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flames pouring out of a home in san francisco, where a couple was pulled to safety. tonight, the family is shaken up, but grateful to be alive. >> i'm glad that me and my wife are safe. and the dogs? two. >> i was just close to losing my mom and my dad. >> tonight, seven adults now displays following that devastating fire right near san francisco's alamo square. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm julie julie haener. >> one of those adults is a san francisco dog walker who has been the target of racist incidents over the past few weeks. new at ten tonight, ktvu is amber lee joins us now. she's live in san francisco. and amber, an emotional and challenging time for this family . >> no doubt. julie. now terry williams, the dog walker, tells me his parents are okay. but take a look behind me. you can see that the home which the family has owned for more than five decades was destroyed and red tagged by the city. the
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family plans to rebuild. citizen video shows a fire break out at this three story home on grove street in san francisco's western addition neighborhood, just after 1130 tuesday morning. fire crews say they rescued an older couple inside. >> i'm glad that me and my wife are safe and the dogs too, but that's secondary. >> 81 year-old ludie. williams tells me his 76 year old wife smelled smoke, and he went to see where it was coming from and saw the flames. >> i started getting nauseated. i got to the garage door, couldn't go no further. >> the couple's son, terry williams, also lives in the home, but he was not there when the fire broke out. he says he rushed home to find the house engulfed in flames. >> my mom's disabled like she can't move around, so all i can think about my mom going to burn it. when i was one of my worst nightmares ever had my parents burned up in the house. >> in recent weeks, on two separate occasions, williams says he found packages thrown over the front gate of the home that contained items, including
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a blackface doll with a noose around the neck and racist slurs written on it. san francisco police tell me they're investigating those incidents as hate crimes. williams is a popular dog walker. he tells me he's suspicious about whether this fire is arson and related to the racist incidents. i don't know, but i pray to god it's not. >> i pray to god is not. >> williams is grateful his parents and three dogs are alive. he was at city hall when the fire broke out, talking to the mayor's office about the racist incidents. >> he's an avid community person. he works hard. he does what he does with his with his dogs and with other community. he walks everybody's dogs for somebody that has a heart like that to be treated the way he's being treated and be a native of san francisco is not it's not okay. >> fire officials have not said what caused the fire or where it started. fire crews were able to respond quickly to the first 911 call in just over a minute. they credit people calling for help in saving the life of williams mother, who was trapped on the third floor. >> one of the victims didn't have minutes left before this
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could have been tragically different. >> on may 11th, there was a rally supporting williams. after the racist incidents, friends and neighbors are supporting him in the aftermath of this fire. we got to try to fix this. >> i don't know how to do it, but i'm gonna have to do it. >> williams is says his mother is expected to be released from the hospital. he and his father are staying with a family member. fire officials say it could take months or more than a month to find the cause of this fire. and the neighbor has started a go fund me go to ktvu.com and click on the web link section. mike. julie. >> it's nice to see the community rallying behind this family. amber thank you. this afternoon, the san francisco board of supervisors approved a resolution condemning the racist acts against the williams family . >> it's truly horrific what this family has already gone through.
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and to add, today's events to this, this was major damage to the family home. >> the resolution urges city departments to prioritize the investigation of this fire and other incidents, and to provide support to the family. >> a new anti-hate state hotline has been very busy in its first year. that hotline has received more than 2000 calls for assistance. the most common calls concern discriminatory treatment, verbal harassment and derogatory slurs. and then about a third involved race and ethnicity. officials say individuals who called received support in accessing legal aid or counseling in nearly 80% of california counties were represented. attorney general rob bonta releasing a statement saying advancing the civil rights of all californians and combating hate in our communities remains a top priority in california. our diversity is our strength. you can reach the anti-hate hotline at 833808 monday through friday. you can also report incidents online in 24 hours a day at the
