awfully? you go bill belichick. that's a different story altogether. we'll see you morrow in california during his state of the state address today and warning about a right wing attack on california's way of life. >> forces are threatening the very foundation of california's success, our pluralism, our innovative spirit and our diversity. >> from ktvu, fox two news. this is the four. >> first at four. more fallout today for oakland mayor shengtao. her chief spokesman, handing in his resignation. that departure, one of several on tao's team just a day after her fiery remarks about the fbi raid at her home and several other locations. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the four. i'm alex savage, and i'm crystal bailey. >> questions are still swirling around what these raids were all

about. we're joined now by our crime reporter, henry lee, who's been following the developments in this investigation. and of course, this abrupt departure of two key figures in the mayor's orbit. >> yeah. first, we have that attorney for tao parting ways with the mayor, and now her chief spokesman, francis zamora, says he's also out now. zamora had been with tao's office for about nine months. he left on monday, the same day tony brass says he withdrew as tao's attorney, although the mayor says she and brass actually parted ways on saturday. as for zamora, he issued a statement confirming his decision to leave but without providing details. he said i resigned my position as chief of communications. i thank my colleagues for their professionalism and dedication. it was an honor to serve the city of oakland beside them. now, of course, this comes in the wake of that big raid, fbi raid, and of course, the mayor's fiery remarks after that city hall. i mean, she was defiant, angry at sometimes emotional, so remains to be seen what happens now. but she is now without two

key advisors. yeah >> so do we have any sense of what exactly it was that prompted her spokesperson to want to step aside? >> no, but you can read between the lines, because both tony brass and the spokesman said, you know, they were out as of monday. and this comes after her decision to speak out against the raid. and it was very, very defiant and angry. she casts blame on the fbi and said that there was a whole conspiracy against her. and i guess it looks very clear that her legal and pr team did not agree with that strategy. >> yeah, there's clearly seems to be there are a lot of disagreement internally there. have you gotten a gauge on what the public might think right now? and with everything swirling? >> yeah, there is a sense of tumult, like what is going on with the mayor's office. in fact, we'll talk to media strategist justin burton coming up at five and six, as well as our ktvu legal analyst, the optics certainly don't look good. >> yeah, no. certainly not. all right. here's one sort of overarching question here that i'm curious about. when are we going to actually get more information from federal investigators about what they

may have been looking for, evidence wise at the mayor's home and those other locations that they raided? and when are we going to find out if, in fact, the mayor is a target in this investigation, which she says she is not? right? >> that's a good point. in fact, the feds were supposed to have left a search warrant, a copy of the search warrant at the mayor's home, and without any copy of the affidavit, which talks about the probable cause for the search. and we heard the mayor saying, i want the reason as to why the feds came in. all that will be sealed unless criminal charges are brought after an arrest. way to make very, very clear, no charges have been filed against mayor tower. anyone in this investigation. so time will tell whether we get any documents and details from the u.s. attorney. if charges are brought, we'll continue to follow this very closely. >> thank you. henry. >> all right. thank you. we move along here. and governor newsom today addressed californians during his state of the state address. >> ktvu tom vacar walks us through top priorities. the governor is lining out for the

years ahead, tom. >> well, you know, it may well be that history historians will actually see this speech, this speech, as the governor made as his first 2028 presidential campaign speech. >> this year, we face another extraordinary moment in history. >> the governor began his state of the state without using trump's name, especially warning that democracy itself is a dire risk. >> we are presented with a choice between a society that embraces our values and a world darkened by division and discrimination. >> newsom says that california will not bend on diversity, universality, civil rights, women's rights, immigrants rights or lgbtq rights as extreme politicians and other states take away women's rights. >> california stands as a beacon of self-determination. together with this legislature, we have passed some of the strongest laws in the nation protecting women's health, homeless relief remains a priority. while the causes of homelessness are

indeed complex, the solution is rather simple. housing and supportive services. >> that also includes care court that may force the seriously mentally ill or drug addicted into treatment. >> now, for the first time, we're helping to find meaningful solutions for families with relatives suffering from acute mental health and substance abuse disorders. >> gun control remains a priority. >> 30 years ago, california's gun homicide rate was 50% above the national average. now today, it's 33% below the national average. a lower homicide rate now than 29 other states, including florida and texas. >> and newsom said that many more things are on the schedule, and you will hear them coming up in later newscasts reporting live. tom baker, ktvu, fox two news. >> tom, thank you. shortly after the governor's pre-taped state of the state message was released today, california republicans gave their response to the governor's message and

