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the controversy behind the latest proposal to help san francisco's troubled tenderloin neighborhood. >> it's up to the small businesses to, you know, to serve the community. but then, you know, they're coming up with these ideas to shut down small businesses, too. good evening. >> i'm julie julie haener, and i'm mike mibach. the proposal by san francisco mayor london breed would force some shops in the tenderloin to actually close after midnight. >> ktvu is christian captain live now in the city and christian. the goal here is to reduce crime in that neighborhood. >> yeah, that's right. the move here is the latest effort from the mayor's office to try to curtail any open air drug markets, particularly at night when it comes to street conditions in the tenderloin. san francisco police say they've made a lot of progress, particularly in the daylight hours. but when night falls, police say they still have a lot of work to do. and that illicit activity often centers around businesses that operate overnight. now the mayor's office is introducing new legislation that would close businesses that sell prepackaged food or tobacco products from
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midnight to 5 a.m. police say they back the plan. >> our challenge is still occur at night. crowds of people that are there selling, selling stolen property, selling narcotics. we have drug users all over. and what the problem is, is that when you have businesses that are open, like liquor stores and smoke shops, it just attracts more people. >> the mayor's office says the idea has a lot of grassroots support from residents and neighbors. tim benson is a manager at acenas restaurant in the tenderloin. restaurants operate late into the evening, and he says sometimes customers or workers feel threatened. and he says he hopes that the city could step in and help businesses that have their hours cut. but he says he thinks that shutting some of those businesses down, where drug users and drug dealers congregate, may help the neighborhood as a whole. >> police have been much more active. dpw has been out helping the cleanup effort, but it seems to be mostly a daytime issue. and at nighttime, it's sort of still the wild, wild west plaza
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snacks and deli opened last year and operates 24 over seven. >> the man behind the counter didn't want his name or face used, but said that the business doesn't sell alcohol or tobacco and serves an important role in the neighborhood. as one of the few locations to buy nutritious food. he says costs to operate the business are high, so he has to keep the doors open 24 hours. the new legislation, he said, would hurt his business. >> the reason why we wanted to stay open is because, you know, we have to make more money to pay rent, to pay, bills like pga , you know, phone bills, internet bills. and we have employees. i have like four employees at nighttime when i have extra security because, you know, of the area. >> some san francisco residents say closing the shops won't make much of a difference in the end. >> i don't think it's going to work at all because people are still homeless and they're still out here all night long, so the markets don't really have anything to do with the crime. >> if the board of supervisors approves this legislation, the new hours wouldn't be enforced by police. other than warnings,
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any businesses that violate the proposed new hours would be fined up to $1,000 by the department of health. police, though, would be the eyes and ears on the streets to see if those businesses are complying. we're live in san francisco, kristin kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, christian, thank you. new at five tonight, san jose city leaders held a press conference today to share the results of the local license plate camera program. mayor matt mahan led that conference in la plata arroyo neighborhood. it happened at the same time a new camera was being installed in the area, he said. the network of cameras helped recover $2 million worth of stolen vehicles in 2023 alone. mahan also explained other ways the cameras benefit the city. >> our alpr network has helped our officers catch suspects with ghost guns, drug bags, stolen packages, outstanding warrants for rape and domestic violence, and even a group of teens responsible for 60 vehicle break ins. they've also helped us avoid over 50 vehicle pursuits,
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which can be dangerous for our officers and the larger community. >> the company behind the cameras, flock safety, has also partnered with the city of piedmont, san leandro and berkeley downtown oakland restaurant broken into for a fourth time tonight. >> the owner says he has considered moving out of town, but says it's just not that easy. ktvu crime reporter henry lee live tonight here in the newsroom with what seems to be a familiar story. henry. yeah. mike. >> restaurants across oakland are closing left and right. many of the victims of the pandemic and crime. now, the chef and owner tells me he's managed to survive both so far and hopes to stay in the city that he loves. >> it's everything. it's crying, it's rage. it's anger, it's frustration. it's defeat. >> raw emotions for emani greer, the chef and owner of vegan restaurant roasted and raw at 14th and jefferson in downtown oakland. he's moved several times. but for greer, this is the fourth time his business has been hit. >> it's a very defeating feeling to just try so hard every day,
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you know? and even as a leader, it's like you don't have time to grieve. the most recent break-in happened at about 430 monday morning. a couple guys, young guys, broke in, they basically hit the glass and then they just go, like the same. it's almost a routine. >> a similar burglary happened in march, just as the restaurant was celebrating record lunch sales and the restaurant's been hit twice before that. the common thread, unfortunately, these are all four of our break ins have been young, black males. >> they have been my own, my own people. and it's heartbreaking. >> greer doesn't blame police or politicians, but says it begins in the home and in the schools. >> this is an oakland problem. it's not city hall's fault. it's everyone's fault. we all need to step up and do something. >> greer says he has no choice but to stay put. >> just because you get broken into a few times doesn't mean you can just up, pack up and leave. you're stuck into a lease that that if you leave, you're going to have to deal with an eviction court.
