pyro chefs are back in action at the gilroy garlic festival. this year's festival. a drive-thru set up where you have to preorder your meals to pick it up in the event today sold out the festival is back for the first time since the mass shooting in 2019 and covid last year. >> kron four's, gayle ong spent the day in gilroy. she joins us now live to give us a taste of how today's festivities went eat anything. gayle how to go. >> yeah. just seen. and jonathan, i did have some garlic bread that i was saving for my family. but no. people year. they are leavened their garlic fries or garlic bread. the shrimp scampi za their main dish this year. steak sandwich is a big hit as well. and people are just having a great time with friends and family. >> for >> me, ali is alive again. and we're just having a great time means the world to us and we love this community event. it's great to have it back. >> you know where resident danielle brothers is happy. the annual gilroy garlic festival is back even though it looks different. no life music tense. you preorder your meal and

gilroy city motto is a community with a spice for life. you can also argue they live life for spice, garlic that is and nothing is bigger than you annual gilroy garlic festivalwhat would gilroy be like without the garlic festival? >> the impact this festival has had on this community for the last 42 years, spice of life, it shows what type of community we really are. >> reporter: the tradition is being reimagined in 2021 at gilroy presbyterian church as a drive-through event. while people won't be able to walk around the park, the most important aspect of many remains, the food. >> there's gourmet alley and then our barbecue area and you can pick up food. >> they will interact with people driving through so there will be that experience people remember, that they come for. >> reporter: before you hop in your car and hit the road you want to check out the gilroy garlic festival website, that way you can preorder all your garlic festival favorites. >> our pepper steak sandwiches, scampi, garlic bread or even garlic fries. >> reporter: 2021 marks the 42nd year but also the first garlic festival since the mass shooting at the event in 2019. organizers hope the f

gilroy garlic festival shooting. there have been again today with a cane or mill for the saint louise regional hospital staff who helped victims on that day. there's also a remembers visual that's scheduled for wednesday at the gilroy center for the arts. now the da's office is asking the community to perform an act of kindness on their own and then post about it using hashtags your eye kind and kindness is strong. in san francisco. a new flag could soon be waving in the cash till the board of the cast to lgbtq. plus, cultural district is looking to ensure there's inclusion and representation among the community instead of only way to the iconic rainbow flag. the crew is looking at this progress flag as well. now the new flag features a different shape. additional colors, including baby blue pink and white representing the transgender community and the black and brown representing people of color. >> is that we're focused in our district, particularly with representation are our clear folks who are transgender non-bi

the altamont pass. >>> one of the most popular festivals in bay area making its big return and yes, it is all about the garlic. >> the garlic festival in gilroye for two years. mass shooting in 2019 and covid last year forced the festival to cancel. but it is back in a whole new way. justin andrews is live in gilroy. if we had smell o vision we would be feeling it, justin. >> reporter: oh yeah, don't judge me if you see crumbs on my face. my photographer and i love bread so we had to eat it. we are really excited about this. at 5:00 i got too excited. it's actually 4800 pounds not 48,000 pounds that they used in 2019. we are taking a break, at least the chefs are, because they've got a long weekend. we love our garlic. there is a lot of garlic that will be cooked this weekend. it's really tasty. we have been following the people for a couple days. this year things will be smaller and you will have to preorder meals and do a drive thru pick up. we've been following the volunteers and they've been prepping the good garlicky food on gourmet alley. this is a long running festival. it's been going for about 41 years. these two years like you said

that means the gilroy garlic festival is here this year. it's back, better than ever. they used about 4800 pounds of garlic all for your favorites. we are talking garlic fries, pepper steak, scampi and even that garlic break. it's really tasty. this video shows it. this year things will be on a smaller scale and you will have to preorder your meals and do a drive through pick up at the gilroy presbyterian church. we have been following volunteers for a few days now prepping the good garlicky food in the gourmet alley. festival runs over two weekends, this weekend and next weekend. this is a long running festival, it's been going on about 41 years. these two years have been rough for the organizers because of obviously the mass shooting and then covid-19 forced them to stop. they are excited to have this going again. preorder your meals or else you won't get any. right now they're prepping. we've got crews getting things ready. kick off is this evening at 4:00 p.m. it goes from 4:00 to 7:00. everything you need to know about garlic festival is on our website at kpix.com.

thank you. >> now to the south bay and some pyro chefs back in action at the gilroy garlic festival. this year's festivals drive-thru. >> if the preorder your meal, you go pick it up. you enjoy it. and then you brush your teeth us the car like that's right. i got to make sure to share some of the bread. >> gill brought back with you before bread garlic bread. yeah. >> so the festival is back for the first time since the mass shooting bac> in 2019 covid canceled festivities last year. kron four's gayle ong has the sights and sounds from gilroy. >> people are loving their garlic bread and garlic fries steak sandwiches and shrimp scampi, which is a main dish this year. overall, a great time with friends and family. >> for >> me, ali is alive again. and we're just having a great time means the world to us and we love this community event. it's great to have it back. >> you know where resident danielle brothers is happy. the annual gilroy garlic festival is back even though it looks different. no life music tense. you preorder your meal and drive over to pick it up. actually very organized