they felt there was too much attention being paid to the governor's national message and not enough being paid to the issues that california is facing . >> yeah, i mean, it is a slap in the face, but more importantly, like it's gavin newsom is refusing to address the real issues that are going on in the state. he'd rather talk about national politics. >> we have the crime out of control. we have inflation out of control, he spent hundreds of millions of dollars in california, and he's got nothing to show for it. i tell you what the constituents of california need to do. they need to go vote out democrats who are not paying attention to what's happening in your life every day. >> and for more on the governor's address, we're joinef political science at saint mary's college, to discuss the state of the state. thank you for joining us, corey. >> thank you for having me. >> now, obviously, newsom has been saying that california's way of life is under attack by conservatives. he's fighting for republican rights and social justice and the environment. do you think this sets newsom up to bid for the presidency?

>> well, i think tom is exactly right. this is not a traditional state of the state address, you know, obviously that comes at the beginning of the session. typically, the normal state of the state is provided in person. it's designed to set the legislative agenda for the year. obviously, the state of the state was delayed back in march. and so what's happened instead is this is actually very much about being a surrogate for president biden and about the 2024 presidential election. in many ways, this is a continuation of the debate that he did on fox news. that was the red state, blue state debate, back last fall. so it was very much a defense of california. it was not an agenda in a normal sense, that a governor is setting for the state legislature. it was very much about national politics and about trying to counter the national narratives about california's decline. >> yeah. and clearly, we know, governor newsom really embraces that kind of dynamic here, kind of going to war with conservatives, taking them head on here. what does he gain by going after red states in this country, going after right wing

media, who was the speech directed at? >> well, so what's interesting about governor newsom? we've we've seen him do these sorts of speeches since he was mayor of san francisco. so very famously, when he was first elected mayor, he did a seven hour state of the city address that was just about policy detail. he was very much focused on the minutia of how to govern san francisco. and at the time, many of us were frankly blown away that someone would do a record of seven hours of video talking about the state of the city. this is a whole other direction. this is a 28 minute commercial, infomercial about progressive values and about the national agenda and really trying to distinguish between, you know, again, the ron desantis is in the first two minutes of the state of the state, and the b-roll is of is of the governor of florida. so this was very much about national politics and trying to, again, be a surrogate for the president and a obviously a difficult reelection bid, but also potentially set the set the case for the future, because

obviously something is going to happen in this election in 2028 is right around the corner. >> yeah, definitely felt a little bit like a promotional ad. as you mentioned, a commercial. he talks a little bit about homelessness and mental health. it might be one of the biggest problems in california as it's depicted nationwide. can you talk a little bit about whether he adequately addressed the housing and mental health crisis? >> well, i don't think anybody in the legislature would tell you he adequately addressed those issues, because he's not talking about the minutia of the policy detail. what he is trying to say is that the things that have happened since the election in march and the pilot projects that are going on around the state will begin to turn things around. so again, he's trying to counter on a on a broadly philosophical level, he's trying to counter the dominant narratives about california as well as, say, the things that we're being attacked for in california are moving in the right direction. but he didn't he didn't provide a detailed policy blueprint. he didn't set the agenda for the legislature. the word budget is mentioned twice in a state of the state

address, which is, again, extraordinarily unusual. but again, it came after an a budget agreement had been reached already. so he mentions that there was a budget agreement and that it is a balanced budget. and other than that, the governor doesn't talk about the budget in the state of the state address. and again, you could not compare this to other, whether it's governor brown or governor schwarzenegger, you would you would not find a comparable state of the state address. yeah. >> and obviously, we heard critics, you know, among them republicans here in california who say that he sort of, in essence, kind of glossed over some of these real serious challenges that california is facing when it comes to housing, when it comes to homelessness, when it comes to affordability, you know, and clearly, we know a lot of californians right now are concerned about the direction the state is headed. did the governor, you know, was his tone that he the tone that he struck here in this speech today? was it the right tone to make those who are concerned about the issues here in california feel seen and heard? >> well, so he's right now at

