area there are growing tributes now to the say hey kid. and of course that includes the willie mays statue at willie mays plaza outside oracle park. ktvu jesse gary begins our coverage near the corner of third and king streets in san francisco. >> a doorway calls to those on a pilgrimage to pay their last respects to willie mays. >> it was supposed to be open, so, hey, let's take advantage of this. go to the museum. >> i was supposed to be in a buddhist retreat online, but, you know, to me, willie is a teacher. >> say, willie, the say hey, experience is a museum and also a shrine to willie mays. it has videos, pictures and memorabilia of what many say was baseball's greatest player because of the situation, we wanted to open the space, give fans a chance to pay their respects, honor the legend that willie mays is wednesday. >> people filed in to remark on mays greatness on and off the field. >> you always hear about willie.

you see him in the sea. everything he's done in the parks, like you see the statue every time you pass by the gates. and so it's just been a huge part of it. >> he's all over the park. 24, 24, 24. he's all over the place. >> that statue, now a shrine to a man who started his life in a segregated society and at his end, a multicultural outpouring of love for his legacy, literally carved in stone and cemented in the record books all the challenges that he had to go through for us to, you know, be able to play for us to vote, it's we've lost a giant. we really lost a giant. not just a ballplayer giant, but like a giant in history. and we owe so much to him for the rest of time. >> videos will show mays greatness and stories will share his impact. but the hearts of those who loved, knew, or followed him. that's where the impact of willie howard mays will live forever. >> people like him live forever.

he's in our hearts. he's part of giants baseball. as long as there's giants baseball, there's going to be a willie mays. he's just too much of a part of how we became who we are. and that may be the house that barry built. but it's on the foundation of willie mays. >> oracle park will be opened tomorrow at noon so fans can come in, take a tour, and then they can watch the giants game tomorrow evening against the saint louis cardinals. that's going to be at rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. there's also going to be a book that people can sign to leave their condolences for the mays family and write down any type of stories or any memories they have of willie mays. again, people still continuing to come here to the willie mays statue and across the street from where we are over at the museum, which normally is closed when they're not playing, but because of willie mays death, the museum is going to be open until 4:00,

from 10:00 until 4:00 each day, all the way through until the giants return home next week. we're live here at the home of the giants in san francisco. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. we'll head back to you across the bay in oakland, 24 willie mays plaza. >> all right, jesse, thank you. >> well, we spoke with some willie mays fans early this morning outside oracle park, where they shared some of their fondest memories of the say, hey, kid. >> we were out spring training as this is my father with my kids and i'm getting choked up a little bit. but my dad's passed away a couple of years ago. willie was just life changing, like just the most amazing. and you could see it. just the stories he was telling, his exuberance and his love of the game. and he was out playing stickball with the kids. they'd knock on his door and say, willie, can you come out and play with us? and he'd be like, heck yeah, i got a game tonight, but i better save a little, but i'll come out. so you just, you could just tell his passion, his love of the game. it's willie

mays. >> i'm going to cry. he was like. san francisco's grandpa. >> he touched millions of people . as jesse mentioned, just across the street is the willie mays. say hey experience. it will be open tomorrow and friday from 10 to 4 with a special commemoration book open for fans to sign. >> and the loss of willie mays felt not just in san francisco but across the country. president biden, released in a statement this afternoon on next, saying we remember willie mays, a baseball legend and part of a long line of black patriots who have helped us see a better version of ourselves as americans and as a nation. jill and i send our love to the mays family, his adoring fans, and all those he will continue to inspire with his one of a kind legacy. and as we do, honor the legacy of willie mays baseball career, we cannot forget the steps that he took towards civil rights during the height of a controversial time in our history. >> ktvu crystal bailey joins us now to share his story of

resilience during integration in crystal. >> well, julie. willie mays was not just one. he was not. he was the first one of the first black players in mlb history. and while he often kept to himself when it came to the issues of race and politics, he was quoted saying, i can do best for my people by doing what i do best. letting his game speak for itself. >> willie mays started in the leagues as a birmingham baron in the deep south at just 17 years old. >> i really tried to get out of alabama as quick as i could, as one of the first to integrate pro baseball, the star eventually ended up in new york playing for the giants, but when the giants moved out west, he struggled to buy a house in the primarily white sherwood forest neighborhood on mira loma drive. >> when the neighbors complained about a black family in their community, he was not on the front lines per se, of the civil rights movement. >> it was unavoidable for a black man during that time because at that time, all you

