>> nearly $100,000 stolen from the contra costa county fair. what happened as workers tried to deposit those earnings from this weekend's festivities? then today's the start of the memorial day travel rush. a live report with numbers and travel plans from one of the busiest airports in the bay area and how many people are expected to hit the roads this weekend. >> from ktvu, fox two news this is mornings on two. >> good morning and welcome back. i'm gasia mikaelian and good morning i'm dave clark. >> thursday morning it's may 23rd. good morning guys. >> good to be here with you. amid the cool morning weather. >> see steve garcia is satisfied with the weather she had coming in. >> as long as garcia is happy, that's what i said. >> but go on. >> we're good. we're good, we're good. thank you. guys, mainly clear out there. only a teeny bit. a wisp or two of some fog on the san mateo coast down to santa cruz. 50s on the temps here. 46 though, palo alto. so you're like, hey, i just took

the dog for a walk. a little cool out it is, i know, and it's going to get cooler on the high temps, that's for sure. as we head into the next couple of days. but i got a feeling today will be pretty nice, if you don't mind a little breeze, because that'll pick up only patchy fog. lots of sunshine. temperatures mainly 6070 of a north wind holds court. then santa rosa will hit 80. if not, they'll be about 77. all right. sounds here 7:00 in the morning on a thursday. and he begins with, the let's get it started with the richmond bridge, steve, because i do see some slow traffic there approaching marin county. >> we don't have any problems. and i do like this commute because we haven't had a lot of issues, at least not in the last hour or two. but there are slowdowns. but what i think is going to happen is it's going to be slightly lighter in the morning. and then this afternoon we're going to get the getaway crowd. for people who like to make it a four day weekend, this is westbound highway four, getting over the hill to bay point slow, and we do have a backup at the bay bridge. so

today you're going to get it both ways going in. and for a lot of people leaving the bay area as they head out to the memorial day weekend. 701 let's get back to the headlines. >> new this morning, ktvu has confirmed that a body was found inside a fire scene in pleasanton at a mobile home park on vineyard avenue. firefighters spent much of the night battling flames and putting out hot spots. the fire was contained to one unit at what is a 55 and older facility. ktvu erasmus will be here in the next half hour. she's been talking with neighbors about the couple who lived in the home that burned as much as $100,000 was stolen from the contra costa county fair as workers were on their way to deposit the money at a bank, the police say the theft happened sunday morning in antioch in the parking lot of the bmo bank branch on summersville road. >> employees with the county fair were going to the bank's night deposit to deposit that cash. when someone held them up at gunpoint and stole the money, the president of the county fair's board of directors told

us. the cash came from the fees for entrance to the fair and for parking. >> i don't know what the exact circumstances or they had a car or not, but apparently from what i saw in an email from the fair itself, was somebody walked up to the person that or persons that were putting the money in the bank and put a gun up to their head, basically, and then the rest is history. >> now, organizers of the county fair say they may now have to cut back on next year's plans for free, fair activities to help make up for this loss. there's no word from police yet on descriptions of whoever stole that money, and california lawmakers want to do more to stop smashing grab robberies. the state senate and the assembly passed separate packages of bills to increase the penalties for organized crime rings to allow thefts to be combined so they can be prosecuted as grand theft, and also allow retailers to get restraining orders against convicted shoplifters.

>> it's a good day for retailers. we think these will provide a number of tools for law enforcement, for retailers and for district attorneys that we think will change the narrative on how california will address retail thefts throughout the state. >> it's a good start, but it does not solve the problem by any means. we need to reform proposition 47 and a separate effort is underway to repeal parts of prop 47, which voters approved in 2014. >> it reclassified felony thefts under $950 as misdemeanors. >> two businesses in san leandro were damaged when a driver slammed into a wall at a shopping center. investigators say a car hit a wall that separates chase bank from the hawaiian grill restaurant, damaging both of them. this says what happened on lewelling boulevard near washington avenue around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. one person had a minor injury was taken to the hospital. the cause of this crash is still being investigated. across the bay here is the owner of two shuttered fisherman's wharf

restaurants, is suing the city of san francisco for millions, the chronicle reports. the owner of the now closed fisherman's grotto and tarantino's alleges the city owes maintenance costs and blames the city for the neighborhood's deteriorating conditions. the owner says those issues contributed to both closures. both restaurants stopped operating in 2020. the city attorney's office argues this is the owner's attempt to get out of paying close to $2 million owed in back rent to the city. police are searching for a missing woman last seen in antioch. 74 year old ruthie lindsey was last seen yesterday morning at 9:00 near east 18th street and holland lane. she's just over five feet tall, weighs only 115 pounds, according to the chp. she was wearing a black trench coat, black jeans and white shoes when she went missing. she's considered to be at risk. anyone with information is asked to call police immediately. >> our time is now. 705 new details about a missing student from uc davis last seen in san francisco. 18 year old diane

marin is a first year computer engineering student. she was first reported missing on monday. now, according to police, miss marin took an amtrak train from davis to the bay area on friday and was last seen on mission street. right now, campus police only say that she appeared to be in distress when she was last seen. they're not saying if they believe foul play was involved in her disappearance. in all of my friends have really tried to get the word out. >> sharing everything that we can on social media, really trying to like project this incident as like not something that should be occurring often and that should be addressed and handled in a very serious and a very time active and efficient manner. >> now, uc davis police say miss marin was last seen wearing a dark top, dark pants and black shoes. you see her photo? she's about five four with black hair and brown eyes. >> happening today, congress will hold a hearing on pro-palestine protests throughout the nation's college campuses. presidents and

chancellors from ucla, northwestern and rutgers university are set to testify before the house. education committee. the hearing is entitled calling for accountability stopping the anti-semitic college chaos. ucla announced yesterday. it has reassigned the campus police chief after he was criticized for his handling of the demonstrations. >> tom, now 706 usf, says about 25 students are on interim suspension for taking part in a pro-palestinian encampment. they received conduct notices tuesday. the students say the notices were indiscriminate and included both people who left the camp before the deadline and those who had been promised amnesty. they're accusing the university of not negotiating in good faith. the usf says those students involved will be given a chance to respond to the allegations of violating the conduct code. >> pro-palestine protesters have cleared out their encampment at san jose state just in time for the start of commencement ceremonies there, sjsu for gaza

organizers have cleared the area near the well known tommie smith john carlos victory salute statues on campus after being camped out there for the past ten days. organizers say even though the encampment is coming down, their message remains the same. >> i'm not only here for palestinians that is the primary reason, but there is an underlying reason why we're here, and that is to fight racism in all forms. >> organizers say the protest was an important opportunity to have a deeper understanding on the war in gaza. commencement ceremonies continue on campus today through tomorrow. well, starting now and for the next couple of days, roads and airports will be very busy. triple a expects today and tomorrow to be the busiest travel days for the memorial day weekend. ktvu james torres live at oakland international with some numbers and travel plans expected. hi james. >> hi gasia. what you think of memorial day weekend? a couple obvious things come to mind a three day weekend, maybe some plans to do some barbecues, possibly boats on the water. but

we talked to some people flying out of the bay area this morning who had a couple of different ideas of how they're spending their long weekend. >> we're heading to omaha, nebraska, and what's in omaha, nebraska, we're going to go take a tour with our grandparents to see what life was like before electricity going to strongsville, ohio, and what's in strongsville, ohio. >> it's a music trivia group that we've been together for about 25 years, and we meet every year from all over the country. >> i have no idea what a music trivia group is, but that is some of the plans that we will see this weekend. in general, triple a predicts this memorial day weekend to be the second busiest on record since 2000. on the roads, people traveling by car are likely to set a new record, with more than 38 million people planning a road trip, a spokesperson says. memorial day weekend will set the tone for travel for the rest of the year, and that could be promising. >> we haven't seen numbers like this from memorial day in nearly