his lowest approval rating. he's underwater right now in his in his approval within the state of california. so again, he's he's not addressed addressing directly those voters concerns. what he's actually doing is resetting the narrative about the state and resetting the narrative about how he's doing as governor. so this, to me is whether it was, you know, a run for reelection speech or whether it is being a surrogate in the national election or whether it's thinking about, you know, 2028, it's really not a normal state of the state address. and so really, what he's trying to do is to say there's a lot of negativity in california. there's a lot of national reporting that is really critical of the state, particularly around housing prices and homelessness and some other issues, he's trying to say, i'm going to reset that narrative because i'm about to be traveling around the country arguing for the president's reelection. and this is the case that i am planning to make. so, you know, he i don't think he's addressing voter concerns narrowly. he's saying more broadly, this is how i will be addressing those concerns over

the coming months. so to me, this would actually be if the governor was running for reelection, this would be the start of a reelection speech. it's really that broadly thematic and not really talking about the nuances of policy. republicans in the legislature really want question time, right? they want an opportunity to have him speak narrowly about issues so that they can then, you know, battle with him on the on the specifics. that's not what the governor provided today. >> he gave us a stump speech is what it felt like. yeah. >> well thank you. corey cook, political scientist i appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. all right. up next here on the four this afternoon. it is a ruling that could have major implications for those who are living unsheltered here in california. >> next on the four the extreme the supreme court expected to hand down a ruling on homeless encampments. we sit down, live with an expert to discuss what comes next. >> how about this? we do have the skies clearing as we look out towards monument peak. dried lightning. what is it and is it out of here? your bay area

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on homelessness. this is a case that comes out of grants pass, oregon, where the city stepped up enforcement of local ordinances that banned sleeping or camping in public. >> the justices are deciding whether it's constitutional to fine or jail someone for camping on the streets when they have nowhere else to go. a lower courts ruled enforcement in grants pass amounted to cruel and unusual punishment. now, cities and counties across the country, including here in the bay area, are awaiting this ruling that will affect efforts to address homeless encampments. yeah >> we'll talk, of course, about the widespread implications of this ruling here with our guest today. for more, we're joined live by doctor margot kushel, who is the director of the benioff homelessness and housing initiative at ucsf. thank you so much for the time. it's always

good to see you. let's first talk about how you expect this ruling to come down. what do you think the justices are likely to decide here on this question of whether it's unconstitutional or not to fine or to jail an unhoused person who has nowhere else to go? >> yeah, i'm not great at reading the tea leaves, and what the court is, is going to say. and there was, suggestion in the comments that many members of the courts recognized what most americans believe is that arresting people, bringing them to jail because they have no other place to sleep for the crime, as it were, of sleeping, would be cruel. but it's i'm really not sure how they're going to actually decide now, if justices the justices overturned the lower court's ruling and allow cities and states to fine and jail those who sleep in public places, what would that mean for cities like the bay area here in san francisco? >> how would people here address encampments? >> you know, i i'm afraid that

it's not going to get us any place good like, you know, you've heard people say things like, we need this in order to end homelessness, but to be clear, bringing people to jail for a few days does nothing to end homelessness. and if anything, it makes things worse because it leaves them people more traumatized with a record that then has to be cleared. jails are expensive, and it's not going to get us any closer to homelessness. we actually know how to end homelessness, and many cities around the country have done a great job with this, and that is by offering people housing that they can move into and stay. and so we've seen dramatic reductions for instance, in the veterans population where homelessness has reduced by more than half. they have not done that by jailing veterans. they've done that by offering veterans housing with the services that they need to thrive. >> another central issue in the grants pass case is the question

of whether or not there was enough shelter space that is available when you are threatening someone with either a fine or potentially jail time here. where do we stand here with our communities in the bay area? in terms of available shelter space for people? >> yeah. we're not anywhere near where we need to be. i mean, we know that there are massive shelter waiting lists. throughout the bay area. but to be clear, one of the reasons why there master shelter waiting lists is that there's no place for people to exit shelters to, so it's both a question of creating more shelter. but if people stay in that shelter for 5 or 10 years, you're never going to build enough shelter. so we need to do both, creating more shelter. but we need to create reasonable ways for people to exit the shelter because that does two things that houses people, but it effectively creates more shelter as well. >> during oral arguments, some justices seemed concerned about federal judges weighing in on these issues as opposed to local

officials. yeah. what do you think about that? is this something that needs to be really a decision on the local side? >> i mean, you know, the lower courts, when it has come before them, have ruled, you know, that that it is not constitutional to, to arrest people for being homeless. but i think part of what they were saying is this isn't really ours to solve. this isn't the federal court's job to solve this. this is local governments need to solve it. and i do worry that if they if they say, yeah, you can arrest people for being homeless, you're going to see some small towns like grants pass, which, by the way, turned it down. offers from the state for money for shelter and housing. they turned it down to not shelter or house their own residents. these were people who had lived their entire lives in grants pass. it will give them free permission to push them out of grants pass to another community that is going to be less cruel and more willing to not go down the route of arresting people for the crime of poverty.

