demonstrators. >> this is a rigged decision right from day one. >> the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury. and the jury has spoken. >> donald trump vows to fight the result after being found guilty on 34 felony counts will break down. what's next and what it could mean for the 2024 election. and it's a problem beyond 4th of july and new year's eve. why san francisco could crack down on illegal fireworks, and why some residents say the situation has gotten out of control. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> welcome to mornings on two. i'm allie rasmus and good morning i'm dave clark. >> and welcome to friday, the very last day of may. it's may 31st. let's go. right, right to steve paulson. get the latest on your weather. >> a little bit of fog down towards santa cruz. i'll show you that this is haze you're looking at now. and temperatures. it was a warm night, no doubt about it. we haven't had too many, but we did last night. now i think fog is going to start to play into our

forecast, if not later today for sure tonight into tomorrow. but we're looking at 50s on the thames san jose as hazy. they don't have fog. they always report that san jose airport i don't know why. there it is right there, but starting to make a little bit of a move along the santa cruz coastline. you can see right here, right there. oh, that's very shallow, but that's a sign of things to come. most locations, though, are already clear but hazy, and it'll be another day of warm temps inland. although i do think temps come down a little bit. so. hello, friday, coast and bay will be a little cooler even though it's sunny and then inland. temps warm to hot. so we're looking at 60, 70, 80 to a few upper 80s well inland. far enough inland, maybe a few 90s. all right. sounds here. it's been about palo alto, 101 mountain view, still closed lanes. >> yeah, it is still closed. i'm just looking at the latest information here, steve. we have lanes closed. some lanes are getting by. i wouldn't advise you driving there. let's put it on the map. northbound 101, this morning, right at san antonio road, north of san antonio, right on the boundary between

mountain view and palo alto. in fact, both fire departments did respond earlier this morning. it happened at three. they still have lanes closed. here it is four hours later. and that's because it was a deadly crash on the freeway. they still have some lanes closed. i would advise using either el camino real, getting on the freeway north of it to get on the freeway. for example, at embarcadero or north, or use 280. this is a look at the east bay that commute has been looking good. and at the bay bridge we have a mild delay at the toll plaza at 702. let's get back to the headlines. as you've been given a legal dispersal order. >> anyone that remains will be arrested. >> police and the california highway patrol are clearing out a pro-palestinian protest on the uc santa cruz campus that started early this morning. ktvu james torres live in santa cruz at the scene there to show us some of the moments when police confronted the protesters and show us what's happening right now. james

>> yeah, ali, we've been here for a couple of hours here on the campus of uc santa cruz, and it's really been all the same here. you see the tension that's building behind me here between not just members of the chp, but a number of different law enforcement agencies throughout the bay area coming in to help try to clear out this pro-palestinian encampment that has been here for quite a few weeks now. but it's really gotten more intense the last couple of days. at least that's what university officials are telling us. they say that these groups of students, faculty, a number of other people who all believe in the same cause, that it wasn't just until a couple of days ago that they have gotten together, stretched across what looks like the entrance to the campus here, and blocked students, faculty, people trying to get to work, people trying to get to class from actually entering the campus and doing what they wanted to do for the day here. that has prompted university officials this morning to finally try to take some action to what they say, restore some order to their university. that's according to

a statement that we saw earlier this morning. and this is what you're seeing as a result of that here. chp, a number of different law enforcement agencies all together here going pretty face to face, essentially just a standoff with these pro-palestinian protesters who have all linked arms together, have been circling one another here. and what we've seen throughout the morning is a little bit of pushing and shoving, you know, a little bit of, kind of just grabbing at each other as well. we eventually see as police kind of ripping some of these people out of that circle out of these lines, some of them, if they decide to walk off peacefully, they'll walk off to the left side of your screen here and join some of the other spectators who have been watching this for hours. some of those who've been a little bit more aggressive with these police officers will be put in zip ties and handcuffs and taken over to the right side here, where we see a number of santa clara county and santa cruz county vans, sheriff's office vans that those people would be loaded up to. they talk to a

couple officers, i believe, to collect some sort of information, names and all that, get put in those vans. and i think they've just been waiting in those vans ever since. i haven't actually seen many of those vans take off, at least since we've been here. but we've seen that happen to about a couple of dozen of these people. so that circle of protesters that have their arms linked together, that has been growing smaller and smaller, slowly, but kind of bursts at a time. we'll see a group of maybe 5 to 6 of these people get removed from that group and either be put off to that spectator side if they decide to walk away peacefully or get moved over to that arrest side toward those, sheriff's office vans where they may be facing some charges. what exactly? we still don't know that just yet. chp has not given us that kind of information as of this morning. but you can see exactly what we've been seeing for several hours now. it starts off with just a standoff. you hear the chants from the protesters, you see the police officers kind of just watching

them, waiting, making sure it all stays peaceful. and then after a couple of minutes, every ten or so minutes, they'll go in , ruffle it a little bit, pull some of those protesters out and then remove them here. i'll go ahead and point your attention a little further. left to where we're standing here, you see a line of officers, some of them, most of them, it looks like, from the san francisco police department actually holding off the line. you see a number of those protesters on the other side of them as well. some of them with, megaphones, yelling their chance. the same chance that we've heard for several months now. and any time there is some sort of removal of one of those protesters, they get even louder, making it clear that they do not want to see police officers here, and they do not want to see their demonstration removed. an example of that. right now, you see a chp car that just drove by here. they often yell shame. they often throw some hand signals. as you can imagine, middle fingers thrown as well. vulgar language, all of course, trying to send the message that they do not appreciate, what the

police presence is doing here. now, we did hear from the university officials. they say that they had no other option, to do this and handle it the way that they're handling it this morning. they say that these protesters have received numerous warnings, not just this morning, but throughout the several weeks that these encampments have been in place. of course, not much different than what we've seen at campuses all across the country. take you back to what we saw down in socal, where we saw lots of, much more aggressive kind of movement forward from the police officers where we saw, like, flash bangs being shot. we saw people being carried, you know, dragged on the ground and carried by their hands and legs here. so not as intense of a situation here, but certainly tense moments between those two, those two groups, police officers, of course, still trying to grab some of these protesters, remove them from that group. we have seen situations where they're carrying them. we saw some situations where some of these protesters appear to be hurt, asking for medics and doctors as well, but for the most part, we are still just waiting to see

how much longer these police officers will stay on the scene, what their next moves might be. and of course, any statement from chp on what their plans will be for the remainder of the morning. keep an eye on our eye on it and let you know as the morning goes on. >> james torres, reporting live from uc santa cruz. thank you james. talk to you later. time now. 707 in just about an hour from right now, we expect to hear from former president donald trump, who plans to speak after he was found guilty of felony charges in the new york courtroom. trump is the first former president in american history to be convicted of a felony. a new york jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a secret $130,000 payment to adult movie actress stormy daniels. this defendant may be unlike any other in american history. >> we arrived at this trial and ultimately today at this verdict

, in the same manner as every other case that comes through the courtroom doors. >> this was a rigged, disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people and they know what happened here, and everybody knows what happened here. >> now, sentencing for former president trump is scheduled july 11th, and there's still debate about whether he will actually go to jail. >> trump could be his own worst enemy right now. this type of crime would not end up having somebody go to jail. but how he reacts to it, what he says, whether he intimidates people or threatens people or lies about things, those are all factors the judge could keep into account. >> and donald trump's lawyers are already planning to appeal the verdict. >> well, despite the guilty verdict, donald trump is still expected to be the republican nominee for president, and that will be made official at the republican convention. let's bring in sonoma state political

science professor david mcewen now to talk about how all of this could affect the 2024 election. good morning david. >> good morning ali. happy friday. thanks. >> same to you. trump is scheduled to speak about this conviction later this morning. what do you expecting him to say ? >> well i mean he'll obviously talk about how this has been a boon for his fundraising. he's going to talk about how this solidifies his support in maga world, there are some concerns for them. they're not going to talk about those yet. and those concerns are what's happening on the margins. and swing states with voters that say, we've seen some numbers, around 7 or 8% of voters that are that self-identify as independents, who said they wouldn't vote for someone who's convicted, he's not going to make, you know, any political hay there or make, you know, draw attention to that. they are going to have record setting fundraising numbers. they'll talk about that. and, you know, really fundamentally, this is such a big development that this is they're going to plot their revenge. so the revenge tour i would say kicks off today. you've already seen nationally republicans talk about that rally around donald

trump. and that also sets up the events for july 15th, the convention occurring just a few days after his sentencing on july 11th. >> you talked about the revenge campaign. how does that ratchet up some of the harsh words, the vitriol, the anger during this already volatile political presidential election year? >> you know, one way, one place that's going to ratchet it up is right here in california, and that is on june 6th, the former president's coming to san francisco for a fundraiser, that's a big deal, he's going to raise a lot of money here because california is that atm of american politics. but it also affects down ballot. what happens in those kind of key congressional races. david valadao, whose district out in the valley, some southern california districts, steve garvey is going to have to deal with this question in terms of, running for us senate. so there are some things that come home here, within california and in terms of, increasing the rhetoric, election workers, talking about the government, talking about the rule of law and this is where i think, this

is such a tectonic shift. it's not just a divide between two plates. the ones blue, ones red. it's a divide between plates that are about the rule of law and those that are not about the rule of law. and that's where this comes down to. and in that sense, there's much more about this case than just business records or what happened, with his personal life. and it affects all of american politics. so it has legal components. it has constitutional components, it has political components. and those are much, far ranging, longer running than just what happens here as donald trump even runs through the appeal process, which will begin, he has 30 days to indicate he's going to appeal. obviously, he's going to do that forthwith. >> how would it work out if, say, he is sentenced to home confinement? having his camp has mentioned that they plan to have online rallies, how does that affect his presence at the republican national convention? how would that work and how would that maybe change support in any way for him?

