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six. >> we need it. i mean, i think they're looking in the wrong place to cut the budget. >> a proposal to cut school crossing guards in a city already struggling to combat a rise in traffic fatalities. good evening, everyone. i'm mike mibach. the cuts are not official, but sfmta is looking at every possible option as a way of closing its budget deficit. ktvu christian captain live tonight in the city with a closer look here. christian. >> yeah, the sfmta board meeting just wrapped up no official decision at this point, but the board has to find some way of cutting $15 million out of its budget. and right now they're looking at every available option. every school day in san francisco, crossing guards from the city's municipal transportation agency take to the streets, blocking traffic, making sure families get to and from school safely. crossing guards say it's a big responsibility. >> i seen cars making right turns on red and it's close calls, you know? and i told
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myself they can't put a life on a kid. they may save millions of dollars for school crossing guards, but if a kid gets fatally injured, then you cannot put a life on that. >> with citywide budget cuts a reality, sfmta is looking for ways to cut $15 million out of the budget. eliminating programs, including crossing guards, is one of the ideas under consideration at the sfmta board meeting. the agency said, quote, we do not want to cut the crossing guard program if it ever became necessary to cut the crossing guard program because of our financial crisis, we would search high and low for alternative funding to keep the program going. we are not currently proposing cuts to the crossing guard program and the board is not taking action today. crossing guards say they're an extra set of eyes and ears around schools, and that volunteer parents don't have the training and may not be in position if it's not their job. crossing guard joel cashmere said he came to tuesday's board meeting to make sure they don't wind up on the chopping block. >> we would like them to take
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this off the table and to work with us, as they've suggested, to try to find alternative sources to fund the programs. >> parents agree if the board needs to make cuts, they should look somewhere other than crossing guards. >> you know, i think it's crazy. i mean, it's just ridiculous, especially here in 19th and irving over here. i pick up my daughter here at jefferson. we need them here. i mean, these cars are just crazy out here. and these crossing guards have been amazing. >> yeah. and at this point, no. >> official decision from the sfmta board. they didn't take a vote or anything tonight. the sfmta has said the idea of cutting crossing guards is just one idea among many that they're asking the board to examine. the agency said the board needs to consider everything, and said it's likely the board will look elsewhere to cut money from its budget. a lot of those who were in that meeting, mike, were asking them to look to their reserves to try to plug whatever holes they need to in their budget. for now, we're live in san francisco. christian captain, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, christian, thank
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you for that. and staying in the city. construction now underway on the contentious bike lane running down the center of valencia street. crews are removing the lanes starting at 23rd street in valencia. muni is working to replace it with a traditional bike lane on the side of the road. the city first installed the center bike lane two years ago, hoping to ease a growing conflict between cyclists and drivers. many people who live and work in the area say the bike lane in the middle of the street has only increased those tensions, and hope new changes will be less disruptive for businesses. >> i think that if we can come up with a plan that has delivery zones and people can make their deliveries in specific places, i think that would be very helpful. >> officials say in most cases, the new bike lane on the side of the street will go around those parklets. now to some developing news in san jose, where police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash right there on almaden expressway. this is a
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live picture tonight from the scene. police say this collision happened about 130 this afternoon. one person was hurt and is in the hospital with life threatening injuries. police also say almaden expressway, as you can see here, will remain closed between brannan lane and hillsdale avenue for several hours. they are advising drivers to avoid this area and to use alternate routes. no word yet on what led up to the collision. tonight, a concord neighborhood in shock after a domestic dispute turned violent. police say they shot and killed a man who was stabbing his own father at the time. ktvu crime reporter henry lee live tonight in concord. and henry neighbors telling you tonight that they are still trying to make sense of what happened here. >> yeah, mike, in an instant, this family's lives forever changed. a violent confrontation between father and son transformed into a deadly encounter with concord police. >> i was woken up because i heard, like, pow, pow. >> juanita ataide heard loud noises and police cars rushing