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>> we all are implicated in society's failures right now. either you're a part of the problem or you're part of the solution. >> we ran into oakland city council member carol fife as she picked up a breakfast sandwich. she's a regular customer in the restaurant is in her district. >> california is a difficult state to live in, but that does not give you the right to hurt other people to make sure your needs are met. >> greer had this message for the burglars hold yourself accountable. >> grow. just because you were raised a certain way, or weren't raised a certain way, just because you come from a certain area, we can change. we can improve. there are jobs out here now. >> the owner tells me he doesn't keep much cash in the business overnight, so a lot of the damage has mostly been from broken windows. so anyone with information about any of these burglaries at this restaurant is asked to give oakland police a call. >> mike, let's hope those tips come in. all right. henry lee live tonight in the newsroom. henry. thank you. the alameda county district attorney's office has reached a plea deal with the couple charged in the death of a pleasanton home depot employee. >> 26 year-old blake moss was shot and killed last april while trying to stop a robbery in
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progress. benicia, napa the suspected shooter pleaded no contest to charges of second degree murder and will serve 19 years to life. her boyfriend, david guillory, was accused of being the getaway driver with their child in his lap as police chased them. he will serve more than seven years on charges including child abuse. the couple will be sentenced in june. >> the pressure continues for the alameda county board of supervisors to set a date for a special recall election for district attorney pamela price. the group save alameda for everyone are safe, held a rally in oakland outside the county administration building today. members say the board of supervisors declined to start the process at its meeting last tuesday. and under state law and the county charter, they have until april 30th to set that date. >> we got the approved signatures. you have hundreds of thousands of people that want this on the ballot and want to constitutionally have her recalled, and we need that done
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as soon as possible. >> the group safe says it projects that the special recall election will take place sometime between late july and early september. >> election workers in the south bay have been recounting ballots for a week now, and we are still waiting for the updated results in the race for district 16. the recount comes after an historic tie between assembly member evan lowe and supervisor joe simitian , with former mayor sam liccardo leading the race. now officials say whoever requested this recount is not getting their money back, even if there is a change in the candidates position. ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary joins us now live at the santa clara county registrar of voters tonight to explain, jesse. >> julie, good evening to you, the california secretary of state had to make an interpretation of a little used law. her ruling means that the tens of thousands of dollars that are being put up to fund this recount will not be reimbursed. this, as the recount continues in a cramped cubicle
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filled room inside the santa clara county registrar of voters , the painstaking task of a rarely seen recount is done under the gaze of onlookers. representatives of evan lowe and joe simitian looking and challenging any and all irregularities. >> the votes have been counted. they're now being recounted. i think in relatively short order, we'll have a final count, a final recount, and until then, you just wait and watch and hope for the best. >> seven days after the start of the recount, simitian is ahead by one vote in santa clara county, there are always ballots that are set aside because something can't be verified. >> and now, with the recount, we're going back and looking at all of those. >> san mateo county officials are performing a similar task in a congressional district that spans the two counties. >> recount is going really well. we are progressing, quickly, and we're doing our best to make sure that everything is done properly. >> santa clara spokesman steve
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gualtieri says his registrar had to appeal to the california secretary of state over the issue of reimbursement for the cost of the recount. former liccardo campaign staffer jonathan padilla is ponying up $32,000 a day just to learn he won't get a cent back. >> so there's a provision in the election code 15624. >> if the recount drops someone off the ballot, no reimbursement because it's not the same as adding a new person to the ballot based on the results of the recount. it's a technical difference, but obviously there's a lot of money at stake, so no one has ever seen anything like this before. >> currently, front runner sam liccardo, simitian and low are all headed to a political collision in november, but a single vote could break the tie for second place and leave either simitian or low on the outs. >> when the law was written, it wouldn't. it wasn't really anticipated that there would be a recount in a case like this where there's a tie for second. >> oh, no, no, we're finished.