>> yeah, on the side by side in the split screen here. look, democrats are worried about, chicago 1968, not being repeated in chicago, 2024 for republicans , they're worried about what could happen in milwaukee, a city that's had difficulties in the past. so they will have virtual events as well. democrats are thinking about virtual events, some virtual events vis a vis their convention. republicans are going to have to do the same thing. but trump is going to manage those events much more closely. he's going to want made for television events, those that can rally the faithful, if you will. but he also has to think about conversion because he's tapped out at about 46 or 47% of the popular vote. he's got to convert people. so you can't just be talking to the faithful, which is what happens in a convention. you also have to be, you know, out there trying to grab some of those independents. so the degree to which he does that means that trump campaign is going to go on the offensive, and they're going to have out a 50 state strategy. we've already seen this. when he had a rally in the bronx, we've seen these proxies who all

dressed the same, who appeared before, outside the courtroom. but they're going to go much wider and broader than that. and that's how they're going to couch the revenge tour. they're also going to have a lot of money, not just coming from this june sixth fundraiser, but they're going to have a bunch of zillionaires who've now committed to fundraise for them, and that's going to challenge the biden team to respond in kind. so expect that the biden team will then have, pop stars, cultural icons, sports stars, speaking on their behalf as well. we are in the full throttled, components of the 2024 election, when normally we'd be entering the summer doldrums. >> yeah, the presidential campaign kicking into high gear. david mcewen, a political science professor from sonoma state. thanks for your insight. we'll speak with you again soon. >> thank you. good morning. >> all right, david, time now. 714. a new program to help families in need across california. who qualifies for the extra money to pay for groceries this summer? >> and it's been more than a year since a destructive storm badly damaged capitola wharf. but it will be a bit longer why? the reopening of that whae. has

illegal fireworks problem as it prepares for 4th of july. the report found the sound of fireworks across the city has reached a level where it is traumatizing to children and pets. it found the noise is especially harmful to people

suffering from dementia or ptsd. the report recommends the city create an illegal fireworks task force that would work year round to tackle the problem. >> our time now 717 happening today paul pelosi expected to take the witness stand in court and face the man who was already convicted in federal court of brutally attacking him with a hammer. david depape is now in state court. he's facing charges that include attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and elder abuse. yesterday prosecutors called a neurologist to testify and he said that 82 year-old paul pelosi will suffer the rest of his life from the injuries caused by that hammer attack. it is possible that the rate, the evidence is being presented, this case could go to the jury as early as next week. it is now 718 if you plan to celebrate the recovery of the capitola wharf, the historic landmark in santa cruz county, you'll have to wait a little longer. the capitola wharf grand opening was pushed back to

september. city planners say the repairs and the infrastructure is still on pace. pace to be finished by the end of next month, but the items go that go on in the facilities, like benches and tables and the artwork, they won't be fully installed by the original grand opening date that was scheduled for august 14th. >> california rolls out a new program this summer to make sure children get the food and nutrition they need. the program is called california sun bucks and benefits will be loaded onto ebt cards in the months of june, july, and august. an additional $40 per month per child. eligibility requirements are children between the ages of six and 18 who qualify for free or reduced school meals, or families who receive benefits such as calfresh, calworks or medi-cal. >> here, cal fresh emergency allotments ended, and those were an additional benefit that people on the calfresh program received throughout covid. throughout the pandemic, when those benefits ended and

people's benefits dropped down to the regular level, we really saw an increase in the lines at our food bank. >> families do not need to apply for sun bucks if they're currently receiving state assistance. they will get those ebt cards in the mail. they can be used to buy groceries, but not hot foods. pet foods or medicine. >> okay, ali, right to sal castaneda at 720. it's been a busy morning for you, especially in the south bay in the peninsula. >> yeah, that's right, dave and ali, northbound 101 at san antonio. there's been a crash since 3:00 in the morning. it was a deadly crash. they still have some lanes closed. some traffic is getting by. if i were you, i would avoid 101 through mountain view heading north. even though you can get through, it's really narrowed down. why would you do that? you can just use el camino real, maybe bayshore if you're in the area, or use 280 up and down the peninsula. 280 is completely unaffected, and that's a great alternate route. let's talk about the east bay, where we

have some moderate slowing here and there. the bay bridge has slowed to about the end of the parking lot, so today is a little bit easier than the first four days of the workweek. that's what usually happens on fridays. we don't have a lot of crashes to report in the east bay at the moment. 720 let's go back to steve in the weather center. >> all right, sal, thank you. for those of you saying, where's my fog? we'll take a look here. it is definitely enhancing and we'll move up the coast here monterey bay, santa cruz i'll zoom in on this here. there you go. now again, the bases are shallow, but there it is. see if it'll make it all the way up along the san mateo coast. but that's a sign of things to come as we begin to see a little cool down. water temps are incredibly cold again. 49, 49, 52, 53, and 54. so all that needs that cold water to get the fog machine rolling along is a little help and it will get it later tonight. tomorrow 50s 60s on the temps. that's a lot of 40s on the coast, especially point reyes up to bodega bay under clear skies. las vegas, already

85 degrees 47. arcata 77 phoenix and also palm springs. low 60s la and san diego. but a lot of fog down there. it has been one foggy month, no doubt about it. for southern california. we've had our fair share as well. what's interesting about may is we only had one day of rain. that was may 4th and that was a whopper for a lot of locations, had an inch of rain and that was it. only one. i was surprised by that. i thought we'd get another one, but so far no. and we're almost done. as you go into june, usually you're done more fog breezy, cooler for the weekend. it looks pretty nice even into monday. a system will sweep by. this is a heavy duty rain. pacific northwest. they're talking some pretty impressive totals for early june and then everything will be focused on tuesday, wednesday into thursday. we'll see how warm it gets around here. there's still not an agreement on the forecast. models but it does look warmer middle of next week. friday forecast a little cooler coast and bay, warm to hot fog kind of creeping up the coast. 6070s 80s well inland. still one more day at 90s, but we'll put those on hold until at least monday or tuesday maybe. >> all right. see time to 722

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a message posted on the hotel de anza's website says an unexpected maintenance problem forced the owners to temporarily suspend all normal operations. the hotel wouldn't give us any additional details, but yesterday's unexpected shutdown of the hotel on west santa clara street comes just as the summer travel season gets underway. >> closing down hotel de anza is obviously a necessity to keep visitors safe, but we encourage all visitors to still come out to san jose. we have other downtown hotel options, including the ac hotel literally across the street and then in the downtown corridor there's hilton marriott, signia, four points, and even the westin. >> the goal is to reopen the hotel on june 16th. the owners say guests with any questions about the closure should contact hyatt customer care. >> our time now 726. a san francisco restaurant now forced to delay its grand opening. thieves broke in and stole thousands of dollars in items less than a week before the restaurant opened. i want to

show you security camera video from inside the new mediterranean style restaurant on goff street in hayes valley. look here. you can see people wearing dark colors and hoods early tuesday morning, the very same day the restaurant planned to have a soft opening. >> you're definitely shocked the first day. like you like this happened to you. it just doesn't add up. we were thankful they didn't do any property damage. so it's just inventory. inventory, small wares and tools . as i've said before, this just fuels me. i'm not going to let something like this affect us and because i do believe in a trickle down effect as well. >> now, san francisco police are still investigating this and the new date for the grand opening is now next wednesday, time to 727. expect delays this weekend in the east bay. we'll tell you about the freeway. you may want to avoid. you should avoid. if you don't want to be sitting in traffic and avoiding rolling

blackouts this summer, what the state grid manager says it is doing to make sure we don't see any major po

in about donald trump's conviction in his new york criminal trial. what is next for the former president and how bay area residents feel about it this morning? and the candidates for mayor of san francisco speaking out about making child care more affordable with those candidates are proposing to help parents. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning to you. thank you for joining us. welcome back to mornings on two i'm dave clark i'm allie rasmus. >> it is friday may 31st. good to be with you on a friday morning. >> here too. >> and we're looking ahead to the weekend steve paulson cooler . and then there's some debate about how hot it's going to get next week at least locally. >> inland should not be a problem. but yes. and how long the duration. i'm i'm leaning on our good friend. the gfs forecast model has about one two days and then it drops temperatures fast. others say not different story. so we'll do it that next week. 5060 already.