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to a home two doors down on concord. she later learned from neighbors that concord police had shot and killed a man as he was stabbing his father. >> it's absolutely horrible. i would have never thought that to go here. i don't know what was going on with the house or the family, but it's horrible. >> it happened at a home on natoma drive off willow pass road at about 140 tuesday morning. a woman called 911 saying a father and son were struggling over a knife in the living room, and that she was hiding in the garage. within a minute of arriving, police say they found the 47 year old man actively stabbing his father. at least one officer opened fire. the son died at the scene. the father, who 73 years old, was taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek and is expected to survive. >> i can't imagine going through what they're going through right now. i just i think they need their peace right now. >> this neighbor who didn't want his face shown became emotional, saying the family involved had lived there for decades, that he had seen the suspect and his brother growing up. >> i want him to know that we're thinking about him. thoughts and
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prayers for the family and. >> for much of the day. concord police were joined at the home by the contra costa sheriff's crime lab. they diagramed the scene and collected evidence. another neighbor who didn't want his face shown said the man who was killed had apparently been suffering from mental health issues. >> my reaction, of course, is shock, horror, sadness, compassion for the family. >> residents still struggling to come to terms with the violence involving a family they've seen for decades. >> it is a really nice neighborhood and we never know what's going on in people's homes. >> now reached out to the older brother of the man who was shot and killed by concord police. he declined to comment and requested privacy. the contra costa county da's office will determine whether the concord police shooting was legally justified. live in concord. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, henry, thank you for that. new at six. a man from roseville is now facing felony charges, accused of running an illegal assault weapon manufacturing operation out of his garage. state attorney general rob bonta announcing the arrest and charges. california gun regulators claim they caught mark j. berman trying to sell a
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silencer and two illegal assault weapons at the placerville gun show in november. this launched a larger investigation and the search of his home. >> in total, we seized eight assault rifles, a silencer, numerous other handguns, rifles, disassembled rifles, firearm parts, large capacity magazines, and ammunition. >> berman now faces multiple felony charges, including the manufacturing of assault weapons, offering assault weapons for sale, and possession of a silencer. the city of oakland is facing difficult budget decisions, and today, a group of nonprofits held a rally saying the city could end funding by the end of the month. ktvu jana katsuyama reports tonight those cuts jeopardize programs to seniors, youth and others in need. >> this coalition of oakland nonprofits tuesday said they're fighting for survival. they received letters from the city of oakland saying their funding
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was being cut mid-year. millions of dollars across multiple grassroots groups who say they are on the front lines of serving those most in need. >> we can't do nothing without money to help these people. that's hurting. >> right here are incredible messengers that have went through the training of haven for black healing, and that is funded by the city of oakland. >> at the unity council senior center, which serves some 300 seniors. the city's letter said their $175,000 grant was being terminated at the end of this month. >> we operate based on the funding that the city of oakland provides us, and it could mean that we could close our doors. >> other nonprofits, such as tribe, address violence intervention with ambassadors and youth programs. they're losing $210,000. >> we don't have a badge. we don't have a gun, but we have our mouth. we have verbal judo, and we just have relationships that we have we have built over years. >> we do the streets as well, international. we protect the school. we help with the schools, picking up the condoms, the needles, so the children
