Be open to calling congress back to washington. The love, the respect and also the saying lets see if we can get something done and republicans and democrats want to do it. There are two proposed bills to expand background checks. The house passed them earlier this year. Another would expand red flag laws which allow for guns to be taken away from people who are at risk. Law is in effect in california and several other indicates. A large turn out is expected tonight for two town halls with members of congress. East bay representative is speaking at shore lot Wood Middle School in danville at 6 30 tonight. Another town hall will be at 7 00 at the College Theater in redwood. They support stricter access to guns as does guns. They were the recent focus. Worked very hard in the midterms to change the Congress Post parkland. We won 17 seats where an nra endorsed member of congress had held the seat. Off that we passed background checks and now its time for the senate to act. Last nights Mass Shootings. Pistols away but assault weapons, most of the people who have them werent in the military. In addition to stricter background checks the representative also is proposing a ban on assault weapons and a buy back program for the assault weapons on the street. The nra sent us this response to the town hall saying in part, the nra welcomes calls to address the root causes of horrible acts of violence that have happened in our country. Unfortunately anti gun politicians are focus instead on scoring political points by pushing legislation that only restricts the rights of law abiding americans. The white house is inviting internet and Tech Companies for a round table discussion on violent extremism online. There is no list of participants. The president is not expected to attend. Earlier this week the president directed the Justice Department to develop tools to detect mass shooters before they strike. San jose police are adapting the way they provide security at schools and Public Events in the wake of Mass Shootings in gilroy and across the country. The changes meant to help the Police Respond faster to an active shooter. We are live in san jose and just spoke to the mayor about this new security plan. Reporter yes. San jose police are calling the Guardian Program and part of the plan calls for dividing the city into nine different stones and having dedicated police in those areas. If they arent responding to emergency calls they would then provide extra security to san jose schools. Now they are all going to have a specific tools and equipment as well to respond to those types of emergency calls. The program will apply to schools and School Campuses as well as Public Events like the upcoming san jose summer jazz fest downtown this weekend. To ensure that we are as prepared as possible. I think we all recognize that we cant just stop all active shooter situations in every circumstance but we know there is a lot we can do and being le to be better prepared is the first step. We could just be able to focus on all the great music that will happen, the 170 performances over three day theres will go on. Hopefully people once they arrive and come through security will be able to have a great time. Reporter the director of the jazz fest said they have gone through several meetings with their staff and volunteers with police and Emergency Responders to review their security this year. They have made some changes including they will have reduced entrances to festival ground, only on the north and south sides. I believe we have a graphic, also separate entrance and exit only gates and patrons must wear wrist bands and all bags and purses are subject to search. Now san joses police chief will be speaking to ktvu about the Guardian Program and some of the security changes at one this afternoon and we will have that in the later newscast. Live in san jose. Fox 2 news. Thank you. People who ran for their lives during the gilroy garlic festival shooting left their vehicles behind, can get their cars back today. Christmas hill park still a crime scene but Authorities Say driver dear sir go to the park entrance, speak to security there to retrieve their cars. People who dont have a vehicle in the parking lot are still beingaer asked being asked to stay away from the area. Tonight we will take a look at the Mass Shootings in america. We are looking at current gun laws, Mental Health and what lawmakers doing to prevent more a ktvu special report. Guns in america. Its tonight 10 30 right here on ktvu. The chp is investigating a four car crash in san jose. It left one person dead and two others hurt. The crash happened about 3 30 just south of highway 85. Police say it started when one car spun out and hit the Center Divide and then three other cars crashed in to it. One of the vehicles caught fire and soon all four were in flames. Firefighters and the chp had to shut down all lanes of northbound 101. I was just driving home from work and, man, i just saw a lot of fire. Man, theres like three cars and just engulfed. Pretty bad accident. Traffic was backed up for hours. We monitored this throughout morninit 2. There was another deadly accident in pleasanton. Officers say it happened about 10 30 on the ramp from eastbound 580 to southbound 680. The freeway was closed for several hours. Investigators say it appears the car ran in to the back of a big rig. At this point officers arent releasing information on the person who died. 5600 pg e customers had their power back on after a fast moving vegetation fire forced the utility to turn off the power as a precaution. Fire in oakley broke out just after noon. Burned about 60 acres prompting that Evacuation Order. Sky fox was overhead as crews worked