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Youre here. Im Gasia Mikaelian and good morning. Im dave clark. Its wednesday morning, may 26th. You just breezed right in here. Gasia. Its gray and cool out there as you well know. Yes i do, Steve Paulson knows even more than i do. Well, i use your help, mr. Clark. And when it makes it here at the mothership, thats usually a pretty good sign that were going to be cooler today. And then it will be a little bit of fog dancing out there. Not a lot, but much more so than yesterday. And thats a sign of things to come next few days. So once again, you get like a day or two of warmer weather, then right back down we go. And thats exactly whats happening again. System moving into the north. Thats thats helping to kind of usher in a cooler pattern. So now here comes sunshine, at least inland, but just not as warm as yesterday. Cooler coast and bay still warm inland. But were looking at now at 6070s to low 80s. Not the mid or upper 80s. All right. The race is on for the morning commute. And here he is mr. South coast to tell us where its good and where its not. Well, right now in berkeley. Check this out. Im going to put this up on the screen here for you. They had been blocking all the lanes. Fire trucks are just look at this. Theyre just moving out of the lanes. They put someone in a medic vehicle. So chp right now is stopping all the traffic to allow the emergency vehicles off. And it looks like there might be some progress made, but 80 at ashby. Okay, we still got one tow truck there. Needs to get out of the way. But you see whats going on here, right . Its backed up from richmond and this is having a Ripple Effect on the traffic upstream, if you will see the traffic is going to be slow. Now all lanes just open here on live television, the bay bridge. Its okay. Theres about a 10 to 15 minute delay. So, you know, get out there as soon as you can before you, you know, before youre late. Thats what im trying to say. 702. Lets get back to the headlines. Thank you. Sal. Oakland police and the california Highway Patrol say theyre making progress in restoring Public Safety, touting new numbers that show hundreds of arrests and stolen cars recovered in oakland. Ktvu james torres live at Oakland City Hall with the results of recent chp officer surges. James eric garcia the surges have been going on since february, and at that time, up to 120 chp officers were deployed to the city of oakland. And since then, there have been a number of unannounced deployments, likely with many fewer officers. And here are their results. Heres what were learning from the governors office. In the last three months, officers have been able to recover 726 stolen cars, 46 guns they say were linked to crimes and arrest 355 suspects on a number of different charges. Were focusing on people that are you know, committing auto theft. You know, those that are involved in organized retail crime, those that are in violent crime. Those are the things that are basically impacting the communities the most. The chp explained how theyre doing this. Officers took analytics and data from their offices and from the Oakland Police department. They use that intelligence to target high crime areas and past News Conferences. Oakland mayor shengtao said some of those areas included the hegenberger corridor, as well as the rockridge neighborhood. The communities need to have a feeling of safety and security, and make no mistake, that is one of our number one goals as it is with many different agencies. Chp Officials Say their partnership with oakland pd and the Alameda County district attorneys office, as well as other local agencies, helped make their success possible, adding theyre unannounced. Surges of officers are still ongoing. No word on how much longer that will last. Additionally, governor Gavin Newsoms office says they continue to make investments into the safety of oakland. Next, we will expect to see an installation of a network of about a 480 cameras all throughout the city of oakland, as well as some highways that run through. And that is meant to help not only catch and identify criminals more promptly after a crime is committed, but try to make arrests much faster. Were live this morning from Oakland City Hall. Im james torres, ktvu, fox two news. Okay, james thank you. Time 704 new this morning ktvu has learned that leronne armstrong, the former Oakland Police chief, plans to launch a campaign for the Oakland City Council, a representative for armstrong says he will file the paperwork later this morning to run for the at large seat on the Oakland City Council. Right now, that council seat is held by rebecca kaplan, who hasnt said if she will run again on now. Leronne armstrong was removed as Oakland Police chief in february of 2023 by mayor shang tao in connection to Police Misconduct cases in the Oakland Police department. Armstrong is now suing the city of oakland over his removal. Voters in richmond could have the final say on a proposal to tax the chevron refinery. The city Council Voted unanimously to ask the City Attorney to prepare a richmond refinery tax act Ballot Initiative, a city report says. Richmond has a 24 million gap in its 2024 budget, and the city needs new revenue to balance the budget. Supporters of the proposal say that Big Companies and polluters such as chevron arent paying their fair share, while causing millions in Health Care Bills for richmond residents every day. Big polluters in richmond endanger our communitys health. We are talking about big corporations, not Small Businesses who are enriching themselves at the expense of our families. We have to think about our future. Richmond has been a refinery town for more than 100 years, but it wont be 100 years from now. Supporters say the community of richmond has a higher asthma rate than 90 of the rest of the state. Neighborhoods near the refinery have a higher asthma rate than 99. In response here, chevron says, we support policies that encourage Business Investment and seek to create a better quality of life for richmond residents. That said, we believe the proposed refining tax is the wrong approach to do that statement goes on to call the proposal hasty and the tax punitive. Our time is now. 706 well, substitute teacher in vallejo was arrested after being caught on camera dragging a student out of a classroom. Take a look at the video. This was taken on monday at elite Charter School in vallejo. You see the substitute teacher trying to forcibly remove a 13 yearold girl from his classroom. The students parents says it started after the teacher told the girl she was not supposed to be in that classroom. School Officials Say the substitute teacher will not be allowed to come back to work, but the girls family says more should have been done to protect their child. Fail to give me the teachers name. And i was like, so baffled because how would you protect this guys innocence . And you clearly didnt protect my niece. Now the students family says the school did not call Law Enforcement, but instead the family had to file a report. The substitute teacher was arrested yesterday, and the Investigation Continues as well. 20 children became ill after a chemical being used at a jail thats run by San Francisco drich ported over to Portola Elementary School in san bruno. The Sheriffs Department says the chemicals used, including pepper spray, were being used in a Training Exercise yesterday afternoon. The students and one adult who were affected did not have to be taken to the hospital. Now, a spokesperson for the Sheriffs Department says it is now pausing any future chemical Training Exercises while they review their practices. They also said, quote, this is an unprecedented situation that we take very seriously. We sincerely apologize to Portola Elementary School, its faculty and students and their families for this unforeseen event, which must have been especially scary for children. A set of proposals to bring reparations to some black californians is moving forward. At the state legislature, the package of bills was advanced to the state senate yesterday. The proposals would create a fund for reparations programs and compensate black families for property unjustly seized through eminent domain. It would also create an agency to help black Families Research their lineage and confirm eligibility for any future restitution. The proposal now heads to the assembly. Time is now 709. In a symbolic and historic move, norway, ireland and spain announced they plan to recognize a palestine state. Those countries are joining close to 140 others that recognize an independent palestinian state. The Prime Minister of ireland says the move is meant to bring an end to the war and make progress towards a two state solution. In response, israel immediately denounced that decision and called its ambassadors back from those three countries amid protests calling for california universities to divest from investments in israel, the California State University system says it does not have any direct investments in companies that may profit from the war in gaza. Csu officials disclosed that information about the University Systems investments in response to recent protests. Csu says it has a few Indirect Holdings through mutual funds totaling about 3 million, and says the University System will not sell off those holdings. Time now is 710, and we just watched chp and berkeley fire clear a crash from the east shore freeway on 80 was right in the camera frame here, and now its gone. But it did a number on the freeway. It did have a Ripple Effect on the traffic upstream. And now traffic is getting through. You might see the bay bridge a little more crowded now that people are getting through onto the bridge, you can see the traffic is okay. On 880, heading south through hayward and union city. Its not stop and go, but its not you know, its not like we can go out there and run through, right . It is going to be slow. It gets better in fremont. 