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own home, but the shooter didn't plan to stop there. the discovery catching a lot of attention. >> president biden heading to southern california this week, but a historic summit could end in embarrassment. we'll tell you why. election day almost here, but all eyes may not be on sacramento this time. we look at one of the most polarizing and expensive races on the ballot, the san francisco d.a. recall. the news at 5:30 starts right now. thanks for joining us. if you're in san francisco, you're voting on one of the most watched races in the nation. >> it's the recall election of san francisco d.a. chesa boudin. it is the most expensive measure on the ballot. those fighting to keep the d.a. in office have spent more than $3 million. those who want him out have spent more than $7 million.
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sergio reports from san francisco with a detailed look at the measure, and why political experts sayette being watched nationwide. >> reporter: when former public defender chesa boudin became the city's chief prosecutor in january of 2020, he was part of a new wave of reform-minded d.a.'s around the country. two and a half years later, he's now among a few who are facing recall or other removal efforts. supporters say his tenure was immediately tainted by the difficulties everyone felt because of of a once in a generation pandemic and the lockdown that followed. >> i ink think it's unfortunate that people have taken advantage of the vulnerable position we're in. >> reporter: kristine is the executive director of the prosecutor's alliance, a statewide group of former prosecutors who have been working to reform the criminal justice system. she said survey after survey shows that voters are wanting the reforms they are trying to
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make. >> they are not committed to a punishment-only approach, a jail-only approach. they want services and support. they know, like we all do, that that'smore likely to solve the problem. >> reporter: boudin's supporters also say work account with the san francisco police department and police union has ban challenge, something that she said she also saw firsthand when she worked for former district attorney gorge gas cone. >> they've had good working relationships with the chief of police. not this d.a. or the several previous d.a.'s we have known and loved had a relationship with the police union. >> reporter: boudin has indicted three officers in three different incidents has endearhood tomorrow police reformers who say he is following through on campaign proms to hold police officers accountable. it has strained his relationship with police rank and file. some of his most vocal critics
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say they also support reforms, but don't like how d.a. boudin is doing it. >> i think it sounded good theory, but in reality, we saw the results, people getting hurt and killed. >> reporter: in 20201, a large group of looters ransacked union square. at the time, she was part of chinatown's citizen patrol groups. >> after a group of them destroyed downtown, came to san francisco chinatown, and destroyed a black of grant avenue. my team and i helped the police catch four looters. >> she became even more interested after watching a series of attacks on the cities aaip community. 84-year-old and 69-year-old, who were violently attacked and beaten, and 84-year-old vita, who was killed. the families of the men have since criticized the district attorney's office for not psyching hate crime
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enhancements and other issues. one of the victim's even sued the d.a. so he could testify on own behalf in court. >> we believe that chesa boudin not the right person to do this job, because he consistently shows he is sideth with the criminals. he is a former push lick defender, and that's all he knows. he doesn't know what it is to represent a victim. >> reporter: the d.a. has recent live launched an investigation group, and he said they broke up a major fencing operation. still, jail taylor, professor of politics, said that reap crept polling shows the z at major risk of being recalled >> liberals are sort of sacrificing their own to avoid the coming conservative backlash, which is inevitable. >> reporter: professor taylor
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said liberal san franciscans are perceived about the perception of crime around them. >> it bothered peoplemore than january 6th, to see everyday urban crime just sort of suggesting to us our society is completely out of order. >> reporter: he said d.a. boudin's campaign hales also has a unique problem, he doesn't have someone to run against. in liberal san francisco, voters may not see much change if a different person is installed in his place. >> different style and may not be as strident as boudin, but you're not going to get a conservative in san francisco as d.a. da, or even a moderate centrist. with election day around the carolina, we're following all of the races on your
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ballot. scan that qr code on your screen. we have put together information on the candidates and races. now to a bizarre case out of wisconsin. a map shot and killed a retired judge on friday, with officials saying the attack was targeted, and the judge wasn't the only person on the killer's list. bruce harrison reports. >> reporter: the junk's son told police dispatchers he woke up, saw a man with a gun in their home, and slipped out of a window undetected. state investigators suspect this man, douglas uda, shot retired judge john romer, to death. police entered the home after negotiations failed and found ror dead, saying he had been tied up with zip ties. the us secretary shot shot himself but survived and is in
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critical condition. he sentenced uda to six years in prison for and burglary and firearms charges. a law enforcement source said they found a hit list nuda's car. governor tony evers was a target. >> i'm not going to comment on this. >> reporter: but he did speak about the broader implications of such a crime. >> it's a threat to our democracy and our system. do you have anything to say to bad actors considering terrible things? >> well, of course. the idea, as i said before, a judge from a rural county is targeted and murdered, just -- it's abhorrent to our judiciary, and to leadership in our state and our country. >> reporter: michigan governor gretchen whitmer senate might leader mitch mcconnell also on the list.