>> i mean, the fact that you have the nation's highest court wrestling with this notion of whether they should be deciding this question about potentially criminalizing homelessness or whether this is really just an issue that should be left up to local municipalities. what what should that tell all of us about? just how complicated and how vexing and issue homelessness is in this country? >> i mean, i got the sense from the court that they probably didn't really want this issue before them because it gets to be really ridiculous. like we wrote an amicus brief talking about how sleep was a basic human function. i think that, you know, i doubt that anyone, really thinks otherwise. and the idea that local governments can reject state funding that would have provided them with shelter and housing and instead choose to throw in jail people who were longtime residents, for the crime of using a blanket when it

was cold seems like we've come to a pretty dark place. >> yeah, yeah. >> all eyes on on this ruling that we expect to come down here sometime before the end of this week. we appreciate your time today, doctor margo kuchel from ucsf. always good to have you on. >> thanks. so much for having me. >> sure. >> returning now to bay area weather and a live look across the bay this afternoon. you can see some scattered clouds as we bring in meteorologists. roberta gonzalez, who joins us now with what is expected this week. >> who knows? right >> a little cloudy today. no. yes. >> it's just i love that we've had a change in our summertime weather pattern. it's the monsoonal moisture. it's a subtropical moisture that drifted into the bay area, all from tropical storm alberto. that affected mexico and arizona and nevada last week. this is it. this is the tail end of that system. you can still see that we do have bands of showers pushing across the north bay. but i got to tell you, this is

all very light precipitation a few one hundredths of an inch. that's about it. but what i've been watching all day long and i tossed up our sweep, our radar sweep. i've been in search of the dry lightning because that's very dangerous. dry lightning is lightning without the rain. well, the rain is there. it's just evaporating before it hits the land mass. because we've had so much dry conditions, we've had the temperatures into the triple digits. i'm picking up those lightning strikes right there, right now at 421, in throughout portions of nevada and throughout the spine of the sierra nevada. bishop. that's where we had a couple of fires break out last night from the dry lightning. it's cloud to ground lightning, very dangerous. and the most ominous fuel happens to be the grasses that are very dried out around the bay area and throughout the state of nevada at this time. so we have our radar suites up a little bit of light precipitation across the north bay. and this is a really good sign. it is the return of the

marine layer. it's going to knock back those temperatures in our inland areas tomorrow. so it will be cooler. and right now we're talking about 92 degrees in livermore. after topping off so far today at 96 degrees, our temperatures are now averaging about up to five degrees cooler than yesterday. the relative humidity is still bone dry in our inland areas, but 25% humidity in san rafael makes it feel a little bit on the muggy side, so the winds are breezy, will remain breezy throughout the evening hours out of the southwest and west up to 15. we're going to talk about the fog bank and when it will encroach the bay area, and how it will affect your midweek forecast, and that's coming up next time around. >> all right. we'll see you in a bit, roberta. thank you. coming up here on the four this afternoon. bad news for borrowers hoping for student loan relief. the latest action by federal judges aiming to block billions of dollars in bt forgiveness

a public health crisis. doctor vivek murthy issued a surgeon general's advisory that gun violence poses a serious threat to people's health and well-being. this is the first time the nation's top doctor has honed in on guns. those advisories have been used to warn of the risks of cigarettes, motor vehicles and, most recently, social media. but with the number of deaths and injuries from guns increasing exponentially, the surgeon general says the issue also deserves to be treated as a

public health crisis. >> today, for the first time in the history of our office, i am issuing a surgeon general's advisory on firearm violence. our children should not have to live in fear that they are going to get shot if they go to school. none of us should have to worry that going to the mall or a concert, or a house of worship means putting our lives at risk. >> that the declaration is being met with criticism from the national rifle association. it calls it an extension of the biden administration's war on law abiding gun owners. >> two federal judges have halted president biden's student loan relief plan that was set to take effect next week. parts of the save plan were due to be implemented on monday. that would cut payments on some loans in half, and grants some borrowers credit toward loan forgiveness. yesterday, a federal judge in kansas said the president does not have the authority from congress to enact the plan. another judge in missouri said mr. biden's plan, quote, illegally deprives state