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don't have to walk by. >> hello. good evening. >> the sos meals on wheels program serves 1400 homebound oakland seniors. >> will be back on thursday. okay, have a good one. >> okay. it's $150,000 a year that we haven't been paid on for the last 19 months. and then we just got a we got noticed along with all of our other partner community based organizations that our contracts are are cut. >> this is an example of the incompetency that we have within government here in oakland. >> oakland city council member noel gayo says he's going to call for the city council to make a priority list of funding local groups. >> these are people that live here, right? it's not you know, when you look at other employees that we're trying to support, they don't even live in oakland. 80% of one group doesn't live in oakland, the other 90% don't live in oakland. i will give up my salary, my salary that i get as an elected official. i'm going to give that up to make sure that the senior center stays open. >> many of the nonprofits say
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that while they depend on city funds, they also use those as ways to get matching grants from the state and federal governments. so this cuts in many different ways to their bottom line. reporting from oakland, jana katsuyama, ktvu, fox two news. >> teachers from the san ramon valley unified school district held a lunchtime rally to protest millions of dollars in proposed budget cuts. >> kids need counselors. >> kids need hope. >> students need money. >> to. the educators gathered right outside dougherty valley high to show their opposition to the district's plan to cut $26 million from its budget. they're urging management to fully fund student mental health support, including counselors and social workers. >> we gave them a solution using a discretionary block grant to save all the mental health programs that they want to cut. do you know what management did? they rejected it. >> the school district says the
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proposed reductions are not a desired outcome, but an operational necessity, and that it will minimize the impact on student programs and staff the t delta plane still to come. one of the passengers describes the final seconds of the flight. >> plus political appointee. but the way you approach your work and you investigate. >> cases and you charge cases, it should be nonpartisan. >> tonight, the former u.s. attorney for northern california now sharing his story tonight at 630. izzy ramsey speaking to ktvu after he was fired by president trump. >> and i'm tracking the chance of a few sprinkles as we head into tomorrow. not a big deal, but something. and then a warm up. we'll check into that as well. >> and let's give you another live look outside. how about the tuesday evening commute? this is a look at the lower east shore bumper to bumper. in that commute direction, the eastbound 80 direction. but it does open it up once you get past el cerrito. ou're wat in
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were on board the aircraft at the time of that crash. 21 people were hurt, and as of tonight, two victims remain in the hospital. one of the passengers on board said there was no warning from the cockpit, and when the plane stopped, everyone was hanging upside down in those seats. >> i was able pretty quickly to like, so you're kind of just hanging suspended. i was pretty, me and the girl next to me were pretty. we were able to get out pretty quickly and kind of like climb or like sort of fall down to the ground, which was the ceiling. and then other people kind of needed some help, and people were sort of falling. >> right now, two of the five runways at the airport in toronto remain closed. the aircraft is expected to be removed within the next 48 hours. and tonight we're also seeing some compelling new video giving us a better idea of how the plane landed upside down with its wings clipped. ktvu tom
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vacar reports. >> this is the moment when a delta regional jet with 80 on board, who all survived, slammed, landed at toronto, canada's pearson airport. the now viral video was posted on x by air plus news, with hundreds of thousands of views. aviation accident attorney and pilot mary schiavo, a former inspector general of the u.s. department of transportation, which oversees the federal aviation administration, explains it this way. >> this plane was coming extremely fast, or, as they like to say in the biz, high, and it landed very close to the end of the runway. it came in very fast, and it just pancaked down on that runway. >> much of the fire came from the wing. >> the commercial aircraft or wet wings, that's you know, that's where the fuel is. that's where the fuel is kept. >> many modern aircraft. >> professor michael mccormick, who teaches at embry-riddle aeronautical university in florida, says as the wing broke off the jet, which then rolled
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over, the wing did what it was designed to do. >> if the forces on the wings are enough to break the wing off because it's frangible, then that fuel source will actually not be a part of the fuselage. and that way you won't have the fuel in and around the fuselage and then cause additional risk to the passengers. >> in extreme circumstances. wing and tail structures are designed to separate from airliners in crashes, where the extremely rare event of a rollover happens. >> but then you see it turn in the right wing break off and this huge explosion. so we know the wing separated at that point. the luck of the draw as to how it came out. >> it had to be a very hard hit. aircraft wings are remarkably flexible to handle the constant buffeting they encounter in flight. in this airbus test video, an airliner's wing is pulled up 17ft from its normal
