gilroy festival, it needs to stay gilroy. that's what makes gilroy, gilroy. it's famous for garlic. >> reporter: nocetti says the festival is important in stockton and gilroy, and hasn't ruled out a change later. could it return to gilroy in future years? >> i'm going to look in that region over there and see if there is a suitable piece of property around there to have it. >> reporter: some people are still holding out hope. >> i think it will happen. and i'm hoping that he is the type of guy that says even though i live in stockton, that the garlic festival is supposed to be in gilroy, that's where it will be held. >> many shoppers said they didn't see how anyone could stop a festival from happening somewhere else, and believe once it gets established there, it's gone. in gilroy, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> a lot of mixed feelings for sure. robert, thank you. >>> get ready to pay more at the post office. the postmaster general said americans should get used to, quote, uncomfortable postage rate increases. he says usps prices have been too low for the last ten years. innat

>> you cannot take the garlic festival away from gilroy. >>> a new twist in a garlic festival fight. the city that is not backing down as gilroy pushes back. >> bay area crews are already working to get ahead of what could be a busy fire season. what they say you can do to help. >>> a mixed bag of weather across the bay area today. some drizzle in san francisco earlier. the sun broke back out. the fog is taking over again. still some drizzle shower activity possible this evening. the rest of the evening forecast coming up. ♪ >>> san francisco investigators trying to figure out why a car went over the cliff of the remnants of the sutro baths. these photos of a car perched on a sandy bluff. that car plunged between 30 and 40 feet at lands end sometime before 3:00 this morning. there were four people inside. all of them were rescued, but two are in critical condition. now at 7:00, the battle over the gilroy garlic will rages on after plans to cancel the event entirely. one valley grove wants to revive the festival, but only on one condition. >> reporter: it is opening day for the san joa

after four decades, organizers announced the end of the gilroy garlic festival. s a new proposal from a man outside the city to revive it. festival organizers aren't sold on the idea. the unfortunate reality is no. one from the garlic festival association, nor from the city. no one from my company and north my family has ever heard of this gentleman. the proposal is to host the gilroy garlic festival and use the gilroy name but in a different location. good evening, everyone i'm julie haney mike mibach, the organizer of the asparagus festival in stockton says he has the capacity to bring the gilroy festival back in stockton. but as ktvu jesse gary reports, not everyone in gilroy is quite on board. it's a bit of a vulture feeding up wounded corpse. it's a bit of a parasite. it's a bit of a tick. can christopher unabashedly and passionately defends his family's legacy? this year's installment of the gilroy garlic festival shelves over dispute about greatly increased insurance premiums after 2019 deadly mass shooting, it is a frustration and because we know we have t

garlic festival. they say it will be separate from the decades old garlic festival. what's best known being held in gilroymeantime, the gilroy garlic festival organizers, which includes the grandson of one of the festival's founding members, says that this announcement caught him totally off guard. >> we'll get to that in a lot of members of the community were shocked and confused by this up to and including members of the eu regarding festival association. their past president and current president members of my family and my company. and none of us have been a poor nation with this we never heard of them. >> so as you can see, a lot of a back and forth here, the gilroy festival board decided to cancel the annual gilroy garlic festival because of lingering financial issues on the pandemic. and the unaffordable insurance requirements by the city of gilroy. they said more information on this new garlic slash asparagus festival bill. we will be released on thursday. so right now. >> meantime, state leaders are in washington, d.c., right now to they're trying to secure federal resources that would help turn

. >> you can't take the gilroy garlic festival away from gilroy. >> a new twist in the garlic festival fight. the city that is not backing down as gilroy pushes back and this is a live look outside before we head to brack. we'll be right back. when you need help it's great to be in sync with customer service. a team of reps who can anticipate the next step genesys technology is changing the way customer service teams anticipate what customers need. because happy customers are music to our ears. genesys, we're behind every customer smile. ♪ let go ou town for the summer ♪ ♪ i wanna go across the trees ♪ ♪ just take my hand ♪ ♪ we will have fun till the sun goes down ♪ ♪ and we'll start over again ♪ ♪♪ . >>> welcome back. the time now is 6:16. mother's day weekend is here and the napa valley is expecting big crowds. kpix 5sandery nacano -- andrea nakano has more. >> reporter: they're seeing signs of the staff shortage starting to level off. others are bracing themselves, hoping they can get through this big weekend. in downtown napa, it's booked up for this mother's day weekend. >> those

after 40 years, organizers announced the end of the gilroy garlic festival. ow there's a new proposal to revive it, but not by those who previously ran that event. the proposal is to host the gilroy garlic festival and used the gilroy name. but in a different location, ktvu jesse gary explains. why not everyone is on board. it's a bit of a vulture feeding up wounded corpse. it's a bit of a parasite . it's a bit of a tick. can christopher unabashedly and passionately defends his family's legacy? this year's installment of the gilroy garlic festival. shelves over dispute about greatly increased insurance premiums after 2019 deadly mass shooting, it's it is a frustration and because we know we have the same passion and we know what it represents to gilroy, but also like you say. the greater bay area and the surrounding throughout the state. it's also a disappointment for long time gilroy residents festival everyone loves it. people come from all over. you know, i've been going to it for 30 something years to getting garlic to the summer menu may come from an unli

