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. now at 11:00. an end in sight for the oakland teacher strike. we will have a live report. we want our teachers back in the classroom tomorrow . we have been here for 32 hours [music] lots to do on this mother's day across the bay area. we will tour the sights and sounds during holiday weekend. san francisco may have problems but the city is proving it really knows how to crack down on little free libraries. >> good evening. after more than 32 hours at the negotiating table this weekend oakland teachers and the district are trying to work out the final details of a new contract. >> betty yu joins us live from
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oakland with the latest, betty? >> reporter: hi, brian. that is right. the union says they are here at the finish line. they are just waiting for the district to sign that agreement that reflects the terms that they actually agreed upon. they are telling us they have waited for the last seven hours for the district to sign that paperwork. it just has not happened. they gave them an 11:00 deadline. now that deadline has come and gone which means, according to the union, that the teachers will be on strike again tomorrow. now, late tonight, the union said that two sides did come to an agreement on all items. but, now, they are waiting for the district to formally seal the deal. the union says it has been working with great urgency over the weekend and corresponding with the district over zoom. now, they hit a delay because of errors in the paperwork. >> glaring errors of content
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areas that are missing or just things that we agreed upon that are no longer in there or they are misrepresented or a number of host of different things. and, we are incredibly frustrated by it and we have been asking to co-construct it today to make sure that all of the areas would be appropriate so that we could sign the document and get back home to our families. >> the teachers went on strike may 4th. at that time they were asking for higher pay, more resources for students among other things. both sides have struggled to come to an agreement, were struggling to come to an agreement on what they are calling common good issues like housing and transportation and school closures. again, they did tell us they did come to terms on all of those items. now, oea's vice president, who
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really taken a toll on her. >> i want to send my daughter to school tomorrow wr teachers the classroom tomorrow. we have been here for 32 hours. slept on the floor last night in this building and i did not get to see my children on mother's day. many of us on this team are parents. they are away from their families, they are away from their children, away from their loved ones. >> reporter: so, again, because we are now passed 11:00 p.m. and we have not heard from the union that the district has signed those papers it looks like the strike resumes tomorrow. andrea, brian? >> hopefully they will be back in the classroom >> thu, loof er y no
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shortage ways leincla to kes today. >> checking things out at the south bay reservoir. >> reporter: a feast on the grill. a picnic on the grass and an inviting body of water. >> have fun >> thank you. >> reporter: it was all part of the mother's day experience at the reservoir. the heavy winter rains are just a memory now. their benefits are fully enjoyed. the reservoir is 95% full. the temperatures were around 85 degrees. making for a memorable outing for andrea, avid outdoor enthusiast and her twin boys. >> it is awesome, nature is blooming because of all of the rain and the warm weather is finally coming for us to enjoy. i have my special sons with me, best mother's day ever. >> reporter: the high water levels are crucial for a local
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rowing team. this dragon boat crew is getting into shape for a big competition next week. >> if there is low water level we can not practice, period. we run into mud and everything. so, having water here and having like adequate depth it is super important. >> reporter: for most the warmer weather was ideal for honoring the mother's in their lives >> great grandma, grandma and mom. >> this family had a changing of the guard when it comes to complex family gatherings. >> it was the younger generation that planned this and brought us together. it is really lovely that the younger generation started taking over. >> they treated us to lunch >> yes. we did not have to bring anything. >> reporter: this there were so many families that came together for good times under the warm and sunny skies.
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san francisco flawn profit held a special moth per's celebration for the homeless, they hosted 80 mothers and their families for a special brunch. the moms say that it was nice to be recognized. >> i feel great. i think it is amazing. it is amazing all of these mothers get recognized today. >> sometimes people don't have that support system to do it. sometimes kids are too young to show mothers they might feel lonely >> this is the fourth year the restaurant hosted the event. a san francisco couple's little free library in front of their home has become a vocal point of a debate about permits required by the city. >> kenny cho has that terror. >> reporter: when they set up a little free library in front of their home on pine street it became a beloved gathering place, anyone can take a book or give one, too. >> such a surprise sometimes when we go in and out. wait a minute we have to see what is in the library. >> reporter: for the last 10
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years a source of joy for people who stop by. even their four legged friends looking for a treat >> it is more than just a library. it is what brings it to the neighborhood. >> reporter: someone's complaint to the city pointed out the library did not have a permit triggered a visit by the department of public works and a 30-day notice asking them to remove their little house of happiness or apply for a minor permit >> we don't go out and actively and proactively look for these things. >> reporter: rachel with the department of public works says it costs more than $1400. not including annual fees. and the department was required to respond because of the complaint. >> we were not taking action, we were not confiscating these things. something to kick start the conversation with the property owner. how can wid make it work? >> the city is doing something about it, we heard it is kind
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of encouraging in that respect. >> the solution could be a low- cost benefit permit dpw is working on that would allow for little free libraries and benches to remain as long as they do not compromise the sidewalk or limit access to wheelchairs. giving hope to neighbors who are willing to set up a go fund me account to save the library. >> i think in this city, particularly in this time it is important that we have positivity and life being brought to all kinds of places >> it is kind of a love story and good love stories never end. >> reporter: the last chapter in this saga has not been written yet but the end looks promising. >> accept city officials don't yet know exactly how much that low-cost permit will cost. san francisco supervisors will introduce legislation that would wave fees for the little freeway libraries. hiker had to be rescued after he fell more than 100 feet last night. rescue crews are using it as a
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reminder to make sure that people that you know, that you let people know where you are going to be if you go hiking. after the hiker fell he did not have cell phone service but he did have a girlfriend and he told the girlfriend where he would be hiking so a helicopter was able to track him down and pull him out. a belmont man is back at home tonight safe with loved ones. the police with the help of social media were able to reunite him with his family. the police say the man was suffering from memory loss and there was a language barrier when he was found near belmont park. officers took to twitter to ask for the public's help with finding his home b. two hours later they were able to identify the man. he is expected to fully recover. the chp says they have recovered three stolen cars after a high-speed chase across the bridge. officials say they started chasing the cars after they were seen speeding on the bridge. chp plane helped track the cars through the streets of oakland.