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flying position to assure even the strongest turbulence will not separate the wing from the rest of the plane. a key question. why did the experienced pilots attempt to land in severe weather? >> some of the reports actually put the winds above this aircraft's ratings for crosswind landings. i'm predicting that they will say that this wasn't a stabilized approach, and the pilot should have broken off. don't go around. tried again. >> tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. checking in on the weather. we had a nice day again today. a few clouds out there, certainly, but tomorrow we'll see more clouds, especially in the morning. and then that chance o light sprinkle. but it's not enough to go change in your plans. don't go changing your plans. keep it. keep them planned up and enjoy another nice day. even though there will be a few sprinkles, mainly in the north bay, mainly in the north bay. again, it'll be
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mainly north of santa rosa. marine county may see a five hundredths of an inch 10th of an inch. we'll see. but again, it's a nonevent a nonstarter, and it's the end of the opportunities for rain for a while. it looks like the long range models keep us dry through the first week of march. i mean, doesn't mean that happens, but it's like, oh, that's interesting, right? but we've had a bunch of rain. reservoirs are good fuel. moistures are high. southern california, same thing. so that's good to hear. the radars are picking up a little something out there, i think. i suspect it's mostly just high levels of moisture content in the atmosphere, bouncing the radar beam off. or it could be rain that's evaporating before it hits the ground. but either way, you you can see it coming on. the atmosphere is getting a little moisture, and that sets us up with the potential for a few sprinkles. the drizzle is a real possibility to stinson beach and san francisco as we go into tomorrow morning. when i come back, we'll look at the model and we'll go hour by hour and
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you can see what i'm looking at, and then you'll see the warm up too. we'll look at that in the five day forecast. see you back here. >> all right bill thank you. next at six the u.s. and russia begin negotiations to end the war in ukraine. but ukraine was not given a seat at the table, plus a surprise announcement from hamas as concerns grow over whether the ceasefire deal in the middle east will survive. while the militant group is speeding up the release of israeli hostages. >> they may. >> only start breathing for real when my son and everyone marcus t. asks, "i'm a competitive gamer. with xfinity, can i get fast internet with less lag?" we hear you marcus because we're gamers too. that's why we designed xfinity internet with faster upload and download speeds, increased bandwidth, and ultra-low lag, so you can secure the win. too bad i still beat you yesterday. man, you won by like one point. i often give to charity, don't let it go to your head. get fast, reliable xfinity gig internet for just $20 a month when you add unlimited mobile. plus, get your choice of a free 5g phone. switch today.
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sat down with his russian counterpart in saudi arabia. it is the first high level talks between the two countries in more than three years. the primary goal to end the nearly three year long war in ukraine. this comes despite no representation from ukraine or the european union in those talks. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country won't accept the outcome from any negotiation. that does not include them. >> we want peace very much, but we need real security guarantees and. >> if you perhaps more confident or less confident of a deal after what happened today. >> well, much more confident. they were very good. russia wants to do something. they want to stop the savage barbarianism. >> u.s. and russia did agree to set up teams to look into restoring staffing at the u.s. and russian embassies in moscow, and washington, also overseas. hamas now pledging to release six living israeli hostages and
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return the bodies of four others. this after a year and a half of war in the middle east. fox's greg palkot has more on the many moving parts in this fragile ceasefire deal between hamas and israel. israeli forces were seen withdrawing from border villages in southern lebanon tuesday, under a deadline outlined in a u.s. brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest israel-hezbollah war. >> people have been displaced since october 2023, and many of them are returning for the first time to enter the village, where they expect to see wide destruction. >> this is a separate ceasefire in gaza, nearing the end of its first phase. hamas saying it will release the bodies of four deceased israeli hostages on thursday, in addition to six living hostages to be released saturday. >> israel is committed to our goal to ensure the release of all our hostages. >> monday, protesters in tel aviv marked 500 days since hamas's october 7th attack to
