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Begin in washington d. C. This noontime where Laphonza Butler governor newsoms appointment to fill the senate seat of the late Dianne Feinstein is about to be sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris. Butler will be just the third black woman to serve in the us senate. No black woman has served in the chamber since Kamala Harris left to become Vice President. Butler will also be the first openly lgbtq senator from california. She is a democratic strategist. Prior to being appointed by governor newsom, she issued a statement saying no one will ever measure up to the legacy of senator Dianne Feinstein. But i will do my best to honor her legacy and leadership. And there has been a change to the Funeral Service for senator feinstein. The service has been moved to the front steps of San Francisco city hall so the public can attend. Its scheduled for thursday at 1 00. Weve learned that Vice President Kamala Harris and congresswoman nancy pelosi will be in attendance. There will be standing room available in civic center plaza. The service will also be streamed live online. Following that service, the senator will be buried at a private ceremony tomorrow. The senator will lie in state inside the rotunda of city hall where the public is invited to pay their respects from 9 a. M. To 7 p. M. Also in the news this noon, a vehicle with no driver behind the wheel is taking center stage in a hit and run crash. A cruz robotaxi was involved in a collision involving another vehicle and a pedestrian. The woman reportedly suffering life threatening injuries. But at this afternoon , the Autonomous Car company is defending itself. Ktvu allie rasmus explains the key role dash camera video will have in figuring out what happened when San Francisco firefighters first arrived at the crash scene at fifth and market last night. They found a woman pinned underneath the axle of a selfdriving cruise car. There was no one else around, so initially it appeared as though the selfdriving car was the only vehicle involved in this unique situation. We had no driver or passengers, nor any witnesses on the sidewalk to tell us how long she had been beneath the vehicle, what i can say is that rescuers responded within 60s from the initial dispatch, but overnight, representatives from cruise, the company that operates the Autonomous Car, said they looked at that cars dash cam video, which gives a different view. The company says that video clearly shows another car involved in the collision. Cruise shared that video with ktvu for our viewing purposes only, theyre not releasing it publicly. In it, we did see a dark colored sedan driving alongside the cruise car, both cars appeared to have a green light as the woman tries to cross the street into oncoming traffic. In the video, we see the dark colored sedan hit the woman first. The impact throws her into the path of the selfdriving car and she becomes pinned underneath it. That dark colored sedan was gone by the time firefighters arrived. Were looking to identify the driver as well as locate the vehicle. In a statement this morning, San Francisco police acknowledged the second vehicle, but stopped short of calling this a hit and run, saying, quote, we believe another vehicle that was not an Autonomous Vehicle may have been initially involved in the collision, but the vehicle or driver were not present at the scene during our investigation, end quote. Authorities arent sharing any information this morning about the woman who was struck, but firefighters say she suffered multiple traumatic injuries in the collision. Cruise says it will not make that video or any still pictures from it public. The company says it will only share that dash cam video with investigator and said, quote, our heartfelt concern and focus is the wellbeing of the person who was injured. And were actively working with police to help identify the responsible driver, end quote. San Francisco Police want Surveillance Video from their home or business in the area or anyone who witnessed the crash at market. And fifth, to come forward and help. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox two news. New at noon, San Francisco kicking off the second week of fleet week. Thats right. Mayor london breed congresswoman nancy pelosi and others were at pier 39 to 30 excuse me pier 30 to 32 this morning for a celebration at the us navy and marines. Its the 42nd fleet week. It started in 1981 with the help of then mayor Dianne Feinstein. Blue angels will honor her during their air show with a missing woman on her formation. Mayor breed says its important to remember the late senators contribution to fleet week. This is really a part of her legacy, her vision for San Francisco to be a showcase for the rest of the world. But more importantly, to remember that Public Service is really an honorable profession. And the people who put their lives on the line every single day to protect this city, this state and this country should be recognized and should be honored and should be appreciated and on full display there will be more than 30 free navy and marine corps band concerts across the city this week. Tours of a navy and Marine Transport ship and a Navy Destroyer begin today. The blue angels air show starts friday. Of course, well see. And hear them practicing all week. And while there are events planned for the public all week, the marines and sailors get a chance to have some fun as well. Ktvu james torres shows us how at sunrise sailors and marines are up and ready for the day. I love this. This is their day today and an opportunity to get marines out there kind of get some time off, make sure they enjoy the enjoy the cities that were getting to visit. Captain Blake Justice is an 11 year veteran of the marine corps. Its his first time in San Francisco. So watching the citys firefight, others take on the academy of art Softball Team in game one of this softball tournament. