifting their support to the new team, the ballers. now. the city also tells us that negotiating runs this week were very short lived. they did make that offer on tuesday, as joey mentioned. then, the a's went to sacramento and decided on sac before ever coming back to the city of oakland with a counteroffer offer. greg, back to you.
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>> yeah. crystal talking about the coliseum, how are those negotiations going with the city over part ownership of that space? >> well, alameda county supervisors tell us that this ownership is already in play there. the process has already started for the a's to have part ownership of the coliseum starting in 2026. but the city says that they are still negotiating and hoping that the a's sell their portion. and they do seem open to the idea of selling their portion of the coliseum. yeah, some business still to be done. >> crystal bailey live in oakland for us. crystal, thank you. >> sacramento mayor darrell steinberg says he is conflicted by the a's move, although he is grateful for the benefits of having a professional baseball team in his region, he wishes it did not have to come at oakland's expense. >> oakland is a great city, and it does not deserve to lose its team. >> our coverage of the a's departure will continue throughout tonight's newscast. well, snow in april. we're not
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talking about the sierra. we saw snow here in the bay area and northern california on your left, the scene in santa cruz mountains this morning. snow was sticking at the higher elevations. and on your right, it's mount diablo, one of several peaks in the bay area that saw a dusting of snow. there was also snow on mount hamilton and mount tam. >> take a look at this. we also saw hail in many places today. this video taken from our station parking lot in oakland. a sign of just how cold it was today. our meteorologist, bill martin, standing by with a look at those conditions. now hey, bill. >> yeah? hey, greg. we definitely have some cool air move in after that front went through this morning, dropped anywhere from a quarter inch to a half inch to an inch of rain. and then the scattered thundershowers and showers with hail and even snow. this is a live picture of mount diablo and you can see i think you can. i'll point it out right there. a little bit of snow hanging around. i saw some really awesome video of snow in the santa cruz mountains. some great video of snow in saratoga. so just above 1500 feet there, it looked like we had snow in many
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areas, even the coastal hills. so it's a very cool weather system that dropped snow levels around the lake tahoe area. so it's going to be snow levels, certainly down to 3800ft, 4000ft and even lower as we go into this evening. those snow levels will keep dropping down and the travel up. there could be a little sketchy, right? because you've got this this hour system that went through here is continuing to rumble on to the east, and that'll drop a bunch of snow. the live radar shows thunderstorms still occurring. now. there's one right there outside sacramento. these will die down, obviously, right when the sun begins to set or gets lower, lower sun angle. and that's happening now. but you can still see that it's still got a lot of energy out there. i wouldn't be surprised if we had a thunderstorm show up here in the next hour or so, in parts of the bay area or near the bay area, scattered showers around in oakland right now. hayward and out by san rafael. it's winding down weekends just around the corner. we'll line it up for you and let you know what you can expect coming up. >> all right, bill, thanks. we'll see you soon. a reminder that a stretch of highway one in
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big sur is now closed until at least saturday. a section of the road near rocky creek bridge collapsed last saturday, briefly stranding hundreds of people. caltrans is concerned the ongoing rain could cause further damage to the road. new at five san jose mayor matt mehan plans to double the capacity at the city's oldest emergency interim housing site. the mayor and congressman jimmy panetta today visited the new ferrari tiny home site in south san jose. since it opened in 2021, it has served more than 300 people. mayor mehan says his plan will add 134 new beds to the 124 existing at the facility, expanding the size of the housing site will cost taxpayers $30 million. representative panetta says the federal government will chip in $1 million to help pay for it. >> this approach, these quick build interim communities of which the city already has six. and now we're looking to expand work. they are effective. it is an all hands on deck issue. it is an all levels of government
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issue. and i'm proud to say that the federal government is actually playing its part. >> the city says so far, of the 1500 people the interim housing sites have served around half have gone on to find permanent housing. >> today, both san mateo and santa clara county certified their election results. that makes the tie for second place in the district 16 congressional race. now official, and it appears that assembly member evan lowe and santa clara county supervisor joe simitian will both advance to the november election. general election. they will join front runner former san jose mayor sam liccardo. ktvu is an reuben live now in santa clara county, with more on what happens next. >> and yeah, there are some big decisions to be made about whether either side wants to ask for a recount or if all the focus now shifts to november. this is the day all the votes get checked, stamped and sent to
