the final horse races will be held this weekend. >> plus, that's what this initiative represents. it's a recognition again of the urgency of the moment as people start to celebrate pride month. >> governor newsom, stepping up his support for a ballot measure called the freedom to marry. >> this is ktvu fox two news at

730. >> and that initiative would enshrine the right to same sex marriage in the california constitution. thanks so much for joining me on this friday night. i'm heather holmes. that measure will go before voters in november. and when newsom was san francisco mayor back in 2004, you may remember he presided over the very first same sex marriages in california during what was called the winter of love, our christian captain tells us as governor, newsom promises to do whatever he can to ensure marriage equality. >> california has had a back and forth relationship with same sex marriage since san francisco began marrying couples in 2004. in 2008, voters passed proposition eight, changing the state constitution to block same sex marriage. the united states supreme court decision in 2013 made that amendment obsolete, but it's still there now. state assemblyman evan low from the south bay and san francisco senator scott wiener have co-written assembly constitutional amendment five, which californians will vote on in november. the amendment

removes the provisions opposing same sex marriage from the constitution once and for all. >> it's sort of seen as quote unquote, zombie language, but the fact of the matter is, given where the direction of the united states supreme court is that provides the impetus and the sense of urgency to say that we need to preempt this. >> the amendment has already cleared the necessary legislative hurdles and has the backing of governor gavin newsom, who worries that shifting national political tides could undo marriage equality. >> look what's happening. all these red states to voting rights, civil rights, lgbtq rights. look what's happened to women's rights, not just access to abortion, but the debate we're having today about access to contraception. this is real. >> married couples in san francisco say the battle for equality is a constant struggle, and say they will support the measure in the fall. >> absolutely. it means everything to me. i'm, you know, marriage equality should be across the nation. so if it's not enshrined in our constitution here in california, which we get looked at often for , it definitely needs to be ron bacon and john cooper say after

more than 30 years together, they've had to go back and forth to get married and stay married. >> he and i have been married three times because of the law. >> they say they'll vote to protect their rights and their marriage. >> we always believe that it should be a right for all. everybody not just straight people. >> voters will have their say. november fifth in san francisco, christien, kafton, ktvu, fox two news, san francisco mayor london breed. >> also in strong support of this measure, saying in part, quote, san francisco has always been a leader in the fight for lgbtq rights and we will continue to champion love and equality for everyone. our commitment to supporting the california right to marry and repeal the proposition eight amendment is unwavering. well beyond the celebrations. pride month is also a time to raise awareness about mental health issues facing a lot of members of the lgbtq plus community, according to data from the cdc, lgbtq plus adults are twice as

likely to report they've been diagnosed with depression and nearly a third report having a poor mental health. for more insight. earlier today on the four, i spoke with joy alafia, executive director of the california association of marriage and family therapists. >> and if you're constantly having to just fight to exist and be you, that that takes a toll on one's mental health. and so this is one of the things, as marriage and family therapists, we try to make sure that we have the right supports and structure, and we really need community that's inclusive and affirming. >> lgbtq young people are also facing similar struggles when it comes to mental health, but alafia says she is hopeful to see more acceptance in the younger generations. i knew at 730 tonight, a judge in southern california has ordered the union representing university of california academic workers to temporarily halt its strike. right now, workers are picketing

at six uc schools, including uc santa cruz. earlier this week, the state labor board denied uc's request to stop the strike, saying that it failed to show the labor action was causing irreparable harm to universities. as part of today's ruling, the schools have been granted a temporary restraining order against the strikers. the walkouts began a month ago in response to university crackdowns on pro-palestinian encampments. the union responded to today's ruling, saying the temporary restraining order does not mean that the strike has been ruled illegal. also to a 730 tonight, a report says employees for the city of san francisco are increasing their speed while at work. that's according to new data obtained by the san francisco standard. san francisco puts gps devices in city vehicles to track the speed of employees. the latest data available from these trackers was in april, and it shows that employees top speeds of 80mph or more, more than 1500

times now. for comparison, the average number of times city employees top speeds of more than 80 miles an hour between november of 2017 and november of 2020 was 445. ktvu reached out to the city for a response, but we have yet to hear back. also in san francisco, police releasing surveillance video now of a person of interest in the investigation into racist threats against a dog walker. the video from last april shows what appears to be a man wearing black clothing and carrying a brown bag walking down a city street. this video was taken around the time that terry williams reported receiving several threats near his home, including a voodoo doll depicting a black person with a noose around their neck. then last month, there was a fire at williams home. though it's not clear whether these incidents are connected. police have not identified the person that you saw in that video as a suspect in their case, but they are asking anyone who might recognize them. here's another look to come forward. in south