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ca versus hate org website. >> vallejo police have arrested a substitute teacher accused of forcibly dragging a student out of a classroom. >> ktvu crystal bailey spoke to the student's family, who says not enough was done to protect their child. >> a man seen dragging a student out of the classroom as other classmates shout, why is he dragging her? dorina bernstein is the student's aunt. she says it happened monday at elite public charter school in vallejo . >> it was very disturbing. >> the man in the video is a substitute teacher. >> she basically has a knot on her head and she's kind of bruised up a little bit, but her neck, she keeps saying her neck hurts. >> she says her niece, just 13 years old, is traumatized because it's like somebody you're supposed to trust actually throw you around like that. >> this is a school where you're supposed to be safe at. that's not okay. >> at the end of the video, the man is seen lunging toward the
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camera trying to take the phone. bernstein says it was initiated by a disagreement in which the teacher told her niece she was not supposed to be in that classroom. the school says a conflict ensued and the substitute teacher physically removed her, the school spokesperson saying in a statement, we are deeply troubled by the occurrence. >> they fail to give me the teacher's name and i was like, so baffled because how would you protect this guy's innocence? and you clearly didn't protect my niece being attacked by this grown man. >> bernstein says the school did not call law enforcement. instead the family had to file a report. the school spokesperson saying following the incident, immediate, decisive action was taken, resulting in the prompt removal of the substitute teacher from the campus and the performance of a thorough investigation. they went on to say the sub will not be reinstated at elite public schools in any capacity. vallejo police say he was arrested tuesday and the investigation is ongoing. i think that he needs to be punished because i do not
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want him to do this to nobody else's kid. >> it's not okay. >> bernstein says law enforcement told her the man is also a substitute teacher at vallejo public schools. at this time. the man's name has not yet been released. in vallejo. crystal bailey, ktvu, fox two news. >> we are getting a look now at the efforts to save the occupants of a car after a fiery crash in fremont early this morning that left one man dead and another hurt. i want to show you some sped up surveillance video from a nearby business. it shows the car in flames after slamming into a tree and a pole. first responders rushed to the scene and worked to pull out the surviving passenger from that car. it happened at about 1230 this morning at the intersection of fremont boulevard and thornton avenue, a mile east of 880. the intersection then reopened around 1230 this afternoon. the driver and his passenger have not been identified, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation. tonight >> new at ten san jose now has its first retail cannabis shop in the downtown area. that shop
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opened up this month after the city amended regulations that kept cannabis stores mainly out in industrial areas. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters live tonight in san jose with more about the new business in town here. lamonica >> mike. purple lotus is operated in san jose since 2010, and now they've expanded downtown after the city changed some of its rules for dispensaries. >> well, it's better because it's super great because there's like the busses are right here and the light rail. and so even if you don't have a car, it's super easy to get to. with its new location on east santa clara street, purple lotus is now the first retail cannabis shop operating in downtown san jose. >> if you want a more happy, fun high, i might recommend our blue dream. that's going to make you feel good, sales floor manager david rios says. >> although they have a delivery service being centrally located is not only good for business but good for customer service. >> no more hopping in your car
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to drive 15 minutes away. we we're just a walk away from from a purchase, so that's it's pretty cool. >> last year, the city of san jose eased regulations that prohibited dispensaries from operating within 1000ft of schools, daycare cares, and community spaces. now the limit is 500ft, allowing cannabis shops to expand outside of san jose's industrial areas. >> a lot of people in the tech industry living in this area have been coming down. a lot of people don't have cars who live here, so they've been super grateful for it. >> purple lotus says dispensaries have to pay a $140,000 license fee, a 10% marijuana business tax and a $50 bag fee for each employee. cannabis shops must also have surveillance cameras and 24 hour security. >> we have panic buttons throughout just in case anything goes down. we have an armed guard, 24 hours.
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>> now, the city is expected to collect more than $15 million in tax revenue. this year. and i also spoke with staff at mini-boss, which is a local bar just down the street. and they told me that although this dispensary has only been here for a couple of weeks, they're hoping that foot traffic is created for all of the businesses here on east santa clara. mike know, i bet lamonica peter is live tonight in san jose. >> lamonica thank you. plans for a proposed 50 storey high rise in san francisco's outer sunset have been scrapped. the san francisco planning department says the proposal will withdrawn by the builders. it drew widespread criticism for being out of scale with the neighborhood. thousands of residents signed an online petition against the tower after it was first proposed last year. and according to the chronicle, the developers are in contract to sell the land they're on sloat avenue to a nonprofit for affordable housing.
