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San jose Police Officer shot in the line of duty tonight. The officer recovering in the hospital after a gunman ambushes her and her partner. City leaders this evening now expressing anger and sadness about the shooting. I am tired and angry that violence and firearms in the hands of those who shouldnt have them continue to be present in our communities , putting everyone in danger. The chief of police says the veteran officer is in critical but stable condition. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach. And im julie julie haener. The man police say shot her was taken into custody after an hours long standoff. Ktvu Lamonica Peters joins us now live from san jose. And lamonica, this all started when officers responded to a family disturbance. Yes and unfortunately, police are calling this an attempted homicide and they havent released the name of the Police Officer who was shot. Now the suspects wife, the woman who called police, was able to get out of the home before they arrested him this afternoon. We are still actively investigating the incident while simultaneously praying and caring for the wounded officer. San jose police chief Anthony Motta says the injured officer is stable but in Critical Condition after being ambushed by this man. 44 year old gabriel carreras. Carreras, his wife told police he was drunk, busted open the bathroom door and accused him of trying to hit her. She called the police around 820 wednesday morning. Less than 30s after arriving, one of the officers attempted to call up to the front door balcony and announced the announce themselves as san jose Police Officers. The suspect exited onto the balconies landing and from a position of concealment discharged a firearm, striking our officer. Chief motta, says the officer was shot in her upper body and outside of the bulletproof vest. She was wearing. Neither officer returned fire, but the surviving officer pulled his partner to safety and began tending to her injuries. Our officers face dangerous every single day. They put on this uniform and badge. They know full well that they may be confronted by such heartlessness and violence like they did today. Both officers are ten year veterans of the police force. Chief motta says this is the second time a san jose Police Officer has been shot this year. And this is the first time a woman has been shot in the line of duty. San jose mayor matt mahon also think police and First Responders for their quick response. We also have a community that strongly supports our officers. And i know that our city will join me in praying for our injured officer and her family. God bless her. Her family and our San Jose Police department. Chief motta also told us that both officers had their body cameras on, which is how they figured out what happened. They said no one else was home and no one else was injured. Now, coming up at 11, well hear from a neighbor who was next door. And she told us that she could hear all of this as it was going down. Julie. All right. Lamonica peters in san jose tonight. Lamonica thank you. As lamonica just mentioned earlier tonight, we did speak to a woman who says the gunshot woke her up. She says police ended up using her home to keep an eye on the suspect. The cops actually came up to our door and ended up using our house as a Tactical Base in order to get a Vantage Point on the suspect. And theyd actually flipped our dining room table and set up position behind it using our windows for Vantage Points. Police say after the four hour standoff, the suspect was eventually taken into custody and arrest it. South bay assemblyman evan lowe says his brother is the partner of the officer who was shot. The assemblyman wrote on social media today. My brother and hisy a gunman and his partner was shot. Please send your encouragement to the officer who remains in the hospital and to my brother, who is my hero. Yes, my support for Law Enforcement is deeply personal, but they should also have your support. They risk this for all of us. We will hear from evan lowe directly coming up tonight at 11. And our coverage of the shooting continues online. You can find the latest developments right on our home page tonight. A vigil was held in San Francisco for a four Year Old Girl who was struck and killed right near oracle park prior to the vigil. Advocates with San Francisco and families for safe streets met at the crash site right there at fourth and king. A busy intersection that is often crowded with pedestrians. Organizers say many people have been moved by the girls death. We wanted to hold space. We want to definitely have a place for people to come to grieve, to hear, to hear whats happening and to be present and to be with each other. So far, officials have not released any further information on the family, their names or where they live. The driver has been identified as 71 year old Karen Cartagena as ktvu christian captain reports, pedestrian advocates say this crash should have never happened. San Francisco Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the deadly collision here tuesday night. The victim, a four Year Old Girl being pushed in a stroller with her mother and father in the intersection of fourth and king streets. The girls father also struck was last reported to have life threatening injuries in the hospital. The mother reported to be physically unharmed and the driver remained on scene and was arrested. Police say drugs or alcohol dont appear to be a factor. Pedestrian Safety Advocates are saying this case with such a young victim is tragic. We lose a lot of people every year in traffic crashes, especially pedestrians. But this is a four Year Old Girl and its just its not right. Marta lindsey from walk sf says the little girls death was the 11th of the year. Lindsey