pacman has become a local celebrity. although bart riders like dave may love him, the pigeons not so much. the pigeons have become a problem. >> increasingly in the last 10 to 15 years. >> reporter: bart industriy trs of tragedies but none seem to work as well as pacman. he's vigilant. they walk on the platforms patrolling inside and outside the building. he takes his job seriously. he flies back and forth with enough time for the pigeons to fly off. >> he's just a really good bird. he's not phased my most things. >> reporter: not even phased by the attention he gets from riders stopping by. he takes it all in. dave says in the last few weeks there haven't been nearly as many pigeons. >> i didn't know the reason why until i read about pacman just the other way. it is the best idea bart has had in a long time. >>> pacman seems to be a hit. the falconer says pacman is one of the only species of raptors that hunt in a group. so that makes him really social, which makes him perfect for this job, but i'm still going to keep m

but none have seemed to work as well as pacman. he's vigilant. and he and the falconer, taking the job seriously. he flies back and forth with enough time for the pigeons to fly off. >> ehe's just a good bird. he's not phased by the broward or most things. >> not even phased by the attention from riders. he takes it all in. dave said in the last few weeks there haven't been nearly as many pigeons. >> i didn't know the reason why until i read about pacman just the other day. so i said, it is the best idea broward has had in a very long time. >> jocelyn moran, kpix 5. >> super fun to see. packman is a member of a species of raptors that live in a family group and hucnt in a group and that makes him social and perfect for this job. >>> the san jose airport is getting millions of dollars from the feds, slated to receive $10 million to improve compliance with the americans with disabilities act. part of the bipartisan infrastructure law. l.a.x. and san diego and long beach airports will also get funding. >>> on the health watch today, a look at skin c

pacman is known to be more social than other raptors.ve a single goal, cut back the number of birds at the b.a.r.t. stations. >> the first couple of days we've been showing up, started noticing a difference right get lower and lower as we continue. >> this is not pacman's first mission. he's also been hired by shopping centers, blueberry farmers, dairy farmers, all with the same goal get rid of those pesky p pigeons. >>> the warriors try to >>> friday night at or acle park means one thing. golden state warrior guard lee had the honor of throwing out the first pitch. it's unknown if his brother-in- law curry was watching this. as for the game the giants and white sox were tied 0-0. chicago pushed across this the only run of the game. giants lose 1-0 and that leads to fireworks after the game. >>> in the pacific northwest, the a's taking on the mariners. shawn murphy up. he goes the other way. gives the a's a 3-1 lead and the a's go on to win 3-1. >>> it's been an eventful 21 hours for the warriors who lost five players. here's one they're

pacman is seemingly everywhere. >> retailers can't keep the home version stocked.bes the demand. >> phenomenal. telephones ringing every five minutes. it's pacman mania. >> my big memory of the '80s was my best friend got this $300 console that connected to your tv. he would just play this thing forever. it was the first time anyone had ever seen anything but tv on a tv, and i thought wow, this is technology. >> the imaginary rockets are controlled by the same chips the u.s. army used in their defense programs. but the significance of the chip does not only lie in gadgets. her whole future will be changed by the silicon chip business. >> it was discovered that you could actually etch a whole lot of transistors on to a piece of silicon which was basically a cheap substance that could be mass manufactured. >> these chips can control the flow of electrical current that in effect enables them to store and remember zillions of bits of information on a surface just a little bit thicker than an eggshell and smaller than a fingernail. >> this silicon chip supplies the brai

even the games themselves have history, so a lot of people don't know is that miss pacman wasn't madesame people that made pacman ms pac man was originally made as a hack of pac man by a group of college students, and their hack was called crazy auto. and there's obviously no arcade without a little dance dance revolution, except i don't remember it being this hard area twist you can ball like steph curry pinball that is. $50 gets you in the door to play all day long and into the night. it doesn't close until two am, whether you're competitive or casual. there's just there's a ton of stuff to do. you'll have a chance to play all day sunday to regulars here say this year's event is most exciting because it's the first time in full swing since 2019 before the covid 19 pandemic so happy to get back and get to play the games and bring these again. reporting in santa clara. i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news . new apology video from will smith has people debating his infamous oscar slap again? coming up chris rock, who was on the receiving end chimes in at weekend shows, and meteorologist

