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Country illegally. We are focused on criminals. When people come into our country, we take those people out and we take them out very legally. They all have papers. The aclu has already filed a lawsuit aimed aprotecting asylum seekers. They claim that migrants from Central America were not allowed a fair chance to make their cases before being forced to leave. One group has been out in San Francisco for the past hour protesting these ice raids and the citys mayor is also speaking out. Christian captain life at San Francisco city hall where mayor breed is reaffirming her support for the citys immigrants. Reporter they just wrapped up the press conference a couple of minutes ago Standing Shoulder to shoulder and explaining their solidarity with frans immigrant community. San francisco being one of the cities that immigration and customs and enforcement is expected to target in a series of raids on sunday. Now, immigration officials are expected to target some 2,000 people with final orders of removal including families who cases have been fast tracked by judges. The cities around the bay area are banning together trying to protect the immigrant communities going forward. San franciscos mayor saying she, community heed are and officials will be working to make sure immigrants know what their rights are and make sure they know about Legal Resources available to them. Everyone is guaranteed certain rights under the constitution whether they are in this country illegally or not. If you are arrested, you have the right to remain silent. The you have the right to an attorney. Remember, immigrant agents generally need a judicial warrant to enter your home. Reporter two groups of california attorneys also targeting ices decision to not inform anyone detained that they might be able to get an attorney to represent them for free and blasting the plan to conduct these raids on a sunday when immigrant Processing Centers are closed. That will make it nearly impossible to render legal advice. By the time they learn who is being targeted in the raid he they could be in a detaken facility out of state. Already nearly 1,000 people have committed to coming to the lights for liberty rally here in San Francisco at the powell street cable car turnaround. That is where powell meets market. About 1,000 people going there. That is just one rally here in San Francisco. There are a number here in San Francisco and around the bay area. One more note, we just had a representative from San Franciscos Sheriffs Office come over to us an stress that it is very important that people who have an undocumented immigrant taught us still feel comfortable calling police officers, not just concerned they are going to be supported by bay area or San Francisco police officers, in other words San Francisco weekend area police officers, many of those agencies not cooperate with the ice raids but they say it is important that those immigrant communities still continue call whether they do encounter some kind of a criminal problem. They say it is critical that people in immigrant communities still feel comfortable reaching out to Law Enforcement when they do face some sort of crime, whether they are victimized or witnessed. That is another note they are trying to pass on here in San Francisco. We are live in San Francisco, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. Vice president mike pence is in texas on a tour of the southern border. He is scheduled to tour a Border Patrol detention facility an participate in a round table discussion about migrants entering the u. S. Vice president pence says he will let the media see the migrant processing facility to show the conditions there and what it is like to be detained. However, expect protests today as christian mentioned around the bay area and around the world against the detention facilities. More than 600 rallies are planned on five comments against what protests are call inhumane conditions at the centers. Several children have died and there have been reports of Sexual Assaults at the centers. Last month, a group of doctors and lawyers toured some of the detention facilities. They say they were shocked by what they saw. Here in the bay area, a few dozen demonstrations planned for tonight. San francisco will have a 7 00 p. M. Refugee valerie at powell an market streets. Also at 7 00 a protest planned at the city hall at san jose. A gun that was misplaced by the police chief of San Luis Obispo has been found and returned. The chief says she accidentally left her gun that i restaurant rest room but when she went back to get it, it was gone. She apologized. A 30yearold man admitted to finding the gun in the rest room and returned it. The fbi is offer a 5,000 reward to find a gun, a magazine and an fbi jacket that were stolen from an agents car in oakland. It happened around 8 40 on wednesday night. Fbi says the items included a semiautomatic rifle, ammunition and a field agent raid jacket. The agents car was parked near edge it is water drive and haggen berger road. They are working to help find the stolen items. If you have any information, call the oakland police. The ghost ship trial resumes on monday morning. Henry lee reports. Reporter while being grilled by the da, Derick Almena admitted he signed the lease for the warehouse, set the represent and never got permits for the chains he made to the building. He all testified that the landlords son told him to deny that anyone lived there. He also said contractors he hired were supposed to pull permits but the prosecutor suggested that almena was lying about those issues because he never mentioned that before the trial. Lets say 100 questions that he asked a thousand times over and over again. That is why i called it water drip torture meth on the. Reporter but almena tried to blame the landlord and her family who arent on trial. He said the owners left people live in that building that wasnt inspected for 71 years. The prosecutor asked whether any tenants paid the landlord directly or if the popeers were the ones would moved people in. The prosecutor asked, truthfully, under the landlords for those people. He i had say rented the space in my name. The prosecutor accused him of playing the game game. He responded i still dont want to blame anybody but the da referred to this interview almena gave to ktvu from jail in which he says the whole structure of his defense is pointing the blame. The defense says they are confident they will prevail. I dont think we were damaged severely by the cross examination. I think my clients come out pretty well. I think there is going to be reasonable doubt in the case. Reporter coring the magnitude of what is at stake, this is probably the weakest case that has ever moved forward with the level of death and destruction which has occurred. Reporter da will begin printing rebuttal witnesses on monday. Closing arguments wont start until july 29th. Henry lee is report prosecuting the courtroom every day of the trial. Can you read his daily blog on ktvu. Com. The ground is still shaking in southern california. A 4. 