francisco, matt boone, abc7 news. >>> fire up that grill, after two difficult years the beloved gilroy garlic festival is back. abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo is in gilroy to show us how the celebration has changed. >> reporter: this sight signaling the gilroy garlic festival is back, well, the fan favorite food at least. the famous gourmet alley like we've never seen before rearranged and reimagined because of covid-19. >> we don't have to get in the hot sun. we still get the food. we're in the air conditioned car, cool enough. >> reporter: a detour, a drive- thru, instead of pulling up to christmas hill park diners will circle gilroy presbyterian church for the two weekend festival. this los gatos resident said she dropped the top on her vw eager for the return of the big event. >> i brought my 98-year-old mommaly with me and we're getting our dinners so we can have that feeling of gilroy again. >> reporter: planning during the pandemic wasn't easy, but with a sold out first day well worth it. >> as you come around, you've got the barbecue guys doing the pepper steak and then you've got our

. >>> and tonight, smiles all around the gilroy garlic festival.will give you a taste of the good times drawing people from far and wide. >> we drove from fresno. >> we drove from outside of los angeles. >> i am excited. >> people are ready. good evening. >>> now at 11:00, streaming on cbsn bay area, new at 11:00. a busy start to the weekend in the north bay. napa county wineries say despite concerns over the delta variant 5 frnap thuntil about an hour ago memorial park here was packed as people enjoyed napa city nights. it is a music concert here outdoors. napa in general was very busy on this friday night as tourists flooded napa valley. >> reporter: wines flowing in napa valley as tourists from far and near are visiting the region. >> cheers. cheers everybody. >> this group arrived from austin, texas today. >> it was a little scary. our first visit but we wore our masks and we just kind of took a deep breathe and we ended up here. >> reporter: an increase in covid-19 cases has people slightly concerned wineries like ghost block have not seen a d

eczema specialist about dupixent, a breakthrough eczema treatment. >> in the south bay, the gilroy garlic festival will be celebrating its 42nd year this weekend. and like most other events making a comeback. things will look different. the festival will take place. the last 2 weekends of july as a drive-thru event. you can preorder your favorite food items and pick them up at a drive-thru set up at gilroy presbyterian church. there's also a farm to table dinner at 14 owes winery and a golf event at the gilroy golf course. this is the first year the event is back since a garlic festival shooting in 2019. >> you're good to me as unique a community and it's very resilient. and i think that's the word you hear. >> it has come together over you know, through this process in it's just working my my board and working with the association. the volunteers and our different community leaders everyone really has come together to stop or support to work together to find that road to to where we are now. i think it demonstrates the uniqueness of cure and it is a great community. the festival for the 42 years

francisco, matt boone, abc7 news. >>> fire up that grill, after two difficult years the beloved gilroy garlic festivalback. abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo is in gilroy to show ha changed. >> reporter: this sight signaling the gilroy garlic festival is back, well, the fan favorite food at least. the famous gourmet alley like we've never seen before rearranged and reimagined because of covid-19. >> we don't have to get in the hot sun. we still get the food. we're in the air conditioned car, cool enough. >> reporter: a detour, a drive- thru, instead of pulling up to christmas hill park ilroy presb church for the two weekend festival. this los gatos resident said she dropped the top on her vw eager for the return of the big event. >> i brought my 98-year-old mommaly with me and we're getting our dinners so we can have that feeling of gilroy again. >> reporter: planning during the pandemic wasn't easy, but with a sold out first day well worth it. >> as you come around, you've got the barbecue guys doing the goour flame throwers, our pyrochefs doing the scampi. >> we're here for garlic bread and sau

they are suing multiple groups, including the gilroy garlic festival association, the city of gilroy,st alarm security and now, century arms. >> they are a distributor of arms responsible for not only distributing the weapon of war which was used in this tragedy, but also of assembling it. >> reporter: the lawsuit calls for damages and relief from century arms for selling and marketing what the lawyers call a military style assault rifle. this comes the same day the victims of the sandy hook mass shooting were offered ttme milar wst against a gun ve enhis like this, but given thy resul the right move to include all parties involved. >> they are trying to get around what the gun dealers have enjoyed for many years, by saying the way you are marketing this, you're negligent in that fashion and should be at the table as well and share a portion of fault. >> reporter: now the lawyer that you just heard previously, randall scarlet, said that he wants to make sure everyone involved with the lack of safety and care for the victims involved that day, they need to be held accountable, he says,

. >>> the gilroy garlic festival is make a comeback this weekend.after the mast shooting in 2019 and lastior's year's covid. >> reporter: you can smell the garlic, meaning the festival is few hours away. it has put on pause for two years, but now it is back. behind the flame is kevin. he's been a pyro chef at the gilroy garlic festival for 23 years. he wanted his chef skills and license plate to do the talking. he is one of many who will be here at the gourmet alley serving you. >> the barbeque guys and pyro guys, they run the joint, and that's what we are all about, you know. festival at christmas hill park with tons of food, vendors and music. this year it's smaller, but the same big garlicky taste. you have to order online, though, and pick up the food drive through style at the gilroy presbyterian church. >> garlic fries, everyone loves and the scampy. so we have it all come and get it. >> reporter: organizers say they were dedicated making sure the festival returned this year but it usually draws 80,000 people. this year, it's hard to estimate.