. >>> and the gilroy garlic festival might be canceled, but could another festival take its place? the reason some people in gilroy are not happy about it. >>> and a cool day with some of the wind right now, just 69 in concord. i'll talk about the warm-up on the way. >>> it is not a garlic war yet but it could turn into one. when it was announce that had gilroy's garlic festival would not return in its usual form, a rival promoter offered to step in and hold it. tony said that is what he did for the asparagus festival this week and it is rebranded as the san walkine festival. he said he will announce the details on thursday. that move is raising hackles in gilroy. the grandson said, if noceti group is earnestly trying to have a garlic promotion in their town, god bless them. but claiming to bring back the gilroy garlic festival without comment or cooperation from our association is malicious. >>> today starts, they hosted a round table in san francisco with the president, biden's small business administrator. they hope to help workers get in demand skills at no cost. she said saving

asparagus festival announced they would host the garlic festival this year say we heard extremely sad news. the gilroy garlic festival not be holding their annual big route fest. we just could not let that happen. the group says more details are to come. the gore garlic festival association of previously canceled even indefinitely, citing high insurance costs. coming next on the kron 4 morning news. no dream on no problem for the lawyers as they >> take game one of their series against the grizz e mills has the highlights and reaction coming up. >> all right. well, welcome back to the kron. 4 morning news for a lot of us that are heading outside right now. let's get a look at current temperatures across the bay area mid to upper 40's here in the east bay. a chilly as you can see, make sure you grab your jacket as you're heading out the door. half moon bay. 49 santa rosa. 42 napa, 48 and in the south bay low 50's. all right. let's check on your seven-day 40 as you are planning your week ahead. a live look outside. this is the east bay hills. and you can see we do have clear skies right now. no rain in

what the survivors of the gilroy garlic festival shooting are doing today. i've lived in san francisco for 20 years. i'm raising my kids here. this city is now less safe for all of us. chesa boudin is failing to hold repeat offenders accountable. he prosecuted zero fentanyl drug dealing cases, even though nearly 500 people have died of overdoses. i'm voting yes on h to recall chesa boudin now. we can't wait one more day when people are dying on our streets. >>> good morning. it's sunday, may 29th. it's 7:30 on the dot as we take this gorgeous look at the golden gate bridge. clear skies aross marin county. wow! what a beautiful way to start our sunday. thank you so much for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey has a quick look at the micro forecast. >> it's already breezy around the coast, but it's going to get gusty into the afternoon, even into the start of the workweek. the current temperatures right now in san francisco, in the 50s. winds from the west-northwest at 10 to 15 miles an hour. depending where you are, remember, it will be gusty into t

this year's installment of the gilroy garlic festival shelves over dispute about greatly increased insurance premiums after 2019 deadly mass shooting disappointment for long time residents festival. everyone loves it. people come from all over, you know i've been going to for 30 something years to getting garlic to the summer menu may come from an unlikely source and be laced with a side of asparagus. not here to steal their festival. i'm here to help keep things alive. by phone. potential benefactor tony nasiri says gilroy's famous festival can go on. he's already hosting the asparagus festival this coming weekend in, stockton said. he says his experience with nonprofits available land and in place organization can pull off the gilroy garlic festival, too. with the caveat that take place 110 miles away in stockton's works with college press one passed but i guess there's some ireland's up the ladder. their little upset. maybe maybe they will be because i'm more than happy to work with people. christopher rejects the offer, saying the issue isn't garlic but 40 plus years of hometown heritage

the event is promoted by toning the city, the same promoter bringing the former gilroy garlic festivalsan joaquin fairgrounds in stockton. >> it is important to keep it going for the farmers and the community. >> reporter: many gilroy locals are asking, which community. >> you can't take it away from gilroy. it is a little bit irresponsible for them to use our legacy for themselves. >> reporter: one of the founders of the gilroy garlic festival. he says moving the festival feels more like a hostile takeover. >> they haven't reached out to anyone at the association, my family, or my company. >> i have called everybody involved i could find. giving no response from their family. left a message there. i have been calling the office but nobody has answered there. >> reporter: the festival announced the event would be canceled for the foreseeable future. thermosetting family is adamant they are not stealing anything. >> they say they are done. i don't know how you still something that they say they are done. >> as for the location, it is being held at the san joaquin fairgrounds this year b