9 magnitude earthquake hit ridgecrest shortly after 6 00 this morning. Aftershocks have been shaking the area since last fridays 7. 1 temblor. The results of an earthquake early this morning in the pacific northwest. It was Strong Enough to wake some people up. A 4. 6 quake about 30 miles north of seattle. That was followed minutes late bird a 3. 5 magnitude aftershock near the city of monroe. People from all over the west side of state felt the shaking. No reports of any major damage. The san mateo Sheriffs Office is warning about great white sharks spotted off the coast of california. The Sheriffs Office tweeted this photo of a shark taken right above half moon bay. The tweet says multiple pilots playing over san mateo coast yesterday saw the great white in the water. When we come back, the coast guard carries out a big drug seizure at sea. Incredible video of the drug bust in the Pacific Ocean and how the coast guard captured a submarine filled with thousands of pounds of cocaine. President trumps embattled labor secretary announced his resignation over the controversial handling of a sex crimes case involving financier Jeffrey Epstein. Well hear from alex acosta, the labor secretary soon. The morning clouds clearing back for your afternoon. It will be mostly sunny away from the coastline. Ill have a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood coming up. Oh thaphenomenal , thats unfair. Thats so unfair. Cmon jaybo. Lets go. Lets go. Woahh try my 4. 99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. Only at jack in the box. Try my 4. 99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. You are seeing and hearing traumatic video of a confrontation between the coast guard and a submarine filled with cocaine. The drug were heading to the u. S. The crew of the coast guard cutter monroe managed to board that submarine. Coast guard officers arrested several people and seized the drugs on board. Authorities estimate the cocaine has a street value there of about 232 million. There is another change involving president trumps cabinet. This morning, u. S. Labor secretary alex acosta announced he will resign one week from today. Before he was labor secretary, acosta was a u. S. Attorney in south florida. He faced criticism for arranging a secret plea deal he made for Jeffrey Epstein a decade ago. I have seen coverage of this case that is over 12 years old that has input and vetting at multiple levels of the department of justice and as i look forward, i do not think it is right and fair for this administrations Labor Department to have epstein as the focus rather than the incredible economy we have today. Epstein has been charged with traffic and sexually abusing dozens of underaged girls. Both acosta and the president say the resignation was acostas decision. Father of a young woman connected to r. Kelly spoke out at a News Conference about the singers arrest this morning. He is in federal custody in chicago on a new 13 count undemitra involving federal charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice. A spokesman for r. Kelly called a News Conference to respond to the latest charms. He was interrupted by jocelyn savages father. Her father says. R. Kelly has been holding her against her will for years. R. Kelly is in there right now in jail. I want to knowwhere my daughter is. Answer that question. The 52yearold kelley already faces Sexual Assault charges in illinois involving four women. Three were minors at the time of the alleged abuse. Louisiana is suffered a hurricane warning as Tropical Storm barry is closer to the coast. Doug mcelway tells us how people are preparring for the storm. Reporter people along the louisiana coast are feeling the first effects of Tropical Storm barry while here in new orleans. The rains and the wind are beginning to pick up. Hurricane warnings are in effect in a state of emergency has been declared as the rain and wind from Tropical Storm barry hits louisiana. Here in new orleans, the city is still recovering from flash flooding on wednesday. City engineers say the citys pumping system is working as expected. But with the storm surge added to the heavy rain, officials warn the pumps might not be enough to keep the water out. We do expect that this storm will be slow moving. What that means is there is a possibility that as it is moving slow that we are going to get heavy rainfall for up to 48 hours. Reporter no evacuations have been ordered here because the storm isnt expected to grow into i amajor hurricane but it is a different story along the coast. Thousands of folks in eastern louisiana are under evacuation orders. Though some insist they are staying put to protect their property. This way we have an doesnt to protect the thins that we have that we werent able to bunker down or whatever. Reporter others say they are used to having to leave on short notice and the threat of up to 20 inches rain was enough to get them moving. You are bringing in dry goods and flashlights and batteries and stuff like that. Because that is the routine. This area right here, we always got to evacuate. Reporter after it keeps moving through louisiana, forecaster say that Tropical Storm barry is expect to move northward towards the midwest where it will continue to dump heavy amounts of rainfall. In new orleans, doug mcelway, fox news. And for a closer look at weather across country and close are to home, here is r osemary orozco. Lets take a look at Tropical Storm barry for just a little while. We have that system, with the eye of it right offshore. Can you see the bands are already moving across louisiana, mississippi, alabama. Strong wind already reported in the area as well. As you heard from the report, 48 hours of rainfall expected. Here is a look at the path expected for barry. Could come ashore either Tropical Storm or a category 1 expected to be right about 75 Miles Per Hour tomorrow morning and then it will deteriorate as it moves farther north into saturday night and sunday. Talking about the Mississippi River quite a bit because right now, it is already above 16 feet expected to top out right about 19 feet which means moderate to major flooding expected in that area. Although as weve been hear, the army corps of engineers believes the levies are going to be okay. As far as the storm surge, three to five feet when it comes ashower early tomorrow morning. Here at home, we do have a gorgeous day under way. No complaint, right . Here a look at some of the cloud cover still over areas of the coastline and into San Francisco. But for the bay as well as our inland cities, it has cleared out quite nicely. We have santa crews cruz with mostly clear skies. Santa rosa reporting an onshore breeze at three. Fairfield reporting nine. Concord northwest at about nine Miles Per Hour. Lets take a look at the afternoon highs expectedded for today. Upper 60s for sausalito. 