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Baja and on the pacific coast. Some Service Members were out patrolling those beaches, making sure swimmers stay out of the high surf. You can see it there. Mexican Officials Say they are tracking the storm carefully, especially in areas at risk for flooding and landslides. Officials in Southern California are warning residents to brace for heavy rain. Flash flooding and strong wind gusts down in Orange County. Crews were already out preparing the beach for a possible storm surge, building a berm to protect oceanfront property. People are getting ready with sandbags and extra supplies if theres a storm surge, which sometimes happens with Something Like this, then, you know, were just praying for the best because it can be pretty bad this afternoon , Los Angeles County officials urged people to get ready for what they called a difficult and unique weather event. Get ready , sign up for alerts, make a plan. So if you if you have the ability to understand where you would go, if you are evacuated, other family members or friends houses, those are all things that are a lot easier to do prior to the emergency occurring. Boat owners in Southern California, including redondo beach, are getting ready for the storm, making sure vessels are properly secured. Yeah. Meteorologist Roberto Gonzales is joining us now with a look at how this is going to really impact really mexico, Southern California. Were hearing about possible impacts in nevada as far east as phenix, arizona. So this is a major storm, not something were accustomed here. Usually when you see this scale, the dimension of a storm, you start off with an area low pressure. Its upgraded to a tropical depression, then a Tropical Storm, then a hurricane. Then you have a major hurricane when winds are over 110mph. And thats what we are dealing with. And we havent seen anything like this in our lifetime here in the bay area or in Southern California. And keep in mind, a watch means heads up. A warning means it is happening right now and taking. And that is going to be the next step for everybody in Southern California as we see hurricane hillary not make landfall, but scrape across cabo san lucas. Also, all the baja, california. Itll lose a little bit of its punch. So then it becomes a Tropical Storm. Its downgraded. But dont get me wrong, itll still have a big punch. Were talking about rain amounts anywhere between three and six inches. And a lot of these areas are below sea level. Keep that in mind right here in california. And 3 to 6in of rain. Well, thats usually what you get in a whole year in los angeles or in san diego. Hey, how about palm springs . So thats its location right now. You see the tip of baja, california right here. This is right now forecast to scrape across baja, california, lose a lot of its punch and then begin to veer into Southern California. Thats what we look like here. We have clouds, but thats from Tropical Storm eugene thats been spinning its wheels off our coast. This is what were dealing with right here. This is a category four on a scale of 1 to 5. So this is going to continue its northerly direction. Then we have a little bit of a great flavor idea of how its going to move now. And as it does so. Okay, you look at this right here. This is the cone were not talking about up like this. Were talking about the outer lines here. So it has a lot of territory it can encompass. And were not talking necessarily about the eye, the winds associated with this hurricane are several hundred miles wide. So thats why theyre already seeing the clouds and the wind and baja, california, even though they havent felt its impact yet. So once it goes into Southern California again, computer models take it this way. Thats not going to happen. Another computer model takes it on this path here, and that does happen. Orange county is going to be more affected than, lets say, palm springs. But i have it. Yeah, its going to affect Orange County with Copious Amounts of rain and wind and already starting to see the surf build the potential of a very strong storm surge. Also on the backside of this, what will become a Tropical Storm. But then it will lift up towards bakersfield and palm springs and death valley, which is below sea level. And then make its tracks in towards las vegas by monday. And weve seen the flooding along the strip there with just a monsoon storm. So this is something that we have to take very seriously as it continues its jog and continues to wander towards california. Again, the timing, the rain should begin late Night Saturday and throughout nevada and also in arizona. But the biggest punch will be on sunday as far as san diego is concerned. And the los angeles areas you were talking about, long beach and san pedro and all the way into norwalk and also all the way into the Desert Southwest and the desert. Boy thats a lot of arid hard, hard ground. And they dont have anywhere for that water to go except for mass flash flooding, mudslides, debris flows. Its going to be a very