to contain the fire that destroyed three out buildings. People were ordered to evacuate. I have a dog here and my cat and clothes, you know and water and blankets and pillows and things and a litter box. That Evacuation Order was later lifted and power restored to most customers wor started. Pg e of a planned power outage at about 11 00 tonight pg e plans to turn off the power on several streets near the marina near bridgeway to clean and rose quartz to preform maintenance work. The power should be back on by 5 00 tomorrow morning. In the east bay right now the Fire District is conducting a prescribed burn. It was set to start at 10 00 this morning at or ind a oaks park. People in the area may see or smell smoke it. Will let them test an Early Warning system for wildfires. The park is staying open during the burn. And hamming today there is rededication ceremony for historic high school. No classes have been held in the building on Central Avenue since 1978 because of concerns over earthquake safety. Workers removed 16,000tons of concrete and wood and replaced with steel to make the building safer. There have been cosmetic upgrades inside but the brass front doors remain the same. They were untouched. The Ribbon Cutting ceremony is set for 4 00 this afternoon. The first day of school is august the 19th. Coming up more than a hundred women from the bay area are going to alabama for a special trip. How they are looking forward to experiencing history firsthand. And new concerns about pollution and one of the most pristine natural bodies of water on earth. Research underway on microplastics inside lake tahoe. And a cooldown is really here. Starting to see sunshine but we will see the coolest day of the week and could dodge a few sprinkles. The jury in the ghost ship warehouse fire is continuing races today. Deliberations today. Defense lawyers say they remain confident that their clients will not be found guilty. This case is the second largest homicide case to go to trial in American History with 36 counts and its been a great tragedy. The largest homicide case was Oklahoma City bombing with 168 counts. Ktvu Crime Reporter henry lee has been in the courtroom since the first day and will help lead the coverage as soon as the jury reaches a verdict we will bring it to you. You can read his courtroom blog on the website. Federal agents announcing a major crack down on illegal drug sales in the tenderloin neighborhood. The United States attorney David Anderson said parts of the area and south of market have functioned as an open air drug market for too long. Is he dedicating a 15 men team that includes the fbi, the dea, secret service and even the United States forest service. Those persons living and working and visiting the neighborhoods should not be required to run a gauntlet of crime. So far 32 people tied to two different Drug Trafficking operations have been charged. Agents also said its its first time they have seen ring leaders renting housing to dealers which included apartments, and homes in oakland, heyward and other areas. Now the number of fentanyl Overdose Deaths was way up last year in San Francisco. According to the chronicle citys Public HealthDepartment Said there were 89 deaths, thats a 150 increase from 2017. The increase makes fentanyl the leading cause of Overdose Deaths in San Francisco killing more people than heroin or prescription painkillers. The governor said that he supports a bill making its way through the legislature to limit rent increases. Theyits 7 plus inflation. The governor said he hopes the bill gets to his desk soon and with stricter protections for tenants. Supporter say itll safe guard tenants, opponents say itll hurt construction. Officials with the smart traidollar deficits if voters tax extension. It doesnt expire until 2029 but smarwod have to least 9 mi if an early renewal isnt passed. Officials say that operating expenses are going up and the early renewal would let them restructure and reduce their debt payments. Opponents of a straight pride rally thats scheduled to take place later this month are trying to get the event canceled. Many packed last nights city council meeting, organizers say that the straight pride rally is to celebrate traditional gender roles but the critics say the organizers spread a hateful anti gay message. When you invite terrorist hate groups to an event and then the city stamps sensatio church service. Researchers at uc davis said they detected mi plastics in lake tahoe. The Study Suggests they are most likely from trash from visitors and neighbors. Previous Research Focused on the effects in the oceans. They hope to continue sampling the beaches on a quarterly business. Climate change is increasingly harming oysters. Human caused Climate Change is changing the chemistry of the water. The researchers say even moderate changes in water temperature, acitdity make it harder for oysters to grow. Lets have a check of weather. Mark is in this noontime and we have some blue sky. Yeah. Blue skies and breezy conditions. Hold onto your hats throughout the afternoon. We could have winds up above 20 to maybe 30 miles an hour. Thats here in the bay area and the sierra. Look at this ing out toward the still amazing. Its august. We have a little bit of a coating of snow on the hills. Nice day in the sierra though they have the possibility of thunderstorms later on this afternoon. For us some sunshine over San Francisco bay but still lingering low clouds hanging out near portions of our coastline. Temperatures have been trending down, that will continue for today. Today we are cooling off and tomorrow 60s, 70s, and 80s. No major heat in the bay area forecast. This looks like a fall like weather set up. This circulation is drifting closer to tline. This will of more clouds and maybe the possibility of a few sprinkles as we head toward saturday. At least a slight chance. For us we have clear to partly cloudy skies as we come in closer. Still patchy low clouds hanging out near portions of the barry shoreline and we will check in on the current numbers. 