drive in san francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> tonight a boy is hospitalized after falling from a four story balcony. this happened about 5 p.m. this evening at an apartment building. police say it appears to have been an accident but they are still investigating. >>> in san francisco tonight police are investigating a shooting that department of corrections building in the mission. a man was founds suffering from gunshot wounds. police tell us no one was the department of corrections was involved. >>> a sad update, a teenage girl who was hit by a car inth the 14r-s st while crossing the street 10 days ago. she was walking with her mom and her dog at the time. tonight the lawyer known for representing adult-film star stormy daniels in her lawsuits against president trump is facing his own federal charges. michael avenatti was arrested today in new york. >> reporter: prosecutors say the attorney is an extortionnist and embezzler. he appeared in court today and then posted bond, $300,000. he was arrested at a law firm where he gone to meet with executives from nike. he is accused of tryi

betty yu takes us inside two of the city's newest hotels. >> reporter: the business is becoming a realeality this year. virginian hotels, the first west coast location for the brand. >> let me show you. >> reporter: the 12 story hotel rkfor more than 10 years. the 194 room hotel features a restaurant, common club, meeting and event stages and soon a rooftop lounge. >> i think it was a great location just being in the heart of the city. walking distance to union square, financial school district. and you have the art feel. >> reporter: rooms start at $350 a night. the opening is happening at a time when san francisco travel is projecting a record number of visiters. forecasted 26 million visiters in 2018. up 3% from the year before. part of the draw, the tech friendly amenities. >> we have the apps that you can control from your own phone and use it for controlling your temperature in the room, ordering dining. >> reporter: the market area may get an increase in visiters. the hotel opened its first west coast hotel on market street after five years of development and construction. the h

kpix5 betty yu is live with their demands, betty? >> reporter: jowliet, -- juliet, many democrats said they are not happy with the four-page release. >> the mueller report must be made public for a full accounting of what happened and the attorney general of the united states must be required to come and testify before congress. >> reporter: democratic presidential candidate kamala harris says she is for the public report and transparency. vermont senator and presidential candidate, bernie sanders others also reacted during a rally in san francisco. >> i want the whole report. nobody, especially this president, is above the law. >> reporter: attorney general, barr, says he does intend to release as much from the report as possible. >> the attorney general will have to decide which parts to release. there could be security concerns, although we learned throughout this investigation there has been russian interfearance in the american election. >> reporter: hastings law professor says both parties are going to put their spin on the mat

we have team coverage tonight beginning with kpix5's betty yu live in san francisco for us. betty? >> reporter: liz, bay area tech giant including facebook and twitter scrambled to take down this video. kpix5 is choosing not to air video of that massacre. suspect brenton tarrant appeared in christchurch district court on saturday morning. the 28-year-old australian, an apparent white nationalist extremist, was charged with a single count of murder. the mosques were packed for friday prayers when the gunman streaming live on facebook opened fire. this woman heard gunshots as she drove past one of the mosques. >> i'm 66 and never thought in my life i'd live to see something like this, not in new zealand. >> reporter: the suspect posted a racist manifesto online and the 17 minute video shows him walking into a mosque and opening fire. facebook said it was new zealand police that alerted the company to the video after the live stream began and it quickly removed both the shooter's facebook and instagram accounts and the video. the video was also shared on twitter and youtube before the

it is very difficult to deliver that through tele medicine in that way. >> reporter: betty yu, kpix5. >> ize sore continuously learning how best to integrate technology into patient interaction. they will use this as an opportunity to make improvements. >>> a cyclist killed in a busy intersection has been identified as 30-year-old tess rothstein of berkeley. she was riding an electric ford go bike at howard and sixth yesterday morning and she was hit by a white truck. she died at the scene. she was just feet away from a protected bike lane. mayor london breed said she is fast tracking some safety improvements in the area. >>> a bay area lawmaker wants to phase out diesel truck. a bill written by nancy center aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and require a 40% cut in diesel emissions by 2030 and 80% by 2050. the trucking industry is skeptical that this is even possible. but, environmentalists say the technology for cleaner trucks is advancing quicker. >>> big problems on bart this morning. the trains appear to be running smoothly tonight. but that is after a mysterious computer g

in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >> tonight the giants say they take the matter very seriously and appreciate the mayor's concerns. >>> to campaign 2020 right now, it will take some big bucks to keep up with presidential candidate beto o'rourke. kpix5's veronica de la cruz is here to explain. >> that's right, ken. o'rourke is just one of more than a dozen candidates vying for the democratic nomination in 2020, but he has already outpaced his rivals in initial fundraising. his campaign announced a record breaking $6.1 million after the first 24 hours into the race. >> my view is that every vote matters and the way we can make that happen is that we can have national voting and that means get rid of the electoral college. >> now warren also told a mississippi audience that she supports a congressional proposal to study reparations for african americans hurt by slavery. new york senator kirsten gillibrand officially kicked off her campaign yesterday and that brings a total number of democrats in the running to 14 and a 15th came close to declaring his candidacy over the weekend. >> i