92 expected for warm are locations, areas right around santa rose a as we head to the east bay, we have 74 in alameda. South bay for your afternoon today. Mid80s san jose. Upper 80s saratoga and 76 by water in santa cruz. 83 in redwood industry. Supper 60s for the city of San Francisco. Throw mid60s, daly city, pacifica and half monday bay. Tomorrow looks to be the warmest day. Creeping up just slightly along the coast line. Low to mid90s expected for the afternoon. Than with see a turnaround on sunday. It is a modest one. As we get into monday, tuesday, those temperatures will continue to fall. If you are going to lake tahoe for the weekend, ill have a look at that forecast for you coming up. Just head, the video game world is dominated by men but one day area summer camp is trying to change that. Well show you how girls on the peninsula are breaking the barrier and getting into games lets check on the numbers on wall street. The dow jones is up today to 27,280. Investor feeling optimistic about the possible of the Federal Reserve cutting Interest Rates yet again. The action news jax and s p 500 all up right now. Amazon plans to invest 700 million to retrain its workers in skills that are in high demand. The company says the goal is to help its employees move into more advanced careers by 2025 as the company expands. Amazon says Training Programs will be order to 100,000 workers at all levels of the company. Employees will have the option to learn everything from Software Engineering to machine learning. One of the biggest teachers unions in the country is suing department of education over a Program Designed to forgive Student Loans for bubble workers. The American Federation of teens are file a lawsuit claiming the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program has been mismanaged violating the constitution. Program was created in 2007. It promised to forgive loans for graduates who made 10 Monthly Payments while working as teachers, nurses or other public workers. 1 of appear indications for that program have been approved and many say they were wrongly rejected. The world of video game design has been traditionally a male dominated field. The camp is called girls make games. We show you how the campers are breaking barriers. Reporter inside the imposing looking sony building in san mateo. What if you had a spaceship and you traveled to different world. Reporter summer camp is in session. The group is called girls make games. They are entering a world that has been typically male dominated. I like the idea that get to create something new that is my own and test out new things. Reporter 14yearold kai hackett and her group are designing a fantasy adventure game where adan bonned children face problems as they find a safe place gentleman they will have random enemies from out are space. Girls make games began in the bay area six years ago and is now international. The found are say it is a way to give girls a taste of game degiant when i start mild game studio, it was impossible for me to find Central America<\/a> were not allowed a fair chance to make their cases before being forced to leave. One group has been out in San Francisco<\/a> for the past hour protesting these ice raids and the citys mayor is also speaking out. Christian captain life at San Francisco<\/a> city hall where mayor breed is reaffirming her support for the citys immigrants. Reporter they just wrapped up the press conference a couple of minutes ago Standing Shoulder<\/a> to shoulder and explaining their solidarity with frans immigrant community. San francisco being one of the cities that immigration and customs and enforcement is expected to target in a series of raids on sunday. Now, immigration officials are expected to target some 2,000 people with final orders of removal including families who cases have been fast tracked by judges. The cities around the bay area are banning together trying to protect the immigrant communities going forward. San franciscos mayor saying she, community heed are and officials will be working to make sure immigrants know what their rights are and make sure they know about Legal Resources<\/a> available to them. Everyone is guaranteed certain rights under the constitution whether they are in this country illegally or not. If you are arrested, you have the right to remain silent. The you have the right to an attorney. Remember, immigrant agents generally need a judicial warrant to enter your home. Reporter two groups of california attorneys also targeting ices decision to not inform anyone detained that they might be able to get an attorney to represent them for free and blasting the plan to conduct these raids on a sunday when immigrant Processing Centers<\/a> are closed. That will make it nearly impossible to render legal advice. By the time they learn who is being targeted in the raid he they could be in a detaken facility out of state. Already nearly 1,000 people have committed to coming to the lights for liberty rally here in San Francisco<\/a> at the powell street cable car turnaround. That is where powell meets market. About 1,000 people going there. That is just one rally here in San Francisco<\/a>. There are a number here in San Francisco<\/a> and around the bay area. One more note, we just had a representative from San Francisco<\/a>s Sheriffs Office<\/a> come over to us an stress that it is very important that people who have an undocumented immigrant taught us still feel comfortable calling police officers, not just concerned they are going to be supported by bay area or San Francisco<\/a> police officers, in other words San Francisco<\/a> weekend area police officers, many of those agencies not cooperate with the ice raids but they say it is important that those immigrant communities still continue call whether they do encounter some kind of a criminal problem. They say it is critical that people in immigrant communities still feel comfortable reaching out to Law Enforcement<\/a> when they do face some sort of crime, whether they are victimized or witnessed. That is another note they are trying to pass on here in San Francisco<\/a>. We are live in San Francisco<\/a>, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you. Vice president mike pence is in texas on a tour of the southern border. He is scheduled to tour a Border Patrol<\/a> detention facility an participate in a round table discussion about migrants entering the u. S. Vice president pence says he will let the media see the migrant processing facility to show the conditions there and what it is like to be detained. However, expect protests today as christian mentioned around the bay area and around the world against the detention facilities. More than 600 rallies are planned on five comments against what protests are call inhumane conditions at the centers. Several children have died and there have been reports of Sexual Assault<\/a>s at the centers. Last month, a group of doctors and lawyers toured some of the detention facilities. They say they were shocked by what they saw. Here in the bay area, a few dozen demonstrations planned for tonight. San francisco will have a 7 00 p. M. Refugee valerie at powell an market streets. Also at 7 00 a protest planned at the city hall at san jose. A gun that was misplaced by the police chief of San