desperate situation, something that we havent seen, potentially catastrophic. And we will stay on top of it throughout this newscast. All right, roberta, we will keep checking in with you. Thank you so much. Death valley park announces that it will be closed this weekend as flash floods prompted by hurricane hillary threatened park infrastructure. The park will be closed from this saturday until tuesday the 22nd. The Visitor Center will also be closed as a National Weather Service Flood watch is in effect, so park officials are urging people to not drive through the area. The Tropical Storm might bring death valleys annual rainfall in the span of just a few hours. Other parks closing this weekend due to hurricane hillary are Joshua Tree National park and the Mojave National preserve. Both will be fully closed from saturday to monday. Staff at joshua tree planned to spend the next three 36 hours starting the closure ahead of time to avoid the brunt of that storm. And a quick reminder that you can always stay ahead of the weather with ktvu. S weather app. It has Current Conditions as it also breaks down the forecast hour by hour and has interactive radar. And of course, its free. Firefighters are battling major wildfires up and down the state. The most recent is the coyote fire burning in san diego. It has scorched nearly 500 acres since it started yesterday in nevada county. Some evacuations have been lifted for the highway fire and the Tahoe National forest, but evacuation orders remain in effect. Over in siskiyou county, where the head fire has burned about 4000 acres. Its one of dozens of large and small wildfires sparked by lightning earlier this week. The man accused of trying to kill a San Jose Police officer during a Domestic Violence call was in court this afternoon. Gabrielle carrera faces multiple charges in the crime, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary was inside the courthouse and our county, our state and our country must stop placating ourselves with thoughts and prayers and do something to many dangerous people have too many guns. District attorney jeff rosen says gabrielle carrera is such a person. In superior court friday, prosecutor orders charging the 44 year old with attempted murder of a San Jose Police officer wednesday morning. Cabreras wife called 911, saying her drunk husband had threatened her and their unborn baby while responding to that Domestic Violence call on asbury avenue. Gabrielle carreras allegedly opened fire on a ten year veteran Police Officer. Carreras came out of the balcony door and fired a gun at the officer, striking her below her bulletproof vest. That officer, a former detective in the Domestic Violence unit, is in critical but stable condition at an area hospital. The District Attorney says carreras had previously served seven years in prison for assault with a Deadly Weapon as a convicted felon, he should never have had a gun. There was a serial number on the gun. Its not a ghost gun, but it was unregistered to him. And were working with atf to find out where that gun came from. Carreras is charged with attempted murder of a Police Officer being a felon in possession of a firearm, negligent discharge of a firearm , assault and destroying his wifes cell while she was calling 911, the defendant will spend the rest of his life in prison if hes convicted of these crimes. Terrorist is being represented by the public defenders office. Hes being held without bail and will be back in court october 27th to enter a plea outside the hall of justice here in san jose, jesse gary ktvu fox two news. The short life of a six year old boy stabbed to death along with his grandmother was remembered today at his funeral home. Every day. Go one family and friends of jordan cam walker gathered for the service at Emmanuel Baptist church in san jose. Someone stabbed him and hes 71 year old great grandmother inside of the san jose apartment. They lived in on august 4th. Loved ones remember walker as an adventurous little boy who was full of life. His family says he had all the promises life has to offer. When we pray, memorialize and together. Tom jordan, count walker, my only grandson and his great grandmother. Jordans life was cut short, was cut in two short. He was. He was a future, jim. And ill miss him for the rest of my days. At this point. Police are still searching for a suspect or suspects who killed jordan and his great grandmother. Investigators have not released much information about the killings or a possible motive. The state attorney general is investigating a Deadly Police shooting in martinez. Police say they were forced to open fire at a suspected burglary burglar rather, outside of a cannabis dispensary. Ktvu Crime Reporter henry lee has the latest on that investigation. A burglary suspect was shot and killed by martinez. Police before dawn outside the velvet cannabis dispensary. It happened at about 330 friday morning in front of the business on Sunrise Drive near pacheco boulevard. Martinez Police Spotted two cars outside the dispensary. One