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the secretary of state, both in san mateo county and in santa clara county. >> today is certification day, and what they're certifying is hard to believe. >> with all the votes in in the district 16 congressional race, it's a tie. assembly member evan lowe and santa clara county supervisor joe simitian each have exactly 30,249 votes. well i was shocked. >> i mean, you know, this almost never happens and certainly hasn't happened in a congressional race in california . >> according to san jose state political science professor melinda jackson, it means both lowe and simitian will likely advance. they'll be joining front runner former san jose mayor sam liccardo in the general election. >> if we do have the three way runoff in november, the winning candidate very well might not have a majority. so, you know, it could be a plurality. >> the big question now, will either camp ask for a recount in the hopes of breaking the tie? if they do, they'll have to pay for it up front and it could run
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as much as $500,000. they are expensive, and they have to basically ask for a recount within five days after the certification. today, both camps were still at the registrar, voters pouring over ballot images. however, political analysts think at this point a recount is unlikely unless they had a really strong reason to think that a recount would be decided in their favor. >> i think they're probably thinking they want to hang on to their money and just focus. >> on november, evan lowe just released a statement saying in part, i'm honored to have won the support of our community to advance to the general election. he adds, this historically close race shows that every vote really counts, sam liccardo's camp said. we welcome the opportunity to continue to talk to voters about the issues facing our communities. and joe simitian just released a statement moments ago saying, sometimes it takes a while for democracy to work. this has been one of those times. call it a
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cliffhanger, a roller coaster, a wild ride, but it has absolutely been worth the wait. now, we do expect to hear more from some of the candidates later this evening. the secretary of state will now certify the election on april 12th in santa clara county, and ruben ktvu fox two news. >> solar over canal. coming up tonight at 530. governor newsom stops in the central valley to spotlight a project geared towards clean water and clean power, and racing to rescue the hundreds of people still trapped in taiwan after this week's earthquake. >> why crews say time is not on their side. plus just days after an israeli airstrike killed multiple aid workers, president biden speaks with his israeli counterpart. >> i'm mark meredith at th white house
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including a cupertino man, a newly released autopsy report says the pilot had high levels of ketamine in his system at the time of the crash, but it's not clear if that was a major factor in the accident. four people were on board that balloon in january, when it suddenly plummeted about 2000ft to the ground. 24 year old italian cody of cupertino was killed. an investigation is still ongoing. >> a warning from president biden to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he told his israeli counterpart during a phone call today that u.s. policy in gaza could change if the israeli military does not do more to improve the humanitarian situation is fox's mark meredith shows us president biden stressed that israeli strike that killed seven aid workers is unacceptable in gaza.
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>> buildings reduced to rubble, streets mostly empty. three days after an israeli air strike killed seven aid workers delivering food to gaza's population. in an interview, chef jose andres world central kitchens founder, took aim at israel, saying his aid workers have been systematically targeted. >> we were targeted deliberately nonstop until everybody was dead in this convoy that that that cannot be. >> in washington, president biden held his first call with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu since the attack, the white house calling the situation unacceptable. >> well, so i think the president has been very clear. he's outraged. he's heartbroken, and this needs to stop. >> israel says it's conducting an investigation, calling the incident, quote, a grave mistake. but tensions between the two leaders have been steadily growing, both facing political pressure at home to end the war. now in its sixth month, prime minister netanyahu seems to be advancing the interests not of israel, but
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only of prime minister netanyahu. >> and it's time for that to end. >> but republicans say israel still deserves america's support. >> this was a major screw up on the part of the idf. however, it was an accident versus what hamas does, which is deliberately target civilians and target aid workers that aren't cooperating. >> sting the white house says the president told the israelis he believes a cease fire is necessary now to save lives and stabilize the region. at the white house, mark meredith, fox news. >> protesters blocked entrances to lockheed martin facilities in sunnyvale for about five hours this morning in support of gaza will be free. >> palestine will be free. >> dozens of protesters handcuffed themselves together outside the weapons manufacturer, demanding the u.s. end its final or financial rather, and military support of israel. the demonstrators say lockheed martin supplies israel
