Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20240

KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 July 14, 2024

Bars and restaurants in the castro are hopping with as many as a Million People descending on the city for pride. We have live coverage from amber lee live in the castro. Reporter the mood is festive here in the castro tonight. Bars and restaurants are filled with people. This is a long line of people waiting to get inside a club. The celebration of pride is well underway. Thousands strong. The Transgender Community held its 16th annual march. A tradition on the friday of pride weekend. Two transgender women both attempted suicide in the past for fear of being shunned by family and others. They say the pride celebration gives them francisco remarkable is the life thats found here, to provide the resources to help all of us struggling to get through our journey much easier. Reporter celebrating with others in the Lgbtq Community on pride weekend. Patrons filled the bars wall to wall. The managers expect tens of thousands of people to gather here saturday and sunday. These places used to be much more than a bar. A place to speak and feel comfortable and be supported. I think that tradition has really carrie reporter at civic center, teams were busy setting up for the twoday festival that starts saturday at noon. The main stage spills onto the steps of city hall. Its my second time here in San Francisco. Its my first time here for pride. Reporter john gardner from minnesota plans to spend the festival and the parade on suspend, excited about the festivities that are part of pride. He says just seeing a Large Community here gives him comfort. It makes me feel like theres more in our community than just where im from in minneapolis. Reporter back at the trans march, some describe pride weekend as a political act. A celebration of progress. And a reminder of work that needs to be done. If we embrace our rights here, then we can share that with the rest of the world. Reporter the weekend sunday at 10 30 am. Pride parade happy pride, everyone. A club with a line wrapped around the block, we know that club that is. Thank you so much. Today marks a milestone in the gay rights movement. Its the 50th anniversary of the riots of the Stonewall Inn in new york city. Police in new york raided an underground gay bar, sparking a rebellion that fueled the modern lgbtq rights movement. Today the Stonewall Inn is still in operating, a sim pol for gay rights. Marriage equality is passed, we come here. Something bad happens leak the pulse shooting, we come here. Its kind of our home. The anniversary of the stonewall riots is front and center for new yorks pride celebration, which also happens this weekend. Catch an encore presentation of our ktvu special, a history of pride. It airs this sunday at 6 30 pm. A fire of reported after 6 00 on buchanan road. Firefighters saw flames coming out of several winds of the back side of the complex. There was an explosion in an oxygen tank. We requested an additional person yoob scene. Its a reminder for Senior Citizens to make sure theyre prepared in the even of a fire. That they practice an evacuation plan. Fire officials said one person of displaced. And that person is getting assistance. Ce. Another fire to tell you about. This massive fire right here at this complex under construction. Officials say it could be tomorrow before theyre able to dig through the ruins of this construction site and search for the cause. The fire spread late this morning, torching the 56 units being built. That construction site is at the corner of El Camino Real and scott boulevard. Reporter that man was held for questioning for several hours and released by police, charges not filed. The cause of this fire still under investigation. The flow of water onto hotspots is off right now as crews use a fire engine to remove and tear down some hotspots and the scaffolding thats melted and became deformed during the fire. Also there are neighbors living nearby who are grappling with a difficult question tonight. Residents of one neighborhood struggling with a vexing question. Say or go . Its not ideal. But were sorta bound to let our dog recover from surgery. Reporter he has a recovering pooch inside. His wife and chile outside. Smoke and ash still drifting from the fire scene. His neighborhood and Neighbors Without electric service. Prefer to stay at this point. Even without power . Yeah. Why so . Well, we live here. Reporter late friday morning, a massive fire. Threatening the homes in this neighborhood. It looks like this corner over here spread. So the fire was in a framed building, which causes rapid flames to spread. Reporter witnesses say in the blink of an eye, a small fire. Smoke and flames billowed into the air from the fouralarm fire. The workers running nervous and scared. Reporter firefighters formed a defensive line. Neighbors ran door to door warning each other. Some even grabbed garden hoses. Just in case, you know . It was hotter every single second. You have no time to grab anything. Santa claras mayor says while shes thankful there were no death, the loss of what would have been new housing is felt across the south bay. When i saw the big plume of black smoke in the air, my heart fell in my stomach. Reporter the Property Developer released a statement with regent park. Keep the windows closed for now. If it calls down, were probably open them up. Up. Fire officials tell me theyre going to open the westbound lanes right about now. So westbound el camino will be open. Eastbound will be closed for the rest of t and into tomorrow. One engine and one ladder truck here onscene to keep an eye on hotspots. Gotta feel for those people with no electricity. Thank you so much. The 4th of july is around the corner and some communities are regularly hearing the