gilroy. garlic festival is back. new organizer has stepped in to help with kron 4 sarah stinson joining us. >> from the newsroom with the good news, sarah. >> a little over the week ago, we were telling you that it was no more organizers, though, of the asparagus festival in the san joaquin county. they couldn't bear to see the gilroy. garlic festival be canceled. so the ceo said not so fast, we can help put it on this year. the gilroy garlic festival has been around for 42 years. the board announced the cancellation of the annual festival a little over a week ago citing lingering financial issues from the pandemic, along with insurance requirements by the city costing 1 million dollars. the asparagus festival is run by the u.s. any group. the ceo says we heard the extremely sad news about the going garlic festival and we couldn't let that happen. the study group says they are to announce they will be hosting the garlic festival this year. more details are to come. but news of this is already circulating a lot of gar

garlic festival. and organizer tells us this one will be separate from the one that's held in gilroy. there was some confusion over a facebook post with the announcement. the asparagus festival organizers writing, quote, we heard the extremely sad news about the gilroy garlic festival and we couldn't let that happen. the study group runs the festival and says they are thrilled to announce they'll be hosting the garlic festival this year. however, gilroy garlic festival organizers and partners say they have not received any information about the new festival and that it is not associated with them in any my grandfather was one of the founding fathers of the eu regarding festival. can christopher says the announcement about a new garlic festival caught him off guard? i will not. i think exact article is doing garlic festival back on after being canceled. >>and so we will get to that in a lot of members of the community were shocked and confused by this up to and including members of the regarding festival association, their past president and current president members of my family and my

when he kept saying the festival, people kept thinking he was going revive or resurrect the gilroy garlic festival. but actually he started a new festival. . actually, the gilroy people i spoke to they understand and have a resignation toward it all. they accept what's happening because he technically could have had his own festival even while the garlic festival going on. i think his big mistake is acting like he was going to rescue this festival, when actuality he was looking as an opportunity to start his own festival. >> hopefully they can make amends here. where is the garlic capital of the world, robert? >> well, we'll always say gilroy. but talking to noceti, he says that we don't appreciate how much of a garlic industry there is in that area. i talked to some garlic industry people here. they say that's not actually true. i think that feud will go on for a little while. >> we're sticking with gilroy. thank you, robert handa, for reporting on this story for us. >>> up next, he is back. the bear spotted wandering around a vacaville neighborhood, and he might have a friend this time. why wild

garlic festival. and organizer tells us this one will be separate from the one that's held in gilroy. there was some confusion over a facebook post with the announcement. the asparagus festival organizers writing, quote, we heard the extremely sad news about the gilroy garlic festival and we couldn't let that happen. study group runs the festival and says they are thrilled to announce they'll be hosting the garlic festival this year. however, gilroy garlic festival organizers and partners say they have not received any information about the new festival and that it is not associated with them in any my grandfather was one of the founding fathers of the eu regarding festival. can christopher says the announcement about a new garlic festival caught him off guard? i woke up i think exact article quote is due bestival back on after being canceled. >> and so we will get to that in a lot of members of the community were shocked and confused by this up to and including members of the eu regarding festival association. their past president and current president members of my family and my comp

the gilroy garlic festival has been around for 42 years. partners who says this announcement really caught him off guard. >> i woke up, i think exact article quote, is doing garlic festival back on after being canceled. and so we will get to that in a lot of members of the community were shocked and confused by this up to and including members of the eu regarding festival association. their past president and current president members of my family and my company. and none of us have been a poor nation with this we never heard of them. >> the festival board announced the cancellation of the annual festival a little over a week ago citing lingering financial issues from the pandemic, along with insurance requirements by the city costing millions of dollars in 2019, a mass shooting happened at the festival and in twenty-twenty was canceled due to the pandemic. and then last year it was a drive-thru event. so people devastated to hear that it was canceled indefinitely. started to hear about this new host in this new festival and they got excite

d gilroy garlic festival partner who is also the grandson of one of the festival's founding fathers says this announcement really caught him off guard. >> but we'll get to that in a lot of members of the community were shocked and confused by this up to and including members of the eu regarding festival association. their past president and current president members of my family and my company none of us have been a poor nation with this we never heard of them. >> the festival board deciding to cancel the annual festival citing lingering financial issues from the pandemic along with an affordable insurance requirements by the city of gilroy. more information on the new garlic festival will be released on thursday. >> may is mental health awareness month. coming up, we have some tips from an expert on some of the best ways to may is mental health awareness month. we spoke with the head of mental health services at don't help. >> he says that in any given year one out of 5 americans are dealing with a mental health issue. and that's true for a