. >>> right now on the kpix 5 news at 7:00, streaming on cbsn bay area, survivors of the gilroy garlic festival shooting are now suing the gun maker. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm juliette goodrich in for elizabeth. it comes on the two-year anniversary of the mass shooting. and right now a memorial is being held in gilroy to honor the victims. >> kpix 5's len ramirez is there right now, len? >> reporter: well, the gilroy community came together here in gilroy tonight at precisely the same moment that shots rang out two years ago at christmas hill park, 5:40 p.m. now, because -- instead of being held at the christmas hill park side of the mass shooting, the memorial was held outside the new gilroy strong resiliency center downtown. in many ways, they're dealing with the aftermath of the shooting that took the lives of stephen romero, keyla salazar and trevor irby. >> we're never going to forget the lives that were lost here, and many people who live in gilroy already forever affected by it. so that will never change. but the strength that comes from being together in community and moving

i think gilroy. >> personally, i think it's a great city and everyone works together support each other. and this is demonstrating that to me the garlic festivalill continue to take place over the next 2 weekends and organizers say it's best to order early. >> here in gilroy. gayle ong kron 4 news. >> across the u.s. a lot of events from concerts to festivals are back on this year after being canceled last year. of course, because of covid. now, mpny people are asking is it safe to go rolling. loud is underway. that is in miami. lot of people there. it is the first really major music festival in the u.s. to return. but the event is also raising covid concerns since organizers are not requiring proof of vaccination and covid cases are spiking in florida. it's different though, in chicago where a lot palooza is now setting up organizers. there are requiring a covid test or vaccination card to get through the doors there. other events from wisconsin to new york, texas vegas. they all have fans excited for the months ahead. we just all need this. it's been a rough 17 months. i got my vaccine. get a vaccine. >> even though health experts say outdoo

she even has a gilroy garlic festival forecast loaded up and ready to go.fere with anyone's garlic breath. >> no, because it's going to be drive-thru, right. just in. have you ever been to the i've always wanted to go always i have you. i wanted to go last year. but you know, 2020 kind of that plan. on our calendar for next year. i know i wanted make it happen. yeah. by the fries. there you go. because those garlic fries are legit. i heard the calabar is pretty good, but they're not doing that this year. so next as well. garlic bread. >> like i was all of just as raw garlic ice cream, right. you said that today. they say ok, we need to try them. all right. let's take a look at forecast right now. a final check out weather and we are seeing right now that shallow marine layer. >> right along the immediate coastline. take a look at this temperature trend, 40 degree difference day in the mid 50's mid 90's. for those of you in antioch and livermore. welcome to bay area summer overnight lows a little bit warmer than last night low to mid 50's antioch, though, on

. >>> a memorial in gilroy for victims of the 2019 shooting at the garlic festival. len ramirez has more on that and new legal action. >> reporter: the community gathered to remember the victims of the gilroy garlic festival and shooting and to dedicate a new gilroy strong resiliency center. the families of the victims are still seeking justice. a moment of silence as community members gathered to remember the tragedy of the garlic festival mass shooting which took place at 5:40 p.m. two years ago. >> we are never going to forget the lives lost but the strength that comes from being together in the community and moving on is something that helps us pick ourselves up and heal. >> reporter: the center is run by the district attorney's office and houses services for survivors still experiencing trauma. >> in some sense it's not that the pain goes away. it just changes how it manifests itself. we are happy to have the resiliency center. >> rporter: the shooting happened on the final day of the garlic festival in 2019, one of gilroy's only, a 19-year- old william opened fi

thank you friday, the fires were rekindled for the gilroy garlic festival. we're back. we're excited. you know the thing we've been focused on is making this work festival association president tom kline says, planning for this year's signature event started last fall when the covid pandemic was still mandating safety measures. so the festival was moved from christmas hill park to the parking lot of the presbyterian church. any church really should. really be the community center of their their community. right? so what better way to have people come and use our facilities and enjoy it with us and be a part of what god has given us all the traditional staples of the garlic festival are here, but attendees must order online in advance, then drive through having it right here with an open almost an open window like that. they can see that the guys will be reacting to them talking so that we were trying to capture some of that. it feels wonderful. we've missed it the last couple years, so it's nice to have the smith at least the smell. the smell is wonderful. this festival

a gunman cut through a fence and opened fire on a crowd of people during a concert at the gilroy garlic festival. 3 people were killed and 17 were wounded. the gunman ultimately took his own life. since then, the city of gilroy has constructed a memorial to honor the victims of that shooting. on wednesday, the mayor vice mayor and members of the community laid flowers at the memorial which is dedicated to 6 year-old stephen romero, 13 year-old kayla salazar and 25 year-old trevor irby. now this tragedy has had a big impact not only on the people who were here that day, but also on the entire community at the small service held today. the police chief and the mayor thanked everyone in the community for pulling together we the countless acts of heroism by members of our community. >> place himself in harm's way. in. we thank you for the acts of kindness and mistreated during the ensuing days. >> thank you to the entirety of the bill were community. we're helping each other. consoling each strengthening each other, listening to each other and a fall. all praying for each other. there. but for the g