20 years, not since 2005 that we've seen numbers this big, when we talk about the pandemic again, we're not just talking about pre-pandemic numbers. we are surpassing pre-pandemic numbers. so that tells you a lot about how people are viewing travel these days. >> in california, that number is about 4.5 million people traveling for the weekend by car for airlines, tsa is expecting as many as 3 million people in a single day. that's likely set to happen tomorrow, the faa says today could be the single busiest travel day since 2019. some popular hot spots on the agenda by flight florida, las vegas and denver, which the faa says is new to the top of their list. experts predict if this weekend's numbers reach what they are expecting to see, then we could expect to see a surge of fliers and travelers this summer at about close to 300 million people, from now until the end of august. we're live this morning in oakland. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two

news. >> james. thank you, barry. residents and others have one last chance to ski or snowboard at a resort in the sierra. this memorial day weekend as the snowpack begins to melt, palisades tahoe will celebrate its final full weekend of the winter and spring ski season. it is the only resort still open in the tahoe region, and the long ski season wraps up on memorial day. slopes will be open from eight in the morning till two in the afternoon. that is, weather permitting. >> time now is 710 and we do have slow traffic out there. if you are driving on westbound bay bridge at the toll plaza, it is backed up almost all the way to the maze. metering lights are on. nothing unusual about that. it's been a pretty typical commute with a little bit of slow traffic here, and there for the most part, nothing major. and if you're driving on the san mateo bridge, that traffic looks good. we did have some earlier slowing on to 80 heading north, getting up to highway 17, and that's because of an earlier vehicle that was blocking lanes, although it seems to be just a

little bit better now, you can kind of see it there was a fire here on the shoulder out. let me put the arrow here. you can kind of see it. right. well it's there, it's on the right and traffic is slow. well before that from almost highway 101 there's the emergency vehicle there. so it does get better right after that. seven an 11. let's get back to the desk. >> the smoke is about, i'd say 100, 100ft up. this has probably been the biggest fire i've seen. >> smoke from a fire in redwood city at a metal scrap yard caused air quality concerns. miles away. what it took for firefighters to get that fire under control. >> the city of oakland is selling its stake in the coliseum. why? the group that wants to repurpose that prime piece of real estate has another big hurdle in its plans to vitalize the area

attraction at san francisco's pier 39. because of allegations of excessive spending, the chronicle reports. george jacob was pressured to resign as ceo of the aquarium of the bay. the chronicle says the attraction faced serious money problems and that jacob had hundreds of thousands of dollars in entertainment and travel expenses, including almost a half million dollars for a trip

to dubai by. the new chairman hopes to improve the finances with a successful summer tourism season. jacob, by the way, says he left the aquarium to pursue a new project. it is 715. the state trial of david depape, now underway in san francisco. yesterday, jury selection began. depape is accused of breaking into the san francisco home of congresswoman nancy pelosi and attacking her husband, paul, with a hammer. depape is facing charges of attempted murder, burglary and assault. >> the prosecution's got a video. this is a 21st century case. they have the crime actually recorded, visually. so the question would be for the defense. can you find jurors that might be more sympathetic to somebody who's got mental illness, who believes in a bunch of conspiracy theories? >> now, after an error was made

during the sentencing? depape is due back in court next week to be resentenced in his federal trial last week, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. experts say that's not likely to change during the recess. >> facing former oakland police chief leronne armstrong is running for city council, filed paperwork to run for the at large seat currently held by rebecca kaplan in 2023. armstrong was fired by mayor shang tao after an outside investigation concluded he had mishandled two police misconduct cases. he was later cleared of those allegations by an arbitrator by an arbitrator. now, his move for the city council seat is garnering mixed reactions. >> i don't really think that there should be like police and government because they might be like biased. you know, i believe he will. >> like i said, he's, he did a good job when he was the chief, i think he was wrongfully fired, but, i think he would do a good job. >> at least eight other candidates are seeking that seat, and political watchers say more may file. >> and the city of oakland

reached an agreement to sell its share of the oakland coliseum. the mayor announced the city agreed to sell its share to the african american sports entertainment group, ask seg will buy it for $105 million. the goal is to redevelop that property to include affordable housing and entertainment, and sports complex, and generate more jobs. the group also wants to buy the oakland a's portion of the property as well. >> this is a moment where east oakland is going to change. we are in healthy negotiations and they've continued and they are moving in a positive direction. and our objective clearly is to, be able to acquire that site as well. >> the deal still has to be approved by the oakland city council. an introductory meeting is expected to take place as early as next week. all right, 718 let's see what the morning commute is doing. >> sal castaneda where are you watching most closely? >> we're watching right now. grass fire. garcia and dave,

northbound 280 near bert avenue. it was there on the freeway and you can see a little indicator that i put up there. the traffic was slow as the firefighters are on the shoulder working that fire. there's no more smoke, but right there and you can kind of see it here. you can kind of see some activity on the right hand side. you can see one of the fire trucks there. but before all this, you can't see all that slow traffic. so give yourself plenty of time to do that. if you're driving on any of the bay area bridges, i think the same material bridge looks pretty good heading out to the high rise, and we also do have westbound bay bridge backed up to the maze. 718 let's talk about today's weather. and here's steve. >> thank you, kind sir. we'll get right to it here. cooler pattern. more so friday saturday before a little rebound on sunday into monday. but today is that kind of that tweener day. but temperatures are dropping and if you're heading out sacramento, lake tahoe, monterey, santa barbara, la been socked in big time with the may gray. even palm springs dropping

to a comfortable night. that sweater weather for palm springs. oh my gosh. but it does look like some thunderstorm activity could pop up in tahoe if you're going there. especially i think over the weekend 40s, 50s, mainly 50s on the temps, upper 40s, 50s here. that system that's just coming out gave record rainfall to seattle. by the way, is the western edge of that is going to deepen over us. that will allow cooler weather. little sunny today, breezy, only some patchy fog. otherwise we're looking good to go. and if you want cooler and windy weather friday and saturday for you, if you want a little warmer sunday. monday. >> all right steve thank you. time now 719 today a plan to require camps advertisers to disclose any content of artificial intelligence will go before the fcc. the chair of the federal communications commission says consumers have a right to know when ai tools are being used. now, if this is approved, the rules would apply to broadcast tv and radio ads, but not to digital or streaming platforms. officials hope to have those requirements in place

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and rushed to the hospital after a deadly fire at a mobile home park. why first responders say this was such a dangerous situation and the city of san francisco seeing some progress when it comes to preventing drug overdoses. the latest numbers showing encouraging signs.

>> from ktvu fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning. thank you for joining us. welcome back to mornings on two i'm dave clark i'm gasia mikaelian. >> it's thursday may 23rd. so comfortable out there steve paulson have you turned on the ac more than once this spring time. >> that was about an hour. and that was it. yeah. this entire month. yeah. so it's and you won't. mother nature is going to provide a pretty good breeze here. coming in next few days, especially friday and saturday. a little rebound as we go to sunday, monday 40s on most of the temps or 50. some fog is getting its act together. not a lot. a little bit on the san mateo coast, some down towards santa cruz, monterey, southern santa clara valley. but there's really not a lot. but i got a feel today will be pretty nice. looks like a beautiful day. it looks only patchy fog, lots of sunshine. i think the wind will pick up those 60s 70s for most. could be a few near 80. all right. sounds here. richmond bridge last time. this time we're going. where? >> to the bay bridge. steve and

we do have a lot of slow traffic there. if you are driving on the westbound bay bridge, you will see that traffic is backed up here at the toll plaza. it's not unusual, but today's going to be a tough traffic day. we're going to have the normal commute mixed in with people who are trying to get away a little early for the memorial day weekend, and that's always a busy. i think thursday might even be busier friday evening is busy, but friday morning we're not predicting a big commute as some people will already be away for the weekend. this is a look at the san mateo bridge that traffic is moderate. 730 let's get back to the headlines. okay, sal. >> thank you. fire investigators in pleasanton will be at the scene of a deadly house fire looking for the cause of it. it broke out last night just before midnight. ktvu. allie rasmus is out there. one person has died. we know that. and you have all the latest details. good morning. allie >> good morning dave. yeah. one the fire is now out and firefighters have since left the scene here after keeping an eye on any hot spots overnight. but

fire investigators still need to come in and do their work to determine how this all started. this is what's left of the home here behind us. this is in the pleasanton hacienda mobile home park off vineyard avenue. the fire again put out and it did not spread to any other homes in this community. but sadly, one of the people who lived in this home died in this fire. it started just before midnight this morning. a neighbor told us that right around that time is when they heard an explosion and a neighbor shared this. still picture of the flames with us. shortly after they heard that loud noise. they said that a woman who lives in the home ran out calling for help, asking her neighbors for help. she got a garden hose and tried in vain to put out some of the fire. shortly afterwards, firefighters arrived. now the woman said that her husband was trapped in the home, and neighbors say that her husband relies on a wheelchair. she was not able to get him out. a team of five firefighters started to go inside the house to rescue the man when they experienced something that firefighters call a flashover.