sound of illegal fireworks. Oakland police say they confiscated nearly two tons of illegal fireworks on wednesday worth 50,000. In another separate case, the city of oakland made an arrest involving 3,400 pounds of cll fireworks. All fireworks are cll in oakland. People in possession of a handful of firecrackers can face fines. If you see anyone setting off fireworks or selling them, the city of oakland has set up a tip line for you to call. And a reminder that only a handful of bay area cities permit safe and sane fireworks. Dublin, newark, alameda county, san mateo county, petaluma. Some troubling allegations tonight. More than two dozen adults with severe disabilities abused. The same hospital treating the board of services president. The allegations have led to the resignation of the 2d been abused and mistreated by workers at laguna honda hospital. There was a scary, unfortunate situationed. We are here to report something difficult, disturbing and sxoig to the people of San Francisco. Disappointing to the people of San Francisco. Reporter over six years, employees abused patients at the hospital. The abuse ran the gamut. Sexualized conversations with residents. Verbal and physical abuse. Neglect, privacy violations, medication errors. Reporter the Health Department says some of the workers recorded the abuse and shared it in texts. Patients were also improper he drugged. The administration of nonprescribed substances to some residents in an attempt to pacify them. Reporter the mayor says this is especially distressing for her. She said her grandmother suffered from dementia and stayed at the hospital for years until her death. We are committed to restoring the of the families and the patients of hagunna honda. For this to occur in our watch, i dont have the words to express how upset i am. Reporter Officials Say the patients were abused in fewer sections of the hospital, known as north 1 and north 2. Their ages vary. This is all about keeping our patients safe. Those 23 patients range in age from 30 to 100. Reporter the caregivers meanwhile. The followup has been swift. The six workers lost their jobs. The ceo resigned and the hospital director of quality is no longer in that position. Investigations are continuing by the city and San Francisco police. I apologize to them and to their families. Reporter the Health Department is working on a turnaround plan. Coming up, late word of an agreement as President Trump meets with the president of china on trade negotiations. A warmup over bait area this afternoon. And its a trend that will continue as we get into the weekend and beyond. Ekend and beyond. Reporter its the return of midnight basketball. Were here live with what this Program Means to so many. Oakland public works crews are working to fix a sinkhole in a residential neighborhood. The pavement opened up. From skyfox you can see that hole there. One lane of the street has been closed while crews assess the problem and repair it. Midnight basketball is back in the city of oakland. The Summer Program has more than 100 young people signed up. Reporter lots of excitement here right now. Midnight basketball offers a safe, positive activity on a friday night. And beyond sports, it may be lifesaving. Reporter its the tipoff these young men waited for. Ed from night hoops until august. 16 teams, games until 1 00 am. Some coaches come from juvenile hall. Some players too. But this escort the one that matters friday night. Ht. It made a difference with me. Having trouble. Reporter players can be as old as 25. Just bring a friend. Its a lot of positive energy to cancel out the negative on a friday night. Reporter before anyone suits up. Lost loved ones in the town. Keep your hands up if you lost more than five people. Reporter speakers on life skills, jobs, finances, patienting, attendance, mandatory. One more time. Reporter players are reminded, whatever history they may have outside has no home in this gym. Some of us grew up in the pen ten iary. This aint it. So i want you guys to relax. Reporter its an assist, meant to last long after the final intuzer. If we can keep this going, theyre satisfied inform our neighborhood, this much hope goes this far. I had two parents call me today, let me know he made it. I want to meet new people. Reporter this 16yearold comes from crockett to play. Young kids like me play basketball. In the area, its dangerous. But if they come here, its good competition, good teams. And they all start helping you. Reporter on the athletics, but antiviolence too. Midnight basketball is a family activity. Fans of the stands. A place for players to let their guard down. Let them humanize each other. Not mugging nobody. Thats what we need more of. Communicate. Positivity. Positivity. Reporter back live with games underway. On some fridays there will be job and resource fairs also here at the game. Alameda county probations sponsors this league, along with opd and oakland human serves. Stooint graduation night for firefighters at the contra costa county. After 19 weeks of training and instruction, confire graduated its 53rd firefighter academy. Tonights event included the flag ceremony and swearing in. Its a dream come true. All of us put in so much time and effort. Our family put in so much time and effort. Its a fulltime job if not more just getting hired. The new grads are joining the ranks of the california wildfire season team to be growing longer and more sdrukive. The Fire Protection strict is set to open an Additional Fire station. A warmup, especially inland. Along the coast, around the bay and San Francisco, temperatures were very similar to youve. Our inland city, five to ten degrees. 