says the intersection of fourth and king is already on their radar as being a dangerous one, with pedestrians coming and going to sporting events and traffic rushing to get on and off. Interstate 280. This has happened before. Crashes are happening here. All the time. And so those are the streets that need the most aggressive treatments by the city to really make it possible for someone to cross the street safely. The Organization Says that this intersection, king street, is broad, sending a signal to drivers that they can speed up and having two right turn lanes to the freeway is a recipe for disaster. Walk sf says the city needs to make changes here to make the intersection safer, reduce the lanes, know turn on red so theres just reducing all kinds of opportunities for conflict. Podesta means get there, turn drivers get their turn. Giants fans Linda Schaefer and carmel stanavich were at the game tuesday night and saw the aftermath of the deadly crash. They say they know firsthand how walking these streets to and from the ballpark can be dangerous. I say it every game we come to too much speeding. What is the speed limit . I ask an officer today. And he said, 35 miles an hour. Well theyre not doing 35 miles an hour out here. A police did arrest the driver of the car involved in that deadly collision. The driver facing three counts of failing to yield to pedestrians and vehicular homicide in San Francisco. Christien kafton ktvu. Fox two news. A man who groped a woman walking on a trail on the peninsula may have struck again. Deputies say a woman told them she was sexually assaulted while walking along poplar avenue in millbrae sunday night. Tonight the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office says the attacker may be behind a similar attack yesterday. Deputies say the man is described as about five feet ten inches tall with a light complexion and riding a Black Mountain bike. Anyone with any information on this case is asked to call the Sheriffs Office. A Class Action Lawsuit has been filed by inmates who claim sexual abuse and retaliation at the Federal Correctional Institution in dublin. This lawsuit was announced during a News Conference and rallied right outside the oakland federal courthouse named in the lawsuit. The federal bureau of prisons director colette peters, the warden and 12 correctional officers. It has declarations from 50 current and former female inmates. The lawsuit alleges the sexual abuse has been ongoing despite the conviction of the prisons former warden and charges against seven correctional officers. We know that prison staff have raped, assaulted and harassed dozens and dozens of incarcerated people and punish those who dare to speak out when they locked us up, they locked us up. And basically threw away the key because we were in their control. But yet and still they treated us like trash. Now, if the judge certifies the lawsuit as class action, it will cover all 600 women at fci dublin. The bureau of prisons has not yet responded to our request for comment. New at ten tonight, six car is stolen in a matter of minutes from an oakland auto shop. Oakland police are now investigating what is being called an organized car heist. Ctvs dave detailing joins us now from oakland. After speaking with one of the victims, dave. Good evening, julie. Well, this all happened early saturday morning. Speaking to one driver. She says she thought she was dropping off her car at what she thought was a secured business. Turns out she was wrong. It was burglarized and now shes left without a car and a whole lot of paperwork. At 730 saturday morning, i got a phone call that said they were sorry, its not the service call you want to get from an auto repair place. The manager of the firestone told Anita Waldron her 2016 Subaru Outback was stolen from this broadway location. A apparently she wasnt the only victim. They had crashed into the front window to get in and then unbolted the roll up door and just drove out with six cars. The window is now boarded up and fragments of glaanita believes s car heist was planned. It would have taken at least six people to drive six cars out. To make matters worse, waldron says, firestone has no security cameras in the lobby. She says she should have listened to her gut when she originally took the car in for a headlight repair and that security felt off. Id asked them about secure pretty just a few hours before i actually thought, oh, im not surprised. Firestones corporate owner, bridgestone americas, sent us a statement saying in part, safety is our top priority. When we became aware of the situation, we contacted local authorities and worked cooperatively with them as they invested located. The business break in was just one of many storefronts damaged saturday morning. Ktvu reported. A number of vehicles were taken in the immediate area. Some of them used to ram exterior walls and doors around the same time. Waldrons car was taken. Anita says she watched security video. We aired. I was looking at all the cars that happened to be behind her and the footage that one of the businesses had that was showing another car being backed in into the business. But it wasnt my maroon subaru. She doesnt know where her car is and at this point considers it a total loss. She says she lost her car to oaklands growing crime problem. It really, really frustrates me that we cant get a grip on it and we cant live a respectable life here in oakland without always being on edge of whos going to be next. And anita is working with her Insurance Company as well as firestone, on a replacement vehicle. I did reach out to Oakland Police to see if the theft from firestone as well as those other crimes to nearby businesses, are connected in any way. We have not yet heard back. Julie dave yeah, you tried talking with management there on site. Did