it won't take. that's haze in the background. that's not fog. but there is fog. look at this. around aptos, santa cruz. and i mean i posted it was it was creeping up the coast, turned on the afterburners. it's moving fast. that's shallow bases. but that's a sign of things to come. i think later today. and then the sea breeze will kick in. but it's sunny for most here. we'll end up with temperatures 6070 around the bay, a pretty good sea breeze should kick in later this afternoon. here. that might take the edge off some inland towns, but they'll still be upper 80s to a few near 90. but coast and bay will drop 60s and 70s. sal's here at 7.31 on a friday. been busy busy palo alto still the same or something new? >> yeah, it's still the same northbound 101. we still have a closure there. as they investigate a deadly crash that was there about 3:00 in the morning when it started, and it's still very slow on northbound 101 out of sunnyvale. i would avoid 101 northbound and just use either el camino or 280 instead. we can also talk about the bay bridge. you can see that traffic is lighter than usual.

there was a backup earlier, but now it's gone away. so if you want to wait until a little later, these commutes seem to be improving on a friday. 732 let's get back to the headlines. >> thank you sal. happening now, the chp and other law enforcement agencies are on the campus of uc santa cruz this morning. these are live pictures. we are bringing you of the site earlier this morning, police told a group of protesters and their encampment that it was an unlawful assembly and that they had to leave the administration there. at the university says that this protest encampment was blocking the entryway in and out of uc santa cruz. so in the hours since early this morning there, the police have surrounded some of the protesters in the encampment. they're in the process of trying to break up that protest and get people to leave. the protest has blocked access to the campus for days now. it was set up earlier this month. we've seen several demonstrators so far detained this morning. our own james torres will bring us a live report coming up at 8:00 to give

us all the latest details on what's happening. but right now, this live picture of a protest and police trying to break up a protest on the uc santa cruz campus, well, in just about 30 minutes, we expect to hear from donald trump. the former president is expected to talk about his legal and political plans after he was found guilty of 34 felony counts. >> and ali ktvu is andre seniors in the studio with us now to tell us what trump is expected to do next. >> yeah, this verdict came in so quickly. many people are still shocked about it. let's get right to it here. the former president, who also wants to be the next president, vowing to fight the conviction that has now made him a felon. the appeals process, expected to be lengthy and likely will not finish until well after the november election. trump will first be sentenced on july 11th. that's a few days before the republican national convention in milwaukee. punishment can range from probation to home confinement and even jail time, although legal experts doubt that will happen because trump is a first time felon committing nonviolent crime, this conviction does not technically bar him from running or even

becoming president. he can still vote for himself in florida as long as he's not jailed in new york state. >> this was a disgrace. this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. this a rigged trial, a disgrace. but the real verdict is going to be november 5th by the people. and they know what happened here and everybody knows what happened here. >> the 12 everyday jurors vowed to make a decision based on the evidence and the law and the evidence and the law alone. trump campaign is using the conviction to spur fundraising. the site briefly crashed before it was overloaded yesterday. local political analyst brian sobel says this legal and political drama is bad for the country. >> i don't care what your political allegiance is, this is not, you know, a banana republic. we do not want to see a succession of these kinds of

things happening. you know, next week hunter biden is on trial. then, you know, does that extend to the president? and then you just have this recurring thing we already seeing it in the in the congress of the united states. you don't want to see it at the with the presidency and the trump campaign says if he's sentenced to home confinement, he will hold virtual rallies again. >> donald trump expected to speak at 8:00 pacific time from trump tower in new york. this is a live picture right here. we'll be watching it for you and bring you information from that news conference. his defense team is already laying the groundwork for appeals in new york state, accusing the judge of being biased and his connections. ali, to democrats. >> thank you andre. well, reaction from across the bay area is rolling into trump's guilty, guilty verdict. the owner of amplified barbershop in downtown walnut creek tries to avoid talking about politics with his customers. it's a touchy subject. it can make people upset, and it's usually not good for business. but the trump guilty verdict was definitely a point of discussion at the barbershop. we talked to

some of the people there and heard their various opinions, and while it wasn't scientific, the responses we got were interesting and mixed. >> we were definitely surprised that they got a conviction on all 34 counts. >> i can say i wasn't shocked, but i was disappointed because i think it's just an absolute tragedy or just a travesty of justice. >> he deserved to be found guilty. he's been covering up things for years and he finally got what he deserved. >> i wasn't surprised because he's not a very honest person. and when you have people who aren't honest, who wants to be president and have a button on the nuclear weapon, it's kind of scary. >> people we interviewed did agree on one part of the verdict. no matter if they're democrat, republican or independent voters, we talked to all believe that trump will not serve any actual jail time. you can stay up to date with the latest on the guilty verdict for former president donald trump. as well as the 2024 election on our website. just head to ktvu.com. >> okay. allie time 737. only six months are left until

election day in san francisco's mayor's race, and we're hearing more from the mayoral candidates about their priorities for the city. one hot topic is a focus on children and early childhood education. ktvu allah's words is here. now you have more details. good morning alice. >> good morning dave. that's right, child care in the city can run anywhere from 20,000 to $30,000 a year. and that's why candidate mark farrell announced his plan to address what he calls a child care crisis in this city. farrell, you might recall, is a former interim mayor and supervisor. he unveiled a proposal that he says will ensure every family in the city has access to affordable, high quality child care. he tells ktvu his proposal will subsidize child care services for middle and low income families. >> my proposal for universal child care that i came forward with today is multiple prongs, one is about making sure the space is available so they have child care facilities available throughout every single

neighborhood in san francisco. we need to make sure we train workers and have a pipeline of people staffing these child care centers, and then it's about affordability. >> it was back in 2018 that voters approved proposition c. farrell says the funding for his proposal would come from that voter approved proposition. we heard from the mayor's office this morning. mayor breed reiterated her commitment to infants, children and families throughout the city, stating the waitlist for subsidized care has been cut by 72% under her watch, and 40 sites have been renovated or built in the last six years. from the department of early childhood. mayor breed's office says that family focused department has doubled the number of children receiving early care and education over the last five years, from 6000 to 12,000. now, along with myrna melgar, the mayor states her strategies have resulted in increased retention and recruitment of the child care workforce in the city, part of that increasing salaries by 47% for educators at some of the

highest need centers over the last two years. mayor breed says her proposed budget will continue to invest and fund these critical infrastructure improvements to include citywide, after school and summer programing. back to you in the newsroom. >> thank you. alice san francisco police have executed two search warrants. they are investigating a possible suspect in the case of a well known dog walker who became the target of racist threats. now, most recently, terry williams home near alamo square went up in flames, the chronicle reports. police are making progress in their effort to track down the person responsible for that fire , and believed to be the same person sending mail to his home that contained racist and threatening language. investigators tell the chronicle they believe they will soon be able to make an arrest, but you can expect major delays on interstate 680 through the tri-valley tonight. throughout the weekend, caltrans is shutting down three southbound lanes of 680 between al costa boulevard in san ramon and the five 8680 interchange in pleasanton. they're going to be

doing some paving work on that stretch. and while two lanes will stay open, caltrans recommends people avoid the area altogether. caltrans says the weekend closure will do the same amount of work of 40 overnight closures, and that's why they're bunching it all into one weekend. the lanes of southbound 680 will close, starting at 9:00 tonight, and they will reopen 4:00 monday morning. >> and bart passengers riding between san francisco and daly city. you could see delays of up to a half hour this weekend. those work crews are making improvements to the tracks, and they're trimming bushes and the brushes that may slow down the trains. bart will shut down service between the stations in daly city and 24th street and mission a passengers can take a free bus shuttle instead. the green line service will be canceled for the entire weekend. >> 741 is the time, and it hasn't necessarily been a friday light commute for folks out there. sal, you've been busy since the beginning.

