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in solano county. right now, both directions of highway 80 in fairfield are back open after an hours long standoff between law enforcement and an armed suspect. standoff lasted for more than two hours before the chp says the gunman was taken to the hospital for a self-inflicted gunshot wound. it all started around 11:00 this morning, chp tells us. this all stemmed from a reported shooting on highway 101 in santa rosa. this morning. officers tracked the suspect vehicle to a shopping center in rohnert park, which led to the pursuit about 330 this afternoon, he stopped near the i-80 680 interchange in fairfield. officer andrew barclay with the chp says officers work diligently to de-escalate the situation. >> in the holes that you see in the back windshield are not bullet holes. they are less lethal, so the swat teams are going through options that they
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have right now to try to get the individual to surrender his weapon and ultimately surrender both direction of highway 80 were shut down for hours before the standoff concluded. >> at. the exact location of the standoff was along i-80 at green valley road 680 interchange near fairfield and cordelia. here's a look at the traffic in that area . you can see both interstate 80 and 680 are red south of fairfield towards vallejo and benicia. and of course, our coverage today, standoff and traffic delays, continues online. head on over to our website, ktvu.com for the very latest developments. we also have more coverage of today's events tonight on the 10:00 news. other news now, san francisco could soon be home to what some elected leaders are calling an entertainment zone. as ktvu christien kafton shows us, the plan is all part of an effort to attract more people to downtown san francisco. >> san francisco's mayor is proposing legislation to turn this section of front street
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between sacramento and california into the city's first entertainment zone. >> we want to put a smile, filled with joy on the faces of san franciscans and the people who live and work here. >> overall, the zone would allow bars and restaurants to sell alcohol during outdoor events. duncan lay reopened harrington's bar and grill just before saint patrick's day, after it had been closed for about four years. he says while business is okay midweek, it falls off dramatically over the weekends. he says an entertainment zone would help the opportunity to activate a street like this so easily, and then to have people spill out into the street from the business and back in and just create this free flow of energy and entertainment, it seems, is really exciting. >> as a as a business owner, right. >> the mayor says the legislation is part of her plan to revitalize the downtown. >> my 30 by 30 plan to bring 30,000 students and residents to downtown by 2030. and some excitement of residents,
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businesses, restaurants. but fun has to be a part of the mix. and what is more fun than creating an entertainment zone state senator scott wiener authored sb 76, allowing san francisco to create the entertainment zone and says it won't mean nonstop mardi gras. >> i saw a headline this morning about bourbon street. and yes, new orleans is a lot of fun. nashville is a lot of fun, but there are a bunch of states that have done this michigan, ohio, i believe new jersey visitors to the area like these business students from uc berkeley say it's a great idea. >> the city is quiet now. >> a lot of people are moving out to the south bay. so if this is the way to keep the younger generation and make it like a fun place, that would be such a good idea. >> but not everyone is so sure it will work. >> it is definitely interesting and they need to do something down here. it's been pretty bad. i mean, i'm not sure how many people are going to make it all the way down here. it's kind of
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pretty far from all the other entertainment in the city, right now. >> san francisco is the only city that can have these kinds of entertainment zones. but state senator scott wiener is working on legislation to change that so that other cities can have entertainment zones if they want to. in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, it may be may, but we aren't done with the rain just yet. and for that matter, maybe even snow to marc. is that is that possible? >> yeah, definitely. we have a big time changes headed our way. northern california here in the bay area. frank with rainfall in the sierra picking up significant snowfall. yeah. so a reminder of winter with this system coming on board. it has been a nice weather stretch though this week. this was the scene looking above golden gate park, looking out toward ocean beach in san francisco and today we had temperatures. lots of 70s. look what happens tomorrow, saturday. rainfall, temperatures barely making it into the lower 60s for tomorrow. and in the sierra, this was from tahoe's west shore. from homewood you can see that snow melt starting. you can see right around the at the little tower there by the lift. they're going to pick up significant snowfall in the
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sierra. in fact, enough that they have upgraded this to a winter storm warning begins 11:00 saturday until 8 a.m. sunday, and snowfall potentially could be around 6 to 18in. the higher peaks could be topping 20in. so yeah, that's like not just not just a little bit of some snowfall. it'll be adding up for tomorrow. here's a satellite where you can see partly cloudy skies over the bay area. we have some patchy fog resurfacing. here is the system. this looks like the middle of february or march, and some speckled cloud cover out there in the pacific. a good signal of some cold air that will move in as far as the winds. right now we have a westerly breeze out toward the oakland airport, gusting to 40 miles an hour. sfo westerly breeze at 24 miles an hour. and here is our live camera from the south bay. probably the key change here is just some patchy fog trying to work its way back into the area. so in the short term we'll see this fog move in and then eventually some mid to upper level clouds in fact already some higher clouds moving into the region. current numbers have cooled off to 53. in san francisco, concord 69 and san
