people basic water safety. people around the world are participating. that includes local events at the albany aquatic center, the osmond family jcc in palo alto, the south bay shores water park in santa clara, and san jose's waterworks aquatics and the chabot space and science center is getting ready to open a new nasa ames visitor center. that center will feature new exhibits and models. it's all part of a larger partnership between nasa ames research center and chabot to re-envision stem learning. that grand opening for the new center is this saturday and sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. >> a celebration of freedom turned into violence in oakland. >> we all came out here to celebrate our culture, our freedom. you see, people are still out here singing and dancing. this is not fun. >> the number of people who were shot and the ongoing search for suspects, plus said he would come out the house because i'm scared. >> i leave. you might come and i

miss her. >> a hayward family is searching for a missing woman who mysteriously walked away from her home with nothing but the clothing she was wearing. how officials are treating this case . >> plus, we're live from rickwood field this morning ahead of today's giants versus cardinals game at the historic field. a look at today's festivities and how the giants will honor the late willie mays. live from jack london square. this is mornings on two. >> the nine. >> today is thursday, june 20th. we're looking live at the new bay. it's not even that new 2013 bay bridge. how time flies and san francisco. it's a little foggy, but there could be a warm up. we're going to talk to steve about that in just a second, or just a few minutes here. welcome to the nine. along with andre and pam i'm sal castaneda all right. >> and the search continues. this morning for the people who fired shots during a juneteenth celebration in oakland. at least four people hit at lake mary.

you're looking at someone being loaded into the back of an ambulance right there. and ktvu james torres has more from lake merritt this morning, and an update from opd. >> police are still working to find out who these shooters are. they say there's a possibility there was more than one person with a gun firing at the crowd. all of this happening just before 9:00 last night. that's when oakland police said it had a couple dozen of its officers overseeing an event happening at lake merritt. about 5000 people were here at some point. sideshows and fights broke out and the crowd became hectic. the oakland fire department says it helped at least four gunshot victims. police took some of those to nearby hospitals. other victims took themselves for treatment, and some people here at the celebration say they started running when they heard the gunshots. >> we all came out here to celebrate our culture, our freedom. you see, people are still out here singing and dancing. this is not fun. just two, 2 or 3 years ago this happened and it seems to be a repeating cycle. it needs to be some kind of change in the

community. >> at a juneteenth celebration three years ago, police responding to a deadly shooting at lake merritt. they report one man died and a total of six people were shot. now the search is still on for clues as to who is responsible for what happened here last night. police say they did arrest one person for assaulting an officer. they say the crowd started retaliating against them when they tried moving them to safety. they're asking anyone with information to give them a call reporting from oakland. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. thank you, james. a hayward family is searching for their mother who went missing last week. michelle as petya was last seen at her home in hayward on friday. take a look at this video. a neighbor's camera caught the 60 year old woman leaving her home on 176th seventh avenue, shortly before 830 last night. she was barefoot, wearing a black pajama top and pants with white skulls on it. she also was wrapped with a blanket. >> it's incredible because she

can't walk most of the time. i'm sorry. she's usually bedridden. it's just. i don't know, she's never done this before. it's so out of character. it >> the alameda county sheriff's office is treating this as an at risk missing person case, and is asking anyone with information of her whereabouts to please come forward. >> an elderly woman from southern california is pushing lawmakers for help after she fell victim of fraud. 81 year old alice lin lost her entire life savings when a stranger texted her and convinced her to send $720,000 to a cryptocurrency app. in the months since, she's been working with consumer attorneys of california to sponsor a senate bill. that measure would require banks to delay transactions of more than $5,000 if they suspect an elderly person is being targeted for fraud. it's not clear if that bill would have

protected miss lin, but she hopes it can help someone else in the future. >> san jose will extend a program that encourages construction of new housing downtown. under the program, the city will reduce fees for more than a dozen high rise projects. critics say the program comes at the expense of city parks, according to the parks and recreation commission, the city may lose more than $20 million that would otherwise go towards its parks. >> housing construction has been steady, growing steadily growing in several states, including california. and while the number of projects and jobs is high, so is the need for workers. while construction apprentice says he just completed a new partnership program that gives people hands on experience in the industry. he says the program is doing a lot to prepare people to go to work on construction sites. >> i was still part of a job corps while i was while i first joined dpr. six weeks like onboarding afterwards dpr. they liked what i was doing when i worked there, so they hired me on full time. they give you training, it gets you finish