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with f-16 and f-35 fighter jets, as well as hellfire missiles and other technology. >> it's been heartbreaking. it's been emotionally draining to continue to pretend and act every single day that it's thousands of miles away. so i've got to continue my job. i've got to continue just doing things as is. >> the protest ended peacefully this morning, and organizers said there were no arrests. in a statement, lockheed martin told ktvu, quote, we respect the right to peaceful protest and we are honored to partner with the u.s. military and our international partners to deliver strategic deterrence and security solutions. jones. >> all righty. we've got some cool weather out there. cold or low temperatures, and then the low snow levels down to about 1500ft down in the south bay. saratoga got some snow that was actually sticking on the roadways. santa cruz mountains, mount tamalpais, mount diablo, mount hamilton, certainly. and then at the lower elevations
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below 1500 feet, you had rain and it came down heavy at times this morning as the main band moved through. and then the showers sort of turned into widely scattered convective stuff. and that's when the hail began to fall. the sun would come out to heat the ground, and then you'd get one of those and it's still happening. the sun is setting or getting lower on the horizon, so that's going to start dying down. but there's still pretty significant instability out there. and we are seeing some thunderstorms still in parts of the bay area. there's some snow again on mount diablo just because it's we get it. it's not unusual. and this is about the time of year you get at late march early mid april. and yeah, there you go. and there could be a little bit more as the evening goes on. i think mount hamilton will get a little bit more too. and you can see up in sacramento there is that thunder shower or that lightning bolt representing a strong thunder shower. and then for us, the heavier showers right now are moving into san mateo, oakland. pretty light for the most part. and things dying down. but there is still a lot out here. let's back this up and
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see what it looks like when we motion it. and you can see the way this area is spinning onshore. so the south bay is going to get that big blob coming through san jose down towards alviso, mountain view in those areas probably in the next 30, 40 minutes. but the showers, like i say, winding down tomorrow, the weekend looks pretty good and we're going into kind of a spring like bigger picture pattern. when i come back, we'll take a look at that. the full forecast just ahead. >> all right bill, thanks. dark and dangerous waters a look at the conditions divers are facing in the port of baltimore after that deadly bridge collapse
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a deadly earthquake. the 7.4 magnitude quake killed at least ten people in more than a thousand were hurt. taiwan's national fire agency estimates hundreds more are still stranded , stuck in a hotel in a mountainous tourist hotspot. officials estimate at least 100 buildings were damaged in the quake, causing landslides and strong aftershocks. >> terrible, terrible ordeal with aftershocks and tremors and rocks falling every few minutes. >> we are on all out alert. we will work through this. >> taiwan's government says the number of casualties is expected to rise as more aftershocks are expected the next several days. >> the baltimore area is working through difficult conditions to clear the channel in the city's harbor. president biden is
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expected to visit the site of that collapse tomorrow. fox news connor hanson tells us local leaders are also trying to help businesses affected by the closure. >> for their response and bravery, it is the chiefs honor to present these officers with the chiefs award. >> police divers were honored for fearlessly searching the collapsed francis scott key bridge for victims in dark, dangerous conditions. they say they could still hear the unstable bridge and ship creaking and moving underwater in the patapsco river. the bodies of two out of six victims were recovered. >> and i can tell you on that day that the spirit that was present there of collaboration and caring, it was just tremendous. >> since then, salvage efforts have been made more complicated by bad weather and divers are still dealing with a difficult and dangerous situation underwater. >> that water is so murky that salvage divers cannot see any more than 1 to 2ft in front of them. >> smaller passages have been
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opened up to get some supplies in and out of the port. federal officials say on top of the reopening of the entire channel, they're already planning a replacement bridge and how to fund it. >> i think we're going to have strong bipartisan support. this is a catastrophic event to an infrastructure that affects our nation. >> with the port of baltimore still mostly closed, a variety of different businesses are feeling the economic ripple effect. the small business administration is meeting with some of them and is now offering up to $2 million loans. >> businesses are telling us that obviously, first and foremost, they want to be able to continue to survive. they would like to find a way forward. >> president biden is visiting the site of the collapse friday to meet with local leaders. the white house has said it expects the federal government to pay for a new bridge in new york. conner hanson, ktvu, fox two news as a hydrogen powered port coming up, some local elected officials see firsthand the
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result of clean energy investments in the east bay. >> also ahead, selling drugs on the dark web. the charges two south bay men are now facing and building trust between officers and young members of the black community. >> we'll introduce you to a program in the east bay that is breaking down walls and building new lati sh