they say anything about the security of the other cars that are being serviced there . Well, right now, when i went inside, management couldnt talk to us directly. They forwarded us to corporate, but i did hear them talking to other customers over the phone. One person wanted to bring down their tesla. The employee said, thats not a good idea. We were just robbed and said to that customer over the phone, theres no way to secure that video, that vehicle at least not until a new safe for those keys is installed. So they are working to address that security issue right now. All right. Dave dowling reporting for us tonight in oakland. Thanks, dave. Well, a series of car robberies took place in San Francisco this afternoon. This is video footage, rather, from fishermans wharf. A witness captured a suspect quickly jumping out of a white lexus and taking items from the back seats and trunks of nearby vehicles. You can see the suspects steal multiple backpacks from a handful of parked cars. The suspects vehicle did not have a license plate and has still not been identified. Another effort to save days coming up later in the newscast, the meeting held in oakland where fans discuss how to keep the team from moving to vegas. We are tracking a few raindrops just to the east of here. Well take a peek at the radar. Well look at the live camera and well also take a peek at the longrange model. Ill see you back here. Also ahead tonight, it will be a long road to recovery for people on maui. Coming up in 90s, how the state is stepping in to try to help fire survivors students traffic along a major highway is running again and cleanup crews have begun clearing ash and debris in some areas. Maui Officials Say they will offer residents Financial Assistance to help them rebuild. Im authorizing waiving property taxes for this year, and that includes structures as well as land. The taxes that have already been paid will be refunded to those families again, to help them to regain using that to help them recover through this tragedy. President biden and the first lady are expected to visit hawaii on monday to see the damage firsthand and to offer their condolences. Search and rescue teams continue to find more fire victims with the latest death toll. Theyre now standing at 110, more than 1000 people remain missing. And as Matt Napolitano reports here, this comes as fema has opened the first Disaster Recovery center to provide help for survivors. I cannot do anything. We never said nothing, nothing at all. An emotional day in the maui resort town of lahaina. A highway into town reopened wednesday, allowing residents inside for the First Time Since last weeks deadly wildfires. For many, it was a sobering moment and a reminder of all that was lost. The only clothes that i have is my uniform. And thats it. And my car. While residents comforted each other, search crews and cadaver dogs continued combing the area for victims. The death toll has now surpassed 100 people and authorities expect that to continue rising. Fema even sending more dogs to help with the search. This is a really difficult search operation. The agency also announcing its opening its first Disaster Recovery center on maui to help with disaster relief. This as aid from around the nation and the world continues pouring in. The most recent is a 2 million aid donation from south korea. Id like to express my deepest condolences to the people of maui. The fires destroyed more than 2200 structures in the area, causing an estimated 5. 5 billion in damages. While its unclear how long the recovery will take. Officials have vowed to do all they can to help the community. I can tell you its going to be a long and costly recovery, but much of that work will be done here with our local people. A mobile morgue unit has also been set up in maui to help with the long and difficult process of identifying victims. So far, just a handful of people have been named in new york. Napolitano, fox news. And you can scan the qr code thats on your screen right now. If youd also like to help in the Recovery Efforts on maui. We have information on our website with all of the options on how you can get involved. East bay mud conducted two cleanups this week as Illegal Dumping problems are starting to affect residents, money and health. East bay mud says this weeks sweep cost 77,000. Workers pulled three cars and loads of trash from two known dumping areas right off pinehurst road near the upper san leandro reservoir. The utility district says it spent more than 280,000 on these cleanup efforts since 2021. Last month alone, it says eight cars and eight tons of trash were removed from a watershed. And county Officials Say water runoffs from these illegal dump sites can contaminate wells and groundwater has hazardous material. All the things that you would find in a dump and why we have designated dump sites are happening here in our watershed where we hold our water. This land and this water supply is too valuable. Dont bring your trash here. This is what we drink, what we live off of. Authorities say it costs much more to clean a dump site than it costs residents to properly dispose of their trash. San Francisco International airport plans to voluntarily reduce electricity use during anticipated energy shortages. Airport officials outlined a plan today to support the state grids emergency flex alerts. The alerts are issued when extremely hot weather drives up electricity use and shortens the Available Power supply. Sfo will reduce the frequency of the air Train Service from four minutes to every eight minutes. It will also cut back on lighting and electricity use throughout the airport and temporarily deactivate ev charges in parking garages. Okay. This pattern has kept the humidity around. Its given us some thunderstorms. We had a little thunderstorm activity and