needed to be was black to warrant you being hated. >> criticized for not being more outspoken during the civil rights movement, he sent a message through his actions, drawing crowds of white and black folks. >> he brought many together, even those that resisted his blackness could not avoid his prominence as a baseball aficionado. >> in 1966, after a black teen was shot by a white san francisco police officer, the black community revolted in what's known as the hunters point uprising. mays spoke up on the radio. >> i'm compelled to believe that amongst all the things that he did off of the baseball diamond when he spoke out, which he didn't do often, it meant something to him. >> later, fundraising for youth activities in hunters point. >> he was very much so for his community. he was very much so for uplifting, the black community and doing any and everything that he could do to

move our plight forward and in 2015, earning a presidential medal of freedom from then-president barack obama. >> it's because of giants like willie that someone like me could even think about running for president. >> now, of course, mays lived through a very tense time, but regardless, he was often seen at events signing baseballs for little kids, both black and white. and each time he gave words of encouragement, calling them all god's children. so he definitely was unifying for young people. >> yes, such an inspiration and breaking down barriers. crystal. thank you. >> thanks, crystal. former san francisco mayor willie brown told us how mays once offered him his private box at the ballpark when brown was assembly speaker. >> i called willie mays instantly, he said, hey, brother, you need it. you got it. as a matter of fact, i'll meet you there. and he gave me the whole box and he came with two, literally two boxes of

baseballs, which he then proceeded to autograph on behalf of all the people that were my guests. so it ended up being willie mays and willie brown hosting all these cats from places like dinuba. >> willie brown added that mays was a one of a kind ballplayer and human being. willie mays will be front center on the san francisco chronicle tomorrow, the paper posting the image that will grace the front page on ex today. you can see willie mays there in the batter's box. captions below include loss of a legend and friend to all jorge soler hit a grand slam in today's giants game, but they still fell short, losing 6 to 5. >> the team wrapped up their series on the road in chicago against the cubs. also today, a moment of silence was held at wrigley field prior to the game. >> ktvu is bailey o'carroll joins us here in studio with a closer look at how the giants current roster is now honoring the life of willie mays here.

>> yeah, guys, what a legacy. what a life. and it's been so inspiring to kind of look back on all of this. so the giants are on the road. they're taking on the cubs at historic wrigley field. it's one of just two current major league ballparks where mays played a regular season game at, and the team made sure that his presence was felt. while his impact here in the bay area is felt, he really touched just about every part of the game of baseball, stretching far and wide across this country and ballparks and beyond. so today, before the game, there was a moment of silence, as julie mentioned in chicago, the team posted some pictures on x. it showed that famed number 24 jersey hanging in the dugout. they also had a number 24 patch, a stitched on to some of those jerseys, and while it was shown no word yet on if it will, they will continue to wear those all season long. so you see that jersey there hanging in the dugout. and then also that patch with mays written across the top

of it. now, mays arguably one of the greatest players that goes without saying, but we did ask him what made him tick back in an old interview. he was frequently at spring training, and we asked him that question. here's what he had to say. >> i was asked that question when i was about, oh, say, 1954, back in the 50s. what makes willie mays tick? and i couldn't even answer then because i don't know, you go out and play, you have a good time or you do what you have to do on the field and, all these things. you're asking me what makes you tick? well, there's a clock. maybe that is what makes him tick. i really don't know. i'm not an analyst. >> a true willie mays answer. there now, our cameras were also there in 2000 when his now famed statue was first unveiled. of course, that statue today surrounded by flowers and well wishes, who all loved willie well, san francisco's own cecil