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both chp and oakland police caught up with the cars, two dodge chargers and a dodge challenger, multiple people were arrested and they found several stolen catalytic converters. the police say there might be have a hit and run involving a large trailer. they found a man in the fourth lane of the highway but did not find the trailer in the area. >> a good samaritan was killed by a hit and run driver to man ped the occupant of a chevy that crashed near fremont. she parked a car behind the chevy but when she got out to speak to the driver a man driving a ford truck crashed into her car and killed her. the police are currently looking for the driver of the ford and they arrested the driver of the chevrolet for dui. oakland police are looking for the suspect in an early
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morning shooting that left a person in the hospital it happened at 2:00 in the morning. investigators originally thought it was a self- -inflicted gunshot wound but think otherwise now. the victim is in stable condition. gun violence continues to be in the news, still to come, the latest push from washington to try to make some changes. then, a program helping former inmates graduate from college and start a new life after college. yosemite says flooding is in the forecast. we will tell you what campgrounds that they will be closing starting tomorrow. 60 degrees out there right now in pleasanton. it was 80 today. that was a cooling trend. we will keep it for awhile. we will show you how monday will be like this. we will warm up again. we will look at how high the numbers will go coming up next
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>> because of the melting snowpack yosemite closed three campgrounds now because of flooding. starting tomorrow they are closing housekeeping camp and lower campgrounds, more closures are possible because they had twice the normal amount of snow this year and they are worried about flooding on the merced rive . >> reporter: you guys were saying they are closing the housekeeping camp for now. there is a level that the river gets to. that will impact a lot of people with reservations. not like last time when they close everything that happens when the roads flood. we will look at the forecast when that might happen there is so much snow melt coming that will probably happen. to say when it is tough. the national park service is not saying they will have to do that. it is possible. you look at the sierra right now. look how much snow is here in the high country. you melt today all right now you would still have six feet
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of standing water at high sierra camp and all of that water has to flow down. yosemite valley is a flood zone. it is mostly meadows. cooks meadow. all of the way out. used to be more than that before we changed the fire regime. if you look at the road right there, south side drive there is another one. northside drive on the other side of the valley. when the river gets to about 12 1/2 feet at that stage that we measure this at, that means the merced river, look how close it is to the road here, flowing over the road and they have to close it. you can not let people in if you can not drive on the roads. the forecast, they are closing the major campgrounds, the river is going to crest at 10 feet. that is the red lineup. there is a forecast that shows you the flow of the river getting up to the red line at 10 feet. this one, it goes out to may 19th. we will go a little farther than that using one of the
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forecasts. this one, may 24th. a week and a half the scale over there. slows it is possible and likely that once we get back here from may 20th going through until the 25th, the river is likely going to get up to that 12 1/2 foot level and that is the point that it gets to the road. not an official forecast but it is very likely it happens again. if you have plans to go to yosemite towards the second half of may, on average every year, the last week and a half of may that is when the maximum snow melt is coming into the valley. we are about to come into it and likely having more significant impacts than just closing the campgrounds. more from the national park service on that. 55 degrees in san francisco right now. we can look at san jose, the temperature is still 60 degrees. everybody got a cool down today. the north bay valleys, up around santa rose a20 degrees cooler than yesterday. the tri-valley was not equal.
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everyone came down, now we sit here for one more day. tomorrow's day time highs, very much in line with how today fell. north bay valley, biggest benefit. only 74 in santa rosa tomorrow. the marine layer taking on the entire bay. all waking up to the same gray skies, may gray, in full effect. tuesday, that starts to weaken a bit. the temperatures are going to climb. tuesday it is the day where we spike again. you do not see it too drastically for san francisco and oakland. near 80 for oakland, not that big of a deal. north bay valley, you will cool down, san jose, middle 80s the warmest inland valleys of the east bay are going up to 90 on tuesday. then the numbers will come back down. looks great by the end of next week and heading into next weekend that is good news slowing the melt in the sierra. sierra wide, actually. back to you. >> all right, thank you.