of the vehicles, a white suv, took off. But this blue infiniti hit an officer and then drove toward two others, leading them both to open fire. The driver was killed. State attorney general robert is now investigating because the driver was not armed with a gun. The car driving at you is undoubtedly a weapon. Michael raines, an attorney for the Martinez Police union, says the officers actually faced two threats. There was a passenger, the passenger had a firearm. Officers saw the passenger with a firearm. After the shooting, the infiniti crashed into a fire hydrant. Another man inside the car was injured and was taken to a hospital. This state department of justice vehicle joined Martinez Police and the Contra Costa County sheriffs crime lab at the crime scene. Oh, well, im a consumer. Im a consumer of you know, this stuff, but its for my own medical reasons. Michael burton of martinez could not get his 10 cannabis infused edible. I just think it shouldnt come to this or there shouldnt be robberies at our dispensaries, he says. Tax dollars would be better spent fortifying dispensaries against criminals day and night. This is just the latest marijuana business in the bay area to fall victim to burglars. Before, it was recreational, it was medical. We didnt pay all the extra taxes. Now we pay the extra taxes so that we can pay people to protect these places. The state Attorney Generals Office will determine whether this deadly shooting was legally justified in martinez. Henry lee, ktvu fox two news. So teams continue to examine the destruction after the maui firestorm. The growing criticism over the islands Emergency Response before the fire spread at an historic summit at camp david. The commitment from President Biden to work closer with key allies across the pacific. But first, a School Employee in the south bay is accused of soliciting explicit photos from students while Police Believe more potential victims sexually abused them when they were boys. The judges said that the lawsuits by wade robson and James Safechuck should not have been dismissed by a lower court back in 2021, adding that the men can validly claim that the two jackson owned corporations named as defendants in the case had a response ability to protect them. Jackson was the sole owner and only shareholder of those companies. A facilities worker at a private South Bay School has been arrested, accused of paying students to send him explicit images and video. Reporter mark sayer explains why Police Believe there may be more victims. 43 year old todd baldwin is under arrest. Police saying only that there are multiple juvenile victims. Valley Christian Schools has separate elementary, middle and high schools located on two different campus complexes. As the middle and high schools are colocate up. This private road in south san jose, just off of monterey highway. Its definitely kind of tense up there. Theres a lot of questions going on with all the faculty and the students because no one really knows whats happening right now. Theres a lot of rumors going around about what we think happened. Students say the word is traveling fast on campus about the arrest. Ive seen them in the hallways before. Ive had a few conversations just like crazy to think about that. He did those things. San jose police say baldwin was allegedly paying students for providing him explicit images and video, but at this point, they are not disclosing how baldwin allegedly committed these crimes, nor, if any, occurred on the campus itself. The president of the school sent out this message to the campus community, saying the school is committed to transparency and will share updates when possible. The president also told parents and understands the gravity of the situation and the concerns it may raise. In a formal Statement Released to the media. The school said we at valley Christian Schools are deeply disturbed by the actions outlined in these charges against a member of our facilities department, which is antithetical to our christian faith, values and standards. Upon learning of the allegations, we fully cooperated with authorities. Additionally, we place the individual in question on administrative leave. Its just weird, like its a weird situation to think about like happening. And its just like you never think it would happen to like your school. Todd baldwin was booked into the Santa Clara County main jail pending the filing of formal charges and an arraignment reporting in san jose. Im mark sayer, ktvu fox two news. It was a much cooler day across the bay area today. Did you feel the difference . Okay, it was still a little bit muggy, but nonetheless it was cooler. This is our live weather camera from the south bay Monument Peak looking out towards the santa cruz mountains. You could see fremont out there, mid and high level clouds, generally 15,000 to 20,000ft. And we do have the clouds building along the media at seashore. There you have the clouds. Watch them one more time. Left up from the south. And to that northwesterly direction, all associated with