williams was there back in the day and said this about willie. >> willie mays has never forgotten what it means to touch the hearts and the souls and to lift up people who are really in need. you are like the sun and the wind and the rain. you bring us together and give us those elements of life which help us to have character and compassion and good will. >> and guys, yeah, couldn't have said it better myself. i do want to add one more thing about those patches. no word yet from the team on if they will wear them for the remainder of the season. but you got to imagine that they'll keep those on those uniforms. >> one of the stories i like, too, is just all the former ballplayers. when he was active and actually playing in the opposing parks, all the players would come up to the railing because they wanted to see that's willie mays play professionals themselves, but they wanted to see willie mays

play. >> and you hear that with all the greats, right? they all have that in common. that's it. >> all right, billy. thank you. thanks, bailey. >> i'm greg lee, live in birmingham, alabama, where fans are paying tribute and honoring the legacy of the late willie mays, including photos with his hall of fame plaque. we'll have more right after this. >> here we are tracking the weather, better fire conditions, the red flag warnings have been dropped, but it's going to heat up this weekend. i'll have that coming up. >> also ahead tonight, three people killed in two different shootings in richmond, including a pregnant woman. what investigators have been able to uncover so far, and it's official oakland voters will have a say in whether to recall mayor shengtao from office this fall. >> the implications ofot just one,

historic game at rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. a mural was unveiled in honor of the late great willie mays. rickwood was where willie mays started his professional baseball career in the leagues when he was 17 years old. four years later, he would become the 17th black player to debut in the major leagues. >> what's unique about willie mays, who grew up in a time of segregation? when you talk about willie mays, you don't even think about color. you think about the greatness of that man. so i feel like he kind of really

transcended across that race barrier. and, that opened the doors for so many of us. so that was a special thing about willie. >> the artwork was created by artist chuck styles, who said he wanted to showcase mays smile and capture his humanity. well, the giants will face the cardinals tomorrow evening at rickwood field, and both teams will wear throwback jerseys of the league san francisco sea lions and the saint louis stars and what was meant to recognize the leagues legacy will no doubt now also be a national tribute to willie mays. >> ktvu greg lee joins us live tonight from rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. and, greg, right off the top, i got to ask you if you've been speaking to fans, are they talking a lot about mays tonight? >> yeah. mike you can't go anywhere and not run into someone in a willie mays jersey or a t shirt or having someone say, hey, you're from the bay area. we love willie mays. sharing a personal anecdote about willie mays and what they meant to their own life and what they believe about baseball. it is truly incredible how many

people he touched. one of those people, josh rawitch, with the national baseball hall of fame and museum, joins me now. guys, one of the coolest things about fans can do here at rickwood is see the hall of fame plaque of willie mays here. josh, tell me what it means to be here with this plaque at this time. >> well, it obviously was going to be very special regardless because this is the first time we've ever taken willie's plaque off the wall in cooperstown. but to do it and then have what happened last night and have people really be able to come and celebrate his life and pay their respects, makes it even more special. >> 1979 was when willie was enshrined in the hall of fame. talk about to you what he means to baseball, what he means to this game. >> well, there are so many people who obviously put him in the conversation of the greatest players ever, but the people in cooperstown describe him as one of the best people ever, had an incredible passion for cooperstown, for the game, for people always smiling and he's going to be missed in cooperstown. he's been missed in america. he's going to miss the whole baseball world. and it's really fitting that what we're doing here in birmingham is in

his town and in this park he played in. you're obviously a baseball fan, a baseball historian. >> when you look at the scope of willie mays life and career to be here at rickwood field and know the history of the leagues and what willie mays meant to this place, how special is it that we're seeing this game? >> i mean, it really can't be any more fitting. i don't think anybody could have possibly imagined that it would happen the way it did. we all thought willie would be sitting at home and watching it, and instead he's looking down from above, and i know he's smiling. i mean, this really is the perfect way to celebrate his life. and i know the fans here are looking forward to doing so all week. >> josh, it's hard not to be in the presence of this plaque and not get chills. what do you want fans to feel when they come here and take a photo and kind of pay their respects? >> well, the reason we do things like this is we want people to get a taste of cooperstown. it is the spiritual home of baseball. it's where we preserve history and for generations to come, people are going to be able to come to cooperstown and see willie's plaque. and for those that don't get to go there, they're going to get to