that's when the contents inside a home heat up so quickly above 1000 degrees that they spontaneously ignite, all at once. >> decision to aggressively go in and do what we could, knowing that there was somebody in there, but like i said, the conditions changed on them pretty quickly and they had to pull back out. >> so firefighters had to retreat. they were not able to go into the home. the man died in the fire. luckily, no firefighters were injured and they were able to put out the fire fairly quickly after that. but another neighbor told us that the couple, who lives in this home, have been here for several years. she described them as wonderful people and neighbors. >> super nice, super nice, very kind, always caring. so we need to really pray for them and their families as. >> again, how this fire started is something fire investigators will have to determine. they're expected to be here later this

morning to start their work. but again, one person, sadly, a man who lived in this home here at this pleasanton hacienda mobile home park died in the fire. his wife went to the hospital. we don't know the extent of her injuries or how serious they were, but some of the neighbors we talked to said she was able to escape the fire before firefighters arrived. they did take her to the hospital anyway to get checked out. live in pleasanton, allie rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. okay. >> allie. thank you. time now. 733 firefighters in redwood city finally put out a big fire at a scrap yard. but not before all of the smoke that was generated caused air quality concerns for several nearby cities. very thick black smoke, as you see here, rose above that scrap yard near the port of redwood city. the fire battalion chiefs told us. the fire broke out about 3:00 after a pile of cars and scrap metal went up in flames, and the smoke drifted far into parts of santa clara county. no injuries were reported, but

health officials urge people who were sensitive to smoke to stay inside. >> i kind of just smelled, maybe like burning. burning metal and burning, just burning metal and burning maybe rubber. we have a respirators that we put on. so we had them on firefighters had it all under control by 5 p.m. >> bay area health officials say air quality in that area should be back to normal this morning, but investigators are still searching for the exact cause of the fire. >> a historic ship is leaking diesel fuel and oil into the delta. the aurora dates back to 1955. it started to sink near stockton yesterday. it's now spilling gallons of fuel into the delta and prompting a quick response from several agencies. fish and wildlife crews deployed a boom to keep the oil from spreading. there are also plans underway to refloat the vessel. it is still unclear as to caed the ship to sink. >> our time is now 735. it appears that the number of drug

overdose deaths in san francisco are going down. new information from the office of the medical examiner shows 56 people died from drug overdoses last month in san francisco, down from 71 in january, 63 in february and 68 in march. >> the department of public health says this april's numbers are 21% lower than what we saw in april of last year. still more than 250 people have died of overdoses in san francisco since the beginning of the year. in comparison, the city reports 275 overdoses in the same time period last year. the health department says it hopes the availability of more treatment programs will help save lives. >> our time is 736. for the first time, the number of americans who use marijuana every day is higher than the number of people who drink every day, researchers say. this shift has been trending for about 40 years now, as recreational marijuana becomes mainstream and legal around most of the country . the survey found that in 2022,

almost 18 million americans used cannabis every day or almost every day. that's compared to 15 million people who drink every day or almost every day. >> triple a says today and tomorrow will likely be the busiest travel days for memorial day weekend. for people driving and flying to their destinations. triple a predicts this could be the second busiest memorial day on record since the year 2000. on the roads, travelers could set a new record with more than 38 million people planning a road trip. this holiday would likely set the tone for travel for the rest of the year. >> we haven't seen numbers like this from memorial day in nearly 20 years, not since 2005 that we've seen numbers this big, when we talk about the pandemic again, we're not just talking about pre-pandemic numbers. we are surpassing pre-pandemic numbers. so that tells you a lot about how people are viewing travel these days. >> here in california, nearly 5 million people will be traveling on the roads this weekend. as many as 3 million are expected

to fly in a single day. well gasia, that's where i depend on sal castaneda. >> oh for sure. yeah so what's happening in our commute right now, sal? >> well, dave and gasia right now, it's still pretty crowded out there. and again, it's going to be a tough day, for the traffic all over the bay area because you're going to get the morning commute, which is typical. we can see some of it now with our cameras here. you can see it's backed up to the maze. and then we're going to get people who are leaving for the weekend. a lot of people do leave on thursday to try and make it a four day weekend. and well, it's going to mix in with that afternoon commute. so just as long as you know and you're not surprised by that san mateo bridge traffic looks okay. that vehicle hits in the center of the vi. there's been there now for more than an hour just conked out it, but it's not causing a big delay. we had an earlier grass fire northbound 280 on the shoulder near ray street. that caused a lot of slow traffic on 280. some people sticking with 101, but it's not terribly unusual to have this kind of slow traffic heading west. 738 let's get the weather

started with steve. >> thank you sir. we'll get right to it here. we'll look ahead to tomorrow in case you're heading out and about a sacramento. only 80 degrees on friday. that's it, pretty cool for us here. lake tahoe will have a lot of cloud cover bubbling up. could be a few isolated showers. monterey is more fog. same for santa barbara. and los angeles and palm springs. only 90 degrees. probably breezy to windy as well. today's forecast. sunny for all. there's a teeny bit of fog. san mateo coast down to santa cruz. that's about it. it's kind of been late to get started, but it is popping up a little bit. temps will be near average if santa rosa doesn't get the north wind, they'll probably be 77, but they've exceeded expectations the last two days, so i'll hold on to it for today. livermore are down, redwood city down, san jose down. all three there into the 70s. tomorrow will be significantly cooler. the coolest day looks to be saturday, as some of the temperatures inland and 80s today will end up probably being close to only 70 on saturday. there you can see. hold on right there. a little bit of that fall

kind of moving around san mateo coast, santa cruz, and then a little bit south san francisco. not a lot, but there's a little bit there, 50s on the temps for most, unless you're well inland and already a couple of 60s, system up there in the intermountain region gave record rainfall to seattle, by the way, and a pretty active low. i mean, they keep marching in. it's getting late in the season here, but the end result for us will be sunny but breezy conditions. now there looks to be a ramp up in the low cloud deck, even though the temps aloft are cooler and the temps inland are cooler. usually that's not a recipe for fog, but everything is pointing in that direction along with cooler and windy. as we head towards friday and saturday. today's forecast looks good. only some patchy fog. lots of sunshine. winds should pick up here. a little later. 6070 held on to a couple of 80s here. they'll disappear until probably a rebound as we get to early next week. >> all right steve, thank you. time 740. let's talk about zip trips and exploring the bay area and beyond. the zip trip series returns tomorrow right here on ktvu fox two. and our first stop is concre. we're putting a

spotlight on the west wind drive-in theater, a great place as the perfect combination of relaxed family fun and nostalgia. it's been family owned and operated for decades. >> it's got that old school feel, and it's just like, you can't you can't really compare it to anything else. >> and we're going to be broadcasting live at concord's todos santos plaza, highlighting all the fun things to do, see and eat in that east bay city. if you're in the area, come on down, watch it in person where you can of course watch it live right here on ktvu, fox two and on the fox local app. that's tomorrow morning on the nine. >> so we'll be taking that drive out to concord early tomorrow morning. but many people are planning more significant travel for the memorial day weekend. right, frank? >> indeed, as james torres has been reporting all morning today and tomorrow, we're expected to be the busiest travel days ahead because, of course, it's memorial day weekend. and this morning we're asking everyone

out there, how are you traveling over the holiday weekend? here are your options. are you catching a flight? getting out of town? are you hitting the roads and staying somewhat close, or are you just going to chill in your backyard and staycation? just scan that qr code top right of your screen or go to ktvu.com/vote. and it looks like it looks like a lot of people are just going to chill at home. i think that's what memorial day is all about. it's the beginning of summer. you just want to stay in your backyard, relax. i may end up at the giants game. their home on on monday, but i don't know about you guys. but a plane? no dice. >> yeah, you know i'm with you there, but see, i wait until i get my instructions. >> oh, from the boss. >> now i can go a little bit too, but i can stay. kate two. >> yeah, well, as i always say, there are worse places to stay. yeah, we'll check in on the poll as those numbers change throug ut he morni ♪ ♪ california sky ♪ ♪ todos alcanzamos las estrellas ♪ ♪ sunny state of mind ♪ ♪ flexin' all the time ♪ ♪ todo es dorado ♪

