organizers sent a letter to alameda residents promising that all outdoor music will end by 1045 at night, and said organizers will place close attention to audio levels. the event is scheduled for september 28th and 29th at pier 80. >> new proposed legislation in california would require that tortillas and other foods made with corn flour contain folic acid to reduce the risk of birth defects. the fda requiring the folic acid be included in enriched grain products such as cereals, breads, pasta and rice. folic acid has been proven to prevent serious birth defects. supporters of the proposed legislation say. since corn flour is used to make many classic latino foods, it could be included in this folic acid mandate. >> nearly two decades after he was convicted for the murders of his wife and their unborn child, scott peterson is appearing virtually in a peninsula courtroom. what's in store for today's hearing as he hopes to get a new trial. then dozens of pro-palestinian demonstrators arrested after staging disruptive protests across the

bay area. >> we don't want our money going to israel anymore. >> the reaction from protesters as we learned about the charges they may face. >> plus, a troubled federal women's prison in the east bay now ordered to shut down the concerns that led to the closure plans. and what happens next for the inmates. >> live from jack london square. this is morning time two. >> the nine. good morning. >> today is tuesday, april 16th. we are looking live at a beautiful wide shot of the golden gate bridge and san francisco. in the foreground. a little bit of green from the presidio there in the middle of your screen. and that fog that we saw earlier has now moved out , and it is shaping up to be a nice warmer day than it was yesterday. a new report finds artificial intelligence is smarter than humans in some aspects. that's according to researchers from stanford university. the report finds that ai surpasses human

performance on several benchmarks, including some in image classification, visual reasoning, and the understanding of english. however, it found that humans are smarter with more complex tasks such as competition level math, understanding image meaning, and planning. we want some viewer reaction. this morning we're asking, do you think ai is smarter than humans? your options obviously no, or it can be helpful. scan that qr code and go to ktvu.com/vote. and i think it's pretty split there between it can be helpful and obviously it is smarter than humans. i think this is what some of the people have concerns about. i have been warning about, you know, for years that what happens when it becomes so smart, it doesn't listen to us anymore. >> every movie about dystopian future is based on it, like skynet. yep. and we're constantly looking to improve upon it. i was listening to a podcast this morning before i came into work about, openai and its collection of everything on.

they literally collect everything on the internet, which makes it even harder for me to understand why an ai would not be better at planning than a human would be. i mean, they can they can take in all the variables, right? you know. >> right? right. >> probably just another type of reasoning and intelligence that they just haven't, you know, programed and worked on and sharpened yet. >> have you guys ever read anything that was put out by ai? have you ever like, read, you know, yes. it's like it's still i mean, it's if a teacher isn't reading carefully, maybe you could you could slip something by. but there are little things like what it's like just language, you know, because i'm so into writing. like i tell my boys, if you learn one thing, let it be good writing. and it's like, i feel like i can smell it from a couple of feet away. so i think in that respect, just the human communication aspect of what we get to do all day, it's not quite there. i'm just saying you're worried ai companies, they i was reading one of these companies like facebook had actually considered buying one

of the book publishers so they can have the copyrights for all the words that that they ever published and use it in ai. >> so it could. my point is, it's they're constantly looking away. shakespeare. better than. exactly. >> so i was at a certain point, since it takes everything that's already out there and then that includes some of the stuff that the writing that ai produces itself. so it kind of ends up regurgitating its own stuff, like it's kicking itself in the high knee, like maybe. >> well, and everything that, yeah, ever learned is all humans, all human stuff. it's not computer stuff. >> yeah. but then when it puts its own writing out in the world , then it ends up being kind of a regurgitated form. i don't know. yeah. like you said, every dystopian movie has this theme in it, so humans can also help humans never learn. >> also help. >> yeah, we do, i do, i do love a close poll like the one we have going, so we'll check in on it throughout the night. here. you guys can keep having your say ktvu.com/vote. it's on the homepage right hand side. all right. let's swing out to the

peninsula as a hearing is just about to get started in a san mateo county courtroom. convicted murderer scott peterson seeking a new trial here. while he'll be appearing virtually, he'll be represented by a group that's well known for representing defendants believed to be wrongfully convicted by some. ktvu james torres is at the courthouse in redwood city. >> scott peterson's newest attorneys coming from the la innocence project. they're hoping to poke some holes in the convictions that found peterson guilty. more than 20 years ago of killing his wife and their unborn child. today, prosecutors and defense attorneys will talk about a motion to seal documents. that's after the la innocence project's director filed to obtain loads of evidence that, she argues peterson was never given access to. that includes police reports as well as audio and video recordings. in court filings, his attorneys say they are aspects of the investigation that may not have properly been vetted. specifically, an apparent home burglary near the peterson's home. during the same month, investigators say laci was murdered. lawyers for peterson say laci may have seen