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>> a member of the state assembly has won a special election to complete the remainder of former house speaker kevin mccarthy's term. republican vince fong of bakersfield was endorsed by mccarthy and backed by former president trump. the special election only covers the time remaining in mccarthy's term, which ends in january. mccarthy left congress last year after he was ousd as speaker of the house. still to come, a centennial milestone for a club in san francisco's chinatown aimed at helping the community. >> they gave me my very first scholarship when i was a student at san francisco state. >> tonight we are meeting the women helping keep the founder's legacy alive as our celebration of asian american and pacific islander heritage month continues. >> next, i'm checking in on the weather. it warmed up today. it was pretty noticeable as much as 5 or 8 degrees warmer than yesterday, a cools tomorrow, and even on the weekend a little bit. we'll talk about that. how the forecast coming up and coming up tonight at 1030, police pursuit policies, a topic of discussion in oakland, the
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see of their trailblazing founders, the square and circle
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club has been on a mission to give back to the community since the early 1920s. ktvu betty yu joins us now in studio to tell us about a very important milestone. they're celebrating betty. >> julie. the square and circle club is the oldest chinese and asian american women's service organization in the country. this year, they're celebrating 100 years of service in its birthplace of san francisco's chinatown. born 100 years ago, seven young female pioneers created a club to raise money to help flood and famine victims in china. the group was the first of its kind, created at a time when the organizers themselves weren't welcomed in san francisco. they met at the chinese congregational church, still located here on walter ulam place near portsmouth square. >> it's a very important part of our history to know how minorities survive in a society where they have been discriminated, if not, and
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definitely neglected. >> lorraine dong and claudia zhang, both born and raised in san francisco's chinatown, serve as co-presidents of the square and circle club that today has nearly 70 members. claudia has been a member for more than half a century. for me, it was in the late 60s and women activism was beginning to take hold. >> so and i was a very independent person. i admired them for their commitment and their leadership mentorship. >> lorraine is a retired professor at sf state in the asian american studies department. she received her first scholarship from the club when she was a student at the university. $150 covered a full year's tuition. >> my father always told me, if you want to go to college, you're going to have to try to find a way to support yourself. so this very first scholarship that i got from scoring circle sort of pushed me and say, hey, it's possible the square and circle club's first benefit was a jazz dance that raised $250.
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>> over the years, the women hosted charity fashion shows, dances and carnivals to raise money for beneficiaries, including chinese hospital and the ymca. in 1969, claudia became a founding teacher at what would be the first school in the nation to teach english to newly arrived chinese immigrant students. >> we did that until the school district made a commitment to open a school for newcomers. >> among their centennial projects, the group raised $5,000 to help victims of the maui wildfires in 2023. they also created a special scholarship award to be given to a high school senior, rachel hum will be 90 years old this year. one of the oldest in the group, who's committed 63 years to the club. rachel will be among those honored at the club's centennial celebration on june 1st. >> i feel privileged to be living, now, celebrating the 100th year of square and circle
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club. >> mayor london breed has also declared june 1st, 2024 as square and circle club day here in san francisco. the women say beyond the pride they take in community service, they treasure the friendship that they formed in this group. julie. >> yeah, what a strong commitment to the community. nice to see them get some recognition and well deserved. betty, thank you. and our coverage of aapi month continues online on our website at ktvu .com. there you can find a collection of stories celebrating and honoring asian american and pacific islander cultures. >> new at ten san francisco voters could decide in november whether to lower the retirement age for san francisco firefighters. firefighters hired after 2012 have a retirement age of 58, compared to 55 for those hired before that year. supervisor kathryn stefani introduced an initiative that would move the retirement date to age 55 for all firefighters. she said that the measure would
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ensure that newer members of the fire department are not required to undergo three extra years of health impacts, and san francisco supervisor asha sapphire offered a plan to help recruit and retain nurses, and 911 operators with new retirement benefits. his proposed ballot measure would allow full time registered nurses to apply for up to three years work as a temporary nurse, to be used toward retirement credits, and it would also provide 911 operators with the same retirement benefits as other first responders in the city. >> currently, right now, we have a 20% vacancy in our 911 dispatch system. we are down 4911 dispatchers, which is absolutely impacting our public safety response system. >> the measure will have to be approved by the board of supervisors before it can be placed on the november ballot. >> and checking in on the temperatures from today turned out to be pretty nice day. it was warm warmer today than
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yesterday. warmest day of the week, most likely one of the warmest days we've seen in a little while as we've had a kind of a mild cool pattern. fog is trying to form at the coast. i think by tomorrow night at this time it will be back. there will be some patches of it, maybe tomorrow in the morning, but it should burn off. so today was kind of a preview of what tomorrow is going to be. tomorrow's temperatures will be a little cooler though. i have a little bit more of a cooler weather pattern, a little more of an onshore flow, i guess, and that will set us up with temperatures instead of 87 in antioch and 88 in fairfield. those temperatures will drop down to 8384 degrees. here is the plan. this low pressure to the north stays there through tomorrow. and then as we get towards the weekend this low drops in the high goes west and the low drops in and that cool air mass will invade us. and that sets us up for a weekend that is going to be probably below average in temperature. not cold, but not mid 80s and mid 70s upper 70s in the warm spots. all the full forecast and the five day coming up. >> all right bill thank you. it
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was a big night for oakland sports as the city's newest team kicked off its inaugural season. the oakland ballers, an independent baseball team in the pioneer league, opened up their season out there on the road against the glacier range riders in montana. tonight, baseball fans here in the bay area gathered here at the oakland athletic club to catch that game, including members of the oakland 68. the fan group says it is very excited to welcome the ballers to oakland. >> i think oakland's a great baseball town. i think what we've done with all our zelda team, the boycotts and the protests, just show how much enthusiasm there is for baseball here. and i think it's a good it's a good chance to show, the show everybody that that oakland is a baseball town, especially on opening day. >> and tonight, the ballers secured its first wa7 to six win. the team's first home game is scheduled for june 4th at oakland's raymond park, coming up, a proposed state bill could equip cars with new technology. >> the effort to warn drivers if they're speeding, plus a group of bay area nurses has reached a new contract agreement.