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>> officials here say the recount could wrap friday, at which point they'll certify the results. send it off to the secretary of state for a stamp of approval. san mateo county would do the same. no response from evan low or his campaign. but the end of the recount may not be the end of this issue, because there's been a complaint filed with the federal elections commission over the financing behind the recount, and that could wind up in court. we're live outside the registrar of voters here in san jose. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. julie, back up to you in oakland. >> all right, jesse, thanks for that update. >> the criminal trial of former president donald trump continued in a manhattan courtroom today. the prosecution's first witness back on the stand for more questioning. >> david pecker is the former publisher of the national enquirer. he testified on mr. trump's catch and kill strategy. at the center of this case. fox news connor hansen has more now from new york. >> former president donald trump is using his limited time outside the courtroom to attack his opponent, president biden.
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>> so we're locked up in a courtroom, and this guy is out there campaigning inside the courtroom. >> prosecutors continued questioning david pecker, the ex publisher of the national enquirer. pecker detailed a catch and kill plan in which he and trump's campaign would buy and bury negative stories. in one instance, pecker said his magazine paid a former trump tower doorman $30,000 for a story claiming trump fathered a child outside his marriage, which they found out was not true. the former publisher confirmed. the tabloid also ran negative stories about trump's primary opponents during the 2016 election, saying trump's former attorney, michael cohen was often his contact. >> entering into a nondisclosure agreement is not illegal. secondly, catch and kill schemes which people in the media do, which is to buy the rights to a story and then choose not to publish it. they're also not illegal. >> courts started tuesday with a hearing on whether trump violated his gag order.
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prosecutors argued that trump should pay $10,000, but judge juan merchan has yet to rule. either way, it's still unclear if trump will take the stand himself politically, it's going to be consequential if he doesn't take the stand because they'll say he took. the fifth court is adjourned wednesday, so testimony will resume thursday. we can expect to hear more from david pecker and other key witnesses then in new york. connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news tesla making headlines as the company announces a big drop in profit, as well as job cuts still ahead tonight. >> what tesla is accused of failing to do while laying off more than 10,000 employees, plus the violence in gaza, igniting more protests on us college campuses. >> how universities in the bay area and beyond are responding to their demands, and should fliers be allowed to pay to cut the line at security after the break? >> why some california lawmakers want a ban clear from the airport.
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make their way through security checkpoints. >> the law would require companies such as clear to either set up and pay for their own dedicated tsa staff, security lanes, or be banned from california airport. >> ktvu tom vacar live tonight at oakland international, one of nine california airports where that clear service is available. tom >> well, you know, as the travel season now begins to pick up, that's going to create a lot of
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tensions, a lot of tempers, and probably a lot of problems. unless of course, you can afford otherwise, clear members pay $189 a year for a service that identifies them using facial, iris and fingerprint biometrics unique to each person. fullerton democrat senator josh newman says clear did not live up to its promises. >> this service, as part of the larger system, would enhance the efficiency of airports, also improve security at airports, and in fact, neither of those things is actually the case. what your membership does is it gives you the right to cut the line. >> i do a lot of traveling in the summer and, my team has to come with me. photographer manager. and if we're all late for the flight or if we all need to be moving, you know, at a faster pace, it's cool to have that access at non-busy times. >> precheck clear or standing in
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a regular line really doesn't make much of a difference, because everybody gets through fast. but when it gets really crowded and during the busy summer travel season, it makes quite a difference. instead, senator newman says clear is more like an extra cost. theme park pass, so holders can avoid waiting at popular rides. but this is in a public facility. >> do we want, all of us taxpayers who paid for a public asset like tsa, to have unequal access? >> i think for those who can afford it, it would be a nice luxury. but not everybody can afford that. >> i might feel different about it if i was at a private shopping mall or something like that, but here it just doesn't feel right to me. >> so newman wants clear to pay for additional dedicated tsa security lines at each airport, just as delta airlines does with its delta one service at los angeles international. to all of this, clear says it is improving things, creating hundreds of jobs, sharing more than $13 million in annual revenue with our california airport partners,