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south bay to succeed retiring congresswoman anna issue, a bay area lawyer, filed a federal elections complaint accusing a political action committee tied to former san jose mayor sam liccardo of paying for a vote recount that narrowed the field against him. the vote recount

was officially paid for by another group, but the complaint claims the pro liccardo pac wired money to that group, which lines up with payments for vote recount expenses. now we tried to reach out to sam liccardo. we haven't heard back yet. he previously denied any involvement in the vote recount. >> former president donald trump is back on the campaign trail working to win a state. he lost by a wide margin in the last election. today, he'll hold a rally in the bronx. the former president expected to discuss the economy, crime and inflation in what will be his first campaign rally in new york in eight years. four years ago, he lost his home state by more than 20 points. >> i love this state. i love the people of this state. i'm running hard in new york. i think we're going to win new york. >> meanwhile, president biden's campaign is working to shore up support among more young voters. yesterday the white house announced another round of student loan forgiveness for more than 160,000 student borrowers. former president trump heading to the bay area

next month for a campaign fundraiser, an invitation to the event, obtained by reuters, shows two venture capitalists will host the event in the city june 6th. tickets cost $300 $300,000 per person, or $500,000 for a couple. other details have not been revealed. former president's last visit to the bay area was back in 2019 for a campaign fundraiser. >> our time now, 746 rudy giuliani, the former new york city mayor, is now selling coffee, trying to bail himself out of financial and legal problems. >> you all know i stand by the truth, and if i put my name on something, i truly believe in it today. >> and there's rudy giuliani. he released this commercial promoting his rudy coffee. 2 pound bags of coffee costs 30 bucks. there are three varieties of beans. the packaging features his face with slogans like fighting for justice, enjoying life and america is. mayor rudy giuliani declared bankruptcy last december. he's facing charges of election conspiracy

in arizona. all right. our time is 747, a well-known cosmetics company based here in the bay area reached a huge financial milestone. >> also, amazon is looking to take more business away from ups. pam cook is back in studio with a lot going on in today's dollars and cents. >> yes, i had i couldn't fit it all in barely. so amazon reportedly considering a plan to have drivers pick up returns from customers. that would mean customers would not have to head into a ups store. amazon has been in direct competition with ups, of course, for deliveries and now possibly returns as the opening bell rang this morning, shares in nvidia jumped 9, taking the nasdaq to a new record high this morning. the santa clara based ai chip maker have been waiting for those results. they posted a very strong first quarter announcing its data center business alone grew by more than 400% in the last year, and another bay area company, elf cosmetics, based in oakland, announced its first $1

billion year. sales at elf beauty grew 77% in the last year, so some nice local companies doing well. and as we take a live look at the big board, the dow jones is down. but that's the only index down this morning. it's down a little more than a half of a percent though. 256 points there. some of that from dupont. we'll talk about that in the next hour s&p 500 up slightly. but that nasdaq strong gains up almost 100. excuse me 100 points up almost a half of a percent. 16,895 federal lawmakers passed a bill designed to regulate the cryptocurrency market, despite a warning from the sec that could create new financial risks. supporters of the bill argue it will provide regulatory clarity and help promote the industry's growth. the bill will now go to the senate if it passes. a new regulatory framework could be created for digital assets. openai has signed a deal giving the company access to content from some of the biggest news publications owned by news corp,

the maker of chatgpt did not release the financial details of the landmark partnership. however, the wall street journal, which is owned by news corp, reports the agreement could be worth more than $250 million over five years. industry analysts say this access to journalistic content could help improve chatgpt and train its artificial intelligence models. news corp is the sister company of fox corp, which it owns. ktvu home sales slipped for the second straight month despite a surge in supply. existing home sales fell 2% last month. total housing inventory in april was up by more than 1 million units. that's about a 9% increase from march and up 16% from last year. first time buyers made a slight comeback, making up one 3rd of april sales. that's up from about 30% from last year in california, home prices are breaking records. last month, the median home price rose to more than $900,000 for the first time. that's up more than 11% from the previous year. the bay area specifically saw the

biggest year over year increase, up nearly 16% since april 2023. at the same time, home affordability in california is at its lowest level in 16 years. i'm pam cook that's a look at your dollars and cents cam. >> thank you. 750 let's get out the door here. school starts at 830 sal castaneda. i've got that doctor's appointment at nine. how do people fare on the roads? >> sounds like you've done this before, young lady. 100 times. yeah. all right. okay. yeah. right now? absolutely we have some crowded conditions there on northbound 280, getting up to highway 17 and the south bay commute in general is pretty slow. we had a grass fire earlier in the morning, right in the middle of downtown san jose. or at least near the freeway at downtown san jose right there. it caused a bunch of slow traffic. i think a lot of people are on 101 and 85. things are getting a little better. that fire has been out for a while, but it really is kind of slow. peninsula traffic getting a little bit slower. and so is 880 from hayward to newark. remember, today is a tough traffic day as a lot of people

still go to work on this thursday before memorial day. but then they'll turn around and head home. some will just leave the bay area for the long weekend. already on a thursday, and then we also have more slow traffic expected tomorrow, friday afternoon. a lot of people are wondering about the weather, apparently. let's bring in steve paulson, so am i. >> that's a good question. oh yeah, that's why i'm here though. thank you sal. thank you. so i want to point something out. you don't see this all too often here. and i've been i've been, you know, ad nauseum here on this since early april. the water temps are incredibly cold. point arena boy is 48 degrees. that's a rarity. 4950. yeah, but 48 point raise boys down to 50. and san francisco boy went up to 55. now back down to 51. as long as those stay cold, the fog is never far away. the wind is beginning to pick up novato now north a little north wind. santa rosa, nevada, now 17, fairfield west southwest sfo is now west to 20, so i would expect some

breezy to blustery conditions. 13 to 20, you can see the wind is mainly west or north. if you're traveling tomorrow, this is for friday. sacramento is only going to be 80 degrees lake tahoe. some clouds bill bubbling up there. 60, monterey. that's fog. 58. same for santa barbara, los angeles and palm springs. i mean, for almost the end of may 90s. not too bad if you're heading to bottlerock, i would dress, i'd bring a jacket. it sure looks cold on friday and saturday. it does look a little better on sunday, so it's going to be a cool pattern for the first couple of days here. going into the holiday sunday for all today. breezy temps, near average, lots of sun, but that wind picking up and highs there. coming down a little bit today and then more. so tomorrow. a cool friday and saturday will be on tap for us. gaussian. >> thank you steve 753 the owner of two restaurants that closed recently at fisherman's wharf is suing the city of san francisco for millions. why the city attorney's office says the owner is trying to get out of paying back rent. then more indoor water parks are opening up nationwide. step inside. what

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bleeding. more people say, though they're more than confident they can help if someone's choking. the experts recommend more public training on life saving skills. well more sea lions are showing up in bigger than normal numbers along the california coast, and some boaters are pretty concerned. harbor patrol officials in santa barbara say the weight of these big sea lions are causing sagging docks, and possibly made damage or sink boats. patrol boats have been cruising by clearing out decks where there are large number of sea lions. the big surge in sea lion population is happening in the bay area too, with some areas seeing more than 1000 in 1 location last several weeks in particular has seen a pretty big uptick in california sea lions here. >> it's something that we're experiencing up and down the coast, especially in northern california. 1 or 2 every once in

a while isn't an issue, but what we're seeing is some congregations of upwards of 10 to 15 of these animals in one particular area. >> officials say these sea lions are feeding on anchovies along the coast before they swim out to the channel islands for mating season. time now, 757 more families are choosing indoor water parks for their next vacation, and more of these amusement parks have been opening around the country in recent years, including the great wolf lodge in manteca. look at this. most offer hotels, restaurants and of course the water slide so people don't need to leave at all while they're on vacation. and the weather is perfect indoors year round. >> everything under one roof doesn't matter what the weather is outside you can. there's so much to do inside. >> as a as a parent of young children, i know that there's nothing worse than spending a bunch of money on expensive air travel. the complicated logistics of getting the family there, only to find that maybe

mother nature doesn't cooperate. >> as for the price, a room for a family of four rounds, about $400 a night for the upcoming memorial day weekend, including admission to the water park well, teachers around the bay area were honored and recognized at a special celebration that was a theme of a luau in oakland for good job. >> all right, let's hear it is. >> it was an event put on at the warriors oakland facility as part of teacher appreciation month. the guests enjoyed live music, delicious food, as well as free prizes and giveaways. there was also a workshop conducted by a bay area polynesian dance group. well, this week is queer and transgender. asian pacific islander week. and as we transition from aapi heritage month into pride month, san francisco was the first city in the country celebrating the week it passed a resolution in 2021.

organizers say it's important to celebrate while also recognizing the discrimination that queer, transgender and aapi communities are facing. >> up next, nearly $100,000 stolen from the contra costa county fair. what happened as workers tried to deposit the earnings from this weekend's festivities? also ahead, today is the start of the memorial day holiday travel rush, a live report with the numbers and the travel plans from one of the busiest airports in the bay and how many people will hit the roads and the skies over the weekend. >> next from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> happy thursday one and all. beautiful shot of the oakland estuary and some of that marine layer is starting to clear out what looks like a delightful day to be around the bay. and as you know, the holiday is approaching. so a lot of folks probably getting a jump on that.

good to have you with us on this thursday. i'm frank mallicoat. >> good morning. i'm gasia mikaelian. it's thursday, may 23rd. let's get outside. steve falsone i always think about the fact we could be sweating it out this time of year. >> a cool may for sure, no doubt. and going to get cooler here. 50s on the temps a little bit of fog is form mostly clear though. i had some cool lows again this morning. see some of that fog? santa cruz, santa cruz, coastline, san mateo that's about it. it's expected to increase though over the next few days, but i got a feeling today is going to be a nice day. in fact, there's only patchy fog, lots of sunshine. the wind is picking up though, so it'll be a breezy, blustery day. little north wind in santa rosa. only reason going 80. the rest will be 60s and 70s. all right. sounds here. bay bridge toll plaza or somewhere else. >> yeah you're right, steve, let's get it started at the bay bridge toll plaza. and that's going to be where there's still a lot of slow traffic waiting to get into san francisco or waiting to get on to the bridge to drive into the city. you can see that it's not unusual. we're also going to have a tough day.