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her office responding she will not be bullied or intimidated from doing her job. wisconsin officials notifying capitol police about the threat to mcconnell. ror serve inspected the army reserves and as an assistant district attorney and state public defender. he took the bench in 2004, retiring in 2017. controversy continues to brew around this week's summit of the americas in los angeles. president biden is the host of the summit this year, but several other heads of state are threatening to boycott this meeting because leaders from cuba, nicaragua, and venezuela have been banned. the president has been asked to lift that ban. the meeting is part of an effort to ease tensions and collaborate on a host of issues
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affecting north and south america. quite a surprise on this final day of jubilee festivities in london. queen elizabeth made an appearance, marking her 70 years on the throne. she waved to the crowd. the 96-year-old monarch missed events in the last two days be, because he's had trouble moving around lately. today it ended with some 1800 military personnel and 200 horses escorting a gilded coach through the streets. it's actually the same carriage that took the queen to her coronation 69 years ago. all right. still ahead, they saw the images in ukraine and decided they couldn't sit back. but they're not just making art. we'll tell you how students from the south bay are bringing help to refugees. >> we're still seeing a few isolated showers here on the radar around the santa cruz mountains, and a lot of wide-
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spread just a moment. wide-spread humidity.
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there have been more than a few stories in the these these days that have left many people feeling helpless, especially young people. >> but in tonight's bay area proud, we are introduced to middle school students who understand the first steps to not feeling helpless is doing something, no matter how big or small. >> the 8th grade errs at this school in san jose are about to head off to high school next. their teachers have worked hard to make sure they are prepared as scholars. well, they certainly seem to be
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programmed as humans. >> so maybe they're both here. were in any any given day in this leadership class in san jose, at least half the desks are likely to be empty. her students are normally engaged in activities all over the school. taking surveys, broadcasting the school news. even delivering birthday wishes. lately, though, there has been one packet that has been keeping these young people in one place, all because their hearts are apparently in the right place. >> i think it started, like, a month or two ago. >> what she and her classmates start duding a month or two ago was something we all started doing, paying attention to the war in ukraine, and the suffering of its people. >> i just saw their faces crying on the news and it broke my heart. >> reporter: it not only broke their heart, but them wondering in if there was anything a young group of people half a world away could do to help. that's when they came up with
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the idea of cranes for ukraine. inspired by the children's book sadaku, and a thousand japanese cranes, the leadership students not only started folding their own cranes, they went around the school, teaching other students how to do it, too. their goal? 1,000 cranes to be sold at the school's maker fair, raising thousands of dollars for the ukrainian refugees. >> it's about spreading awareness and coming together as a community, to show how we can impact something so far away. you're never too young or too small to make a difference. >> i really hope and believe that they will take away this feeling of empourment, where it's, like, i can do this, i can make a difference with my voice. >> reporter: the students easily reached their goal. the money, already gone. units way to helping the
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ukrainian people, but the lessons these students learn will likely stick with them forever. >> sometimes feel like we're in really good hands going forward, like after that story. rain-wise, let's look at the totals for the last 24 hours. half moon bay saw more rain in the last 24 hours than we typically see for the entire month of june. pretty remarkable. only have to get about a quarter inch of rain for san francisco and oakland to do that, and we've seen that the last 24 hours. this area here in yellow through sonoma county and marin county, the mountain top areas saw one to two inches of rain. the main effect of what is left with the moisture that high humidity, still 78%, at 72
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degrees in san rafael. over to dublin. 79 degrees, and i you have mostly cloudy conditions, and near san jose, a few sprinkles off to the south of downtown, and closer to the santa cruz mountains. north west wind at 12 miles per hour. so a lot les green now on the radar compared to what we saw earlier this morning, but around the summit here, as that moist air is forced to climb up and over the summit. that's enough to wring out some drizzle and light rain. and tomorrow the skies will start to clear. a bit of a northwest wind me a start to push some of that low- level clouds around san jose and give us a limits light rain and dareful for the morning. probably until about 8:00 tomorrow morning. then the skies will clear and we'll start to loose some of that humidity ask see more sunshine to wrap up your
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monday. low clouds, misty skies. clearing skies mid-day with monday's high temperatures in the upper 70s around san jose. 60s closer to san francisco. low 70s into oakland. r. second half of the week doesn't bring us any rain chances. instead, strong high pressure building in. we're going start to feel the effects of this wednesday, thursday, into friday, in terms of the temperature trend. we'll see 80s to near 90s returning to the area on wednesday. right now friday should be the warmest day of the week, with hid in 90s in reach across the valleys. but no this san francisco and oakland not too bad. less humidity as we head toward this start of next weekend. san francisco temperatures start to get warm by friday. cooling with. wind by the weekend, and those valley temperatures into the 90s, so the first half of the forecast looking and feeling a bet more like june.