subtropical moisture, that monsoonal flow from the south. We have the thunderstorm activity again this evening and throughout the sierra nevada. And then you have the marine layer thats just hanging very tight to the coast will spread inland tonight before retreating before tomorrow morning. Sun up at 758. Now these are the temperatures right now right here, 66 and half moon bay, 69 and half moon bay. Then all the way into hayward and into castro valley, 82 in fairfield, the temperature did not top overnight 90 today tonight will bottom out into the 50s and 60s. Finally antioch theyve been experiencing 70 degrees overnight down to 6560 in redwood city and Redwood Shores. Tomorrows daytime highs going back up high 60s to mid 90s trivalley topping off at 95 degrees next time around were going to talk about our saving grace keeping us from getting scathed from hurricane hilary. And thats coming up shortly. All right, roberta, thank you. Sports focus is back this weekend with a new time slot in the evening. It will air at 6 30 p. M. Sunday with new stories about bay area student athletes. We have a conversation with the cif 2023 male scholar, athlete of the year from san ramon. We are also featuring a group of kids from east oakland who competed at the junior olympics. And we sit down with the team from menlo park whos worked to donate Sporting Goods to schools in need, landed him on stage at the sb awards. We have a partnership with this organization, good sports, who has a bunch of unsold equipment from nike under armor adidas, all that. And we get it completely free of charge. And so we get all the equipment from there along with sometimes we have gear drives at my school, i had held a gear drive, which had a bunch of, again, being a big sports school. We have a bunch of old Sports Equipment thats still in Great Condition and find out just how many schools have benefited, benefited from this program here in california as well as overseas. When sports focus airs sunday at 630, right after our 6 00 newscast. Well, there is plenty of excitement for the womens World Cup Final. A look ahead at whats expected this weekend. Also had another big change on x. Com. The site formerly known as twitter. What a potential end to the block button could mean for its users economic ties in the face of growing threats in the region. Americas commitment to both countries is ironclad. President joe biden hosting the leaders of japan and south korea at camp david friday in a first of its kind meeting between the three countries, recalled the lead in new ways to Work Together to stand together. And today, im proud to say our nations are answering that call. Biden forming a military alliance in the region amid rising tensions with china and north korea. I believe this is a very positive step forward. China has deliberately stoked tension between japan and south korea in an effort to keep our Alliance System divided and weakened. But now, by bringing together three like minded democratic allies with advanced economic and capable militaries that are committed to peace and stability, i think this this does a lot to enhance deterrence in the indopacific. The leaders discussed how their countries will respond if one of them faces a sudden existential threat, committing to ramping up trilateral military exercises, creating a three way hotline to use in moments of crisis and sharing Real Time Data on missile launches from north korea. Theyre really moving the ball forward in an affirmative way on many, many things, not just in the security realm. The two asian democracies putting their troubled history behind them to be stronger together. But in the end of the day, it was the two leaders realizing for both countries where the opportunities were, where were the challenges, and that together standing with the united states, this was a better place to be. While no formal defense pact was signed, the three leaders agreed to continue to meet once a year in washington. Rebecca kaster, fox news. Former President Trump appears to be planning to skip the first republican president ial primary debate next week. That debate set for wednesday in milwaukee. The New York Times reporting that trump is considering sitting down for an interview with Tucker Carlson on the site formerly known as twitter. Trump posted on truth social that he is leading in the republican primary polls. So, quote, why would i debate elon musks latest change to x, the platform formerly known as twitter, is the end of blocking user accounts. Musk announced this removal plan today, saying that the block feature will only continue for direct messages. Users fear this change will encourage online harassment. Musk, though, has previously said that blocking makes no sense. Experts call this, quote , an extremely ignorant and privileged perspective. Both apple and google require blocking services to be listed on their app stores, meaning x could be removed from google play in apples app store. It has not been announced when the change will take effect at coming up on two news