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in newer, cleaner technology. >> senator alex padilla and congresswoman barbara lee toured the port of oakland today to see the possibilities of ultra clean hydrogen energy. ktvu tom vacar was on that tour and has this report. >> the port of oakland took a big step towards its goal of becoming a fossil free, carbon free seaport by using solar arrays, electric storage batteries, and now hydrogen. >> you're right. hydrogen opens up multiple opportunities for the port. for example, the production of this equipment into hydrogen equipment. some of the biggest pieces of equipment that move the containers around, but are not very fuel efficient, will soon be powered by pure hydrogen. >> the exhaust water vapor. oakland and other california ports got their share 1.2 billion of a $7 billion federal program to set up hydrogen fuel projects for ports, heavy duty trucks and public transit. >> right here, we'll be able to
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reduce the emissions and decarbonize our economy, including heavy industry, fossil free, green economy. >> and in fact, this is a major, major step in that direction for port neighbors. >> it will be a new era in fresher, healthier air. >> we have high incidences of lung cancer, cancer, asthma, health impacts that have occurred as a result of unfortunately, fossil fuels for port workers, a better foothold on the future. we know what a just transition to a green economy means, and that means that we're going to have workforce training opportunities here as a result of this project for the people of the golden state, california being california, we're also bold in our ambition and in our vision. >> and a big part of that is making sure that we're also a significant and clean economy. >> beyond using hydrogen for
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fuels for itself and visiting ships, it might even manufacture it here. >> we're going to be involved in the production and the distribution of this kind of energy, worldwide and region wide, with far less costs for emissions controls and cleanup. >> it's a better way forward to actually achieve climate goals and grow the economy. tom vacar ktvu fox two news. >> governor newsom highlighted another renewable energy project today, this one in the central valley. the governor and federal officials visited a project in merced county that's installing floating solar panels on a canal that travels through six counties, including alameda county. the san luis and delta mendota water district received $15 million in federal funding for the five year pilot project, the governor said. projects like this can help the state deliver clean power and more water and save money. >> some have observed cynically. well, this cost a little bit more than land based solar.
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well, that's right on the front end. but when you accrue all of those benefits on the back end, this is a huge cost benefit. >> a similar project is underway near turlock. researchers say that the state could save billions of gallons of water per year from evaporation if all of its canals were covered with solar panels. >> inmates on death row will be transferred out of san quentin by the end of the summer. state officials say it's part of the facility's transfer from a state prison to a rehabilitation center. the new transfer program offers inmates with death sentences, opportunity, such as employment rehab programs and ways to give restitution to victims. the program does not alter the inmates sentences, and they remain condemned. the program will also enable the state to repurpose existing facilities for educational and restorative justice purposes. the state legislature is now considering a bill that would make california the most accessible methadone state in the country. methadone is used as a medication to ease the debilitating symptoms of opioid
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withdrawal. right now, california has the most restrictive methadone laws that would change, according to a bill introduced today by san francisco assembly member matt haney. he calls the current law outdated. haney says by removing some methadone restrictions, more californians will receive life saving treatment needed to recover from opioid addiction. >> new at five san jose police arrested two men accused of selling illegal drugs on the dark web. police say joshua jordan and jonathan carroll junior were using the u.s. postal service to deliver illegal drugs like cocaine, meth and heroin to customers who bought the drugs on the dark web. police say the suspects were only accepting cryptocurrency as payment. >> the dark web obviously is, you know, a dangerous place, you know, we don't know who's buying from it. where they're from and what age they really are. but one thing we do know is that our detectives did a great job apprehending the suspects. >> during a search of the suspects homes, police say they
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also found guns, ammunition and cash. >> police say a deadly stabbing in an east bay grocery store earlier this week began with a fight inside the store. san leandro police were called to the safeway on bancroft avenue at about 515 on tuesday evening. when they arrived at the store, they found a man inside with stab wounds. he later died at the hospital. police say the victim was stabbed after what they called a physical confrontation with a member of another group who took off before police arrived. so far, no arrests have been made. >> a taqueria in san francisco's mission district is closed until further notice after a car crashed into the front of the business. police say just after 1:00 wednesday afternoon, a car crashed into the pillar in front of taqueria el buen sabord at the corner of 18th and valencia streets. police say it may have been an incident of road rage, as another car reportedly left the scene. no one inside the restaurant was hurt, but the owner says he doesn't know how long it will take to repair the damage so he can reopen.