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jose in the mid 60s. here we go. tomorrow morning. the rain clouds are here, especially up in the north bay, and that rain line will gradually spread to the south. here is the forecast model as you can see. look at this. this is 7:00 and moderate to heavy rainfall. maybe some isolated thunderstorms. this is 11:00. the focus will be focused in the south bay. and then 1:00 still some rain out there. and then some breaks in the action by 4:00. so maybe a chance to get outside tomorrow afternoon. but there's still a chance of some lingering showers. and then we should have improving conditions as we head towards sunday. so a drastic change. this area of high pressure has been warming us up over the past several days. this is a system that moves in first thing saturday morning and then on sunday it's going to move on out of here. highs for tomorrow will be in the upper 50s to right around 60 degrees. a significant cooldown with barely making it into the lower 60s for tomorrow. partly sunny skies on sunday, and then we're going to gradually warm things up into early next week. back to our regular programing here with the spring pattern into early next
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week. frank >> yeah, we'll look forward to that. okay mark. thank you sir. new at 730 tonight, police in san francisco arrested a woman for running an illegal gambling operation. 45 year old trang thu thanh tran of oakland is accused of running that operation on ellis street, near larkin street in the tenderloin. police say officers made the arrest yesterday located seized more than a dozen illegal gambling machines, a loaded firearm, cash and drugs at the address. then tran was booked into the san francisco county jail on multiple felony charges. in oakland, a postal worker was robbed while on duty. all this happened around 1230 yesterday afternoon. the city's adams point neighborhood and the worker was leaving an apartment when an unknown man jumped out and stole her postal keys. a postal inspector says it's likely the robber that had been tracking the carrier's movements. >> as soon as she steps out the security gate of that apartment building, he's there waiting to
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snatch those keys and run. this is somebody who knew what he was looking for, set up, targeted the carrier, set up to give himself the best chance of getting away. >> this is the latest holdup. happened exactly two months after another carrier was robbed. just blocks away in the south bay. san jose. police say two of their officers have been injured after a shootout with a domestic violence suspect. this happened late last night at an extended stay hotel. ktvu jesse gary shows us how calls for a domestic disturbance escalated into a shootout. >> this is the classic reason why police work is so dangerous. it's the unknown. you could go to this call a thousand times and nothing ever goes wrong. and the thousand and first time is this one. >> san jose acting police chief paul joseph says two patrol officers lucky to be alive after confronting armed felon kevin briones around 1030 thursday night. a front desk receptionist
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at the extended stay hotel on san ignacio avenue near bernal road called 911, saying someone in a third floor room needed help. >> a mother and children were sheltering on the other side of a thin motel door from a known man who had recently committed violence on them. >> two arriving officers confronted briones in a hallway. investigators say the 33 year old felon, who was wanted on two warrants, reached into a duffel bag, pulled a stolen nine millimeter handgun and opened fire. the two officers returned fire, rattling hotel guests. >> they came banging on the door very shortly after, saying that we had to shelter in place. they let us know that there was officers down. i'm shaking. i'm scared. >> the officers on the force one year and two and a half years were both injured, with the junior officer being critically wounded. >> the second officer immediately pulled the more seriously injured officer to safety and immediately began assessing him for injuries as went to apply a tourniquet before he even realized that he himself had been shot. >> briones jumped through a
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third story plate glass window onto the ground below, and tried to escape. >> i didn't think anything like this would happen, but. but you never know. you never know. you know, things are crazy now. >> backup officers found him a short distance away and arrested him thanks to the swift and courageous action of our officers, no one else was harmed. >> and there's no ongoing threat . >> one officer was treated for moderate injuries at a nearby hospital and released. the other remains in critical condition. but chief joseph says the prognosis from surgeons is promising. >> are these life threatening injuries? and she said they are, but he'll survive. >> briones is also in critical condition after being hit at least once in the exchange of gunfire. officials say this case points to a convergence of criminal justice factors that must be addressed. >> illegally possessed guns continue to proliferate our streets and place our community and officers in danger, the chief says. >> over the past 15 months, 12 san jose police officers have been targeted by gunfire. five
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officers have been hit. briones remains in the hospital and won't make a court appearance until he's discharged. the mother and her three children, ages eight, ten and 15, are okay , at least physically outside san jose police headquarters. jesse gary, ktvu fox two news up next, oakland mayor shengtao goes to washington, dc. >> the voucher she's advocating for to give more people access to affordable housing in oakland, plus the site of yet another, highway, that has been segregated because of some winter storms. the governor making a promise to open up highway one near big sur by memorial day weekend. the help he's asking from the federal government to expediate, the cleanup coming up
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washington, d.c. this week, advocating for more housing vouchers. this week, the mayor joined the united states conference of mayors in the nation's capital. there they met with housing and urban development officials to address housing and the homeless issue. during her trip, mayor tao says one of her top priorities was to secure more hud housing vouchers, also known as section eight vouchers for the city of oakland. these vouchers provide rental assistance to eligible households, allowing them to afford housing on the private market. visitors will be able once again to enjoy all of highway one by the end of the month. governor newsom announcing today the section of that famed highway damaged in the late march landslide near