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>> the changes they can expect to see moving forward. >> also, a new pilot program to help treat drug addictions in san francisco with public health officials are now giving ho
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drivers when they exceed the speed limit as passed in the state senate. san francisco state senator scott wiener introduced the measure. it would require intelligent speed assistance technology in all new vehicles. it gives a warning when vehicles go more than ten miles an hour over the speed limit, but doesn't actually slow the vehicle down. the mandate would apply to half of vehicles in the 2029 model year, and cover all vehicles by the year 2032. supporters say studies have shown that the technology gets people to slow down, potentially saving lives. >> the state supreme court heard arguments today on the constitutionality of proposition 22. it's the voter approved law
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that classified rideshare and delivery drivers as independent contractors, not employees. >> it's a really fun thing to do. you meet a lot of interesting people, particularly here in the bay area. the bad thing is, is we don't get paid anymore very well. >> under the law, drivers are considered to be their own employers. that designation frees the companies from paying a guaranteed minimum wage over time, or providing traditional benefits such as sick leave. the court must decide whether prop 22 unlawfully interferes with the state legislature's authority to provide workers compensation protections to those who are injured on the job . >> who gets to decide? does the legislature get to decide? or do the people of california through the ballot process, get to ultimately decide ahead of today's hearing? >> uber warned in a statement that a change to the measure would affect, quote, millions of californians who would see major service reductions and cost increases, or lose ride sharing and food delivery entirely.
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legal experts say the court could come to some type of compromise, as the state supreme court has to issue a decision in this case within the next 90 days. >> san francisco's public health nurses have reached a tentative agreement with the city on a new contract. the deal avoids a possible strike by roughly 2200 nurses, who voted overwhelmingly to authorize a walkout just four days ago. union negotiators say the new contract raises wages, improves safety and addresses staffing issues and the use of contractors. the agreement must be ratified by a majority of nurses, represent by the union. san francisco mayor london breed says she is pleased with the outcome in a statement, saying a lot of hard work has gone into these negotiations, particularly over the last several weeks, and we look forward to these agreements being fully ratified. these agreements will ensure our workforce can continue to deliver the critical city services our residents rely on. >> the san francisco department of public health is touting a
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pilot program that provides prescriptions and residential treatment for homeless drug users. health officials say people who are interested in the program are prescribed medication by a telehealth doctor. the visit is then followed by a place to sleep. treatment then begins the next morning. during the program's first month in march, health officials say 173 people met with a telehealth doctor and nearly a dozen people have entered residential treatment. >> public safety a top concern tonight at oakland city council meeting coming up, tonight's vote that could bring change to a police policy. >> plus they get him so he can pay with what he did. even though i'm not going to get my father back. but he needs to pay. >> the search for justice in the east bay tonight, a family speaking out after their loved one was killed inside his east bay business, also had glass shatters all over a child during an innocent trip for ice cream. >> the attack, captured on camera in the south bay and then coming up later in sports. how a costly mistake may have cost the
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i believe that the commission will look into all the available data nationally, locally and regionally as they do an exhaustive study. >> council members trevor reid and kevin jenkins introduced the measure after hearing from residents who want police to engage in more chases. opd's current policy only allows officers to pursue violent and armed suspects, except in special circumstances. >> we have to be balanced with balancing public safety, with pedestrian safety, with the safety of our officers, with the safety of bystanders, we also
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have a huge perception issue that we have to tackle as elected leaders in this town that oakland is open for crime. >> the police commission is being asked to bring its report on police pursuits and proposed changes back to the city council by september 24th. >> san rafael police say the city's public safety cameras helped capture two auto theft suspects. police say just before 2:00 this afternoon, the license plate reading cameras began capturing the movement and location of a reported stolen vehicle out of oakland. officers stopped the vehicle in the canal and arrested two people inside the san rafael city council approved the cameras back in august. they take still images of rear license plates and can flag stolen vehicles as well as cars suspected in other crimes. >> nearly four months has passed, and the man accused of killing a longtime east oakland auto shop owner still has not been caught. >> ktvu crime reporter henry lee spoke to the victim's family today, who are holding out hope the killer will be found. >> it's a battery at most. it