that burglary, and that could have contributed to her missing case and eventually her death at another hearing we expect to hear next month, lawyers will ask to test the dna found inside a burned van near that burglary. legal experts telling ktvu peterson has tried for appeals before. he has asked for new trials before. but this approach is different. >> this is digging into the evidence. what did the police do ? did they look at all the evidence? did they turn away from something that perchance was exculpatory? >> peterson was convicted, is now serving a life sentence. the attorneys who prosecuted him from the stanislaus county district attorney's office will be in the courtroom today, as well as attorneys from the la innocence project. today is one of three motion hearings planned over the next few months. peterson will appear in court this morning via zoom. coming from the mule creek state prison . that's about 100 miles away from here in redwood city, just south east of sacramento. that

hearing, expected to get underway in just a few minutes. reporting from downtown redwood city. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, now to the story that captivated so many of us yesterday. law enforcement officers making dozens of arrests and disruptive demonstrations all across the bay area. and a protest outside of an auto plant in fremont last night ended a long day of pro-palestinian demonstrations. protesters demanding an immediate ceasefire in gaza targeting the tesla car plant, hoping to disrupt operations there. well, dozens of protesters clashed with police in riot gear just outside the facility. officers say they were finally forced to use pepper balls to break up the crowd. organizers of the march and rally say they had a reason they targeted tesla. they say the protest was in response to ceo elon musk's decision to invite israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the fremont plant last year. >> the main reason was inviting netanyahu out here to tesla and what's going on with the war,

and everybody should stop. >> the protesters managed to cause a temporary backup of supply trucks that were trying to enter the tesla plant, along kato road. the demonstrators say they felt they needed to express their outrage and sadness over the war between israel and hamas that began more than six months ago. >> i haven't slept at night or days as much as i supposed to, i usually do, i so it's in my heart, in my mind, in my in my family also, my family, my kids. everybody is hurting very bad. >> california highway patrol officers were called in to make sure the protesters outside the plant did not move onto nearby highway interstate 80. authorities estimate in all, more than 80 people took part in this demonstration and we heard back from fremont police earlier this morning, which tells us that no arrests were made in this demonstration and that demonstration in fremont ended a day of disruptive protests across the bay area. >> the chp says officers arrested seven people at a

demonstration that had forced the closure of northbound 880 in oakland for hours. officers in riot gear rushed to the scene as pro-palestine demonstrators blocked the freeway just after 6:00 in the morning, the chp says several of the protesters had chained themselves to drums filled with concrete, making it difficult to remove them from the road. all lanes of northbound 880 finally reopened at 115 in the afternoon. pro-palestinian demonstrators also took over the golden gate bridge. this was the view from skyfox. chp says officers arrested 20 or arrested, arrested 26 people yesterday after the protesters had blocked traffic and chained themselves to several cars. the protest and law enforcement response shut down the bridge in both directions for nearly five hours. we have complete coverage of the impact of yesterday's protest and reaction on our website. head to ktvu.com. >> happening today. the santa clara county board of supervisors will review a report on the impact of the closure of the trauma center at regional

medical center of san jose medical center plans to shut down its trauma center august 12th, saying it's seen fewer patients in the last several years. the trauma center treats people suffering from severe heart attacks, major car accidents and strokes. opponents of the closure say it could lead to delayed care for people in east san jose. >> well, right now, a one day strike is underway by health care workers in marin at the marin health medical center. more than 100 medical technicians are set to join the picket lines and demonstration that will continue until 6 p.m. strike organizers demanding better pay and say that marin health is only offering pay raises of 2.5% a year to medical technicians. >> we're here to fight for a fair contract. the hospital has been very profitable. we support this community. we live in this community, and we want to be able to continue to live in this community, and get fair wages in order to do that. organizers say they've had marathon bargaining sessions with the hospital over the last few days, including one that lasted nearly 12 hours.