well we're now hearing more from competing interests engaged in a tug of war over the gilroy garlic festivalig increase in the cost of insurance after the deadly mass shooting of 2019. but then the man who actually puts on the asparagus festival in stockton this week and said he could take over the gilroy garlic festival , but he would move it to stockton's, and that did not sit well with the garlic festivals, founding family. we're here to promote garlic everywhere. it's stockton wants to have the stockton garlic festival. we are 100% behind it. the problem is he tried to use our hometown and my grandfather's legacy to self promote works with college. but i guess there's some higher ones up the ladder. their little upset. maybe maybe they should coffee because i'm more than happy to work equal. tony no. jerry said he will hold a news conference on thursday to better explain his plans for moving that gilroy garlic festival to stockton's historically black college in texas could be soon expanding to the bay area. paul quinn college in dallas has taken the first steps toward establishing a cal

the commission is scheduled to vote on june 30th hope that the gilroy garlic festival could be revivedfter the organizers of the asparagus festival have offered to host the event. but in stockton's as ktvu is, jesse gary explains. now, many in gilroy are not open to that idea. it's a bit of a vulture feeding up the wounded corpse. it's a bit of a parasite . it's a bit of a tick. can christopher unabashedly and passionately defends his family's legacy? this year's installment of the gilroy garlic festival shelved over dispute about greatly increased insurance premiums after 2019 deadly mass shooting the path to getting garlic to the summer menu may come from an unlikely source and be laced with a side of asparagus. not here to steal their fastball. i'm here to help out things alive. by phone. potential benefactor tony nasiri says gilroy's famous festival can go on. he's already hosting the asparagus festival this coming weekend in, stockton said. he says his experience with nonprofits available land and in place organization can pull off the gilroy garlic festival, too. with the caveat

after 40 years, organizers announced the end of the gilroy garlic festival. now there's a new proposal to revive by a group by by a group other than the original family who ran the event. the proposal here is to host the gilroy garlic festival and use that gilroy name but in a different location. ktvu jesse gary shows us how not everyone is on board. it's a bit of a vulture feeding off the wounded corpse. it's a bit of a parasite . it's a bit of a tick. can christopher unabashedly and passionately defends his family's legacy? this year's installment of the gilroy garlic festival shelled over dispute about greatly increased insurance premiums after 2019 deadly mass shooting the path to getting garlic to the summer menu may come from an unlikely source and be laced with a side of asparagus. i'm not here to steal their fast. well i'm here to help out things alive by phone potential benefactor tony nasiri says gilroy's famous festival can go on. he's already hosting the asparagus festival this coming weekend in stockton. said he says his experience with nonprofits

the gilroy garlic festival is not returning it as traditional format. supporters from the apparent -- asparagus festival would be hosting. >> there will be a garlic festival but i will not use their name. i would never do that post-up >> tony is the president and ceo of the asparagus festival and says unofficial announcement on his garlic event will come thursday step he has never blamed the festival to be associate with gilroy. >>stuff i'm just trying to keep. e riafte thanof association annd financial challenges and forced organizers to reimagine the time-honored tradition for 2022 in the foreseeable future. the sprawling festival at christmas hill park have come to an end. three smaller events are planned in its waste of the association is making it clear that stockton is not the successor of the beloved event. >> stockton event has nothing to do with gilroy honestly, we are struck and founded on why they said what they said stop >> i have no idea why the organizers said that. >> the past president and current or member says it's clear success brings

garlic festival. he's planning to hold it august 13 and 14th at the san joaquin county fairgrounds. the gilroyfestival called off this year's event citing financial challenges but it says stockton isn't the successor of their event. the promoter told abc 7 he tried to reach the gilroy organizers but they didn't call back. >> i have open arms, inviting everybody that was involved with the gilroy garlic festival. i want all their vendors and community support. let's work together to make this thing a great event again. >> he says he's planning to eventually bring the festival back to our area but he couldn't say where. his wildfire preparedness week and state leaders are urging californians to prepare for a challenging wildfire. the time to start is now. >> have a plan. have supplies like food, water, and emergency backup power. now in practice if i q8 and routes. >> this data spending billions to decrease the risk of wildfires but they say they will need the public's support. calfire says it's already seeing wildfire activity across the state. now to reading were a couple returned home from a t

the gilroy garlic festival might be on after all. >>> and the vaccine for covid-19 might be back on the horizon. and the pandemic taking a devastating toll health care workers. the tragic loss inspiring a new effort to help bay area nurses. >>> plus, house speaker nancy pelosi makes a surprise overseas trip. her visit with ukraine's president and what we've just learned about another high profile region this week. >>> we'll get to those stories in a minute. we begin with breaking news out of san jose. another deadly crash on south bay road. this happening on capitol express way. officers say a bicyclist was killed when he was hit by a car on capitol and mclaughlin about two hours ago. the bicyclist died at the season. the driver stayed and is cooperating with police. >>> our other top story, we just learned first lady jill biden will travel to the ukrainian border next week to her trim to romania and slovakia. she'll get a first hand look at how two of ukraine's neighbors will deal with the fallout of invasion. after nancy pelosi made an unannounced trim to ukraine this weekend meeting