michelle kingston kron 4 >> today marks 2 years since the gilroy garlic festival shooting that killed3, people live with the details from gilroy coming >> 6.29. is the time right now. all there's a what i'm a little concerned. you know, i like to see quite how everyone's like to check to see if it's still there. and it is i can barely see. yeah, you can only make up the basis of their dogs hanging pretty low over the bay. we've got dave in the weather center. >> watching it all morning dave. >> when yellow bit of fog hanging around. i know unusual, but we're deal with some of that for the next couple of as we get to the afternoon, though. we do have some aloft, some scattered clouds to make note of these clouds kind of left over a little bit from the months and they're all i can do much of anything. just kind of color up the skies a little bit. of course, we're socked in by overcast at the coast. that too, will improve this afternoon as that's going help high temperatures along the coast reach near 70 in some locations. so tempting, they are basically 3 elements on our map there. ther

what has changed at the gilroy garlic festival. >> after 2 long years off the gilroy garlic festival is officially underway in back. yeah. but it's a much smaller venue this year. it's still a celebration, though festival. organizers say getting things ready for their big return took a little re imagining. how can we get for me allie and in a different way. >> to be able to do what we normally do and that's what we've been able to do with just all the restrictions that we had and in our planning this gave us the best opportunity to be able to throw a party celebrating garlic in making our food. >> this year. you will have to drive through to get your won't hearing live music and if you are hoping to get some of the festival signature calamari unfortunately, they're not serving organizers feared. it would be will 2 robbery by the time cars pulled through. but there are several other delicious garlic infuse dishes at the table. as for where to go. well, that's also noon moving this year from christmas hill park to gilroy presbyterian church. one plus side of the new changes this year. w

gilroy now. kron four's will tran out there at the garlic festival, which is going to be, as we know, will a little bit different this year. >> it will be a little bit different this year because this is the first gilroy garlic festival since the pandemic. they had to plan this in the middle of the pandemic. so they this was a truncated version, a smaller version and it's the best version that they could have gotten back in april because we're in the midst of the pandemic, but they're happy to be back. and you can clearly see this is gore me allie and you can see the flames, the big skillet and they will be dropping calamari like they have done for decades. at this festival. everybody is excited. no one more excited. then tom klein is right. welcome back, sir. thank you. we're glad to be back. what's a little bit different this year than in previous years. obviously we're not at the christmas hill park were here during presbyterian church. we have gourmet alley smaller version but still producing great food. >> you're happy to have this. you and i were speaking a little bit early at uac. in a perfe

back to you. >>> hard to believe but we're four days away from the return of the famed gilroy garlic festival. won't be the same because of the instead of traditional event which draws tens of thousands, e great food just in a drive-through line. the drive-through festival runs for the next two weekends. organizers still haven't been able to hold a typical festival since the deadly shooting there in 2019. organizers hope to bring back the full event last year, but then the pandemic forced them to cancel it. >>> vta employees and their families are remembering the nine workers killed in a mass shooting in late may. they gathered yesterday for a special memorial service at the center in san jose. this is video of several law enforcement agencies and even over local transit agencies escorting vta busses to that private event. about 1200 took part in the memorial. organizers say speakers included family members of the nine men killed as well as transit leaders. >>> happening today, members of the east oakland stadium alliance will hold another rally head of a vote on the future of the a's in the

isn't that what makes the gilroy garlic festival famous? w, you are going to have to plan ahead and preorder and drive-through to get your food this year. >> can you smell that basil? >> reporter: garlic festival volunteers are prepping the food on gourmet alley and the distinctively garlic odor is once again wafting through the air. we are at gourmet alley where all the garlic food you have been waiting to have for the past few years will be here. tom klein is happy to have the festival back but says it has been a difficult two years in the mass shooting in 2019 and then the covid lockdown in 2020. >> we have been challenged with no revenue last year and this year the volunteers are doing their service in kind to us to help us raise money for the festival because we need that help. >> reporter: the reimagined festival starts with pre- ordering food online and things like pepper steaks, sausage, scampi, garlic rise and garlic bread. >> right now i am going through the garlic festival drive- through. >> reporter: cars will sneak around the ch

. >> today marks 2 years since the gilroy garlic festival shooting the day we lost 3 young lives.i'm live in delaware this morning to talk to about a service today we have >> 7.29 a heavily shot here and it just makes me think about the lesson i learned yesterday. i will share with you i was with grandpa diego my 100 year old friend, ok. and he that he prays and i said what ask for. any said own home. i don't ask for anything. i just say thank you. well, there you go. he prays all day long and it's always thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. every day took that on board like wake up feeling yeah. all right. let's get to the weather center. we have dave standby look at our forecast this morning. those clouds look beautiful in that shot. dave, thank you. working are they. good morning. good morning, some of action fog is back again across the bay. >> give us a couple of hours to kind of clear on out and will go into scattered cloudy kind of day. we've got a mention that even though we're looking for temperatures well inland to be popping near 100. now. this will be