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Its organized and put on by San Francisco native ryan crowley, a member and volunteer here for the olympic club. Its nice to give the to say thank you to the First Responders in the military. They do so much for us and you know, being a sf native, its i love, you know, showing off my city to the military that come come in from, you know, different ships that, you know, that have been out in alaska or san diego. So its a its a wonderful experience. Teams from the navy, marine corps, as well as local fire and Police Departments are all involved making this a unique experience for a local small school. Its such a great Student Athlete Experience for these girls. I know theyre so excited to be a part of this and weve weve done this for multiple years now. So its a great tradition for the school and to meet with other people as well through the community. This is only day two of fleet week, the ship tour start tomorrow and the blue angels air show kicks off friday. But today our heroes get to have some fun at left, right and center field. Its a great time of year. And you know, i love being involved in fleet week reporting in San Francisco , im james torres, ktvu fox two news. Well, a follow up to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday right here at noon, authorities trying to figure out how three children at a daycare in san jose ended up in a Swimming Pool. Two of them drowned. Ktvus amber lee reports there is disbelief in grief in san joses almaden neighborhood. Police say around nine monday morning, officers responded to a welfare check on fleetwood drive. Three children had fallen into a Swimming Pool at a daycare called happy, happy operating out of a private home. One neighbor tells me he heard a commotion coming from the daycare next door. Shes very loud, very loud. Me and my wife and we feel i mean, should we pull police . The children were taken to the hospital. Two died. And the third is expected to survive. But the fact that it happened, you know, in our neighborhood is just really shocking. The facilitys website says its a licensed home daycare, quote, following a tall fence surrounding the pool. But it was uncovered, covered. I want the public to know that this is preventable. Christina andrews tells me her three year old daughter, courtney, drowned in a friends backyard pool in 2017. She has since started a nonprofit to teach kids what she calls survival swim lessons and raise awareness about child drownings. I want the public to know that this happens more than you ever think, and that if that drowning is the number one cause of death in children ages 1 to 4 and the second leading cause of death in children ages 5 to 15. On the daycares website, the owner states that she has a bachelors degree in child development. I contacted her but have not heard back. Its very terrible for the parents to, you know, its very heartbreaking. This woman who wants to remain anonymous tells me she called the daycare about two days ago to ask about child care services, but was told it is currently full at six children, but that a spot was opening soon at 2,000 a month. I have two kids too, so i can understand their pain. We feel so sorry. I mean, i cannot. I think i cannot handle it. Its its. Its too much. Its unclear at this point how many children were in the home at the time of the drownings and how many adults were supervising. Authorities have not yet released the ages or any other information about the children. Amber lee, ktvu, fox two news Recovery Efforts continue for a missing swimmer at the Point Reyes National seashore. The swimmer was reported missing near Wildcat Beach on sunday morning. Officials are now calling the search a recovery effort. Authorities say it was reported as a 52 year old man who was swimming with two friends when he went missing. A shark was seen, but an attack has not been confirmed. Two boats are searching the water today. Crews are also searching by ground. Tens of thousands of Kaiser Health care workers, including some here in the bay area, planning to go on strike tomorrow morning. The workers are at odds about staffing shortages, they say, and dangerous patients who have to wait for weeks and sometimes months for appointments. Kaiser says its making offers to unions to increase staffing and says some nonemergency appointments may need to be rescheduled. Some Kaiser Permanente pharmacy strike. Thes oregon and washington state, are walking picket lines, pushing for a new agreement. Well, new at noon in just the last half hour or so, the us house of representatives voted to open debate on whether to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his speakership. Mccarthy lost a procedural vote late this morning that would have blocked the attempt to oust him. The effort has been led by the Florida Republican matt gaetz. Last night on the house floor, gaetz offered a motion to vacate gaetz and other conservatives want mccarthy out after the speaker worked with democrats to pass a stopgap measure saturday to avert a Government Shutdown for 45 days, shoppers at a mall in thailand running for their lives. Well have the latest on the investigation underway, including information weve learned about a teenager who was taken into custody. Also, warmer weather has arrived here in the bay area, but how long will that stick around . A live look at the oakland estuary as your full bay area forecast is coming up. Then, if youre traveling abroad , it could take less time to get a passport. The new information released by the state department and how passport wait times are finally pr ya know, if you were cashbacking you could earn on everything with just one card. Chase freedom unlimited. So, if youre off the racking. Or crab cracking, youre cashbacking. Cashback on flapjacks, baby backs, or tacos at the taco shack. Nah, im working on my six pack. Switch to a king suite, or book a silent retreat. Silent retreat . Hold up yeeerp . I cant talk right now, im at a silent retreat. Cashback on everything you buy with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. How do you cashback . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Thailand, at least two people are dead and several others hurt after a shooting inside a major shopping mall. Police have taken a 14 year old into custody. This happened at the siam paragon mall, which has long been one of bangkoks biggest and most upscale shopping destinations. Police say the two who were killed were visitors from china and a myanmar national. Police say the shooter appeared to be suffering from mental illness. Well hunter biden has entered a plea in a federal court. It follows a plea deal with prosecutors that collapsed. Its the latest in an ongoing legal battle between the president s son and the feds. Madeleine rivera has more now from wilmington, delaware. Months after his plea deal collapsed, hunter biden, the son of president biden, returns to court to face federal charges. Hunter biden pleading not guilty in federal court on tuesday to three felony counts related to a gun purchase from 2018. Hes been charged with lying about his drug use on a form to buy the weapon, lying to an employee at the gun shop and then illegally possessing the gun. In july, his attorneys indicated he was ready to plead guilty in exchange for a deal that involved probation and participation in a pretrial diversion program. Republicans called it a sweetheart deal, and a judge ultimately rejected the agreement. Special counsel david weiss says the deal is null and void, though hunters attorney believes its valid. Once you you basically have a deal like this, collapse in court and you break off any agreement with the department of justice. They tend to go at you full bore. Some republicans have accused weiss of moving slowly on the case, suggesting hes operating with interference from the white house. Attorney general Merrick Garland says thats not the case. David weiss is a long standing career prosecutor and he was appointed by mr. Trump as the United States attorney for the district of delaware. I promised at my nomination hearing that i would continue him on in that position. Hunter biden faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on all counts, but thats unlikely given no prior felonies in wilmington, delaware. Matthew rivera, ktvu, fox two news. Former President Trump was back in a new york city courtroom today for day two of his fraud trial. On his way to court, the former president reiterated that he did not commit any fraud. Now after the lunch break, mr. Trump and lawyers from both sides repeatedly went behind closed doors, delaying the afternoon session. While this happened, trump deleted a disparaging social media post he made this morning about the judges law clerk. Alison greenfield. A judge already ruled mr. Trump committed fraud by lying about the value of his assets to obtain favorable loans. This trial will determine damages that could include a fine of 250 million and a ban on doing business in the state of new york. Police in washington, d. C, say that a congressman from texas was not hurt after becoming the target of armed carjackers last night. Investigators say three robbers approached democrat Henry Cuellar about a mile from the capitol, stole his car and luggage. Police are now interviewing witnesses as they continue their search for the carjackers. Its not yet clear if they knew that theyd a member of congress. Yesterdays carjacking was the second assault on a member columbia ths year. Back to that breaking news as its happening now in washington, d. C. We see lafont, the butler. Governor newsoms appointment to fill the senate seat left behind by the late Dianne Feinstein. She has just been sworn into that office by Vice President Kamala Harris. This makes butler just the third black woman to serve in the us senate. No black woman has served in the chamber since Kamala Harris left to become Vice President. Butler will also be the first openly lgbtq senator from california. She was a democratic strategist prior to being appointed by governor newsom, butler issued a statement saying no one will ever measure up to the legacy of senator Dianne Feinstein, but i will do my best to honor her legacy and leadership. All right. Heading to a live look outside right now. This is a look at the golden gate bridge. And you can see blue skies right now, traffic moving smoothly. Ktvu meteorologist mark demayo is here now with a look at what to expect for the rest of the day. Well, just a few days ago we were talking about some cool rain showers around here and some sierra snowfall. Now things are changing around quite a bit. Increasing sunshine and also a bit of a warming trend as well. So today kind of the transition day as we head into your tuesday afternoon forecast, lots of 60s 70s and the warmest locations will be approaching the 80s. Still partly cloudy skies near portions of the coastline, more sunshine inland as you take a look at that temperature range for today, we will continue to add some more heat into wednesday, thursday and into friday. So thats the headline this week. A big rebound in temperatures from october. Heat, as you can see by friday, the warmest locations inland will be approaching the lower 90s. So october heat wednesday through at least saturday 70s all the way to the 90s. Temperatures well up above the average. Lots of sunshine. And with this pattern especially this time of year, we have to keep an eye on fire danger. No fire weather watches posted just yet, but those dry winds will definitely be a factor. So elevated fire danger all week long. Heres a satellite where you can pick out some Stormy Weather way up to our north here. But you can see this big circulation offshore. Theres a big ridge of High Pressure that is building in that will keep us dry, thatll keep us sunny. And as weve been talking about already, that will keep us warm as well as we come in closer to the bay area satellite throughout the day, still picking up on some patchy fog from earlier this morning. And actually a dense fog advisory posted for portions of the bay area. But we are expecting some clearing with maybe some leftover patches near portions of the shoreline this afternoon. So here is the deal for today. We begin to warm things back up beaches mainly in the mid to upper 60s, no 90s just yet. The warmest location is around 80 to 85 degrees for your tuesday afternoon forecast. Heres a setup once again, this will be the main driver over the next few days. This area of High Pressure building in this typically happens in october. So pretty much right on schedule. Unfortunately, this is sort of linked with fire danger as well. Thankfully, were not expecting strong, super strong winds in the bay area. Hills but still something well be watching over the next few days. Winds coming in out of the north and northeast. And, you