loan operators of revenue. the last time the president took a student debt relief plan to the supreme court, it was struck down. these rulings do not impact president biden's aid package for student debt forgiveness. under the higher education act. and the white house did put out a statement today that reads in part, quote, we will never stop fighting to lower monthly payments and help borrowers get out from under the burden of student debt, no matter how many times republican elected officials try to stop us. a white house spokesperson says the department of justice is planning to appeal both of those rulings. all right, coming up here on the four, if you love the iconic dinner and a show theater asia sf well, you can't miss out on this summer's pop up event series. >> i don't know what it is that makes me feel like this. i don't know. >> the ladies of dolls sf will join us live here in the studio. up next for more on their brand new show, and we'll tell you how you can check it out in the marina. i don't

juma says, because we missed you . >> all right. you may recognize some of these ladies from the recently closed asia sf and lgbt institution in san francisco for 25 years, but now they're back on stage and inviting you to a special new pop up event series in san francisco. complete with dinner at a show at dolls sf. and joining us now for more from

dolls sf is carmen duncan, as well as violet re from the show. thank you so much. and your daughter's here too, and all my daughters are here. >> we have leilani and kimberly. >> wonderful. wonderful to have you all here. you're all part of this show. let me start with you , carmina. what? what is this experience going to be like at dolls sf? what can people expect if they come to the show? >> so this came up in asia as of closed, like on february. we were all devastated, but we were given this opportunity by an investor in the marina that want to bring an inspired concept of this to the marina so we can continue to perform and entertain people like what we love to do. so this is like a once in a lifetime opportunity that we don't want to miss out. >> this is special to keep it going because because i imagine that was a that was a real devastating blow when asia sf shut its doors. >> oh, absolutely. i was there for a minute. so i was there for a minute for a few of those. >> you were there for a few of

those years? >> a few 25 years? yes absolutely. so again, having this opportunity to continue and, you know, continue the legacy of the of the dolls to perform again and be on where we shine. so this is like perfect for us and we want to continue it. okay. >> violet, what does it mean to you to continue this sort of to continue the legacy of asia sf? >> so i actually moved here to san francisco to work for asia sf, and i only got to work there for like about a year and a half. so when this opportunity was given to me, i was like, you know, i just have to take it and run with it. it was so amazing to see myself grow as a performer and like, you know, a sense of pride in a way. so when we were given this opportunity, i said, let's go. let's run full throttle. let's do it. >> yeah. so what what what can people expect? i mean, we know it's dinner and we know it's a show, but it's a it's a show like no other. >> absolutely. it's going to be fun, flirty, sexy, sassy, all of the above. and you know, it's like a dinner with us. so we're going to be serving them

cocktails and we're going to be performing for all the people to cheer for us. and yeah, that sounds fantastic and enjoy their night. absolutely >> is the hope that you that you keep this going right now it's a pop up, right. so we think of a pop up and it's sort of, you know, you're doing this on a temporary basis, but is the hope that you can turn this into something that is more long lasting? is that the hope for you? >> yeah. so as of now, we're going to be ending, in august at the end of august, hopefully with the support of everyone, we can elongate that timeline. and the ultimate goal really would be to have a permanent location. so we really need everyone to get out there, support us any way you can and hopefully we can continue the doll legacy now. >> there you go. keep the legacy going to that. to that end. carmina. what what is it? what kind of support is it going to take from the community to ensure that that this continues on beyond just a temporary pop up? >> so please check us out on our instagram account on the dolls sf. follow us. please come visit us at us at our new location.

and you know, have fun with us and let's entertain you. >> that's what goes into these shows. i mean, people might show up and they enjoy the dinner and the show. the show is amazing how much hard work is happening behind the scenes to put this together, to choreograph all of it. >> so a lot of it this time around, it's a collective voice for all the ladies. so, we don't have a dedicated choreographer, so it's all of us. so we have a voice in it and in all our costumes on the songs choices that we have. so all the girls have voices. so this is like the difference between what we did before, from what we're doing now. so it's, again, more fun, more flirty, more sexy, more sassy. >> and who's put it together? the costumes. >> all of us. >> you you just it's all it's all you got to put it all together. >> stunning and sewing. we definitely do all of that. >> amazing. yeah, it's our sisterhood. so that's why we're the dolls. it brings you all together? yes, it really does.