a few sprinkles out in livermore up over Mount Hamilton around 5 00 this afternoon. We had a thunderstorm producing some some hail or not hail, but some lightning and thunder. And then this is the pattern. So this is today all those lightning strikes, all those weights all the way over to cape mendocino. So the flow is like this. Its the opposite of what youd expect this time of year in terms of youd expect the High Pressure flowing like this. But this low sits down there and its not going away anytime soon. So this flow continues and the potential for this type of activity continue as well. Some scattered showers right now in sacramento, stockton, heavy downpours there. And its drifting this way now. Maybe a few sprinkles will show up in pittsburgh, maybe a few up in santa rosa. But its not out of the question really. Any day this week. And as we go into early next week, the potential for a much more significant moisture plume from a dying hurricane. It doesnt mean the hurricane gets here, just means all the leftover moisture is that thing falls apart as it comes north. Its going to get sucked into that flow. I showed you that shows up on sunday night into monday and tuesday. And that could be potentially disastrous for the southwest, the desert southwest. I could see six inches of rain. Some of the models are forecasting we would see rain. We would see thunderstorms if it came our way. Lots to change or lot can happen between now and then. So well wait until we get closer. But in the meantime, hot today, humidity is a little bit higher than were used to, so it seems sticky. Tomorrow, not as hot, low pressure kind of bumps up against the coast. That same low gets closer and thatll cool us a few degrees, although itll keep that flow going. So tomorrow, not quite as hot as today in a general cooling trend in terms of temperature, humidities are going to stay relatively mild, moderate to high. Ill see you back here in a few minutes. All right, bill, well see you then. Thank you. As fans get together to try to keep the team in oakland. The former mayor among the group. Also, the vote in the east bay over whether one school should change its controversial mascot. And new questions about Election Security after the latest indictment against former president donald trump. Tonight at 1030, we talked to bay area Election Officials about what theyre doing to keep ou john fisher got his brand new shiny stadium. Our governor vetoed a Universal School lunch bill for kids. The group gathered in downtown oakland to hear about an effort in nevada called schools over stadiums. Nevada educators argue that 380 million earmarked for a ballpark would be better spent in the classroom. Former oakland mayor jean quan is among the supporters. As fans. We want the as to stay here. Wed prefer just like the majority in the vans that they can take an Expansion Team and not take the as. And at the same time that nevada takes care of its kids. The Group Schools over stadium says its committed to pursuing every possible path to stop the use of public funds. In nevada to subsidize the stadium that includes a possible ballot measure or potential litigation. The mt. Diablo School District tonight voted to change the controversial minutemen mascot at one of its high schools. They dont feel represented with that mascot. So without being represented, they dont feel included. And the pride that you guys feel. So i, i, id like to change the mascot to something that they could feel pride in. And trust in. Concord high school is now officially represented as the bears after School Board Members voted 4 to 1 in favor of the change. The mascot is named after revolutionary war soldiers and its logo shows a man holding a gun. Students and staff who pushed for the change say the minutemen mascot is offensive. Others say it has important historic significance. Calling the minutemen derogatory is shameful. These are our countrys first soldiers, right . They protected us. So calling them derogatory is really just an embarrassment. This is the second time the school board has voted on whether to change the minutemen mascot, a former resolution to switch to the bears failed to pass in a school board meeting. Back in june. San francisco is allocating money for a program to train black educators. The San Francisco department of Early Childhood is partnering with the dream Keepers Initiative to fund this program. Now, the program was cofounded by mayor london breed and supervisor sharman walton. Its aim is to produce diverse well qualified educators that affirm the identities of children and families in San Francisco. Last month, 39 people graduated from the program. Still to come, questions about voting security ahead of next years election. How bay area Election Officials are responding following the latest indictment against former president donald trump. Also ahead, witnesses of a mass shooting now filing lawsuits against social media companies. And later tonight, lightning strikes spark fires across Northern California. At 1045, a closer look at the challenges that firefighters are facing. And a bounce off the bricks at oracle park leads to a baseball rarity. We have more on how the giants were done in by this ridiculous ricochet coming up a little later. In sports every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Is that trump and the 18 other defendants go to trial on march 4th. Meantime, the Sheriffs Office said all of the defendants are expected to be booked at the Fulton County jail. The da says the 19 defendants have until next friday to turn themselves in or face arrest. The indictment includes charges of election fraud, and that is raising concerns and questions about Election Security and integrity as the nation heads into the next president ial race. Jana katsuyama investigated what california and bay area