680 is slow in pleasanton. We dont have much of a backup right now on the peninsula and the south bay. But well tell you more about that in a little bit. 710 lets go back to the desk right now. Thank you. Well, a lot of people in the Tech Industry living in this area have been coming down a lot of people dont have cars who live here, so theyve been super grateful for it. Yeah, its a first for the city of san jose. The bay make cannabis users very happy. The reason its taken years for a dispensary to open in san joses downtown area. Plus, really, this is a small town and its starting to feel more like a large city with the development of a huge pickleball complexes taking pickleball to far for east bay residents packed a town hall meeting, most of them strongly against a proposal to bring several new courts to their community. Hear from those on two sides of what a slow network is no network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. And existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds. At no additional cost. Its ultimate speed for ultimate business. Dont miss out on our fastest speed plans yet switch to comcast business and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today were in the middle of. Seizing the date in the middle of. Trying new things in the middle of the perfect pairing. And parking it here for the night so come get away. Together. To the incredible, unforgettable illinois the middle of everything. The first operate in the heart of downtown ktvu. Andre senior live in studio with andre, what many hope it will bring to that downtown district. Well, garcia. Purple lotus opened its new location on east santa clara street this month. The cannabis shop has operated in san jose since 2010, but for years, strict rules pushed businesses like this towards industrial parts of the city. Well, that all changed last year, when the city eased regulations that prohibited dispensaries from opening within 1000ft of schools, daycares and community spaces. Now the limit is 500ft, allowing cannabis shops to expand to busier parts of town. Well, its better because its super great because theres like the busses are right here and the light rail. And so even if you dont have a car, its super easy to get to the companys founder says san joses highly regulated making. Running a store like this costly dispensaries have to pay a 140,000 licensing fee and a 10 cannabis business tax. Theyre also required to have surveillance in 24 hour security to keep the area safe. We have panic buttons throughout just in case anything goes down. We have an armed guard, 24 hours. These businesses also serve as a healthy source of revenue for the city. In the last fiscal year, san jose collected more than 15 million in tax revenue from cannabis dispensaries. The city expects to earn even more over the next few years. Dave all right andre. Thank you. Time now. 715. There was a vote by the Danville Town Council against adding more pickleball courts to a park. Now, last night, people packed into a town hall meeting, and after almost five hours of debate, the proposal to build new pickleball courts will not move forward. The plans included tearing up part of osage Memorial Garden in order to build six new pickleball courts, along with the two already in the park. I have a bigger friend, a network of friends in danville. Since i started playing pickleball than i ever have before. The noise from a hard plastic ball hitting a hardened paddle nonstop for 6 to 10 hours a day is something i am sure none of you would like to live with. Now members of the town council say they made the decision out of respect for the various noise complaints. Theres housing all around that particular park, and Council Members say a sound barrier will be placed around the two existing pickleball courts in an effort to reduce those noises happening today. Harvey milk day in San Francisco. No milk was born 94 years ago. On this day, he was the first openly gay man elected to Public Office in our state. He was voted onto the San Francisco board of supervisors in 1977. In november of 78, milk was assassinated along with then San Francisco mayor george moscone, by former supervisor dan white. Last sunday, people held a block party in the Castro District honoring milks legacy. All right, guys, the time. 717 sal is back. Youve been looking at a variety of things in our commute. Yeah, we had a crash in berkeley that was there for a bit. They got it out of the way so that motorcycle rider was on the road here on 80 westbound at the ashby exit, and they had a crash there, motorcycle rider. Hes gone to the hospital and hopefully hell be okay. But the commute was a little bit slow. Heading west as you head out toward the macarthur maze. No major problem as you get out to the bay bridge toll plaza. Some of these commutes are beginning to fill in like 880 heading south over on the peninsula. It looks okay heading over to the dumbarton or the san mateo bridge. Were not in too bad of shape now. At 718, lets bring steve back in with todays weather. All right john, thank you. We will bring temps down a wee bit today after topping it out yesterday. Its been this way going all the way back to april. We get a couple of days of warm weather then right back down it comes inland. Wont be bad today. It just wont be as hot as yesterday. Napa, danville, redwood city and san jose 8180, 7979. On my forecast highs for today. The city will be down four from yesterday, 6552. Whats average . 6452. So youre right there. The record not that warm 85 1943 and 44. The record low back in 1909. Cooler pattern is about ready to begin. It starts a little bit today. Theres a little bit more cloud cover. Low clouds over the bay and itll probably bottom out friday if it isnt friday. Saturday, although i think saturday does look slightly warmer now. A little bit of a westerly breeze for some southerly breeze for others. Santa rosa south. Thats much cooler than our north wind if it holds. Yesterday they got that north wind at the airport, but sfo west wind northwest out to livermore, northwest at half moon bay. So 40s 50s on the temps a lot more 50s this morning than we saw yesterday. We had a lot of low mid 40s yesterday. 52 ukiah to 51 in tiburon. So not much not not a huge spread on these temps at all though. 47 sonoma and 49 rohnert park to fairfax at 48 degrees the fog. So there it is. You can see some of that starting to pick up a little bit right along the coast there and a little bit more as well coverage, but well still have lots of sunshine today, especially away from that coast. But that low coming in there gives us more coast fog. Itll still be warm inland, but temps the next couple of days will take a little dip there if you will. Cooler pattern thursday friday with fog increasing over the next couple of days. Could be some pop up activity over the mountains. Thunderstorm activity doesnt look like a lot, but maybe some just keep an eye on lake tahoe out the carson pass and i think drizzle will be with us if not thursday night, friday, friday night and saturday. Wednesday forecast cooler coast and bay, but still warm inland. Lots of sunshine. Unless youre on the san Mateo Santa Cruz coast, that might take a while to burn off, but 60s 70s 80s tomorrow start to level it off and it takes a pretty good dip friday saturday. Steve, thank you. 720 now, something we havent seen in more than four years. Well, most people have moved on from the covid pandemic. Health officials are noting a milestone our state just reached how it underscores how many people are still dealing with the dire effects of covid, and a centennial milestone for a club in San Franciscos chinatown aimed at helping the community. Were about to introduce you to the women helping to keep is demanding investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous People around the country. Now, they rallied outside of San Jose City hall, calling it a silent crisis. Most of the victims are girls and young women, including the case of 24 year old khadijah britton, who was last seen in 2018 when her former boyfriend forced her into a car at gunpoint in mendocino county. The family did most of the searching, yes, and the sheriff. I dont know why they didnt call in a helicopter. Drones, horses, atvs. Its definitely a pattern. Every time thats a Family Member goes missing or is found murdered, it affects the family, of course, deeply, but it ripples out and affects our whole indian community. Advocates say Indigenous Women vanish at a rate thats ten times the amount of white women. Advocates hope that speaking out and raising attention will lead to equal treatment for missing persons cases. May is Asian American Pacific Islander heritage month, and a group of women in San Franciscos chinatown is continuing an effort to help those most in need. When it started 100 years ago, it began when seven women created a club to raise money to help flood and famine victims in china. Over the past century, the group has grown. Members have raised money and hosted events such as Fashion Shows and dances to raise money for the Chinese Hospital and ymca, among other deserving organizations. Today, the group has 70 members. They still gather at the original meeting spot near portsmouth square in the city. Its a very important part of our history to know how minorities survive in a society where they have been discriminated, if not, and definitely neglected. Among their 100th year projects, raising thousands of dollars to help survivors of the maui wildfires next month, the club will honor rachel humm, whos volunteered with the organization for 63 years. Now we have much more coverage of the bay areas Asian American and Pacific Islander communities during this aapi heritage month and beyond. At ktvu. Com, our time now is up in 25 will along the Us Mexico Border. Here in california, botanists are taking part in whats called a border bioblitz. Theyre putting a spotlight on the need to protect the regions natural resources. Now, around 1000 volunteers are taking part in this project, and this month theyve been documenting many species as possible as they can along the border in Baja California. They want to highlight the beauty of the area and hopefully secure more protections for the ecosystem where people from california and Baja California now are trying to register the mega number of plants and animals that live here. This peninsulas ecosystem, its flora, its so beautiful. And ive seen how its diversity is so important and precious. Now, the Baja California peninsula has more than 4000 species of plants and a quarter of them are considered vulnerable. Our time now 726 oakland city leaders looking now at the citys Police Pursuit policies, the new task at hand for the Police Commission and why some say the current policy is just not working. Plus, got the garage door couldnt go no further. One man in San Francisco is the target of two hate crimes. Most recently a fire at his home that threatened the lives of his elderly parents. The latest on the investigation into whats believed county jail. Well tell you how. 20 children at a nearby school were made ill by a hazmat situation. And were also learning that the city of oakland has a deal to sell its part of the oakland coliseum. What could replace the coliseum after the as leave . From ktvu, fox two news. This is mornings on two. Well, good morning and thank you for joining us. Welcome back to mornings on two im dave clark. Good morning im Gasia Mikaelian. Its wednesday may 22nd. I heard pam say earlier in the morning she loves opening those windows in the early evening hours. Its natures air conditioning. We dont have to pay a dime, steve. And it. You know, you havent had to use the ac too much here in spring. Not too much yesterday. Maybe i get it today, though. Probably not. I mean, theres a decent little breeze and some fog now. Itll still be sunny for majority, but were seeing a little bit more fog over the bay systems dropping into the Pacific Northwest intermountain region, and thats going to do it. Here comes sunshine, though. Unless youre stuck really on the san mateo or santa cruz coast, and that might be slow to retreat, but a little bit more of a westerly breeze, a little bit more fog. So 60s 70s to lower 80s this time. All right. There might be a little morning dew out on the coast, but inland, no weather concerns. Whats the traffic doing, steve . Does it ever feel like you have the eyes of the world on you when youre doing weather . It does. But, you know, we got to get trucking. Lets go. Lets do it. All right. Westbound bay bridge. Lets start there, you can see traffic is backing up to the maze. I think a lot of the traffic that was stuck on 80, is now arriving at the toll plaza, and its a little longer wait than usual. There are no problems here on 880. Heading south from hayward to union city in fremont. But its characteristically slow. And if youre driving on 80 westbound from richmond, thats slow because of that earlier problem. Highway four is also slow from pittsburgh to concord. 