garlic festival. he's planning to hold it august 13 and 14th at the san joaquin county fairgrounds. the gilroystival called off this year's event citing financial challenges but it says stockton isn't the successor of their event. the promoter told abc 7 he tried to reach the gilroy organizers but they didn't call back. >> i have open arms, inviting everybody that was involved with the gilroy garlic festival. i want all their vendors and community support. let's work together to make this thing a great event again. >> he says he's planning to eventually bring the festival back to our area but he couldn't say where. his wildfire preparedness week and state leaders are urging californians to prepare for a challenging wildfire. the time to start is now. >> have a plan. have supplies like food, water, and emergency backup power. now in practice if i q8 and routes. >> this data spending billions to decrease the risk of wildfires but they say they will need the public's support. calfire says it's already seeing wildfire activity across the state. now to reading were a couple returned home from a tri

garlic festival and we could not let that happen. study group runs the festival and says they are thrilled to announce they will be hosting the garlic festival this year. however, gilroy garlic festival organizers and partners say they have not received any information about this new festival and that is not associated with them in any way. the gilroy garlic festival has been around for 42 years. we talked with one of the gilroy garlic festival partners who says this announcement really caught him off guard this morning. >> i woke up, i think exact article is doing garlic festival back on after being canceled. and so we will get to that in a lot of members of the community were shocked and confused by this up to and including members of the eu regarding festival association. their past president and current president members of my family and my company none of us have been a poor nation with this we never heard of them. >> the festival board announced the cancellation of the annual festival a little over a week ago citing lingering financial issues from the pandemic, along with insurance requirements by the city costing millions of dollars. in 2019, a mass shooting ha

garlic festival this year. tony marchetti group posted a message on social media, saying, we heard the extremely sad news that the gilroy garlic festival will not be holding their annual big garlic festival, and we just couldn't let that happen. no other details have been released, but the group said it would announce more information soon. a shooting at a mississippi festival last night left one person dead and five others injured. it happened during a crawfish music festival in jackson. police say they believe the incident involved multiple shooters. deputies responded and opened fire, killing one of the suspected gunman. two teenagers were then taken into custody. the mississippi bureau of investigation has been called in to help with the investigation. well hundreds of young people cycled through the streets of san francisco today, in part to help raise awareness for an important nonprofit in that community, ktvu axa's has more now on the mission behind today's event. general we're going at him home, hundreds of young people taking to the streets of san francisco. it was amazing to go and take all these young people

gilroy garlic festival, organizers said this week. ce again, their event is canceled. the man behind the asparagus festival in stockton has been lobbying to bring the event to the delta tonino city now says he'll set up his own garlic festival, august 13th and 14th at the san joaquin county fairgrounds in stockton. he doesn't have the gilroy garlic festival branding he is inviting vendors from that event. right click festival organizers say it's just too expensive to hold the event due to liability concerns and the high cost of insurance. the supreme court expects more protests in the next few days over the possibility of the court overturning roe versus wade. a large security fence now encircles the entire high court . but protests won't be at that location. only one group says it's planning protests outside the homes of six of the justices as well. the u. s. senate will vote next week on a federal law that would protect abortion rights. the bill most likely will not get the 60 votes it needs to prevent a republican filibuster. democr

. >> it looks like the gilroy garlic festival is back on today on social media, the no citigroup, which host the san joaquin asparagus festival announced they would host the gilroy garlic festival this year saying we heard the extremely sad news. the gilroy garlic festival will not be holding their annual big garlic festival and we couldn't let that happen. the group says more details are to come and go ride. garlic festival association had previously canceled the event indefinitely, citing high insurance costs and san francisco diapers are now free to the public public benefits. >> that includes immigrants and undocumented families. mayor london breed calling it the nation's first city funded program to provide diapers to low-income residents on public benefits. the city says this move will double the number of eligible families. >> walker's bike riders and community activists get their wish for a car free jfk drive in san francisco. the city's board of supervisors voted to close the mile and a half stretch of road to traffic last week. the road in golden gate park was originally kept

garlic festival. if the group is trying to have a garlic festival in their town, god bless them. but claiming to bring back the gilroylic festival without comment or cooperation if our association is malicious. >>> bac >>> what's going to happen? buzzing about the warriors and grizzlies playoff series. >> in the center of course, draymond green. yesterday in game one, second quarter, draymond called for flagrant two foul. grabbed player's jersey as he was falling to ground. draymond said his hand was stuck and he was trying to keep him from falling. he was ejected and nba will not rescind the call. if he gets four flagrant points in the playoff, he'll have to sit out a game. he has two. draymond was asked if he feels picked on by the nba refs. >> i play basketball for a living. have incredible family, incredible life. i'm not picked on. there's other people that's picked on. i'm no victim. i'm good money. told you all on my podcast, that's -- my reputation is a badge of honor. not everybody can earn that reputation, so life goes on. >> indeed, game two tomorrow night in memphis. warriors 1-0 series lead in best of se