>> the union says the strike is limited to one day to try and limit the impact on patients. marin's health chief executive officer, responding to the strike, in part by saying, quote, we will continue active negotiations with the nyu on the remaining few issues, primarily pertaining to compensation, to see if we can reach an agreement , we will make the necessary arrangements to ensure that there will be no disruption to the quality or availability of care that our accustomed to receiving. >> well, as we showed you in our live picture this morning, at the top of the nine, we saw nice sunny skies out there over the golden gate bridge. a little bit of fog and haze behind you rosemary, but overall shaping up to be a nice day. >> yes, temperatures came up yesterday afternoon and today. guys, we are going warmer than that. a live look over san francisco. the haze that ali mentioned a moment ago. a little bit of fog to start the day, but an enjoyable one. and temperatures are already warmer compared to yesterday. up by five degrees. santa rosa, petaluma and novato by a few degrees over hayward, san jose. most of us are in the 50s at

this time, nearing 60 degrees. for folks out in brentwood, 54 degrees right now at san francisco, the winds are generally light. we will be with mostly sunny skies for today as the ridge of high pressure is strengthening over the bay area. continuing this warming trend, at least until tomorrow, we will see the ridge break down just a little bit for the back end of the week, but still going to be very nice. here's a look at tomorrow morning. you can see that ridge still over parts of california. it will continue to push aside as this system here tries to move in, but we are not looking at any rain for the next several days. temperatures for the afternoon 64 san francisco, mid 70s in concord as well as san jose. and your extended forecast here. temperatures will be at their warmest tomorrow in our inland cities. get close to about 80 degrees or so, and then we begin to slip just a little bit on thursday, not much change going on. we will see an increase in clouds at times as the ridge again begins to break down. but all in all, just a

beautiful forecast for you as you head into the weekend. low 60s to mid 60s for our coastline, upper 60s, low 70s around the bay, upper 70s near 80 degrees for the weekend for our inland communities. back to you. thank you rosemary. >> paying more to park and get around san francisco next here on the nine which costs could be going up and the discount that could be pared down. also we'll go deeper into our reporting of a multi million dollar question where did all that money meant to help people who are homeless go in the south bay? we're about to talk live with an advocate for the unhoused about

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up with a plan on how it will address homelessness and begin publicly reporting how it's spending its money to do so. that's after the california state auditor published a report finding that california spent billions of dollars on homelessness without tracking where the money is going. south bay state senator dave cortese requested the audit back in 2022, after he visited one of the largest homeless encampments in san jose. now from 2020 to 2023, the audit found that san jose spent more than $300 million on homeless support services. the state auditor's report has some people shaking their heads, asking questions as to how that money is being spent because the auditor's report found that that money wasn't adequately being kept track of and how well it was working. the

program itself was not being kept track of as well. so now joining us is todd langton, who is the executive director of agape silicon valley and founder of the coalition for the unhoused of silicon valley. todd, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me, andre. >> all right. so, tom, we had the mayor on yesterday to talk about this. the mayor says they are doing better now at tracking accountability of how these services are doing, how this money is being spent. do you agree, i don't and i the, the website is vague. it's, i'm not seeing it updated regularly, but there's a feeling out there that the numbers are not accurate. >> you're talking about the 311 dashboard, not the three one, but the dashboard that updates how the state is coping with homeless issues. >> yes. and in particular, the, point in time count that happens every year, i think is severely flawed. it's got some major problems and it's definitely not accurate. i think the numbers

are probably 3 to 10 times higher than what the point time count points out. and that's that's backed by a study done by the national. well, national law center that was done in 2017. they did a big study on the point in time count. it's severely flawed. it's done in january in a winter time. it's rainy, it's cold, it's done about five in the morning. and if they see a tent, they say, well, there's one person or 1.6 persons in that tent, there could be 3 or 4. i'm not quite sure if they're counting the rvs or the cars or not. so the numbers are severely flawed to begin with. >> yeah. the most recent point in count for san jose, 6003, 340 unhoused residents, in the city. all right. so let's move on to this data. the mayor says data shows homelessness is being reduced 10% year over year. have you seen improvement in how the city is running efforts despite that report? >> no, i'm not. and again, back to the numbers. we can all tweak numbers. however we want to, but

the numbers are based on the point in time count and the point in time count that hud mandates every every county to do is just severely flawed. and so 10% over what, again, it's and it's not year over year, i believe it was just the last year. he's he's pointing to the 2023 numbers. but again the system is very flawed. i'm seeing an increase of, of homelessness. i'm seeing more families out there last week, out at columbus park has found three families with 2 or 3 children each, all unhoused. and i asked them, how long have you been unhoused? and it was about a month, about two months, one family, one month for the other family. and i'm not seeing the decrease in homelessness. and most advocates would agree with that. it's increasing. and the number of 6043 or 6340 is probably two, three, four times higher than that. that's quite those who are. >> that's quite a big jump. but you do think that that's the number where where would you

where did you how do you study to get those numbers that you're thinking right now with the number of unhoused in san jose, just by first of all, our groups are out there, going out to the encampments, talk with other advocates. >> but again, if you look at how the point in time count happens, the structure of it, it's just it's, it's silly. it's ridiculous, again, they don't even they'll go up to a tent and say, okay, 1.6 persons live in that tent. there could be three people in that tent if they're counting the rvs in the cars, they're saying, okay, 1.6 persons live in that rv, in that car. they don't actually see the unhoused because it's five, five, six in the morning. so the numbers are flawed. >> all right. so the mayor had some criticism for, you know, this wasn't just a san jose thing. we're just talking about san jose because, you know, we have those numbers available to us. but the state auditor's report looked all over california, but the mayor did have some issues with what with how the state even handles homelessness on a larger scale.