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big sur will finally reopen by memorial day weekend. >> we're just a few weeks away, though, from doing a temporary reopening of this site. we're going to get it open before memorial day in order to do that, we're looking for the federal government to support our efforts, and we're signing an emergency proclamation to be able to draw down federal dollars to do just that. >> since that landslide, crews have been working to repair the damaged road. just this week, caltrans began allowing one hour, twice daily convoys through the area that was impacted by the storm surges. sea lions appear 39 and san francisco. right now, the pier is experiencing one of the largest sea lion gatherings since they first appeared following the 1989 loma prieta earthquake. shortly after the quake, a recession ensued, but the sea lions drew enough people to the wharf to help save the area. much like then, sea lions are drawing people from all around the globe to san francisco. >> i love it, i think it's
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really important that we start getting a little bit more aware of the nature that's around us, the birds and the sea lions, it's important people. people need to understand. we're just one part of this earth's population. >> scientists say this influx of sea lions along pier 39 will not last much longer, though, because many of these marine mammals, especially the males, will soon swim south to the channel islands off the coast. santa barbara for breeding season. super blooms continue to sprout bursts of color all around the bay area. hillsides of walnut creek shell ridge poppies can be seen on the hillsides there. in all, there are roughly 130 species of plants at that open space, and at least 100 of them are flowers. visitors are reminded to tread lightly and stay on designated trails whenever possible. up next, financial woes for small businesses having to raise prices to stay ahead. but in the midst of inflation, we do have some good news to
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report post-pandemic. and no baseball at oracle park over the weekend. but that doesn't mean the giants ballpark won't be rocking. they call it the big climb, and it's all for a very od cause. more on that thinking i should bring back my 100% all-white meat popcorn chicken combos for $6.99? you're in luck, i did. if you weren't thinking that, i bet you are now. my popcorn chicken combos are only $6.99. get 'em sauced & loaded for just a buck more. welcome to jack in the box!
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10,000 business owners throughout the state. the investment bank surveyed found that 46% of small businesses say they have had to raise their prices in the last three months, 73% of owners say inflation is at a pressure to their business. despite these costs and pressures, 63, though of the owners say their business is have been growing at or above pre-pandemic levels. one of the nation's largest cybersecurity
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conferences is coming to san francisco next week. i and its risk are expected to be the main topic of discussion. we spoke with mickey bolen, who is attending the conference with a redwood city based cybersecurity platform about tech companies responses to ai risks. >> these companies are completely unprepared. they really are unprepared. they're not understanding the risk to their business, the harms that can be created. and then they i think they're in denial in some sense of how sophisticated and good this technology is. >> that rsa conference will wrap up on thursday, may the 9th. usda farm service hosted a kickoff event in the city today for the urban agriculture initiative here in california. the gathering was held at the florence fang community farm in the portola neighborhood. usda will be opening two new urban service centers in california.
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one of them, in the bay area center, will be staffed by usda officials that can help urban farmers with loans, conservation and risk management. up next, a faulty internet connection kept some east bay high school swimmers from competing in today's north coast section meet. did the oakland high swimmers compete? we'll fill you in. and then later tonight on the 10:00 news, we are continuing to stay on top of that situation that unfolded on i-80 in solano county this afternoon. got a live report at ten on the very latest updates from officials. plus we are hearing from drivers who got caught up in the mess. also, san jose launching a partnership with an ai company to expand their translation services for public meetings. those stories much more. that's
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at a regional meet comes after they were barred from competing in that event last weekend. the coach of the okalani swim team in lafayette tried to submit their entries for the north coast sectional meet. the coach says he wasn't able to send them due to spotty internet connection. after the deadline passed last sunday, the team asked for an extension, but the sport's governing body said no.
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so oracle park will be rocking tomorrow with a patter of over 500 pairs of feet. it's called the big climb. more than five people will power up some 1700 steps at the giants ballpark, all to raise money and awareness for the leukemia and lymphoma society. >> the money goes to research, which is lifesaving. clearly, new treatments are happening, but cures are happening, which is really exciting. the other really important thing, the money does is it helps patients right here in the bay area. so we take care of patients and their families with financial assistance, with education about their diseases, even nutrition help that was on the floor earlier today. >> the goal is to raise $450,000 to help stomp out blood cancers. it's their premiere event and they will get a big lift from the folks at blue shield of california. dozens of their employees will kick off the first wave of climbers tomorrow morning, bright and early at 9:00 at oracle silicon valley humane society. welcome another 50 cats and kittens from maui today, all to help relieve the overcrowding of the hawaiian
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island shelters. 37 cats, 13 kittens come from the maui humane society and the lanai cat sanctuary. free transfer to the silicon valley opens up more room at their shelters, allowing more spots for animals that were displaced by those maui wildfires, and a new exhibit that's sure to be a treat for music lovers will be opening this weekend at sfmoma. art of noise takes visitors on an exploration of how design has shaped our relationship to music over the past 100 years. concert posters, record albums, phonographs and digital music players are among the items that will be on display. and that does it for us on this friday. thanks for watching! make sure to download the fox local app to your smart tv. you can stream our newscast stories and find
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