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you. >> thanks guys. >> next at 11 it was supposed to be a happy day. it ended up going completely south. it ended up being awful tonight. >> frightening moments at an oakland high school where gunfire disrupted a graduation ceremony. >> the 11:00 news on ktvu. >> fox two starts now, and we continue to stay on top of this breaking news tonight at skyline high school. hello again everyone. >> i'm heather holmes and i'm mike mibach. two people were shot at a graduation ceremony for the class of 2024. hundreds of people were on campus to celebrate and said they found themselves running for cover and ktvu zac sos has been there on the scene all evening long for zach. >> still a very heavy police presence at the school right now . >> yeah, that's correct. and earlier, police describing the chilling circumstances described by witnesses here at this graduation ceremony, confirming that a shooting did in fact take
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place here, multiple gunshots ringing out at a graduation ceremony here at skyline high school, striking two people. an adult man, an adult woman, both taken to the hospital. as you can see, police still here, although they do appear to be wrapping up at least the on site part of their investigation at the high school. earlier, though, we did see them canvasing the area here with flashlights searching for evidence. again, this happening at around 745 this and this evening. sending people scattering. a parent telling us they saw multiple people wearing black, carrying guns, running from the stadium where that ceremony was being held. now, police unable to say how many suspects were involved. they are still looking for those suspects. but describing this as bully as apparently a likely targeted shooting. here's what police and some of those in attendance described earlier.
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>> officers responded to the school, and identified, two victims suffering from gunshot wounds, at that time, there was an event going on a high school graduation, the two victims were transported to local hospitals where they're currently listed in stable condition. >> it's clearly unfortunate, definitely. on a day like this, some of the students that graduated. this is supposed to be the happiest day of their lives. i don't it's crazy. >> now, i should add, there is video circulating on social media right now of what appears to show a fight breaking out near the graduation ceremony, at the same time as those shots rang out. police are looking into whether those two are connected. and, police right now, though, have completely cleared this high school. they are, though still continuing to,
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at least as of the last update. look for those suspects we just heard a helicopter overhead. as for the two people struck by that gunfire, both are expected to survive. >> mike, just a quick follow up in regarding those two victims, did police say anything in regards to. were they individuals who may have been targeted in this shooting, or did they just happen to be in the area as innocent bystanders in this case? >> that we don't know right now? we simply know that they were two adults, so unclear right now what relation they had to the graduation ceremony. but again, they did say that they believe this shooting was targeted. we hope to learn more as they provide updates, likely tomorrow. >> all right. two adults in stable condition tonight. zac sos live there at skyline in oakland. zach. thank you. new at 11. an antioch man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for committing multiple bank robberies. 29 year old brandon elder pleaded guilty to robbing
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a bank in san francisco back in 2022. authorities say the crime took place just 19 days after he was released from prison for committing another bank robbery in brentwood. in addition, authorities say elder has previously been convicted of 11 other thefts. novato police today sharing details about two retail thefts that happened at the same shopping center earlier this week. >> so the first happened on tuesday at the target at the vintage oaks shopping center. two people were arrested in that case. well then just yesterday at the vintage oaks sefora, four women reportedly ran from the store with several thousand dollars in merchandise. officers tried to follow those suspects, but they got away. their silver nissan sedan was last seen traveling southbound on highway 101 new at 11 south of market in san francisco. >> a vacant lot at fifth and shipley streets is now grown. over the last few weeks into a trash filled urban lake, according to the san francisco business times, the city approved plans for 127 unit residential building, but construction stalled after the
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site's developer failed to make monthly loan payments. residents nearby, growing weary about the contents of what's there once it starts warming up. >> it's a big, big, big mosquito mess and you know, god knows what other airborne diseases that can carry. >> hopefully the city or somebody will come in and put something in there. >> right now, the san francisco public utilities commission says it believes the flooding is likely from groundwater. the site's future remains unclear, and the utilities commission says it did send out a crew today to collect samples at the site, but were unable to gain access because of the fence. we will have a full report on that story on mornings on two, starting at four. you can also download the fox local app to your smart tv. >> well, a man is now in custody for vandalizing two dozen trees in san jose. police said today that they were able to identify him using surveillance footage. this is a screengrab from that footage. officers were called to willow street near graham avenue last friday, where they found 26 vandalized trees just last week
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after they were planted during a community event. will the suspect that you see here close to one of those trees? the name has not been released, but did have an out of county warrant for him at the time, and he has been booked into jail. firefighters pretty busy battling three separate fires in the east bay today. >> one of those fires went to a second alarm. ktvu is tori gaines as the warning from firefighters going into the long holiday weekend, and several fires sparked across the east bay thursday, keeping contra costa fire crews busy. >> warmer temperatures and high winds didn't help as soon as one fire appeared contained, another popped up. just before 3 p.m, a brush fire started on concord boulevard, and soon afterwards flames erupted in antioch at two different locations, one near slayton ranch, not far from homes in the area, and another along the antioch marina. that fire reached at least five acres and hit two alarms. video shows smoke billowing out from behind