60 in oakland, livermore, san jose in the low 60s. A little fog developing along the coastline. Partly to mostly cloudy at the coast tomorrow morning. A little bit inside the bay. Into the afternoon on saturday, along the westfacing beaches, we rel main with cloudy conditions. Our southfacing areas, santa cruz expected to be partly cloudy to mostly clear. Bringing our temperatures up. As we get going tomorrow morning, temperatures are gonna be similar to where we started this morning. A chill in the air over santa rosa. 52 in San Francisco. 52 in fremon. And low 50s for livermore. 62 in antioch. 71 in oakland. 66 in San Francisco. Ill have a look at the rest of the weekend and 4th of july coming up. Y coming up. A citywide effort to improve disabled care. How 2 investigates helped spark the change after uncovering severe cases of abuse and neglect from caregivers. A man arrested for murder of a missing College Student. President trump is in japan for the g20 summit. Late word of an agreement coming out of a highly anticipated meeting with the president of china. As a family, we always fly emirates. Mum and dad are always saying. I love the breakfasts. Its the lunch for me. We both like the snacks. And the comfy seats. Granny always says. The crew are so lovely with. Can i get you anything madam . My uncle loves emirates for. The thousands of channels. Plus i never miss a live match. And my sister, if she ever spoke to me. Would say. Its the free wifi. Duh you get so much more on an emirates flight. Even the baby would say. Fly emirates. Fly better. Joe biden is in the bay area tonight for a series of private fundraisers. He attended a fundraiser in San Francisco late this afternoon. Followed by another in belvedere. Biden has no public patterns scheduled while here. Developing news out of the g20 summit in japan. President trump says trade talks with china are back on track. The president met with the chinese president. Following the meeting, the Chinese Media reported that the u. S. Had agreed to not impose any new tariffs on china. The u. S. Has already slapped tariffs on 2 k dolgz 250 billion in ch imports. President trump was threatening to import more. Re vy close. And then somebody happened where it slipped a little bit. Now were getting a little closer. It would be historic if we could do a fair trade deal. President trump next heads to south korea to meet with the president there. He extended an invitation to kim jongun on twitter saying he would be willing to meet kim at the dmz to shake his hand and say hello. North korea called it a very interesting suggestion. Earlier President Trump met with other World Leaders during the meeting with the saudi crowned prince. The president ignored questions about jamal khashoggi. The United States has encouraged an investigation into whether the crowned prince was involved in the killing last year. The president sat down with Vladimir Putin where he stirred up controversy by appearing to joke about russian interference in u. S. Elections. The white house says the two discussed iran, syria, ukraine, and arms control. A dog flu outbreak in the east bay. How shelters are working to keep the virus from spreading. Usa and france battled for more than 90 minutes through todays world cup quarterfinal match in paris. 2 investigates sparking change. How an investigation into the states disabled Care Industry has helped families. 6, 7, 8 big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. Family members we spoke to about californias disabled Care Industry say their loved ones are Getting Better health after our investigation. The update and the statewide effort to get to the bottom of these problems. Ms. Reporter Regional Centers are nonprofit corporations the state contracts with to monitor care for people with disabilities like autism aigateg on the strained Regional Center system thats allowing some severe cases of abuse and neglect to fall through the cracks. Last month, parents of developmentally disabled children and adults joined a whistleblower to shed these systemic problems. His adult son finally received serves after nearly six years without them in the north bay. Mitch frese, whose son was forced to sleep on a youresoaked mattress, says their director came up to him and promised that would never happen again under his watch. She told us nolan came home with mysterious injuries. And finally a Regional Center member is working oneonone with her to get answers. Because my case hearing called me. She is fighting hard for nolan so i can go back to assemblyman frasier is Holding Public meetings across the state to hear from affected families and providers. So far hes hit eight cities, including concord and sacramento. For holmes and her codefendant face fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with their nowdefunct bloodtesting company. Holmes is accused of lying to investors about the companys technology, ultimately cheating them out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The judge says the trial would begin on july 20th of 2020 and would last about three months. The delay is meant to give both sides time to prepare for whats promising to be a larger case. R case. Oakland Animal Services in the east bay spca say theyre moving dogs into kennels offsite early next week. Pet food express, based in oakland, has donated bowls and leashes and started an emergency food drive. People can come in and donate a fivepound bag of food. Nutrisource dog food will donate one dag, and three bags will go to the shelter animals. Since the outbreak of the dog flu was confirmed last week, animal serves have partnered with others. With others. A car flipped over a 100foot embankment and started a grass fire that thr crash hapn shannorostop the progress of the flames remember the cause of the accident is still under investigation. A 2003yearold was arrested on suspicion of dui after allegedly crashing his pickups into a Pleasant Hills restaurant. The Sec

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