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was 60 bucks. 68 year old aristeo zambrano was shot and killed at his east oakland auto shop. his son in law, michael dugger, says because of a dispute over a car battery. >> by all accounts, this man's life was taken for non for nonsense, for a hot headed moment over a stupid battery. >> it happened at bay city alternators near 88th and international in east oakland. a customer found zambrano on the ground and called 911. oakland police identified a suspect, 33 year old robert lee moore, back in march. he has not been arrested but has been charged with murder. >> that does give some comfort, but it also raises the question, well, if you know who did it and why, and you've already got an active murder warrant out for this guy, then what's the problem? >> oakland police told ktvu it had no additional details to provide. dugger says the suspect apparently wanted his money back. >> he wanted a refund, and something in that transaction. asian. robert didn't like the way my father in law gave him
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the money back or something like that. >> zambrano worked in the 1970s as a farm worker in salinas, cutting broccoli and lettuce. he was also a leader with the united farm workers. he then switched gears and opened his auto shop in east oakland, 33 years ago. this is the apron he wore every day at work. it was his apron. >> he he had it full of grease. still smells like old grease. and automotive. this is what this man wore. >> his killing has devastated his tight knit family, including his wife of 50 years and zambrano's 99 year old mother has outlived him as this man wasn't a confrontational man, he wasn't an angry man. >> he was a hardworking, proud man who loved family. >> the best father i could ever had. >> sylvia dugger says she wants justice for her father, hoping they get him so he can pay with what he did. >> even though i'm not going to get my father back. but he needs to pay. he needs to be accountable for what he did. michael dugger had this message for the suspect that he's a coward. >> robert lee moore, you're a
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coward. you shot an old man over a battery. yeah, that's what you are. >> i'm told the suspect may be out of state and that the u.s. marshals may also be looking for him. anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact oakland police. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news, san jose police also announced today a 16 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a car at gunpoint. >> the alleged crime was caught on a ring camera. you can hear the suspect, whose voice has been altered, threatening to shoot those inside the home tonight. >> do not come out. it's a car to lose your life. do not lose your life over a car. >> this happened on april 4th, about 130 in the morning. police say four suspects broke into the car outside of a home on gary avenue. one of the suspects can be seen holding a gun. investigators say a 16 year old suspect was arrested last week and a gun was also recovered. >> san jose police are searching for two victims tonight after an
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attack right inside an ice cream shop. as ktvu is, an reuben reports, a man threw a punch and shattered glass right next to a child, who quickly left the scene with his guardian. >> san jose police call it a heinous attack. inside this baskin-robbins, while a child sat waiting for ice cream, a stranger rushed up behind him, smashing the window, sending glass flying. >> you see how traumatizing that probably was for the child, you see the glass shattering all over the child? they're trying to figure out what's going on. you're going there just for ice cream. but then you're assaulted with glass. >> it happened april 26th, but it wasn't until a week later that a tipster alerted police. authorities ultimately arrested 36 year old payam afsari at his home. he's now facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon and child abuse. police believe this was a random attack. >> we can't speak to the state of the mind of the suspect or what may have led him to do that. we just know it was a dangerous situation. >> the child and his guardian
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left quickly after it happened. investigators want to speak to them and hope maybe the public can help track them down. who knows what damage that could have caused physically or mentally to this child, again, we do ask that the victims please come forward so that we can really complete this. like do a full circle. like just make sure we have some closure on this case. >> families at baskin-robbins say they're relieved there's been an arrest. still, they can't believe something like this happened here. >> you just want to get your kids some ice cream and then your kid, that's like you're attacking the kid. why? >> i feel like that wasn't right to do to a little kid. and it must have been really painful for the kid to experience. and really scary. >> we did reach out to baskin-robbins for comment, but haven't heard back anyone with information on this case is asked to contact san jose police in san jose. anne ruben, ktvu, fox two news coming up at 11. >> pickleball pushback. the east bay city that's become the latest to face a debate over the sport that is surging in popularity in the weather, did
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warm up today very noticeable out there. >> it is fog free along the coast for the most part. tomorrow we'll see some fog. we'll see some cooler highs as well. the five day forecast is next, but first two very different groups of people with a similar message for secretary of state antony blinken. >> the questions he faced on capitol hill