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some cases we've been setting daily rainfall in parts of california this weekend. now back to you. coming up, advice on how to help pets adjust to change. that's coming up after the break.
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you may remember a lot of people adopted pets during the pandemic, especially with most people huskerring down at home. >> so the return to travel may mean leaving your pets at home, or traveling with them for the first time. vicky retrieved some tips to help you navigate the process. >> reporter: kept on a tight leash more than two years, many families have the itch to travel again. among them, 23 million american
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households who adopted a pet during covid. so what is the best option to ensure you have a good trip and your pet is safe, too? well, the pandemic may have taught us to sit and state home, but as travel resumes, humans will have to learn a few new tricks, like the questions to ask, is employ what to consider when choosing a boarding facility for our beloved pets. >> reporter: with 71% of americans expected to travel this year, exceeding pre- pandemic levels, those who have pets may look to facilities like new york city's dogma. what do you do here? >> we are a second home for the pups. >> reporter: the founder said before an overnight stay, each pet should stay for the day to make sure the dog likes the facility. how can you tell if your dog had a good time? >> if they're not having a good time at goring home, and their behavior is different, they're not as friendly, they're telling you i did not up joy the stay. >> reporter: what kinds of questions should you ask of a border facility that you're considering? >> i think the most important
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thing is make sure dogs are neutered and spayed. the other thing is where would they be sleeping? here at dogma, we believe in rewarding. >> reporter: pet owners should ask whether the facility remains staffed overnight. here dogs can snuggle in an actual bed with a human. how many dogs will sometimes try to sleep with a staff member overnight? >> i think the record is probably eight cogs. >> reporter: she recommends that you ask about vaccination environment requirements and feeding times, as well as potty breaks, how many opportunities for exercise and human interaction and provide the facility with specific information about your pet, including any medications or dietary restrictions, and when it comes to fire safety, experts say think about the same precautions you would want in place at your own home. >> what is the emergency plan? do they have fire alarms? do they have smoke alarmings? what are they going to do in
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the event of an emergency. >> reporter: look for sprinklers if the facility doesn't offer around the clock information. but maybe you want to take your little ray of sunshine along for the ride. whether you're planning to take the car or fly, it's always safer for your pet to be in a carrier, and if you aim to take to the friendly skies, make sure that carrier is small enough to sit underneath an airplane seat. before you travel, let your pet get used to the carrier by leaving it's out and open at home so they can explore it on their own. when flying with a pet, expect to pay a fee each way depending on the airlines. plan to book a nonstop flight. and ahead of any travel, schedule a checkup with your veterinarian, making sure your fur baby is ready to embark. (dog barking) great steps there. we'll be right back.
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books stories can be a great way to learn new things but the owners of a book shop found something more than they expected. >> the owners were replacing the floors and discovered a trap door, which led to an old dusty room with a hole in the wall. at first they thought it was a basement linked to the next shop over, but then the evansville african-american museum reached out to them, thinking they may have found evidence of the underground r. >> the first day that it happened. our sign outside said ask us about our secret tunnel, because i just wanted to tell every single person that it was down there. >> he m museum did not find any evidence of the railroad after all, but they did find something. they found a still, as in something that makes booze, glass bottles, and now they're thinking it was possibly a gambling den from the
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prohibition era. they want to make 3-d models of the artifacts. they don't plan on selling any alcohol. [ laughter ] >> but what a cool find. >> totally cool. great history. >> bay area news at 6:00 is coming up next. ♪ ♪
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