Luis Obispo<\/a> has been found and returned. The chief says she accidentally left her gun that i restaurant rest room but when she went back to get it, it was gone. She apologized. A 30yearold man admitted to finding the gun in the rest room and returned it. The fbi is offer a 5,000 reward to find a gun, a magazine and an fbi jacket that were stolen from an agents car in oakland. It happened around 8 40 on wednesday night. Fbi says the items included a semiautomatic rifle, ammunition and a field agent raid jacket. The agents car was parked near edge it is water drive and haggen berger road. They are working to help find the stolen items. If you have any information, call the oakland police. The ghost ship trial resumes on monday morning. Henry lee reports. Reporter while being grilled by the da, Derick Almena<\/a> admitted he signed the lease for the warehouse, set the represent and never got permits for the chains he made to the building. He all testified that the landlords son told him to deny that anyone lived there. He also said contractors he hired were supposed to pull permits but the prosecutor suggested that almena was lying about those issues because he never mentioned that before the trial. Lets say 100 questions that he asked a thousand times over and over again. That is why i called it water drip torture meth on the. Reporter but almena tried to blame the landlord and her family who arent on trial. He said the owners left people live in that building that wasnt inspected for 71 years. The prosecutor asked whether any tenants paid the landlord directly or if the popeers were the ones would moved people in. The prosecutor asked, truthfully, under the landlords for those people. He i had say rented the space in my name. The prosecutor accused him of playing the game game. He responded i still dont want to blame anybody but the da referred to this interview almena gave to ktvu from jail in which he says the whole structure of his defense is pointing the blame. The defense says they are confident they will prevail. I dont think we were damaged severely by the cross examination. I think my clients come out pretty well. I think there is going to be reasonable doubt in the case. Reporter coring the magnitude of what is at stake, this is probably the weakest case that has ever moved forward with the level of death and destruction which has occurred. Reporter da will begin printing rebuttal witnesses on monday. Closing arguments wont start until july 29th. Henry lee is report prosecuting the courtroom every day of the trial. Can you read his daily blog on ktvu. Com. The ground is still shaking in southern california. A 4. 9 magnitude earthquake hit ridgecrest shortly after 6 00 this morning. Aftershocks have been shaking the area since last fridays 7. 1 temblor. The results of an earthquake early this morning in the pacific northwest. It was Strong Enough<\/a> to wake some people up. A 4. 6 quake about 30 miles north of seattle. That was followed minutes late bird a 3. 5 magnitude aftershock near the city of monroe. People from all over the west side of state felt the shaking. No reports of any major damage. The san mateo Sheriffs Office<\/a> is warning about great white sharks spotted off the coast of california. The Sheriffs Office<\/a> tweeted this photo of a shark taken right above half moon bay. The tweet says multiple pilots playing over san mateo coast yesterday saw the great white in the water. When we come back, the coast guard carries out a big drug seizure at sea. Incredible video of the drug bust in the Pacific Ocean<\/a> and how the coast guard captured a submarine filled with thousands of pounds of cocaine. President trumps embattled labor secretary announced his resignation over the controversial handling of a sex crimes case involving financier Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>. Well hear from alex acosta, the labor secretary soon. The morning clouds clearing back for your afternoon. It will be mostly sunny away from the coastline. Ill have a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood coming up. Oh thaphenomenal , thats unfair. Thats so unfair. Cmon jaybo. Lets go. Lets go. Woahh try my 4. 99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. Only at jack in the box. Try my 4. 99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. You are seeing and hearing traumatic video of a confrontation between the coast guard and a submarine filled with cocaine. The drug were heading to the u. S. The crew of the coast guard cutter monroe managed to board that submarine. Coast guard officers arrested several people and seized the drugs on board. Authorities estimate the cocaine has a street value there of about 232 million. There is another change involving president trumps cabinet. This morning, u. S. Labor secretary alex acosta announced he will resign one week from today. Before he was labor secretary, acosta was a u. S. Attorney in south florida. He faced criticism for arranging a secret plea deal he made for Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> a decade ago. I have seen coverage of this case that is over 12 years old that has input and vetting at multiple levels of the department of justice and as i look forward, i do not think it is right and fair for this administrations Labor Department<\/a> to have epstein as the focus rather than the incredible economy we have today. Epstein has been charged with traffic and sexually abusing dozens of underaged girls. Both acosta and the president say the resignation was acostas decision. Father of a young woman connected to r. Kelly spoke out at a News Conference<\/a> about the singers arrest this morning. He is in federal custody in chicago on a new 13 count undemitra involving federal charges of child pornography and obstruction of justice. A spokesman for r. Kelly called a News Conference<\/a> to respond to the latest charms. He was interrupted by jocelyn savages father. Her father says. R. Kelly has been holding her against her will for years. R. Kelly is in there right now in jail. I want to knowwhere my daughter is. Answer that question. The 52yearold kelley already faces Sexual Assault<\/a> charges in illinois involving four women. Three were minors at the time of the alleged abuse. Louisiana is suffered a hurricane warning as Tropical Storm<\/a> barry is closer to the coast. Doug mcelway tells us how people are preparring for the storm. Reporter people along the louisiana coast are feeling the first effects of Tropical Storm<\/a> barry while here in new orleans. The rains and the wind are beginning to pick up. Hurricane warnings are in effect in a state of emergency has been declared as the rain and wind from Tropical Storm<\/a> barry hits louisiana. Here in new orleans, the city is still recovering from flash flooding on wednesday. City engineers say the citys pumping system is working as expected. But with the storm surge added to the heavy rain, officials warn the pumps might not be enough to keep the water out. We do expect that this storm will be slow moving. What that means is there is a possibility that as it is