i think getting out of the city and leaving the bay area for memorial day, for those people who are driving away, this is a look at interstate 880 that looks okay. san mateo bridge traffic is fine. it's getting better over to the peninsula. 801 let's get back to the headlines. >> new this morning, ktvu has confirmed a body was found inside a fire scene in pleasanton at a mobile home park on vineyard avenue. firefighters spent much of the night battling flames and putting out hot spots. the fire was contained to one unit at what is a 55 and older facility. k2's ali rasmus is on the scene. we'll bring her in in the next half hour. she's talking with neighbors about the couple who lived in that home. an armed robber stole as much as $100,000 from a contra costa county fair employee, while workers were on their way to deposit the money at a bank. >> police say the theft happened sunday morning in antioch in the parking lot of the bmo branch, the bank on summersville road. employees with the county fair were going to the bank's night deposit to deposit that cash when someone held them up at gunpoint, stole the money, president of the county fairs board of directors telling us

all that cash came from fees for entrance to the fair and for parking. >> i don't know what the exact circumstances where they had a car or not, but apparently from what i saw in an email from the fair itself, was somebody walked up to the person that or persons that were putting the money in the bank and put a gun up to their head, basically, and then the rest is history. >> organizers of the county fair say they may have to cut back on next year's plans for free, fair activities help make up the difference in that loss. no word yet from police on descriptions or whoever may have stole that money. california lawmakers want to do more to stop, smash and grab robberies. state senate and assembly passed separate packages of bills to increase penalties for organized crime. rings allow thefts to be combined so they can be prosecuted as grand theft and allow retailers to get restraining orders against convicted shoplifters.

>> today's a good day for retailers. we think these will provide a number of tools for law enforcement, for retailers and for district attorneys that we think will change the narrative on how california will address retail thefts throughout the state. >> it's a good start, but it does not solve the problem by any means. we need to reform proposition 47. >> a separate effort now underway to repeal parts of prop 47, which was approved by the voters back in 2014. it reclassified felony thefts under $950 as misdemeanors. >> the owner of two fisherman's wharf restaurants that closed during the pandemic is suing the city of san francisco for millions. the chronicle reports. the owner of fisherman's grotto and tarantino's alleges the city owes maintenance costs and blames the city for the neighborhood's deteriorating conditions. the owner says those issues contributed to both closures. both restaurants closed in 2020. the city attorney's office, though, argues this is the owner's attempt to get out of paying

close to $2 million owed in back rent to the city of san francisco. happening today. congress will hold a hearing on pro-palestinian protesters. the nation's college campuses, presidents and chancellors from ucla, northwestern and rutgers are set to testify before the house education committee. the hearing is entitled calling for accountability, stopping the anti-semitic college chaos, ucla announced yesterday. it's reassigned the campus police chief after he was criticized for his handling of demonstrations. >> time now is 804. usf says about 25 students are on interim suspension for taking part in a pro-palestinian encampment. they received conduct notices on tuesday. the students say that the notices were indiscriminate and included both people who vacated the camp before the deadline and those who had been promised amnesty. they accused the university of not negotiating in good faith. usf says those involved will be given the opportunity to respond to the allegations of violating the conduct code. travel season

begins today. memorial day weekend is nearly upon us. triple a saying expect the roads and the airports to be mighty busy all summer long. and it kicks off today. ktvu james torres joins us live. he's at oakland airport with the numbers and the travel plans expected for the week. great weather. day two. good morning james. >> yeah no doubt about that. frank good morning to you. well memorial day weekend for most people means three days off of work. and that gives you plenty of flexibility to figure out how to spend that. we've talked to some people flying out of oakland this morning who gave us some insight into some of their nontraditional traditions. >> on memorial day weekend, we're heading to omaha, nebraska . >> and what's in omaha, nebraska, we're going to go take a tour with our grandparents to see what life was like before electricity. >> going to strongsville, ohio, and what's in strongsville, ohio . it's a music trivia group that we've been together for about 25 years, and we meet every year

from all over the country. >> this is the first time i've ever heard of strongsville, ohio . well, in general, triple a predicts this memorial day to be the second busiest on record since 2000. on the roads, however, people traveling by car likely to set a new record with more than 38 million people planning a road trip. a spokesperson says memorial day weekend this year will set the tone for travel for the rest of the year, and that could be promising. >> we haven't seen numbers like this from memorial day in nearly 20 years, not since 2005. that we've seen numbers this big, when we talk about the pandemic again, we're not just talking about pre-pandemic numbers. we are surpassing pre-pandemic numbers. so that tells you a lot about how people are viewing travel these days. >> in california, that number is about 4.5 million people planning to travel the weekend by car for airlines. tsa expecting as many as 3 million people in a single day. that's likely to happen tomorrow. the faa says today has the potential

to be the single busiest travel day since 2019. some popular hot spots to travel by plane florida, las vegas and denver, which is new to the triple a's top list experts predict if this weekend's numbers are as high as they expect it to be, then we could expect to see some of the travel numbers and be higher than we've ever seen before, they say. possibly up to 300 million people from now until the end of august. we're live this morning in oakland. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. james, thank you. >> we're at the very beginning of two busy days of travel for the long memorial day weekend. so we are asking you if you're planning on getting out of town or staying put. we've had a good poll going on our website. let's pop up those results to see if more people, in fact, are staying home. 74% of you, almost three quarters say you're going to staycation. the next biggest group hitting the roads. almost one fifth of you, just 5% say you're going to catch a flight. let us know what you're planning to do or not to do by scanning

the qr code at the top right of your screen, or head to ktvu.com/vote. >> it is 808. and speaking of travel for the weekend, today is a big day for that. we also have the morning commute underway. this is highway four heading west, so you might get it in both directions this morning going to work and then leaving work with a bunch of people who are leaving the bay area for memorial day. we'll see at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up out to the maze, usually every thursday before memorial day. for the last as long as i can remember, people are on the road trying to get out, especially in places like 80, northbound, 680 and eastbound 580, northbound 880 right now at the oakland coliseum is a little slow, and also 92 westbound looks a little bit slow, but these commutes are beginning to get just a tiny bit better. it's still very slow in san jose this morning on northbound 280 and 101 because of earlier issues. 809 let's get back to the desk.

>> the smoke is about, i'd say 100, 100ft up. this has probably been the biggest fire i've seen. >> smoke from a fire in redwood city at a metal scrap yard, causing air quality concern miles away. what it took for firefighters to get that fire under control. >> the city of oakland selling its stake in the coliseum by the group that wants to repurpose that prime piece of real estate, has another big hurdle in its plans to revitalize the area with more jobs and mor affordable housing

car hit a wall that separates chase bank from the hawaiian grill restaurant, damaging both of them. this is what happened on lewelling boulevard near washington avenue around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. one person had a minor injury, was taken to the hospital. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. >> a big shakeup at a major attraction at san francisco's pier 39 because of allegations of excessive spending, chronicle is reporting. george jacob was pressured to resign as the ceo of the aquarium by the bay. the chronicle says that attraction faced serious money problems and that jacob had hundreds of thousands of dollars in

entertainment and travel expenses, including almost a half $1 million for a trip to dubai. new chairman says he hopes to improve finances with a successful summer tourism season. jacob says he left the aquarium to pursue a new project. new state trial of david depape is now underway in san francisco. yesterday, jury selection began to wrap is accused of breaking in to san francisco's home of congresswoman nancy pelosi and attacking her husband paul with a hammer. papp is facing charges of attempted murder, burglary and assault prosecutions. >> got a video? this is a 21st century case. they have the crime actually recorded, visually. so the question would be for the defense. can you find jurors that might be more sympathetic to somebody who's got a mental illness, who believes in a bunch of conspiracy theories after an

error made it during the sentencing to papp, is due back in court next week to be sentenced in his federal trial last week, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and experts say that's not likely to change during the resentencing, former oakland police chief laurent armstrong is running for city council and filed paperwork to run for the at large seat currently held by rebecca kaplan. >> in 2023, armstrong was fired by mayor shengtao after an outside investigation concluded he had mishandled two police misconduct cases. he was later cleared of the allegations by an arbitrator. his move for the city council seat is garnering mixed reactions. >> i don't really think that there should be like police and government because they might be like biased, you know, i believe he will. >> like i said, he's, he did a good job when he was the chief, i think he was wrongfully fired, but, i think he'll do a good job. >> at least eight other candidates are seeking the seat, and political watchers say more may file it is 815 now. >> city of oakland reached an agreement to sell its share of