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a paralegal and attorney. robert costello. costello contradicted former trump attorney michael cohen's testimony that the former president knew about payments to adult film actress stormy daniels ahead of the 2016 presidential election. the former president did not testify
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during the trial, despite previously saying he would absolutely take the stand. court will resume after the holiday on tuesday, when closing arguments are expected to begin today. >> 11 allies of former president trump, including rudy rudy giuliani, pleaded not guilty in a sweeping election interference case in arizona. 11 of the 18 people accused in a scheme to undermine the 2020 election results appeared in front of a judge, the attorneys, aides and state political leaders associated with donald trump are now facing charges such as forgery, conspiracy and fraud. prosecutors claim they unsuccessfully tried to overturn the 2020 election results in favor of the former president. a trial is set for october now to the latest on the israel-hamas war. >> there are growing fears tonight of mass starvation in gaza as food insecurity grows. men, women and children all lining up daily to get food and clean water amid severe shortages. un officials say the humanitarian crisis on the
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ground worsened in recent weeks as israel advanced into rafah, forcing thousands to evacuate and flood into nearby camps and also creating unsafe conditions for aid groups to operate. at the new pier project launched by the us last week, reports of looting are adding more strain, but the united states says food is still getting in. >> 569 metric tonnes of humanitarian assistance has been delivered across the temporary pier, or j lots to gaza for further distribution by humanitarian partners with more aid on the way. >> but conditions on the ground could get even worse, as the un now says it can no longer distribute food aid in rafah because of a lack of supplies and ongoing security concerns. >> a group of protesters in a. at a senate foreign relations committee hearing today, where secretary of state antony blinken faced pushback, it came from pro-palestinian protesters and pro-israel senators. >> the republic of china is a criminal. >> he is a war criminal. the
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blood of 40,000 people in his hands, the blood. >> blinken was on defense against accusations from republicans that the u.s. hamstrung israel's self-defense by withholding weapons shipments and warning the idf against invading rafah. blinken reassured lawmakers that president biden has done everything in his power to help israel defend itself against hamas. blinken also faced criticism for offering condolences to iran after the death of the country's president. i think that we've done many times in the past, going back many administrations and many decades, and we do as a normal course of business. u.s. capitol police say seven people were arrested in connection with the protests at today's hearings. >> now to the middle east, as we give you a live look out in iran, numbers of people filling the streets for the funeral of the country's president. large crowds have really been gathering for hours out on city
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streets. iran's week of mourning began today. there's another live picture from out there on the streets president ebrahim raisi. iran's foreign minister and other leaders were killed when their helicopter crashed in a remote area of the country on sunday. now, some experts say many will not miss the man known to many as the butcher of tehran . >> still ahead tonight, a surprise at a south bay high school coming up, the meaningful art installation that popped up on campus today. >> also, it is called a silent crisis. today's event, helping raise awareness about the alarming rise in missing and murdered indigenous people, also , lower temperatures are heading our way. >> our chief meteorologist, bill martin , is back
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see or donor preferences in college admissions decisions in california. san francisco assemblyman phil ting introduced the measure. under the bill, colleges and universities that are in violation would face fines equal to the amount of cal grants received in the prior year. the bill passed unanimously in the state assembly and now moves to the state senate. >> a call to action in the south bay over missing and murdered indigenous people today. >> advocates and city leaders called this a silent crisis. they're demanding more be done to investigate and solve these kinds of cases. ktvu jesse gary
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has more now on the concerns. >> rhythmic drumbeats and ceremonial dance belie a cultural pain few know for members of indigenous tribes. old wounds from centuries old mistreatment continue haunting their lives. >> the yurok tribe has declared a state of emergency on their reservation because so many tribal members have gone missing at san jose city hall tuesday, a call to action on the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people, or mip. >> there is a nationwide epidemic of violence against indigenous people, especially women and girls. >> advocates say indigenous women vanish at a rate that is ten times that of white women. often they say, the response for calls for help falls on deaf ears. >> and that's the problem. the police don't look for our missing and murdered indigenous people. >> this woman, who wants her identity concealed, points to the case of khadijah britton.