>> yeah, we have been ali and dave some things are better than others, but the one problem we have in the south bay has been northbound 101 near san antonio. they were dealing with a deadly crash. they've opened up some lanes, but traffic is backed up into palo alto. i'm sorry, into sunnyvale, through mountain view, all the way up to san antonio. there i would avoid 101 at this point and use 280, or use some of the side roads and get on the freeway northbound 101, let's say at embarcadero, and then you can head up the peninsula with no delays. this is a look at highway 24 that looks okay. heading to the westbound delay, you can see westbound bay bridge looks pretty good as you drive into san francisco. 742 let's get back to the desk. >> okay, sal. well, virtual menus at restaurants may soon be disappearing. a wall street journal report says many restaurants are getting rid of their qr codes because of growing complaints from customers. some of the owners say making menu changes virtually is a lot easier, but

customers argue the menus are harder to navigate on their phones. while the physical menus are making a comeback. some of the restaurants are keeping the qr codes to show any extra offerings and specials. >> and now we want to know what you think. this morning we're asking you what type of menu do you prefer when dining at a restaurant? your options a physical menu or a qr code. all you need to do is scan the qr code that we have for you to participate in this. on the right of your screen, you can head to ktvu .com/ vote. right now, qr code is winning pretty overwhelmingly 77. i have to vote on physical menu physical menu guy to i don't want to take out my phone and then touch food. >> i just if i'm at a dinner table, i don't want the phone anywhere near me. >> done. i'm giving you a ip for otherwise. >> oka

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democrats hold a narrow majority in the u.s. senate when including the now four independent senators who vote with them. >> happening today, a judge in santa clara county will consider whether to overturn the death sentence of richard allen davis. he was convicted of killing 12 year old polly klaas after kidnaping her from her petaluma home during a slumber party more than 30 years ago. davis's lawyers argue his death sentence should be overturned due to changes in california's sentencing laws. they also point out governor newsom imposed a moratorium on all state executions in california five years ago. >> also happening today, san francisco police will give an update about a recent officer involved shooting this virtual town hall meeting, set for three this afternoon, will focus on the shooting that happened last thursday around jennings street and donner avenue. police were called in after someone in the neighborhood reported seeing a man with a rifle. san francisco police say one of their officers fired his gun but did not shoot

anyone. police say the suspect was injured in their response, but not by gunfire. >> california power grid operators expect the state to avoid rolling blackouts this summer, and that's because of more power and cooler temperatures. >> you see lower probabilities of above normal temperatures along coastal california. a lot of this is driven from the sea surface temperatures, going into a more cooler period of time, the iso, the state's power grid operator, says the state's electricity system has been severely strained by years of drought and record breaking heat. >> but the latest forecast does call for a cooler summer. the state is confident new resources added to the grid in recent years will help california meet its power needs this summer. >> time is now 748. east bay mud has completed a solar project in orinda that tripled its solar energy production. the 4.6mw project will generate 10,000,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy a year. now it's at the

east bay mud watershed property below briones reservoir. east bay mud says it's its largest solar project to date. they hope it helps them reach their goal to be carbon neutral by the year 2030. officials from total energies explain this unique design of the solar panels. >> there are 12,000 solar modules. each one is about as big as a countertop, and they track with the sun. so when the sun is rising and when the sun is setting, we're generating the most power possible. now according to east bay mud, the orinda project will provide $26 million in energy cost savings to ratepayers over the 25 year contract. >> well, you might not open spam emails in your inbox, but if you like canned meat, the real version of spam, check out this vending machine. this pawnshop in hawaii is the only place in the world where you can buy spam

from a vending machine. it's on the island community of honolulu. hawaiian artist designed the limited edition cans. it features the state flower alongside maui's official flower to honor the people of maui hit by the tragic wildfires last year. >> you know you grow up eating spam, and it's kind of like one of your comfort foods and, and one of the staples here in hawaii. so to me, that was one of the most exciting collaborations that i've ever been approached to do. >> for the vending machine is just one place you can get your hands on a can. the limited edition cans are available most places where spam is sold now. not only is it a popular food item in hawaii, when i lived and worked in austin, and i don't know if they still have this, they used to have a spam festival called spamarama ali. >> stop it. you're not kidding. >> no, i'm not kidding at all. spamarama. and there would be things like a spam toss. like an egg toss, but with spam. i once sampled spam ice cream. this is all for real. obviously it was like a formative experience

early in telling me that early in my career, we're sal castaneda. we're trying to we're talking here about spam, all kinds of things, waiting for sal to rush over and sit in the chair. >> you know what i was going to say? that, when i went to hawaii, the first time ever years ago, i didn't realize what a big deal spam was over there. yeah, now i know. of course, you can do a lot of things with spam. >> you can even make spam flavored frosting. >> absolutely. so when you go to hawaii, don't be surprised. all right. let's transition now to the commute. most of it i would say has been good. there has been one spot that has been really troubling and that would be northbound 101 coming up on san antonio. there's been a crash there for almost five hours. and the problem is that the investigation has taken a long time. we've had some lanes reopened, but one of the lanes is still closed there, and northbound 101 is going to be slow. so is 237 heading over to 101. fortunately for you, you

can use 280 as an alternate. by the way, 85 is also been pretty slow this morning. getting out to the valley. look at all that. but 280 has been slow as well. i think people are avoiding 101 altogether and using 280. let me see if i can bring that up on one of the cameras here. and it doesn't look like i have access to it, but it is slow. all right, let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see that traffic is light. so some of these commutes are doing very well. on a friday. other commutes are still slow. but this one i like this commute that i see here. 751 let's bring steve back in with today's weather. >> all right sal mainly clear out there, but fog is trying to do its part now much more than yesterday, that's for sure. but it's only confined to the santa cruz coast and working its way up the coast. so it's going to take a while. but that is a sign of things to come here. but for a majority today we'll still be pretty warm. although it does look a little bit cooler for some inland. we'll go 85, 88, 83 and 85 for santa rosa, walnut creek, redwood city, and san jose, 66 in the city after

yesterday's 70, a low of 53. what's average 65 5290. the record high 2001. don't remind us, i know. and 47in 1971. water temps still cold. 50 point arena went up at 49, 50, 52, 5354. so water temps are doing their part. 50s on most of the temps 60s already for some upper 60s. it will be 90s for vacaville, probably brentwood, but majority inland locations will drop a little bit. 50 down in monterey and some fog down there. 47 arcata, low 60s los angeles, san diego, a lot of fog down there. that system up in the gulf of alaska is our leading edge of our cooler system. still warm friday, but that low swings into the north. then an even stronger system will move in. looks like sunday night, monday up in seattle, portland. after that, then all attention focus will be on some warmer temps. we'll see how warm it gets and where the placement is of it, and we'll deal with it next week. but for today, clear morning fog near santa cruz, working its way up the coast, warm to hot inland

but cooler coast and bay 6070s 80s a couple of days, maybe one more day of some 90s. they'll disappear for at least 3 or 4 days, then probably come back early next week. all right. >> thank you steve. well, the dean of an east bay college says only half of contra costa county's high school graduates go on to higher education. the steps they want to take to try and change that. and in northern california, lake has so much algae it is visible from space. how humans are having a big impact on clear lake, and hy the lake i

arm caught fire and partially collapsed. now the fire started yesterday afternoon about 215 at judy's family farm near kavanaugh skillman lane. the flames burned the barn several parts of the roof caved in. an animal rescue group went out there to give aid to thousands of chickens at that barn. well, a bronze statue of a horse has been missing now for weeks. it was stolen from a stable in northern california. the ten foot by 12 foot statue had been at willow creek horse park in yolo county since the landlord gave it as a gift in back in 2016. the sheriff's office says that 2,200 pound statue is worth about $50,000, so stealing it is a felony. now the horse farms landlord is doubling the reward

for anybody who can help find it and get it back. >> a piece of art that was very visible from the roadway and something that a lot of people enjoyed. >> there are kids that wanted to do lessons, or even the friends that just wanted to come out and see the horses and i'd let them know, you know, there's the big old statue right in front of the facility. you can't miss that. >> yeah, and the base of the statue and those broken parts, that's all that's left right now. the landlord, by the way, raised the reward from $5000 to $10,000. it is 758 out. blooms in clear lake are now so big you can see it from space. there earlier this month, nasa took some images of the lake. it's just north of the napa valley. the images from the landsat nine satellite show green swirls across most of the surface of the lake. nasa says that may indicate an infestation of blue green algae, as well as other

kinds of phytoplankton that can actually be dangerous to humans. scientists say the lake is contained large algae populations dating back thousands of years. with the recent nutrient input to the lakes by humans has raised the number of harmful blooms. well, a team of oakland students going to florida now, they'll be competing in the 2024 us rowing youth national championship. and one of the oakland strokes rowers, giovanni grajeda, has been rowing for two years now. after finding the national recruitment project called stem to stern, it provides transportation after school and help with homework. the goal is to get kids who are not normally exposed to the sport, interested and passionate about rowing. >> traditionally, rowing doesn't look like me, so i want to be the person that helps kids realize that rowing could look

like them. >> it was really no difference from like how my peers saw me against. like my other other peer that maybe a different color. >> now almost 70 kids and nine boats will be heading to the youth nationals in florida. they're taking place next week in sarasota, florida. >> this was a rigged trial, and we'll keep fighting. we'll fight till the end. >> that was donald trump after court. and at any moment now, the former president and current convicted felon is set to speak from trump tower. we'll hear from a bay area political analyst about what it could mean for the upcoming election. plus, we will have much more on the protests outside uc santa cruz. james it's here. >> you can see the demonstrations behind me. it's gotten a lot smaller in the last couple hours. but many of these people say they are planning to stay here until their demands are met. we'll give you a live report coming up in just a few minutes from ktvu fox two news. >> this is mornings on two.