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the boats nearby. >> just came down here for lunch, slash dinner, and we saw a little smolder out there and we just kept watching it and the wind started blowing and that thing just developed and went from 0 to 50ft high in flames. >> a helicopter doused the flames with water, and the fire was out within a couple of hours. we don't yet know the cause of these fires, but cal fire tells us that something as small as a spark from a chain dragging along the highway can light an inferno. >> the biggest challenge with fighting this fire here in the marina is that it is in the two leads, and it's, it it really borders up against the water. so having to get crews and apparatus and lines out to that is pretty tough for us. we do have a fire boat and that fire boat provides a lot of, versatility for us heading into memorial day weekend. >> those who plan on spending time outdoors are asked to keep safety at the forefront of their minds. >> if you're going to barbecue with the grass, gas grill,
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propane, make sure you're clear area, clear open space. in case you do have a flare up on your barbecue or something. you're not around dry grass, or and always be ready. have something nearby. just to put it out real quick. a quick water bottle to squirt anything. they may, may arise. >> for more details on safety, including a list of vendors that can help with keeping vegetation at bay, especially during these warm and windy summer months, please visit the contra costa county fire protection district website. in antioch, tori gaines ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, that memorial day weekend travel rush, well, it's already underway. started a little early. and whether you're flying or driving, boy, you can expect a lot of people alongside you. triple a expects this memorial day weekend to be one of the busiest on record by car. more than 38 million people are expected to hit the road, setting a new record. and by playing well, the faa says today was probably the single busiest flying day since 2019. for more
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on the travel rush and some tips. earlier today on the four, we spoke with john trainor from triple a. >> if you want to make the flight on time, get to the airport early. right? we always recommend building in time. build in extra time. i am an anxious flier. i like getting there early. i'm going to be there extra, extra early this summer. it means getting there to ensure things like a parking space, knowing that tsa is going to have long lines. >> triple a expects travel is going to be busy not just this weekend, but all summer long and some hot spots they say, include florida, las vegas and denver. >> in tonight's west coast rap, a six year old child dies of starvation and now his father is being held accountable. >> diddy's ex-girlfriend now speaking out about this surveillance video that was leaked showing her being assaulted and. >> and the san francisco parks, they're popular. they're beautiful all across the city. and tonight they are getting a
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major national recognition
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death of his six year old son. >> yeah. this story begins tonight's west coast rap. 28 year old anthony martinez was also found guilty of child abuse and kidnaping. his son deshawn weighed just 18 pounds when he was found dead at a home in flagstaff back in early 2020. authorities say the boy was
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locked in a tiny bedroom closet along with his older brother for 16 hours a day. it was punishment for stealing food at night while their parents were asleep. now the boy's mother, who you also see here, was sentenced to life in prison without parole last year after pleading guilty to first degree murder and child abuse, and the state of idaho triple murder suspect chad daybell has chosen not to testify at his trial. >> the defense resting its case today. daybell is charged with first degree murder for the deaths of his first wife, tammy daybell, and two children. his second wife, lori vallow daybell, was convicted in the children's deaths last year. >> now researchers are worried about a new threat to the giant trees in california's sequoia national park, home, of course, to the world's tallest tree. so climate driven wildfires used to be the biggest concern. but researchers recently discovered about 40 sequoias died from bark beetle infestations, mostly in national parks. researchers say the tallest tree, general sherman, is safe for now. they
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climbed up to its canopy on tuesday and did not find any signs of beetle infestation. if beetles, though, do take over the tree, officials say they will use water sprays and branch removals or chemical treatments to save the great sequoia. >> and you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktvu. west coast rap with alex savage, air at 7:00 monday through friday. or of course, you can find a round the clock coverage at west coast rap.com. singer cassie ventura spoke out on social media today, breaking her silence about a video showing sean diddy combs assaulting her. >> yeah, the video was from a hotel back in 2016 and it was recently leaked. so in her instagram post today, cassie thanked everyone for the love and support that's coming her way. she doesn't mention diddy by name, that's all due to an nda that she signed to settle her lawsuit against him. that's where the two agreed. they won't publicly say each other's names. meantime, tmz producer brandon kirk says that video adds new context to other allegations