see it tonight and tomorrow right here at rickwood. >> josh rauch, national baseball hall of fame and museum, thank you for what you do. thank you for bringing willie mays here for all of us to enjoy his legacy. thanks so much. you bet. guys. part of this trip. we've also been talking to a lot of giants fans from the bay area that have made this a destination trip. this is tim and tammy flynn from san francisco who are actually on our flight from las vegas. good to see you both again, tim. tell me about the decision to come to birmingham for this game. >> well, i was working last year and the schedule came out and my wife calls me. she goes, they just announced who's going to be playing in the field of dreams game, which happens to be juneteenth game. and she goes, we're going. so, so in august, i booked hotel. i booked, flight. everything but the ticket. we had to wait for the tickets to come out, but, to be able to be here and then, you know, sad. sadly, willie mays passed away, and i know he would have been here if he could have. but, you know, it's kind of timing is everything and feel real humbled to be here. yeah

>> tammy, i know you've only been in town a couple of hours, just like us, but walking onto the hallowed grounds of rickwood field describe the emotions. the feelings. >> oh, my gosh, we've been to so many ballparks, and i just to come here and know the history and to see all the photos and all the history is just it's amazing. it's kind of sends chills up your spine because it's just so authentic and beautiful. yeah >> tim, we just talked to josh rawitch about this willie mays hall of fame plaque. i don't know if that was something you had planned on seeing, but when you see that plaque and you think about the career of willie mays and his life, how does that feel? >> well, i'll tell you one thing. if growing up, i got to watch him play in san francisco. so he's very near and dear to my heart. i wanted to be willie mays when i was growing up, you know, everybody did. but but to be here now, i really am very humbled and i'm trying to hold back my emotions right now. but, very special time. >> tami. only about 8100 tickets. we won't ask you how

difficult it was to get a seat in this park tomorrow, but what do you imagine will be going through your head when you sit in this historic field and feel willie mays spirit and presence? >> i am so excited for it. i am just so excited to watch my boys get out there and play their best, and hopefully they have a little willie over their shoulder telling them when to swing and when not to. >> tim and tami flynn, so nice to meet you guys. thank you so much for chatting with us. enjoy the game. enjoy the experience. it's been a real pleasure. mike. julie, it's been remarkable. i mean, that is just two of the stories that we have heard from dozens of people that have come up to us in their giants jerseys who know ktvu, who want to talk about willie mays. and it is really all about that honoring his life, honoring his legacy, and honoring the impact of the leagues here at rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. >> yeah. and it's so nice hearing from so many people who call willie mays their childhood hero. i know, greg, you just got there. you've taken a quick whirl around the place. there's so much going on. you're talking

to so many people. what stands out to you the most and strikes you the most about being there right now, julie, i don't think it's anything tangible. i think it's the energy of this place just talking to people. both cardinals fans, giants fans, fans of baseball and baseball history, people that live in birmingham, people that traveled a long way and an expensive way to be here. but overall, the feeling is of joy and it's a celebratory nature. even with the sad news of willie mays passing, everyone is talking about his legacy and what he meant to them and their joy to be here, and the joy with which he played this game. and you can sort of feel that radiating through this space. and believe me when i tell you that you can feel the say, hey, kid's energy, his spirit within in these walls and within this hallowed ground. >> yeah, you can almost see that smile beaming down that big, bright, contagious smile. >> not to jump ahead to the ball game tomorrow, but as for the field itself, i know they spent