your high school diploma and they get you your driver's license. but i still need it at the time. >> how's the construction across the bay area has recently dipped after two years of steady growth. experts blame the increased costs of borrowing labor and building materials. >> a small nonprofit that serves the homeless from san jose to oakland, is expanding its operations community seva is getting its own commercial kitchen after saving for four years. organizers say the new kitchen will help them double their production and serve more than 15,000 meals a month. >> it feels wonderful. it feels wonderful because we're able to now give more to the community. >> 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 the start of august. >> the east bay's largest water district is investing nearly $1 billion in infrastructure upgrades to help protect its drinking water supply. east bay mud says the project will

improve the water treatment process that serves about 225,000 customers in pleasant hill, walnut creek, san ramon valley and surrounding areas, according to the east bay times. the district's board agreed to vote on approving an environmental impact report next month. >> well, yesterday i was reading the paper and it said it's going to warm up on the weekend, i said, i haven't heard it from steve. i get my weather from steve. steve, what say you? >> it will. we'll just see how hot i mean, if you're inland, salad won't affect you. thank you. how's that, forecast for birmingham, alabama, no sea breeze there. no fog there. it's going to be hot, but it does look mostly sunny. 94 is the forecast high for the giants game in birmingham, alabama? fog is disappearing fast, but it made a huge push today. compared to yesterday. it was mainly just confined to the coast. san jose had fog, santa clara valley had fog. peninsula had fog. poof. most of it is disappearing. starting to retreat as per

usual. about this time. still some down towards gilroy, hollister, santa cruz and most of the coast. and those water temps when they're 4950, as i've been saying since mid-april, fog is never far away when they're this cold, and these are unseasonably cold, a little bit of a breeze not roaring. travis early this morning was about 31 35mph, but we'll have an onshore breeze today. 50s on the temps, a couple of 60s if you're well inland already. but in most locations and the low 50s mid 50s here, weak system to the north. that's keeping us on the cooler side here for a little bit. although i think yesterday was the coolest day. today will still be pretty nice as that system kicks out, the high will start to build in from the desert southwest. yes we'll start to get a warm up tomorrow, but as far as saturday i'll tackle it tomorrow in the forecast. highs today. sunny, breezy is that fog starts to head back to the coast. we'll get some 90s well inland by the time we get to saturday. maybe pushing some upper 90s for some, but coast and bay may not be joining the party all that much here. summer begins at 1:51 p.m.

yes, early, i think. the earliest since 1796 to have summer start on june 20th. it will be sunny for most here. 6070s and 80s on the temps. and if you want warmer weather, it starts friday for sure. saturday start to back off sunday. monday does look cooler. >> steve. thank you a special tribute to the late willie mays coming up on mornings on two the nine. we're live from rickwood field in alabama with everything you need to know about today's game between the giants and the cardinals, and what we've got planned to honor mays. plus. a juneteenth celebration in pleasant hill . what the event means why do dermatologists worldwide recommend la roche-posay?

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of places. >> tonight, the san francisco giants play the saint louis cardinals from rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. the game will take on special meaning as baseball pays tribute to willie mays after he died earlier this week. ktvu is greg lee joins us live from birmingham, where the legend of willie mays was born. greg, i saw you there earlier. i got to believe if you're a baseball fan, this must be pretty cool. >> yeah. sal, good morning to you. even if you're not a baseball fan, just being here and experiencing this energy in

birmingham has been remarkable. and if you are a willie mays fan or a giants fan, it is truly poignant. i'm going to step out of the way because this is about much more than baseball this week, right? this is about honoring the legacy and paying homage to the great say hey kid, you can see this massive mural that was unveiled yesterday in downtown birmingham to honor willie mays, and it was planned well before his passing, but obviously now it has become a special place for fans to come and take photos and to see this beautiful mural. you can see even someone left some flowers at the foot of the mural. there so on this trip, also, the way they're honoring willie mays, the giants community fund brought some very special guests , a group of willie mays scholars from san francisco that scholarship program creates opportunities for black youth in san francisco. this week, the students have been on an intensive tour of the civil rights movement in birmingham, selma and the surrounding area. birmingham, of course, ground zero for the civil rights