>> and it's a family affair. >> it is a family affair. it's a. yeah, all of the above sounds. >> sounds so wonderful. all right, let's talk about i know people want to get their tickets to this show. how often does it happen? every friday. and saturday, right. >> every friday and saturday. and hopefully, more if there's more people that's going to come and visit us so they can get their tickets at sf bucket list. and also we also do, walk ins if they, if they want to do that. okay. >> so if it's like a spur of the moment thing, you're, you know, you're nearby, you just had dinner but you want to you know, maybe go see a show, go check it out. all right. it happens at 2036 lombard street. tickets start at just $29. boy, for the show, for all that. that's pretty reasonable. yeah. all right. wonderful. and you may be adding new shows. >> yes, please. everybody, that's the plan. >> we love you. >> yeah. we support us. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having us. >> yo. it's our pleasure. thank you very much. have fun. >> thank you, thank you. happy pride. >> happy pride to all of you. we really appreciate it. thanks for coming in. that's carmina duncan and violet re. yes. all right. from from sf dolls. dolls sf

thank you so much. you guys appreciate it. have fun. thank you so much. all right crystal we'll send it over to you. >> well, more pride celebrations are coming up. and as san francisco prepares for an epic parade this weekend, we're joined by drag queen lady camden this afternoon to tell us all about her new show. to kick off pride weekend and happy pride week. >> this is a look at your bay area forecast where it looks pretty happy out there. in fact, we've got a big change in your forecast for your wednesday. the details as the news continues right here on ktvu, fox two news. ♪

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by the way, is tv game show of all time. introducing ladyland. >> well, pride is in full swing this weekend, and what better way to celebrate than with drag lady camden's new show ladyland is this thursday night at the palace of fine arts, and we're joined by the queen herself, lady camden, best known as a contestant from season 14 of rupaul's drag race. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. i'm so excited to be here and talk about pride. >> i know, and so this is dance. this is game show. tell us all about what to expect. >> well, i am a theater girl at heart, so i always have been. it's going to be a lot of dance, a lot of ballet. this time. lots of drag and a bit of

storytelling as well. i've sort of created a game show that explores all the different colors of the original gilbert baker pride flag, because the contestant lady camden turns out, doesn't know enough about pride. so she has to rebuild the entire pride flag one at a time, one color at a time. and today i decided to dress up as indigo, which represents serenity. >> okay, you look great. thank you. your makeup is ten times better than mine. i got to get some advice from you. so tell us a little bit about, if you don't mind. what exactly are you talking about when it comes to these pride colors? >> right. so each of the original pride flag colors, actually we had eight in the original pride flag and they each represent a different sort of important part of pride sort of history. and it also represents a movement, of course, at a time, right. as before harvey milk passed away, so really this is exploring, rediscovering each of the pride flag colors, because i feel like a lot of us don't know, some of the history of how the pride flag came to be, its, its importance, of course, this is all done in a fun kind of drag

game show. fun dance way, during the process of writing the show, i did get to speak to a lot of people in our community who have been here since the beginning of the pride flag, and people who have lived through the aids epidemic and have a lot of great, interesting and powerful moving stories, and so in that process of interviewing all these people, the tone and the story of the whole show has shifted slightly. so we go from one fabulous thing to something a little bit more heartfelt and a bit more, poignant and storytelling. so there's a little shift halfway through the show, but i think it's ultimately going to be for a beautiful, powerful cause. >> sounds like a history lesson you're going to take people through. >> it won't be like, you know, too serious. it'll it'll be heartfelt and important and inspiring. and my goal is to help people sort of remember, of course, where the pride flag came from, but where it's kind of going, how it's growing, how it's becoming more inclusive within our own community. but also i'm going to give you drag as well. don't worry. we're gonna we're going to have fun too.

>> so talk a little bit about this special guest you've got coming to. >> so we have, bologna coming to open for my show. it's a all male, striptease revue, very camp, very theatrical, very up my alley, and i think they're really there to just sort of infuse the show with a little bit of energy just to really get things going and then i show up, you know, casually, fashionably late. i mean, at my own time, you know, half an hour later. okay. >> so how long did it take for you to put this together? i mean, this seems like a months long process. >> at least. i was really just given an opportunity to write a show. i wasn't really told. this has to be pride themed or anything, i had in the christmas month of december, i wrote a naughty nutcracker festive themed show and i just had so much fun, kind of writing my own material, and it was really just the sort of seed. and now i'm kind of addicted to writing things and producing more. more than just a typical drag show. i'm very grateful to be able to perform at clubs and kick and split and shablam everywhere, but i've always wanted to sort of tell more of a story, so i