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call for the release of hostages still held in captivity in gaza. hamas has been gradually releasing hostages in the current phase in exchange for nearly 2000 palestinian prisoners. >> i only start breathing for real when my son and everyone else is back. all the hostages. >> over the weekend, president trump, remarking on the hostage situation, shared insights into his conversations with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> i told bibi, you do whatever you want because they said they weren't going to deliver. they were not going to deliver the people that they said they were going to deliver, that they agreed to deliver, and they did agree to do that, but they broke that agreement. >> hamas has also committed to releasing the remains of four more deceased hostages next week in tel aviv. greg palkot, ktvu, fox two news. pope francis now battling pneumonia in both lungs. the 88 year old pontiff was first hospitalized on friday for a respiratory infection
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after a weeklong bout of bronchitis became worse. the vatican says new tests revealed further complications, which required a modified treatment plan. the pope is more vulnerable to lung infections, as he had a part of one lung removed when he was younger. his public events have been canceled through sunday, but the vatican says he remains in good spirits. and speaking of good spirits, a rainbow bright in the sky above the hospital where pope francis is being treated. it was seen bursting through the clouds, looking out from the pope's room on the 10th floor of the hospital in rome, some well wishers also gathering outside to pay their respects. >> i left work on election evening and i said to the parking attendant, i might get fired tonight. >> coming up on ktvu news at 630, fresh off his firing, the former top federal prosecutor in san francisco, reflecting on his time in that position, his thoughts on the direction of the department of justice. also, the war on government spending heating up the ruling from a
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hospital and is expected to survive. san francisco's crossing guards could lose their jobs. the city's transit agency is currently looking for ways to save about a $15 million. and this is just one proposal they are asking the muni board to consider. critics say the department is already short staffed and argue fewer crossing guards will only put more pedestrians at risk. and almaden expressway in san jose is still closed in both directions after police say a multi-vehicle crash sent one person to the hospital with life threatening injuries. you're watching ktvu fox two news here at 630. today, president trump instructed the department of justice to fire all remaining u.s. attorneys appointed by president biden. the doj has been in the process of cleaning house, and it does include the termination of the top federal prosecutor based in san francisco. in his first interview since losing his job, former u.s. attorney izzy ramsey spoke with ktvu greg lee about what he's proud of, what's next, and what he's seeing at the department of justice. >> really was an honor of a
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lifetime, and it was unique for me, having grown up here as well. >> ismael izzy ramsey, reflecting on his nearly two years serving as u.s. attorney for the northern district of california. among his priorities, while the region's top federal prosecutor and all hands on deck approach to cracking down on fentanyl, dealers. >> lives are being lost. we're being lost in large numbers. so i thought it was important for the federal government to bring its resources to bear. >> ramsey also touts his office's work on corporate fraud, as well as corruption. investigations into the antioch and pittsburg police department, as well as the bureau of prisons. >> we're going to try to keep people safe and ensure public safety. we have to make sure that the people who are tasked with in giving this power to police society are doing it appropriately and not doing it through racial animus or or abusing abusing women. >> this is a new doj. >> president trump fired ramsey last week. he joins a list of
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biden appointed u.s. attorneys across the nation who resigned or were let go. it is common practice for incoming presidents to drop prosecutors from the last administration. >> i left work on election evening, and i said to the parking attendant, i might get fired tonight. >> as mr. trump and his attorney general, pam bondi, clean house at the doj and look to reshape its priorities. several career prosecutors have resigned, including seven after they were ordered to drop the corruption case against new york city mayor eric adams. ramsey said he didn't know the specifics of the case, but spoke broadly about the job of these prosecutors. >> people with high integrity who have been in these positions for years across administrations, who approach it with what they say, prosecuting without fear or favor. i hope that, you know, whatever political happenings in washington will not deter people from from that mission. it's important for our country, public safety. you know,