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she was last seen when she was 24 years old in february 2018, as her ex-boyfriend forced her into a car at gunpoint in mendocino county. the fbi is offering $10,000 in reward money for tips leading to her whereabouts. >> the family did most of the searching, yes, and the sheriff. i don't know why they didn't call in a helicopter. drones horses, atvs. it's definitely a pattern. every time that's a family member goes missing or is found murdered, it affects the family, of course, deeply, but it ripples out and affects our whole indian community. >> advocates hope having a conversation about inequities will lead to collaboration between community members and policy makers to eventually create a safer culture where all people are less at risk of violence. we are still here. we are the conversation continues friday from 530 in the afternoon until 8:00 at night. a panel discussion between community
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groups and policy makers to make sure the rhetoric matches future actions in downtown san jose. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news, the group behind a proposed new community in solano county, announced the recipients of $500,000 in community grants today, california forever says 45 different groups received money ranging from the benicia chamber of commerce to meals on wheels and the vallejo center for the arts. >> backers say the grants were given without any precondition of support for the community plan. voters could decide in november whether to allow development on that stretch of land between suisun city and rio vista. solano county has until june 11th to verify the signatures submitted by supporters in the temperatures did warm up today pretty noticeable, especially inland. >> we had upper 80s behind me. we've got some of the numbers that the gold number represents. what happened today, and then the white number represents where we're going tomorrow. so santa rosa drops from 89 to 81
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degrees. so there's eight degrees four degrees cooler in oakland it was 75 today 71 tomorrow. so a cool down it warmed up today. it cools down tomorrow. and then we hover. and then we get into saturday and sunday and temperatures drop down a few degrees. so they're going to be the highs on saturday. sunday will be in the 70s for the most part. in the warm spots it might see an 80 degree reading, but that's going to be fairfield or somewhere like that. most of the spots will be in the 70s on the weekend, and pretty much coastal fog should return for much of the weekend. temperatures are about where they were last night, some areas a little warmer, kind of a fog trying to form out there. we did have a little fog off the beach today. off the coast today. the fog is having a tough time setting up because this high just keeps fluctuating and moving around. it gets weaker, it gets stronger, and when it gets weak like this, the high, this actually looks like a little fog trying to get in there doesn't it. yeah okay. that's interesting. so that's good. so but it should be. it'll be there in the morning like it was this
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morning at ocean beach. but it should burn off really quickly. it's not a very as you can see. it's not a very robust layer of fog. so this high hangs out for a while. and that takes us through friday. and then by the weekend this low drops in creates an onshore flow. so this time northwesterly flow and this cool bubble kind of settles over us. not cold, just cool. and it will be dry but it will be cool. so temperatures will be down this weekend. like i said, the highs will be in the mid and upper 70s in the hot spots. here's tomorrow morning and then tomorrow afternoon. highs kind of see how the high was there, but not it isn't really. and then 8 a.m. thursday morning and thursday afternoon. and then friday the fog comes back. and then friday night the fog comes back. and then saturday. sunday is a pretty significant cool down from, you know, a good five degrees cooler on the weekend than it will be tomorrow in the next day. here are the forecast temperatures for tomorrow morning and then afternoon. yellows are 70s oranges or 80s. you see the fog kind of get chewed up there. and then here
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are the forecast highs cooler today. cooler tomorrow by good five degrees. and then the five day forecast. so it's a good one. it's just kind of ho hum cooler for the weekend julie. >> all right bill thank you. well if you've ever wanted to know more about your family tree here is a great opportunity. the san francisco main library is hosting its first genealogical and family history conference tomorrow. the day long, free event is aimed at giving people the tools to discover where they came from. today at 4:00, we learned about some of the many resources that are available for learning about your family roots through obituaries and death notices, vital records, maps, photographs, and subscription genealogy databases like ancestry library and fold3 military records. >> so the inaugural conference is a great way to bring all of those components together. >> attendees will also get a chance to hear from speakers