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against diddy. >> a lot of stories have come out about diddy, and he himself said that none of these things were true. as we know, he denied everything. and as we know now, seeing this video and she laid some of that stuff out word for word in the lawsuit that it ended up being true. >> now, after that video went viral, diddy did apologize for the attack. meantime a new lawsuit was filed just today in new york alleging diddy sexually abused a former fashion institute of technology student. >> a long standing dispute between the 49ers and the santa clara stadium authority is no more. we're going to break down the settlement after the break and what started as a mother's effort to help her son has now grown into a much greater movement. >> we'll take a closer look at the chinese owned embroidery business making a big difference in the south bay ninja weekend is basically here. >> tomorrow's friday. it's looking pretty good, but it's going to be cooler for the ho day weekend. ll look to
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have reached an agreement to resolve some long, long standing disputes. city officials say the new deal benefits santa clara in many ways, including reducing the amount of stadium authority owes to the 49ers by $7.5 million. in addition, the city of santa clara will now be paid $7 million in performance rent. as for public safety at nfl games, the stadium authority says it will now save $100,000 per game in reimbursement costs to the 49ers. and to help offset the price for police, san francisco moving forward with a plan to bring in hbcu satellite campus to downtown mayor london breed says the call for proposals is out. >> it's all part of her initiative to bring 30,000 students and residents to
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downtown san francisco by the year 2030. this summer, 28 students from historically black colleges and universities have been accepted as summer interns with the city. they will explore careers and take workshops and lectures while living in dorms at ucsf, san francisco parks have been ranked among the best in the nation. >> the trust for public land released its annual park score index. rankings are based on five factors park access, equity, acreage, investment, and amenities. each category was evaluated on a scale of 100 points. in san francisco, parks received perfect scores for access and investment. >> okay, i know both of you already in weekend mode because this is your weekend, right? not for me. i got to be here tomorrow right to the very end. >> heather. right to the wire. >> so it looks like it's going to be nice weather, although a little bit cooler. >> yeah, a little bit cooler. and it's a big holiday weekend as you all know. and temperatures they dropped off a little bit today. they're going
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to drop off a little bit more tomorrow. these were the highs today. still nice. just not as warm as yesterday. but tomorrow instead of 80 that you see there. it's going to be in the 70s upper 70s mid 70s saturday. cooler still. and then sunday it warms up a little bit into monday. but it's all this is all subtle stuff. no massive changes , just subtle. and you can see it looks like there's a little fog trying to form there at the gate. there will be patchy fog over the next couple of days. it'll become more robust that marine layer as we get into the weekend. this low is the reason for the cooling, the overall cooling that we're going to experience starting tomorrow, friday, saturday in a little bit into sunday. so this low is just settling in over the top of us. none of it's a big deal. the trend, though, has been since tuesday when we saw temperatures in the upper 80s. even a couple of low 90s temperatures have been falling each day, and they will continue to fall until we get to saturday. and then on sunday, they'll start to come back up. but it's a subtle change. so here are the current temperatures. there's the wind, which is what you would expect 1015 mile an hour winds out of
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the west. 12 mile an hour. winds in san carlos out of the west. and the forecast for tomorrow morning. there's the cloud cover. there's the fog. it's a reason for some of the cooling. more cool clouds. that's friday afternoon and saturday morning just unloads. that's the coolest day of the week. saturday afternoon. and then sunday morning and sunday morning it starts to warm. less fog, less cloud cover. makes sense. so that's the basics. there are the forecast highs for tomorrow and certainly cooler than we were when we were in the low 80s today. so it's definitely a little bit cooler out there as we go into tomorrow. and again saturday is going to be the coolest day, so saturday is the coolest day. we may see the hot spots in the 70s, upper 60s, low 70s. and then here's the five day forecast. have a nice weekend and i'm almost there at home i probably i now i'm starting to think weekend. >> i know you are. thanks so much bill. well we continue our coverage of asian american pacific islander heritage month, and tonight we share the story of a mother whose quest to help
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her son has grown into a community movement. ktvu lamonica peters has that story. >> when my son, three years old friend of children with special needs, they help me, sherry hmong says. >> after connecting with friends of children with special needs, she wanted to give back to the organization that supported her autistic son. she volunteered with the adult day program for over a decade and eventually taught students life and vocational skills. >> so we teach a lot of things like how do you cooking? you know, make sandwich and the laundry or kind of thing. and later we move. i more focus on vocational training. >> in 2020, with no prior knowledge of the industry, hmong says she started an embroidery company. she wanted a business with a skill that students could enjoy and easily learn. after she and her husband invested about $200,000 into the company, she began a partnership with
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three local school districts, including campbell union high school district, to provide job training. >> they also learned how to trim and remove the backing. >> hmong says the school districts use their own funding to pay students, and they work with equipment that simplifies the embroidery process. longtime customer david roger says he, too has an autistic son, but it's the quality work that led him to turtle works. you know, it's not like just getting a crayon drawing to put on the refrigerator. >> this is high quality stuff that my people now require. i shouldn't say require. they count on me to go to miss sherry to get additional products made. >> hmong impact on the community hasn't gone unnoticed. turtle works has received numerous community awards and has been featured in local newspapers, including this bay area chinese language publication on this chinese mom created business and teach a autism kids skill. hmong