>> all right. welcome to mornings on two at 8:00 on the dot. as you look live at the san francisco skyline and the marine layer hovering over right now, the question is, what's it going to be like for this friday? thank you so much for joining us. i'm andre senior i'm allie rasmus. >> today is friday may 31st and the days are getting longer. the sun's been up for a couple of hours already now. and it's been a pretty clear morning out there. right, steve? >> fog is on the coast, on santa cruz coast, working its way up the coast. it will get here, but mostly that's haze out there. you're seeing a lot of haze, but i think by tonight and tomorrow, fog will be making a bigger impact. temps are bumping up pretty fast, especially livermore already 67. so there it is. i mean if you're where's my fog? well, it's coming up the coast. it's just going to take a while to get here. but hello friday we do have, it was a kind of a warm morning, that's for sure. some fog around santa cruz , parts of the san mateo coast. but that's it. temperatures coast and bay will cool down inland. still warm, but i do think an afternoon sea breeze will take the edge off a few degrees. all right, sal, at 801

has been all about palo alto 101 still the same or better news finally. >> better news. finally. they've opened up all the lanes on northbound 101. the crash was near san antonio road. it was there since three. they opened up the lanes shortly, they opened up all the lanes maybe about 20 minutes ago, and they got off the freeway. even though the lanes are open, they were still some, you know, activity. so just recently they just left the freeway. you won't be able to tell anything was there. and hopefully that will make the traffic a little better on 101. and on 237 in sunnyvale you can use 280 as an alternate. however, 280 has been slow through the valley. it gets better after 85, but it's slow there. some of the other commutes are light. 802 let's get back to you. the headlines. we've been given a legal dispersal order for anyone that remains will be arrested. >> police and the california highway patrol are clearing out a pro-palestinian protest on the uc santa cruz campus. that effort to clear it out started

early this morning. police got to campus right after midnight, declared the gathering unlawful, and gave the protesters a dispersal order, threatening anyone who stayed would be arrested. now, in the past couple of hours, we've seen several people being detained. ktvu james torres has been there at the scene all morning to show us what's happening right now. we see and hear the activity behind you, james, what's going on? >> yeah, ali, it's certainly gotten a lot more intense in just the last 15 minutes. here. you can see the situation behind me. it has been much more than just a standoff at this point. on the right side, you see a number of the pro-palestinian, palestinian protesters, many of them who actually walked off the demonstration and ended up coming back into the situation here and then right across from them, right in front of them on the left side of your screen here, a number of chp officers who have slowly, all throughout the morning, several hours of this morning, have gone in, try to rip some of these protesters off, who have been linking arms with each other, who have been vowing to stay in this same

position for as long as they possibly can. the chp officers, they pulled them off from each other. they either asked them if they want to walk away peacefully and walk themselves off. this demonstration, which many of them have chosen to do, and if they opt not to do that, then they end up putting zip ties on them, taking them into custody, taking them a couple of steps away from where we are right now, and putting them into these santa clara county busses to take them over to a local jail here. now, it has gotten much more contentious over the last few minutes here. they've really reduced the number of protesters that have been here. i mean, earlier this morning when we got here at about 5 or 6:00 this morning, we saw hundreds of people in this circle locking arms. they've reduced this now to just about a couple of dozen, though. we saw a handful of people, a handful of dozen were turned back into the line. we spoke to one woman who was part of this demonstration. she's pretty concerned with how what she says is some aggression from the police. she says that one of the officers used a baton up to her

ribs, and that ended up sending her to the er, but she came back to the demonstration to keep an eye on it. we heard from another form of a demonstrator here. this morning, who says that he thought he was getting just a tad bit too violent for him to stay in the group here, so he decided himself to walk off before he or any of his friends got hurt. chp you see them all lined up with the riot gear with the batons every couple of minutes or so they would go in, try to ruffle up the group a little bit. you see, we've seen them kind of push them a little forward, essentially trying to push them off of the entrance of the uc santa cruz campus here. and that's kind of been the point of contention that we have been hearing about the last couple of days. there's a number of these protesters, hundreds of them, blocking the roadway, blocking entirely the entrance of the campus, which was preventing students from getting into their, getting into campus, preventing faculty and staff to getting to where they needed to go, wanted to go and since then, that is what's prompted university officials to try to

bring in some sort of reinforcement to get these students out of here. they say to try to get their campus back in order and back open. you can see we are entirely surrounded by chp officers, all of them in this stance, holding the batons, getting ready for their next move. here we have reached out to chp. we've not heard directly, a response of what their tactics are for the day yet. of course, we'll keep you posted on what they have to say once we get that response. we don't know exactly how many people have been arrested or detained at this point. but just with our own eyes, we've seen dozens of these protesters, mostly made up of students. i should add, mostly made up of students who have been taken away and taken to those busses. those busses have since been coming and going. since then, of course, a developing story, as i mentioned, the group of protesters, the number keeps getting smaller and smaller as chp keeps going in and trying to either arrest these folks or give them the option to walk away on their own. we'll give you. keep bringing you updates as the morning goes on.

>> all right. thank you. james will continue to check in with you throughout the morning. scott hernandez jason, an assistant vice chancellor at the university, shared this statement this morning following the continued intentional and dangerous blockade of campus entrances. this is a quote a uc santa cruz took action to remove the barricades and dismantle disband the unlawful encampment. the statement went on to say, quote, it's imperative that we restore full access to our campus and end other unlawful, unsafe actions as demonstrators continue to disrupt campus operations and threaten safety, even delaying access to emergency vehicles, end quote. >> all right. developing right now, we understand that president donald trump has now stepped out to the podium. he is addressing the historic guilty verdict handed down on thursday. a jury convicted him on all 34 charges brought against him, all stemming from a scheme to pay $130,000 to adult film actress stormy daniels in an effort to influence the presidential election. well, trump now the first us president to be convicted of felony crimes.

>> i don't care what your political allegiance is, this is not, you know, a banana republic. we do not want to see a succession of these kinds of things happening. you know, next week, hunter biden is on trial. then, you know, does that extend to the president? and then you just have this recurring thing. we already seeing it in the in the congress of the united states. you don't want to see it at the with the presidency. >> now, trump's legal team says it plans to appeal the verdict. sentencing is set for july 11th, just days before the republican national convention in milwaukee. we're going to continue to monitor what the president is saying, and we're going to have much more for you coming up in our next half hour. we're going to have what he says in regards to that historic verdict yesterday. in the meantime, we want to turn things over now to political analyst and sonoma state political science professor david mcewen. david, thank you so much for joining us today. >> good morning. happy friday all right. >> happy friday to you. of course, everyone is searching for clues as to whether and how this will affect trump's reelection bid here. trump you know, of course he has that loyal maga base. that of course

will continue, right? >> yeah. i mean, we would expect that that would continue. this will be a rallying cry for them. and what donald trump lays out to beginning today, and what his surrogates have laid out in the last 24 hours, is the revenge tour that's developing. and that revenge tour includes raising a ton of money. they've raised at least 35 million, maybe as much as $40 million over the last 24 hours. the former president is in california on june 6th, headed here for a fundraiser. so he's going to raise even more money. it's not the maga base that they have to be concerned about. it is the marginal swing voter. and, a few counties in the united states, that's the area where he has to concentrate on and try to convert those voters, they won't worry about that now, but they'll have to on november fifth. yeah. >> let's talk a little bit about the, the voters who are at risk here for trump. we have the people who are on the fence, the most vulnerable, the nonwhite voters tell us what the stats are showing in how they would vote. now that this conviction has been handed down against former president trump. yeah >> thank you for this question.

look, right now, former president trump is overperforming his 2020 numbers with independent voters, with african american voters, and with latinx voters, with those three voters subsets, including you throw in young people there. he's doing much better. that has made the biden administration and democrats kind of put their hair on fire the last couple of weeks. they've raised a lot of money. they've been talking to key constituencies. we've seen that, the biden team and president and vice president talking to those groups this past week, because they believe they have to get those folks back out and energized about the polls. but look, the lead in story here at the top of the hour is about what's happening on college campus. young people are critical to that. and donald trump has to get that group as well. what this does is we know a lot about joe biden. we know a lot about donald trump. so that opens up the avenue, and we'll continue to circulate about what happens with a third party candidate, someone like, for example, rfk jr and what goes on there as a protest vote. that's something to watch as things develop this summer. >> what do you think? what could

happen now that we're seeing this, since we're on the subject of rfk and his influence on the upcoming election, look, he wants to qualify between now and june, june 20th. >> so about that time, he's going to try to get on all 50 states, some of those states are key, right? michigan for what's happened in the democratic primary, georgia for the changes that have occurred for voter registration, affecting mostly african american voters in that state, what happens in pennsylvania, what happens even in nevada? so if you're joe biden, you have to win michigan. you have to win pennsylvania. you have to win wisconsin. you can then lose some of the other states that you, got close on, but there's a group of voters, we call them voters. obama obama, trump, trump voters. they voted for obama twice. they voted for trump twice, these types of voters have a loose affiliation, with the two major party candidates, and they're someone who could have an appeal. and look, if rfk wins one state, if he were to win new hampshire as a regional candidate in the northeast, that's four electoral votes. but it throws the prospects of an electoral college tie into high gear. so he does have a role. it is a spoiler role that's clear,

but he could and possibly will play a factor depending on what happens. we're usually entering the summer doldrums for election season. that's not going to happen now, especially because all of this is going to go up, even, farther, faster on steroids. >> and the influence at rfk is playing. this has happened before in a presidential election, hasn't it? >> yeah. we saw this in 1980, with john anderson. we saw this obviously in 1992 with bill clinton, senior bush and ross perot. so, it is important and obviously 2000 jill stein, ralph nader, democrats still haven't gotten over that, but that's it was a different political environment. you know, this is in 2000 and it's not 1968 or 1974, for that matter. >> i do want to ask you this, though, for those folks who are on the fence, we're talking about the black voters who were starting to support trump, the, the, the younger voters. is there a way for him to turn it around, or is this biden's area to go in and get those voters? >> i mean, african american male voters voted, 90% with joe biden in 2020, 94% of african american women, voted for joe biden.