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and serving nearly 1 million california fans to ensure all travelers have a safer, easier checkpoint experience. there's been lots of incidents over the last couple of years where, you know, we're unauthorized. >> travelers have use clear as a way of breaching tsa security. >> and so without that being corrected, clear may very well be cleared out. mike tom vacar live tonight there at oakland international. >> tom, thank you. >> frustrated pg and e customers have not held back their complaints as they continue to face record breaking bills. the utility ceo, patty poppy, is trying to ease concerns by telling customers their monthly bills will level off or even fall below their current levels. poppy says pg and e is looking at ways to reduce its operating costs and pass those savings along to its customers, but she did not say how this will happen. the average pg and e bill for residential customers is more than 22% higher than last year, state lawmakers have
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rejected a bill that would crack down on how some utilities spend customers money. >> the measure was aimed at expanding the regulations that already ban investor owned utilities from using money from customers to pay for advertising and lobbying. advocates say the utilities were finding ways around those rules. while this bill failed to pass in committee yesterday, pg and e among those opposing the measure. >> tesla is now being sued over its recent decision to lay off about 10% of its workforce. a former employee claims tesla violated state law by failing to provide the required advanced 60 day notice. the suit was filed in state court in san jose by one of those, more than 14,000 laid off workers. it accuses tesla of acting intentionally and with deliberate indifference and conscious disregard to the rights of its employees. tesla and ceo elon musk have yet to comment. >> well, just yesterday, parts of the bay area enjoying some warm weather temperatures in the 80s, a sudden shift in those temperatures for today, this
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cooler pattern, it wants to stick around. so here's the overall weather headline. with temperatures definitely a significant drop off in those numbers as we head toward wednesday, thursday and into friday. just numerically here, you can see the big drop off from yesterday. some 80s in santa rosa and concord and san jose for the monday highs. take a look at the highs today. about 20 degrees of some cooling. just amazing with that big shift in the weather pattern, more low clouds and fog and a strong onshore breeze. here's a satellite right now you can see the fog out toward portions of the coastline and quite a few lightning strikes detected up in northern california. as we come in closer to the bay area, there's a solid overcast from half moon bay toward pacifica, san francisco. the marin headlands, and some low clouds, making their push across portions of the bay as well. this afternoon, current numbers out there no 90s, no 80s, no 70s. we're just showing you some 60s and even some upper 50s out towards half moon bay and up in santa rosa, san jose, checking in 66 degrees. we'll show you the current wind reports out
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there. vacaville gusting to over 20 miles an hour. so there's a bit of a breeze out there. some stronger reports out toward sfo and san jose with winds gusting over 20 miles an hour. here's the view from the south bay. it's picking up a few high clouds. it's also picking up on that low cloud deck. and this will once again expand in coverage as we head into the overnight hours. so tomorrow morning for your wednesday, mostly cloudy skies, the possibility of some drizzle once again, especially near portions of the coastline in overnight temperatures, will be in the upper 40s to the 50s. and here's the forecast model tomorrow morning. picking up on all of the cloud cover into the afternoon hours, we will have partly cloudy skies inland. mostly cloudy skies near portions of the bay near parts of the coastline so it won't be complete. clear blue skies across the entire bay area and temperatures tomorrow mainly in the upper 50s to the upper 60s for tomorrow afternoon. now, what about those shower chances? later in the week? we'll talk more about those, at least the possibility of a few showers with your full update in a little bit. >> all right mark, thank you. the lineup for this year's
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outside lands festival in golden gate park has been announced. headliners include the killers, sturgill simpson, tyler, the creator and post malone, who last headlined in 2022. but this time we'll be performing a strictly country music set. the three day festival takes place august 9th through the 11th at golden gate park. hopefully blue skies this summer. tickets go on sale tomorrow morning at 10:00. >> lawyers for starbucks taking their dispute with the labor board to the supreme court had the case could impact workers ability to unionize and then coming up at 6:00. >> i just try to be grateful for the 23 years that we had before the accident. >> the father of a fallen oakland police officer shares his pain as the department prepares to say goodbye
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ceremony took place for the grand opening of the meridian development. it is located on matilda avenue in downtown sunnyvale. the new 89 unit complex includes studio one, two, and three bedroom rental units for low income households. 23 of the units have been prioritized for households with intellectual and developmental disabilities. sunnyvale says it's not done either, and is looking to build even more affordable housing in the city. >> need was so great, so we had over 800 applications for the 89 spots, but, you know, we're looking to build a more affordable housing in sunnyvale