731 lets go back to the desk. Okay, sal. Thank you. Well, pepper spray used during a Law Enforcement Training Exercise was carried through the air to a nearby Elementary School yesterday. Ktvu Amanda Quintana is at that school in san bruno with more on what happened out there. Good morning. Amanda good morning. Well, the Sheriffs Office says that they were doing a training that involved chemical agents, including pepper spray, that was being done in an isolated section of the jail. And then it drifted here to Portola Elementary School from inside of the building of that jail. Now, were about a half mile away from the jail, and you can tell that it is windy here. So you can kind of understand how it could drift. This direction. But teachers and students here said that they start to feel burning in their eyes, their nose and their throat because of it. Now this is video that youre watching of the large Emergency Response at the school with multiple ambulances and fire trucks. The Sheriffs Office says that theyve been doing this training here for more than 20 years, and this has never happened. The training allows officers to test the safety of the equipment and to get hands on experience with these chemical agents so that they can prepare for real life situations. Now, this all happened just before 1 00 yesterday afternoon. So this Elementary School, of course, was full. Its unclear exactly how many students or teachers this affected, but there are reports of at least 20 people affected by this. Members of the Sheriffs Office also came here to the school to explain what happened and try to apologize, saying that this must have been scary for children. Now, i also just talked to a neighbor around here that says he and his wife also felt it. He said it smelled like an electrical fire. He didnt really understand what it was, but then his eyes were burning. He was coughing. He said his wife, who has bad allergies, she was sneezing a lot. They were all kind of rubbing their eyes, he says. They were inside of their home, but their garage door was open and the windows were open, so it was all able to come into their home. So now the Sheriffs Office is saying they are putting a pause on this training. For now. Theyre going to look at kind of what they do, how to make sure that they could keep this neighboring area and the school safe while they do those trainings. Live in san bruno. Amanda quintana, ktvu, fox two news. Amanda, thank you. Police in San Francisco are investigating whether one man is the target of two recent racist attacks. Most recently, his home went up in flames. Citizen video here shows a fire at a three story home of Terry Williams on grove street late yesterday morning. The fire sent williams parents to the hospital and destroyed the house. Williams works as a dog. Walker says hes grateful his parents and three dogs are alive. When the fire broke out, he was at city hall talking to the Mayors Office about the other incidents, saying he found two packages on his door, each containing a black face doll with a noose around its neck and racist slurs written on it. Hes an Avid Community person. He works hard. He does what he does with his with his dogs and with other community. He walks everybodys dogs. Who wants to be walked for somebody that has a heart like that to be treated the way hes being treated and be a native of San Francisco, its not. Its not okay. My moms disabled like she cant move around. So all i can think about my mom going to burn him when i was one of my worst nightmares ever had my parents burned up in the house. San Francisco Police tell us they are investigating the incidents as hate crimes. Fire Officials Say it may take weeks to determine the cause of this fire. Our time now. 735 well, new this morning. The city of oakland now has plans to sell its half of the coliseum. A News Conference will be held today to announce this deal between the city and the African American sports and entertainment group, the chronicle says it will sell for at least 105 million. Now. In the past, that sports Group Planned to build a massive 5 billion development on the coliseum site, including housing , restaurants and a convention center. The oakland as are still in the process of buying the other half of the coliseum complex from Alameda County. New numbers this morning from the Highway Patrol highlight an effort to combat crime with the Oakland Police department. The east bay operations been going since february. Officers have been using data from the Oakland Police department to target high crime areas, specifically searching for thieves, drug dealers and people with outstanding warrants. The chp says. In the past three months, officers have recovered 726 stolen cars, seized 46 guns, linked to crimes and arrested 355 people. The surge operations are ongoing. Will the Oakland City Council wants the Police Commission to propose changes to Oakland Polices pursuit policies, which could result in more Police Chases . I believe that the commission will look into all the available data nationally, locally and regionally as they do an exhaustive study. Members of city Council Introduced the measure after hearing from residents who want the police to conduct more chases. Oakland polices current policy only allows the police to pursue violent and armed suspects, except in special circumstances. We have to be balanced with balancing Public Safety, with pedestrian safety, with the safety of our officers, with the safety of bystanders, we also have a huge perception issue that we have to tackle as elected leaders in this town, that oakland is open for crime. Now, the Oakland Police commission is being asked to bring its report on Police Pursuits and some proposed changes back to city council by september 24th. For the First Time Since early in the pandemic, california has had a day with no reported covid deaths statewide. State data showed that no deaths were reported connected to covid on april 2nd, then again on april 21st. That hasnt happened since march of 2020. Covid deaths have been much lower over the past year compared to previous years. The peak for this year hit about 37 deaths a day, compared to the height of the pandemic, when more than 700 people died of covid in one day. In all, more than 100,000 californians have died of covid, a new report shows. In recent years, more black students are graduating high school at the same time, though, fewer are going to college. The study examined 15 districts throughout the country, including oakland unified, the study showed. Between 2012 and 2020, black students had the highest Graduation Rate improvement of all groups at the same time, College Enrollment among black students fell nationwide. Time now 738. Dont expect to see the 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk and Javon Jennings at the Team Facility this week. The 49ers are holding voluntary organized Team Activities in santa clara, and since both iuk and jennings are out because they want new long term contracts, all the rookies will be there, along with free agents whove been signed by the teams as well as some of the veterans like nick bosa and brock purdy. Are you no longer one of the young guys . Yeah, man, im a vet now. I dont know, man. Im still just trying to get better every day. And i still understand that theres such a long road ahead of me in terms of getting better. And deebo samuel is another vet who will be at the practices. Hes actually changing his jersey jersey number from 19 to number one, which he was wearing in college. The name on the back of his jersey will now read sammy senior honoring his family. All right, 739 lets see where the traffic commute will take us this morning. Is there any chance people might be able to linger in some parts of the bay . Sal well, you know, the commute was more or less in line for a little while together, more or less in line on highway 24. And then garcia and dave, we had a crash right near the bart station. Now, chp did a good job of getting the lanes open, but it delayed traffic and kind of caused a ripple in that commute there. And now we have slower traffic heading to the caldecott all at once. Its kind of a rhythm sometimes that gets disrupted even by the smallest thing. Same with berkeley. We had an earlier crash right near ashby thats gone. Its been gone for a while, but we have traffic backed up from el sobrante, and the 680 is slow. From concord to walnut creek, bay bridge backed up to the maze. Metering lights are on at 740. Lets go back to the desk. Okay, sal. Well, bill, here in california to equip new vehicles with Technology Warning drivers when they go past the speed limit, just past in the state senate, it would require Intelligent Speed Assistance Technology in all new vehicles. Now, supporters say studies have shown the Technology Gets people to slow down and possibly save lives. It gives a warning when vehicles go more than ten miles an hour over the speed limit. But doesnt actually slow down the car. So thats key. Its now time for you to weigh in. Lets head out to andre senior in our newsroom with the question a lot of us are thinking about, oh yeah. This morning were asking you, do you support a bill requiring new cars to warn drivers when they speed your options . Yes. Speeding is an issue. No its unnecessary. And the other one is depends on how loud. Yes. All you need to do is scan the qr code on the top right hand corner of your screen, or go to ktvu. Com vote. I think ive driven in the car where you can set it to warn you. When it does go above a certain speed limit. You didnt like it. I mean, i dont. Okay, another thing to Pay Attention to. Oh, i see, its funny, i actually have very recently driven in a car that beeps at you if you put your turn signal on and theres a car in your blind spot. Right . Yeah. Which i actually appreciate. Thats a good idea. I dont know if its absolutely necessary, but i wouldnt fight against the idea. Yeah, i kind of on that thing on the, on the on the, on the fence type of thing. Yeah. When i was your age, we never had anything like this. What . Wifi . Wifi that works all over the house, even the basement. The basement. So i can finally throw that party. And invite shannon barnes. Dreams do come true. Get started with xfinity gig internet for 25 a month when you add mobile. Plus, get wifi equipment included. Maybe well even get married one day. I wonder what i will be doing . Probably still living here with mom and dad. Fast reliable speeds right where you need them. Thats walltowall wifi with xfinity. Means it could be a key issue in the upcoming president ial election. The Morning Consult bloomberg poll found 51 of respondents support the u. S. Banning the app, 32 oppose, 16 had no response. In addition, two thirds of respondents in swing states said theyre worried about the app being used to manipulate public information, as well as concerns about its impact on young people. All right, gasia time 744. There is some big news for some of the biggest retailers. Definitely. Pam cook is tracking this in todays dollars and cents. Yeah. Some interesting news from amazon. Well get to that in a moment. First target released a disappointing report on sales for the first quarter. Target cites a drop in Discretionary Spending as customers deal with inflation. Earlier this week, target did announce price cuts for many items. But on the news this morning, targets stock dropped about 8 as that opening bell rang this morning at the closing bell. The big event will be the Earnings Report from bay area a. I. Chip maker nvidia. Taking a live look ahead of that report this morning. It has been fluctuate waiting a little bit. As you can see right now the dow jones down a little bit. The s p 500 down just barely. The nasdaq is up barely. So some small moves ahead of that big report after the closing bell. One of the biggest retailers amazon, announced big changes to its alexa to incorporate the latest in ai technology. Cnbc reporting