movement in the 60s and one of the most segregated cities in america at that time. during the birmingham campaign, peaceful protesters met with police dogs and high pressure fire hoses. the 16th street baptist church bombing by the kkk that killed four young girls. those students visiting these places and experiencing that history in person and carrying on willie mays legacy. >> it humbles you a little bit more because you understand that it's everything isn't, you know, just given to you. you know, everything. it was fought for it before. you know, you came onto this earth. >> something that's been emphasized throughout this trip was the, role of kids in children in this movement. we learned that there were kids, a little less six, that were participating in these movements and starting them, and they felt like the adults weren't doing enough. so they stepped in because, you know, that's what they felt was right. and i feel like that's like the main thing that i'm taking away is like, you know, we have voices too. we have impacts now that he's passed, like even more of like a an honor to carry his name

because now that he's gone, it's like we're like the living like legacies for him. so it's just like doing our best to fulfill that, you know, role and honor. >> we also want to add and show you some video that at rickwood field in the small museum there, there's a very special exhibit, the hall of fame plaque of willie mays from cooperstown has traveled here to birmingham, alabama. it's the first time the plaque has moved since mays was inducted in 1979. fans have been able to take pictures of it with it and just marvel at his career. we spoke to a fan that traveled from the city about what it means to be here in birmingham. >> 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 to be here now, i really am very humbled. and i'm trying to hold back my emotions right now. but, very special time. >> and so that is certainly the sentiment that we're hearing from a lot of fans, especially

giants fans, that have made the trip to rickwood for tonight's game as they celebrate and pay tribute to willie mays. and i should sort of mention the elephant in the room here. sal, i am wearing this special jacket that they made for this game. it is 90 degrees in birmingham right now with some humidity that i am not used to, but i'm doing it for the brand so that you can see the logos that the throwback jerseys the players will be wearing tonight. and then of course, the back patch that is very beautifully done. acknowledging this special moment at rickwood field that was founded and built in 1910. >> greg, that's a sweet jacket, i got to tell you. but i have to tell you one more thing in your piece, i saw the edmund pettus bridge, and i saw those kids crossing it. that must have been such a moment. i want to go there. i want to see that in person. and they got to see that bridge, which is so important. >> oh it's incredible. sal and one of the messages that i shared at 8:00 and i'll share here again, is one of the

students told me that they've always been told you don't know where you're going. if you don't know where you have been. and they said they have learned about it. we've all read about this in the history books. they have made movies about this. they've recreated that famous march they did with john lewis. and so they all have talked about those things, but they said to be there to stand there, to feel the emotion of the civil rights movement. they said, truly was a once in a lifetime experience for these students from san francisco that they said they will never forget. >> ktvu is greg lee with the cool jacket. greg, nice report. thank you so much. thanks, sal. you can watch today's game between the giants and the cardinals at rickwood field right here on ktvu pregame starts at 230 after the game. joining us for our special post game coverage. we're paying a special tribute to mays with some memorable moments you may have not seen before or dug into the archives there. >> that's going to be an incredible show. and back here in the bay area, the say hey experience honoring the giants

legend is now open to fans right across the street from oracle park. >> 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. >> the immersive exhibit includes rare photographs, memorabilia and video that chronicles mays life. the attraction is normally only open during giants home games, but the team opened it up while the giants are on the road to allow fans to pay their respects to willie mays and learn more about his life. >> people like him live forever. he's in our hearts. he's part of giants baseball as long as they're san francisco giants baseball, there's going to be a willie mays. he's just so much of a part of how we became who we are. that may be the house that barry built, but it's on the foundation of willie mays. >> i just love that. there's also a watch party at oracle park today for the rickwood classic. a willie mays statue

will be on display right in center field, and fans can sign a memorial, a memorial book. >> yeah. so off the field now, mays fought for civil rights during the height of the civil rights movement, and as a teen, he rose to prominence playing in the leagues in the deep south. then later, when the giants moved out west from new york, he faced housing discrimination in the primarily white sherwood forest neighborhood, and despite mays popularity, the seller refused his offer after neighbors complained about a black family moving in. mays was often criticized for not being more outspoken, but he stood up for civil rights in other ways, like fundraising for youth activities in hunter's point, he was very much so for uplift ing, the black community and doing any and everything that he could do to move our plight forward. so in 2015, he earned that presidential medal of freedom from then president barack obama, who said it's because of people like willie mays that a black man could even think about

running for president. >> juneteenth celebration have grown over the years since it became a federal holiday in 2021. yesterday, oakland held its fifth annual juneteenth jubilee. june 19th memorializes the enslaved people who learned about their freedom 159 years ago. it's a day that many black people in the u.s. consider to be their own independence day. >> what juneteenth represent for the black community is definitely our history. it's a reminder of how hard it is to, gain the progress that we need and that we deserve. >> my family is from texas. it wasn't really a big thing like it is now, but i think as time goes on, as people learn more and get a more better history of it, it becomes more important to people now. and the celebration, and it means a lot more to people now than it maybe did in the past. >> organizers say their goal is to inspire others and celebrate