Election Officials are doing. She joins us now live with the story. Jenna. Mike, state and local election experts told me today that most bay area counties use the same company as georgia dominion Voting Systems. But they say there are key differences in the systems. And in california there are extra protections and protocols put in place leading into the 2024 elections. The georgia indictment lists charges of conspiracy to commit election fraud, computer theft, trespass and invasion of privacy, stating that trump attorney sidney powell, as well as coffee county, georgias election director misty hampton, and two other Trump Supporters illegally accessed voter data and the dominion Voting System Software Data in an attempt to impact the 2020 president ial election. On that alleged breach has sparked concern about Election Security as the nation prepares for the 2024 election, according to the secretary of states website in california, eight of the nine bay area counties, except solano county, used dominion software. We contacted californias secretary of States Office to ask about security in georgia. It was 5. 2 was the Software Version number that was used. And here in california, we use a california specific software. State election Officials Say they have had conversations with dominion and that california has some of the nations toughest requirements for Election Security protocols. We have source code review. We have accessibility testing, functional testing. The systems are air gapped. They cant be connected to the internet, nor can they even have the capability to connect to the internet. Kristin conley, the Contra Costa County clerk and registrar of voters, says bay area Election Officials are preparing with cybersecurity precaution. We have our it team that is regularly attending calls by the fbi so that we understand what the current Cyber Threats are. Conley says physical access to voting equipment is tightly restricted. Just to give you a sense, i am the top official in my department. I do not have. I have no reason to be in that tabulation room without the staff that actually knows how to run it. Election officials are also meeting with Law Enforcement to protect election workers. Legal experts say although the charges are in georgia, they have broad implications. Nationwide i mean, this clearly was a National Effort involving a lot of different people operating in a lot of different places to try to undo what all the courts agreed was a valid election. Thats really kind of unprecedented. The Contra Costa County clerk says she is planning to put out an information sheet for the public to address some of these questions about dominion and the state says that they have been sharing californias strict election protocols with other states to help improve security. Like all right, jenna, thank you for that. The georgia case is just one of several trials that the former president is facing. Special counsel jack smith has proposed a january 2nd trial date for the case over conspiring to overturn the 2020 election. The judge is scheduled to set a date for that trial by the end of this month. The Stormy Daniels hush money payment trial set to begin in march. The classified documents trial is set to begin in florida in may. In addition, trump also faces two civil trials. A new Associated Press poll Shows Americans are split when it comes to supporting donald trump during these legal proceedings. Americans are divided along party lines, with about half of all americans supporting the recent indictment of trump. Even with the mounting legal troubles, trump is gaining ground in the race to win the republican nomination. The poll shows 7 in 10 republicans have a favorable view of the former president , the first gop debate is set for next week. Donald trump has not said if hes going to participate in the debate. Today marks one year since the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act. The bill contains 500 million in spending and tax breaks 132 billion of it goes to clean energy projects, about half for electric vehicles and batteries and half for Renewable Energy sources. President biden spent today touting what he thinks will be the bills greatest effect. Its estimated that the consumer is going to save at least 27 billion in electric bills between now and 2030 six. We have the Inflation Reduction Act has become a major talking point for the president , with many seeing it as a major strategy. He will use as he seeks reelection. A federal Appeals Court today allowed for a popular abortion drug to stay on the market, but with some restrictions. Mifepristone is the most common Abortion Pill in the us, and todays decision overturn part of a previous ruling that would have revoked the drugs 23 year old fda approval. However, part of the ruling that was not overturned restricts the drugs use, such as requiring a doctor to administer the pill and ending mail order access. The Justice Department says it will ask the Supreme Court to review todays ruling. Earlier today, North Carolina made a huge move to pull back gender affirming care for trans youth. Gop in the house and Senate Enacted a bill that bars medical professionals from administering hormone therapy and transition procedures to minors. Governor roy cooper opposed the legislation, but the assembly overrode his veto. The law takes effect immediately. But minors who received care before august 1st are allowed to continue. Activist groups say they plan to take this law to court. North carolina is the 22nd state to enact restrictive laws on medical care for trans youth. Laguna honda hospital in San Francisco has been recertified by state health officials. The public Skilled Nursing facility was facing closure last year and was decertified for non compliance on several safety issues, including two nonfatal