$5 million. you said in the last hour on renovating the field to get to where it is today, as for the players, you know, we heard the flynns talking about seeing their team, the giants out there. when do we expect them at the ballpark? greg, yeah. >> mike, we know that charter plane for the giants is set to arrive from chicago. they played their last game of the series with the cubs this morning. they'll get in tonight. and there are a number of community events tomorrow. they have batting practice. as you would expect with a normal game, this is a regular season game that they are going to play here at rickwood, so they certainly want to win. but i have to tell you, you cannot step on that field. and i know these are professionals without feeling that energy and sort of the chill and the tickle in the back of your throat, knowing the history of the men that came before them. we should also add that it is an incredibly intimate setting. i mean, you have fans that are right there. and again, we said, this ballpark fits about 9000 regularly, but they've had to adjust for media for as well as some accessible seating. so about 8100 seats and those tickets have been sold out a

very long time. >> i can hear the sound of the spikes. i know the dirt already out there. >> and just before we let you go, you know, in the wake of what's happened in the past 24 hours, do you know, have you heard any little tidbits yet of maybe some of the changes that are going to happen tomorrow? as far as you know, it was supposed to be a celebration, and maybe now it turns into a tribute or anything at all. that may be different because of the passing of willie mays. >> yeah. and, you know, we had expected a number of pre game activities and that is still the plan. there will still be dozens of former players from the leagues that will be here and be honored. but you have to imagine that that program will be adjusted because the mlb world has really converged on rickwood and they want to share their emotions and tributes to willie mays. and certainly we expect some adjustments to that pregame program to ensure they do that. >> and to have that plaque. yeah, i mean, that's been in cooperstown for 50 years. and to have them move that to rickwood so that people can see it, they

were getting a look right now, people just taking their pictures and the flowers. >> and just that moment to be where willie mays started and to be there right now, not knowing what was going to happen when he was 17 years old. and now it's all coming back. it's a big, full circle moment. and it really it really touches so many people's hearts. >> and he will be there in spirit tomorrow night at that ball game between the giants and the cardinals following tomorrow's game, by the way, in alabama, be sure to join us for a special tribute to willie mays . we are digging deep into the ktvu archives to bring you memorable moments from our conversations with the baseball great. our special remembering willie mays airs right after the rickwood classic. >> all right, checking out the weather. we had a pretty nice day again today, but it was cooler, actually. significantly cooler than yesterday. pretty noticeable in terms of temperatures. i mean, good five and ten degrees cooler. so nice. i liked it. 84 in the warm spots. 70s in the spots that were in the mid and upper 80s yesterday. temperatures along

the coast cooler with the fog and low clouds which is extending inland or at least into the bay tonight, helping firefighters greatly in dropping those red flag warnings which were dropped yesterday. but still, the idea that we've got a cooler regime is going to help firefighting efforts. and there's some big fires burning, and we'll keep an eye on those for you. there's a little smoke out there. you'll notice it in the sunset tonight, but most of that smoke is up high, so it's not you know, getting down to the sensor. so we're not seeing or getting down to you. we're not seeing really poor air quality a little bit in the north bay. you can see the fog in the saddle. i guess that's that's got to be san bruno gap, doesn't it? over by the airport, i think. yeah, it must be or crystal springs. no, that's san bruno. so that's the gap right there. that right. you know above, behind. daly city and pacifica. and that's where the fog spills over. it's getting shallower in the last couple of hours. the marine layer has shallowed out a little bit. and that's indicative of this increasing temperature profile that we're going to see as we go

into the high. as the high builds in temperatures are going to warm. and that's thursday, tomorrow, friday, saturday. and into sunday. and we could even see temperatures in the low one hundreds potentially in the hot spots. so a heat advisory which will turn into. an extreme heat warning in the central valley down the road a couple of days from now, but still it's going to get hot again. and of course, that you know what that means back into the fire thing. but of course this is summer. it's bay area. it's exactly what you expect. nothing out of the ordinary. you just kind of like when you have a day like today where you're not getting fire starts everywhere. it's kind of nice. and when firefighters have a chance to handle or get a handle on those fires. so changes tomorrow starts to warm up. but really noticeable heat as we go into friday, saturday and sunday. >> all right bill, thank you. still ahead oakland voters will now decide not just one but two recall measures this coming fall. >> resigned. and now mayor toms and let november 5th be the election day for a new mayor. >> opponents of mayor shengtao say it is official they have the signatures to put it on the