know, even for the coastline, that clears out the fog and that sends temperatures up right near the immediate shoreline. So warmer forecast on wednesday, thursday, friday and into saturday. It looks like we will begin to bring in some cooling changes by the second half of the weekend. Heres the forecast model picking up on some of the cloud cover from earlier today. But we are expecting partly to mostly sunny skies for your tuesday forecast. This is your wednesday completely in the clear. The cloud bank is well out here in the pacific and then pretty much the same story for your thursday. Lots of sunshine in from the north to the south and temperatures continue to heat up. So this afternoon, mostly sunny across most of the bay area, but still some partly cloudy skies near portions of the coastline mid 60s for pacifica, lots of 70 around the bay for San Francisco and oakland and hayward and some 80s inland for santa rosa, fairfield and antioch. Here is a look ahead. Your five day forecast. Temperatures continue to trend upward by thursday and by friday. Look what happens by friday. Mid to upper 70s. Maybe getting close to 80 degrees for the beaches around the bay in the 80s and friday, the hottest day were thinking about 94 for the hottest locations inland saturday is still fairly warm. And then on sunday we should begin to bring in some cooling as we head toward the weekend. T definitely temperatures trending up over the next several days gp again. The decision by the streaming service increased prices for Certain Service when the actors strike ends hows the chicken . The prawns are delicious. Oh, i have a shellfish allergy. One prawn. Very good. Did i say chicken wrong . Tired of people not listening to what you want . Its truffle season ah thats okay. Never enough truffles. How much are they . Its a lot. Oh okay im good, that its like a priceless piece of art. Enjoy. Or when they sell you what they want . Yeah. The more we understand you, the better we can help you. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Huge relief. Yeah. Or workers have not been walking the picket line. The carmakers say the uaw strike means fewer car parts are being made, so theres less work for the assembly line. Workers laid off workers will not receive severance pay or be called back until the strike is over. The layoffs affect factories in ohio, indiana and illinois. Last week, the union expanded the strike to more ford and gm plants. Uaw leaders say theyre making progress in negotiate with stellantis. After months on hiatus because of the Writers Strike, late night talk shows have returned thanks to the picket lines. My writers got fresh air and sunshine, and they do not care for that. Now theyre back safely in their joke holes. The Writers Strike ending was a big topic for last nights first shows. People who were in the audience for the tapings in la said it was a great atmosphere in the studio. Its amazing. It was so lovely to see all the crew just really happy to see each other and everyone saying hi and giving much love to the writers, the musicians, obviously the hype man, everybody was was lovely. Writers are still voting on ratifying the deal officially, the late night shows will have limited guest list because most actors cant promote any of their work during their ongoing strike. Netflix is planning to raise the price of its ad free service when the ongoing hollywood actors strike ends. This according to the wall street journal. Not clear how much the prices will go up or when the new price will take effect, though netflix is also discussing the possibility of raising prices in several markets globally and will likely begin in the United States and canada. Jury selection underway in new york city in the fraud trial of ftxs founder sam bankmanfried. The trial itself is expected to last about six weeks, prosecutors say. Bankman fried stole billions of dollars from ftx customers to keep his hedge fund afloat. The 31 year old Silicon Valley resident has pleaded not guilty to fraud and conspiracy charges. San francisco nonprofits and other groups are in line for a share of 60 billion in new tax credits. The federal Program Helps groups Fund Construction and Capital Improvement programs in low income communities. Previous rounds of funding have helped pay for the expanded meals on wheels Food Distribution center in the bayview and the Community Music center in the mission district. The city says applications are received and reviewed on a rolling basis. An irish bar closing its doors for good in oakland. How the owners are citing rising crime in the city as one of the reasons they decided to shut down. Plus i think anybody in my position would have done the same exact thing. A San Pablo Police officer honored for saving a newborn will take a closer look at the officers actions that helped save the babys life salonpas, makers of powerful pain relief patches for 89 years. Believes in continuous improvement. Like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients. And sizes to relieve your pain. Salonpas. Its good medicine. Is charged the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter. So help you god. I will. Congratulations. Congratulate Laphonza Butler. Governor newsoms appointment to fill the senate seat of the late senator Dianne Feinstein was sworn in about 30 minutes ago. Vice president Kamala Harris led the ceremony. Butler will be just the third black woman to serve in the us senate. Vice president harris was a second butler, was a democratic strategist prior to being appointed by governor newsom. She is the first openly lgbtq senator from california. The pedestrian was hospitalized after she was hit by two cars in downtown San Francisco last night. One of the mcus driverless taxi happened around 930 at fifth, and market crews shared video of the crash with ktvu, but theyre not releasing it publicly. The video shows a dark colored sedan driving next to the cruise car. Both cars appear to have a green light as the woman tries to cross the street in oncoming traffic. In the video, the dark colored sedan hit the woman. The impact threw her onto the path of the selfdriving car and she became pinned underneath it. The other car involved was gone by the time firefighters arrived. Were are looking to identify the driver as