garlic festival. he posted a message on social media saying, quote we heard the extremely sad news that the gilroy garlic festival will not be holding their annual big garlic festival. we just couldn't let that happen in a chatty group says it will host the garlic festival this year. no other details have been released. the group said it would announce more information soon. this morning, however, we received a statement from the original founders of the gilroy garlic festival that seems to contradict those plans. the garlic festival founder says no one from the new chetty group has contacted them about holding the festival in a statement, they said, quote it looks like the new chetty group at best, is ignorantly trying to use a news cycle to promote a future stockton based garlic event and at worst is using the national press surrounding my grandfather's and my hometown's legacy. to self promote. still to come at noon, hitting the slopes in may. next the enjoyment for skiers and snowboarders at one resort in tahoe this past weekend and how much longer they will have the chance to ride the mountain wax u

the proposal is to host the gilroy garlic festival and use the gilroy name but in a different location. good evening, everyone i'm julie haney mike mibach, the organizer of the asparagus festival in stockton says he has the capacity to bring the gilroy festival back in stockton. but as ktvu jesse gary reports, not everyone in gilroy is quite on board. it's a bit of a vulture feeding up wounded corpse. it's a bit of a parasite. it's a bit of a tick. can christopher unabashedly and passionately defends his family's legacy? this year's installment of the gilroy garlic festival shelves over dispute about greatly increased insurance premiums after 2019 deadly mass shooting, it is a frustration and because we know we have the same passion and we know what it represents to gilroy, but also like you say. the greater bay area and the surrounding throughout the state. it's also a disappointment for long time. gilroy residents festival everyone loves it. people come from all over. you know, i've been going to it for 30 something years passed to getting garlic to the summer menu may come from an u

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we are following a developing saga involving the gilroy garlic festival, the official gilroy organizersthis week said once again, they have canceled their popular event. no question about that a man behind the asparagus festival in stockton that has been lobbying to bring the event to the delta. tonino said. he says he'll set up his own garlic festival, august 13th and 14th at the san joaquin county fairgrounds and stockton's he does not have the gilroy garlic festival branding he is inviting vendors from that event. the gilroy garlic festival organizers say it's just too expensive to hold the event there due to liability concerns and the high cost of insurance safari west wildlife foundation gives kids who are hospitalized a chance to experience a safari online from the comfort of their rooms. it's a program called safari west live. it gives kids a chance to see the wildlife through a camera lens remotely experiences free too many children in need. in order to raise money for the program. safari west will host a fundraiser next saturday called stars of the sonoma serengeti. you can joi

something we all experience, that gilroy garlic festival. it is at that festival she lost her son. you could imagine, those images are really just kind of triggering for her. that mother tells us, it was almost the same day when she got the call that her son, trevor irving died, to add insult to injury, tammy williams doesn't live too far from that tops on the east side buffalo with that my was played up. she tells us she feels like there is an infinite loop of mass shootings and it won't stop until there is more attention put on mental health. >> it is a cycle that needs to be broken. it is a talk that every household should have, that there is no race. it should be just one race. the human race. >>> we also had a chance to speak with amos brown. he is the president of the san francisco chapter of the naacp. he is also reacting to the violence a buffalo saint "enough is enough. we need to stop this inhumane and barbaric activity of violence in the nation." he continues by saying we will not let that live here. a lot of people really, really bothered by what light out of buffalo. t

turns out the gilroy garlic festival. >> is bad. yeah, a new organizers stepped in. sarah stinson is live in the newsroom. who say the day sarah? well turns out was the organizers of the san joaquin county asparagus festival. >> i never heard of it. got the garlic festival got asparagus festival. well, they found out it was going to be canceled indefinitely and they said not so fast. take a look. the ceo said that we want to help hosted this year. the asparagus festival is run by then the seti group, the ceo says when they heard that there was going to be canceled, their extremely sad to hear about it and they could not let that happen than the study group says they're thrilled to announce they'll be hosting the garlic festival this year. the gilroy garlic festival has been around for 42 years. the festival board announced the cancellation of the annual festival a little over a week ago citing lingering issues from the pandemic along with insurance requirements by the city costing 1 million dollars in 2019, a mass shooting happened at the festival in 2020. it was can

gilroy. garlic festival be canceled inde initely. take a look. the ceo says not so fast. put it on this year. the asparagus festival is run by then. the study group, the ceo says we heard the extremely sad news about the gilroy garlic festival and couldn't let that happen. the study group says they're thrilled to announce they will be hosting the garlic festival this year. the go or garlic festival has been around for 42 years. the festival board announced the cancellation of the annual event a little over a week ago citing lingering issues from the pandemic financial issues along with insurance requirements by the city costing 1 million dollars in 2019, a mass shooting happened at the festival in 2020. it was canceled due to the pandemic and then it was scaled back last year with a drive-thru event. people devastated to hear it was canceled are starting to hear about this news about a new host next i did to hear will be happening again. thousands of people travel from all over the world to experience various dishes with garlic. and it see famous chefs cooking it up. i mea