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democracy. >> the president and attorney general brushed off questions about the fallout. >> so when you say resign, they're going to be gone anyway. but i know nothing about the individual case. i know that they didn't feel it was much of a case. >> we have a right to protect the weaponization against weaponization in new york and every state in this country, and also national security. >> there has been sort of this rhetoric around the doj in the last couple of years that the doj was being, quote, weaponized to seek out political opponents. >> there's not a single u.s. attorney i've worked with or i talked to in the entire time of my two years who, you know, approached this as a way to weaponize criminal justice system and to use this seat to try to advance the objectives of a particular party on a partizan way. >> ramsey said he's still figuring out what he'll do next, but is confident in the men and women at the u.s. attorney's
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office in san francisco. leaving them with this message. >> i'd say stay focused on the work and the mission. you're there for public safety and defending the constitution. >> greg lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> big problems for the national park service could be on the horizon, as democratic members of congress say the trump administration has fired 1000 newly hired park employees. this comes after last week's federal hiring freeze. thousands of federal workers have lost their jobs, including shimura, who says he was a custodian in yosemite. his notice says he failed to demonstrate qualifications fitting the department's current needs. but according to the performance review he showed us from last year, it says he exceeds expectations in every area of his job. mass firings across the park system could ultimately have a larger economic impact on businesses and guest safety. contributes $624 million to the local economy 6000 jobs. that's going to impact search and rescue. that's going to impact
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fire prevention. trash pickup. people want to be able to get permits. people are going to be unsafe. they're going to be also unsure. they may not go. >> it is still unclear how the cuts might affect the presidio in san francisco, where about 20% of the land is managed by the national park service. today, a federal judge rejected an effort by 14 states, including california, to block doj's access to federal data, citing a lack of evidence. we do. get more tonight on the agency's cost cutting crusade from rebecca kaster. >> president trump's war on government spending is in full swing. >> we are doing exactly what america mandated on november 5th. cleaning up waste, fraud and protecting you, the american people and our money. >> on its website, doge claims it's saved u.s. taxpayers $55 billion in just four weeks. and it's posting receipts from contract and lease cancellations to workforce reductions and identifying fraud. >> elon musk has got to go. >> but the man behind the cost
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cutting, elon musk, is taking heat after tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off. democrats are also railing against doge seeking access to sensitive government data, including irs and social security records. >> a court will find that, no, you can't just start rifling around rummaging through people's social security data. if you think there's fraud, then why did you fire all the inspector generals? >> but in a court filing monday, the white house claims musk is not part of doge. only a senior advisor to the president, a technicality that could grant musk unfettered access to government records. >> for decades, democrats have said that they wanted to do exactly what doge is doing. today, the only reason they seem to dislike it now is it's because president trump and elon musk are doing it. but they should get behind these efforts because the american people are very supportive of the fact that doge is saving them billions of tax dollars. >> so far, the heads of the social security administration and fda's food division have
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resigned in protest of doj's actions. in washington, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> president trump says he will continue to limit the associated press access to the white house due to a terminology dispute. one of the president's first executive orders was to rename the gulf of mexico as the gulf of america. the ap has said, because of its broad set of global customers, it would both refer to the body of water as the gulf of mexico, but also reference trump's order. change the name to the gulf of america within the united states. the white house correspondents association said the action against the ap is a textbook violation of the first amendment. coming up, calls are getting louder for new york city mayor eric adams to step down, while the trump administration's push to drop adams corruption case may not protect him from being removed from office. also ahead. >> i don't know what the future holds for a business like ours.