and don't forget do gilroy garlic festival this weekend. is a drive-thru may need to crank up the sea. but seasonable temperatures there in the mid 80's. and we're going to be on cruise control. some monsoonal moisture arrives monday and tuesday of this upcoming week. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> little baby. if you're a giants fan, it was easier to wake up for work this morning after that game last night. talk about a regular season. one that felt like a playoff game. >> giants down to their last out and the call here. now the call is >> reviewed it. they said safe vosler with the its secondary lead there. and then this is another pivotal moment. daryn rough checking they called a check swing, but he actually went around. so so haven't a tough time and dave had a tough time with the and he got tossed and then the giants. formal way here. young gun he is. and they end up winning at 5 to 3 kenley jansen. the closer for the dodgers booed for the second night in a row. he blows the game for the second night in row. just been an amazing turn of

now, the gilroy garlic festival itself did come back this year after a year off. it was modified. it was smaller. that was largely because of the pandemic, but it still really exists in the long shadow of the shooting. >> all right, devin,thank you. >>> and now at 6:00, mill valley police are looking for person they say vandalized black lives matter artwork. security video from july 20th shows someone defacing the mural outside the high school. police are now treating this as a hate crime and are asking anyone with information about the incident to contacthe>>>nd n francisco, where a street could soon be renamed in honor of an asian man who died following a brutal attack. supervisors have proposed a plan to rename a street in the neighborhood after vicha ratanapakdee. remember, he was the 84-year-old who died back in january, two days after he was violently pushed to the ground. since then, his family has fought for justice, and they have called for harsher punishments for those who commit hate crimes. and now his family is creating a mural near california and grant in their fathe

well after two years, he gilroy garlic festival is now back. year's festival is drive through only modified due to the pandemic. the location has also changed from christmas hill park to the parking lot of the gilroy presbyterian church. now all the traditional staples of the garlic festival or here, but attendees must order online in advance. so having it right here with an open, almost open window like that. they can see that the guys will be reacting to them talking so that we were trying to capture some of that. the gilroy garlic festival was cut short two years ago when a gunman shot and killed three people and wounded 12. others. it wasn't canceled last year, of course due to the pandemic, this year's festival will continue through this weekend and next, and i'm happy to say that gilbert is gonna have some really nice weather this weekend, low to mid eighties and mostly sunday skies so it should be some good weather for you for that. i love garlic. that'll be great. today we were pretty warm inland and the east bay in particular. that's wh

since the pandemic began every death has been an unvaccinated person. >> coming up next, the gilroy garlic festivalnt this year. we're going to show you how organizers had to re. imagine the event. >> after a couple years off the gilroy garlic festival officially underway this weekend. it's a much smaller venue this year. but it's still a break. pretty big celebration this year. you will have to drive through to get your food if you are hoping to get some of the festival signature column are you're going to be out of luck, though organizers feared it would going to be a little too robbery by the time cars pulled through. but there are several other dishes available for you to try. the festival has also moved locations from christmas hill park to gilroy presbyterian church. one plus side of this new change, though it's now spread out over 2 weekends the times for each day. are there on your screen. the gilroy garlic festival is going to run today through sunday. and then again next weekend, things open up at 11 o'clock this morning and they go until 7 o'clock tonight. it's going to be a pretty nice

get real relief with cosentyx. >> the gilroy garlic festival is back and it is celebrating its 42nd yearost of the events making a comeback. things will look a little bit different. but there will be garlic festival take place. last 2 weekends of july as a drive-thru event. you can preorder your favorite food items and pick them up at a drive-thru that will be set up at the gilroy presbyterian church. there's also a farm to table dinner at 14. oh, it's winery and a golf event at the gilroy golf course. this is the first year the event is back since the garlic festival shooting in 2019. >> durant to me as unique a community and it's very resilient. and i think that's the word you hear. >> it has come together over you know, through this process in it's just working my my board and working with the association. the volunteers and our different community leaders everyone really has come together to stop or support to work together to find that road to to where we are now. i think it demonstrates the uniqueness of cure and it is a great community. the festival for the 42 years represents tha

the gilroy garlic festival is going to be held in a unique way. >>> and a former cal bear makes history on the golf course. what colin morikawa did today that hasn't been done in the history of golf. >>> and we are watching hot temperatures to wrap up the weekend. 97 degrees in walnut creek. a red flag warning due to dry lightning tonight. a closer look when we come right back. delicia: this is where all our recycling is sorted -- 1.2 million pounds every day, helping to make san francisco the greenest big city in america. but that's not all you'll find here. there are hundreds of good-paying jobs, with most new workers hired from bayview-hunter's point. we don't just work at recology, we own it, creating opportunity and a better planet. now, that's making a difference. >>> bringing back the famed gilroy garlic festival instead of the traditional event which draws tens of thousands per day, people can still get that great food, just in a drive-thru line. the move forced by the pandemic of course. this year's drive-thru festival runs for the next two weekends. you may remember organizers

july 28 marks 2 years since the mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival the mayor of gilroy also spoke at the ceremony. >> together. we pick ourselves up. we heal. and we focus on the strength that comes from the community of love after the ceremony. there was an open house at the gilroy strong resiliency center designed to help victims and those impacted by the mass shooting. the center offers group counseling trauma education and information on community resources. you remember they're still grieving families and friends. >> we remember the panic, the confusion, the terrify people. and we remember the bravery of so many. >> and the resiliency center is right here in downtown gilroy. it is open tuesday through thursday from 05:30pm, to 08:30pm, and services are free reporting live in gayle ong kron 4 news. gayle, thank power is currently in effect. >> cal iso, the agency in charge of california's power grid issued a statewide alert because of a forecast of higher than typical temperatures. conserving energy and avoiding the use of major appliances. now can help avoid power disru