betty yu looks at the struggle to keep this one of a running. >> reporter: the work is very labor intensive. these machines are running up to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. workers here are folding them by hand. and this is the only one left in the country that does things the old fashioned way. >> the customers, how deep they love the cookies. so i feel like it's my job to stay as long as i k. >> reporter: he doesn't know how much longer he can keep the doors open. when his mom opened the door in 1962, rent was $900 a month. thee years ago, it was $1,400. now it's nearly $6,000 a month. >> we don't know what to do. next week i don't know how much it's gonna be. >> reporter: this has been a popular stop in china town for locals and tourists. >> it's exciting to see. and this woman who makes thousands a day and provides us with a treat, and part of her heritage. >> reporter: the 49-year-old and his mom other only two full-time workers. >> right now i'm also showing the public, showing the people. people can see it. that motivates people to come here. >> reporter: moving locations isn't a

a >> kpix5's betty yu takes us into one dome. >> is a different sound. >> reporter: inside one dome yousported to a futuristic digital playground of sorts. >> you spin these around. >> reporter: the immersive our destination on market street features experiences created by artists from the bay area and around the world. >> i think they should leave their expectations at home, and have an open mind, because it will blow most expectations out of the water. some of the things we are doing, have never been done before. it >> reporter: one of those is the unreal garden, the first ever mass consumer mixed reality production. which uses augmented reality in a forest. >> the reason we chose ar is because the connection requires eye contact. and it's an isolating experience still today to so we have 25 people in the experience at one time, able to see what each other is doing. >> reporter: the luminal installation takes people through a maze of 14 instagram friendly runes. -- rooms. >> this exhibit resembles a human kaleidoscope, one of several infinity boxes featured at one dome. >> reporter: t

at sfo, betty yu, kpix 5. >>> disney's $71 billion acquisition of fox entertainment was just finalizedoffs. as many as 4,000 employees are expected to lose their jobs. >>> one state building is ready for a riot and has a button to prove it. >> reporter: this elevator will let you know if a riot is going down outside the doors. a little >> it's bizarre. >> reporter: state employees who work in the building say they never got a memo explaining why the riot buttons were added. >> what's the idea behind it? >> you're asking the wrong person here. >> no one knew. they done say anything about them. they're just here, don't touch them. >> reporter: the buttons were installed in the past few weeks. >> no one randomly puts a riot button in there. somebody, the powers that be, knows something that we don't know. and they don't want to alarm us. yeah. >> but it's alarming to see that to begin with. >> it is. >> reporter: the building is managed by the state department of general services, which confirms in a statement the buttons were installed as part of "our overall safety and emergency man cov

. >> reporter: on the night beat, i am betty yu. >> one dome will update its exhibits throughout thel constantly feature new and different artists in the bay area for >> kind of flash. >> it made me feel completely sick. >> a little dizzy right now. don't focus on the spinning radar behind me. >> you're just going to pass out. >>> keep watching kpix 5 if you do. we now have a line, this is a cold front, while the cold front has been there but the precipitation has formed bowline which is stretching from napa south through san pablo bay, down to san francisco and san mateo county. within the line it is pouring. leo in the next hour you will get some heavy rain. oakland and berkeley, it is just a few minutes away for you. like we will eventually stretch to san jose which is not seeing that much rainfall today. that is the line moving through, that is the front that when it clears the rain is done but it is right over the bay area right now. you can see the last couple of images right there. the line is getting more organized as it moves from northwest to southeast through the bay area

in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >> and the mayor had this to say about it. "the waterfront has a number of challenges around homelessness and by bringing this safe navigation center to the area, we can work to address these challenges and get our unsheltered residents on a path to housing and stability." >>> and then there's this tonight, san francisco's outrageously high rent hit a whole new level. almost $3,700 a month for a one bedroom apartment according to zumper, a home and apartment rental app. a san francisco median is 30% higher than new york city and more than double the prices in miami. san francisco has the highest rent in the country and that's before several big tech companies are set to go public later this year. >>> stay aloha to some crazy good deals in the air. >> reporter: if you're looking for two tickets to paradise, the price just got a lot lower, the fare war hitting hawaii next. >> hollywood heartthrob luke perry dies from a stroke, the tributes and the warnings from medical experts tonight. >> and a family driving along when all of a

. >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >> those views are beautiful. blade recently partnered with american airlines at l.a. x. and jfk to connect travelers getting on and off its helicopter to a plane right on the tarmac. >>> we saw the view from blade and it's beautiful. >> yeah. >> we have amazing pictures to show people today and tomorrow could be even nicer. >> it's going to be even warmer, yes, sunshine for the weekend, a beautiful view from the helicopter or maybe from your backyard as you grill tomorrow night. just a suggestion. temperatures tonight in the 50s, 50 in livermore, santa rosa, clear out there, concord, san francisco, san jose all 54, low 40s inland valleys, fairfield and santa rosa 42, tri-valley 41, san jose tonight 46, san francisco 49 degrees. radar is clear, first evening this week without any precipitation. your forecast for the next four days nothing when it comes to rainfall over the weekend, a few drips of rain maybe moving through monday night and a few more drips coming up tuesday. most of the rain next week even will sta