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she will be the first oakland mayor to face a recall. now the group spearheading the effort to recall tao gathered this morning outside city hall. >> the group announced that it has collected enough signatures on a petition to put the recall on the ballot. organizers say more than 40,000 signatures were collected. only 25,000 are needed for a ballot measure. >> my message to the mayor is

this the people have spoken. more people signed these petitions than voted for you as a first choice. and the ranked choice voting. do the right thing by oaklanders, please. mayor shang tao, resign nine you somewhat. we did reach out today to mayor tao for comment, but have not heard back. >> the oakland city council is expected to discuss the recall election at its meeting on july 2nd. >> coming up on ktvu news at 630. three people killed in two shootings in richmond. investigators trying to pin down any leads. >> also ahead, it's been two years since a man was attacked and killed at a park in newark. his killer never been found and his

willie mays are coming to oracle park today to lay flowers at mays statue and share memories of the say, hey kid. mays died yesterday at the age of 93. oracle park will be open tomorrow starting at noon for tours and then for fans to watch the giants game against the cardinals at rickwood stadium in alabama. there will be a mays statue in center field and a memorial book to sign. >> willie mays quietly worked to better race relations and civil rights. he faced discrimination

in san francisco in 1958 while purchasing a home in the primarily white sherwood forest neighborhood, and in 1966 he spoke on the radio to settle tensions in the black community after a teenager was shot by a white san francisco police officer, and in 2015, mays was awarded the presidential medal of freedom from then-president barack obama, who said at the time, quote, it's because of giants like him that someone like me could even think about running for president, an event organized to recognize the leagues legacy will now be a national tribute to willie mays. >> as we've been telling you, the giants will face the cardinals tomorrow night at rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. willie mays got his start there as a 17 year old. that game will air live right here on ktvu. and then following the game, we will air a special tribute to willie mays. remembering willie mays will air right after the rickwood classic. >> and you are watching ktvu fox two news here at 630. richmond police are investigating two

shootings that killed three people yesterday. >> one of the victims, a pregnant woman. ktvu. alice woods joins us now. she's at the richmond police department with the latest on the investigation. alice >> that's right. julie and mike. this was a terrible tragedy. two shootings yesterday and early this morning that took the lives of three people, one of whom was a woman in her 20s, reportedly pregnant. it was here in richmond, on the corner of seventh and pennsylvania. the first shooting happened around 415 on tuesday afternoon. a shotspotter alert and calls to police prompted a response wednesday morning. yellow tape, chalk circles were spent, shells fell and bullet holes in walls. four shot. two men reportedly in stable condition, one dead on scene. a man in his 20s. it was sad to see because, you know, he looked young, a 16 year old who wants to remain anonymous, says she heard gunfire from her house

down the block, later seeing a man who died at the scene and a young woman also shot. >> they were checking on her and she was alive and she looked scared. the woman, reportedly in her 20s, was pregnant, i feel sad for him and the family, especially for the girl. it's sad to see first responders performed life saving measures. >> the female victim apparently died at the hospital. >> we've seen how they took her in the, ambulance. >> this area in richmond is known as the iron triangle, a long history of gun violence and gangs. virginia sandoval has lived here 30 years raising her kids here. she says it's actually gotten better. >> it's definitely way better than when i moved out here in 1994. it was more for a lot of gangs, a lot of shootings. >> still, neighbors here stay alert because it's scary. >> like it could happen to anybody at any time. like

yesterday. it happened out of nowhere. and like it's not something that you expect on a daily like basis. so it's sad and scary. >> later, just after midnight in north richmond, not far from the first crime scene, you can hear shots captured. police respond to a scene where a man was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. he died at the scene. richmond police are not releasing the names of the victims, nor are they saying whether or not they've determined whether these cases are related. these are the seventh shootings of. i beg your pardon? these are the seventh homicides in richmond this year. anyone with information on either of these shooting cases is asked to contact richmond police. you can remain anonymous , julie. >> all right. alice roberts reporting for us tonight in richmond. alice. thank you. >> many unanswered questions in a homicide investigation in newark, where a man was killed after he was attacked at a park two years ago. his family and