the benchmarks that they set forth for recommendations, that they want san jose to meet by, by september. let's listen to what the mayor said to me yesterday here on mornings on two, what would be really helpful to us would be if the state auditor and the state legislature would create a comprehensive statewide framework for the performance measures that they think are most important to me, the primary measure of success is the rate at which we get people off the streets, and the cost per outcome. >> that seems pretty straightforward to me. >> so that is pretty straightforward in terms of keeping track, which the audit report found that was not happening. keeping track of the effectiveness of this. give me your thoughts on what the mayor just said. >> i agree with most of what he said it for the state to not have metrics and a system in place to track and hold accountable the cities and the counties is absolutely ridiculous. what was it, 302, excuse me, $24 billion. the state gave out over the last

three years. but the comment he mayor mehan said, is getting people off the streets. there's a difference between getting people off the streets and getting them housed. they need permanent supportive housing, pushing, pushing people out of an encampment without any place for them to go. the majority of the sweeps, the abatements that happened, there's no place for the people to go. so they go. they're just kicking the can down the road. they go to another place and set up, set up their encampments. so. >> so where does where does that fall? i mean, that means building more affordable housing for, for these folks, for them to go. so where does that fall? does it come from the state itself, the state agency that manages this and says, hey, here's the money you need to build these many homes to get people off the streets. is, is, is that not coming down the pike that way? >> it's not coming down the pipeline. >> obviously responsible then, is it. is it is it. the state has it. does it start there and trickle down i think yes, it definitely starts with the state. >> but again, getting people off the street, megan's comments is not putting them into the into congregate shelters. it's

getting them into permanent housing. yeah. so yes we need more permanent housing drastically more. there's this the system is severely flawed in santa clara county on, issues like zoning and so forth. the coyote valley situation, we cordoned off a whole huge area south of san jose that cannot be used for housing. then you have developers that can't build there, build housing, enough, because of regulations. the whole system is very flawed. you know, it needs to be broken. it's already broken. it needs to be rebuilt. i want to point out to a, a story that was just put on on cbs about down in houston, and they have one umbrella organizing every all the organizations are under one umbrella and it's called the way home. and it was founded by the coalition for the unhoused of, of, coalition for the homeless in, in houston. they've had a 63% reduction in homelessness. so they have one umbrella

controlling it in santa clara county. in san jose, we have dozens of little umbrellas trying to manage the system is severely flawed. it's got major, major problems. >> all right. there's much more to talk about with this. and i'm sorry we can't talk about it more, but hopefully we can address it more. it's an issue that seems there's a lot of money being thrown at it. and that's that's what the main concern is from just regular residents is saying, wow, we spent so much money on addressing homelessness, yet we still see this problem languishing. so it's something i paying attention to. >> can i add one more comment? >> yeah, we only have a few seconds left. go ahead. >> it's a small organization in mountain view called the united effort has it's all volunteer. they're getting people housed on a regular basis without any funding. and they're collaborating with, 3 or 4 other nonprofit. yes, we need that in silicon valley. gotcha. all right. the united effort in mountain in mountain view. thank you. >> todd langton, the executive director of occupy silicon valley and founder of coalition for the unhoused of silicon valley. thank you for joining us. this morning to talk. thanks, andre. appreciate it for

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smarter than humans, we've been asking you to scan the qr code, go on our website ktvu.com/vote. so 36% of you say obviously ai is smarter than humans, 36% of you say no, 28. it can be helpful. i think i might find myself in that last group, but man, we love a good close race. keep telling us what you think. we had a nice, robust discussion here about whether ai is smarter than humans, whether it's headed in that direction. so it's fun to see our viewers weighing in. >> i do believe it can be helpful. okay, so you're with me. sure 29. i just don't trust it with the people in charge of it because they use it for their own. you know, you could probably answer, i could probably answer both of those things. >> like i'd answer, obviously it's smarter than us in some ways. and it can be helpful as well. so you can really answer more than one option here. i think i think, i think when we talk about it, we talk about it out of fear, out of the fear of what could become, because we've just seen our data being spread across the internet. >> we see the dangers, see its