70s toward livermore. Concord 73, san jose 7 73. Wind speeds the biggest change for today. Fairfield. Thats sustained out at the southeast. 22mile its an hour. Look at that napa at 18. Gusting to 31 miles an hour. Here we go more reports. Winds gusting to at least approaching 30 miles an hour toward sfo. This is a system we are watching this will take us into the weekend. Has been a cooler weather set up. No triple digits, no 90s and today we will continue to cool it off. Low cloud from this morning. Partly sunny into the afternoon. 60s, 70s and a few spots inland we are just thinking some low 80s for this afternoon. As far as the shower chance, itll be at least partly cloudy skies, partly cloudy this afternoon. Tomorrow, starting out with some cloud cover, skies getting partly cloudy. Look at this the action off shore here as we take in to saturday. Definitely some clouds saturday and a little bit of some shower activity especially up toward eureka and maybe a few sprinkles or at least some drizzle first thing saturday morning. That could possibly linger into the afternoon hours. Possibly could have trace amounts or. 01 or. 02. Thats something we will be watching as we head toward the weekend. Forecast highs. This afternoon. 80s toward concord, antioch and brentwood. San francisco 65, few more neighborhoods, san jose 77 and about 80 toward pleasanton and livermore. The five day forecast. Partly light shower and then we will of nex definitely over the next few day also feel unusual. Bring the comaybe hold onto thank you. Questions about the security of a different boeing plane. How a new report says that hackers may be able to access critical inflight systems. Its on. Get to the ross shoe event for even more brands at 20 to 60 percent off Department Store prices. Yes yep oh, yeah seriously, save on fall styles for women, men, boys and girls. At the ross shoe event. On now. And you score the you knperfect outfit . At ross ooooohhhh game on now, thats yes for less. Nothing beats getting the latest trends at 20 to 60 percent off Specialty Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. Investors getting tech stocks after several days of fleeing to safer holdings. The dow is up, s and p is up by well over one and one half. The nasdaq is up by two points. To boeing which is facing a new problem over its 787. This time related to cyber security. A report by security researcher and wired said leaked code reveals potential security flaws in the dream liners Design System that can allow someone to access restricted parts of the planes network such as and inflight enter stainment. Boeing denies the claims by the researcher and the researcher admitted he cant confirm the claims. This against the backdrop of ongoing issues with the grounded 737 max jets after two of them were involved in crash that killed more than 300 people. United states is warning travelers about the unrest in hong kong. A travel advisory was issued and americans are told to exercise caution. Protests have overwhelmed streets. They started after hong kong lawmakers proposed a bill to let citizens be taken to main land china which has a separate legal system. The bill has been tabled for now but want the government to not challenge hong hong kongs independent. More protests are planned this weekend. Uber is set to report its earnings after the closing bell. They are expected to post a loss. Analysts are projecting uber to report slowing revenue even after it increased prices. Ubers main rs main rival is facing similar challenges. The new ceo of barnes and noble said he plans to run the chain like a collection of independent stores. This after uk based hedge fund closed its deal to buy the company. The acquisition of barnes and noble. The largest retail bookseller in the United States follows its 2018 acquisition of water stone, the largest retail book selmer the uk. James the new ceo of both chains plans to give stores the about to buy and promote books they think will resonate with people. We hope you will join us tomorrow or head to clayton because we are zip tripping. We are taking a field trip straight to clayton. Population 12,000. Mount diablo step away with a big can do attitude. How people rallied to build everything from a new libby to library to a bochi ball court. Its a place where neighbors run into neighbors on a daily basis. This is so much more tomorrow morning at nine when we take you on a zip trip to clayton. You mentioned this. You can watch it live here. Stream us live at ktvu. Com or meet us in downtown clayton if you are there. Come on down and they can it check it out. And a backlash against soul cycle and equinox. And how captain sully is getting involved to make air travel safer. And two new studies linking red meat to Climate Change and cancer. New, legislation was revealed at sfo to help prevent air travel incidents and accidents. It was introduced by a congressman and captain sully. The deadly 737 max jet crashes and the recent rise of near misses at airport across the country including at sfo in 2017 involving an air canada jet. The bill is expected to major gaps at safety. The better we design our systems, the more effective the Safety Culture each organization has, the better we arm each pilot, each Flight Attendant and mechanic and other professional was s with the knowledge and tools to face the unknown the safer we will