moving slow that we are going to get heavy rainfall for up to 48 hours. Reporter no evacuations have been ordered here because the storm isnt expected to grow into i amajor hurricane but it is a different story along the coast. Thousands of folks in eastern louisiana are under evacuation orders. Though some insist they are staying put to protect their property. This way we have an doesnt to protect the thins that we have that we werent able to bunker down or whatever. Reporter others say they are used to having to leave on short notice and the threat of up to 20 inches rain was enough to get them moving. You are bringing in dry goods and flashlights and batteries and stuff like that. Because that is the routine. This area right here, we always got to evacuate. Reporter after it keeps moving through louisiana, forecaster say that Tropical Storm<\/a> barry is expect to move northward towards the midwest where it will continue to dump heavy amounts of rainfall. In new orleans, doug mcelway, fox news. And for a closer look at weather across country and close are to home, here is r osemary orozco. Lets take a look at Tropical Storm<\/a> barry for just a little while. We have that system, with the eye of it right offshore. Can you see the bands are already moving across louisiana, mississippi, alabama. Strong wind already reported in the area as well. As you heard from the report, 48 hours of rainfall expected. Here is a look at the path expected for barry. Could come ashore either Tropical Storm<\/a> or a category 1 expected to be right about 75 Miles Per Hour<\/a> tomorrow morning and then it will deteriorate as it moves farther north into saturday night and sunday. Talking about the Mississippi River<\/a> quite a bit because right now, it is already above 16 feet expected to top out right about 19 feet which means moderate to major flooding expected in that area. Although as weve been hear, the army corps of engineers believes the levies are going to be okay. As far as the storm surge, three to five feet when it comes ashower early tomorrow morning. Here at home, we do have a gorgeous day under way. No complaint, right . Here a look at some of the cloud cover still over areas of the coastline and into San Francisco<\/a>. But for the bay as well as our inland cities, it has cleared out quite nicely. We have santa crews cruz with mostly clear skies. Santa rosa reporting an onshore breeze at three. Fairfield reporting nine. Concord northwest at about nine Miles Per Hour<\/a>. Lets take a look at the afternoon highs expectedded for today. Upper 60s for sausalito. 92 expected for warm are locations, areas right around santa rose a as we head to the east bay, we have 74 in alameda. South bay for your afternoon today. Mid80s san jose. Upper 80s saratoga and 76 by water in santa cruz. 83 in redwood industry. Supper 60s for the city of San Francisco<\/a>. Throw mid60s, daly city, pacifica and half monday bay. Tomorrow looks to be the warmest day. Creeping up just slightly along the coast line. Low to mid90s expected for the afternoon. Than with see a turnaround on sunday. It is a modest one. As we get into monday, tuesday, those temperatures will continue to fall. If you are going to lake tahoe for the weekend, ill have a look at that forecast for you coming up. Just head, the video game world is dominated by men but one day area summer camp is trying to change that. Well show you how girls on the peninsula are breaking the barrier and getting into games lets check on the numbers on wall street. The dow jones is up today to 27,280. Investor feeling optimistic about the possible of the Federal Reserve<\/a> cutting Interest Rates<\/a> yet again. The action news jax and s p 500 all up right now. Amazon plans to invest 700 million to retrain its workers in skills that are in high demand. The company says the goal is to help its employees move into more advanced careers by 2025 as the company expands. Amazon says Training Programs<\/a> will be order to 100,000 workers at all levels of the company. Employees will have the option to learn everything from Software Engineering<\/a> to machine learning. One of the biggest teachers unions in the country is suing department of education over a Program Designed<\/a> to forgive Student Loans<\/a> for bubble workers. The American Federation<\/a> of teens are file a lawsuit claiming the Public Service<\/a> Loan Forgiveness Program<\/a> has been mismanaged violating the constitution. Program was created in 2007. It promised to forgive loans for graduates who made 10 Monthly Payments<\/a> while working as teachers, nurses or other public workers. 1 of appear indications for that program have been approved and many say they were wrongly rejected. The world of video game design has been traditionally a male dominated field. The camp is called girls make games. We show you how the campers are breaking barriers. Reporter inside the imposing looking sony building in san mateo. What if you had a spaceship and you traveled to different world. Reporter summer camp is in session. The group is called girls make games. They are entering a world that has been typically male dominated. I like the idea that get to create something new that is my own and test out new things. Reporter 14yearold kai hackett and her group are designing a fantasy adventure game where adan bonned children face problems as they find a safe place gentleman they will have random enemies from out are space. Girls make games began in the bay area six years ago and is now international. The found are say it is a way to give girls a taste of game degiant when i start mild game studio, it was impossible for me to find Women Developers<\/a> to come work with me. It turns out that there is not very many of them to look for. That is where girls make games summer camp started out. The campers work in teams. Best games will be entered in a National Girls<\/a> competition where judge xbox, play station and nintendo find the win engineer some kids find school boring but in this camp, you are learning something that makes learning fun. Reporter the girls say they like not having boys around. The dynamic shifts somehow and the game become more action packed. Boys usually have in this industry and in our world that they have the most opportunities to get these coding jobs, engineering, things like that. Now that we have this new camp, girl make games, it really helps us get a boost up. Reporter this 13yearold from softer city is helping to design a game about a teenaged girl going through various statements of her life. It deals with the troubles of her life such as like equality, sexism, feminism, things like that. They want to make games about making the world better, about building empathy, about helping people understand each other. Reporter the campers also hear practice female game designers, those who were able to crack the glass cerealing. It shouldnt be just based off of your gender. It should be just something that everyone should be able to enjoy. The hope here is to create ones in the girls. Confidence in them creating an idea and pursuing it both in the