well as locate the vehicle. Crews released a statement saying its focus is on the wellbeing of the Person Injured and said its working with police to help identify the responsible driver. Across the bay, Oakland Police are investigating the death of a woman who was killed while crossing a street in oakland last week. It happened on seminary avenue near mills college. Investigators say mara lee delaney lived in santa rosa, was visiting oakland on her way to catch a bus to meet a friend at the airport when she was hit and killed by a car. The 72 year olds body wasnt found until the following day when the car hit her. It hit her so hard that it knocked her back and down into this ravine against the fence. So it wasnt visible by the road. Police say the driver may have turned around to look for the victim moments after the crash, but couldnt find her. Still not clear if that driver will face charges as an irish pub in oakland is closing its doors for good at the end of the month. Slash on broadway and second near Jack London Square has been in business for seven years. The owners say a number of factors went into the decision to close, including rising crime in oakland. They also cite the increasing cost of supplies and labor. The owner says it was a heartbreaking decision and released this statement on social media that reads, quote, we hope youll continue to support our staff, our fantastic musicians and the pub all october. After all, we have many stories and so much whiskey to share with you. The bar will remain open, by the way, through october 31st. A nine Year Old Girl who went missing for two days in upstate new york has been found alive in a cabinet and are suspected. Kidnaper is in custody. Suspect is identified as craig nelson. Ross jr. Investigators say he abducted nine year old Charlotte Cena from her bike during a family camping trip at a state park. His fingerprint was allegedly found on a ransom note left at the familys home and that led to a nearby trailer where ross was found. Police made the arrest and rescued charlotte from inside a cabinet. Here at home, a San Pablo Police officer is being honored for saving a babys life. Audio from the 911 dispatch call. And the Police Officers body camera video was just released. Ctvs mike mibach takes us mike mibach takes us through the dramatic moments. 911 whats the location of your emergency . Yeah hi. A baby is choking. Okay. What is the address . Look, its almost. Home. So personal and red when its a situation like that, it feels like everythings moving so slow. But then you look back and its like it wasnt a, you know, it wasnt slow at all. It was super fast. San pablo Police Officer Brandon Oswald knows every second counts. And on september ninth, they did oswald immediately noticed the childs skin color going from purple to blue. He began cpr on the infant, 4 to 5 strong taps. Eventually clearing the airway of the infant who he said appeared to be choking on milk. Did it come out . I didnt see anything come out, but she started crying. Win three straight in. Its okay. I think anybody in my position would have done the same exact thing. Here we go. Have them step it up. The babys crying. Looks like we got some of it out. Officer oswald happened to be just around the corner from the mom and child when that 911 call came in. Right place, right time for an officer who was also a new parent. This one actually hit a lot closer to home because this is the first call i have had since becoming a father to my first child. So i have a five month old daughter at home and it hit way closer to home because while im driving there, im im picturing my child like , if thats my child, im going to get there as fast as i possibly can. Mike mibach ktvu fox two news. San jose spent 58 million on overtime pay for police during the last fiscal year. Thats nearly 20 more than it paid in 2021. The average base salary for a Police Officer 120,000 a year. San jose spotlight reports the average officer earned 38,000 in overtime when officer earned 158,130 of the base pay. One sergeant earned more than 201,000 in overtime pay. City leaders say that overtime is necessary because of a shortage of officers and say theyre working to hire more, which could be more cost efficient in the long run. In a fast moving grass fire in oakland damaged a home in east oakland and threatened several others nearby. Flames started in a vacant lot, then quickly spread to the house as the fire grew. Sparks at a nearby home on fire and flames shot from the rooftop. Their neighbors quickly started using garden hoses try to keep the flames from spreading. Crews arrived a minute later. Fred barcelo was stunned when he realized it was his home that was on fire. I look out the window expecting to see blue skies and all this, and all i saw was brown. The weeds were up this high and it just engulfed the entire lot. And burned the fences down. I just finished a landscape shaping and, you know, over 60,000 in here. Im back to dealing with the living room. Well, neighbors now wonder if the landscape fires may have done something to spark the fire. Investigators are still searching for the cause. Animal rights activists are demanding the immediate shutdown of Golden Gate Fields horse racing track after four racehorse horses died there within the past two weeks. The california horse racing board says one horse died while racing , two died during training and the fourth died during another activity. Golden gate fields was already scheduled to close by the end of this year, but the owner of the track now says it may stay open until next june. While the track owner also owns santa anita racetrack in southern california. Media questions for track officials were directed to the state board, which said that the number of horse deaths dropped 54 over the past three years, while the city of san jose. The city council in san jose is set to consider ditching pgd and creating its own electric company. Council members will reveal a proposal to establish a municipal utility called san jose power. It would provide Electricity Service in certain parts of the city. Supporters say this would ultimately save consumers 15 to 25 in costs and connect new Housing Developments to the power grid. Much faster. Opponents, including pga and the regional utility