overdoses there at the facility. That meant the hospital was pulled from medicaid and medicare programs. The states medicaid program, medical, accounts for 95 of the facilitys funding. The past 18 months have seen nothing short of a transformation of laguna honda into a world class or the world class Skilled Nursing facility, one that will continue to serve San Francisco for generations to come. Our goal has always been to demonstrate that we meet the highest standards and meet them every day. Hospital Officials Say they took a number of steps to improve operations to come back into compliance, including improvements with medication storage and hygiene control. The people who work at laguna honda. This is not just about their jobs. This is about their patients. This is about the people that they help every single day. The people that depend on them for help, for support because they cant take care of themselves. The Skilled Nursing facility has operated in San Francisco for 157 years. It houses roughly 500 mostly low income residents who are dealing with a range of chronic conditions, including Mental Illnesses and substance abuse. The next step for laguna honda will be getting its recertification request approved by medicare. Coming up at 11, federal employees working in San Francisco told to work from home at 11. The reaction from one city leader now questioning the federal government. A few raindrops just east of the bay area. A few raindrops fell on the Livermore Valley today. Well talk about the possibility for that tomorrow. And beyond. Well look at the weekend. Ill see you back here with the five day. And a large group of thieves broke into a Southern California mall earlier this week, taking dozens of high value items. What the governor is now doing to try to stop th e pes this tiny payment thing is a giant pain hi ladies alex from u. S. Bank can she help . How about a comprehensive point of sale system. That can track inventory, manage schedules and customize orders . Thats what u. S. Bank business essentials is for. oven explosion what about a new oven, can u. S. Bank help us there . We can serve loans in as fast as 12 minutes. That would be a big help huge jumbo ginormous woo woo finding ways to make your business boom. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Well get there together. David im david goldberg, a bilingual Elementary School teacher and president of the california teachers association. As we start a new school year, theres something new happening in californias public schools. Jessie theyre called Community Schools. David where parents and families, students and educators are making decisions as one. Damien its a real sense of community. Leslie we saw doubledigit gains in math, in english, and reading scores. David its an innovation thats transforming our public schools. Narrator californias Community Schools reimagining public education. Reports suggested the fed is unsure whether to raise rates again in september, the dow dropped 180 points. Nasdaq lost 156 and the s p was down 33. Data Analytics Firm snowflake is seeing rapid growth and is reportedly on the hunt for a new headquarters. The Bay Area Company moved out of its san mateo headquarters two years ago. The San Francisco Business Times is reporting that snowflake is now allegedly looking for a larger space in silicon valley. The Company Currently has more than 6000 employees in more than 30 locations. Snowflake has not commented on the move or whether it would require its employees to work from those new locations. Chp is getting a financial boost from the governor, all in an effort to crack down on retail thefts. This past weekend, a large scale smash and grab took place inside a mall outside los angeles. Chp says the new initiative is aimed at making sure its officers can put an end to similar thefts all across the state. Im pleased to announce that Governor Newsom has provided additional funding and resources to the california Highway Patrol so that we can establish Retail Theft Task forces throughout the state of california. Chp says local Law Enforcement agencies will be getting an additional 85 million to curb retail theft. More than a dozen people who survived last years mass shooting at a buffalo, new york, Grocery Store are now suing for the trauma that they have endured in that shooting. A white gunman shot and killed ten black people. Police say the shooter targeted black people in what was a racially motivated attack. Now, 16 people who witnessed the massacre are bringing suits against online spaces where they claim the shooter was radicalized, including youtube and reddit. Theyre also suing the gunmans parents. A gun policy expert calls suing for trauma uncommon , but says its one that could likely catch on. Students are back in the classroom in San Francisco. So how the district is now addressing a teacher shortage. Plus, lightning sparks dozens of fires across california. We take a look at our wildfire risk moving forward. And our chief meteorologist bill martin is back with a look at our five day forecast. Every business deserves a great deal. 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The wall of lightning created a wall of worry. 