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or has reopened after burglars ransacked the business this past weekend. the owners of looking glass say they're determined to keep going after more than 50 years in business. on sunday, thieves used a vehicle to ram right into the store's entrance on fifth street near bancroft. they stole an estimated $50,000 worth of camera equipment and caused a large amount of damage. the owners say sadly, this kind of crime is not uncommon, but they are grateful at how the community has rallied right behind them. >> i didn't know how much what we do really matters to folks or how personally they would take it, and to see how many people shared that message far and wide and contributed small dollar
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amounts, large dollar amounts, anything they could came in through our door to let us know that they wanted to help us. >> the gofundme to help looking glass get those doors back open has raised more than $53,000. state lawmakers will soon consider legislation to help boost nightlife and economic recovery in downtown san francisco. san francisco mayor daniel lurie and state senator scott wiener announcing the legislation today at union square. they say the bill would bring more bars and restaurants to the city's hospitality zones. if approved, it would provide 20 additional low cost liquor licenses for specified areas. now, currently, state law limits the number of licenses based on the population of a city. >> we should be making it easier, not harder, for businesses to set up here. right now, state law limits our number of liquor licenses and they are expensive and hard to get. the. this high barrier sends and
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sends the wrong message to businesses that want to come here. >> right now, the cost of a state liquor license in san francisco can vary depending on the type, but generally can cost upwards of $100,000 or even more. the nba all-star weekend, along with the chinese new year parade in san francisco, helped bart set a new post-pandemic record. the agency says more than 139,000 riders hopped on board just alone on saturday, beating last year's chinese new year parade and fanfest by nearly 16,000. all-star weekend is the only is only the first of several events expected to really boost the area, including super bowl 60 next year, as well as the fifa world cup. >> checking back in in just a couple of minutes with whether it involves a little bit of rain, but just a little, and then it involves a warm up. spring like temperatures coming our way. >> all right. now to alex savidge and a look at some of the stories we're working on. coming up for west coast wrap at seven. alex. >> mike. thank you. coming up tonight at seven, a dramatic
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conclusion to the assault trial of rapper asap rocky in los angeles. what he did in the courtroom late today after a jury found him not guilty. plus, new information emerging now about the passengers and crew members who survived that plane crash in toronto yesterday. coming up on west coast wrap tonight. a professional skier from colorado describes the moment that delta flight flipped over and caught fire. and he explains how he and others on board escaped from the wreckage. those stories and a lot more coming up tonight at seven on west coast rap. and of course, that is followed by the ktvu fox two news at 730 with heather holmes. >> all right. we'll see you soon, alex. thank you. but first here on new day and a new top prosecutor in alameda county, ursula jones. dixon's message to her community after being sworn in
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officially taken office after taking the oath at the board of supervisors meeting this afternoon. the supervisors judge dickson says her top priority is to build a cohesive team of prosecutors. she also said that she is lifting limitations on how the office charges cases, including filing of criminal enhancements.
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>> the charging directives will be removed immediately tomorrow morning so that people can get back to charging cases the way they need to, and in the time that they need to charge them. >> and it took a lot to judge. >> dickson replaces former da pamela price, who was recalled by county voters in november. the judge will serve until the election next year, and she says that she does plan to run for the office. indigenous activist leonard peltier is out of prison tonight. he was released from a florida facility just weeks after former president joe biden issued him a last minute pardon. the 80 year old was convicted of killing two fbi agents in 1975. peltier will serve the remainder of his life sentence under home confinement. activists gathered outside the federal prison for his release. >> this day is about leonard going home to see his family. it's not about us. it's not about anyone else but him finally having his freedom after 50 years. >> the prominent native american groups, along with figures including the dalai lama and
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pope francis, have called for peltier's release for years. amnesty international considered him a political prisoner. and tonight, new york city mayor eric adams is under pressure on all fronts, with the state's governor considering the unprecedented step of removing him from office. fox's alexis mcadams reports on what comes next with the mayor's corruption case hanging in the balance. >> calls for new york city mayor eric adams to resign are growing louder. the crowd demanding new york governor kathy hochul use her constitutional powers to remove the mayor, a move that has never been done in the city's history. hochul saying in part, quote, overturning the will of the voters is a serious step that should not be taken lightly. but the governor has been weighing her options, meeting with leaders including reverend al sharpton, who was an ally of the mayor but now worries adams is in trump's pocket. >> this is not about a friendship. i've had friends that i campaigned against in office. >> this is. adams is accused of