the memory of their ancestors. >> pleasant hill also celebrated juneteenth with music, food, and more. hundreds of people came out to enjoy the food and music at the event. it was a partnership with off the grid. it marked the city's second juneteenth celebration. >> we're doing it to just celebrate, the incredible accomplishments of all african americans and let people know that everyone is welcome here in the city of pleasant hill. >> organizers say the crowd at this year's event was at least two times bigger than last year. they are considering expanding to a larger location to hold the event next year. all right, the future of oakland mayor shengtao may lie with voters coming up on mornings on two. >> the nine an update on the battle to recall the mayor will have much more on that story. plus, after the break. the reason that mango and avocado prices are n the rise.

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republicans say donald trump will win voters based on his policies, not his character. >> the new fox poll, they asked in deciding to vote, are you going to decide to vote based on the issues and who can do best? or are you going to decide to vote based on the character of each candidate? and it was issues 59% character, 29. >> the presidential debate is set for next thursday evening at 6:00. >> if you're a fan of avocado toast or mango salsa, you could soon be shelling out just a little more for your favorite fruits. fox's william la jeunesse has more from los angeles. >> you could soon pay more for your guacamole. the u.s. said tuesday it is halting inspections of avocados and mangoes in mexico's violent michoacan state, following an attack on two usda inspectors there. ambassador ken salazar said the u.s. will suspend inspections and exports until the security situation improves, prompting a strong backlash from

farmers in mexico. >> i'm in agreement with the united states because our orchards must have the standards they ask for. >> mexico is by far the top avocado producing country in the world, with more than 80% of us sold avocados imported from mexico, michoacan, a central mexican state which borders the pacific, exports around $3.5 billion worth of avocados each year, meaning there is economic pressure for mexico to resolve the issue quickly. >> an agreement is being sought. fortunately, we have good relations and we are convincing them to act differently. but it takes time. >> but with perishable fruits and vegetables, even a slight delay can mean millions of dollars in lost product. anxious farmers are now watching and waiting to see if their own government will save their business. >> the government should do its job and guarantee the safety of the usda inspectors so that they can do their job and let us work. what we want is to work the pause in exports won't affect avocados and mangoes already in transit, meaning

there is still time to find a solution before prices begin to spike. >> in los angeles, william acenas ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, thank you for that . coming up here on mornings on two, the nine, we are following a few stories on one neighborhood shaken up or learning more about what police and what they're saying about two deadly shootings plus opioid related deaths in the bay area. up next, we're live with the ceo of a company working to make a dent in the opioid ahh taking the time to savor thomas' crunchy yet soft bagels. thanks, tom. it's a thom, actually. right, thom. thom. thhhom. are you doing that on purpose?

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where we are learning about an fbi investigation on the street where oakland mayor shan tao owns a home. ktvu james torres, joining us now with the details of what we're learning so far, james. >> pam. good morning. well, we've been here since about 830 this morning and since we've been here, we've seen some fbi agents and they're wearing badges. they've identified themselves as fbi agents walking in and out of this home. gloves out. they've chatted with us for just a moment just to let us know that they're here, but wouldn't give us any specifics as to what they're actually doing here. this home, we've learned through a number of different public records, is connected to current oakland mayor xiang tao. now, what

exactly is going on? what prompted them here? those are questions we are still asking. we have reached out to the mayor and the mayor's office and her administration. we've not heard any statements from them at this point. we've also talked to some neighbors, people who live nearby on either side of the home here. one neighbor telling us that he didn't really notice much, he didn't really see some of these cars and some of these agents coming in another neighbor we heard from who said that she picked up a little bit of something about six this morning. we'll let you hear her side of the story. >> about 6:00 this morning, i heard a male voice yelling to open the door. open the door! i assumed it was a domestic violence. it was maybe a man who was put out of his house and did it. because i'm from law enforcement, i a thought came, you know, is that the police and i expected to hear more noise. i expected to hear, more shouting.