amazon is upgrading its alexa Voice Assistant with generative ai. The new service will also come with a new monthly fee. The goal is to have alexa be to able to compete with other chat bots like chatgpt, the alexa platform has remained mostly unchanged since it was launched back in 2014. Federal regulators are expanding protections to shoppers who buy now and pay later. The ruling ensures the same rules that Credit Card Companies have to follow to protect consumers. That includes refunds for returned products or canceled services, investigations of disputes and paused payments during those investigations. It also requires bills with fee disclosures, and nine female athletes are being honored by barbie tennis champion Venus Williams and soccer star Christine Sinclair are among the athletes who are depicted with a special barbie doll. Take a look. Williams is thrilled about the project, saying she has worked hard to shatter glass ceilings while staying true to herself. Mattel says the brand highlights selfconfidence, ambition and empowerment, just like those ladies do. Im pam cook. Thats a look at your dollars and cents. Okay, pam, thank you. Time 747 flight engineers at a university in florida say theyre learning how to make hypersonic travel safe. And while commercial airlines are developing planes that can go at supersonic speed, that can cut the travel of passengers in half. A group of students say they can stabilize a hypersonic engine in a lab. The hypersonic design, as opposed to supersonic, could lead to air travel thats 14 times faster at a speed of 13 miles an hour. But while hypersonic engines are a lot more powerful and efficient, they can also be unstable. We were able to stabilize it repeatedly. It was exciting that now weve got the world first stabilized oblique detonation wave. The problem with the detonation process is that its unsteady and very hard to control. Now, while the engine is still being tested, the concept of how it works is better understood. Flight engineers say hypersonic travel could be available by the year 2050. All right, lets get you to work in school and all those good things safely on this wednesday morning. Sal, where are you most concerned . Well, were looking here, gasia at some of these east bay commutes. Highway 24 had a crash that was there for a bit. So were going to start there. And it was cleared up. But the commute has been pretty slow. And on 80 westbound it has been slow. Weve had a serious number of crashes. Its been a long, strange trip for sure. We had a car fire to start the morning off. Then we had a motorcycle accident and now we have another crash in crockett on 80 westbound just off the freeway, coming up after the coming skyway. So 80 cant catch a break this morning when you get to the bay bridge, which of course is also part of 80, we have a bigger commute there as well. So i dont know if i really like this commute, although i guess it could be a lot worse. This is a look at interstate 880. Still not very slow coming into downtown oakland and then 280. Both directions here are slow and there goes caltrain. I do this just for steve. As we look at the train. Thats a real train, not a train set of caltrain heading up to the diridon station there in san jose, 749. Oh, by the way, steve, that was an emd f40ph two c locomotive. Well, Everybody Knows that, but thank you. So what youre saying is theres a little Ripple Effect on that traffic sometimes. There sure is. Thank you sir. Good, good. Sal knows his engines. 65. Where in San Francisco. Ill buy this. I dont always buy it, but ill buy it this time on the forecast temperatures, it does look like 6070. You start to grow across the bay. The warmest temps by far will be inland. Although it does not look like it will be as warm as yesterday, but theyll still be lots of sunshine, temperatures pushing upper 70s to 80s as it goes right over mount diablo out to antioch and brentwood. 8384 will probably be close within the ballpark. Some fog, but really, i mean, its about San Francisco south, a little bit point raise the bulk of it, without question, is on the san mateo coast. Most of the santa cruz coast, santa clara valley, similar to what we saw yesterday. Coast. Stinson beach 68. Half moon bay 58. Santa cruz 66. But inland, cordelia, antioch and pleasanton will all be in the low to mid 80s. There is a little bit more of a westerly breeze, so cooler pattern slightly kicks in today. More so tomorrow. Friday is now looking like the coolest day. I think well get a little rebound on saturday. 40s for a few 50s for most. Although vacaville and brentwood are already in there. Vacaville is actually had a north wind yesterday there. West southwest today. That makes a big difference. That low though will dig into the intermountain region. Western edge of it will kind of backtrack over us. Thatll what we say is going to give us lower pressure, which will allow the door to open to a cooler pattern, especially thursday and friday with the fog increasing. Well maybe get some drizzle here, but up in the mountains could be a little bit of pop up activity there. Thundershower shower activity. Right now it looks to be a little bit more towards the carson pass than around lake tahoe. Cooler coast and bay still warm inland, but i do think a little bit of a breeze will kick up its heels later today. So 60s, 70s and 80s on those temps. Level it off tomorrow then a bigger drop as we go into thursday, friday, friday, saturday. Excuse me. Thank you steve 751 here technology thats been used in tennis for nearly 20 years could be coming to the nfl. Details on a proposal that could prevent some major mistakes by referees. Then devastation across the midwest after another round of violent tornadoes. What people there are dealing with in the wake of more Severe Weather . California sky todos alcanzamos Las Estrellas sunny state of mind flexin all the time todo es dorado feels so golden vive en el Estado Dorado a slow network is no network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. And existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds. At no additional cost. Its ultimate speed for ultimate business. Dont miss out on our fastest speed plans yet switch to comcast business and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today well have the rest of the week off after the defense rested its case. But for the court itself, the work goes on. Now, the judge will decide how to instruct the jury as they consider the evidence and whether to ask the jury to consider if the payment made to former adult movie star Stormy Daniels would have been made, even if trump had not run for office. If the money would have been paid anyway, and the judge is willing to instruct the jury that way, that moves the ball a lot further towards the not guilty yard line. Now, the former president still says the case should be thrown out for now. The jury will be back at work next tuesday to hear the closing arguments of the prosecution and the defense. Well, several deadly tornadoes in iowa killed several people and left a trail of destruction. Law enforcement says the powerful storms caused Severe Damage to many communities in iowa, destroying homes and businesses, knocking out power and destroying tall Wind Turbines and knocking over trees. As tornado season continues, the experts warn. Many states in the south and the midwest could see even more Stormy Weather. With your family or your friends to know where is that spot youre going to go when a warning is issued. Think about it now. Before your you have to act on it now as technology evolves, many people are getting help with advance notice by checking social media for warnings about severe storms. Our time is 756 here at home. Police in san jose are asking the victims of an assault at an ice cream shop to please come forward. Take a look at this Surveillance Video from april 26th from inside a baskinrobbins store in east san jose, a man and child walks in, and while the child sat down, a stranger ran up, smashed the window, and glass was flying everywhere. The victims never reported that incident, but weeks later, a tipster helped police track down and arrest the suspect. Customers say that arrest gives them some relief, but theyre still shocked. I just want to get your kids some ice cream and then your kid, thats like youre attacking the kid. Why . I feel like that wasnt right to do to a little kid. And it must been really painful for the kid to experience and really scary. Now the suspect, identified as 36 year old payam asfari, has been charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon and child abuse. The police hope the victims will come forward so they can fully understand what happened. Well, San Franciscos Public Health nurses reached a tentative agreement with the city on a new contract. It avoids a possible strike by about 2200 nurses who voted overwhelmingly to authorize a walkout just four days ago. Now, Union Negotiators say the new contract increases wages, improves safety and addresses staffing issues and the use of contractors. That agreement still has to be ratified. Well, last night was a big night for oakland sports. The citys newest team kicked off its inaugural season. The Oakland Ballers, an independent Baseball Team in the pioneer league, opened their season on the road against the glacier range riders in montana last night. Baseball fans here in the bay area got together at the Oakland Athletic club to watch the game, including members of the oakland 68, a fan group that says theyre excited to welcome the ballers to oakland. I think oaklands a great baseball town. I think what weve done with all our sell the team, the boycotts and the protests just show how much enthusiasm there is for baseball here. And i think its a good its a good chance to show, the show everybody that that oakland is a baseball town. And last night the ballers picked up their first victory. They won the game 7 to 6. The teams first 12 games will be on the road. Its the first home game is scheduled for june 4th at oaklands raymond park. Well bay area students have a special chance to leave a mark on the bay areas ferries. Sf bay ferry adding two new vessels to its fleet, and theyre giving local students a chance to name them. Now, students who go to kindergarten through 12th grade in one of alameda, contra costa, San Francisco, san mateo or solano counties can submit a proposed name on the agencys website. The names, by the way, should reflect the bay area history in some way and should not reference any specific people or organizations. Since all of that is Just Technology based, that helps investigation so that we can make sure that we are accurately identifying those that are responsible for these crimes. High tech help for the city of oakland and its effort to crack down on stolen cars, illegal guns and criminal suspects on the streets. The new numbers detailing the results of work to restore Public Safety. Then we cant let fossil fuel companies decide whats next for richmond. Residents could get to vote on a proposal for an additional tax for the chevron refinery in richmond, because city leaders say the company isnt paying its fair share. Then former Oakland Police chief laurent armstrong is eyeing a new job, but this one isnt in policing. But still in Public Service. From ktvu. Fox two news this is mornings on two. Welcome to mornings on two. At 8 00, jill is live at San Francisco, right now. You can see all that fog covering the bay right now, but the sun is out. So the question is, whats your friday . Look, todays wednesday. Whats your wednesday . Look there. Well get there. Its my friday im andre senior thanks for joining