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making a deal with the justice department to drop his criminal case in exchange for helping the trump administration enforce its immigration policies. adams denies this ever happened, but the fallout continues. this week, four deputy mayors resigned, and city comptroller brad lander says the controversy is taking away focus. landers also running for mayor. >> we cannot have the leadership vacuum that is consuming city hall remain. >> the governor's constitutional power to remove the mayor is part of both city and state law. as long as mayor adams has the opportunity to defend himself. the mayor speaking in church on sunday, holding on to his faith. >> my family went through the level of pain and uncertainty that no family should ever go through, but i never lost my faith. i- [applause] never surrendered. >> so mayor adams is going to have a court hearing tomorrow about his ongoing case, and if he is removed from office, there
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would be a special election. and in the meantime, public advocate jumaane williams would take his place. reporting in new york city. i'm alexis mcadams, fox news. >> okay. hope you had the day off yesterday. it was a nice weekend. we had temperatures today that followed suit with where they were yesterday. a few clouds tomorrow, a few clouds and a little cooler and a chance of a sprinkle, a light sprinkle. so you'll see that in the model live picture outside. not that cold tonight. no frost advisories. no freeze warnings, which is great for this time of year. you know, usually when you get it's not raining or something, you would expect freeze or frost advisories at least, or even valley fog, dense fog advisories. this is what's going on outside right now. the atmosphere is moistening up. that just means it's loading up, getting ready for this system that's coming in. i don't think any of that's hitting the ground that i just showed you, which is not atypical for our radar because the radar. the radar beam out of aluminum off the
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santa cruz mountains, it shoots real high at an angle. so it a lot of times is up higher in the cloud than the raindrops actually are. they're actually the raindrops that are hitting you. are these are the current forecast. overnight lows well above where you would expect them to be this time of year. here is the atmospheric river going into the pacific northwest. it's a really awesome looking storm. and you say to yourself, if you didn't, you're like, why isn't that going to be a ton of rain for us? but the trajectory is here. the dynamics are going to be cape mendocino, north crescent city right here. you're going to get into some rain. you're an inch and a half of rain probably. but everybody south of cape mendocino is going to end up in this kind of diffuse area down here, which doesn't have a lot of dynamics. so light scattered sprinkles and not a big deal. that was the live radar. this is the forecast model. and this is tomorrow morning. i don't know what you do with that. right. it might be a little wet on the road a
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little bit of glaze on 101 going through the waldo tunnel. here's 11 a.m. just before lunchtime, central bay and then gone by noontime 2:00 and then clears out. maybe. interesting. it's going to it could be more than that. like right now what i'm looking at is it's it looks like nothing on the radar. but there is a, there is enough dynamic north that if it did slip a little south that we would see some rain like crescent city again. they're going to get a couple inches of rain up there. inch and a half point arena is going to get some rain, maybe a half inch up there. so if things slip south a little maybe. but right now it looks like not much. these are the forecast highs for tomorrow. and here is the five day forecast. and after that mike we go dry for a while. at least that's what the long range models say right into early march. >> you've got some 70s up there for the weekend. looking good. all right bill thank you. next at six calls for an age limit on anti-aging products, the bay area lawmaker taking on the booming business of
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assembly member alex lee is introducing a bill that would ban the sale of products with strong ingredients, such as retinol, to people under the age of 18. health experts say these products contain chemicals that can cause rashes, irritation and even long term skin damage to minors. earlier today on the floor, lee explained why he says he believes legislation is necessary to restrict sales of these products. >> the reality is that teens, children and tweens are one of the fastest growing segments of beauty product buyers. now, do they want to hamper their own sales of potentially long term customers? they probably don't want to do that. >> leaders of the personal care products council said about a previous version of this bill that they advocate for policies that protect young people and look forward to working with legislators on effective regulations. well, today was the first day that the los angeles unified school district enforced its ban on cell phones. this ban was approved last summer by the board of education, and it means students won't be able to use their phones during the school
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day. schools can decide whether to lock up the phones in special containers, or have the students keep their phones in their backpacks. officials say the ban addresses the distraction that phones cause in the classroom, and increased rates of cyber bullying. that is it for us tonight at six west coast wrap with alex savage up next right here on ktvu. and of course, don't forget to stream the latest news and weather on your smart tv anytime. i'll see you back here for the 10:00 news. good night.
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