Traffic, this is ktvu. Fox two news at noon. Good afternoon. Im Gasia Mikaelian im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. Lets get right to some breaking news from the east bay. Now a vehicle has crashed into the carquinez bridge toll plaza. So if youre planning to travel in the area, be prepared for delays as you approach the toll plaza, the crockett Martinez Fire Department says at least four people were injured. We do not know the extent of their injuries right now, but as you can imagine, this type of thing can cause backups heading north on the towards the toll plaza. So if youre heading in that area, maybe you want to try and find an alternate route for the time being, or expect some slowdowns in the meantime, we will keep following this story and bring you all the latest developments as they become available. Now to this story. Oaklands Newest Police chief is officially on the job. Thats after the city went more than a year without a Permanent Police chief. As ktvu james torres
Happen in a manner that is perfectly appropriate. Amidst the growing propalestinian encampments on campus, thousands of uc Berkeley Students are preparing to receive their degrees this morning. But students say this event means amidst current unrest. We were all shocked. You know, both of my kids were crying. All the parents, everybody was crying and really upset about this. And a small School Community in newark in shock after a private school abruptly closed its doors. Details on what led to that closure after 20 years in operation. From ktvu, fox two news. This is mornings on two. Welcome. And good morning to mornings on two. This is the Northern Lights coming to us from saturday, may 11th. Look at those gorgeous colors in the sky. These images all across the country, as we are seeing this beautiful storm, geomagnetic storm across the country. My goodness, its beautiful. Oh my god, you drove. You work last night. Thanks for coming in. Slight pink in the sky. It was driving to the ea
Principal. Thats how she learned that the school is bankrupt and friday would be its last day. We were shocked about two months ago, we abruptly found out that some teachers were not being paid, we found out that like the lease had not been paid, the principal, victor dawson, hasnt been on site since march 27th and none of the bills have been paid, including payroll. But hes collected tuition for next year. About 20 parents prepaid about 14,000 each. Angela eggleston has been involved with new horizons since the 90s. It has been a very long semester as vice principal. Shes tried to keep spirits up, but its been very challenging. When information was brought to light about building lease not being current, about this staff, not being paid, we did lose some students. Yeah, we probably lost about 20, 22 students. So we were probably right now we were down to like 78. Hadi rafi has taught math and science to middle schoolers here for the last year. So february, march, april, may, so itll b
You preparing for pomp and circumstance and protests. Uc berkeleys main Commencement Ceremony hours away. High emotions for graduates amid ongoing campus demonstrations. I think there is a little bit of a shadow for sure, but definitely very grateful that we still have the graduation. Propalestinian protests on College Campuses across the country have prompted officials to change or cancel graduations. Good evening. Im greg lee and im Cristina Rendon at uc berkeley. A different story thousands of students will cross the stage and receive their degrees tomorrow. This is campus. Encampments grow ktvu. Bailey ocarroll is live on campus tonight with more on how members of this class are feeling ahead of tomorrows festivities. Bailey greg and christina. Yeah this will be the First Official graduation for many in this class. Their High School Graduations canceled because of the covid 19 pandemic. And then there was fear that this one would also be canceled because of protest tied to the isra
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