thought it would be fun to kind of learn more about pride, because there's so much that i didn't know before writing the show, not only the history, especially here in the bay area, in san francisco particularly, you know, the amount of devastation that hit the queer community has really kind of shaped how courageous and powerful a lot of us are, so it's been really cool to listen to some of these stories and kind of just get inspired by it, you know? >> is this your first solo show, well, if you don't include the naughty nutcracker. yes. okay, okay. but naughty nutcracker is technically my first solo show. this is a bit more of a beast in terms of like, getting into more different facets of who i am. it's not just drag and dancing, it's a lot more kind of old school me before drag, i used to be a choreographer before i was a drag queen, so i decided to choreograph a duet for the dancers that doesn't involve me at all, not that though. there's not some great video that is just something a lot more silly and stupid. that's me rehearsing my i'm talking with a virtual

host, my host of the game show. her name is miss vanna white veneers, and she has crazy huge teeth. and she speaks very crazy. and that's who i'm interacting with in that clip right there. but, so yeah, it's set up to be a sort of questionnaire of like, how much do you know about pride? lady camden turns out not enough. so we drain the colors of the pride flag, and we start from scratch. and through that journey, we learn how it can be fun and silly and sexy and magical. but also how two of the colors in the pride flag, red and orange, just bear a bit more weight and a bit more substance to who we really are and who we are becoming. >> okay, so obviously this is going to be a fun weekend for everyone. how are you as an individual celebrating pride? oh, gosh, well, i'm performing a lot. and so of course, a lot of it is work and energy and performing, but i really do enjoy it. i know that sounds crazy, but i do, and i'm going to try to just be present in the moment, in the shows and just

let my little inner child have fun, because i think if my little inner child knew i was writing my own show about being queer, i think they would be really, really stoked. that's awesome. yeah. >> so this is thursday night, i believe, 8:00. doors open at 7:00, doors open at seven 8:00 sharp. >> no one get there late. i know it's palace of fine arts, and i know parking is crazy, but i want to hear no excuses. okay? we're starting on time, but. yes. so you can get your tickets at, palace of fine arts. org. i will be there one night only, and, it's going to be pretty magical. i'm excited. >> all right, well, thank you so much for joining us, lady camden. >> thank you so much for having me. >> okay. alex. >> yeah. sounds fantastic. looking forward to it. all right. we want to talk about our weather here in the bay area because things took a very interesting turn here during the middle of the week. we had that tropical moisture kind of make its way into some parts of the bay area. you probably saw a lot of those high clouds not in this particular shot though. here, as we look out toward the east bay. but we did see those high clouds

streaming in, and we had the thunderstorms and the chance for dry lightning that roberta has been telling us about since yesterday. here are we done with the unsettled conditions? roberta? >> i don't know about that. i'm following lady land out there because she's bringing out right now my inner child. i've been so excited about all the changes in our forecast this week, beginning with the dry lightning, the light rain showers here in the bay area, and we are on the tail end of all of that right now. as you can see, it's exiting the north bay. when you look at the precipitation, it doesn't really amount to much. a few 100, that's about it. most notably, what we have been keeping our eyes on in the ktvu weather department. is this right here? we fired up our radar sweeps. we're looking at the dry lightning now. this is cloud to ground lightning. very dangerous. and we call it. we refer to it as dry lightning because the rain evaporates before it hits the ground. but we still have that thunderstorm activity. so you have the lightning and it is dry and it is fueled by the very dry grasses noted around the state of nevada, also around the state

of california, you see around the spine of the sierra nevada. we have those lightning strikes as well. and bishop, last night we did have several little fires that did burst because of the dry lightning strikes. now, as this all exits to the north and to the east as it lifts up, it's all subtropical moisture. what will be in place of it is this right here, this fabulous, refreshing marine layer that's fingering its way in throughout the golden gate bridge, making tracks towards the bay waters. so this evening, some spotty showers. well, that's all tapering off. tomorrow we will have the abundance of sunshine and a cooler day cooler the 92 degrees right now in concord and also in livermore. so far i've seen 96 degrees there, 70 degrees right now in oakland and in emeryville. it's near 70 in burlingame, in belmont. and these temperatures are, for the most part warmer than yesterday at this time, except it was hotter in livermore at 98 degrees. notice the fluctuating winds up to 14 15mph. 18 at sfo.