and when i didn't, i just assumed it was a family disturbance. and so i went back to sleep and, like i said, about 6:00 and a couple hours later, i looked out the window and saw multiple federal vehicles, moving their vehicles into the driveway. agents gloved up and going in and out of the residence. so i recognize that it was a significantly different situation than what i had earlier thought. >> again, we've not yet heard from the mayor or the mayor's office. we've not seen the mayor here either. the only people really one person that we've seen walking in and out of this house is at least one fbi agent, again, who identified themselves as an agent. and we certainly don't want to speculate what is going on here. we're going to wait until we get the facts before we actually share with you. but we do certainly want to point out the severity of this.

this isn't a police department. this isn't a swat team. this is an fbi investigation here, and the fbi, of course, also confirming to us that they are here for some sort of investigation, not giving us the specific details, but once we learn those specific details, we will pass them along to you. but just to recap, so you have it here. the oakland oakland mayor has a home on this street where we are. it's the it's a home behind us that is connected to her. according to public records currently being raided and looked at by the fbi. neighbors say they've been here since about 6:00 this morning. again, several questions that we are asking. and as soon as we get those answers, we will pass them along to you. we'll send it back to you. pam and andre in the studio. >> all right. james torres reporting for us live. james will check in with you a little bit later on this story. meantime, this november, oakland voters will likely decide whether to remove mayor shengtao from office. her critics are celebrating that they collected more than 40,000 verified signatures to put a recall initiative on the ballot. their complaints against her include firing a popular police chief, missing a state deadline for

millions of dollars to protect businesses against crime, and the city facing a $300 million budget deficit. political analysts say both sides of the recall battle are bracing for a long and difficult fight. >> alameda county and other counties in northern california have high rates of turnout, so i would expect in november there will be a very good turnout, mayor tao has said the city is going in the right direction, and that she's seeing improvements in the crime rate, the city council, where the mayor has some support, can refuse to accept the voter signature certification or slow down this process. >> but political experts say the recall should land on the november ballot. >> police are investigating two shootings that killed three people in richmond. officers say four people were shot near seventh and pennsylvania tuesday afternoon, including a man and woman in their 20s. the man died at the scene. the woman was taken to the hospital, but she later died from her injuries hours later, just after

midnight, police received a call of another shooting in north richmond. they found a man who was shot several times and died at that scene. >> 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. >> the richmond police department is asking anyone with information about the shootings to please contact them. new numbers out of sonoma county show the homeless population is growing in size, according to press the press democrat. the county says the number of homeless is up 11% since last year. now it is a reversal from the year prior when the number of homeless actually dropped by 22. city leaders county leaders say the loss of covid era funding may have played a role in the change. we should have

numbers from the official point in time count next week. >> the number of opioid related overdose deaths in the bay area on the rise now data from the california department of public health shows that san francisco county had 489 opioid related ods in 2023. alameda county reported 299 deaths, and santa clara county reported 207. in the same time period, a health company that focuses on treating opioid addiction is working on making it easier to access treatment. sonoma health has developed a cell phone app and qr code to make finding take home methadone treatments easier. so for more on the ongoing effort to address the opioid crisis, we're live with michael guise, the ceo of sonora health. michael, thank you so much for joining us this morning . >> thank you for having me. >> all right. so first i want to get a framing and understanding of what your app does in terms of helping address the opioid crisis. describe it. >> yeah. so our app helps expand access to a medication called methadone, which often requires daily attendance to the opioid

treatment program. and methadone can only be received from one of these opioid treatment programs. and so you know, one of the barriers for these patients is how quickly can they get doses of take home methadone so they don't have to come in every day. and really, the issues around patient provider trust. so providers are sometimes hesitant to give patients multiple doses of take home methadone. and then it makes it harder for these patients to do things like, you know, pursue educational goals, have a job, take care of their kids. and so our app helps patients, by giving them the opportunity to demonstrate how they're handling their medication, listen to their provider so that they can get more doses of take home methadone and ultimately, you know, reach their recovery goals faster and stay in treatment longer. >> so you're bridging this, this gap in terms of how you get your hands on methadone to treat the opioid addiction, that that's what your app is doing. >> yes. it's really making methadone much more feasible for patients who really want to just

have a normal life than it ever previously was, because we're really reducing the amount of time the patients spend going to and from the clinic clinic and then waiting in line at the clinic. >> so if i'm understanding this, it's like your treatment that you would go to pick up at a pharmacy, right? your doctor prescribes it for you and you regularly can go pick it up, because right now you can't do that. you have to go into, into a program and so forth to get this methadone. >> right. and so, you know, our app doesn't change how you get the methadone. it changes how many doses of methadone you get at the clinic, so, you know, a common, kind of journey for a patient without sonora is that they will need to be in treatment for several months before they get, you know, two weeks of take home methadone, on sonora, we typically cut that time in half. and so on average, our patients have double the number of take homes, compared to someone who's not on sonora but has been in treatment for a similar amount of time. >> all right. so, the way this works, right now is how does the