workers union, are questioning whether city officials understand the total cost and expertise needed to set up a whole new power system. A longtime Safeway Store in santa clara will soon close. The safeway in the Valley Fair Shopping Center at Stevens Creek boulevard is closing in november. All employees will be offered places in surrounding stores. Safeway released a statement that said in part, safeway has been proud to serve the community for 67 years at this location. The decision to close this store isnt one we made lightly or without a great deal of deliberation like all retailers, we continuously evaluate the performance of our stores and occasionally its necessary to close locations that arent meeting financial expectations. The state department is reducing passport processing time by two weeks. Us passport books and cards hit an all time record high, with more than 24 million issued over the last year. The state Department Says its dropping processing wait times for the First Time Since pandemic related travel restrictions were lifted, saying the initial application rush has dropped off. The new processing time only apply to applications received as of yesterday and processing times begin once the application is actually received , they say. New at noon cal state student assistants today announced they will take a vote on unionizing. The employees will vote on whether to join the California State University employees union. Now, most csu student assistants make minimum wage have no sick time and no Health Insurance as employees is because the csu limits student assistance to working 20 hours a week. Ive also have to work other jobs off campus over my six years of working as a student assistant, ive held two, sometimes three jobs at once. There are 19,000 student assistants working across cal states 23 campuses. So far, there is no date yet for the union vote. Millions of people are now starting to pay back their Student Loans for the first time in more than three years, payments have been paused since the pandemic. The average Monthly Payment on a federal student loan is about 210 a month for an Associates Degree , 280 for a bachelors degree and 585 for a masters degree. The Biden Administration has created a 12 month grace period for those who missed a payment at 83. In particular will have to make financial changes 23 anticipate cutting between. 501,000 a month out of their budget. I am a father of five, so you know, a lot of money that would have gone to stuff like that. You know, outings, you know, a little extra stuff from the groceries, you know, just to make sure that the Student Loans are paid off. The federal government has several programs that can help people struggling to make payments, and they include the save program, which can reduce payments down to 5 of discretionary income. Lets take a peek at stocks here because there is quite a slide happening. Stocks tumbled as treasury yields hit their highest level since 2007, raising concern higher that Interest Rates would freeze the Housing Market and tip the economy to recession. We see the dow jones is down by almost 1. 5. The s p is down by one and one half and nasdaq is down by well over two percentage points. The session ends in about 20 minutes. A battle over carrots and groundwater. Next, the two well known growers in california that that have led to an organized carrot boycott. Also, lets give you a live look at the Oakland Airport right above above the Navy Blue Angels jets. Theyll be taking to the skies this weekend for a big air show as part of fleet week. And well see and hear them practice sing before then. Well have a look at your full bay area forecast, including a look ahead to the weekend. Up next at california sky todos alcanzamos Las Estrellas sunny state of mind todo es dorado feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado have announced a new strategy targeting gang members and guns. The new approach involves technology and surveillance to track guns. Its part of the citys ceasefire program. And it comes after Oakland Police arrested ten people on weapons violations. Police say they tracked the ghost town gang for two weeks after a carjacking. Officers set up surveillance in west oakland and found 15 people with firearms. I spoke with mayor shengtao during mornings on to the nine about the program , the Ceasefire Task force, and they could continue to operate in this capacity. Absolutely. You know, the first thing that i did while coming into this administration was getting outside funding to ensure that we have a full audit of ceasefire. We knew that ceasefire worked prepandemic, and so we wanted to audit and make sure that were moving forward with things that work and then strengthening the program. And so ceasefire is an Ongoing Program that we run every single day. Mayor tao also says later this afternoon she will announce the results of increased foot patrols by police in oakland. Pope francis is expected to make a historic announcement during the global conference of catholic leaders, which gets underway tomorrow at the vatican. The pope is expected to allow women to vote alongside male bishops in determining Church Policy for the first time. Women have long been excluded from many roles in the catholic church. Theyre not allowed to become priests. And are largely banned from the highest ranks of power at the vatican. 