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says she named her business turtle works after the story of the tortoise and the hare. she says she wants special needs students to come out of their shell and learn skills like everyone else, even if it takes them a little longer to reach their goals. slow and steady wins the race. lamonica peters ktvu, fox two news indeed, it does. >> our coverage of aapi month continues online and on our website, ktvu.com. there you can find a collection of stories celebrating and honor honoring asian american and pacific islander cultures. >> here is a look at some of the stories trending tonight on ktvu. com one of our top stories firefighters investigating a deadly mobile home fire in pleasanton. officials say one of the older residents did not survive. the cause is not yet known. recent home burglaries in the town of atherton have prompted police to start turning to some new technology officials are putting tracking devices on items in certain homes to see if they can catch the would be
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thieves, and a property in alameda, now listed for $400,000. but it's located underwater. you can find these stories and much more on ktvu .com. >> well, our zip trip series returns tomorrow right here on ktvu fox two, and our first stop, concord. join us live as we head to the west wind solano drive in theater, where the popcorn pops and the cars arrive, transforming the asphalt into a magical movie haven. >> as soon as you get here, like, just like tonight. it's such a beautiful night. you can sit out here, watch a movie, have great snacks, and you know that it's just a great time with people all around you. >> yep, all the fun begins on the nine. we will be live at concord's todos santos plaza, highlighting all the fun things to do, see and eat in this east bay city. and if you're in the area, come on down and watch the show in person or you can of course watch it live right here on ktvu. fox two and the fox local app. >> all right. never before seen areas inside the winchester
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mystery house now made available to the public. we'll take a look at the new tour launching this weekend in san jose. >> have you ever been there, mike? >> never. no, not with the winchester mystery house. >> yeah, it's cool, it's cool. >> maybe i can go now. >> maybe. but first, though, here's a look at this beautiful sunset happened earlier tonight. as bill mentioned, the forecast set to be pretty nice heading into the memorial day weekend, although not quite as warm. you're watching the 11:00 news right here on ktvu. we wille a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds... at no additional cost. it's ultimate speed for ultimate business. don't miss out on our fastest speed plans yet! switch to comcast business and get started for $49.99 a month. plus, ask how to get up to an $800 prepaid card. call today!
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sierra nevada yellow legged frogs back into the wild. zoo employees helped treat them for the deadly chytrid fungus that's killed a large amount of these species. the frogs are given microchips, along with foot and belly swabs to ensure they are
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cleared of the fungus once the tests come back. the frogs will be released into streams, lakes and meadows throughout the southern sierra nevada range. >> okay, so staying with our animal theme here, the baby falcons on top of uc berkeley's campanile officially have names. uc berkeley posting this photo to identify this chick. so let me introduce you to aurora. that's the one with the green band soul has the yellow band, knox has the blue band, and eclipse has the silver band. you'll remember last week, researchers made their way up to the top of the tower and put the special bands on each of the chicks. then the university asked the public to weigh in and help pick their names. close to 4000 people weighed in. >> well, if you've ever gone to the winchester mystery house in san jose and wondered what's behind the walls of the rooms that are off limits to guests, you can now take a peek. the winchester mystery house is launching its explore more tour on saturday. it's going to give visitors access into those sections of the house that have really never been accessible to
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the public before. we spoke with walter magnuson, the executive director, about the unseen, mysterious rooms built by sarah winchester. >> another wonderful thing about this tour is, whenever possible, whenever we can safely do it, we are removing stanchions and we are allowing you to actually enter the spaces the way sarah would have. the way her workers would have. and this is a great example of one of those spaces that you'll actually be able to access. >> and the tour lasts for about an hour. ticket prices start at $18 for children and $40 for adults. >> and giving you one last look at the breaking news that we've been following all night long in oakland, two people were shot, a man and a woman during a graduation ceremony at skyline high school. police tonight still searching for the people involved, but they add that this was an isolated incident. witnesses describe seeing a fight break out before they heard the gunshots. tonight one woman tells us she heard two
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bangs and then saw people running. you can stay up to date with the latest developments on this story on our website. you can just head to ktvu.com. >> and of course we will be following that story as well. throughout mornings on two, mornings on two, beginning at 4:00 tomorrow. >> and to stream the latest news and weather on your smart tv anytime. be sure to download the fox local app right there to your tv. thanks again for tuning in tonight. have a great weekend , mike. the weekend begins for you now that's it! >> have a great holiday weekend, everybody. good night. hi, everybody welcome to like it or not a show where our panel weighs in on daily items and gives their opinion. i'm rosemary. you know, frank and claudine. hey, guys. thank you for joining us. oh, yes. always like to chat

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