app, factor into this in the qr code factor into all of this? >> so patients will receive their take home methadone bottles from the clinic on the bottle. there'll be a qr label that's been applied to it. that's part of our patented system, patients, when they're at their home, they'll log in to our app, and then they'll go through a guided experience for how to scan the qr code and record the ingestion of the methadone. >> and that is what really the issue is here is how does the provider make sure that the methadone is properly being used by the patient? >> yeah. so that's a key concern for the provider. and for community stakeholders. a methadone, if you know, if someone who are opioid, someone who was opioid naive or to take methadone, it could be potentially a lethal overdose, and you know, we know the vast majority of patients are trying to do well and diversion isn't particularly common, but it's something that we really need to be, there for. and then just you know, to make sure that everyone's being accountable for

how this important. but but, potentially dangerous medication is being used. >> yeah. >> and try to give the user some sort of normalcy in life getting to work or to school. michael garcia, sonora health with a new product. hopefully that will help address this ongoing issue of opioid overdoses. michael, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> all right. it's a debate between religion and state coming up here on mornings on two. the nine how critics are planning to fight a new law that requires public schools in louisiana to display the ten commandments. but first, mark, letters of fire is here we are live with famed chef tyler florence, who is showing us how to grill up a tomahawk as we look ahead to napa's masters of fire this weekend. there they are. there it is. we'll talk about this all you can eat barbecue event. also, here's a little update to our viewer poll. thinking about all those things we do this summer, we've

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about religion in public schools. fox's caroline shively is in washington with the details. >> after a lengthy fight, louisiana has just become the first state in the nation to require public schools to display the ten commandments. >> and although this is a religious document, this document is also posted in under over 180 places, including the supreme court of the united states of america. >> opponents argue the law violates the separation of church and state, and the first amendment. the american civil liberties union is among several organizations that have vowed to fight the new law in court. louisiana governor jeff landry says he can't wait to be sued, but some members of the state legislature say it's a wasted effort. >> the money we're going to spend, the resources we're going to waste defending this lawsuit we should be spending educating our children. >> right now, a number of states

are eyeing louisiana as a potential model for their classrooms. utah, oklahoma and texas have all proposed similar bills. conservative religious groups want the legal fight to go all the way to the supreme court, hoping the conservative majority would rule in their favor, setting a national precedent in washington. caroline shively, ktvu, fox two news all right, now to this and all you can eat barbecue event happening this weekend in the napa valley. >> some of the area's top chefs will be there showing off their skills. and sal, he is upstairs checking out the work of the famous chef behind the masters of fire competition, tyler florence. how are you guys doing ? >> i got to say, i'm excited to meet this guy, you know, i've watched him on television, and also, i'm excited for the meat. look at this, chef. this is amazing. >> we come for the chef stuff, but we stay for the steaks. that's what we're doing. everybody how are you? so good to see everybody. hi san francisco sal. how are you, man? >> nice to meet you, man. good

to see you, my friend. you know what, so this steak seems difficult to prepare, but you were telling me off the air. never go for a thin steak. always go thin. >> yeah. so this is our signature cut. and miller and lux, our steakhouse at the sanford. it's a chase center, home of the golden state warriors. and this is our our 45 day dry age, tomahawk. it's, from our ranching partner in south dakota. i promise you, this is going to be the best steak you ever have, the 45 day dry age on this is just spectacular. yeah. isn't that gorgeous? right. that's beautiful. and and then we are here to celebrate the masters of fire festival. that is our new barbecue festival that's coming up this weekend up in napa. i want everybody to come see it. if you're a big fan of barbecue, outdoor cooking, live fire competitions, this is going to be amazing. >> i wanted to ask you about that because this sounds epic. so you get to go to a festival, you pay to get in, and then you can eat all the barbecue you want. is that correct? >> all the barbecue, all you can eat, all you can drink, and you get a complimentary copy of my brand new bestselling cookbook, american grill. and so that was going to be for you, buddy, but, this was the number one best