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small dogs have been snatched in front of their owners. >>> the gilroy garlic festival has been savedone week after organizers announced its cancellation, after the ceo of the asparagus festival took to social media to say they will host the event. >>> getting ready to make the trek across the bay bridge, the metering lights are on and a struggle for the ride into san francisco, 17 minutes from the maize over to the city, east shore backing up, san mateo bridge, winds advisories in effect and westbound heading towards 101, winds advisory in effect for commuters into the altamonte pass and a slow ride through there. >>> cooler this morning and breezy, see the water on the bay from our camera on top of the sales force tower, a little bit of choppiness to it. low to mid 40s now. i'm going to sneeze. that's never happened to me on air before. i stopped out of sheer fear. i never sneezed on air before. low 50s for most of uses breezyer in the water breeze breezier near the pass. noticeably warmer by tuesday and wednesday with daytime highs that are going to climb 10 degrees from here. low

south bay this morning. >> we are seeing some push back against that plan to save the popular gilroy garlic festival. a prominent grower has stepped up to say that he will host it this summer in stock on. that's not going over well in the place where the festival was born. >> and it feels like it'll be a stolen event. >> they haven't reached out to anyone from the garlic festival association, the city, my family or company. it's irresponsible for them to use hour legacy to promote themselves. >> gilroy organizers say they are were forced to cancel due to rising insurance costs and some other issues. he only stepped up because gilroy walk away. >> i'm not trying to steal their fest ralph. i'm just trying to keep it going for the nonprofit groups, for the agricultural and for the people. >> he said that he will announce later this week on the time and place. >> who would have thought garlic would have so much drama? >> yeah. have to see how it pans out. >>> still ahead. >> a smash and grab turned shooting. a jewelry store employee takes matter itself into their own hands. >>> and how wildfire official

uppe gilroy garlic festival. official garlic festival organizers from gilroy this week reaffirmed the popular event is canceled the band behind the asparagus festival in stockton. has been lobbying to bring the event to the delta. tonino cherry says he will set up his own garlic festival on august 13th and 14th at san joaquin county fairgrounds and stockton. he does not have the gilroy garlic festival branding, but he is inviting vendors from that event organizers from the garlic festival there say it's too expensive to hold it in gilroy because of liability concerns and insurance. well the safari west wildlife foundation gives children who are hospitalized a chance to experience a safari from the comfort of their beds. it's a program called safari west live, and it gives children a chance to experience the wildlife remotely. next weekend . there is a fundraiser to help keep this program going. joining us now to tell us and show us all about. it is nate woodward. safari west. ambassador nate thanks for being with

. >>> push back in the south bay over a plan to save the gilroy garlic festival.r has said he will host it in stockton. that's not going over well in gilroy. >> and it feels like it'll be a stolen event. >> they haven't reached out to anyone from the gilroy festival association. the city, my family or my company. it's a little irresponsible for them to use our legacy to promote themselves. >> gilroy organizers say they were forced to cancel because of rising insurance. the grower said he stepped up because gilroy walked away. >> i'm trying to keep it going for the agricultural and the nonprofits and for the people. >> he said that he will announce late their week about a garlic festival time and place. drama with the asparagus and garlic. > >>> in san francisco we are learning the cost to prepare the stern grove has ballooned to $20 million. that's five times higher than the initial estimate. the hillside was washed out after water valve break last august. at least 700,000-gallons of fresh drinking water came in to the grove canceling the final concert. >>> this m

her son died at the gilroy garlic festival shooting rampage. johnson is live with us. i can only imagine what the mother is going through after hearing something like this. >> good morning, marcus. we had a chance to see details. she saw the images coming out of that in the eastside of buffalo. she cried because it reminded her of what she went through when she lost her son in a situation that played out not too far from here at the gilroy garlic festival. the situation is triggering for her. it was almost the same day when she got the call when she learned her son, trevor irby, died. kenny williams said she does not live too far from that on the side of buffalo where the violence played out. she said she feels like there is a loop of mass shootings and they will not stop until more attention is focused on mental health. >> it is a cycle that needs to be broken. it is something every household should have. there is no race. it should be one race, the human race. >> reporter: we are getting reactions from lawmakers from city councilmember lorraine taylor to go to social