at 630. The more more criticism over the now former head of Emergency Response in maui. The investigation into some decisions made before that firestorm started and regulators ponder whether to allow pga to hike rates once again. Why the utility argues it needs t rais is back now at lucky come kick off the season with our shop and score game thatll have you cheering for more play for a chance at over 25 million in prizes and money saving offers like this and this, or even this or try to win 100,000 in guaranteed prize money. Shop your favorite brand sporting the monopoly tag for unlimited game tickets and get ready to win at lucky hurricane hillary. The storm could cause extreme flooding and mudslides from baja up to Southern California. For many communities, getting ready for heavy rainfall and strong wind, they are urging residents to do the same. The state attorney general is investigating a Deadly Police shooting in martinez. It happened this morning outside the velvet cannabis dispensary. Police say a burglary suspect hit an officer with a car and then drove toward two other officers. Thats when police opened fire, killing the driver. The man accused of attempted murder of a San Jose Police officer made a Court Appearance today. Gabriel carrera faces multiple charges with the potential of spending life in prison. He allegedly opened fire on an officer responding to a Domestic Violence call at carreras residence. Carrera is also a convicted felon and should not have had access to a firearm. Santa clara county da jeff rosen weighed in, saying this case is an example of needing further gun control. Youre watching ktvu fox two news at 630 as the number of dead increases on maui, there is mounting criticism over the response to the deadly wildfires. There are now at least 111 confirmed deaths on maui. Search efforts have expanded from the Historic Town of lahaina to other oceanside communities. Yesterday in the wake of criticism over not sounding disaster sirens, the head of mauis Emergency Management agency resigned his post. Now, he says his resignation was due to health reasons. Hawaiis attorney general has now launched an investigation into how state and local agencies responded to those fires. Meanwhile, nonprofits and volunteers on maui are stepping up, delivering food and services to thousands of displaced people. Whats ahead is a lot more supplies, a lot more resources and a lot more expertise in Mental Health to deal with this trauma long term plans are still moving ahead for President Bidens visit to maui on monday. Bay area animal shelters are helping with the recovery from the devastating fires on maui later tonight. An emergency fly for maui will land at the hayward airport with at least 60 animals from various shelters across the island. These animals will go to shelters here in the bay area. The transport is meant to make room for the unexpected or rather the expected influx of lost and injured pets following the fires. Earlier, we spoke with the berkeley humane society. One of six local organizations taking in pets from maui. These are animals that were already either adoptable or being prepared for adoption. But since adoptions are not likely to happen right now in that area and we do want to make room at the Maui Humane Society for the long term recovery that theyre facing. The plane is carrying both cats and dogs. Organizers say all of the animals have received Veterinary Care before the flight from hawaii to canada now, where the destructive wildfire season continues with major evacuation plans in the northwest territories. The provincial capital of yellowknife is under a complete evacuation order. 20,000 people forced to flee their homes as flames move within miles of that city. Officials say the fire has burned more than 600mi s and jumped three containment lines. This is canadas worst wildfire season on record with more than 1000 active fires burning across the country. The California Public Utilities Commission could soon release a proposed decision about requested pga rate hikes swollen by pga decision to bury thousands of miles of power lines to avoid while fires in high risk areas. Ctvnews tom vacar explains the implications to millions of ratepayers. Another pga rate hike to ultimately bury 10,000 miles of hi fire risk power lines is in the offing and its a whopper. The decision that the puc is about to make, pga could could raise your monthly bills by. 50 or more a month over the lifetime of the decision on up to 20 years turn says each customer share would be about 18,000. We already pay for it. They want to raise more on it. Come on now, man. People out here struggling with bills makes no sense to save ratepayers money. Some utilities have taken to leaving the lines up in the air, but replacing those lines and these burnable poles with whats called an insulated system, the insulated system uses layers of complex non conducting material mounted on steel or concrete poles for more fire resistance, minimizing falling lines and arcing. Its always good to empower people to