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about san francisco's diverse communities. the free conference starts at 10:00 tomorrow morning at the main library on larkin street and runs until 6 p.m, a surprise art installation popped up today at a high school in the south bay. >> it was on display at gunn high school. the school district says a group of ten seniors helped create the art, showcasing dozens of cranes. the cranes are made from school assignments collected the past four years. >> coming up in sports, we get our first real look at some of the 40 niners rookies, including their first round pick and newest receiver as the 49ers offseason workouts get underway. >> and tonight on the 11:00 news, they are slowly taking over city streets. but will they last? the bill making its way through sacramento
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are known as otas, and they have quite a few new faces, some of them rookies like first round draft pick ricky pearsall, the physical wide receiver out of florida, and isaac guerendo, number 49 from louisville, who was the fastest running back in the this year's draft class. the niners also added a few veterans, among them backup quarterback joshua dobbs and defensive lineman leonard floyd, who had ten and a half sacks with the bills last season. these are voluntary workouts, but that didn't stop veteran wide, wide receiver deebo samuel from showing up as well. also, brock purdy as you might imagine, he missed otas last year while he recovered from shoulder surgery. >> i mean, he's definitely ahead of where he was last year at this time, but i mean, it was just real cool being able to go through a whole year of cut ups,
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just like we did last year and just starting in phase one. the command he had of going out there with the drills and everything and really trying to apply the stuff we had just been watching in the meeting rooms, that really happened all off for 2023 tape last year. he had to do it, and then it would just be frustrating for him because he couldn't really go work on it. >> are you no longer one of the young guys? >> yeah, man, i'm a vet now. i don't know, man. i'm still just trying to get better every day. and i still understand that there's such a long road ahead of me in terms of getting better and what i need to do to get better. so that's where i'm at. but it's crazy. you got guys that are younger than me now on the team and it's just new. it's different. >> yeah, he is the vet. also new and different is nick bosa. he's participating in his first otas since his rookie season. he's missed the last three due to covid injuries and contract negotiations. the giants were on their way to their fifth straight win when the wheels fell off in pittsburgh, which is the home of the pirate parrot mascot and his snuggly little
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friend right there. giants get on the board in the first. thanks to this with two on and two outs, wilmer flores pops it up. o'neill cruz says i got it, but he doesn't got it. the ball pops out of his glove, both base runners score and it is two nothing. giants thairo estrada and matt chapman both holmer's. so the giants led 6 to 2, now six three, in the ninth. bases loaded andrew mccutchen's grounds into a potential game ending double play, but marco luciano bobbles the ball. a run scores, everybody's safe and the pirates would score four runs in the ninth to tie it up at six, as bob melvin can only look on, we go to extras. nick gonzalez grounds one back up the middle that brings home the automatic base runner from second and the pirates. they hand the giants one of their toughest losses of the season. final score 7 to 6. the pirates a's hosting the rockies on dog day at the coliseum. this pooch definitely not into wearing that little cap
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that his owner got for him. they're tied at four in the eighth. abraham toro gets a hold of that pitch, sends it over the wall in right. his fifth homer of the season. a's take the lead . and when the a's have the lead in the ninth, forget about it. mason miller, he's throwing heat freezes. ezequiel tovar, 103 mile an hour pitch to end the game. miller strikes out the side for his ninth save. his era is 0.89 41 strikeouts in 20 innings this season. wow all right. game one of the eastern conference finals from the boston garden celtics hosting the pacers. boston down three inside of 10s. jaylen brown smothered in the corner. somehow gets the three to drop ties. it up at 117. that's big papi david ortiz he's fired up. brown had 26. and then jayson tatum took over in overtime. gets the defender to fly by and knocks down the three. he scored ten of his game. high 36 points in overtime as the celtics escape
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133 to 128. and we should say that the earthquakes lost 4 to 3 in the round of 16 of the us open cup to fc sacramento. got it jason. thank you. >> all righty. next at 11. >> really. this is a small town. and it's starting to feel more like a large city with the development of huge pickleball complexes. >> tonight danville residents packed a town hall meeting focusing on plans to build new pickleball courts. and many are against the idea. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu, fox two starts now. >> as pickleball grows in popularity, so does the pushback. hello again everyone. i'm julie hanan and i'm mike mibach. >> tonight, a vote against adding more courts to a park in danville, new at 11. residents. packed a town hall meeting tonight and after nearly five hours of debate, the proposal to build new courts will not move forward. the plans consisted of tearing up a portion of osage memorial garden

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