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coming up, after spending years behind bars now they have a second chance at life. thanks to the health of the rebound program. how is it going, everyone? you don't want to miss game day coming up after the news. breaking down where the warriors go from here >> i don't think he is untradable. i don't think he is untradable. bruce was back in the bay >> we want to
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. today marks a year since a mass shooting at a supe market in buffalo. a shooter went to a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood. just this year the country has seen 221 mass shootings. some people are criticizing congress for its lack of action. president biden says he has done everything he can to reduce gun violence and he urged congress to do more. some parents who lost their own loved ones used this mother's day to call for an end for that violence >> we don't know who or why they killed my son. i just would like an end to gun violence. >> congress did pass a
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bipartisan gun safety bill last year but stricter bans face an uphill challenge with a republican house and democratic senate. homeland security says the number of encounters at the border has gone down since title 42 was lifted you but scenes at the border are telling a different story. thousands are waiting for a chance at a better life. detention centers are overcrowded. a federal judge in florida ruled migrants can not be released without a formal notice to appear in court. migrants say they have been unable to book the appointments on the government website. and border patrol says it is still preparing for an influx of up to 14,000 migrants a day. graduation is an important milestone in anyone's life. for some today at cal state east bay it meant a second chance. after the break, a program working to help former inmates
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it's easy to get the help you and your loved ones need when you need it the most. call our warm line at (833) 317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today. it say story of redeposition at a ceremony at cal state east bay. a former inmate gets his degree after spending 20 years in prison thanks to a project called project rebound. >> reporter: family members took their seats and the graduates lined up for the procession. at the head of that line was
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forest jones. as the university president welcomed the graduates she may have been speaking to forest directly. >> i am sure it will hard for you to imagine this day would come but here it is. >> reporter: forest was convicted of stealing a vcr, under the three strikes law was sentenced to life in prison. he joined the prison newspaper and began writing about the inequities of that law. in 2012 the people voted to change the law to apply to only violent offenders and in 2018, forest was released after spending 20 years behind bars. >> after i took my fall i got up and got back up on that path and i am going down the road i should have been 20 or 30 years ag and he was part of project rebound. offering support and housing for the formally incarcerated. now after two years in the program, forest was the first to get his diploma >> i am excited. i reached a milestone.
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the last degree i earned was 30 years ago that was my associates of arts. now, i wanted the next step to be my bachelors and finally i made it >> he is not the only one. alex harris was graduating low project rebound. even if it seemed hard for him to believe. >> you could not tell me five years ago i would be standing here on a sunny sunday to get my bachelor's degree. you could not tell me that. it is like, you know, it makes you, what else can i do? what else can i accomplish? >> reporter: the project has been around for decades but it is the first for cal state east bay and the director says it has been inspiring to see the way the two men have responded to the opportunity. >> these people are so interested in academic life and it has been very exciting to bre e erm on campus and to se r fost, studying for his master's degree, a twist of
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fate he could not have predicted. a man serving life in prison is aspiring to a life in academia. >> my goal is to be a professor here. >> do you have any doubt it could happen? >> no doubts anymore. now thatov this hump, i am a confident guy. i believe i can do anything right now. >> at one time, forest's life seemed to be over. thanks to a little help from strangers his dark days are now just one chapter in the story. with so much more to be written. >> and forest has been hired by cal state east bay as a staff member. he is developing exchange programs with san quentin. that including a university debate team that will compete against a debate team at the prison. after the break, bay area moms getting a special gift today from great america. we take a tour of
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tran01 of families enduring great american santa clara opens its doors for free for those families every mother's day. in partnership with the american cancer society. now, w hear a lot about the need for more community policing. that is more than just a buzzword for the new police chief in east palo alto . >> we walked to the beat with him to see his approach to policing in his own community. >> you know that feeling when you pull into town and you feel like you are home? that is eas palo alto. >> reporter: grew up in neighboring palo alto. and has no shortage of support. >> congratulations! >> a personal story that defines his efforts to build a safer community. >> we had five homicides in .22 we solved every single one of them. >> monday at 11:00 at kpix and
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i am charlie walter. the hope was to do this live from chase center for game seven, and instead, they show full of what is next. mark jackson was the head coach the last time a warriors team with a healthy steph clay and dream on failed to -- the warriors always had an excuse t .2. the years they did not win championship. this time, they just flat out were not good enough. >> the world knows, you know, the tough times that this team has. >> the w's -- when raymonde -- and it was seized by -- they did their best to -- turnaround. >> this is the reality we are living in and trying to keep things ti >> it's hard to prepare for the things that happen
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