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another mild day of weather. thankfully, we are headed into a dry weekend. the justice department preparing to file an antitrust lawsuit against ticketmaster and its parent company, live nation, according to the wall street journal. here, the lawsuit will claim live nation has engaged in anti-competitive practices. the company has faced accusations of inflated ticket fees and flawed customer service. critics say the merger of live nation and ticketmaster back in 2010 stifled competition, and says the company should be broken up. so what are your thoughts? when's the last time you i mean, you you you do things at and go places and you, you buy concert tickets. i say, why are you only looking at him? >> you do. you do things to i well, i joke if i'm not at work, i'm at safeway or i'm at home. >> well, that's because we always talk about the fact that

she just she keeps her life pretty, you know, pretty simple. >> okay, so tell me, what do you think about. i've always wondered how come this is the only game in town? the only game in town? i've often always wondered that. and if you're the only game in town, you can just charge whatever you want, right? >> there is always thought to the idea, and i remember when this competition means higher prices. >> i remember when they were merging, i'm like, well, there's no one. they literally control everything about about buying tickets. >> you know how artists perform with the exception of, you know, smaller acts and independent theaters. and so when i go to a concert, i will seek out those smaller acts because i don't want to pay ridiculous prices plus fees plus plus fees, plus sitting in nosebleed. >> he controls everything. i mean, look, i don't know. i'm not talking about this. i'm just saying what just went through my mind when this happened. but i digress. >> we will watch it. all right, let's circle back to swimming. boy, we were on all morning and afternoon yesterday. all the lengths law enforcement had to go to clear those protesters. pro-palestinian demonstrators that were on a number of bay area roadways. yeah. >> the protests. protesters say

they wanted to create an economic blockade and that action was seen in cities around the world. >> ktvu zamina quintana was at the site of the oakland protest all morning yesterday. she's here now with the latest on the arrests. >> yeah, definitely a hectic day yesterday, a hectic morning for law enforcement officers. but now they've kind of gotten some time to process what happened at four different protest scenes in the bay area yesterday, three of them happening simultaneously. now they're releasing more information about what made it all so difficult to clear. >> like all your fingers let go and let go of the rebar. let go, let go. they're twisting it. let go. let go of the bar. let go. let go of the bar. >> chp put this video on social media showing the device used by protesters on northbound 880 in oakland. there were seven of these 55 gallon drums filled with rebar and concrete, with heavy duty pipes and chains attaching the protesters to them. we watched these officers had to use multiple tools to get

through them, including saws and jackhammers. seven protesters were arrested there, and it took seven hours to clear all of those lanes. then on the golden gate bridge, protesters used their cars with chains concealed with pipes to connect drivers to people outside of the cars. it took more than four hours to clear and 26 people were arrested there. then on southbound 880, there were about 300 protesters and five of them were arrested. again taking five hours to clear all of those lanes. >> i implore people, please protest. we're here to protect your rights, to protest, but you cannot block roadways. you cannot keep emergency personnel, whether it's ambulance or law enforcement, fire department from getting out to assist other people. >> chp put out a long list of the various charges that they will be facing, including unlawful assembly, refusal to comply with a lawful order, resisting false imprisonment and unlawful stop on a bridge for

those that were on the golden gate. now those recommendations are going to be sent to the alameda and san francisco county district attorneys. it is up to them to charge now. last night there was also a protest at the fremont tesla plant, where officers deployed pepper balls on the crowd. but we are told there were no arrests at that protest. andre back to you. >> all right, amanda, as we said earlier, pro-palestinian protesters also gathered for demonstrations in cities across the country, too. there were similar protests in new york, chicago, seattle, among other cities. they become an almost daily occurrence since the fighting between israel and hamas began more than six months ago. >> there are some serious moral and legal questions here in terms of the role of the united states aid. >> organizers say these protests are designed to raise awareness to more than 33,000 palestinians who have been killed during the war. >> well, following the news that the bureau of prisons is shutting down the women's prison in dublin, ktvu has learned that all inmates there will be

transferred out by friday. the bureau of prisons is shutting down the facility, at least temporarily, because it no longer met prison standards. to date, eight correctional officers, including the warden, have been charged with sex crimes. seven of the defendants have been found guilty. ktvu spoke to several relatives of the inmates about their concerns. >> she's, scared. she don't know what's going on. they she they came and told her that the whole prison is going to shut down. >> she's petrified because she doesn't know where she's going. she's sick and she is supposed to be released immediately. >> a federal judge overseeing reforms held an emergency hearing. the judge directed the court appointed person in charge of the prison to make sure inmates are appropriately transferred to other correctional facilities, halfway houses, home confinement, or issued compassionate release. >> i think this is a good step in the right direction. clearly, the prison was not being properly run. it had poor management. >> an attorney representing a class action suit against the