the oakland coliseum. the mayor announced city agreed to sell its share to the african american sports entertainment group. the scg will purchase it for $105 million, with the goal of redeveloping the property to include affordable housing and entertainment and a sports complex and more jobs for the city group also wants to buy the oakland a's portion of the property, as well. >> this is a moment where east oakland is going to change. we are in healthy negotiations and they've continued and they are moving in a positive direction, and our objective clearly is to, be able to acquire that site as well. >> that deal, though, will have to be approved by the oakland city council. an introductory meeting is expected to take place as early as next week. >> let's get out the door here. 816 a lot of people might try to get in early so they can leave a little earlier. sal, what do you think? >> yeah, i think you're right about that. i think that people get in early. they want to get

out on the road. some people may even come with their bags packed to work and then get on the road to leave for the weekend. some people take the four day weekend. this is northbound, 280, northbound 101, northbound 85, all and sunnyvale. so definitely you see a lot of slow traffic. we had near race street. so the commute is not light. getting to work. a lot of the ambitious types might be, just, as i said, trying to get out this afternoon as well. so plan for a lot of slow traffic, trying to get back across bridges, to the east bay, for example, or from the peninsula and for a lot of traffic leaving on 80 and on 580 and on 680 out of the bay area. 817 let's bring steve back in. let's get it started with today's forecast. >> thank you kindly, sir. all right. we'll get it. there's a pretty strong upper low there churning in the intermountain region that went through seattle. gave them record rain some snow there. so the tail end of that is actually going to deepen a little bit back towards

us. therein lies the forecast for a cooler pattern. some fog on the san mateo coast near san gregorio and also down towards santa cruz. spent some kind of dancing around most of the morning there. santa cruz, capitola, aptos not as much as yesterday, but that's been the extent of it for today. oh my gosh, those water temps put your toe in there. 48 point arena. that is a rarity. i mean 4950 yes. but when you get down to 48 you don't see that too often. i'm sure bodega bay is in there as well as long if it worked, if it worked 50 at point raise, that's down san francisco boy made it to 55 and now they're back down to 51. really cold water breeze is picking up a little bit. it's a kind of variable. i expect it to be more west southwest later though. and there's half moon bay gusting almost 1617 miles an hour. but the breeze will be a factor much more so as we head towards friday and saturday. travel forecast for friday. sacramento only 80. tahoe could have some thunderstorm activity. monterey that's fog. same for santa barbara, los angeles and palm

springs for the end of may. not bad. 90 if you're heading to bottlerock i everything says take a jacket. i mean it looks windy and cooler, especially friday. saturday a little rebound and better conditions on sunday for us today. sunny for all breezy. the wind will pick up but it looks good. clear. cool morning only patchy fog. temps near average. lots of sun, breezy and blustery. highs 60s 70s and 80s. >> you guys all sounds good. thank you. steve stanford softball team is gearing up for a chance to compete in the women's college world series this upcoming weekend. the team will hold their final practice today before facing lsu in the first game of the ncaa super regional series. that's tomorrow. stanford proud to host the regionals for the second consecutive year. their head coach, jessica alistair, is encouraging her players to stick to their fundamental skills and concentrate on taking it a game at a time when we talk about just beat lsu, it's kind of like postseason baseball in the sense that all of a sudden you see

these major league baseball players, you know, looking like little leaguers out there because all they want to do is win the game and they're enjoying the game. >> they're enjoying their teammates and just going out there and loving to compete. and i think when you can bring it back to that, and that's what happens in the postseason when people go on magical runs. just that energy of do whatever we can to win. >> stanford aims to secure its fourth appearance in the women's college world series in the history of their program, coming up here at 819, a major change when it comes to how many people use marijuana daily compared to alcohol. >> the factors that fueled a reversal of americans habits plus, veterans experiencing homelessness have unmet health care needs, and they face numerous barriers and challenges to not only accessing medical services and resources, but also engaging in long term care. >> add some new help for veterans living out on the streets. the portable clinics fighting veterans homelessness by providing medical care to homeless vets, how they hope they an

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already noticed. they say the cost of a plane ticket to hawaii has gone up more than a flight in the contiguous united states from 2023 till now, flight prices to most states went up by less than 1. tickets to honolulu, however, saw sharper jumps. >> 2023, for example, from san

francisco to honolulu, the increase is about 9% for las vegas to honolulu. the increase is about 13.5. >> travel experts say that rising oil costs and high demand are contributing to the sharp increase in hawaii ticket prices. travelers can now find southwest tickets with the help of google flights. this is a significant change for southwest. previously, it only advertised fares on its own site, with flight options not visible on google. this move makes it easier for customers to compare prices on google's powerful flight search engine. southwest says it's part of a pilot program, and that bookings must still be made through the airline's website. >> mobile medical units are going to veterans who are homeless or at risk and are living out on the streets. last year, the va launched the portable clinics at 25 cities. the vans or trucks go from place to place, offering a private space for eligible veterans to meet with medical providers. mobile medical team says they bring the clinic directly to its

patients. >> did we go out to one of our community shelters or our transitional housing sites, and we're able we usually are there from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m, and we're able to see veterans all day long and then drive it back to the hospital so veterans are able to access primary care on it. so it's everything that you would do in a regular primary care clinic. it's literally a clinic on wheels. >> the va is also trying to help homeless veterans get connected with permanent housing, as well as bring them health care and other support. >> the number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is on the rise, a new report from the cdc says. as many as 11% of children in the u.s. have now been diagnosed with adhd. the report calls it an expanding public health concern. researchers say that many children have seen higher levels of stress, depression and anxiety in the past few years and that may have led to more adhd diagnoses because more children are getting assessed for mental health concerns. >> plan to require campaign advertisers to disclose eye content, goes before the fcc.

today, chair of the federal communications commission says consumers have a right to know. when i tools are being used. if that's approved, the rules would apply to broadcast tv and radio ads, but not digital or streaming platforms. officials hope to have that requirements in place before the election. earlier this year, the fcc and i voice cloning tools and robo calls like the one that was used to replicate the voice of president biden are banned under existing law. >> a new study shows that teachers views on ai are changing, and some say it does more harm than good for students. according to a pew research center survey, a quarter of public k through 12 teachers have a negative view of ai. about 35% say they're uncertain about ai's role in the classroom. if we break the study down by grade level, high school teachers were the most likely to say that ai does more harm than good. elementary school teachers were most unlikely to say they are uncertain. >> bay area highways and airports are expected to be jam

packed over the big holiday weekend. why this three day weekend could set the tone for travel. for the rest of the year. >> coming up, a historic ship is leaking diesel fuel and oil into the delta. what's being done to help prevent

say this was a particularly dangerous situation for firefighters in san francisco, seeing some progress when it comes to preventing drug

overdoses. the latest numbers in what the city hopes will make a continued difference. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> we're so glad you're here. good morning. i'm gasia mikaelian and hi everyone i'm frank mallicoat. >> happy thursday, may the 23rd. looks like a pretty good day. and the big holiday weekend is approaching. let's check in with steve and get a little sneak peek at what's in store. good morning, good morning. >> a little cooler pattern here today. much cooler as we go into friday and saturday. but then a little rebound in the latter half here. 50s on the temps. santa rosa has a north breeze, which is why they're 59 degrees. that always does it all the time. pressure is a little higher in ukiah than it is in santa rosa, and that's why they get that little northerly breeze, some fog, not a lot. san mateo coast, santa cruz, watsonville hanging out there. but i got a feeling today looks pretty good. in fact, it'll be nice. temperatures 6070 to a few near 80. that's only because of that north breeze. santa rosa. everywhere else will be in the 60s and also 70s. all right. south here. actually kind of got busy for a thursday. still that

way. or kind of lightning up a little. >> well, some commutes are lightning up, steve. others are busy. and today is going to be a busy day. let's get it started with the richmond bridge. and you can see the westbound bay bridge traffic or richmond bridge traffic is still a little bit slow. today's commute is going to be a commute and also a getaway. for some, this is a look at highway four and also at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have the normal amount of traffic going in. we might have more traffic going out, the commute, mixing with people who are getting away, trying to make it a four day weekend. it's 830. let's get back to the headlines. >> thank you. cal fire investigators just arrived at the scene of a deadly house fire in pleasanton. they'll work to determine how a fire at a mobile home park started. flames started just before midnight last night. as ktvu allie rasmus explains, one person died in the fire alley, another went to the hospital. you're live with what you've learned after talking with neighbors this morning, gasia fire investigators just arrived here and we just saw them go into what's left of this home here at the pleasanton hacienda mobile home park off