make that decision for themselves, to have it insulated, but to have pga make that decision for us and increasing it as up to 50 a month, you know, it doesnt really sit well with anybody. I think that they should be making sure that they look into all different alternatives before making such a drastic decision that affects our lives in a decade, turn, says Southern California, edison has already put in 5000 miles of insulated power lines sitting atop those fire resistant poles. So far, pga has buried just 300 miles of power lines at a cost of about 3 million a mile. The insulated of those lines is way better for consumers. Its way better for wildfire safety. And its just going to be done faster and cheaper. The public can have a huge impact on all of this in the next 30 days or so, but only if large number of messages and calls to the puc assembly persons. Senator and the governor take place. All pga would say is that it believes these costs are way overstated. As usual, the cpuc said nothing. Tom vacar kttv. Fox two news. It is a battle between two european powerhouses, england and spain. Get ready to take the pitch and face off in the World Cup Final. Introducing an all new way to watch ktvu news live on your big screen search fox local on your tv streaming device and download it for free access all fox two newscasts plus exclusive features like the ktvu video vault archives search fox local on your tv streaming device or scan the code for how to stream kt news suspension. He was suspended and fined by mlb for returning to the dugout, followed his fourth inning ejection in tuesdays win over tampa bay. He was ejected for arguing a called strike on rookie outfielder wade meckler. In a postgame interview, kapler said kapler, rather, said he watched the game on a monitor in the batting cage down the stairs behind the dugout at oracle park. He was still in uniform and also spoke with coaches and players during the game. Kapler has taken responsibility and has apologized to the team. The 2023 fifa womens World Cup Finals for this weekend. A world cup trophy may be headed back to the birthplace of soccer for the first time in 57 years. Englands womens team, the lionesses, will play their first title in the tournament sunday against spain. It is the first all european finals since 2003, when germany beat sweden again. The World Cup Final is sunday morning between spain and england. Coverage for that match begins at 2 a. M. Right here on ktvu. And the third place match between sweden and australia is early saturday morning. Pre game coverage starts at midnight friday night, heading on outdoors from ktvu weather center. Oh, this is always one of my favorite views. Look at the sailboats on this friday evening and why dont they swing by and pick us up . I dont know, but the weekend is around the corner. We have your bay area forecast up next. All right, roberta. And lets go now to alex savage with a look at some of the stories were working on for the 7 00 news on ktvu. Plus alex. All right, christian, thank you. Coming up, new tonight at seven, return to the office or else. Well tell you about the new stricter mandate that meta issued to its employees, all in an effort to get workers to come back into the building. Also new at seven tonight, target is making it easier for you to get your coffee fix when you need it. Well tell you how you can get your favorite drink sent right to your car. Those stories and a whole lot more coming up tonight. Live at seven over on ktvu. Plus well see you then, alex. 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Shop your favorite brand sporting the monopoly tag for unlimited game tickets and get ready to win at lucky one of those accidents, as you can see here, involved a city fire truck. The fire truck was actually on the way to an emergency call. Ktvu zac sos telling us that a lot of people want to know why that robotaxi wasnt able to stop until it was too late. In the aftermath of a crash involving a San Francisco fire truck and a cruise car thursday night in the tenderloin. It happened just before 1030 in the evening at the intersection of turk and polk streets. The selfdriving car entering the interstate section on a green light as a fire truck approach lights on and sirens blaring. Autonomous vehicle expert sam abu samad. These vehicles are equipped with external microphones that are supposed to pick up the sound of sirens from emergency vehicles and trigger them to pull over and stop. So while the vehicle in general had the right of way because it was going into a green light, intersect, it probably should have been able to pick up that that that fire truck approaching and at least slow down before entering the intersection. A passenger in the crews car was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. Crews posting a statement to social media saying in part, quote, our primary concern is the rider and their welfare and we have reached out to offer support. We are also deeply mindful of the wellbeing of the First Responders and any individuals affected by