us. Good morning. Im Gasia Mikaelian wednesday, may 22nd. If we do fast forward to friday. Can i plug our zip trip and conquered that morning and you know, 9 a. M. In concord. Sometimes the stage is all yours. Go well. Okay. 9 00 this friday, our first zip trip of the summer season. Right. Concord 9 00 in the morning. You can be sweating it out, but not this day. Not this time. Youre going to be. You might even want to bring a light jacket. Okay. Yes. Your total Santos Square ups. Absolutely. And then weve got reporters all over the town. There you go. It will not be hot. Good. There you go. You can rest easy, though, andre. I like the way youre thinking, though. Yeah. On this friday, i mean wednesday. Yeah, exactly. There you go. We had some fog right there over the golden gate bridge. Looks like thats a retreated a little bit. But theres some low clouds out there as andre just mentioned here, 50s on the temps here. But really its theres some fog. But you have to go. Daly city, san mateo coast all the way. Look at that. All the way down to santa cruz. Thats where we saw it yesterday. And its back today, although theres a little bit more. But here comes sunshine for a majority. Itll still be nice today, just not as warm as yesterday. But if youre inland 80s coast and bay, it will be 60s and also 70s. All right. The traffic. What would you say so far today be ish . I would say be. And by the way, steve, would you say there was fog . Wheres my life . I have to go some things back to you. We can wait. So its all right. Oh my mic my, i guess my mic died. Can you hear me . Yes we can. All right. All right. Good morning everyone. Northbound 280. I dont like what i see here. You can see the traffic is moving along. Okay if you get up to highway 17. But southbound 280. Why is that slow down there . We havent been able to figure it out now. Ive been looking around to see if theres a crash, but there are no major issues. If you are driving on westbound bay bridge, it is backed up to the maze, although weve had that Ripple Effect from the earlier crash in berkeley. Now all the people are showing up here. 802 lets get back to the headlines right now. Thank you. Hundreds of arrests in stolen cars recovered Oakland Police and the california Highway Patrol say theyre seeing progress in making the town safer. Ktvu james torres joins us live from Oakland City Hall with the results from recent chp operations. James yeah. Audrey. The chp surges, which means a number of officers would come into the city and help with Public Safety. Thats been happening since february. And at the time, we saw as many as 120 chp officers in the area. Since then, theyve done a number of unannounced searches, likely with fewer officers, and theyre now giving us some more updated numbers on some of the impact they have made in the last three months. Officers have been able to recover 726 stolen cars, 46 guns, they say, linked to crimes and arrest 355 suspects on a number of different charges. Were focusing on people that are, you know, committing auto theft, you know, those that are involved in organized retail crime, those that are in violent crime, those are the things that are basically impacting the communities the most. Chp explained how theyre doing this. Officers took analytics and data from their offices, as well as from the Oakland Police department. They used that intelligence to target high crime areas in past News Conferences. Oakland mayor shengtao said. Some of those areas included the hegenberger corridor, as well as the rockridge neighborhood. The communities need to have a feeling of safety and security, and make no mistake, that is one of our number one goals as it is with many different agencies. Chp Officials Say their partnership with oakland pd and the Alameda County district attorneys office, as well as other local agencies, help make their success possible, adding theyre unannounced surges of officers is still ongoing. No word on how much longer that will last. But in the meantime, governor Gavin Newsoms office continuing to make investments into the safety of oakland next, we expect a network of 480 cameras to be installed around the city of oakland, and that includes some of those freeways in the area as well. Thats meant to help identify criminals promptly after a crime is committed and try to arrest them much faster. Were live this morning from Oakland City Hall. Im james torres, ktvu fox two news. James thank you new this morning ktvu has learned that leronne armstrong, the former Oakland Police chief, plans to launch a campaign for the Oakland City Council. A representative for armstrong says hell file paperwork later this morning to run for the at large seat on the Oakland City Council. Now, right now, that council seat is being held by rebecca kaplan, who has not said if she will run again. Armstrong was removed as Oakland Police chief back in february of 2023 by mayor shengtao in connection to Police Misconduct cases in the police department. Armstrong is now suing the city of oakland over his removal. Voters in richmond could have the final say on a proposal to tax the chevron refinery. The city Council Voted unanimously to ask the City Attorney to prepare a richmond refinery tax act Ballot Initiative. A city report says. Richmond is a 24 million gap in its 2024 budget, and the city needs new revenue to balance the budget, supporters of the proposal say. Chevron, one of richmonds largest employers, is causing negative Health Effects for residents and not contributing to the city as it should every day. Big polluters in richmond endanger our communitys health. We are talking about big corporations, not Small Businesses who are enriching themselves at the expense of our families. We have to think about our future. Richmond has been a refinery town for more than 100 years, but it wont be 100 years from now. Supporters say the community of richmond has a higher asthma rate than 90 of the rest of the state. Neighborhoods near the refinery have a higher asthma rate than 99 of californians. In response, chevron said in part, we support policies that encourage Business Investment and seek to create a better quality of life for richmond residents. That said, we believe the proposed refining tax is the wrong approach to do. That statement goes on to call the proposal hasty and the tax punitive. Time now is 806. A substitute teacher in vallejo was arrested after being caught on camera dragging a student out of a classroom. Video taken on monday at elite Charter School in vallejo. Now you see that substitute teacher trying to forcibly remove a 13 yearold girl from class. The students family says it started after the teacher told the girl that she was not supposed to be in that classroom. Well, school Officials Say the substitute teacher wont be allowed to come back to work, but the girls family says more should have been done to protect their child. Fail to give me the teachers name. And i was like, so baffled because how would you protect this guys innocence . And you clearly didnt protect my niece . The students family says the school did not call Law Enforcement, but instead the family had to file a report. The substitute teacher was arrested yesterday, and the investigation now continues. 20 children became sick after a chemical being used at a jail run by San Francisco drifted over into Portola Elementary School in san bruno, the Sheriffs Department says the chemicals, including pepper spray they were being used in a training at the time to the students were the students and one adult who were impacted did not need to be taken to the hospital, though a spokesperson for the Sheriffs Office says its pausing future chemical Training Exercises while it reviews its practices. It also said, quote, this is an unprecedented situation that we are taking very seriously. We sincerely apologize to Portola Elementary School. Its faculty and students and their families for this unforeseen event, which must have been especially scary for children. A set of proposals to bring reparations to some black californians is moving forward in the state legislature, the package of bills advanced in the state senate yesterday. The proposals would create a fund for reparations programs and compensate black families for property unjustly seized through eminent domain, but also create an agency to help black Families Research their lineage and confirm eligibility for any future restitution. The proposals now head to the assembly. Well, voters in San Francisco may decide in november to lower the retirement age for San Francisco firefighters. Firefighters who were hired after 2012 have a retirement age of 58, compared to age 55 for firefighters hired before that. That Ballot Initiative would move the retirement age to 55 for all firefighter years. The goal is to ensure that newer members of the Fire Department are not required to undergo three extra years of health impacts. Another ballot measure would try and help recruit and retain nurses a911 operators. It will allow full time registered nurses to apply up to three years work as a temporary nurse to be used toward retirement credits, and it would also provide 911 operators with the same Retirement Benefits as other First Responders in the city. Currently. Right now, we have a 20 vacancy in our 911 dispatch system. We are down 40 911 dispatchers, which is absolutely impacting our Public Safety response system. The measure will have to be approved by the board of supervisors before it can be placed on the november ballot. The city of half moon bay, just signed off on another Housing Project meant to help farmworkers. The board of supervisors unanimously approved a nearly 11. 5 Million Contract to start work on a new community in stone pine cove. Dozens of manufactured homes are planned for low income farm workers and their families. Theyre expected to be finished by march of 2025. Time is 810, and we still do have a bunch of slow traffic out there, although its becoming a little bit more normal, more ordinary if you will. Highway four slowing from pittsburgh to concord. And then we do have the slow traffic at the bay bridge. Weve had some earlier things that kind of made the commute a little bit slower than usual. This is becoming the norm. After 8 00, we get a slowdown into downtown oakland from about just the northern end of san leandro, all the way up to the downtown exit. San mateo bridge seems to be improving. Peninsula has been noneventful the south bay commute, however, is pretty slow. Getting into that west valley. Its 810. Lets go back to the desk. A lot of people in the Tech Industry living in this area have been coming down. A lot of people dont have cars who live here, so theyve been super grateful for it. Well, the first for the city of san jose that may make cannabis users very happy. Why . Its taken years for dispensary to open in the citys downtown area. Plus really, this is a small town and its starting to feel more like a large city with the development of a huge pickleball complex. As east bay residents pack a town hall meeting, rallying for and against a proposal to bring several new pickleball courts to their community. What aders purple is the first cannabis storefront to operate in the heart of downtown. For years, the city had strict rules that kept Cannabis Stores mainly in industrial areas. But last year the city relaxed some of those rules. Purple lotus has operated in san jose since 2010. The owners say the new location is not only better for business, but its better for customers too. Well, its better because its super great because theres like the busses are right here and the light rail. And so even if you dont have a