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>> the city of richmond is considering a moratorium on new licenses for smoke shops. that's after community members complained to the city council about the number of smoke shops in the city. city staff conducted an investigation and say they found 78 licenses for smoke shops. that works out to about two per square mile. they also found three shops that had no license to sell tobacco products. >> with the issue of there being an overrepresentation of tobacco products or even liquor stores, and very low disadvantaged and people of color neighborhoods, we need to press pause, take inventory and discuss what we want our city to look like moving forward. the public will have a chance to comment on the proposed 45 day moratorium at the next city council meeting on april 16th, not working as advertised by a drug meant to treat als is being pulled from the market. >> also ahead, riding the wave of women's college basketball, how the demand for women's final
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plan 90,309 job cuts in march, a 7% increase from the previous month, and a 0.7% increase from the same time last year. it marked the highest monthly layoff total since january 2023. technology companies bore the brunt of the job losses in march, with the cutting with excuse me, with the industry cutting 14,224 employees. >> a new study finds the use of electric vehicles in the bay area is lowering the level of carbon emissions. researchers at uc berkeley examined a network of nearly 60 carbon dioxide sensors around the bay area and found that from 2018 to 2022, the sensors recorded a small but consistent drop in carbon emissions of about 1.8% a year. researchers say the emissions reduction is an encouraging sign that electric transportation can contribute to the battle against climate change. ford says it will delay its plan to release an all electric suv while
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expanding its line of hybrid vehicles. the launch was pushed back from 2025 to 2027. the company says the additional time will allow ford to take advantage of emerging battery technology and to give customers better value. >> a blow to als patients, a drug used to treat the disease, will soon be pulled off the market. the company behind that drug delivery says. the results of a large clinical trial found the drug did not work any better than a placebo. the fda approved relive rio in 2022, making it one of the few treatments available for als patients. but now we're learning it failed to slow down disease progression or extend life expectancy. about 60,000 cases of als are diagnosed in the u.s. and europe every year. it causes progressive paralysis and can be fatal. >> by introducing him to police officers that look like them was very important to know that they are doing the job because they love the community and love the
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people that's in it, and that that they're not always there to hurt you. breaking down walls of mistrust. >> up next, the program helping children in east oakland feel okay about their neighborhood and the people who protect it. >> also investing hundreds of millions of dollars in health care, the bay area neighborhood, making it easier for people to be treated in their own zip code . >> and it's raining pretty hard in south san francisco right now. the scattered showers continue heavy at times. they'll die down will be the weekend. or what will the wee nd be like? i'll
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but in oakland, there's an organization that aims to bridge the gap. the nonprofit just got an assist from the warriors community foundation in the form of $75,000. ktvu andre senior talked with the organization to see how the money is being used to repair trust between young black male students and police. >> a sign outside a small business on the corner of 62nd and international boulevard in east oakland reads okay program of oakland, okay. it's a short name, long, though on purpose. >> our goals in the program are to develop leadership and critical thinking skills, promote academic excellence, and reduce the high rates of incarceration and homicide among young african-american males. >> oakland police department sergeant robert smith is the okay program of oakland's chief operating officer. to understand the organization's roots. he cites a federal statistic
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showing the number one cause of death among black boys and men between the ages of one and 44 is homicide. >> i have a problem with that. >> and so sergeant smith, fellow police officers and other okay program community members act as mentors to young black boys, recruiting them in middle and high school, working with them on their schools, campuses. they make sure the boys are attending class, keeping their grades up, and for some, making sure they stay out of trouble. >> many times we talk about validating some of the things they're doing positive, but education is one part of a dual approach to helping the boys achieve long tum success. >> they're also taught life skills. >> one of the most important things we do is on our saturday sessions. we have a great discussions about things that will help them change their lives. >> the sessions teach boys critical thinking and social skills. it's early every saturday morning, a day most kids like to sleep in. >> i want us to wake up early. i feel like i gained that skill
