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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At 5 July 11, 2024

By law, the bidenharris team cannot access federal funding or contact federal agencies without gsa signing off. Now despite the step, the president is clearly not conceding. In a series of tweets he wrote our case strongly continues. We will keep up the good fight, and i believe we will prevail. Nevertheless, in the best interests of our country, im recommending that emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols and have told my team to do the same. Now, in response to the letter, the executive director of the bidenharris transition wrote todays decision is a needed step begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track. This final decision is a definitive administrative action to formally begin the transition process with federal agencies. Now, in her letter, murphy said she made her decision now because of developments involving legal disputes and certification of Election Results in a number of states. Greg, thank you. If you want to see the gsas letter that allow this train amortization begin, you can go to our website, ktvu. Com, or our website at ktvu, and get the letter for yourself. For the First Time Ever in San Francisco, a former Police Officer is facing manslaughter charges after a deadly shooting while he was on duty. Ktvus Christien Kafton joins us with more on the charges and the reaction of the family of the man who was killed and christien . Yes, chesa boudin said his decision today is a clear message to the citys African American population, the police and the population in general that he said no one is above the law. Reporter San Franciscos District Attorney chesa boudin announced his office has filed homicide charger against a former rookie San Francisco Police Officer in a near lee threeyear officerinvolved shooting. Im here to announce that this morning my office has filed homicide charges against former San Francisco Police Department officer chris samayoa. Reporter the case drew headlines in december 2017. Police said they were pursuing a carjacking suspect in a stolen white lottery van. Police say 42yearold keita oneil got out of that van and that former officer samayoa fired a single deadly shot. Officer samayoa fired his Service Weapon through the glass window of his door. The bullet struck and fatally injured mr. Oneil. Mr. Oneil had no weapons. Reporter the d. A. s office said no other officers pulled their weapons nor aimed then at oneil. Former officer samayoa was fired from the Department Following that shooting. The attorney representing the oneil family in a wrongful death lawsuit said while keita oneil made a troubled pass quote he was issued a death sentence for theft. The family said they are gratified to see that the case will go to control court as well. Hopefully this will be a way for the Police Officers to be held account be in the future. Reporter the San Francisco Police Officers association released Statement Today reading today we were informed of the charge against former Police Officer christopher samayoa. We are committed to ensuring that christopher and his family are supported during this difficult time, and that he is accorded his dupes write rites and provided wait vigorous defense against these charges. Former officer samayoa is currently out of custody and is expected to surrender sometime this week. At this point District Attorney boudin said there are no plans to charge any of the other officers who were on scene at the time of that deadly shooting. Christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. Christien, thank you. New information tonight about a bribery scheme involving concealed weapon permits and the Santa Clara County sheriffs department. The head of security for apple has now been indicted for allegedly offering ipads in exchange for gun permits issued by top sheriffs officials. Our Crime Reporter herniary lee with more tonight on the growing scandal. Reporter ipads and San Jose Sharks box seat tickets. Thats what santa clara d. A. Jeff rosen said was offered as bribes to the Sheriffs Office in exchange for cover ited concealed weapons person its. This scheme to give weapons permits for money and expensive favors is not how a democracy works. Reporter rick sung, the second in command, and james jenson allegedly with held four applications for permanent foss apple employees. Until they donated 70,000 of ipads to the sheriffs department. Reporter apples global head of security thomas moyer has now been indict. His attorney said the ipads supported the sheriffs mission. It had nothing to do with the ccws. Tom had no reason to think that there was anything he needed to do to get ccws. Of course. Reporter smith who has been sheriff since 1998, has not been garage im not ruling out more grand juries, and were continuing to investigate, and there may be more indictments forth come. Apple tells me the company did an internal protection and found no evidence of wrong doing, but that security official has taken an involuntary leave. The two sheriffs officials are also on leave. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Here is a look night the latest coronavirus numbers in california. More than 8300 new cases were reported yesterday after setting new records of the weekend. The state has surpassed 1. 1 million cases of covid19 reported since this pandemic began. 