police spoke exclusively to ktvu crime reporter henry lee in tonight's bay area. unsolved. >> nothing could bring him back. and this pain will never go away. but the loss of sergio has changed her family forever. >> the family of 24 year old sergio grajeda wants answers, two years after he died as a result of being punched at a park in newark. itziar is his cousin. >> i want people to know that he was loved and that he was happy and that he was a good kid and that he didn't deserve this. >> on july 22nd, 2022, grajeda went to ash street park in newark with some childhood friends. there were no signs that anything was wrong until 745. that night, a witness called police saying there was a fight at the park. but when officers arrived, the victim had already been taken to the hospital by his friends. later that night, his sister got a call from someone suggesting that grajeda had fallen while playing basketball at the park, but hospital staff determined there was no way his injuries

were related to basketball. after a week in a coma, grajeda died as a result of blunt force trauma, most likely from hitting his head on the concrete after being punched. newark police learned a group of people were at the park for a memorial honoring a fremont shooting victim. grajeda had nothing to do with that homicide, but police believe those at the memorial have key information that could lead to his killer. his family says grajeda had his whole life ahead of him. >> we want the community to help us remember him also by justice, by bringing justice to his name. >> newark police have never before publicized this case, but they agree to meet with ktvu to share details in hopes of getting leads. investigators also met with the family, pledging to do all they could to find whoever was responsible. >> it's a very tragic and unfortunate incident and that's why we're here today to garner the community support. >> detective sergeant jamar homayoun says although people may feel reluctant to come forward with tips, i would tell them to do the right thing and to picture themselves in the

shoes of sergio's family members and the suffering that they're constantly dealing with and not having answers. grahita leaves behind an anguished family who have little to go on as to what happened to their loved one. for years, they've been trying to find answers. they haven't given up hope. >> we want people to just have mercy on our family and have a moral compass of what's right and what's wrong, itziar says the tragedy has affected some family members to the core. they cry day and night. they don't sleep, they don't eat, they don't smile anymore. there is no more joy in our family because of the loss of sergio. >> newark police say any tip, no matter how small, could lead to a big break in the case. anyone with information is asked to give investigators a call in newark. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> remembering a pivotal moment in american history. the reflections today on juneteenth

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june 19th, 1865, union soldiers marched to galveston, texas, to inform thousands of enslaved people they were free. city and county leaders across the country have been raising the juneteenth flag outside government buildings. today opal lee, who helped lead the movement to make today a federal holiday, held her annual walk for freedom in dallas today. >> i'm delighted, i really am, that so many of you are celebrating freedom, and i don't mean freedom in texas and freedom for black people, i mean freedom for all of us. and we are free yet. >> lee, who is now 97, received the presidential medal of freedom for her work. president biden signed the holiday into

law in 2021, wells fargo announced today a $1 million donation to oakland's black cultural zone that announcement was made this morning at acoma market hall. >> the donation from wells fargo will help the black cultural zone to purchase land at liberation park on foothill boulevard to develop an affordable housing project. >> we'll check it back in on the weather. red flag warnings are down for now, but we heat up as we go into the weekend. and of course, that will increase the fire danger yet again. we'll have that forecast coming up. all right. >> now to alex savage and a look at some of the stories we're working on for west coast rap. coming up at the top of the hour alex. >> mike thank you. coming up tonight at seven deadly and destructive wildfires in new mexico tonight on west coast rap. we'll show you how crews are working to try to slow the spread of two massive fires close to each other. they've already burned hundreds of homes and other buildings. also some people who depend on tips to make a living here in the west worry that a vote later this year will hurt them in their

wallets. we'll break down what could allow restaurants to pay them less. those stories, and a lot more coming up tonight at seven on west coast rap. of course, that's followed by the ktvu fox n news at 7