the gilroy garlic festival will return for its 42nd year. but things are going to look different. so the festival will take place. the last 2 weekends of july as a drive-thru event. so what you can do is you can pre order your favorite food items. you can pick them up at the drive-thru set up at gilroy presbyterian church. there's also going to be a farm to table dinner at 14 owes winery and a golf event at the gilroy golf course. this is the first year for the event since 3 people were killed at the festival back in 2019. everyone. >> really has come together to stop or support to work together to find that road to to where we are now. i think it demonstrates the uniqueness of cure and it is a great community. the festival for the 42 years represents that and it's made your what it is. >> there will also be a memorial service for the victims of the festival shooting on july 28th. christmas hill park. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news in an effort underway in the south bay to get vaccines to vaccinated as the delta variant continues to spread. >> well, welcome back to the kron

and he's considering leaving the tenderloin because he doesn't feel safe anymore. >>> the gilroy garlic festivale mass shooting there two years ago. it's a hit but things look forward. gourmet alley is a drive-through now. it's set up and ready to go. festival goers must preorder their food. today the drive-through is already sold out. if you want to go, you have to place your order online and they recommend you order four days in advance, it's that popular. gourmet alley will be open again tomorrow and then next weekend. >>> well, we showed you the medal count a few minutes ago. now we want to show you the video from the first competition that handed out medals. this is the women's 10-meter air rifle competition. you can barely see it, but there are little pellets that they're shooting. on the right, right there, is china's yen chen. the 21-year-old beat a russian shooter in a battle of nerves to take gold. team usa's mary tucker was eliminated early and finished sixth. >>> back to tokyo we go where that's really a gorgeous shot. it's about 7:00 sunday morning. everything looks fine. the things

a concert during the gilroy garlic festival. thanks for joining us tonight, everybody. vicki liviakis. i'm justine waltman in for grant lotus tonight and members of the gilroy community have gathered all day to remember the 3 people killed this morning. gil worries mayor thanked her city for how they've come together and supported each other. >> thank you to the entirety of the bill were community. we're helping each other. consoling each other. strengthening each other, listening to each other and a fall. all praying for each other. there. but for the grace of god. are we here? >> a vigil is currently underway marking that tragic event from 2 years ago kron four's gayle ong joins us now live from gilroy with more on how today's event is going. >> justine i'm here in downtown eager one. you can see the crowd right behind me celebrations are underway. you see there's aztec dancers they're honoring the lives lost at gilroy garlic festival 2 years ago which today marks 2 years since the mass shooting that killed 3 people now, what this is one of many celebrations or more l

. >> two years after the deadly gilroy garlic festival shooting, families who lost loved ones are nowlus, an indoor concert leads to a coronavirus outbreak in one of the lowest transmission counties in our area. and as cases mount, so is the confusion and resentment over the changing guidance on masks. >> why should i have to wear masks inside and outside if i've got the vaccine and you want to? then you wear the mask. >>> 49er fans come out in force as the team hits the field for . is jimmy g. feeling the heat with trey lance waiting in the wings. what jimmy told us. >>> and governor newsom issues a call for help as california wildfires rage. >> this is life and death, and you can't just fight fires the way we did 20, 40 years ago. >>> right now on the kpix 5 news at 7:00, streaming on cbsn bay area, survivors of the gilroy garlic festival shooting are now suing the gun maker. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm juliette goodrich in for elizabeth. it comes on the two-year anniversary of the mass shooting. and right now a memorial is being held in gilroy to honor the victims. >> kpi

restaurant in san francisco to leave the psac ii kron 4 news. >> chef's are back in action at the gilroy garlic festivals year. a little different because of a drive-thru set up where you'll have to preorder your meal and picking up the event selling out today. the festival back for the first time since that deadly shooting in 2019 canceled it and then covid last year, kron four's gayle ong spent the day in gilroy and gives us a taste of what we can expect when the festival returns. >> next weekend. >> people are loving their garlic bread and garlic fries steak sandwiches and shrimp scampi, which is a main dish this year. overall, a great time with friends and family. >> for >> me, ali is alive again. and we're just having a great time means the world to us and we love this community event. it's great to have it back. >> you know where resident danielle brothers is happy. the annual gilroy garlic festival is back even though it looks different. no life music tense. you preorder your meal and drive over to pick it up. actually very organized. and i'm just excited to be my pepper steak organizers say peop

the annual gilroy garlic festival is back even though it looks different. no live music tense. you preorder your meal and drive over to pick it up. actually very organized. and i'm just excited to be my pepper steak organizers say people traveled near and far for the food a family drove from la broken la on friday. >> got their meals and went back to la on a friday. >> the garlic festival has raised more than 12 million dollacs for local charities since 1979. this is the first event since the mass shooting in 2019 that killed 3 people and injured 17 others. the festival didn't happen last year due to covid community and the public have shown such a response has been tremendous. we beyond our expectations. >> and i know the volunteers. they worked hard beckley has been a volunteer for 41 years. it's the community. >> doing it for the community and the nonprofits. it's all worth it. >> in case you missed out this weekend. organizers have these tips for next time. >> they're doing it again next week and the food is good. so make sure you preorder it out there. orderly and order of