vineyard avenue. >> the fire broke out here around midnight last night, and this is all that's left of the home. sadly, one person who lived in this home died, and another person who escaped had to go to the hospital. neighbors identify the couple who lived here as katherine and richard lawrence of pleasanton. the fire in their home started around midnight. a neighbor told us they heard an explosion or a thud before seeing flames tower over the home. the neighbor shared this still picture of the flames with us after that explosion was heard. the woman who lives here ran out calling for help. her husband, according to neighbors, had mobility issues and was trapped inside. next door neighbor said she woke up to firefighters banging on her door, telling her to get out, and she described what the scene looked like. >> it was blazing to the heavens, just blazing hot, blazing hot. i was just sitting in the fire truck praying my heart out for my neighbors. >> firefighters arrived within minutes of calling 911, and when

they got here, a team of five firefighters started to go into the house to try and rescue the man when they experienced something called a flashover. that's when the contents inside a home heat up so quickly above a thousand degrees that they spontaneously ignite all at once. >> made the decision to aggressively go in and do what we could, knowing that there was somebody in there. like i said, the conditions changed on them pretty quickly. >> firefighters had to retreat. luckily, no firefighters were injured. but again, the man who lived in this home died in the fire. he was unable to get out his wife was able to escape before firefighters arrived. and according to neighbors, she tried to do what she could with a garden hose to get to do something about the fire and was unable to. she went to the hospital as a precaution to be checked out. but right now, fire investigators are inside the home where this all happened. they will try to gather evidence and then piece together what sparked this fire. live in

pleasanton, ali, rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. yeah, a very difficult day. >> ali. thank you for that. firefighters in redwood city finally put out a huge fire at a scrap yard, but not before all the smoke caused a number of air quality concerns for several nearby cities. here it is. thick black clouds rose above the scrapyard. this is near the port of redwood city, the fire battalion chief telling us the fire broke out around three after a pile of cars and scrap metal just went up in flames. smoke drifted for quite a while into parts of santa clara county. there were no injuries reported, but local health officials urged people who were sensitive to smoke in that area to stay inside. >> i kind of just smelled, maybe like burning burning metal and burning, just burning metal and burning maybe rubber. we have a respirators that we put on. so we had them on. >> fire crews had it under control by 5 p.m. barry. health

officials say air quality in the area should be back to normal this morning. investigators are looking to further into the exact cause of that fire. >> historic ship is leaking diesel fuel and oil into the delta. the aurora dates back to 1955. it started to sink near stockton. it's now spilling gallons of fuel into the delta, prompting a quick response from several agencies. fish and wildlife crews deployed a boom to keep oil from spreading. there are also plans underway to refloat the vessel, still unclear what caused the ship to sink. >> biggest priority is containing that leak. we want to make sure that there's no wildlife that gets injured during this. so far, we haven't found any wildlife that has been affected by this leak. but then also the delta waterway is its recreational. we have boaters out here, we have swimmers out here, and we want to make sure that they're not affected by this. >> fish and wildlife crews deployed a boom to keep the oil from spreading. there are also plans underway to refloat the vessel again. we're still working to learn what caused it. the number of drug overdose deaths in san francisco is

trending down. the data from the office of the medical examiner show 56 people died of drug overdoses in san francisco last month. that's down from 71 in january, 63 in february, 68 in march, the department of public health says this april's numbers are 21% below what we saw in april of last year. more than 250 people have died of overdoses in san francisco since the beginning of 2024. by comparison, the city reported 275 overdoses in the same period last year. health department says it hopes the availability of more treatment programs will help save lives. >> the important thing to know is that there is an answer to fentanyl dependance and that is treatment and recovery. we have life saving medications available, highly effective medications, specifically buprenorphine and methadone, that reduce the overdose risk of death by about 50. >> the health department says it hopes the availability of more treatment programs will make a greater difference. >> time now is 836. for the first time, the number of

americans who use marijuana daily is higher than the number of people who drink every day, researchers say. the shift has been trending for about 40 years as recreational marijuana becomes mainstream and legal across the u.s, survey found. at 2022, nearly 18 million americans use cannabis daily or almost every day. that's compared to 15 million people who drink daily or almost every day, triple a says today and tomorrow will likely be the busiest travel days for memorial day weekend. >> for people driving or flying to their destinations. triple a predicts this could be the second busiest memorial day on record since the year 2000. on the roads, travelers could set a new record with more than 38 million people planning a road trip this holiday, a likely set the tone for travel for the rest of the year. >> we haven't seen numbers like this from memorial day in nearly 20 years, not since 2005 that we've seen numbers this big, when we talk about the pandemic again, we're not just talking about pre-pandemic numbers. we are surpassing pre-pandemic

numbers. so that tells you a lot about how people are viewing travel these days here in california, nearly 5 million people will travel on the roads this weekend. >> as many as 3 million are expected to fly in a single day. >> well, we are at the very beginning of two very busy days of travel for the long memorial day weekend, and we've been asking you if you're getting out of town or you're staying put. let's see what folks are saying thus far. thus far. do we have our results? there it is right there. catching a flight about 15, hitting the roads 19. but most people are going to camp out in their communities, their backyard staycation and just enjoy the time. still time to vote. scan that qr code the top right of your screen. you see it there or go to ktv.com/vote. and i think staycation might win this one. >> absolutely. steve paulson, what sort of weather greets us on this memorial day weekend, rather cool for us, as we go into friday and saturday a little bit better as we go into sunday. monday, the may full moon was this morning. it's

known as the flower moon. skies clear. there's only a little bit of fog, so if you can chance to see it, maybe tomorrow it might be a lot more fog. but if you're wondering when's that may full moon. well, it happened already, so that was fast because of the pink flowers. usually is why they call it the flower moon. i'm not an astronomer, but i play one on tv, so sometimes you see that big low up there in the intermountain region, and that's producing a wide snow. rain had some record rain up in seattle from that system as well. a little bit of fog on the san mateo coast. san gregorio and it's been dancing doing that fog dance down towards santa cruz, capitola and aptos all morning long, some breaks, then it comes back in. looks like it's kind of dissipating there. 48 the water temp at point arena. boy 4950 are popular. i mean, you don't. you just don't see 48 too often. i'm sure bodega bay is probably in there at 48 or 49. unfortunately, it doesn't work, 50 point raise in san francisco. boy dropped a 51. that's really cold breeze is picking up.

that's a north wind. santa rosa, which is why they're almost 60 already at the airport, novato was north. now it's turned south. oakland south, concord south, fairfield west. southwest. and if you're traveling tomorrow, these are the forecast highs. i mean, not bad for this time of year sacramento only 80. tahoe might have some thunderstorm activity 60 monterey, santa barbara, la. that's all fog and palm springs 90 not not too bad. bottle rock. i'd take a jacket. it's kind of the way it's looking here, especially friday. and saturday does look better on sunday for us today. sunny for all. little breezy. there 5060, some low 80s only because of a northerly breeze. lots of sun. highs today 60, 7080 cooler though the next couple of days are so excited for a very first in our series of fox local zip trips this summer as we continue to explore bay area communities in the bay area and just beyond. >> so tomorrow morning on the nine, we will meet you in concord and bring your appetite. we'll take you through some of concord's amazing bars and restaurants that draw locals and

visitors alike. >> it's my go to place for mexican food, and i come all the way from san ramon. what? yeah i've come from farther than that to eat in concord. >> yes, we're going to be live at concord, todos santos plaza, highlighting all the fun things to do, see, eat and drink in that east bay town. if you're in the area in concord, we would love it if you came by and said hello. we'll be there, of course, at todos santos plaza. you can, as always, watch it all unfold live here on ktvu, fox two and that fox local app again tomorrow morning on the nine, our first fox local zip trip in concord. >> some good trivia there too. all right. coming up next, a new program helping young girls fulfill their dreams of becoming ballerinas. step inside this dance studio and see how these young dancers are growing in skill and confidence. come on. up next, the first step program changed my life completely without it, i, i don't know, i just ohy all to it.

a bay area attorney filed a federal elections complaint accusing a political action committee tied to former san jose mayor sam liccardo of paying for a recount that narrowed the field against him. the recount was officially funded by another group, but the complaint claims the pro

liccardo pac wired money to that group, which lines up payments for recount expenses. we did reach out to the former mayor, sam liccardo. we have not heard back. he did previously deny any involvement in the recount. >> well, the benefits of ballet are many. it builds confidence, flexibility and promotes creativity, expression. but it's also expensive. well, a south bay ballet school is helping youngsters get over that financial bar with its first up program. it's this month's very cool school. downtown san jose. scottish rite temple is celebrating its 100th year with a little kick. the century old building has been the home to new ballet for four years. a haven for the six through nine year old ballerinas, who are all part of their first step program. >> these kids would not have had the chance to be in a ballet room for this length of time, and doing the movements that we're doing right now. if it wasn't through this program.