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and working with many partners are trying to get that financed. and built as quickly as possible. >> the development is on city owned land. it tore down seven older homes to make room for the complex, and contributed more than $17 million toward construction of the supreme court. >> justices appear to be siding with starbucks in a case between the coffee giant and the national labor relations board. the issue involves the firing of seven starbucks workers who were trying to unionize their store in memphis. the labor board says starbucks fired them strictly because of their union activity and obtained a court order forcing the company to rehire those workers. but starbucks claims the workers violated company policy by inviting a television news crew into the store after hours. if the supreme court rules in starbucks favor, it could limit the labor board's ability to intervene when it alleges corporate interference in union unionization efforts, demands to divest uc berkeley students camping out and speaking out on their frustrations with the israel-hamas war, while protests
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offices, including yale, university of michigan, and uc berkeley. overnight, dozens of protesters were arrested on the campus of new york university, and as the police moved in, some protesters took to the streets of manhattan, there demanding a ceasefire in the war between israel and hamas, and that the schools divest from companies selling weapons to israel. now, some leaders, including new york city mayor eric adams, are questioning the identity of the protesters there. >> we have identified individuals who don't attend the schools, who are on the campuses . >> to me, i think somebody is funding this also, there are professional agitators in there. >> as those protests continue, so do the calls for the resignation of the president, the resignation of columbia university's president. she has shifted classes to hybrid learning for the rest of the academic year. >> students at uc berkeley
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pitched tents on the steps of sproul plaza near the school's sather gate. it is their latest demonstration, calling for an end to israeli attacks in gaza. ktvu james torres explains now how the university is handling the protest. >> what you'll see here at uc berkeley is not nearly as intense of what you've seen at college campuses across the country. you see the number of tents that are pitched in front of this building. here along with the flags that are flying. and as you can see, many of these protesters are, for the most part, staying out of everyone else's way. students at uc berkeley are quiet this morning, but they hope their demonstrations are still heard loud and clear. this sit in is an extension of their more intense protest seen on campus monday. >> as a palestinian, as a human being, i feel like standing in the face of one of the most well-documented genocides, one of the most well-documented mass killings of people because of their identity, it's essential that we stand up. >> i would like the united states to stop funding weapons for israel. if we cut off the
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funding for weapons, then the conflict will have to stop. >> berkeley administration told students they were in violation of the school's time, place and manner rules. they're respecting the freedom of speech while also making one message very clear. >> and we'll take this a day at a time. we've got three weeks left in the semester. we want to avoid conflict. we want to avoid violence. but we also want to make sure that students who do want to attend class, who do want to finish the academic year, can do so. >> so far, the sit in is staying out of most people's way. when asked to explain their sit in, students here simply said the tents and signs speak for themselves. it's a different scene compared to that at cal poly humboldt, where classes are now fully remote until wednesday. as a result of students locking themselves into a school building and clashing with leaders. there's no telling how long this demonstration on berkeley's campus will last. but these students say until the war
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in gaza is over and until the university changes its investment policies so that tuition dollars no longer go toward aid in israel, we're taking this a minute at a time, an hour at a time, a day at a time. reporting from uc berkeley, i'm james torres, ktvu , fox two news. >> the us state department says hamas has, quote, moved the goal post in negotiations with the 133 people still missing following the october seventh attacks in tel aviv. relatives of the hostages laid out empty seder tables for the passover holiday to represent those killed or taken hostage by hamas . exact details of the negotiation talks between israel and hamas are unknown, although the biden administration says israel is trying to meet some of hamas's demands, hamas still has a choice. >> the fighting in gaza, the suffering of the palestinian people could end tonight if hamas chose to accept the deal for release of hostages and the
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establishment of a cease fire. >> hamas military is accusing israel of stalling negotiations, saying time to reach a deal is running out. >> we are waiting to see whether senate lawmakers pass a package of bills that will send billions of dollars in aid to israel, ukraine and taiwan. the house passed the bills over the weekend. it includes $61 billion for ukraine and $26 billion to the middle east. both in military funding for israel and humanitarian relief for citizens of gaza. notably, lawmakers tied a provision to the package of bills that could lead to a ban on tiktok. the measure gives tiktok's chinese parent company, bytedance, up to one year to sell the app, or else the ban will take effect. president biden has previously spoken in favor of the legislation. supporters say the move is necessary to address tiktok's national security risks, but critics are now concerned about the potential impacts on free speech. >> a russian court is rejecting the latest appeal by evan