those are really high numbers. but if donald trump is able to get those numbers down to, say, 80, 85, and the latinx voters, if he gets latinos and latinas, democrats need two out of three. and if trump can cut into that, so he needs to lose just a few, or gain just a few. if you want to think of it that way. and he is in a place where he can push joe biden, he's going to continue to do that. that's not the maga base, but now he's going to have the money to do it, and that is in the near term, an important element of let's see how the biden team responds to this, because so far the campaigns talked about it, but the president himself has not done so. and that puts a lot of heat. on this june 27th debate coming up here in less than a month. >> the debate, the looking at the polls to see what will happen here, david, is going to be an interesting few months for sure. david mcewen from sonoma state, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> pleasure to join you. >> thank you. and our coverage of the trump guilty verdict continues online on our website

ktvu.com. there you can find local and national reaction as well as the latest announcement from donald trump's legal team. well, san francisco mayoral candidates are laying out their plans to tackle what they call a child care crisis in the city. the promises to make sure every family in san f ncisco has access

cisco assembly member matt haney. it would allow doctors to dispense their patients up to 72 hours worth of take home doses of methadone. it's a life saving overdose treatment drug. now, before this bill, a methadone clinic was the only entity that could dispense that type of medication. the bill is now headed to the state senate. >> 817 now the state of california is rolling out its new summer food program. it's designed to provide healthy meals to more than 5 million children across the state. the department of social services says the eligible families of those children will receive electronic benefits cards within the next few days, and those cards will provide a total of 120,000 or $120 per child during the next three months to help pay for summertime meals. and here in the bay area, the city of oakland will be providing

more than 100,000 free meals to children this summer. the city's summer food service program began this week at more than 45 locations across the city. the city is working with a number of local community groups to provide nutritious lunches to both children and adults with disabilities enrolled in oakland's school programs. >> 817 is the time, and hopefully the friday morning commute is winding down. it's been a pretty busy one, sal. >> yeah, we've improved on some commutes. you can see right behind you there that the bay bridge toll plaza looks pretty good, and there have been no major issues driving through. we've been looking at the rest of the east bay. you can see that's fine. we had an earlier problem in palo alto. mountain view, near san antonio road, still left a lingering slowdown. but things are getting better if you're driving out of sunnyvale, it is going to be slow. a lot of people around 280 instead, 280 is all right. things are definitely improving out there, though. and if you want to wait this mid-day commute here on this friday should be much better than it was even just an hour ago. 818 let's talk about

today's weather. and here's steve. >> so that david mcewen there, political analyst sonoma state. he's pretty good, isn't he? >> yes he is, yes he is. he knows his stuff very, very well done. >> all right. we do have some fog heading up the coast there. santa cruz we're in it. capitola, aptos, watsonville. how far south does it go? monterey bay. does it make it down to marina? yes. monterey. carmel. there you go. now it has to see. it's moving up the coast and the bases are quite shallow, but that is a sign of things to come see, ali said, where's my fog? and i said, don't you worry, it's on its way. santa rosa, walnut creek, redwood city, san jose is going to take another day. now the breeze may make an impact, but temperatures will still be above average. but they i think we peaked out yesterday, no doubt for the city. usually around 1 or 2:00 is when that sea breeze kicks in. in this kind of a pattern. so 6653 average 6552. the record 90 in 2001. if you live in the city and you were here, then i can hear you saying right now, don't remind me, i know, i know. 47 in 1971, water temps 4950,

52, 5354. cold, cold cold, that iso energy report about the upcoming summer, they talked about the cold temps. we're in lock step on that. as long as they stay cold. brentwood and vacaville, they'll be near 90 today. but other locations, 50, 60 now 40 up in the mountains. beautiful. up in the mountains. but temperatures will be impacted by that system coming in there in the pacific northwest. so it's still warm to hot if you know, if you think anything over 76 is hot, i get it. but it will be cooler on saturday. i think we'll get a little rebound on sunday before a really strong system moves into the pacific northwest. that look at crescent city, that's pretty good rain. you're talking about some big time rain up in seattle after that is the big conundrum. is it going to get warm hot really hot. we'll deal with it next week. friday forecast a little cooler. coast and bay, still sunny, warm inland. that's equals mainly upper 80s but 60s and 70s by the water. big cool down saturday. slight bump up sunday. another cool down. monday does look warmer. tuesday >> all right thank you steve. well virtual menus at restaurants could become a thing

of the past as there's a growing amount of customers complaining that those online menus are difficult to navigate on their phone. and this morning we are asking you what type of menu do you prefer when dining at a restaurant? the options physical menu or a qr code? now taking a look at the results. right now this is completely flip flopped where it was from an hour ago when qr code was the winner. now it looks like 85% of people responding say they prefer a physical menu. so what do you think? all you need to do is scan the qr code to weigh in at the top of your screen, or you can head to ktvu.com/vote. a rowing club in oakland is making a difference in the community. one paddle at a time. the story of one oakland teen who just a few years ago, knew little about the sport but was recruited and is now on his way to nationals. >> and i'm tracking some fun events for this weekend. let's get to your weekend. watch the 46th annual union street festival returns to san francisco this weekend. always a

good time there. the street fair festivities begin saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m, and sunday from 10 to 6. wear sunscreen. two of the hottest electronic music performers are coming to san francisco's civic center plaza for a large dance party. this event is sold out. it begins at 6:00 tomorrow and ends at ten. in case you have tickets and thousands will be headed to napa valley for the first ever latin music festival. the la honda festival will be at the same location as bottlerock. doors open at 11 both weekend days and music will go on all day. we'll be ght ck

do not go to college administrators at los medanos college say they're trying to keep the doors open for the students, especially minorities, to advance to higher education. los medanos has campuses in pittsburg and brentwood. the school is promoting its free dual enrollment program, which allows high school juniors and seniors to take los medanos classes for both high school and college credits. about 85% of students in this program are passing with a c grade or higher. also, tuition is free for first time college students, taking at least 12 credits. >> a team of oakland students is going to florida to compete in the 2024 us rowing youth national championships. one of the oakland strokes rowers, giovanni grajeda, has been

rowing for two years after a national recruitment project found him that projects called stem to stern. the program provides transportation after school and help with homework. its goal is to encourage kids not historically exposed to the sport of rowing, become interested and passionate about it. >> traditionally, rowing doesn't look like me, so i want to be the person that helps kids realize that rowing could look like them. >> it was really no difference from like how my peers saw me against. like my other other peer. that may be a different color. >> nearly 70 kids and nine boats will head to youth nationals. those will happen next week in sarasota, florida. >> all right. right now police continue in riot gear surrounding protesters at uc santa cruz. right now. law enforcement moving in to clear an encampment, blocking the main entrance to campus. >> and california's power grid operator is optimistic about dodging any rolling blackouts this summer. the new resources added to meet t sta

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is mornings on two. >> welcome back to mornings on two. >> i'm allie rasmus i'm andre senior. thank you so much for joining us today is friday may 31st. it's a busy day in the news world, but we'll turn things over first to steve paulson who's tracking your forecast. many people want to know what they're going to be dealing with heading into the weekend. cooler cooler, cooler. >> you know, we only had one day of rain this month. that was the fourth and it was a whopper. we had an inch of rain for many and that was it. i was surprised by that. i thought we'd see one more. there's the fog. where's my fog? there it is. right there. taking the turn. santa cruz, capitola, aptos, heading up santa cruz coast on the san mateo coast. the bases are very shallow. a lot of haze. that's not fog there. that's haze 6073 already. and livermore, they're there. unless a sea breeze kicks in, they will probably be close to 90 today. but hello friday we are looking for temperatures to be a little cooler coast in bay. that fog is moving up the coast from santa cruz. one more day of warm to hot coast and bay, though 6070 inland will be 80 upper 80s to a few near 90. all right. sal is here. finally, some good news. anywhere you