seller on amazon, number one new release. and we're so excited to be celebrating this book. also live fire cooking competitions across the board, you can go to masters of fire festival.com to get tickets. we're also sponsored by williamson ummah. we love them guys. thank you so much for doing this. and is it going to be an epic competition that you get to be a part of? you can come vote for the competition and vote. which chef is going to go to the nationals? we have six. check this out. yeah. 2024 san francisco chef of the year. and that. >> cool that is great. yeah. so okay let me let me ask you something. if i go to this festival and i notice that your meat here is medium, and you say that if you're preparing meat for a bunch of people, always go medium. >> don't go medium rare because yeah, i think it's really important too, because if you're going to go with a large format steak like this and you're cooking for a lot of people, i think medium is always the way to go. now, this one's a little more on the medium rare side because as you and me, and that's how we like our steak. we like our steak. but if you've got a mixed company coming over and you're not exactly sure, it's safer to go medium, right?

so it's a little up tempo, it's going to be about 132 degrees using an instant read thermometer. okay. one of these guys very, very important tool to have when you're cooking outside, but this steak is absolutely spectacular, dude. and i can't wait for you to try this. this is going to be so amazing. >> okay, so while you're doing that, i do want to ask you one more question about this, barbecue festival. if i go and i want to learn something, will there be something, you know, will will people be talking about what they're doing so i can learn a little something? >> so i'm doing all day on saturday. if you get there early. i'm doing cooking demos throughout the afternoon. the competition technically starts at 5:00, so come on up. it's going to be around sunset. we're going to have so much fun. we have four of the of the area's top live fire chefs going head to head for the title of masters of fire. napa. there's going to be a $5,000 cash prize and a big, huge trophy. and the winner of the napa competition goes on to the nationals. we have six barbecue competitions all across the country this summer and the finals, their nationals are going to be on the dallas cowboy football field in october for a national competition, which is going to be great. we just shot a pilot for this for food

network. this is going to be a television show next year, so come check this festival out. it has to be seen to believed you're going to have so much fun. >> where do you get all this energy? >> man, i love what i do. come on. we get to give joy for a living and cook fantastic steaks. so i want you to jump into this and grab a nice big piece of that. right. so this is our 45 day. there you go man. that's a television bite. am i think i'm signing off here. >> you are signing off. that's so delicious. that's so delicious. >> so tender, so incredible. so we've got our tomahawks. we're also going to be serving our signature nine, our slow smoked beef short rib. we've also got lots of fun events coming up. but our chefs are going to be amazing. go to masters of fire festival dot com for tickets. we're still tickets available and we can't wait to see you guys. sunday, sunday, sunday it is barbecue time. >> chef tyler florence is here, andre i'm going to send it back to you so you can repeat the information that look at that. look at that. you can repeat the you know come on up after the show. we've got some for you

right there for sure. >> for sure. all right. tyler florence's masters of fire is this sunday in napa at the studio feast at ford. tickets are still available, and you can find those tickets at ktvu .com/ web links. man, that looks good. >> very fun. nice to have him here. sure. yeah. all right. a firefighter who was injured in the line of duty is going home today. coming up on mornings on two. the nine. we have a look at the very moment brandon franco was released this morning

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port of oakland, where the fbi is conducting an investigation right now. we know this is happening on maiden lane in a home connected to oakland mayor shengtao. now we do not know if the mayor lives there, but we do know that home was associated with her 2022 mayoral campaign. ktvu james torres has been there for the past 90 minutes and tells us he has seen fbi agents

going in and out of that home, reached out to the mayor's office for a statement, and are waiting to hear back. now, once again, the fbi has conducted a raid at a home in oakland associated with oakland mayor shengtao. we will continue to bring you updates on air and online as we receive them. new this morning, a veteran alameda county firefighter seriously injured battling the coral fire has been released from the hospital this morning. ktvu was there when brandon franco, who's been with alameda county for 22 years, was released from the hospital this hour. he suffered second and third degree burns trying to put out the grass fire at the beginning of the month. he's been hospitalized at valley medical center since. >> that is some great news. glad we were able to see that. also, some good news coming from the front lines of the arrow fire in calaveras county, near the town of copperopolis. most evacuation orders and warnings have now been lifted. more than 5300 acres burned, but containment grew 7% overnight. it's now 52% contained. cal fire says one