bureau of prisons questioned why the government didn't alert inmates about the prison shutdown beforehand. an investigation also found mold and asbestos throughout that dublin facility. >> right now in new york city, donald trump is back in a courtroom for the second day of his so-called hush money trial. jury selection began yesterday with more than half the first group of 96 prospective jurors dismissed after saying they could not be impartial. another eight were excused just this morning as well. trump faces 34 felony counts, alleging he falsified business records. they center on a $130,000 payment. his former lawyer, michael cohen, made to adult film actress stormy daniels to keep her from talking about an alleged affair with trump ahead of the 2016 election. >> the prosecution will have to show is that trump had the intent necessary, the intent to commit or conceal another crime, and i think that other crime will be federal campaign finance violations. >> trump has pleaded not guilty

and denied the affair. the trial , expected to last six weeks, with trump required to be present in court. >> a local nonprofit is helping to build a more inclusive and supportive world for people on the autism spectrum. the bay area autism collective provides robust social support and access to autism informed resources. we're so happy to have bird sellergren join us, the executive director of the organization. thanks for being with us, bird. thanks for having me. i love that name. thanks. all right. let's talk about this work. this is very personal for you. can you tell us why? >> because i'm autistic and i myself have experienced some social isolation. and the social isolation is very common among the autistic population and tends to get tends to increase as we age. so i wanted to start a program that would provide social support to autistic people in a safe space where they could be freely autistic without judgment. >> can you tell me a little bit about how that isolation happens? give me some examples, you know, it's based mostly

around negative attitudes towards autism and stigma stereotypes. unfortunately, it can just happen with people not understanding common ways of communicating. for autistic people, our behaviors may be unexpected, and so that just lack of understanding can cause discomfort in people, which results in negative attitudes and exclusion. so instead of thinking, oh, i want to learn more about why you say or do this, i said, oh, i don't know why they're saying or doing. >> and i pull back, yeah, tell me how your group really works to give access to kind of a whole new world of community. yeah >> so what we do is we run a series of social groups online through zoom, where autistic people can come meet each other and be themselves based around their identities. so we currently have one large social group where autistic people from all over the country join us every sunday. we have a group

for transgender autistic people because there's a strong overlap there. we also have a group for autistic people who are in addiction recovery, because one third of autistic people experience addiction and starting this week, tomorrow morning, we have a parents group for autistic parents, not necessarily parents of autistic kids, but autistic parents who have, you know, who may need support from other autistic parents. >> i have two boys in middle in high school, and i have learned so much about the resources available to children and parents of children who have autism. do so much for the children. those children grow up and they become adults and they have to do, you know, work and love and adventure and all the things that every adult has access to. what are some of the stories you hear from people you've been able to help who maybe, you know are doing things they haven't done before, or meeting people they would have otherwise not met. >> you know, sometimes there's a little bit of resistance because it's just out of the norm to meet other people and be friendly, but i try to encourage them to participate and let them know that their voices are

valuable and that their experiences can help. maybe a younger member become more comfortable building relationships or going to school or whatever. it's really wonderful. >> it's so hard not to be authentic, like i. at least for me. i feel like i don't know how i would function if i couldn't be fully myself. you know, it's like, is it trying to hold hands but the other person is wearing gloves. i mean, can you try to describe a little bit about the, you know, the structure and how that can harm someone who's not allowed to say, yeah, this is who i am? >> yeah. autistic masking is so common. and it's a survival mechanism that autistic people learn from early on. behavior ism can dictate that autistic people shouldn't be their authentic selves. so you know that changing your behavior, adapting culturally, it's a it's a it's a form of assimilation to behave more like non-autistic people, like a survival instinct . >> sort of. >> exactly. that effort can be exhausting. it can result in

burnout. it can also have really dire mental health consequences, i imagine. >> so, you know, oftentimes on giving day, we talk about how people can volunteer, in this case, in your organization, there is one answer when it comes to how can i help your organization? and the answer is money, big or small? tell me a little bit about how donations help you. >> yeah, we pay our facilitators to run our groups and that's really important. and you know, we have costs like zoom licenses, you know, and as our need grows, we want to build more groups. we'd like to have groups, a group for teens. we'd like to have a group for autistic people who have had contact with the criminal justice system. so donations will allow us to fund those groups and ensure that they can run for a longer period. and there's one other thing being able to provide asl and cart services would be wonderful. >> what are cart services, captioning live captioning. >> got it. okay. got it, got it. >> but the costs are insurmountable for us. we run on