car, its super easy to get to a lot of people in the Tech Industry living in this area have been coming down. A lot of people dont have cars who live here, so theyve been super grateful for it. In the last fiscal year, the city of san jose collected more than 15 million in tax revenue from cannabis dispensaries. The danville town Council Voted against a proposal to add more pickleball courts to a park. Last night. People packed a town hall meeting for almost five hours of debate on a plan that included tearing up a portion of osage Memorial Garden to build six new pickleball courts. There are two courts there already. I have a bigger friend, a network of friends in danville. Since i started playing pickleball than i ever have before, the noise from a hard plastic ball hitting a hardened paddle nonstop for 6 to 10 hours a day is something i am sure none of you would like to live with. Town Council Members say they voted against the plan following various noise complaints. Theres housing all around that park. Council members say a sound barrier will be placed around the two existing courts in an effort to reduce that noise happening today across the bay, harvey milk day in San Francisco milk was born 94 years ago. On this day, he was the first openly gay man elected to Public Office in california, was voted onto the San Francisco board of supervisors in 1977. In november of 78, milk was assassinated along with then San Francisco mayor george moscone, by former supervisor dan white. Last sunday, people held a block party in the Castro District honoring milks legacy, a health check for the Worlds Largest tree as its facing a new kind of threat. Over the years, the general sherman tree in the Sequoia National park has withstood wildfire threats. Now, researchers are worried about an emerging beetle infestation. Researchers have recently found several sequoias infested with beetles, some on the verge of dying. Yesterday, a team climbed the 275 foot tall general sherman tree to examine its condition. Were pleased to see that this giant tree, which is which has survived through many previous droughts and wildfires, continues to demonstrate its resilience and fortitude. You dont live to be 2200 years old by keeling over every time a fire burns or a beetle touches you, the inspection revealed only minor beetle activity no real harm for the tree. This is part of an ongoing effort for researchers to better understand the Climate Impact on giant sequoias. 817 now, the nfl is planning to Test New Technology to measure first downs, an optical tracking method for yardage measurement will be used during the preseason. A League Source confirmed that there is potential to implement the tracking system for the upcoming season. The chain gang crew that manages the signal poles on the sidelines will still be used in a backup role during games. You might know this because you see them running out with that chain attached and a big target on top. So there you go. Okay, there we are. 817 lets swing out to the traffic center. Can we hope that things are calming down, sal or not yet. Oh no. Theres another mic issue. Yeah. Some commutes are calming down and others are not. Some of these commutes include the peninsula, but we still do have a lot of slow traffic in the south bay. Look at the slow traffic here on the commute. Getting into cupertino and the silicon valley. It has been pretty slow. No major issues, but slow traffic. There now, if youre driving on 101 or 2, 282, 80 is trucking, thats for sure. San bruno all the way down to sunnyvale. Id use that freeway. Lets talk about the bay bridge toll plaza that is backed up. Theres been some slow traffic on 80 westbound because of some earlier crashes in berkeley that are gone. 818 lets bring steve back in here. Is it . Yesterday was a pretty nice day. I liked it. So for people going down the road, its not too bad. Just a few spots. Yeah. Youre not going to feel bad going down the road. Thats what youre. Yeah, i know what youre going with that. Thank you sir. All right a little bit of fog dancing around western marin, point reyes looks like inverness a little bit, then you get a break, then it picks up just south of San Francisco. So south San Francisco, half moon bay, and then its sold out, just as we saw yesterday. San mateo coast, most of its santa cruz, watsonville, morgan hill, hollister, gilroy. We saw that yesterday. Theres a little bit more, though, making a push on the san mateo coast inland that we saw napa, danville, redwood city, san jose bumping the temps down a little bit. Once that fog starts to increase and there is a little more of a westerly breeze today. So 81, 80, 79, 79 on those forecast highs 65 in the city today after low of 52. Whats average 6452. So youre right there. Sometimes you see record highs and youre like thats it. And thats how it is for today 85 for San Francisco 1943 and 44. The record low way back in 1909. Cooler pattern here. And itll take us into at least friday kind of i think saturday could be the transition day. But it does look like temperatures are on their way down over the next three days. A little bit more of a westerly breeze west southwest breeze, 50s on the temps, a couple of 60s. Vacaville is in there, of course, brentwood san carlos says, hey, hey, so are we kelseyville as well. But temperatures will be impacted by that low dropping into the north. So more coast fog. Not a lot, but a little bit more. Itll still be warm inland, but i think that sea breeze is about ready to show itself. So cooler pattern begins a little bit today, then more so thursday into friday. Wednesday forecast it will be warm inland. A little bit of a breeze there, but cooler coast in bay even if you have the fog, or if you dont have any fog, itll be a slightly cooler pattern today, 60s, 70s to 80 cooling continues into friday, probably leveling off saturday. It does look warmer. Sunday. Monday. You guys all right, steve check this out. Bill here in california to equip new vehicles with Technology Warning drivers when they exceed the speed limit. Passing in the state senate this morning, were asking how you feel about it. Your options. Yes. Speeding is an issue. No its unnecessary and depends on how loud the warning sensor is. No, its not necessary. Gets 71 24. Yes speeding is an issue and depends on how loud the signal is. A warning is only 5. Hey, scan the qr code on the top right hand corner of your screen or go to ktvu. Com vote to cast your vote. State 21 something we havent seen in more than four years. Well, most people have moved on from the covid pandemic. Health officials are noting a milestone our state just reached how it underscores the dire effects of covid, a centennial milestone for a club in San Franciscos chinatown aimed at helping the community. Well introduce you to the women helping to keep the legacy of the founders alive franciscos chinatown is continuing an effort to help those most in need that started 100 years ago. Started when seven women created a club to raise money to help flood and famine victims in china. Over the past century, the group has grown. Members have raised money and hosted events such as Fashion Shows and dances to raise money for the Chinese Hospital and ymca, among other deserving organizations. Today, the group has 70 members. They still gather at the original meeting spot near portsmouth square in the city. Its a very important part of our history to know how minority survive in a society where they have been discriminated, if not, and definitely neglected among their 100th year projects. Raising thousands of dollars to help survivors of the maui wildfires. Next month, the club will honor rachel humm, whos volunteered with the organization for 63 years. We have much more coverage of the bay areas Asian American and Pacific Islander communities during this aapi heritage month and beyond at ktvu. Com along the Us Mexico Border in california, botanists are taking part in whats called a border bio blitz, putting a spotlight on the need to protect the regions natural richness. Around 1000 volunteers are participating in the project this month. Theyre being theyve been documenting as many species as possible along the border in Baja California. The goal is to highlight the beauty of the area and hopefully secure more protections for the ecosystem, where people from california and Baja California now are trying to register the mega number of plants and animals that live here. This peninsulas ecosystem, its flora, its so beautiful. And ive seen how its diversity is so important and precious. The Baja California peninsula has more than 4000 species of plants, a quarter of them are considered vulnerable. 826 now oakland city leaders taking a look at the citys Police Pursuit policies, a new task at hand for the citys Police Commission and why some say the current policy just isnt working. Plus, got the foot in the garage door. Couldnt go no further. One man in San Francisco is the target of two hate crimes, most recently a fire at his home that threatened the lives of his parents. The latest on the investigation into whats believed to be two racist attacks a slow network is no network for business. Thats why more choose comcast business. And now, were introducing ultimate speed for business our fastest plans yet. Were up to 12 times faster than verizon, at t, and tmobile. And existing customers could even get up to triple the speeds. At no additional cost. Its ultimate speed for ultimate business. Dont miss out on our fastest speed plans yet switch to comcast business and get started for 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Call today free school. 20 children and adults were sickened and crews staged a full hazmat response. The apology from the Sheriffs Department and the action its now taking, then a big move by the city of oakland to sell its stake in the coliseum. What could come next at that site thats been the subject of many hopes and dreams, but Little Movement over the years from ktvu, fox two news. This is mornings on two. Good morning and welcome back im Gasia Mikaelian im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. Its wednesday, may 22nd. Weve had somewhat warmer temperatures over the last couple of days, so lets find out if that continues. Steve paulson now tracking it all for us are still warm inland. I think yesterday was the warmest day. Thats the way it looks here. Theres slightly more fog, but i mean theres not a huge fog bank. Probably by tomorrow ill be talking about it. But temps are rebounding here now. 50s 53 to 58, livermore, palo alto, san jose all say 58. Some fog around point reyes and it kind of pulls off south San Francisco, no doubt about it. San mateo coast, little break, then santa cruz over to watsonville, hollister, morgan hill, gilroy saw that same song and dance yesterday, but here comes sunshine for a majority here this year under that low cloud deck. Most of the fog is to the south, but temperatures a little bit more of a westerly breeze. So i think well still be nice, but just not as warm as yesterday. 60s, 70s and 8830 in the morning. Sal is here. A bridge, a freeway. Where are we going . First were going to the east bay. Steve i want to start with highway four westbound. I do want to see what it looks like here. Its been rather ordinary. Things are getting a little bit better as you drive through. Weve had some slow traffic approaching the bay bridge. Youll see that traffic is still pretty busy. I think what happened was we had a couple of crashes on 80 this morning, and it created kind of a Ripple Effect that kind of slowed traffic. And then, everyone came to the bay bridge toll plaza at once. So unfortunate when that happens. We also do have some slow traffic here on 880 northbound, getting past the coliseum, it begins to slow near Marina Boulevard all the way to downtown oakland. 