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waking up early. >> the leaders of this program will tell you all parts are important, but a key ingredient is breaking down the wall of mistrust, showing the boys that police officers can and do care about them and want them to succeed by introducing them to police officers that look like them, was very important to know that they are doing the job because they love the community and love the people of the city, and that that they're not always there to hurt you or to incarcerate you. in addition to the police officers, there are probation officers who work with the boys. he is very personal to me. >> i'm very passionate about the work i do. it's being from oakland and going through the same things that these kids go through. >> there's also jamal blackwell, a volunteer who tells me he uses his background of difficulty growing up in public housing as an educational tool. >> my emphasis is basically sharing some of the things that i can that i've experienced in my life, and pass it on to these young men for one of the boys, the program provides a place of belonging. >> to be so honest, it's been great. like everybody's really
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nice in the program. >> for another, the lessons run deeper. it's been good because he keeps me out of trouble. >> how to de-escalate the situation and how to keep your emotions under check. >> and another it's helping him plan for his future. >> the stakes with me is just like planning out my future. knowing what i want to do when i grow up. i would like a vote. >> while the okay program may not be extremely well known, it does have some star power. petri bird, who some people may recognize as the bailiff from the judge judy show, is chairman of the board for the okay program. i literally seen hundreds and hundreds of lives changed by the okay program. and now, with support from the warriors community foundation, bird and his team can continue their work, devoting their lives to the young and vulnerable in hopes of building a brighter future for oakland. >> we're here to change the way they think and feel about life, right? we have a again, we have a responsibility to really, really help them, to be the best version of themselves. >> leaders of the okay program
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tell me they do much more than help these boys in their academic pursuits. they say some of them come from families that lack basic living necessities. so they tell me they donate things to those families, such as furniture. i'm andre senior, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, caitlin clark is capping off her historic college career with another record breaking season. clark was honored today as the associated press women's basketball player of the year for the second year in a row. the 22 year old is just the sixth player to win the award more than once, and fifth to do it back to back. the all time leading scorer in division one basketball set several records while leading iowa back to the final four. she was asked today about how her sport is growing. >> there's always been the blue bloods that have been really good, but i think you know, over the past few final fours, you've seen teams that maybe haven't been there in 25, 30 years. and i think that's really good for our game and it attracts new fans. also, the amount of stars
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we have in our game, especially the young stars we have in our game, i think the this freshman class really put on a show this year. >> clark received 35 out of 36 votes from an ap panel. stanford's cameron brink received one vote. well, the women are outpacing the men when it comes to demand for tickets in this week's final four matchups, ticket analysts say the average price for one ticket to the women's semifinals in cleveland about $2,300. that is more than double the average sale price for the men's games in arizona, which is about $1,000. the demand is largely driven by caitlin clark. the iowa hawkeyes have played before sellouts for all but two games this season. that is good to see. >> today, sutter health announced it will be investing more than $440 million into a neurosciences care complex in san francisco's mission neighborhood. renderings here show this will be an expansion of the existing cpmc mission. bernal campus hospital at cesar chavez and valencia. the goal is
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for patients to have access to their specialist lab and imaging and outpatient procedures under one roof, sutter health plans to open the new complex to patients in 2028. two neurological intervention suites will also be added to the mission campus by 2027. >> all right, we've had some heavy rain cells and hail pulling up over the peninsula at san mateo. got some heavy hail that lasted about five, ten minutes. and then i'm at sfo right now. we've got some showers. they were coming down pretty hard. looks like the sun's kind of coming out a little bit, but the runway was splatter and water pretty good the last 15 minutes or so. and so rain falling throughout the bay area continues. it's widely scattered. certainly it depends where you are. it's starting to weaken. so the cells, the heating from the daytime, the sun as it sets, the heating is going away. and so you're losing that mechanism for the lift. but we do have big strong cell up in rio vista area up around antioch and bethel island. they're dying