45 new fires on federal land and nine new fires on state land. Uc berkeley professor Scott Stevens is an internationally recognized expert in forest and wildfire science. You dont really get much average lightning fire ignitions. You either get very little or you get a bunch forest fire science actually suggests less this year. I think with all the rain and all the good snow we had that i think theres a relatively low chance that we might get huge lightning fires. Not to say zero because of that moisture level. Were in a much better position than we were last year. That said, most at risk, says stevens, are grasslands and oak woodlands because because rain grew them to twice their normal volumes. We are really going into a period now where were at the mercy of the weather, and that really is the heat, the wind and any potential lightning that comes through the fuels or the driest. We traditionally see the offshore wind events this time of year. Now, of course, Climate Change has something to do with this, but not quite as much as you may think, at least for now. In the future, it will make a much bigger difference. Climate change is making a bad situation worse, but its not even 50 of the problem. Not even close. But, says cal fire. The heat fueled dryness and winds are at their peak this time of year, extending through next month and often into late fall. Tom vacar ktvu. Fox two news. And today marks three years since lightning started the ccu lightning complex. Fire in the santa cruz mountains. That fire grew to more than 86,000 acres. It was one of several large lightning caused fires around the bay area in 2020. Some people in the mountains are still trying to rebuild and recover from that fire. All right. Im showing you the long range model here. I want to show you. You see the low and how its pulling everything into it. This is on sunday. Im just going im rocking it back and forth. So that low is whats happening now. Thats why we had the showers down in Livermore Valley and then the thunderstorm up on hamilton. But watch what happens is we get into sunday and monday. Look at this moisture, same pattern. But now an actual right now its a Tropical Storm. Hillary is going to get sucked into this. Its not going to be a Tropical Storm. But the moisture from that dying Tropical Storm is going to get sucked in or as the models suggest, it sucked in. And that would be a lot for us. That would be on sunday, monday into tuesday. So well keep an eye on that. Ern is the same pattern thats bringing us this activity. Right. You can see the last 12 hours, all the lightning strikes, lots of little spot fires here and there. And the problem with these with all these little fires that cal fires getting is theres so many of them, theyre not big and its not windy. Its not a horrible fire conditions. But theres so many that the crews are running thin because theyre chasing down these these hotspots. This that was a thunderstorm a few hours ago. Now its in sacramento and its showers working its way out into pittsburgh, out towards santa rosa, Rincon Valley area. Maybe a few sprinkles from this. It shouldnt be much more as it dies down. But this type of pattern is what were up against, pretty much the entirety of this, the finish of this week into early next week. So something to think about. It was hot today. It was humid today, not as hot tomorrow. Theres the low. The low continues to rotate not just tomorrow, but into friday, saturday, sunday and monday. In this pattern, again, little Tropical Storm hillary is going to could be a hurricane. Its going to fall apart as it gets pulled north. And then all that moisture is coming our way. Thats on saturday. Could come our way. Thats on sunday, monday and tuesday. Thats the big story. You can hear a lot about that. The other big story is all the lightning strikes weve seen around the Northern California and crest of the sierra nevada. Heres the model for you. See the flow. Here we are tomorrow morning. Theres our fog, moisture. Still, even though you dont see clouds, its high humidity in this area as well. And then you see the thunderstorms due to that high humidity pop up in the afternoon and a little bit up here in Del Norte County or towards Del Norte County. Then heres friday morning. A few thunderstorms in the afternoon. And then the real thats thats a limited amount of subtropical moisture when the big plume potentially gets here, thats going to be a whole nother deal. Some of the rainfall estimates down in the deserts of Southern California is half a foot of rain. If that if it all transpires. So its got a long way to go. But youre going to hear a lot about it this week. You probably already have. So heres tomorrows forecast. Slightly cooler than today, not as well. Probably about as human as today, maybe 35 or 40 humidity, but very warm, still kind of sticky. And that continues this pattern is going to continue with this sort of a setup. So sunday, monday, sunday night into monday and tuesday is going to be interesting. And actually the next few days is going to be interesting, especially around lake tahoe. Copy that. All right, bill, thank you. San francisco unified School District opened the classroom doors today. And just as the new school year starts, families are calling on the district to address the growing teacher shortage. They say there are currently 132 Job Vacancies across the district. This time one year ago, there were 70. The president of the San Francisco Teachers Union says the main issue comes down to pay the superintendent of the district assures families that the district is indeed working overtime to resolve the shortage as soon as possible. Our Human Resources team is open late. Were staying until seven at night on weeknights and on saturdays because we do have people were working to on board and then were making sure we have a caring adults in every classroom. Substitutes and administrators will be filling in where needed during the teacher shortage. All right. 40 niners quarterback brock purdy unlikely to play in the niners second preseason game on saturday but he looks more than ready for week one of the regular season coming up next joe fonzi sitting down there with the general manager john lynch to talk purdy and the teams other qbs. Then on the 11 00 news, continue in coverage of the san jose Police Officer shot in the line of duty. Well hear from assemblyman evan lowe , who says his brother is that officers partner every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. 