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gershkovitch, the wall street journal reporter who has spent more than a year in custody in russia, fox's alex hogan reports. this comes as the biden administration renews its calls for moscow to release detained americans. >> the wall street journal reporter evan gershkovitch will remain behind bars in russia until at least june 30th. tuesday, a moscow court rejecting his latest appeal to be released from jail on espionage charges. it's one of several times that gershkovitch has appeared before a judge to appeal his pretrial detention, which is now past the one year mark. the journal issuing a statement after the ruling, writing, quote, it continues to be outrageous that evan has been wrongfully detained by the russian government for more than a year. evan's freedom is long overdue, and we urge the administration to do everything in their power to secure his release. no trial date has been set yet in espionage trials can last for more than a year in russia. on monday, the biden administration once again accused moscow of using
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wrongfully detained americans as political pawns. >> the united states and our many partners will keep working every day to reunite them with their families and to hold accountable governments that engage in this deplorable practice. >> gershkovitch has been in jail since last year, when he was arrested while on a reporting trip outside of moscow. russia accuses him of espionage, though authorities have yet to detail what evidence they have against him. the wall street journal reporting last week that us officials are preparing a new proposal for a deal to secure the 32 year old's release. evan gershkovitch faces up to 20 years behind bars if found guilty in london. alex hogan ktvu, fox two news the justice department has agreed to pay more than $138 million over the fbi's botched handling of the sexual assault claims against larry nassar. >> more than 150 women and girls have alleged that nassar abused them while he was at a while. he was a doctor at michigan state
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university and with team usa gymnastics. the doj acknowledged that fbi officials failed to respond to the initial allegations in 2015 and 2016, and when they finally did respond, agents violated several policies. nassar is currently serving a 175 year prison sentence for sexually abusing young athletes under the guise of medical treatment tonight, a setback for a parental rights group. >> why? a measure that would restrict the rights of trans children may not make the november ballot. >> also, one month after a cargo ship smashed into a bridge in baltimore, city officials say that ship should never have been in the water that day. >> also, tupac shakur's alleged killer returns to the courtroom. why? the defense attorney says now is not the time to believe his clien s own words from
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a status hearing, police say 60 year old dwayne davis, a former los angeles area gang leader, has now been in custody in las vegas since his arrest in september. his attorney argues davis accounts of the killing are fiction, and that prosecutors lack evidence to obtain a murder conviction. davis is the only person still alive who was in the vehicle from where shots were fired in september of 1996. ultimately killing shakur and wounding another man. a tentative trial
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date has been set for november 4th. >> at least five migrants, including a child, drowned while crossing the english channel from france to the uk. authorities say several boats were spotted and reportedly packed with migrants off the coast of northern france. the drownings happened just hours after the british government officially approved a bill that would deport asylum seekers without a visa from the uk to rwanda. lawmakers have fought over the proposal for two years. it's now at the center of the conservative government's plans to stop illegal immigration and police in paris are now evicting migrants from their makeshift camps. this video shows about 30 teenage boys and young men being told to leave their camp near the river seine. aid groups who are working with the migrants say these efforts are intensified ahead of the olympics. now less than 100 days away. >> this is another example of the social cleansing that is happening in paris before the olympic games. all the governments in paris are getting
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evacuated by the police because they want to have a clean place for the olympic games, for the tourists. they don't want to see paris as a city that is full of migrants, of, of asylum seekers. >> advocates say these sweeps have been taking place almost every week now for several months. police are citing security reasons for the evictions. >> the federal trade commission is suing to block the merger of two luxury brand owners. the fda says the $8.5 billion deal between tapestry and capri holdings could create a potential monopoly in the luxury market, leading to higher prices. tapestry is the parent of coach and kate spade. capri owns michael kors and versace. the two companies say they will fight antitrust regulators in court. >> still ahead tonight, reactions are still pouring in following the death of the longtime leader of glide memorial church in san francisco. how former mayor
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willie brown is remembering the legacy of reverend cecil williams, also, dashcam video captures a southern california man's unusual encounter with deputies, how they were falsely led to believe the man was wanted for a crime. >> and in barry weather, the cooldown has arrived. lots of low clouds and fog already. back in the picture. we're going to cloud things up once again tomorrow morning and maybe some drizzle eventually. we're still tracking those shower chances