those winds will die down overnight. and here it comes. here is a return of the low clouds of fog. the marine layer moving all the way into the bay and the overnight hours sun up. tomorrow morning at five 3810 we will have cloud cover at the coast. clouds will retreating during the afternoon hours. we will have some sunshine. more sunshine in pacifica, moss beach and tara beach. then yesterday, so well inland. we're still talking about temperatures in the 90s. otherwise a cooler day for all. hey, by the way, if you're heading on out to the baseball game tonight, we have the giants playing host to the cubs 60 degrees. good looking night for baseball overnight. 50 to 60 degrees tomorrow. daytime highs 59 to 88. and the extended forecast a bit more seasonal all the way through the weekend. i hope you enjoy your evening. but befo you go, y with s.

samples from the far side of the moon. the chang'e six probe landed today in the northern chinese region of inner mongolia. it carried with it rock and soil samples. scientists in china anticipate they will include volcanic rock, estimated to be about 2.5 million million years old. scientists will also compare geographic differences between soil samples from the moon's two sides. >> the san diego zoo recently welcomed a new resident. a baby bird taper made her debut to visitors. the female calf was born on june 3rd. her red brown

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is making plain has more. >> when you go to a baseball game, it is not uncommon to see young fans who dream of being that player on the field one day. but what you don't see is often our young fans who dream of being a major league baseball organist. well, there's a young kid named evan who is a prodigy at the organ, and he's found a mentor in diamondbacks organist bobby freeman. here they come. >> and i have never witnessed a young person at the age of ten having such a talent level as evan. he is so far ahead of me. when i was ten, this is unbelievable. >> you know, bobby is one of the nicest people i've ever met, and he's very encouraging. and he inspires me to do my dream. and

without him, we probably wouldn't be here. and he's just a really nice guy and he's inspired me to keep doing what i like doing. techno. >> techno? yeah, you got it. and i'm gonna get out of your way. and then i know you're going to do backgrounds and everything. yeah, okay. >> this mentorship began when evan's mother took a shot in the dark and sent bobby a message on linkedin, and the next day he responded. >> it was just unbelievable. bring him on down. we'll put him up on the bench. i was like, are you? wait, wait, wait, what? >> i remember my mom telling me that my dad was in tears. he was so excited for me. after the game, i got to play the organ. i, i achieved my dream job playing the organ at a major league game. well it wasn't connected to this dream, but it was still fun. i still had a whole entire crowd gathered up in the sandlot. >> i told him when he was here last few months ago, i said, now go out and play. don't worry about money. volunteer your time and you know you get into little

league. whatever he goes out in a couple of weeks, gets the keyboard, the sound system, and he plays the national anthem and all the songs for his little league. and sends me the video. >> every time i play a song, i just have a sensation of that. i completed something really amazing because i just i just love the organ. i just love the sound of it. i love the way it makes me feel. i love that it pumps up the crowd, and there's no song that pumps up evan more than tequila. the tequila. and it's just it's just a fun song to play. it was the first, like, real song i learned. it wasn't like a ditty, like da da da da da. i just love that song. >> bobby has no doubt evan could be an mlb organist one day. his skills are already far superior to others his age and older, but

bobby's preaching that the key to success is his ability to overcome adversity. >> i weeded out every bully in the school, and i didn't realize what was going on at the time, so i was kind of the geek in school, but i didn't let those bullies bring me down. and i realized they did what they did because they couldn't do what i did. so i've tried to help evan deal with maybe some adversity that he'll face down the road. who cares what? >> who cares if the kids aren't that thrilled about it? my peers at school aren't thrilled about it. i love doing it, and that's all that matters. doesn't matter if all the other boys in my class want to be a dodger player. it doesn't. it doesn't impact what i like. >> we need them. we need them. there's not very many baseball organists who wants to play the organ anymore. >> if my desire was a car and this was fuel, i think we'd. i think we'd be cruising down the highway because there would be so much fuel in it. >> and in the pursuit of his mlb organist dreams, he's got the

pedal to the metal in phoenix. megan plane. >> next here at five, an investigation into possible arsons in san jose. the concerning developments with peak fire season underway. >> plus, when a mayor gets fired by her attorney and her communications director in the same day, it's not exuding a place of confidence. tonight, more frustration in the city of oakland. the latest resignation at city hall as the fallout from the federal raid continues to grow. also an update after 911 service to three east bay cities was cut. >> the crime that police say triggered the outage. >> ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> and good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes and i'm mike mibach. >> we begin in the south bay where san jose police arrested a man in his 20s for suspicion of arson after three fires were started, right in an area near highway 101. >> it is concerning news