a shoestring so funds can help us ensure that we have the resources to offer that when needed. >> got it. well, let's help that shoestring grow. thank you so much for joining us. thank you for having me. it's been a pleasure meeting you. if you would like to help and i hope you do. the bay area autism collective would be so appreciative. you can scan the qr code that's at the center of your screen right now. you can also head to ktvu.com slash giving day all the information you need is there coming up on mornings on two the nine, a music festival in san francisco has been causing headaches for people in the east bay. why? they're upset about getting what sounds like a front row seat, even though they're miles away, and what's being done about it. then music, dancing and social change. how a musical set in the 60s is still relevant toy. we'r our biggest challenge? uncertainty. hidden fees, surcharges... who knows what to expect! turn shipping to your advantage. keep it simple...with clear, upfront pricing. with usps ground advantage®. ♪

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of norway today to announce a new climate partnership. crown prince haakon is already in the bay area and we saw him getting on a san francisco bay ferry. the governor's office says california and norway share the long tum goal of becoming low emission societies. both want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by the year 2050. >> happening today san francisco

transit leaders will consider a proposal that could ultimately raise parking rates and some transit costs. the board of directors for the municipal transportation agency holds a public hearing on whether to amend the transportation code, allowing the group to increase certain costs. average year long parking permits could go up by about $25. parking meter rates could increase by $1 an hour. parking fines could go up by 8% each year for the next two years. discounts for the clipper card would be reduced as well. >> from tracy turnblad quest for equality to the toe tapping rhythms of the 1960s in baltimore, get ready to shake and shimmy as the tony award winning musical sensation hairspray hits the road once again, it has returned to san francisco for a limited time, and i'm happy to introduce. joining us now, two of the stars of the show, carolyn iseman and josiah rodgers. thank you so much for being here. tell me, for people who aren't familiar with hairspray, and, you know, it was a book and then it was a movie and then it was a broadway show. what can people expect when they come to see the show? >> it's 2.5 hours of nonstop

fun. i like to say it's tracy's journey through 1960s baltimore and trying to figure out why everybody just can't dance together. yeah, it's a story of love, equality, and it really is a blast. >> and with that comes, you know, great choreography, great music. it's the kind of show that people really, like, get up in their seats and sing along to. but belying all that you touched on it are some serious themes. yeah, absolutely. >> 100. the show is beautiful, the underlying message, honestly , the show is about integration and, and racism, and how tracy and the motormouth company and they come together and they integrate the tv show, the corny collins show, and it's a beautiful message. and they do such a great job with the music and the dancing, and it was super exciting for the san francisco audiences. now tell me about the characters you guys play and what you love about these characters. >> okay, tracy, she is a blast and a half and i think she's smart and she doesn't take no

for an answer. and i am honored to be on this journey with her. it's been so much fun. >> how long? and tell me about your character, i play seaweed j. stubbs, it's an honor to play him. super. so much energy, so much fun, very light hearted. and, just a powerhouse of a human being. i feel like he is. yeah. >> how long have you guys been performers? and have you done hairspray before? and what's different about this particular production that audiences can see here? >> yeah, i've been performing since i was a little kid, i've played tracy for the last two years. i was the standby last year, and i got the honor to take over for the role full time, we are doing the show with the original creative team, so we're still doing the choreography and blocking from the original broadway production 22 years ago, which is so cool to be a part of this history. it's amazing. >> what about you? >> how long have you been performing? since i was 13. first role was, conrad birdie in bye bye birdie. had the little silver suit on. i did my little elvis impersonation. so much fun, but yeah, like you said, we get to work with the original

creatives, and it's a blessing. we're all honored. and, it's just so much fun. like when you ask us in the beginning, what can they expect? a lot of energy and a lot of fun. >> what do you hope people come away from after seeing the show? do you want them to think about some of the themes and the messages behind it? >> absolutely. i think it's kind of impossible not to right. it's, the blessing, the like, you know, bright energy and the incredible message wrapped up in that fun bow makes it a lot easier to leave inspired and ready to see acceptance in your own community. what's been the most challenging part of doing this production? >> because you guys have talked about how fun and how wonderful it's been, but, you know, there's always a little bit of a struggle sometimes in producing art like this. >> a lot of stamina. yeah, 100. >> i will say. yeah. just like honestly just, maintaining, like a good, good body and just, staying healthy and because it's a lot of, it's a lot of work, it's a lot of singing and dancing and acting. so just staying positive and staying healthy. >> and we want to explore every