. >>> some push back in the south bay against a plan save the popular gilroy garlic festival. an organizer stepped up to say they will host it in stockton. >> they have not reached out to the city, my family or the company. it's a little irresponsible for them to use our legacy to promote themselves. >> organizers say they were forced to cancel following the mass 20189 shooting. tmisetti says he only stepped up because gilroy stepped away. >> i'm not trying to steal their festival. i'm just trying to keep it going for the agriculture and for the people. >>> new at # 1:00, sending your 11:00, sending your kids to camp will cost you more this year due to pent up demand. >>> police have been looking for a young black bear who's been roaming the neighborhood to make himself as home. >> police revealed this photo of the bear. the bear is believed to be two to 3 years old, male. he was seen casually strolling through the neighborhood and even caught taking a nap. >> i've seen a lot of wildlife evidence in the backyard, as in poop. i was wondering what it was. i kind of feel it was t

officials say. $10 million insurance premiums also forced the gilroy garlic festival association. iscontinue the festival, the gilroy gators swim team says it will also lose up to $10,000 that it usually raises at the festival from selling food, and the city says it will lose about $50,000 for the city's general fund from hotel taxes. us consumers are seeing record high grocery store prices, according to research by the u. s. department of agriculture. food prices in march 2022 were almost 9% higher than a year ago. at least one food company is seeing more money. tyson foods says its net income rose to $829 million from 476 year ago. tyson has increased the costs of its beef by more than 20% and chicken by more than 14% the meat industry's rising profit margins have drawn criticism from the white house, lawmakers, regulators and consumers on wall street stocks were mixed. today. after an up and down day of trading. the dow was down 84 points, the nasdaq gained 114. and the s and p ticked up just nine points. gains by big tech shares made up for losses by financial companies and rea

festival away from gilroy. it is a little bit irresponsible for them to use our legacy for themselves. >> reporter: some kind of garlicestival could not happen at san joaquin fairgrounds. >>> a lawsuit from a florida pension fund is looking to block elon musk's purchase of twitter. he wants to keep musk from buying the social media giant before 2025. the plaintiffs argue the merger cannot be made that quickly, saying it would harm shareholders. twitter and elon musk have not responded to that suit. >>> oakland students getting a big tech upgrade. taking a live look at oakland knock on the mayor and oakland undivided. announcing a plan to make sure that all 50,000 students in oakland public schools have access to a computer and internet at home. one principle says that makes a difference for kids and their parents ability to help. >> also have parents learn the software learning platforms to help kids grow in reading and math. that made a tremendous growth in our data for our students. so we are very proud to be partners with oakland undivided. >> the program costs about $12 million. there is some help from private par

festival. reporter: the past president and current board member tom klein says it's clear success brings duplication adding gilroy got its idea for its garlic decades ago. he said anything celebrating garlic is a testament to what the association has done for 43 years. the first national garlic festival comes to fresno in a few weeks aiming to spotlight fresno county which produces nearly 80% of the nations garlic crop as the true garlic capital of the united states. in the south bay, abc7news. dan: we will keep you updated. the surgeon general of the united states held a town hall in san francisco. our reporter was at that event that focused on rebuilding a more connected society as we recover from the pandemic. reporter: dr. murphy's job as the surgeon general is to lead the country on pressing health issues and now he is helping americans recover from the last two years of isolation urging them to reconnect again. >> if we do not have strong connections with one another and trust and community, it does not matter how good our vaccines are for covid. reporter: during a town hall, part of san francisco's civic engagement center, the doctor

. >> his son her son died at the gilroy garlic festival rampage. we have more on the incident. >> reporter: tammy williams tells us the moment that she saw the images coming out, she began to cry. she says it reminded her of an instance that hits close to home for her and those of us in the bay area. that mother tells us it feels like the same day when she got the call to learned that her son, trevor irby died. he does not live two far from the east side of buffalo where the violence played out. she feels like there is an infinite loop of mass shootings and they will not stop until more attention is focused on mental health. >> it is a cycle that needs to be broken. there is no raise. it should just be one race. the human race. >> reporter: we are getting reaction from local lawmakers including a city councilmember. he took a social media to share his emotions regarding the mass shooting in buffalo. people are heartbroken by yet another mass shooting he said. racism is a public health emergency in america. he continued by saying that on monday, may

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the know chetty group say they will hold their own garlic festival and it will be separate from the decades old event in gilroy. the gilroy garlic festival partner who is also the grandson of one of the festival's founding fathers says this announcement caught him off guard. >> we'll get to that in a lot of members of the community were shocked and confused by this up to and including members of the eu regarding festival association. their past president and current president members of my family and my so none of us have been a poor nation with this we never heard of them. >> the festival board deciding to cancel the annual festival last week cited lingering financial issues from the pandemic along with an affordable insurance requirements by the city of gilroy. they, of course, had that tragic shooting there a few years ago. more information on the cortical new garlic festival. it supposedly going to be released thursday. >> in connecticut, a surprise car passenger picked up over the weekend. he says he woke up sunday morning after camping and came out to find this black bear in the front seat. glaring back.