want to start with differently this time. >> yeah, we are starting at the bay bridge, steve. it looks pretty good there. i think that if you wait for this time on a friday, you will see some good commutes westbound at the bay bridge. looks very nice with no major issues. also looking at interstate 880, it is getting a little bit more crowded. we're finally getting some relief on the peninsula, the site of an earlier accident on 101 in mountain view. it's still a little slow there, but things are beginning to dissipate. all lanes are open and 280 is improving. in san jose, 8.31 let's go back to the headlines. >> thank you. sal right now at a news conference in new york city, donald trump is lashing out against the trial in his historic felony convictions. >> if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. these are bad people. these are, in many cases, i believe, sick people right now, today, trump called the trial a political scam that was rigged against him. >> he believes the jury found him guilty on all 34 felony counts in a scheme to illegally

influence the 2016 presidential election through a secret payment to adult film actress stormy daniels. >> i'm out there and i don't mind being out there because i'm doing something for this country and i'm doing something for our constitution. it's very important, far beyond me and this can't be allowed to happen to other presidents. it should never be allowed to happen in the future. >> trump says this legal case and the others he faces have only strengthened the support of his loyal base. his campaign says it has raised tens of millions of dollars in donations. in the hours since that guilty verdict was read. let's turn now to reporter rebecca castro, who's been covering the trump trial for us this week. we will turn now to her in for some insight on the trial, the historic convention, what trump just spoke about and his legal and political futures. good morning, rebecca. >> alley, good morning. good to be with you. >> and trump's remarks this morning. he proclaimed his innocence, said he will continue

his campaign. but how and how often he's able to do that will depend on what kind of sentence he gets in july. what are those sentencing options? >> that's right ali. so right now prison time is not off the table, but judge mershon has indicated that he probably won't do that. those other more likely options are for a house arrest or probation, community service or a fine. so some of those would keep him off the campaign trail, but others he would be free to keep campaigning as freely as he is. >> right now we're looking at these still pictures of the former president in court looking very stoic and serious. can you describe the reaction and the atmosphere in the courtroom when that guilty verdict came down? >> right. so minutes leading up to the verdict, we know that president trump was very calm and collected. he was actually smiling, chatting with his attorney, todd blanch. and then once that verdict came down,

there was definitely a change in mood throughout the courtroom. and everybody became very serious, especially on the defense side. now, we know that trump had indicated before the verdict came down that he might have been expecting this. he he spoke out ahead of the verdict, saying that even mother teresa couldn't beat these charges. but we think he was still surprised when that verdict actually was read. >> and his legal team has said that they are already working on an appeal. on what grounds would they make that appeal? >> so they have several things that they could appeal on here, one of those being that there were some federal legal standards that were brought into this case, and this is a state case here in new york. so they would could possibly appeal to the new york state court, but they might have a shot at also getting this case heard by the u.s. supreme court. >> all right. we will have to wait and see what happens next. this developing story, rebecca castor reporting from new york.

thank you for that update. >> you can stay up to date with the latest on the guilty verdict for former president donald trump, as well as the 2024 election on our website. just go to ktvu.com right now. >> we want to get back to the developments on the uc santa cruz campus. police and chp officers are in a standoff with pro-palestinian protesters. there right now. students have been told to leave or they will be arrested. ktvu james torres has been there throughout the morning and joins us now with another look at what's happening right now. james >> yeah, it's been hours since police officers and the chp have been here. ali, good morning to you here where i'm standing right now is just in front of the uc santa cruz campus and just a few days ago, it's where protesters really started to kind of take over this whole intersection and is when university officials started to catch wind of that, they started getting uncomfortable because they say that students, faculty and staff who were trying to get to the university couldn't get access because protesters were covering this entire intersection. they say that's what forced them to go to remote learning for at least the last

three days. and they also say it's what's forced them to resort to this asking chp and local law enforcement to get into the area to try to take all these protesters out of here. they say to try to gain control and, gain control by the back of their university. you see the chp now moving in on what's left of some of these protesters. there were hundreds when we first got here at about 5 or 6:00 this morning, only just about a dozen left in this small circle of people. and what they're really trying to do is just remove them off of campus here. and that's what you see. chp officers just pushing, essentially pushing these group of students off the campus last large group of spectators on the left hand side of your screen here. a lot of them were part of the encampment and part of the demonstration earlier this morning. but chp gave many of these people an option. you can either walk away on your own, walk away peacefully, we'll leave you alone. but if you don't walk away peacefully, once we grab you, they're going to detain you and they're going to

put you up on a santa, santa clara county or santa cruz county bus and send you over to jail. and those have been the two situations that we have seen all morning long. at this point, it looks like they've gotten them actually off of the uc santa cruz campus, or at least much farther off than what we saw them start earlier this morning. you see them now just standing off against one another right now, water bottles being thrown. we've seen even some of the helmets of some of the protesters are throwing at some of these officers as well. screams coming from the protesters, of course, chanting a lot of those pro-palestine, messages that we have seen at several campuses all throughout the country. but of course, just screaming their own disdain for the police force that is here right now, many of them talking about how uncomfortable they are with how much force that the police out here are using. we heard from one woman who was part of that demonstration, who says she was sent to the hospital as a result of the standoff this morning around 3 a.m, they they started pushing in and as we held or stood our

ground, an officer with his baton, shoved it straight into my stomach and kept pushing and told me to get back. >> but i couldn't get back, and i kept telling him that he was hurting me, and he kept pushing and pushing, i just got back from the er because of it. my whole ribs are scraped up and bruised. >> now we have reached out to chp this morning, for a number of different questions. first asking, of course, what their tactics and their plans were for today. what are their next steps when this is all resolved? of course, we're asking how many people did they end up detaining and arresting? those are numbers that they are probably still calculating. but just with our own eye. we have seen dozens of people, usually at a period every 10 or 15 minutes or so, that they would go in and push some of this crowd, kind of ruffle them up just to see if their arms that they were linking together would get

loose. grab a number of them, either let them decide do they want to walk off on their own, or is this someone that they need to detain? they'll put some zip ties if they make that determination, and then walk them over away from the crowd and send them over to a bus to escort them or to take them over to jail. so this is where we stand right now. certainly different scene from when we first got here and when we first showed you these pictures at about 6:00 this morning, the protesters are now pretty much off the campus. at this point. there was a line between the two, between these demonstrators and between the police force, the chp, who have spent all morning trying to get them off of campus again. once we have those updates from chp and we'll be keeping an eye on this all morning and all day long, we will bring you those specific details. andre and ali. >> all right. thank you, james, for that live update. a lot of activity happening there. you can see what looks like. either it's either fog or maybe some smoke from certain things that they're. >> well i think steve said they did have some fog down in that area, but they're dealing with

that and the protests at the same time. the police have their hands full. we'll keep an eye on the story and check in again during our next hour of news. all right. we want to turn things over now to steve paulson, who's tracking your forecast on this friday. >> steve, that is definitely fog there. no doubt about it. i'll show you here. now it's moving up the coast, but inland temps will still be upper 80s to near 90. but coast and bay are going to cool down. so it was only a few days really. i mean, tuesday wasn't bad and tomorrow won't be bad. so it was really only thursday into friday. there's the fog. that's a lot of fog that's moving up the coast there. and it's starting to make, you know, again, it's shallow, but it's going to start to race up the san mateo coast, santa rosa, walnut creek, redwood city, san jose, temps coming down a little bit. they'll still still be above average upper 80s there, some well inland that will still get to 90 today probably, but not the city or oakland or the bay side. they'll cool down as that sea breeze kicks in later today. 6653 for the city average is 6552. water temps are cold again. 49, 50, 52, 53, 54 so they're doing their part. it just needs some help. it'll get it from a system coming in from

the gulf of alaska tonight into tomorrow. 50s for a few 60s for most, a couple of 70s already 40s up in the mountains, already hot on the desert, as you might imagine. a lot of fog in southern california as well. that's the aforementioned system right there. that's going to lead to a cool down. and you can see the system moves into the north. that'll give us a cooler weather on saturday, i think a little warmer sunday. one more cool day on monday. you guys see, the san francisco municipal transportation agency announces they have finished paving work for their el terrible improvement project. >> here's a look at the new streets looking down toward the ocean. some construction work still scheduled from 10:00 tonight until five tomorrow morning. next up is work on new boarding islands. the agency says that riders can also expect some mosaic art, decorative pavers and new transit shelters with real time displays of when the rail cars are going to arrive. you can expect major delays on interstate 680 through the tri-valley area this weekend. caltrans is shutting down three southbound lanes of traffic between el costa

boulevard and san ramon and the 580 connector in pleasanton for paving work, while two lanes will stay open. caltrans recommends that people avoid the area. caltrans says the weekend closure will do the same amount of work as 40 overnight closures. the lanes of southbound 680 will close starting at 9:00 tonight until four monday morning. >> 841 now, california power grid operator expects the state to avoid rolling blackouts this summer due to more power and cooler temperatures. >> you see lower probabilities of above normal temperatures along coastal california. a lot of this is driven from the sea surface temperatures, going into a more cooler period of time. >> the iso says the state's electricity system has been severely strained by years of drought and high temps. however, the state is confident new solar facilities and battery storage that were added to the grid in recent years will easily meet california's power needs this summer. a second straight wet winter will also make hydropower more reliable this summer. 842 is you time. you're watching

more from candidates about their priorities for the city. some of them are keeping an eye on focus on children and families. ktvu alice wertz joins us live with more. alice

>> that's right. in the city. you know, child care can be expensive anywhere from 20 to $30,000 a year. and that's why candidate mark farrell is proposing what he calls universal child care for middle and low income families in the city. it was back in 2018 that the proposition c was voted on by the voters, and that would ensure that there would be affordable, high quality child care throughout the city. farrell shared on ktvu the four yesterday his proposal will subsidize child care services for both low income and middle income students. >> my proposal for universal child care that i came forward with today is multiple prongs. one is about making sure the space is available so they have child care facilities available throughout every single neighborhood in san francisco. we need to make sure we train workers and have a pipeline of people staffing these child care centers. and then it's about affordability.