this incident. But the crash placing added scrutiny on a Decision Just last week by the states Public Utilities commission to allow companies, waymo and crews to operate driverless taxi service in San Francisco. Around the clock at the time, that decision slammed by a number of city leaders, including San Franciscos fire chief, who cited more than 50 cases this year of selfdriving vehicles interfering or impeding First Responders. I understand and appreciate the safety that Autonomous Vehicles can bring to the table in terms of no drunk drivers, no speeding, all of that kind of stuff. However they are still not ready for prime time because of how they have impacted our operations. Thursdays crash, one of two separate accidents involving cruise cars that night. A second one taking place on 26, and mission a short time later, similar to the first, the cruise vehicle entering an intersection on a green light before being hit by another car, running a red light. The company says this driverless car did not have any passengers. Based on what little we know at this point, the cruise vehicle was not actually the at fault, but theyre generally pretty safe. But there are still a lot of issues that they need to resolve. Zac sos ktvu. Fox two news 33 degrees. 33 degrees. That was our temperature span today from the seashore at 66 and pacifica to 89 degrees in fairfield. Hey, our inland areas were below 90 degrees for the first time. This week. 78 degrees in napa today, 79 Redwood Shores and redwood city, san jose topped off at 86. The average high in throughout the santa clara valley. Its 81 degrees this time of the year. So still above average. We had 75 degrees in vallejo and in American City and american canyon, rather. And also around benicia and martinez. Were looking out now at the bay waters here. You could see we have a combination of Different Levels of cloudiness because we have the low clouds that are now invading the area as well as the mid and high level clouds as seen right here in our satellite imagery. There you have the clouds pushing up from the south to the north. Thats all the associated with that subtropical moisture weve been alluding to all week long. Meanwhile, we have the thunderstorms developing around the spine of the sierra nevada. And we also have that marine layer developing off the sea shore. Current air temperatures right now on this friday evening. How about a pair of sevens in concord and clayton all the way to walnut creek while were at 73 now, as well as in fremont and union city and across the bay into palo alto, santa rosa and cotati also at 73. And we are cooler than 24 hours ago. It except right here around the central bay. Now lets get down to the nitty gritty. Were talking about hurricane hillary. Its a cat four. On a scale of 1 to 5, its very powerful. It has intensified very rapidly. Its location is right here, right now 360 miles just southwest of baja. Its wobbling along to the north northwest of 14. Thats not going to get smacked as much as cabo san lucas. Even though for hundreds of miles the feeder bands extend. In fact, theyre already feeling the effects of this hurricane. At the tip of baja, california. So our projection right now is its going to drift into san diego by overNight Saturday night into sunday. We have a saving grace because of this, this pesky area, low pressure. Its actually the remnant of what was a Tropical Storm, eugene. Its been there all week long, fueling us with that high humidity. But this is going to help us because as a remnants of hillary begin to lift up towards the state of california, watch what happens. It pushes the precipitation away from the bay area. If we see anything at all, it could be by tuesday in the form of maybe a light shower, maybe a thunderstorm, which we dont want that dry lightning at all because of the potential of fire danger. But but bakersville, palm springs, death valley all the way to las vegas is going to get smacked. 3 to 6in of rain. Thats how much they usually experience in a whole year. And keep in mind, were about sea level in san diego and were just above sea level and throughout, oh, lets say the bakersfield area. So the agriculture areas are very nervous at this particular time. Heavy rain will impact the tahoe area as well. Please plan accordingly. Tonight, cooler, 50s and few 60s. Tomorrow 69 to 95, we are going back up and Holding Steady for your sunday building. Our cloud cover on monday, then again on tuesday. Unsettled and we will keep you posted on the progression on hurricane hillary. All right, roberta, thank you so much. It is a remarkable therapy Riding Program that helps children with special needs boost their confidence. Well introduce you to hooves for harmony, where compassion is bridled and soothe their spirits. Ktvu Claudine Wong takes us to nevada, where therapy takes place on horseback. For heather parker, few things compare to this, so hooves for harmony is a therapeutic writing program. Its for kids with special needs and it is all free for the families. And we take children on