gaming world and perhaps in life. Rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. Coming up, east bay preparing for the next big one. What they are doing to be sure the infrastructure stays together when the ground starts shaking. I man who attempted suicide here at the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> is now making a film about the Suicide Prevention<\/a> being installed. Well take you behind the scenes. A individual ill is taking place to show support for undocumented immigrants in the community. Several speaker got up before the crowd at the interfaith rally hoping to call attention to the detention camps along the southern border. See a crowd of several hundred people it likes outside ice Head Quarters<\/a> in San Francisco<\/a>. Sneaking at this event a holocaust survivor an at survivor of japanese eninternment camps during world war ii. They denounced the detention camps at the southern border and spoke about the parallel experience of those migrants being held against their will. The vigil comes as ice raids are expected at 10 cities across the country including here in the bay area. The ground is still shaking in southern california. A 4. 9 magnitude earthquake hit ridgecrest shortly after 6 00 this morning. Numerousafter shocks have been reported in the area since last fridays 7. 1 temblor. No reports of any major damage from this mornings quake. Here the bay area, the next big one one is inevitable. It is just a question of when. The utility is laying thousands of feet of knew pipeline along the hayward fault. Reporter this usgs similar playstation based on the best science says this is what happens if a 7 magnitude quake strikes the water system. It rips through buried pipe and wires. Some east bay residents lose water for six weeks an up to six months. Reporter to prevent that, east bay mud is busy at work on a four some long project on the top of the hayward fault in the Berkeley Hills<\/a> that will replace a 3,000foot long pipeline. The current pipeline has average i amajor break each year for the last 30 years with increasing regularity as the land here has continued to shake and shift. It is the next generation of hazard resill intelligent materials. It is pipe that can move back and forth within the joint and it can actually deflect also. So it can bend to the right, to the left, up and down a certain number of degrees. As this land shifts as an earthquake comes and shakes the ground, the pipe is going to move with the land. This super strong jet super flexible system with an expected 1 other year life span is virtually impervious to corrosion, the main reason pipes fail in the east bays corrosive soils. Reporter it is able it is able to shift an bend a little more. It is not aburile. Reporter two more pipe replacement projects are in the planning statements along with less demanding ones. We reached a record goal this year in replacing 17. 6 miles of pipe. Reporter if the hayward fault should rupture to its snowfall potential, there is no way that we are going to avoid massive damage. But the more infrastructure that holds together or needs less repairs, the quicker part of the sheriffs commitment was to have deputies come out here and periodically patrol and that is what they were doing, just observing. Leads are say another part of the crackdown is communities involvement, just getting someones license plate can help or just a mistake by the illegal dumper who oftentimes leave evidence behind. There was one envelope with an address in it. So sent them a cease and desist notice. So that is one of the cases that the da is looking at and prosecuting. The six Month Pilot Program<\/a> is paid for by taxpayer and hope it is expanded when this one ends in october. An invasive fruit fly has turned up in san mateo and santa clara counties. They are treating areas in palo alto, East Palo Alto<\/a> and men owe park to erad wait the peach fruit fly. It poses a threat to the states fruit and vent essential crops. The the females lay their eggs in fruit. About 50 of the species that we eat and grow. So this would be one more insent that we would have to control. If you dont control t you will be fining a lot of maggots inside your fruit. The flies were likely brought in by people with illegal fruit. They are hoping to kill off the flies with organ inbait treatment placed within a one and a half mile radius from where they were initially found. Mosquitoes in the San Francisco<\/a> area have tested positive for the west nile virus. The sacramento control district say the sample was found in south sacramento. Last year, 11 people nationwide died from that virus. 44 died in 2017. So far this year, one death has been reported in southern california. Experts say the best way to prevent west nile virus is to limit breeding areas for mosquitos by removing standing water around your home. You abody recovered in Grand Canyon National Park<\/a> is believe to be that of a bay area hiker who went missing last month. 66yearold peter shwab of healdsburg disappeared on june 28th. On wednesday, park rangers found a mans body in the Colorado River<\/a> and they say based on evidence found with the body, it appears to be shwab. The medical examiner will make an official identification. Governor newsom has signed a multimilliondollar bill to shore up the Largest Electric<\/a> utilities in the face of another wildfire season. The bill calls for California Power<\/a> companies to spend at least 5 billion on safety improvements t creates a fund of up to 21 billion that could compensate sick tims of wildfires caused by utility equipment. And new figures released by Governor Newsom<\/a> showed that the town of paradise has lost more than 90 of its population since last years devastating camp fire. Back in 2010, the census reported there were 26,800 residents in the town of paradise. We are follow a developing story on the island of maui. A wildfire has burned at least 10,000 acres. The fire start ad long a highway yesterday and has forced thousands of people to evacuate. Some flights to the islands main airport were diverted as the airport was temporarily shut down. Flights should resume today but anyone traveling to the island should doublecheck their flight status because the situation there continues to evolve. A person way history of driving under the influence is now in cut i. It he is suspected of hitting a 2year old girl in the partner lot. She was seriously hurt but is expected to survive. I just see the kid like bounce in the street. Reporter people drive organize walking on busy range avenue rushed to help a toddler hit and thrown by a vehicle and left unconscious on the pavement. I just like go over an pick her up. I pick her up. Carried her to the curb . A lot of people come here and they call 911. They took the kid. Reporter police say the little girl was with her grandmother in the parking lot of this Social Security<\/a> office. While the grandmother was loading her car up, the toddler broke way from her and ran out towards into the street. Im sure it was a pretty terrifying incident. The child was rushed to