firefighter was hurt there but is expected to recover contained right now at 15% at the sites fire in colusa county. cal fire says it has burned more than 19,000 acres east of the mendocino national forest since it started on monday. a number of structures are threatened. we don't know how many homes and businesses. evacuation orders are ongoing. more than 700 firefighters are battling that fire and smoke from the sites. fire has been drifting into parts of the bay area. an air quality advisory has now been extended through today for sonoma, napa and solano counties . >> this week, crews have been battling those two fires from the ground and from the air. cal fire deployed this s2 air tanker to drop 1200 gallons of retardant from above. the agency has 60 aircraft in its fleet, ranging in size when they release the bright pink cloud of retardant, it's a sign of relief for firefighters. >> we're working 24 hours with aerial assets. we're just trying

to slow it down to allow the firefighters to really get in there and get on the ground and put the fire out. >> as long as firefighters need the help, these pilots will continue to refuel and send wheels up to the skies. >> stocks of soccer, some of the best soccer players will hit the pitch today for the start of copa america. the tournament features 16 countries, mostly from central and south america. this year's event also includes the united states. first match of copa america is canada and argentina, and lionel messi, who's considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time. now, earlier this morning, we talked to the lead play by play announcer of fox sports soccer about messi mania, either messi or taylor swift for the hardest ticket to get in north america over the last couple of years. >> and we've seen in atlanta, walking around the last couple days the amount of people wearing messy shirts. the stadium is sold out. it's going to be sold out in new york and in miami for the group stage as well. >> argentina is a top ranked country in men's international soccer. argentina won the world

cup in 2022 and the 2021 copa america, and the u.s. plays its first match on sunday against bolivia at at&t stadium. that's the home of the dallas cowboys. the americans have an edge in this tournament since they are the host country. levi's stadium in santa clara is another host site for copa america. ecuador will take on venezuela at levi stadium this saturday, 3:00 and then soccer powerhouse brazil faces colombia on july 2nd. catch our soccer special on ktvu .com this saturday at 2:00. well today's a big day. >> ktvu tonight. anchor julie julie haener broadcast will be her last after 27 years at the station. she has covered some of the biggest stories across the bay area throughout her time at ktvu. be sure to tune in this evening for our special coverage. looking back on her career and thanking julie for her hard work here at ktvu. and of course, that's all leading up to tonight's 10:00 and 11:00 news are.

>> it's been such a pleasure working with her for sure. all right. summer is here. a new study finds that inflation might make this summer not as fun. a study by talker research polled 2000 americans. it found people are spending less or using some savvy spending methods this summer because of the rising cost of living. 37% of respondents say they are shifting their travel plans due to affordability concerns. those who are traveling say 66% of them are using their points and miles more often than they did five years ago. nearly half of respondents said they use buy now, pay later options often or all the time for things like clothing, home goods and groceries. that leads us to our final update of our viewer poll we've been talking about this morning. we've been asking, are you changing your spending habits this summer? you can still vote. you can see just a few people. yes, adjusting travel. a lot of people said yes. shopping less, but no, you only live once. yolo. those

people. you can still vote. scan that qr code at the top of your screen, or you can go to ktvu.com/vote. we love to hear from you and love to see that vote. >> yeah, well, i'm spending less so i can travel more. >> i was just going to say yes less on shopping so i can spend more on fun. >> i think a lot of people say you pay for experiences, right? pay for experiences. you don't need that extra pair of shoes. >> i do not, i don't i mean, when i look at my closet, i'm like, yeah, i got way too many. take the old flip flops and head to hawaii. >> exactly, exactly. >> all right, you know, i'm feeling food right now after sales hit, tyler, smell the barbecue. i can smell it in here, too. okay, i thought i was just crazy. yeah, there he is, chef tyler florence. he is masters of fire competition sunday in napa at the studio feast at ford. >> remember, you can go to ktvu.com under the web link section to find tickets. tickets are still available. and man, does that look fantastic. andre, that is my plate. i'm going up there. we're going to have to be fighting over that.

>> so you know what, andre? i do want you to try that. it's so delicious, so tender. >> it looks fantastic. yes. oh my goodness i cannot wait. look at that tomahawk. >> i mean, we have chef tyler florence is cooking it up i know right. >> so you know it's got to be good. it's got to be good. all right. quick reminder that you can stream ktvu news on your smart tv. you can watch live newscasts and stories on demand anytime on your amazon fire tv, roku or apple tv, or your android tv. to scan the qr code on the right side of your screen now, or just head to ktvu.com, or search for the fox local app and then select ktvu. thanks for joining us. we'll leave y with ♪ [cheering] ♪ ♪ [cheering] ♪ ♪ [cheering]