831 lets get back to the headlines, pepper spray being used in a Law Enforcement Training Exercise ended up affecting more than a dozen people at a nearby Elementary School. Yesterday. Ktvu Amanda Quintana live at the school in san bruno with more on how this all happened. Amanda and the change thats come as a result, right . So they have had this training for more than 20 years here at garcia. But yesterday this training that happened at the jail, it includes those chemical agents, including tear gas and pepper spray. It was being done inside an isolated area of the jail. But then somehow it came over here to this Elementary School, Portola Elementary School. Were about a half a mile away from the jail now. Teachers and students said they start to feel this burning in their eyes, their nose and their throat because of it. Youre going to look at some video of the large Emergency Response here at the school with multiple ambulances and fire trucks. The principal here says that as the students were getting picked up, they started to smell it. They started to complain of those sore throats. He didnt know what was causing it. Chief ramirez did say that they are going to go back and reevaluate all their practices and really look at what theyre doing. They havent had an issue with this before, but they need to now. And i really appreciate that. Hey, they came here, responded to our parents and took ownership of it. So you know, it did happen. But hopefully, you know, i hope none of our kids or anybody has ill effects from it, but im glad theyre also saying would take responsibility. I appreciate that. Students were checked out and released to their parents. The Sheriffs Office says that theyve been doing this training for more than 20 years. This has never happened before. The training allows officers to test the safety of the equipment and get hands on experience with these chemical agents, so they can prepare for real life situations. Now this happened just before 1 00. Thats when the training was yesterday, of course, the Elementary School full at that point, students were starting to leave and get picked up around 230 when a lot of them started to complain about this, about two dozen students and teachers, people who worked here are the people that were affected. But again, none of them had to go to the hospital. They were treated here and released, now, the office said that the people from the jail came over because there was an open house last night as well. So families were here. So people from the jail came over, the Sheriffs Department came over, tried to speak to some of those parents and explain what happened, try to apologize. We also talked to a man who lives in this neighborhood. He felt it as well. Said it kind of smelled like an electrical fire. He could feel it in his eyes, in his throat. So right now with the Sheriffs Office is doing is theyre reevaluating, theyre pausing their trainings, trying to think of how they can make it safer and make sure Something Like this does not happen again. Live in san bruno. Amanda quintana ktvu, fox two news thank you. Amanda. Police in San Francisco are investigating whether one man in San Francisco is the target of two recent racist attacks. Most recently, his home went up in flames. Citizen video here shows a fire at a three story home of Terry Williams on grove street late yesterday morning. The fire sent williams parents to the hospital and destroyed the house. Williams works as a dog. Walker says hes grateful his parents and three dogs are alive. When the fire broke out, he was at city hall talking with the Mayors Office about other incidents, saying that he found two packages at his front door, each containing a blackface doll with a noose around its neck with racist slurs written on it. Hes an Avid Community person. He works hard. He does what he does with his with his dogs and with other community. He walks everybodys dogs. Who wants to be walked . For somebody that has a heart like that to be treated the way hes being treated and be a native of San Francisco, its not. Its not okay. My moms disabled like she cant move around. So all i can think about my mom going to burn him. When i was one of my worst nightmares i ever had, my parents burned up in the house. San Francisco Police say they were investigating those incidents as hate crimes. Fire Officials Say it may take weeks to determine the cause of the fire. 835 now new this morning, the city of oakland now plans to sell its half of the coliseum. A News Conference will be held today to announce the deal between the city and the African American sports and entertainment group, the chronicle reports. It will sell for at least 105 million. In the past, that sports Group Planned to build a massive 5 billion development on the coliseum site, including housing, restaurants and a convention center. The oakland as still are in the process of buying the other half of the coliseum complex from Alameda County. New numbers this morning from the Highway Patrol detail its efforts to combat crime with the Oakland Police department. The east bay operations been going on since february. Officers have been using data from the Oakland Police department to target high crime areas. Theyre focusing on arresting thieves, drug dealers and people with outstanding warrants, chp says. In the past three months, officers have recovered 726 stolen vehicles and seized 46 guns linked to crimes and arrested 355 suspects. The surge operations are ongoing. The Oakland City Council wants the Police Commission to propose changes to the opd pursuit policies, which could result in more Police Chases. I believe that the commission will look into all the available data nationally, locally and regionally as they do an exhaustive study. Council members introduced the measure after hearing from residents who want police to engage in more chases. Opds current policy only allows officers to pursue violent and armed suspects except in special circumstances. We have to be balanced with balancing Public Safety, with pedestrian safety, with the safety of our officers, with the safety of bystanders, we also have a huge perception issue that we have to tackle as elected leaders in this town, that oakland is open for crime. The Police Commission is being asked to bring its report on Police Pursuits and proposed changes back to the city council by september 24th. For the First Time Since early in the covid pandemic, california has had a day with zero reported covid deaths statewide. State data show no covid deaths were reported on april second and again on april 21st. That hasnt happened since march of 2020. Covid deaths have been much lower over the past year compared to previous years. The peak for this year was 37 in 1 day compared to the height of the pandemic, where 700 people died in california from covid in one day. In total, more than 100,000 californians have died of covid. Now to a new report that shows in recent years, more black students are graduating high school. But at the same time, fewer are going to college. The study examined 15 districts nationwide, including oakland unified. The study showed between 2012 and 2020, black students had the highest Graduation Rate improvement of all groups at the same time. College enrollment among black students fell nationwide. Well, dont expect to see 49ers Wide Receivers Brandon Aiyuk and Juwan Jennings at the Team Facility this week. The niners are holding voluntary organized Team Activities in santa clara. Both aiyuk and jennings are out because they want new long term contracts. All the rookies are there, along with free agents the team signed, as well as some veterans such as nick bosa and brock purdy. Are you no longer one of the young guys . Yeah, man, im a vet now, i dont know, man. Im still just trying to get better every day. And i still understand that theres such a long road ahead of me in terms of getting better. Deebo samuel is another vet at practice. Samuel is switching his jersey number from 19 to 1, which he wore in college. The name on the back of the jersey will now read samuel senior to honor his family. All right. 839 lets swing out to our weather center, see what Steve Paulson is watching as we get closer to the weekend. Looks cooler, not a little bit today. More so as we head to thursday and friday. Saturday might be that tweener day before it does look warmer on sunday. Lots of sun today, but cooler inland. Temps will still be warm just and we kind of have more of a westerly breeze instead of a northerly breeze, so thats making a little bit of a difference. I mean, theres not a huge fog bank unless youre about south San Francisco, daly city south, then it is sold out. As we like to say. Theres a lot there, especially down towards santa cruz, morgan hill thats retreating, also san martin, gilroy, hollister thats beginning to burn off. Saw similar yesterday coast though fog, sun cooler 68 5866 for stinson beach, half moon bay, santa cruz inland cordelia 82, but with a breeze. Antioch 84, and pleasanton, 82. So still warm for the city 6552. Average is 6452. So youre right there. The record sometimes you go, yeah, thats it and thats it. 85 1943 the record high in 44 1909 cooler pattern. We peaked out as we thought on tuesday. Itll still be warm inland for some today then gradually cooler if friday isnt the coolest day saturday is, but its starting to look more like friday. Is west wind at napa airport, south of concord, west southwest, oakland west southwest. Travis south at santa rosa. Those are all cooler directions. So 50s on most of the temps, although theres some, you know, depending if youre far enough inland, itll still be pretty warm. But that low to the north, thats going to usher in a cooler pattern for us. So more more coast fog, warm inland. Do think well shave off about 2 to 4 degrees off some of those highs. Then a much cooler pattern thursday into friday. Wednesday forecast low clouds, especially south, otherwise its clear. Cooler coast and bay, but warm inland. But theres a little bit of a breeze beginning to get its act together. So 60s, 70s and 80s on those temps. Even cooler. Thursday friday leveling off. Saturday looks warmer. Sunday. You guys all right, steve, its not just the bay area facing a housing crisis coming up, the staggering numbers that show just how hard it is for people who were born in hawaii to stay there issue in the president ial election. The Morning Consult bloomberg poll found 51 of respondents support the u. S. Banning the app, 32 oppose. 16 had no response. In addition, two thirds of respondents in swing states say theyre worried about the app being used to manipulate public information, as well as being concerned about its impact on young people. Its 844 and just a heads up to people watching. Im going to Say Something that might activate something in your house. Hey, alexa, changes may be coming your way. Okay. Pam cook is here with big news from some of the biggest retailers in todays dollars and cents. I wrote that on purpose. I know, i know, but i wanted to give a warning just so everyone knew. Were always messing with peoples alexa, right . Amazon reportedly considering changes to alexa to incorporate the latest in ai technology. Cnbc reporting amazons upgrades are to better compete with other chat bots like chatgpt, and that the new service will come with a new monthly fee. As the opening bell rang this morning, target stock dropped close to 8 after releasing a disappointing report on sales for the first quarter. Target cites a drop in Discretionary Spending as customers deal with inflation taking a live look at the markets waiting for nvidia, which will report after the close, the bay area ai chip maker highly anticipated report coming in later today. The dow jones so far down just a little bit. Same for the nasdaq. And i mean the s p 500 the nasdaq hanging on to a little bit of a gain but mostly pretty quiet for the indexes. More u. S. Car owners are deciding to hold on to their cars for longer periods of time. New numbers from S P Global Mobility show the average vehicle age in the u. S. Hit a record 12. 