a local hospital and airlifted to childrens in oakland. Police zeroed in on a white van parked nearby matching witness descriptions and video from area businesses. They found the owner, 46year old hechtor larios in his apartment and neighbors were watching. They said did you have an accident. He was just sitting there. We do d. See that. Of his sitting there very calmly and they were backing him. He wouldnt reply. Reporter by evening, they had railroaded him for felony hit and run and felony dui. The suspects wife says he came into their apartment and laid down, gave no sign anything was amiss. I see my husband an say oh, im tired. Okay, you sleep. Thats it. Thats it. This neighborhood full of family is repiped how fast a little one can dart away and how dangerous that can be. I have two kids of my own and im augusts precautious. Every moment, they could walk away. Even though you are taking most care of them, anything can happen. Almost two decades ago, a man jump. Ed off the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> trying to commit suicide but he survived and now he is dedicated it helping save others. As amber lee reports, kevin hines is make a documentary about the suicide net being installed under the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a>. What some call the most beautiful man made structure ever created will finally become the greatest and largest and brightest beacon for Suicide Prevention<\/a> around the world. Reporter kevin hines has a personal story to tell about the iconic Golden Gate Bridge<\/a>. He attempted to suicide jumping off the bridge almost 19 years ago. I was in the water drowning when i jumped. If i werent for the sea lion that kept me afloat until the Coast Guard Boat<\/a> was heard behind me, i would not be here. Well set up the net. Reporter esteeming up with film maker andrew ross to make a documentary called the net. It is a duty. It is something i must do. We have lost far too many lives. The film will show a node for the Suicide Prevention<\/a> net and the struggle to turn it into a reality. Transforms the bridge for those people would may not have a positive connection to it. I think it transforms that Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> into a place of hope. Reporter it took decades if a Suicide Prevention<\/a> net to come to fruition. For a long time, the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> board wasnt ready to make this sort of investment in a suicide net. Reporter but times and attitudes about Mental Health<\/a> have changed. In 2014, funding for the 210 million project became available. That is really the essence of what we are trying to do is to stop suicide and save lives. Some steel brackets that will hold the net on both sides of the brim rob installed but more brackets and the net are still being manufactured. To get the project done, crews are working six nights a week with lane closures in both directions. I survived the fall. Reporter hypes, who now works as an advocate for Suicide Prevention<\/a>, says the few would survive dont attempt suicide again. He says he regretted trying to kill himself and that it was Mental Illness<\/a> that led to his attempt. His film and the net partners in prevention. Not one more beautiful soul will ever again be lost it this bridge. When a triumph. Reporter the sioux side preseng net and the film are expected to be completed january of 2021. The film makers tell me the documentary will be available in theaters an on digital platforms. At the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a>, amber lee, ktvu fox 2 news. A Hometown Hero<\/a> in the city of south San Francisco<\/a>. Up next, meet a young woman who is destined to join the citys Fire Fighting<\/a> ranks an how a 911 call may have start it all. Outside, a little bit of fog covering over San Francisco<\/a> along coast line. Check on your Current Conditions<\/a> an line up the number for the bay area weekend coming up. I didnt have to call 911. Help. And i didnt have to come get you. Because you didnt have another heart attack. Not today. You took our conversation about your chronic coronary Artery Disease<\/a> to heart. Even with a stent procedure, your condition can get worse over time, and keep you at risk of blood clots. So you added xarelto\u00ae, to help keep you protected. Xarelto\u00ae, when taken with lowdose aspirin, is proven to further reduce the risk of blood clots that can cause heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular death in people with chronic cad. Thats because while aspirin can help, it may not be enough to manage your risk of blood clots. In a clinical trial, almost 96 of people taking xarelto\u00ae did not have a cardiovascular event. Dont stop taking xarelto\u00ae without talking to your doctor, as this may increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, or cardiovascular death. While taking, a spinal injection increases the risk of blood clots which may cause paralysis the inability to move. You may bruise more easily, or take longer for bleeding to stop. Xarelto\u00ae can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. It may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding or unusual bruising. Do not take xarelto\u00ae if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. Before starting, tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures and any kidney or liver problems. Enjoy every momentand help protect yourself from an unexpected one, like a cardiovascular event. Are you doing enough . Ask your doctor if its time for xarelto\u00ae. To learn more about cost and how janssen can help, visit xarelto. Com. Los Angeles Police<\/a> are trying to fine the person would broke into the hotel room of alley long. Someone entered her roam while lop was at the espy awards in los angeles. The burglar stole her wedding ring, cash and a symbolic key to new york city. She received that key earlier during the tickertape parade in manhattan. Long took to twitter to share the news an asked the new york mayor if she could get a copy of that key to the city. Weve got sunny skies. Rosemary, i see a pretty thick fog bank in fran. The fog will continue to erode and we are looking at some beautiful weather coming our way. Take a look at that shot over San Francisco<\/a>. We are still way the bit of fog covering it as we just mentioned a moment ago and as we get into the second part of the day, we are looking at some nice weather. In fact, today an tomorrow expected to be the warmest. Let me get past this information here that we talked about in the last half hour because we want to talk about that cloud cover out there. There it is. Low clouds along the coastline still at this time. The three hour time lapse shows you it is eroding. For the afternoon, expect it to continue to pull back. San francisco will have some afternoon sunshine. Already seeing some sunshine right around looks like point reyes down through areas here, you are sunny as well. Well go with 60s at the coast. A lot of 70s and 80s. Some of the warmer locations into the 90s for us. There is where we see a little bit of that cloud cover still at this hour. The winds generally light. We have concord reporting nine. Observe land, nine. Fairfield nine, west and northwest, we have the southwest breeze over areas of fairfield but it is really light. This system over the pacific, that trough is going to impact us as we get into the business week. It will provide us way cooldown. For today, tomorrow and for most into sunday, we are looking at High Pressure<\/a> over the bay area. We are not going to lose the crop shore breeze completely. We are not going to lose the morning clouds. 