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Oh, well, this was an opener game for the giants, as Ross Stripling inherited a one zip deficit when he entered in the second after josh lowe had homered in the fourth. Brandon lowe gave his stripling pitch a ride in the fifth with the runner on making it for nothing rays. They would get one more in the frame and then just an inning later, pinch hitter luke reilly hit one to the deepest part of the yard. The ball took that crazy carom off the breaks rolls around in the outfield. Reilly knows hes got a shot at it inside the park home run and he gets it with plenty of time. Thats the first pitch in inside the park. Homer and rays history, by the way, tampa wins this 161, making it two out of three over the giants. A giants day game and a half, though, in front of the marlins in the wild card race. Is miami. Also lost tonight, at least one lonely as fan at Busch Stadium this evening as the as wrapped up their series with the cardinals. The cardinals jumped on them in the first inning yesterday in the as return the favor today. One run was already in and then jordan diaz put one in the gap while the ball rolls. Carlos perez scores from second. And here comes diaz from first the throw not good and its four to nothing oakland and the as added all night stay hot zack gets off get off drives in ruiz with this hit and then hustles into second with a double the as rookie was four for five tonight with a pair of rbis Paul Blackburn goes seven shutout innings for the win as he and Austin Pruitt combined for an 8 to 0 win. All right the 49 ers continue the preseason on saturday when they host denver. Kyle shanahan is not saying for sure whether brock purdy will get any action in that game. If purdy picks up where he left off last year, he could be one of the great pickups in nfl draft history. Now tom brady in the sixth round, joe montana in the third, but no quarterback picked last last in the draft has ever made an impact on an nfl team much less lead one to a pair of playoff wins and be expected to be a major part of a super bowl contender. Our own joe fonzi caught up with niners general manager john lynch today and discuss what he saw in purdy in last years draft. Youre sitting there with that last pick and youre saying, look, hes so clearly the best player left. What are we doing . Lets not take a chance. Brock has told me since he would have come to us as a free agent, but we didnt want to. We dont want a chance. That and the story still unwritten. Brock, be the first to tell you that. But the early returns are we got a really good Football Player sam darnold probably did not get any indication of what his true talent is about because he was on a really dysfunctional team at that time. Trey has not had a lot of snaps as an nfl quarterback, what is the process of evaluate those two guys as were moving forward for this season . Theres so much that goes into that position. Everything is being evaluated. Were excited about both players. Were excited about brandon allen, the fourth quarterback whos played at a really high level. And when you are the coach of the us womens World Cup Team and you underperform, there is a price to pay after the worst finish in the teams history, it was confirmed today that vlatko and inoki will step down. That official announcement is expected tomorrow. Now we are down to just two teams with a chance to win it all. After last nights semifinal match between england and australia. Australia down one to nothing in the 63rd minute and a nice run and then a Long Distance goal by the aussie sam kerr. They were all even in the host country, was celebrating. But the storybook run came to an end in the 71st minute. Ellie carpenter fails to clear and lauren hemp quickly puts england ahead. She scored once more to pat it. A few happy fans in the stadium, but a much larger gathering back at home to celebrate england goes through to the finals for the first time in world cup history. They will play spain on sunday for the championship. All right. Check this out. Time on a wednesday night being on deck in a baseball game can be a dangerous thing. The twins, Christian Vazquez is minding his own business here. Probably thinking about his turn at the plate when he takes a foul ball right off the helmet hit by teammate Donovan Solano vazquez stayed in the game, but his team dropped to the tigers 8 to 7 and jose altuve, who has defied what size you have to be to be a major leaguer, has no shortage of fans. Take a look at this. He made one fan very happy after the astros beat the marlins on monday. You asked for an autograph. You get a jersey thats a bonus. And now a fan for life. The 11 00 news on ktvu fox two starts now. Two of our officers were ambushed while responding to a call of a family disturbance by a coward and a convicted felon with a gun that he should never have had. A suspect opens fire on San Jose Police hitting a veteran officer sending her to the hospital in Critical Condition. That veteran officer is currently recovering in the hospital. And tonight, city leaders are offering their support. Hello again, everyone. Im julie julie haener and im mike mibach. The suspect was arrested after a four hour long standoff. Ktvu Lamonica Peters joins us live with the latest on this developing story. Lamonica San Jose Police are calling this attempted homicide and they havent released the name of the officer that was shot. Now the suspects wife, the woman who called police, was able to get out of the house before they arrested him this afternoon, San Jose Police chief anthony mata says the injured officer is stable, but in Critical Condition after being ambushed by this man for 34 year old gabriel carreras. What i heard was the yelling and screaming of the female officer who was