san francisco, an owner has their vehicle back, but it is badly damaged and the person responsible for stealing it has yet to be arrested. the owner tells ktvu their car was parked in south san francisco when it was stolen. the owner tracked the vehicle to east oakland and found one of the windows had been broken into, and the thief had rifled all through that car. the golden gate fields horse racing track here in the east bay, closing this weekend after more than 80 years. ktvu henry lee talked to animal rights advocates who say they are glad to see the venue shut down. >> the industry of horse racing is not worth a single moment of cruelty. >> samantha fay rides and trains horses and her great grandfather, second from the right, was albany mayor. when golden gate fields first opened. although the track has been a key part of her family's history, fay says she's grateful it's closing on sunday. >> these horses, while they're still babies, are overworked, but they're stabled for nearly 24 hours a day and they are

coming off the track traumatized on friday, as we conducted interviews, word of another horse dying just hours earlier, the seventh fatality at golden gate fields this year. >> the animal was named sam spade after the detective. >> it's kind of a mystery. we don't know exactly what's happened. all we know is that it didn't happen to him while he was racing. and he's an unraced two year old. >> martha sullivan is an organizer with kill racing, not horses. she says the track's closure has to do with financial reasons, as well as pressure from animal advocacy groups. >> i think it's a combination. i think it's people are less interested in risking and taking horses live just to gamble. >> and it's a sad day. after 83 years, that golden gate fields is coming to an end. >> david dugan, the track's general manager, says they're consolidating with santa anita, the racetrack in southern california. he said friday's horse death was related to an internal issue at the horse, not linked to racing or training. >> despite the best efforts of

our excellent veterinary team here, we weren't able to reverse that process that had set in, dugan said. >> the track did not give in to animal rights advocates like these, who chain themselves together across the track. >> back in 2021, that wasn't a factor in the decision to close. >> horse racing fans are making their final visits. >> it's been here for 80 years. it's kind of the end of an era. i think maybe a lot of it is because people do mobile betting now, and the last few times i've been here, the grandstands have been so empty here on closing weekend, my thoughts and my heart are with the horses that we weren't able to save. >> still unclear what exactly will happen to this 140 acre property along the bay. the stables are in berkley's jurisdiction, and the actual track in albany could be turned into housing or a park, either way, the remaining horses will be transferred to the alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton in albany. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> well, we're also getting late. word that a second horse died at that track today, making it the eighth fourth horse

fatality at the track this year. the latest jobs report is out. we'll tell you about the industries where hiring is trending and why. some americans say they still aren't feeling too confident about the economy. also coming up tonight, two people have a lot of reasons to millions of reasons to celebrate this weekend after buying lottery tickets in the bay area and across the bay area this evening, the clouds rolling back across the bay, we have a cooling trend that will continue intoour bay re

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winning tickets at a pair of gas stations right here in the bay area. the california lottery announcing this week a person who bought a bonus scratchers ticket from a shell station in san jose won $10 million in alameda. person bought an instant prize crossword scratcher from a 76 station worth 2 million bucks. both stores were. those tickets were sold now qualify for a bonus from the california lottery. so a win win. all right. the may jobs report is out and it shows significantly stronger numbers than a lot of economists had expected. 272,000 jobs were added last month nationwide, the unemployment rate rose just a tick from 3.9 to 4. leisure, hospitality and government were the fields, with the most workers added. wages compared to a year ago are 4% for point 1% higher. but stubborn inflation is eating up most of that. >> and i think that explains why polling shows most most

americans dissatisfied, or at least very worried. >> the numbers do show that companies are still confident enough in the economy to keep hiring. it is also likely to shut the door on a rate cut from the fed at its july meeting. okay, we have been spending a lot of time talking about our warmer weather today, though things cooled off quite a bit. rosemary. >> yes, i'm guessing you like the weather a little bit earlier. >> i do, because in the city we just. i don't get warm weather very often, so i like it when it does come around. >> yeah. and we had that localized sea breeze that kept things nice in the evenings. but yes, our inland areas finally got some relief and temperatures came down today. we're going to continue that trend into tomorrow where temperatures are going to be even a little bit below average. here's a look at some mid and high level clouds across the bay area in addition to the low clouds. we will see that again on your bay area. saturday. temperatures down by 12 degrees in concord right now in the north bay down by nine in santa rosa around the bay within a few degrees for most. a little

bit warmer right now at sfo at 64 degrees upper 50s, half moon bay, san francisco. we go inland. it's a beautiful one, upper 60s, still at this hour in livermore in the north bay. a little cool, but not too bad. 63 in napa, but the onshore breeze is still blowing quite, quite strongly through the delta. fairfield reporting a wind gust to 32mph. napa is reporting 31. we're sustained at 13 in oakland. here's a look at the system that is providing us with the cooler weather for part of the weekend and the clouds that are expected to move into the bay area and be with us for most of tomorrow. we'll call for partly sunny, mostly cloudy conditions. here's a look at the future cast into tomorrow morning. notice we start out with quite a bit of cloud cover, then into the afternoon. it just keeps coming. this could help to offset our heat just a little bit, as temperatures again. this time of year. tomorrow morning, tampa bay, 51, in santa

rosa. and then as we get into the afternoon 60 degrees pacifica low 60s in san francisco, upper 60s to low 70s around the bay are warmer locations only in the low 80s for tomorrow. lake tahoe, who's headed? they're going to be gorgeous this weekend. temperatures are still in the 70s right now in lake tahoe, and for tomorrow, low 80s the afternoon. high upper 70s on sunday, low 80s on monday. for us here at home. temperatures will be slightly warmer on sunday and then a heat up into the business week. with tuesday right now being the hottest day low 90s for our inland cities, upper 70s around the bay and low 60s at the coast. >> heather. rosemary. thank you. have a great weekend. the us cricket team recently pulled off a massive upset. coming up, we'll meet a member of the squad who works as a software engineer right here in the bay area. plus, please, please just sell the team a's fans packed the parking lot of the oakland coliseum in a reverse boycott tonight. the message from the a's fai ful in the team's f al