70s around the bay an 80s and low 90s expected for our inland cities. Here a look at tomorrow morning. A little bit of fog just inside the bay. Outside of that, well be be mostly sunny way from the coastline and well remain that way by afternoon. Things start to change up by sunday, you can see the cloud cover moving close are to the coast as a result of that low and trough that we are seeing over the pacific. Temperatures in San Francisco<\/a>, 63. We have low 80s already in concord an livermore and for the afternoon today, upper 60s seduce lito. 90 for novato. For the east bay, 75 in oakland. 94 in antioch. 67 in San Francisco<\/a>. If you are going it tahoe, go to be gorgeous. Low 80s for tomorrow. Upper 70s on sunday. The he can tenned forecast here at home shows you temperatures will be warmest tomorrow, cool it down slightly on sunday. Better cooling monday to tuesday. Thank you, rosemary. A young girl in south San Francisco<\/a> who needed help from firefighters in that city more than 15 years ago is now helping the people who helped her while pursuing her life long dream. Claudine wong tells us how a 9 1 call spark a connection that has lasted to this day. Reporter it is all about being prepared. But for emt sarah busher, it doesnt feel like work. Ive been working here for bay year and a half now. Reporter as far as she can remember, this is the career she has always wanted. Little things that kids will fill out in first grade. What do you want to be, every single one of them has said paramedic firefighter. That dream may have actually been bonn when south city firefighters responded to a911 call. She was about four on years old bay euro or two, i go into kind are garden being i come and tour the fire station. While im touring, they asked us if anyone had ever taken a ride in the ambulance. As soon as it was answered, the light bulb just went on. I looked over and then i recognized sarah and a recognized her mom. Oh, yeah, okay. Now i remember. We put two and two together and it turns out i was in school with his son joey. Reporter over the next 15 years, these two families would grow even closer. Both joey an sarah knew they want today firefighters when they grew up. I ran into the captain and stuff hike that. I said i cant wait to come be a firefighter and work for the city and stuff like that. Reporter and a few years ago when cap the captains son joey left for college, sarah stayed close to home. I finished my Associates Degree<\/a> in fire technology. I have done a college reserve is fire academy as well as my emt certificate. In the fall, im going to start Paramedic School<\/a> which is about a year and a half process. Then after that, i hope to be able to be hired. She is not going to quit until she gets it. So that is why i teller just to keep going. Reporter and while there are no guarantees she will get to work here in south city once she becomes a paramedic, she is already making her mark as one of only four women in the department. And it is changing. Of course, it is change an to be a part of that change is like one of the greatest things for me. Both admit it is something to think about, the remarkable olowokandis that had them crossing paths if their first time so long ago. Were somewhere in the neighborhood of 8,000 calls a year. So the odds of me being on duty at that particular time to be the one who responded to her house, those are pretty long odds. Reporter pretty remarkable when you see where they are today. These are picture of their two families in d. C. On vacation. And both sarah and joey there in the blue shirt are still working towards that dream of becoming firefighters, a dream they are getting closer to every day. Every day. Still to come, rescuing more than a dozen baby birds in oakland. Well tell you about their close call an how the birds are doing now. The weekend is almost here and with it come a variety of thins to do across the bay area. Here is rosemary with your weekend watch. We are heading into the weekend and here are a handful of happenings to consider n south bay, lego fans can check out bricks by the bay at isnt aclara Convention Center<\/a> complete with lego creigh indications. There is a clay as grand festival happening this weekend with more than 130 clay and grass artists. You can head to the 40th annual los altos arts and Wine Festival<\/a> in downtown. In San Francisco<\/a>, enjoy the bastille day festival on saturday at embarcadero plaza. Highlights include food, wine and beeren a vintage car show. Donate a toy while celebrating christmas in july at the sf firefighters toy drive and car show. This is happening on saturday at atwater tavern from eleven to five. In the north bay, san rafael hops and vine stroll is saturday at city plaza. You can enjoy wine and beer tastings from breweries, bars, restaurants and merchants. Or head to kenwood for the Fourth Annual<\/a> wine country comedyfest. The allstar line up goes for three weekendss starting on saturday. Lets got one last check on the markets just minutes before the closing bell. The dow set to close in very positive territory yet again today a day after it closed above 27,000. Can you see right now, dow up almost 240 points at 27,328. Tech and industrial stocks leading the way today. The nasdaq is up more than half a percentage point. S p also up. We are staying on turnpike the impending ice raids an fear spreading immigrant communities as a result. There are several demonstration and rallies taking place thank you to show support for everyone in the bay area especially those who are undocumented. Well have complete Coverage Today<\/a> on the four. Veterinarians an volunteers are now taking care a knock of baby birds after the tree they were nesting in collapsed in oakland. The tree had split in half and part it was fell. 16 black crowned herons and rosenzweigettes were tossed on to the pavement. International bird rescue was called in to help. They took the group to the Fairfield Center<\/a> where they will all be nursed back to health. Thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. We are here for you online and on twitter and facebook. Have a great friday. Dr. Oz couples longing for a child, ready to open their hearts to adoption, excited, anxious, and catfished. I know those babies are never going to the hours. Dr. Oz how can you spot the warning signs . Plus, a dr. Who can literally feel your pain. I have to will myself to breathe. Dr. Oz coming up next. Dr. Oz season 10 starts now. 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