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reverend cecil williams, the pastor of san francisco's glide memorial church, died yesterday at the age of 94. earlier today on the floor, we did speak with his longtime friend, former san francisco mayor willie brown. he said that reverend williams spirit of generosity and service came along with a gift for delivering his message with a sense of joy and community. >> cecil didn't just offer free meals. cecil knew exactly how to have people come to cecil's chapel and proceed to enjoy themselves, and in some cases, cecil was actually doing the serving in cecil did the kind of serving of food he would like to eat that became dramatically different. and believe me, i suspect it established for all
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of the nation how you do free food to people who need it. >> mr. mayor said reverend williams was always able to bring together people from all walks of life and all backgrounds, and he expects glide will stay strong into the future with that guiding influence to draw on. east bay congresswoman barbara lee said today she's deeply saddened to hear of the passing of reverend reverend williams. she added the reverend changed the lives of millions through radical love, support, inclusivity and commitment to service to the most marginalized. when he arrived at glide memorial church in the 1960s, the congregation numbered 35 people. during the last 50 years, he transformed it into a world renowned congregation and nonprofit. >> a judge has sided with attorney general rob bonta in his dispute with a group called protect kids california. that group put forth a ballot initiative last november, calling it the protect kids of california act. it would ban gender affirming care for children while requiring schools
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to notify parents if a student identifies as transgender after the group filed its paperwork with the state, the attorney general gave the measure a new name the restricts rights of transgender youth proposal. a judge ruled the new title is a fair description, but you're not allowed to discriminate based on gender identity. >> in california. >> this is a national issue. and in terms of fighting in california, for i believe that we are at war. >> the group has until may 28th to collect more than 500,000 signatures to qualify the measure for the november ballot. so far, they have collected less than half. >> thousands of united methodists are attending their general conference in the state of north carolina, an lgbtqia rights are top of discussion. the church can edit the book of discipline, which is the denomination's policy book, and this year it is considering repealing the rule that banned same sex marriage and queer people from entering the clergy. >> my primary hope with regard to lgbtq people is the removal
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of discriminatory and harmful language in our book of discipline and in our social principles. >> i don't know what will happen if those harmful words aren't taken out. this is the church, after all. i'm not expecting not expecting an immediate turnaround, but i'm also not expecting 200 years of just doing nothing. >> still, after a special session in 2019 to settle lgbtq plus matters within the church, thousands of members disaffiliated and left some terrifying moments for a man in southern california. >> he was driving to work when he was pulled over and approached by sheriff's deputies with guns drawn. the driver, this is orange county sheriff's department. >> you're considered armed and dangerous. do exactly as i say. or you could be shot. >> deputies had received reports that the car was stolen and the driver was considered armed and dangerous. but it was all a mistake. the car was a loaner given to that driver to use by a
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dealership, while his car was being repaired. the dealership had misplaced the paperwork and then reported the car as stolen. >> i don't know what's going on, my heart is pounding. my palms are just, like, dripping sweat, and i'm. i'm just like, i'm going to die today. i don't want this to be the last time that i. you know, i don't want that morning to be the last time i see my family. >> just by losing a piece of paper. my husband's life was put at risk, it should not be that easy. they should have a better system for filing paperwork. >> that man is now suing the dealership. >> maryland's governor says progress is being made on the cleanup project of the francis scott key bridge following its collapse. six construction workers were killed in that disaster. exactly four weeks ago, a new court filing claims. before the dolly container ship hit the bridge, it was deemed unseaworthy when it left the port of baltimore. city leaders want the company to be fully liable for the bridge's collapse. the owner and manager of the dolly filed a petition
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soon after the collapse, asking the court to cap their liability. a judge will ultimately decide who is responsible and how much they'll pay. >> well, nothing gradual with our temperature change. a big drop off in those numbers today on the order of around 8 to 15 degrees out there. and we're not talking about any 80s or 70s, just widespread 60s across a good portion of the bay area today. we had some lower 80s out toward livermore and antioch yesterday. not the case today. you can see around 65 to 68 degrees and san francisco and oakland in the lower 60s. no big changes for tomorrow. another round of clouds and maybe some drizzle. first thing tomorrow morning. so you might encounter those little drops stepping outside the door for your wednesday morning. temperatures will be in the upper 40s to the lower 50s at 7:00, and then by the 4:00 hour, just in the upper 50s to the upper 60s, with partly to mostly cloudy skies sticking around in your wednesday afternoon. interesting satellite and radar today. this evening you can see some showers and thunderstorms to the north of the bay area up toward