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tonight. it's taking place right now as the team begins its weekend series against the toronto blue jays. the calling on the a's. they are calling rather, the a's final season here in oakland. the summer of sell. it's all part of their ongoing protest aimed at team owner john fisher, urging him to sell the team. some fans say despite the team's intent to move to sacramento next season and then eventually on to las vegas, they will continue to show up and voice their frustrations. >> as we kind of lost, we don't know what to do, you know what i mean? we're losing our team and i think this is the best way for us to come together and kind of just, heal together, you know what i mean? we the band-aid's been ripped off, and we're just trying to. i guess the scab still there. >> a before tonight's reverse

boycott there at the coliseum, signs with the same message were plastered throughout oakland earlier this week. they were green, as you see here with the word sell in white lettering. it's unclear. just who is responsible for those signs. the us cricket team recently defeated pakistan in the t20 world cup. ktvu zan rubin tells us one of the team's stars is a software engineer at oracle. >> the headlines called it a dramatic defeat. a shocking upset, a david toppling goliath in cricket's t20 world cup with millions of people watching. fans were bowled over when the us beat pakistan. >> yeah, it's still digesting. actually. the feeling hasn't sunk in. >> this level of success is something us star saurabh netravalkar and his teammates have been working toward. >> we've done it, sort of juggling our individual family lives and our other work as well. >> that's right. in a sport where international athletes have multi-million dollar salaries, netravalkar has a full

time job. not only is he a top player on the u.s. team, he's also a top software engineer for oracle in the bay area. today, the company posted a message of support. >> if i'm on tour, it gives me the flexibility to sort of work remotely, and it helps being a software engineer that i actually don't need to be physically present to do my day job. >> he's hoping all this world cup attention brings new fans and players to the sport. at the california cricket academy, they're training the next generation of stars and i think it draws more attention to how the game works. >> and, it draws more attention to the cricket family. in the us. >> if cricket becomes more popular, we get like a lot more infrastructure, a lot better facilities, and that can like help us a lot. local lawmakers are already pushing for cricket to be a recognized high school sport and hoping to build a professional stadium at the santa clara county fairgrounds. >> so that's the one big thing, because, you know, once you

build, they will come, right? >> that is the hope netravalkar played for india's youth national team before moving to the u.s. he believes this is the right time for cricket to gain ground in popularity here, encourage the fans like to come out there, try to understand the game and try to sort of support us and we'll give our best trying to represent the country and do the best that we can. netravalkar will be coming up against some of his former teammates next. the u.s. is set to take on india on june 12th in santa clara, and ruben kataev icu fox two news. >> wishing them the best of luck. coming up all right. with many people suffering from hunger. a bay area food bank closing its largest warehouse, we'll tell you about the reason for the move and then later tonight on the 10:00 news, in an unusual move, a federal appeals court panel has revived a wrongful death suit against a south bay city in a deadly police shooting. plus a judge,

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thousand square foot warehouse on brennan street in san jose, receives more than 85 tractor

trailer loads of food a week. all of that food is distributed at second harvest facilities. officials say the closure will make it harder logistically to store and distribute food. >> we just realized we cannot continue to afford this large warehouse. we're going to have to look at where we can get this work done in our existing facilities, and maybe leasing a much smaller space. >> the second harvest has not said just how much that rent increase will be. well, a lot of animal shelters around the bay area are overcrowded and struggling to keep pace with an influx of pets. and it's not just cats and dogs in search of a family. oakland animal services has several dozen bunnies looking for a forever home. earlier today on the for dorothy co from the shelter joined us live on set. she says bunnies are not challenging to care for, but they do require a lot of dedication. >> i think something that a lot of people don't know is that animals like rabbits are, can live quite a long time, so if a

rabbit has everything they need to be healthy and happy, they can live up to maybe like 10 to 12 years. >> yeah, that cute little bunny she brought named sweet pea and is available for adoption. co goes on to say it's best to keep rabbits indoors and in a calm environment. well, a familiar face teamed up with a bay area organization today to help clean up a part of downtown san francisco. retired san francisco giants baseball all star hunter pence with his organization healthy planet project, worked with members of sf coalition, picking up trash along city streets. sf is a public, private partnership that's working to revitalize san francisco by bringing sustainable urban startups and innovators to the city. good job by that group. and a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business.

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