6 years, one factor driving the number up is higher Interest Rates on loans and the high price of new cars. However the report also shows the trend of hanging on to that used car starting to slow as dealers recover and prices start to come down from pandemic related shortages. Well its not just the bay area dealing with the housing crisis, a new report shows home sales in hawaii hit a 25 year low as households struggle with the high cost of housing, according to the report. Only 1 in 5 residents can afford to buy a Single Family home in hawaii, similar to the Housing Market here, high Interest Rates are driving mortgage prices up and reducing the number of homes that are available. More relief is on the way for people dealing with student loans. The Biden Administration announced it is erasing another 7. 7 billion in federal student loans, wiping out the debt of 160,000 borrowers. The latest relief will go to certain borrowers enrolled in income driven repayment plans and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program in total, the Biden Administration has canceled 167 billion in Student Loan Debt for nearly 5 million americans. Im pam cook thats a look at your dollars and cents pam thank you. Flight engineers at a university in florida say theyre figuring out the secret to safe hypersonic travel. While commercial airlines are working on planes that travel at supersonic speed, that cut passenger flight times in half. A group of students say they can stabilize a hypersonic engine in a lab. The hypersonic design, as opposed to supersonic, could lead to air travel. Thats 14 or 14 times faster at a speed of 13mph. But while hypersonic engines are far more powerful and efficient, they can also be unstable. All we were able to stabilize it repeatedly. It was exciting that now weve got the worlds first stabilized oblique detonation wave. The problem with the detonation process is that its unsteady and very hard to control. Now, while the engine is still being tested, the concept of how it will work is better understood. Flight engineers say hypersonic travel could be available by the year 2050. 847 a final check of this wednesday morning commute. Sal, where are the lingering problems . Well, we do have some commutes that have become better, but some of the lingering issues are on the east bay. Garcia and andre 680 southbound is still slow, but look, highway four has recovered nicely. If youre driving to the bay bridge, were seeing some recovery. If you have to go, you might want to put it off for a little bit. Right now, we dont see any major problems on the roads. You can see this interstate 880 is going to be a little bit slow. And the san mateo bridge traffic is moving along pretty well with no major issues there. And if youre driving westbound, it looks pretty good when you get to the peninsula. Its a nice drive up towards San Francisco. 848 lets bring steve in with todays weather sound. Thank you sir. For most its already sunny, but for others theres still some fog. We saw this yesterday from about san mateo coast down to santa cruz, retreating now from morgan hill and san martin, still down to gilroy. Hollister. So theyll be a little cooler than others. But the theme is to kind of be a little cooler today. Theres a slightly stronger westerly breeze, so 5060 on the temps. I think that will pick up a little bit later here. 40s, 50s up in the mountains, 70 on the desert, 50s, 60s on the coast here. That system to the north is digging in. Well get the western edge of it to kind of dip over us in the next 48 hours. That will allow that fog bank to lift, and well get stronger coverage here as soon as we get rid of the High Pressure system and some of the warmer air aloft. But a cooler pattern is on the way, especially thursday into friday. Today, though, if youre inland, its warm, not as warm as yesterday, but still warm. 80s, cooler coast and bay. Even if you get the sun 60, 70, 80 on, the temps will level it off today. Start a little cool down tomorrow and then a much more. So on friday. Steve. Thank you. A bill here in california to equip new vehicles with technology that warns drivers when they exceed the speed limit has passed in the state senate. This morning. Youre telling us how you feel about it. Most of you, 72 say no. It is unnecessary. The next group, 21 say you think about it. Speeding is an issue. 7 say you are in. But depending on how loud it is, keep telling us what you feel and scan that qr code at the top right of your screen. You can also head to ktvu. Com vote to have your say. All right. 849 now the California Academy of sciences is set to unveil a new permanent exhibition this week. And weve got a sneak peek for you all new on mornings on two and nine, your early preview of the unexpected connections between species places, and the people that enable our state to thrive. Then devastation across the midwest after another round of violent tornadoes with people there are dealing with in the wake of more Severe Weather. 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The jury is set to return next tuesday. Ready to hear closing arguments. Well, authorities are still conducting search and rescue this morning after tornadoes slammed iowa, killing at least one person and leaving a trail of destruction. Law enforcement say the powerful storms caused Severe Damage to several communities, destroying homes and businesses, knocking out power, destroying several tall Wind Turbines and toppling trees. As tornado season continues, experts warn many states in the south and midwest could see even more Stormy Weather with your family or your friends to know where is that spot youre going to go when a warning is issued. Think about it now before you have to act on it. Well, as technology evolves, many people are getting help with advanced notice by checking social media for warnings about severe storms. San jose police are asking the victims of an assault at an ice cream shop to come forward. Surveillance video from april 26th from inside the baskinrobbins in east san jose, shows a man and a child walking in, and while the child sat, a stranger ran up. You see it there, smashing the window, sending glass flying inside. Now, the victims never reported the incident, but weeks later, a tipster helped police track down and arrest this man. Customers say the arrest gives them some relief, but theyre still shocked this happened. Just want to get your kids some ice cream and then your kid. Thats like youre attacking the kid. Why . I feel like that wasnt right to do to a little kid. And it must have been really painful for the kid to experience. And really scary. Well, the suspect is 36 year old. His name is payam afari. He has been charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon and child abuse. Police are hoping to find the victim so they can fully understand what happened here. Singapore airlines issued an apology to passengers following a traumatic flight that left one man dead and more than 70 people injured. They were aboard a plane that left from london to singapore. It went through severe midair turbulence, plunged 6000ft in a matter of three minutes. A 73 year old passenger died of a suspected heart attack, 143 passengers finally made it to Singapore Today after an Emergency Landing in bangkok, 71 remain hospitalized and a lot of pain and it was quite scary. But yeah, i dont think ill be flying again for a while. Yeah, look, one huge loud noise. Things were coming through the ceiling. Water everywhere. People crying, yeah. It wasnt. It wasnt a fun. Officials in singapore plan to launch a thorough investigation. The airline says it will cooperate. Time now is 857. San franciscos Public Health nurses reached a tentative agreement with the city on a new contract. The deal avoids a possible strike by roughly 2200 nurses, who voted overwhelmingly to authorize a walkout just four days ago. Union negotiators say the new contract raises wages, improves safety and addresses staffing issues and the use of contractors. The agreement will need to be ratified if youve ever wanted to know more about your family tree, heres a great opportunity to do so. The San Francisco main library is hosting its first genealogical and Family History conference today. The day long, free event is aimed at giving people the tools to discover where they came from. Now ktvu learned about some of the many resources that are available for learning about your family roots through obituaries and death notices, vital records, maps, photographs, and subscription genealogy databases like ancestry library, free and fold3 military records. So the inaugural conference is a great way to bring all of those components together. Attendees will also get a chance to hear from speakers about San Franciscos diverse communities. The free conference starts at 10 a. M. Today at the main library on larkin street and runs until 6 p. M. Oaklands newest team kicked off its inaugural season with a win. The Oakland Baller is an independent Baseball Team in the pioneer league, opened the season on the road against the glacier range riders in montana last night. People, including members of the oakland 68, a sports fan group, gathered at the Oakland Athletic club to watch the game. Oakland is a great baseball town. I think what weve done with all our zelda team, the boycotts and the protests, show how much enthusiasm there is for baseball here, and i think its a good its a good chance to show, the show everybody that that oakland is a baseball town. The ballers marked their first win, taking the game seven six. The teams first 12 games are on the road. The first home game is set for june 4th at oaklands raymond park. A proposal to build a 50 story high rise in San Francisco will now become a much smaller, more affordable Housing Project, the chronicle reports. Developers withdrew the application for the high rise and now plan to sell the sunset district ocean beach property to a nonprofit. It hopes to build an eight Story Building for moderate income families. Bay area students have a special opportunity to leave a mark on the bay areas ferries. Sf bay ferries adding two new vessels to its fleet, giving local students an opportunity to name them k through 12 students in alameda, contra costa, San Francisco, san mateo and solano counties can submit a proposed name through the agencys website. The name should reflect the bay areas history in some way, and shouldnt reference any specific people or organization. This is the start of 2024 commencements at san jose state university. Ceremonies will stretch over three days, beginning with the college of engineering at 930. This morning. The college of education holds its commencement at 630 tonight. The schools Science Division hands out diplomas to graduates tomorrow. Congratulations to all. Oakland police and the chp say its crackdown on crime is working. The results from its recent surge in officers on city streets are yielding positive results. Well break down the latest numbers. Then he was the police chief in oakland before he was fired by