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redding. those showers, at least the thunderstorms have been dissipating over the past hour or so, but as we come in closer, lots of low clouds and fog near the coast and pushing back into the bay. we have that pretty good onshore breeze as well. that's already transporting the clouds back into the inland valleys for tonight and into early tomorrow morning. current numbers out there for the 5:00 hour we are showing you santa rosa 59, oakland 61 and san jose checking in 66 degrees. those winds, there's a breeze out there in a few spots. vacaville gusting to over 20 miles an hour , sfo gusting at 28 and san jose gusting to 21 miles an hour. so here's our live camera looking out toward the out toward alcatraz and the golden gate bridge. lots of clouds here. a little bit of us, some clearing, but the clouds will win out for tonight. and we're going to bring in mostly cloudy skies tomorrow morning and once again, maybe some wet roadways. with that to drizzle making a comeback, especially near the coast. overnight temperatures will be in the upper 40s to the lower 50s. here's the forecast
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model and then into the afternoon hours. the clouds could mix out a little bit with partly to mostly cloudy skies, but still it won't be complete clearing around the bay. so here's the system that has been drifting closer to our coastline. this responsible for the cool down today. a change in the wind direction tomorrow. still no big changes out there. clouds and drizzle, especially for the first half of the day. and then we're watching another system up to our north. and by thursday afternoon, thursday night into friday, there's a possibility of a few sprinkles or a few scattered showers. it's kind of a slight chance, but still something we'll be watching over the next day or so. here's a forecast. this is tomorrow morning. maybe some drizzle out there and then into the afternoon hours. partly to mostly cloudy for your thursday. we're going to bring in more clouds and maybe that shower chance you'll notice nothing too significant here. and then into friday we'll probably have some clouds, some breaks in the clouds and that slight chance of a shower. highs for tomorrow will be in the upper 50s to the upper 60s, so the warm weather stretch it is now history and no major warm ups in our five day
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forecast. we're tracking that slight chance of some showers later in the day, thursday and into friday, and then by the weekend we're going to warm things up a little bit, but still some breezy conditions as we head into saturday. >> all right, mark, thank you. the city of oakland prepares to honor a fallen officer who spent years on life support while after a crash on duty coming up at six tonight. his father shares his story of loss. it's encouraging to see somebody his age that was so determined , wa ju
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chief captain brian boohbah is a 21 year veteran of the department and has held several command positions over the last few years. city officials say boohbah understands the importance of community engagement and the use of technology. his first day as police chief will be may 1st. >> three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched their way out of their eggs and their nest atop the campanile on the uc berkeley campus. the third chick hatched earlier today, just one day after two other chicks made their arrival. avid watchers say there's a good chance the fourth and final falcon could arrive before tomorrow's hatch day celebration on the cal campus. the chicks are all the offspring
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of uc berkeley's peregrine falcon named annie. an alligator was apparently testing security at the macdill air force base near tampa, florida, when it wandered right onto one of the runways. video posted on the base's facebook page shows the gator being wrangled by florida fish and wildlife commission officers right next to that plane. the base says the gator has been relocated to a more suitable location. >> this is ktvu fox two news at six. >> after spending more than five years in the hospital, the oakland police department is laying officer jordan wingate to rest on friday. tonight, his father reflects on his family's loss. >> i try, i think for me, i just try to be grateful for the 23 years that we had before the accident. >> hello again everyone. i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach. >> a tragic 2018 crash. seriously injured officer jordan wingate, but his family held on to hope that he would recover.
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he died saturday, marking this the 55th line of duty death for the oakland police department. new at six ktvu is crystal bailey spoke with the officer's father, retired captain randy wingate, about this difficult journey. crystal >> well, after speaking with him today, i learned jordan wingate always wanted to be a police officer. and just a couple of years into serving his community, that fateful day in 2018 took him off the streets and left him in a state of limited consciousness. his family says his body gave out all these years later, and they spent the last few days with him in hospice. but as his family prepares for his memorial service later this week, they want him to be remembered and honored for his service. oakland police officer jordan wingate is remembered as a dedicated public servant. >> it's encouraging to see some of his age that was so determined. that was just absolutely committed to service. >> saturday morning, this procession marked the end of watch for the young officer after he spent more than five years fighting for his life. law enforcement was in hid
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