>> the new ballet is a nonprofit that, through grants, has partnered up with six san jose title one schools. they have awarded dozens of four month ballet scholarships to underserved students of color. this year's class is 31 dancers strong, all getting 16 weeks of training into the art and the beauty of ballet. and for some, that tuition free ride could carry on for years. >> right now we have over 20 students that are on continued training, scholarships, training completely for free within the different levels of our school and it really makes an impact in, you know, these students who might not otherwise be able to afford it. >> the first step program changed my life completely. without it, i, i don't know, i just oh my all to it. >> 18 year old gabby rodriguez is a first step graduate. here's a photo of her years ago and she is now a full studio company

member at new ballet. gabby recently played clara in the production of the nutcracker, and is forever grateful for the opportunity. >> every time i'm waiting and i'm leaving my rehearsal and i'm looking in the halls and i see all the little kids and i'm like, one of you guys is going to be clara, and you're going to have the most amazing time of your life doing it. >> these young dancers may be years away from playing clara, but make no mistake, they are learning well beyond ballet. first step teacher rebecca nugent sees it every day. >> it provides them dignity to be able to own their body and command their body and listen to music, which is fulfilling for the soul. so i think they walk out very dignified. >> why can't you wait to come here? each week, because i like coming so i could see all my different classmates and see my teacher. >> yeah, and you get to dance.

that's the best part? >> and that's why these ballerinas are here, taking their first step. >> and it starts here. yeah, it starts in this one class that it does new ballet's production of cinderella just wrapped up over the past weekend. >> gabriella played a wicked stepsister and that one. they also just received a national endowment for the arts challenge america award, $10,000, which of course will go directly to their first step program. and helping these young girls and boys to learn ballet. >> and that's strength and a mental mindset that will help them if they pursue ballet and even if they don't, well, gabby is, you know, proof positive. >> i think she was 7 or 8 and she's been there ten years now as part of their company. >> absolutely. good to see. >> yeah. all right. we move on now. play music and posting on instagram using your sunglasses rather than your phone. >> all right. pam co-cast explained this. also, she's tracking some big news from local companies in dollars and cents. >> yes, we'll talk about those very cool glasses in a moment. first, this morning, elf beauty,

based in oakland, announced its first $1 billion a year. sales at elf beauty grew 77% in the last year as the opening bell rang this morning, another bay area company helped send the nasdaq to a new record high. nvidia, up almost 10% right now after the santa clara based ai chip maker posted a very strong first quarter. nvidia has been the darling of artificial intelligence, announced its data center business grew by more than 400% in the last year, taking a live look at the numbers now, the nasdaq, with help from nvidia, taken to a new record high this morning. it's up 135 points, 16,009 36. so getting close to that 17,000 mark the s&p 500 up a quarter of a percent. but a live look at the dow. that's down a little more than a half of a percent 263 points there. all right. those sunglasses meta's ray-ban smart glasses will now allow you to post to instagram stories

directly to your account without ever taking out your phone. meta announced that has it has updated its ray-ban smart glasses with new hands free functionality. the instagram support lets users prompt the glasses to post a picture to the app. the company has also starting to roll out several other features with the glasses, including support for amazon music and the meditation app calm. advancements in artificial intelligence are reigniting the longtime battle between max and pcs. for years, apple products have dominated and outperformed microsoft's windows based pcs, but microsoft says its new copilot plus computer gives it an advantage. this pc runs on ai with an assistant that works across various programs, even when you're offline. microsoft is currently ahead of apple in the ai race. however, next month, apple is expected to unveil its own ai powered tools for the iphone and the mac. well, you have to see this a sonoma county property up for sale and going viral for what is

currently its one and only feature. if you put an offer on this healdsburg property, you get that five acres of land, an infinity pool, beautiful view, but no house, no garage, no building, the listing agent says the small home that once stood there burned down in the 2019 kincade fire. right now it is listed for about $2 million. the agent says there is a plan to build a six bedroom estate on the lot, but, beautiful, expensive camping site i guess for now i'm pam cook. that's a look at your dollars and cents, i guess so. >> okay, pam, thank you for that. check traffic on this thursday. maybe some people playing hooky and going up to tahoe nice and early for the big holiday weekend or or that would be the smart play. >> but right now it looks like we have something, though. yeah, right now we have something on the bridge here. i don't see anything reported on the span, but when i look at this and i

see the carpool lanes slowing down, something's going on here on the bridge, on the bridge approach. and again, chp hasn't reported anything, but maybe it doesn't know about it yet. right now, westbound bay bridge is very slow. you can see that it's kind of tough to see that because i thought that commute was getting better. but apparently it's not northbound 880 pretty slow getting up to downtown oakland. and remember this afternoon is the first getaway for memorial day weekend. every single thursday before memorial day, we see a lot of people getting out and they have friday off, so they get out on thursday night. and just a word to the wise, remember that's happening. 851 let's bring steve back in with today's weather. >> they get friday off really i know right. what's up with that. all right. that guy gets it off. we don't know. no no no kidding. all right. travel forecast for friday. frank mentioned lake tahoe. if you're going up there it looks like partly to mostly cloudy 60. could be a few little build ups there that monterey that's fog. same for santa

barbara los angeles palm springs only 90 and sacramento 80 to 81 for going into the memorial weekend. that's a cool, cool weekend. so again, i just think we'll favor a lot of wind and cool temperatures for this time of year on friday and saturday. the same can be said for bottlerock. it looks windy, cooler, windy on saturday, then looks a lot better on sunday, especially on monday. temperatures start to rebound, but sunday for all breezy here, a little bit of patchy fog. there's really not much temperatures 6070, a little north wind. santa rosa could push them to 80. maybe fairfield antioch. after that. that's it. tomorrow will really take a drop on the temps in the saturday. a little better. sunday. monday. you guys. >> sounds good. thank you steve. live nation entertainment is being sued for allegedly running an illegal monopoly. the violations the department of justice says live nation committed in its acquisition of ticketmaster coming up. >> and i love a good top ten list. it lets us compare our taste to that of a broader audience. so see what apple music has identified as the top 100 albums of all time. which

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don't feel prepared to help in case of an emergency. a survey by ohio state university says only half of americans know hands on cpr. less than half feel they're prepared to stop serious bleeding. more people say they're more than confident that they can help. if someone is choking. experts recommend more public training on our life saving skills. >> large numbers of sea lions showing up along the california coast are causing concerns. concerns for some boaters. harbor patrol officials in santa barbara say the weight of the sea lions is causing the docks to sag, which could damage boats and cause them to sink. patrol boats have been cruising by to clear sea lions off the decks when too many gather. the number

of sea lions at san francisco's pier 39 recently surged to more than 1000 last several weeks. >> in particular, has seen a pretty big uptake in california. sea lions here. it's something that we're experiencing up and down the coast, especially in northern california. you know, 1 or 2 every once in a while isn't an issue. but what we're seeing is some congregations of upwards of 10 to 15 of these animals in one particular area. >> officials say the sea lions are feeding on anchovies along the coast before going out to the channel islands for mating season. teachers all across the bay area were recognized at a luau themed celebration in oakland for good job. >> all right. we're looking. >> it was an event. it was put on at the warriors oakland facility, all part of a teachers appreciation month. guests enjoyed live music, delicious food, along with some free prizes and a few giveaways. there was also a workshop held by a bay area polynesian dance group, a new study reveals teen

girls use their smartphones on average more than five hours a day. >> researchers followed more than 1000, 15 and 16 year old female students in finland. the study found their average daily smartphone use was nearly six hours. the average time spent on social media almost four hours. researchers noted little difference in weekday and weekend use. apple music has completed its list of the 100 albums of all time. the top ones lauryn hill takes the number one spot. her first and only album, the miseducation of lauryn hill, was named number one. the 1998 neo soul album was one of the most acclaimed albums of the decade. lauryn hill's album, followed by michael jackson's thriller. the beatles, abbey road, prince's purple rain and frank ocean's blond. as may's asian american pacific islander heritage month gives way to june's pride month. this week is queer and transgender. asian pacific islander week san francisco was the first city in

the country to celebrate the week, passing a resolution in 2021. organizers say they aim to honor members of the queer and transgender asian pacific islander community, while also recognizing the discrimination they have faced. >> a mobile home in the east bay, destroyed in a fire, they hammered on the door and said, come out, come out. >> we want you outside. don't stay in your house. >> firefighters tell us they did everything they could to try and save someone inside. we're live from pleasanton with the latest into this deadly overnight fire. >> presidents and chancellors from several public universities set to testify before the house education committee this morning. the actions they'll be questioned about. >> prepare to share the roads with extra travelers starting today, as people from all around the country and right here in the bay area continue to revenge, travel. the record number of travelers triple a is