his name is pacman, a hawk. the bird and his handler patrol the station three days a week. station has had a pigeon problem in recent years. they've added bird-repellant spikes, netting, owl statues. none of it worked. bart says the bird's presence is enough to scare the pigeons off. >>> it's a cool weekend for the fourth of july. let's hand it over to meteorologist darren peck for what weather we're looking at. >> it is nice and cool, below average. the headline in the three-day holiday weekend is the daytime highs inland aren't getting out of the 70s. today, tomorrow, even on fourth of july. we'll get to the specifics for fourth of july, how cool it'll and also how the clouds will play a role in fireworks shows. first, the mist. live look down the san mateo bridge this morning. gorgeous window on the bay, we'll start it here. might not be the prettiest view, but it is important. few drops of rain. not like it is adding up to big totals, but there is enough of a mist out there because it's a very deep marine layer. no sky july, after all. we're waking up to the pretty gray

his name is pacman, a hawk. he patrols the station three days a week.he station had a pigeon problem in recent years. they've added bird-repellant spikes, netting, owl statues. none of it worked. bart says the hawk's presence is enough to scare the pigeons off. >>> let's go to meteorologist darren peck for what weather we're seeing. >> for so many of us, devin, especially that view from the roof, no sky july works out perfectly for today. that's the san mat bridge. yeah, there are a few drops of mist on here, and it looks this way throughout much of the interior of the immediate bay. if you're on the bay shoreline, certainly at the coast, in the city, you're waking up to very gray skies. some of it turns into low fog near the coast, but it is also some light mistiness right when you get toward any kind of a hill or even along the lower elevations coming up 280, 101, even probably on the east bay shore shoreline, you might notice this. it's not the rain that adds up, but it mists up enough the windshield wipe verse to go. certainly in the city this morni

bart hired pa dd pacman and his handler. they work in a small business offering bird removal services. instead of employing traps or poison, they use hawks. the natural-born predators scare the pigeons off. it's worked well so far. >> i love it. >> yeah. >> you don't have to kill them. >> you don't. >> to get them to move to an area that might be a little m scaretactic >>ye >> you byll t s. s , i think of the -- >> pigeon oppression. >> every time. i'm like, what? >> this isniho ll. >>henl morng show. [ laughter ] >> this is something today. >> it is. >> thanks, justin. >>> coming up, another san francisco office tower hitting the market. the price tag of the wells fargo building. ♪ if i could be yours then you could be mine ♪ >>> nice and soothing on this friday morning. stay with us. later, we're joined by this guy here, special guest geographer for a preview of what to expect at the stern grove festi when big tobacco's products were found out to be killers, they promised smokers safety. they called it a filter. but this f

so you hang out with pacman there. do you guys do lunch how long is this going to go on i'm there is until they tell me otherwise. it's a it's a great >> the staff there is you know, the people that write the bar scene to enjoy seen pac he's already got fan. it's a people walk by it already a pack. and he's a he's become pretty popular. >> yeah. and that's why we have you so pac man has, shall we say, a propensity to go after pigeons. but he doesn't mistake other critters, like little dogs say, for instance, for a pigeon. >> he i mean, you know, you know what tf do after. haha. yeah, crack. so he's he's pretty good at all. and he's actually afraid of most dogs. so when there's there's people there that have dogs that usually move him away because otherwise he'll do a defensive little scream at him because he he doesn't like him. so. i don't have to worry about him going after anybody is yeah. that is the is this is us working. do you? are you seeing the pigeons coming back? are they actually leaving? are they making no

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pacman, of course.an, i want to introduce you to my friend who was probably the best dressed in the city of santa clara. this morning, mr dan ambridge. thank you so much for joining us this morning. you're technically the announcer here because this is a whole event and a lot of things going on, not just the games. there are speakers to tell me what someone would experience if they came here today. obviously the main thing is the games hundreds of pinball and arcade games on free play, but we also have speakers. we have some of the people that created these games here to talk about their experiences. we have a console free play room. we have vendors. we have a big raffle like there's a lot of things tournaments going on four pinball tournaments this weekend, so whether you're competitive or casual, there's just there's a ton of stuff to do, and they need somebody to say this is what's going on right now. and that's me doing my job if i didn't ask you where on earth did you get the suit? where do you get