700 million catholic women around the world. And so its time that the Church Actually listened to them. The pope is also expected to review other policy during the three week conference, including the celibacy of catholic priests. Well, the recent advances in Artificial Intelligence is raising a wide range of concerns. Now and many people are now worried how it could affect americas legal system. I am not morgan freeman. And what you see is not real. Yeah, this is actually a deepfake the term given to video audio and still images that are altered using Artificial Intelligence. They are nearly impossible to tell from the real thing and artificial evidence expert says deepfake are now affecting a growing number of us court cases. Do you think that theres already been a fake digital little evidence in a courtroom . Id be very surprised to find that there isnt. I mean, forgeries have been around for thousands of years at this point. So weve just changed the medium. Prosecutors and Defense Attorneys say the fake evidence has already created confusion and chaos and a growing number of court cases, as i think its something that really cuts across the criminal and civil legal systems. And i dont think anybody should be sanguine about it or or think that this is a good development. The things that im reading about are the new nervousness of lawyers and judges, because imagine our jurors system looking at all the evidence with this type of skepticism. Experts in Artificial Intelligence say the us legal system should respond more aggressively because the current rules for courtroom evidence are outdated. Parent Company Facebook is rolling out a new plan for its customers in europe. The wall street journal reports it would allow them to pay a fee to go on facebook or instagram without ads. The fee would be 14 a month for people using smartphones, 17 for computers. Same plan could be soon available here in the United States, although californias reservoirs are filled with water right now, the battle for water rights is pitting two of the largest carrot growers in the country against its small town neighbors , bolthouse farms and grimmway farms are suing people and Family Businesses and new cuyama in Santa Barbara county. Its all because of groundwater. As the aquifers dried up, the state required communities to create local groundwater agencies to work out water use details. The two big farms are now suing other farms they say arent following those rules or Legal Defense fees are hurting the smaller companies. So theyve organized a carrot boycott. Were asking people to boycott carrots because that is a way to tell these companies that were unhappy with the way theyre operating and the way theyre treating a community and where they farm. It was a huge pool. But now its going down, down and the pools will be empty. So then theyre going to leave. And when will they leaving . Theyre going to leave in this dust bowl. Its going to turn the weeds tumbleweeds. Its going to be a nightmare. The carrot growers say theyre obeying the terms of the agreement that was worked out and they want everyone else to do their part. We want to be here for decades to come. Weve been here for a long time. Weve done a lot of conservation effort. This whether its upgrading our sprinkler pipes or the sprinkler heads themselves, reducing the acreage, like most Property Rights battles, this one is expected to end up in the courts. The biggest question is if the lawsuits will take longer than the water levels are able to support the community. Swing back to weather here as the sun is out in parts of the bay area, warmer weather has moved back into the bay. Ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo has a look at what to expect a bay area warming trend that will top our weather headlines over the next few days. Were not just talking about some 80s parts of the bay area will be heating back up into the 90s. So get ready for that big temperature change over the next few days for today as we check out your weather headlines, no big changes out there. We are expecting increase in sunshine, clearing skies, warm inland. We will have to keep an eye on the hills. Those dry offshore winds picking up tonight and into wednesday night and thursday night so we could have some breezy conditions in the bay area hills but definitely temperatures warming up over the next few days. That is the biggest headline, 70 to 80s and some 90s temperatures a good 5 to 15 degrees up above the average. And with this pattern, fire danger will be a concern. No red flag fire warnings, but something well be watching closely over the next few days as those winds develop. Heres a satellite out where you can pick out this big circulation out here in the pacific. Whats interesting, you can see the cloud pattern kind of following this this motion here moving from the north to the south for this portion of the pacific northwest, for us, this translates to a dry pattern and a warming pattern as well. We actually had some dense fog advisories posted near portions of the coastline earlier this morning and still some patchy leftover fog near portions of the coast for this afternoon. So partly sunny skies, but increasing sun across a good portion of the bay area. Those brighter colors do make a comeback. No triple digits for today, no 90s, but were thinking upper 60s to the 70s and the warmest locations this afternoon will be approaching the low to mid 80s all because this guy this big area of High Pressure which is offshore this will continue to build in keeping us dry and setting those temperatures up. So warm for the beaches, 70 maybe by friday could be approaching at least the 80 degree mark. And then inland it will be hot inland back up into the low to the mid 90s later in the week. Here is the plan though, today though for your tuesday we are expecting increasing sunshine. Wednesday we will have more sunshine. Youll definitely notice that warming trend for tomorrow and then into thursday say definitely more sun and once again were going to be watching out for those winds coming in out of the north and northeast. No warnings or watches related to fire danger, but that will dry things out. And ill have to keep an eye on those on those increasing winds over the next few days, especially for the overnight hours. Temperatures this afternoon will be in the 60s, 70s, warmest locations in the low to mid 80s for livermore, antioch and fairfield. Also fleet week. It looks like a nice forecast for friday for San Francisco. Lots of sunshine. Excellent visibility probably into saturday as well. A little bit of some cooling and then we could bring in partly sunny skies on sunday. So over the next few days, you can see the y the peak of the heat will be on friday. And then it still looks fairly nice into your saturday, but it looks like well bring in some cooling for the second half of the week. And that cooling trend kicks in on sunday. But between now and then, you will definitely notice temperatures soaring across the entire bay area, putting a spotlight on dyslexia. Next, how a man from San Francisco is using the power of postcards to raise awareness. Also, were excited to announce a new streaming app for your tv. You can now watch our newscast live on amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv or android tv . Just search your device for fox local and choose ktvu fox two. Youll also get instructions when you head to our website at ktvu. Com how to stream you know, people always ask me, kevin, what does being the ceo of cashbacking mean to you . It means cashbacking every opportunity. Did you cashback on this . Like i wouldnt cashback . Cashbacking by the basket, i see you. Ugh. I dreamt you didnt cashback this flight. Oh good. If youre buying it, flying it, or wining n dining it, then you gotta be cashbacking it. Come on now. Cashback on everything you buy with chase freedom unlimited with no annual fee. How do you cashback . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Covid cases dropped from 10. 8 to 9. 4. The number of covid hospitalizations dropped by 13. But medical experts cautioned that we could see another covid surge as we get closer to the holidays. They say the best way to protect yourself and others is to get the updated covid vaccine. October is Breast Cancer awareness month, a time devoted to educating people about the disease. More than 240,000 cases of Breast Cancer are diagnosed in this country every year. Every year, there are more than 42,000 deaths nationwide from Breast Cancer. Doctors say that mammograms remain a critical tool for diagnosis, as sometimes it can be detected. You can actually detect a cancer three years before it is felt on an exam. Mammography has helped reduce Breast Cancer mortality in the us by nearly 40 since 1990. The American Cancer Society recommends that women with average cancer risk start getting yearly mammograms at the age of 45 and continue that through 54. At 55 years old, they can switch to screening every two years. October is also dyslexia awareness month. The San Francisco man launched a nationwide postcard project that will debut on capitol hill in october. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama has more on the project and the goal. Each one is just a whole different level of expression. If a picture postcard is worth a thousand words. Gil gershoni is awash in a wealth of pages that speak volumes. So we have over 1000 postcards to date, a thousand from him over 30 schools from around the country. Growing up, gershoni felt the frustration firsthand of seeing words on the page as a puzzle and struggling to read with dyslexia. And so this year, he asked others to write themselves a dear dyslexia postcard in expressing what dyslexia means to them with art and a word. To me, dyslexia is mysterious. Marin samuels is a sixth grader at Northbridge Academy in mill valley, which has 82 students with dyslexia participating in the project. Their feelings and their art are turning blank pages into open books, learning that shortcomings can also be superpowers. Now that i know things like that, i feel proud and i feel more comfortable being like, oh yeah, i have dyslexia. The postcard project is including everyone from students to celebrities, even bestselling author dave pilkey sent a postcard of his famous pup dogman. This is an original one that he sent to us and we just opened the envelope and i was just my jaw just dropped. I was like, whoa. So awesome. Art and words coming together and opening new doors. All the images are different and its it really touched me so deeply. And in putting those feelings to paper, Something Else magical happened. And the postcards words strung together into a powerful poem always here. This ocean of words, always here. The fog. I am soggy, frustrated, then accomplished and clear in my frozen moments i cling to a particle of dust and trust in my abilities. They crystallize form snowflakes. My beauty, all striving self in mill valley Jana Katsuyama ktvu fox two news. Three scientists won the nobel prize in physics for using lasers to study electrons inside atoms and molecules. The Nobel Prize Committee says the work of the scientists studying the way electrons race around the atom is fundamental to virtually everything, including chemists, physics, ore bodies or even our gadgets. Well, this means that we are able to develop a potential important applications for future in areas such as catalysis, Es Electronics and medicine. The three scientists will share the 1 million nobel prize award. What was it . Taylor swift or Patrick Mahomes that got people to tune in either way . Sunday night football was a hit with viewers. Sunday night football between the Kansas City Chiefs and the new york jets averaged 27 million viewers, making it the most watched sunday tv show since the super bowl. This was swifts second straight week attending the chiefs game. The nfl changed the whole show and built it around taylor swift from the beginning to the commercials. I mean, it was all about taylor, including 20 different cutaways of her during the game. Well, stubhub says ticket sales doubled for the chiefs jets game after the pop star appeared at the chiefs game a week earlier. Swift was joined in her private suite by actors ryan reynolds. Blake lively, hugh jackman and Sophie Turner for a neighborhood in utah is going all out for halloween this year, but its ditching the typical spooky Haunted House theme for a lot of pink. Take a look at utahs very own barbie land. Its a community located in south jordan, just outside salt lake city. These videos were posted by a user on tiktok. They show neighbors on the block have complete pletely transformed their home to imitate the popular film barbie. The houses include cans of mojo dojo, casa House Pool Party barbie disco barbie, even weird barbies in on the trend. And well, if you dont have your barbie costume by now, theyre probably sold out. Barbie or ken costume. Make your. Thats a good thought. All right. Thank you so much for watching ktvu fox two news at noon for the latest news and weather. Be sure to download the ktvu app or visit ktvu aca. l upbeat music starts [tammy] can you guess what this is . If you guessed peanut butter, then youd be a great contestant on pictionary audience cheering our first celebrity captain you can see on person, place, or thing, or at the Minnesota State fair and join a porkchoponastick. Its melissa peterman, and with her are william and his wife, dedra,