friday the fires were rekindled for the gilroy garlic festival. we're back. we're excited. the thing we've been focused on is making this work festival association president tom kline says planning for this year's signature event started last fall when the covid pandemic was still mandating safety measures. so the festival was moved from christmas hill park to the parking lot of the presbyterian church. any church really should really be the community center of their their community. right. so what better way to have people come and use our facilities and enjoy it with us and be a part of what god has given us all the traditional staples of the garlic festival are here, but attendees must order online in advance, then drive through having it right here with an open almost an open window like that. they can see that the guys will be reacting to them talking so that we were trying to capture some of that. it feels wonderful. we've missed it the last couple years, so it's nice to have. have the smell. at least the smell smells wonderful. this festival was cut short two years a

unlike previous gilroy garlic festivals. here is tom klein with the festival to talk about how things are little bit different this year. and why they're different, sir. well. >> we had to re imagine because of the restrictions and just everything we're faced with and this is what we've done. we're going to do about 2 weekends. like you tonight from 47 tomorrow sunday 11 to 7. and the next week in the same thing. why could you not to do it at christmas park. it's just with all the challenges of what we were facing and with covid and just the restrictions. this made the best sense for us to be able to do something this year. celebrating garlic and so in our garden grow festival. food. >> i mention it's a celebration. but it's also remembrance, right. i mean, nobody's going to forget. i remember being here 2 years ago and there are signs all over it. gilroy strong. yeah. >> jury is a resilient community, you know, and that's the thing. you you know, we we come together, we come together celebrating garlic for this year. just re

july 28 marks 2 years since the mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. the mayor of gilroy also spoke at the ceremony. >> together. we pick ourselves up. we heal. and we focus on the strength that comes from the community of love after the ceremony. there was an open house at the gilroy strong resiliency center designed to help victims in those impacted by the mass shooting. the center offers group counseling trauma education and information on community resources. you remember they're still grieving families and friends. >> we remember the panic, the confusion, the terrify people and we remember the bravery of so many. >> and the resiliency center will be open tuesday through thursday from 05:30pm, to 08:30pm, reporting from gilroy, gayle ong kron 4 news. >> we have much more news coming up after the break. right here on kron. 4 news at 9, including the new push from a san francisco supervisor to honor elderly asian man killed in a vicious attack and in oakland city officials approving a new budget aimed at tackling sideshows and 911, problems. explain t

the annual gilroy garlic festival is back even though it looks different. no life music tense. you preorder your meal and drive over to pick it up. actually very organized. and i'm just excited to be my pepper steak organizers say people traveled near and far for the food a family drove from la broken going on friday. >> got their meals and went back to la on a friday. >> the garlic festival has raised more than 12 million dollars for local charities since 1979. this is the first event since the mass shooting in 2019 that killed 3 people and injured 17 others. the festival didn't happen last year due to covid the community and the public have shown such a response has been tremendous. we beyond our expectations. >> and i know the volunteers. they worked hard beckley has been a volunteer for 41 years. it's the community. >> doing it for the community and the nonprofits so worth it. >> in case you missed out this weekend. organizers have these tips for next time. >> they're doing it again next week and the food is good. so make sure you preorder it out there. orderly and order of

. >>> still ahead tonight, the gilroy garlic festival makes its big return. we will take you there for all of the food and the fun. >> i made sure i ordered three. >> getting a new passport just got more difficult. the scam forcing the government to shutdown its emergency appointment site. >>> plus, a dire situation in california second largest reservoir could put a dent in california's power supply. >>> tonight the world famous gilroy garlic festival is back by poplar demand. after the mass shooting and covid-19 cancellation they said coming back was part of the healing process. >> people drove from as far away as from l.a. to show support and get their hands on delicious food. >> reporter: because of covid-19 it is smaller and a different format this year. instead, a drive through at this church. you order the food online the and ckit up in your car. no live music or games but there is still live entertainment. big flames, sizzling food. and everything garlic. folks picking up their food drive through gourmet alley as they put on a show. the next tent is an

the gilroy garlic festival will return for its 42nd year at the age of covid like most things. ill be a little different. the festival will take place the last 2 weekends of july as a drive-thru event. you can preorder your favorite food items and pick them up at a drive-thru set up at the gilroy presbyterian church.% there's also a farm to table dinner at 14 those wondering and the gulf. a vent at the gilroy golf course. this is also the first year for the event since 3 people were killed at the festival back in 2019. >> during to me as unique a community and it's very resilient. and i think that's the word you hear. >> it has come together over you know, through this process in it's just working my my board and working with the association. the volunteers and our different community leaders everyone really has come together to stop or support to work together to find that road to to where we are now. i think it demonstrates the uniqueness of cure and it is a great community. the festival for the 42 years represents that and it's made your what it is. >> a memorial service will