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down though. east richmond has got a little bit of moderate rainfall there. we've got rain, like i said, out of the sfo kind of working its way out by the airport, out in the bay view district. some heavier showers as well. so yeah, it's good stuff. a half inch of rain in many places, a little bit more in others. we're going to continue to see snowfall up in the mountains as we go through the next couple of certainly the next couple of hours and then i suspect by late tonight and into tomorrow morning, it'll die down up there. the model, i just ran through it real quick basically shows that system spinning down the coast. see, it starts there. there's the low. it's working its way down the coast, so it's moving out, but you can see where it's pulling from. right? you can see that i know you can see. let's get in here in picture. but you can see right here. so it's all coming from the gulf of alaska. so that's cold air. so tomorrow's not going to be a real warm day either. upper 50s maybe get a low 60. but it's going to be mostly about 50s tomorrow. and
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up around lake tahoe you'll be chaining up if you're traveling up there in the next six hours, maybe even the next eight hours. by tomorrow morning it should get better, but it still will be a bit unsettled up there, where snow continues to fall, even on bay area peaks, we've seen snow down to 1500 feet. there's the live radar. these are the current temperatures. it's already down to 43. in novato, it's 45. in fairfield. these are overnight low temperatures. i mean, they're right now temperatures. but those are what you would expect for an overnight low this time of year. so ten degrees cooler in santa rosa and in concord, the model does this with a low. there's tomorrow morning offshore scattered showers maybe a sprinkle tomorrow maybe a sprinkle. but for the most i think most of us won't see anything. but it'll be cool. pretty much a little bit breezy as well. and then there's saturday morning and then saturday afternoon. and then a few clouds on sunday morning, maybe a sprinkle on sunday morning early. but overall the weekend looks good. forecast highs will gradually warm as we go through the weekend. by early next week we're back into the
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may not be enough coffee left to meet demand. fox's chanley painter shows us the research being done to protect your daily cup from the looming threat. >> as global temperatures rise and weather patterns grow more erratic. >> before, we had fairly unlimited water. now not anymore. >> climate advocates say the changing environment could spell trouble for your favorite cup of joe due to climate change. >> a coffee plantation is experiencing a reduction in the rainy season is shortening of the rainy season, is reducing the quality and the amount of the of the production. >> while caffeinated coffee can get you wired, researchers in the east african country of tanzania are wiring up coffee plants with special solar powered sensors to monitor their wellness and water levels. >> sensors installed across the coffee farm are actively monitoring various environmental and plant health parameters,
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aiming to enhance the sustainability and efficiency of coffee production. by closely examining the effect of climate change. >> the idea is to have this technology attached to some plants that will be our like the voice of the plantations. >> by getting real time data on the health of the plants, farmers hope to come up with new strategies to better manage their resources and that could help combat the effects of climate change from impacting the taste of coffee. >> if you don't have the correct cycle and the correct temperature and the correct quantity of water, you can change the quality of the pulp of the coffee and the quality of the sugar and acidity. >> researchers are working to power the coffee plant sensors with artificial intelligence, which will send alerts to farmers when they need to take certain actions. i'm chanley painter, fox news. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> big developments on the
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oakland a's. the team seals the deal to play in sacramento in a minor league stadium. it all starts next season and will be a temporary home until the organization builds a new ballpark in las vegas. i'm not sure if i would see them in sacramento because i feel like they're deserting us where they need to stay here with us, who supported them all this time? the deal announced today has left many a's fans heartbroken, as talks to keep the team in oakland beyond the season have broken down. good evening. i'm julie julie haener and i'm greg lee. >> here are the key points announced today. the a's lease at the oakland coliseum expires at the end of this season. the team announced today they will play for three years at the home of the sacramento river cats minor league stadium, with an option to extend an additional year. and the a's have doubled down on their intention to move to las vegas. with a new ballpark hopefully opening for the 2028 season. ktvu is crystal bailey begins our team coverage from oakland and
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