place we get to go to. we get to see the coolest cities across the country, so we're trying. >> this is part of a tour, right? yeah. is this the first time you've been in san francisco? both of you. >> this is my first time in san francisco. okay >> have you had a chance to see some of the sights out here? >> i got here at last night at 130 in the morning. >> okay, well, the weather is becoming nicer and nicer just in time for your arrival, so you'll be able to get out and see some of the sights. we want to wish the best of luck to you guys in the production of hairspray. that's in playing in san francisco. carolyn iceman, josiah rodgers. thank you so much for joining us. break a leg tonight. thank you so much. have a fun time here. and thanks for telling us about this exciting production. thank you. well, if you want to go see hairspray at broadway sf, we have made it easy for you. just head to our website, ktvu.com and click on the web links section. well, coming up on mornings on two the nine. it's a new level of luxury travel f you fu y frie s.

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san francisco, and organizers are assuring residents across the bay in alameda that it won't be so loud this year. the city of alameda called for the festival to end last year, after residents complained about the noise. festival organizers sent a letter to alameda residents promising all outdoor music will end by 1045 in the evening and that organizers will pay close attention to audio levels. the event is scheduled for september 28th and 29th at pier 80. >> inmates at the sonoma county jail are participating in a program meant to bring the world of music to people who are behind bars. one inmate had an emotional reaction to hearing the music he composed for the first time. his work was performed by a string quartet in new york. 11 men took part in this ten week program. >> you can see in their faces that it gave them hope. it gave them something to look for. it gives them something to look

forward to that they hear what they wrote and it's their stories. it was so impactful. >> sonoma county jail officials say they hope to offer the program to female inmates next year, an effort to revive an extinct species of butterfly has new life in san francisco. >> the xerces blue butterfly became extinct in the 1940s. it was reportedly the first butterfly species to ever disappear due to human development. scientists have been comparing the genetic code of that extinct butterfly to the structures of other common blue butterflies, and after three years of study, researchers at california's academy of scientists sciences identified a group of silvery blues that could successfully fill the ecological role left by the extinct butterfly. >> we found a thriving population that was totally capable of donating a few individuals to establish a new population, so this is a new beachhead for silvery blues. and they're standing in the big shoes of xerxes. >> the researchers transported

the butterflies from monterey county to presidio national park in the city. they'll be tracking the butterflies movements using high resolution photographs to identify their markings. >> well, you may have noticed an increase in new wildlife around the bay area this springtime. many have seen new ducklings and other baby animals making an appearance. people who care for wildlife say this is a busy time of the year. >> seeing ducklings, hummingbirds, bunnies, possums, skunks are all having their babies right now and when they're in trouble, we take care of them and release them back to the wild. >> in the bay area, many people with pools say sometimes ducklings end up in the water and cannot get out. the advice is to put out a board or a rug to help them get out of the pool . >> dogs may soon be able to experience their own first class flight dog toy company bark is teaming up with a jet charter service to launch a new travel service tailored for canine companions owners looking to fly their dogs will have to pay up andre and ali a round trip pet owner. duo ticket could cost as

much as $16,000. the inaugural bark air flight is set to depart from new york next month. i know some people will spare no expense for their pets. are you that type of people? ali? >> i love my dog, but i'm just going to come out and say it. that's a ridiculous waste of money for 16. sorry snowflake or sorry, his name i forget freckles. >> freckles. okay, got it. what do you think? oh, you're doing the numbers. >> maybe that's. this is a problem for the top 1, right? right, right. not for us. i just $16,000, 60,000 bucks of what you can do. >> yeah. >> get gas in my car here in the bay area. exactly. >> my kids school. yeah >> yeah, yeah. no. yeah. no, i don't think so. okay here are the results from our poll so far that we mentioned earlier this hour. this morning we asked you, do you think i is smarter than humans? are your results obviously 29. no 33. and it can be helpful 38. so people are coming in in the middle here of

this whole thing, of this poll. so we thank you for voting. we appreciate it. it's always interesting to see what folks out there think about this, but it's still pretty close, i would say, for sure. >> i think most people agree it can be helpful, but it's just a question of too helpful, too smart. and then is that a threat to us all? yeah. >> thank you so much for joining us. another long day for you, ali. but we love it that you're here. oh, it's great being here. be sure to join us on our streaming news ktvu news on your smart tv. you can get live newscast stories on demand, much more amazon fire, roku, apple tv and android scan that qr code or search for the fox local app and ♪ we're gonna have a real good time ♪ ♪ feel good time ♪ ♪ spreading love and joy and laughter all over the place ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ it will be so legendary ♪ ♪ sherri's got you feeling good ♪