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cooler than yesterday. and then we start to warm up from here. so today will be the coolest day of the week. and these were the highs really almost the perfect temperature of footprint. i think in terms of just the mid 80s. you're warm 70s around the bay 75 in san jose. not a bad day at all. air quality, not too bad either. i think you'll see a little orange in the atmosphere as you get into the evening. some smoke at higher elevations from the fires. there's another fire, a more recent fire up around clear lake. it's not huge, but it's pushing more smoke up into the north bay. and that's going to create some air quality issues there, especially around those fires. any what happens overnight is, is the fires. as you look at this graphic, the fires, when the night comes, it cools off and then the clouds come down. the fires kind of stop breathing and they drop the, you know, everything drops down. and so if

you're in the area, let's say you're in colusa, all that smoke from the fire from the day just drops down colder air sinks and it sinks and drops the particulate matter close to where you are. and it can be really, you know, the levels of the particulate matter levels can get really through the roof. and in the afternoon it heats up and the fire breathes again. and so fires in the afternoon, as you know, have a tendency to really take off. and that is why we got a break today. we'll get a little break tomorrow because of that low. there's the fog along the coast. marine layers pretty deep. it's already across to berkeley. it's again it's i've seen it. it's fluctuating. monterey bay is about the marine layer is about 16, 1700 feet deep. and so that just means that just tells us oh it's deep enough. it's going to get over the east bay hills and it will be around tomorrow morning a little bit. and then if you look real close, you can see this is smoke from the fire near colusa. the, the point or the sites fire. so you can see some of the air quality. it doesn't show up. there's more smoke than that, actually, but it doesn't show up well on this, this visible

satellite image. but it's there. and so the potential for smoke exists for all of us, especially as we go into thursday and friday, as some of that smoke starts to drift back towards the bay area. tonight at ten, we'll look at a special smoke model and you can kind of track the smoke as it moves in and out and where it goes. and there will be some smoke in the north bay this, this next 48 hours. here are the fog footprints or the fog footprint for tomorrow morning. slow burn, some high clouds. nice day. really nice day. a little warmer, but then, as i said, temperatures get. they're going to get up there. i mean this is tomorrow. so it warms a little bit. but they really do start to accelerate upward as we get into friday. and saturday. and of course that has created the national or the national weather services in response to this, issued a heat advisory for the central valley, which will probably be an extreme heat warning for the whole central valley as we go into the next couple, not next couple of days in about 48 hours. so it's a ways off, but it's going to get hot. >> all right, bill, we'll see you at ten tonight. thank you. up next feeding the h gry right he i

are saving up for four years. community save up is getting its own commercial kitchen, and ktvu is an rubin tells us tonight it will help them meet a growing need within the community. >> here at community saver, they see these new appliances and this 1900 square foot commercial kitchen, and think of how many people they'll soon feed. >> we can double the number. we are serving about 8000 meals and here definitely we will have minimum 15,000 meals. we will be serving per month. >> they've come a long way. 11 years ago, community seva started in san jose when nathan ganesh lost his job in tech. he began bringing his family to the park to feed the homeless. soon others wanted to help too. >> once the word of mouth spread in the community and people started reaching out. and how do we do this? >> eventually they had more than 3000 volunteers feeding the hungry and helping the homeless. they were offering blankets and sleeping bags, socks and shoes. hygiene kits and showers, but they relied mostly on shelter kitchens for cooking, and that

was unreliable. >> we were always compromising in the kitchens we were in. like either the oven wouldn't work or the stove wouldn't work. >> and so the hunt began for a space of their own. it took four years. during this time, ganesh and met robert egger, the co-founder of world central kitchen, who encouraged him to forge ahead. >> if anything, all i've really been able to do is give a little bit of inspiration, a little bit of guidance when it's needed. but, you know, people like nathan, man, they're just ready to run. they just need somebody to say, you're not crazy, you can do this. and yes, it's smart. >> and so they signed a lease and they're hiring staff to get this commercial kitchen operational. >> it feels wonderful. it feels wonderful because we're able to now give more to the community. >> they say the need is greater than ever, but they'll be able to host more volunteers here, make more meals and do more good . >> everything is new for us, but you know there is a start somewhere we have to start and we are ready for it. >> there will be a special ribbon cutting ceremony for the

new kitchen this weekend. community seva expects it to be up and running by august 1st in santa clara, and ruben ktvu fox two news. >> that is our report for tonight, a lot going on tomorrow with the big game. historic game at rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. our greg lee is there as we continue to honor the great willie mays. yeah, a lot of tributes, a lot of people paying tribute to the great giants legend that passed away at the age of 93. that is our report for now. thanks for joining us. wes coast rap with

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