a 30 minute trail ride through ohare park, which is right off the back of the property here, which is Morningstar Farm in nevada. Some of the children have special needs, some are foster children and some, like jonathan ibarra, say they came hoping for calm. I was hoping to not get as much as anxiety and not biting my nails like just, you know, having another friend because i dont have much friends at my school. I he says what he found here in this Program Changed his life. It really changed a lot because once i sat on the horse, i, you know, i wasnt biting my teeth. I volunteers were excited. I mean, they talked i made a bunch of friends. Now, at 12 years old, he gives back every weekend as a volunteer for helping children like mara who love sunday rides. You want to go ride spirit or triscuit . Yeah does that sound like fun . Yeah you should go. You yeah. Okay were going to get ready and go soon. Okay all right. Its become something thats really changed her perspective and something that she enjoys way more than we ever thought. And shes gotten so much out of it. Look where you want to go. Dont look at him. This has been parkers dream since she was in college. After she volunteered at a horse therapy program. And for the last two decades, she has made sure one thing about her program has never changed. I think one of the most important things that was my mission and my goal was to make this accessible to everybody. So a lot of the families i met early on said, you know, it was helping, but they just couldnt afford it anymore. And, you know, kids with special needs have a lot of financial requirements. Theres occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy. And so i think the first thing on the chopping block tends to be the horse therapy. So i thought, gosh, if there was some way i could raise enough money and make this free, wouldnt that be amazing . And ive been able to do that for 20 years. Ive never charged. But what she does need is help. So she has volunteers like caitlyn bolen, who started helping at the age of ten and who returned a couple of years ago to help train others. You know, you want to make sure youre keeping the riders safe and making sure theyre having a good time and just that theyre enjoying their experience. You dont have to be like an expert on horses to volunteer here. Like you can. Theres so many Different Things that somebody can do volunteer Marion Huntington spends hours here. She ran her own nonprofit for many years. My goal was to help low income kids here in nevada increase their physical and Mental Health through sports. So theres 35 of all kids in nevada now are low income, which translates to about 3000 kids at and at least 150 of them are homeless. Those are the ones who want to be counted. So that is the target population. She knows what this program can do. So when she closed her nonprofit, she put all of her resources here. Basically another transformation besides the fact that you become calm to help the horse is joy and movement and motion. You can go faster on horse, youre higher on a horse. The horse can sense things that humans cannot sense, you know, with their ears and nose and body. And it like extends your own perceptions into the world. And i think its like riding a magic carpet for these kids, a Magic Carpet Ride that gave jonathan new dreams. Yeah. How is your anxiety these days . I dont have anxiety, actually, so im really good now. Ive been riding horses, you know . Yeah ive been winning belt buckles. My dream is to become just like heather because shes like a very my idol sometimes. Yeah. And and i want to become a horse whisperer and a horse trainer, and i want to also own my horse therapy, too. So, like, i really want to give back, you know, and giving back gives everyone out on that trail something special. Maybe its physical improvements or verbal progress, but its also something more. Heather parker will tell you something just happens on that trail between a horse and its rider. The horse provides the magic and its pretty hard to define or explain. Its theres something there for sure. What Amazing Program that was Claudine Wong reporting as part of our zip trip series this summer series will wrap up on fridays, september 1st. Thats when we will take you to the east bay city of pittsburgh. Our crews are already working on that. Theyre getting the stories ready. Its exciting. Oh its really and i always say this every time, sal gets the best assignments because he always hes either eating food or drinking something good. And were the ones missing out. Thats why the photographers love working with him. Thats right. All right. Thanks so much for joining us here. 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What do you mean its too late . Hes been murdered by someone in this room. dramatic music plays oh, my god. Oh, come on welcome to another classic koothrappali murder mystery dinner. Im leaving. You cant leave. Youre a suspect in the mysterious murder of stuart bloom. dramatic music plays i didnt know his last name was bloom