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pyro chefs are back in action again at the gilroy garlic festival. festival is a drive-thru set up where you preorder your meal, then you drive through and pick it up. the event sold out on sunday. crawford's gayle ong spent the day in gilroy bringing us the sights and sounds. >> people are loving their garlic bread and garlic fries steak sandwiches and shrimp scampi, which is a main dish this year. overall, a great time with friends and family. >> for >> me, ali is alive again. and we're just having a great time means the world to us and we love this community event. it's great to have it back. >> you know where resident danielle brothers is happy. the annual gilroy garlic festival is back even though it looks different. no life music tense. you preorder your meal and drive over to pick it up. actually very organized. and i'm just excited to be my pepper steak organizers say people traveled near and far for the food a family drove from la broken going on friday. >> got their meals and went back to la on a friday. >> the garlic festival has raised mo

we will take you to the reimagined gilroy garlic festival. >>> we are hearing from residents refusing to evacuate as flames burn closer and closer to their homes. >> i drove around the area for 20 minutes in every direction and i cannot find a fire. need better sleep? try nature's bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster and stay a sleep longer. great sleep comes naturally with sleep 3 only from nature's bounty >>> some good news tonight in the long-running edd payment saga. the agency is set to stop freezing benefits for recipients who exclaims have been flagged for potential fraud. a new pay now policy means the edd will issue conditional payments, while it takes a look at eligibility issues. anyone whose benefits are currently frozen will get paid for all of the weekth arhilethe py ate the al roout could tas because ofthe sheer volume. >>> a long-awaited comeback in gilroy, the garlic festival is returning for the first time since 2019 shooting. masters pandemic shut out also. you can expect the same famous smells and foods. there w

. >>> happening now the gilroy garlic festival is back after ttle whio at 4:00. it's a little ofic. he's reon that story from amanda del castillo . >> reporter: if there ever was a day to have smell of vision, today would be the day. you are looking at gourmet alley like never before. rearranged and reimagined. we are not at christmas hill park. the team is set up at gilroy presbyterian church. to offer a drive through experience. >> diners have to order 24 hours in advance. they will pass by the gourmet alley and. up their food and off they go. this is the first day of the two-week event. last year's festival was canceled by covid. so tonight's return is a significant milestone. >> people have come together. and we have so many good and positive reasons why. we are excited to celebrate garlic. in this is a reason. >> reporter: some of those reasons? garlic fries, garlic bread, garlic shrimp scampi. you have to place that order 24 hours in advance. they have had 8000 transactions for this first weekend. there are multiple orders in one transaction. tonight's drive-through wraps up a

were remembered. >> reporter: the community gathered here to remember the victims of the gilroy garlic festivalooting and to dedicate a new gilroy strong resiliency center. in the meantime the families of the victims are still seeking justice. a moment of silence tonight as community members gather to remember the tragedy of the ic exactly 2 years ago. >> we will never forget the lives that were lost here. but the strength atcomes from being together in community moving on is something that helps us pick ourselves up and heal. >> reporter: it was just outside of the doors of the gilroy strong resiliency center. it houses survivors still experiencing trauma. >> it's not that the pain goes away but it just changes how it manifests itself. >> reporter: the shooting happened on the final day of the garlic festival in 2019. one of gilroy's own opened fire on the crowd, injuring 17 and killing three. he then committed suicide as police closed in. today the family of kayla, one of the victims, gathered at tha it is still very hard. >> reporter: also today, surviving victims announce a new defendant in

. >>> after two years the beloved gilroy garlic festival is back. ow more from gilroy to show us how the celebration has changed. >> reporter: this site signaling the gilroy garlic festival is back. well, the fan favorite food, at least. the famous gourmet alley like we have never seen before, rearranged and reimagined because of covid-19. a detour, a drive-thru. instead of pulling up to christmas hill park, diners will go to the two weekend festival. >> i brought my 98-year-old mom with me so we can have the feeling of gilroy again. >> reporter: planning wasn't easy but with the sold out first day, it is well worth it. >> you have the barbecue guys doing pepper steak and the flame throwers doing the scampi. >> reporter: each plate coming with a taste of the gilroy community. covid-19 canceled last year's festival, and at, ofcourse, the deadly shooting. so, each car a reflection of the city's resilience. >> we had a hard couple of years. we come every year to support them. >> we missed it last year. we said we are not going to mississippi this year.

i think gilroy. >> personally, i think it's a great city and everyone works together support each other. and this is demonstrating that to me. >> the garlic festival will continue to take place over the next 2 weekends and organizers say it's best to order early here in gilroy. gayle ong kron 4 news new tonight at 9 a cat advocacy group is filing a lawsuit this week against the east bay regional park district. the lawsuit. >> centers around a controversial policy that allows farrell and abandoned cats to be killed or relocated to help protect endangered animal species in the district's parks. well, alley cat allies which advocates for the protection of cats and kittens argues that the district's policy is inhumane. according to alley cat allies park district staff members killed at least 13 cats last year at martin luther king junior regional park without seeking nonlethal are alternatives. >> inside california politics. emerson college poll shows californians are split on a potential statewide indoor mask mandate and other potential pandemic related rules to come kron four's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala breaks down the new numbers on how