>> now, mayor breed has also issued a statement to us this morning saying she's committed to early childhood education. she and myrna melgar have worked together on a partnership to assure the department of child care services is well funded. she says such actions, such as increasing retention and recruitment of instructors by increasing salaries for early childhood education teachers by 47, and more facilities including renovation of sites and opening new facilities for child care services. we've spoken to some families this morning who've told us it's absolutely essential we're here in front of an elementary school in potrero hill, and families tell us it's something they're going to definitely pay attention to in the upcoming election. later on this morning, we'll share what some of the other top candidates had to say about this universal child care proposal of mister farrell's and

what they intend to do in order to support families and children in the city. i'm live here in san francisco. back to you in the studio, alice. >> thank you. time now is 847. two bay area cities are among the best in the country when it comes to selling a home. zillow recently released its market heat index ratings, and the company says san jose and san francisco are among the hottest markets of the 100 largest metro areas. both cities earned scores of over 110. now, for comparison, the average score for us cities was 60. zillow says these ratings are based on a variety of factors, including the number of people showing interest in an area's homes. >> veterans in santa clara county can get a taxi ride for free to things like doctor's appointments and job interviews. the new program is part of a partnership with santa clara county yellow cab and the silicon valley chapter of the military officers association of america veterans can schedule their free rides by calling the county's office of veterans services. >> boeing has now met the federal deadline and outlined

how it will plan to fix its recent safety problems. the faa has required the company to produce a detailed turnaround plan after that door panel was blown out on its jetliner back in january. yesterday, boeing executives met with federal regulators for more than three hours, and the faa announced the restrictions it imposed on boeing shortly after that incident. will remain in place, at least for now. >> we will not approve production increases beyond the current cap until we're satisfied. bottom line we will continue to make sure every airplane that comes off the line as safe and reliable, regardless of how many planes boeing builds. >> earlier this year, the faa had banned boeing from increasing 737 max production until the agency was satisfied with the company's improvements in quality control. >> east bay mud marked the completion of a solar project in orinda that triples its solar energy production. the 4.6mw project will generate 10,000,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy a year. it's located at

the east bay mud watershed property below briones reservoir. east bay mud says this is its largest solar array to date, and they hope it helps them reach their goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. officials from total energy's explained the unique design of the solar panels. >> there are 12,000 solar modules each one is about as big as a countertop, and they track with the sun. so when the sun is rising and when the sun is setting, we're generating the most power possible. >> according to east bay mud, the orinda project will provide $26 million in energy cost savings for the agency over a 25 year contract. >> hard at 850. now tracking that tragic story down in palo alto. that car accident that resulted in a death. you here with an update on that? >> so, yeah, that's been taken care of. fortunately, andre and ali northbound 17 now has taken its place. when it has a pretty serious crash involving a transit bus and several other vehicles. northbound 17. as you

come down to los gatos from the lexington reservoir. this a viewer sent us this video. you can see how badly damaged if you just stay there. you can see look at these cars. they're pretty smashed and according to chp, it started when the transit bus lost control coming over the hill. let me put this on a map here for you and let me show you that traffic is going to be slow on 17 northbound, coming up from the lexington hills. we're lucky this happened on a friday. really because if not, it would have been a bigger backup. but just to know that's going to be a problem there. other commutes have improved. we had that earlier problem on the peninsula where all lanes were blocked. that's been gone for a while at the bay bridge toll plaza. things are nice. 851 what about the weekend forecast? here comes steve. >> that's a very good question, sal. thank you. thank you steve. all right. we'll get to it here. the fog is a screaming up. the coast bases are quite shallow i

should add. i mean it still has a lot of resistance, but i do think a sea breeze kicks in here coast and bay later today. maybe even inland late this afternoon. you can see 49, 50, 52, 53 on those water temps. they have no problem when there's 80s 90s inland of sending fog in this way, once it gets a little help, 50, 60, 70 vacaville, brentwood, probably near 90 again, of course, but i think most locations come down a few degrees today. already 86, in las vegas. viva las vegas, 55 down in monterey. fog there. a lot of fog iut lifornia as well. that's the system that's going to usher in a cooler pattern. so warm to hot today away from the coast. not as bad by it, usually that that tricky forecast is the city. i think even though you don't have fog, i think that sea breeze starts to show itself by 2:00 today. and then more fog cooler on saturday. maybe a little bump up sunday. a pretty strong system on monday. then everything is a lot of discussion, chatter, whatever you want to call it about next week. i do think we'll get a warm up tuesday, wednesday, thursday and then it comes right back down. i'm not buying into a lot of this projection of, you

know, inland. yeah, but not here locally, a little cooler coast in bay today. warm to hot inland, 60, 70, 80, near 90 for some. tomorrow will be cooler. little bump up. not bad. sunday, monday cooler. then tuesday we'll start to tackle what could be a few days of warm temps. >> all right. thank you steve. well, a new study links heat waves to an increase in the number of women giving birth early. the world health organization looked at more than 50 million births across the most populated metropolitan areas in the u.s. from 1993 to 2017. the study found the rates of preterm and early term births went up slightly after pregnant women experienced high temperatures for more than four straight days, researchers say the results are concerning since this summer is expected to bring some extreme heat in certain parts of the country. that's following record breaking high temperatures last year. >> well, the day after a new york jury delivered a historic guilty verdict in donald trump's criminal hush money trial, the presumptive republican presidential nominee held a press conference just a few minutes ago, where he spoke

publicly about the conviction and his white house bid. we will take a look at what's next and what it means for the election, and a major setback for a new restaurant that was supposed to open this week in san francisco. >> how a group of thieves stole more than $20,000 worth of property, and what the owner plans to do in response. >> and don't forget to cast your vote in our question of the day, we're asking you what type of menu do you prefer when dining at a restaurant? your options physical menu or a qr code all you need to do is scan the qr code at the top right of your screen or head to ktvu.com/vote. but physical menu 88% r ht now qr code

that celebration is aimed at bringing resources to the pleasant hill community. for an

educational slideshow about the history of asian americans, to asian dance performers and free food. the event will showcase creative artists and businesses from the aa, nh pi community all around the bay area and senior sigue sigue is donating burritos for the event. the organizer of today's celebration tells us she has been a pleasant hill resident for 12 years, and she saw a need for an event just like this. >> i think it's really important that we do talk about this. there's still a lot of work that needs to be done until we get to that time. i mean, i think about how much the fabric of asian americans has actually put together and contribute to asian to american history. yes. and it's not a part of the history book. >> well, the event will be held at the winslow center in pleasant hill at 6 p.m. tonight. >> a san francisco restaurant now is forced to delay its grand opening after thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of items less than a week before serving its first guest. this is security camera footage captured from inside the new mediterranean style restaurant on goff street in hayes valley.

you can see people, a group of people dressed in dark colors wearing hoodies. it happened early tuesday morning, the same day the restaurant was supposed to have its soft opening. >> you're definitely shocked. the first day. like you like this happened to you. it just doesn't add up. we are thankful they didn't do any property damage, so it's just inventory, inventory, small wares and tools. as i've said before, this just fuels me. i'm not going to let something like this affect us. and because i do believe in a trickle down effect as well. san francisco police are investigating the theft. >> a new date for the grand opening is now scheduled for next wednesday. >> the oakland a's are in atlanta to begin a weekend series against the braves this evening. last night, the tampa bay rays defeated the a's, 6 to 5, in a game that went 12 innings. jose siri had two homers in tampa bay's victory. rookie oakland pitcher mason miller had his first blown save of the year in 12 chances. the san francisco giants begin a

series against the new york yankees at oracle park tonight. first pitch 715 the giants remain one of the hottest teams in baseball, winning ten of their last 13 games. the yankees lead the american league east with one of the best records in baseball. notorious hacking group claims to have access to the personal details of more than half a billion ticketmaster customers. the data includes names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and credit card information. as cyberthieves reportedly trying to sell the information online for $500,000. so far, there has been no public comment from ticketmaster or parent company live nation about what happened. >> former president trump is now a convicted felon. >> the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. >> we'll talk with an expert about what the historic verdict could mean as he continues his bid for the white house. >> then police move in to clear the pro-palestinian protest and encampment at uc santa cruz overnight. we're live from campus with the standoff between

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