50 more people have died. 18,726 people have now died of covid19 in our state. And the number of hospitalizations and icu cases are climbing. A curfew for california counties in the purple, most restrictive covid tears started on saturday night. That 10 00 p. M. To 5 00 p. M. Order covers six of the nine bay area counties. Governor newsom gave us an update late this afternoon about the coronavirus in california, including how his family is now in quarantine. We have Team Coverage tonight. We begin with political reporter greg lee who has the update from the governor. Reporter while quarantining at home with his family, governor gavin newsom gave an update on californias covid19 response. That sevenday average getting close to now 12,000 cases. Weve simply not seen this since the beginning of the pandemic. Reporter late sunday, the governor announced on twitter three of his children had been exposed to a chp officer who tested positive. He said the entire family tested negative, but would being into a 14day quarantine. Over the last two weeks, the statements Positivity Rate jumped to 5. 5 . Hospitalizations are up 77 , and icu admission up 55 . 18 to 49 age cohort, thats now representing 60 of all of our new cases. Back to the mythology that somehow this disease separates itself exclusively by age or vulnerabilities. Reporter the update comes a day after a limited late night curfew went into effect for counties in the statements most restrictive tier, covering most of the bay area, and 94 of the statements population. Also, on the heels of a travel advisory, urging people to avoid nonessential travel, and to quarantine for two weeks in arriving from out of state. The statements top Health Officer again warning people about thanksgiving gatherings. We need to do our part. We need to help stop the spread recognize that the days to come are really important, what are decisions are. Reporter as a third drugmaker announced promising results for a vaccination, the governor spoke extensively about the statements distribution plans. First going to healthcare workers, first responders, and people at congregate air federals. I mass vaccinations is unlikely to appear anytime soon. For the back of the nfl purposes, march, april, may, june, july, where we start to scale. As we reported, there are still three counties in the bay area not in the most restrictive tier, so the curfew doesnt apply to them. Rob roth joins us now. And rob the latest numbers out of San Mateo County are not looking too good. No, julie. Health experts say the numbers in San Mateo County are just heading in the wrong direction, and they say its probably just a matter of time before San Mateo County falls into the lowest purple tier. At this coffee shop in south San Francisco people can still dine indoors if they choose, with San Mateo County in the red tier. Restaurants can seat people inside at 25 capacity. Its good. Its good. Because people can come and go out, and they can have more places they can have they can eat, and spend time with family. Reporter but with covid19 cases auntie rise throughout the bay area, the days of Indoor Dining in San Mateo County appear to be numbered. Theres a high probability that were going to go into purpose. With purple, not only comes, you know, health devastation, but comes economic devastation. Reporter and that economic devastation could be felt right here at antigua. It would mean no Indoor Dining. If that happens, dont think we can survive, because at least when theyre trying to open and allow some people inside, it was helping. Reporter San Mateo County Health Officials did not specifically address moving into the purple tier, but had this ominous message in a statement. Quote San Mateo County is experiencing among the highest level of cases we have seen since the pandemics beginning. San mateo, San Francisco, and marin are the only three counties currently if the red tier in the bay area. But San Francisco, like san pablo, is expected to move into the purple tier soon. A week ago, both of those counties had been in higher tiers and dropped into the red tier. Thats how quickly fortunes can change with covid19. The writing is on the law when you look at the graphs and the rate of increase, its actually breathtaking. Reporter dr. Peter specializes in Infectious Diseases at u. C. San francisco. We are increasingly boxed in by the covid19 right outside of our bothers, and because we have porous bothers, its only a matter of time. Reporter and Health Experts worry that covid rates could rise even higher once test results start coming back after thanksgiving. Julie . We just have to all be flexible and adjust this year. Rob, thank you. Still ahead tonight, it is supposed to be a safe haven, a spiritual place, but last night a church in san jose became bloody crime scene. More than half a dozen people stabbed, and two of the victims died. Well have the latest on the investigation next. And another possible Coronavirus Vaccine showing big promise. And this one has one thing that may make it easier to get it out to the people who need it. And the holiday week is upon us for many. Ill have the forecast on what you can expect through nhl the following weekend. We have the power to harness californias Abundant Solar and wind energy, but its not available all day long. Use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. There are a lot of questions tonight involving the deadly stabbing of two people at a church in downtown san jose last night. Ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary tells us experts say desperate times for those living out on the streets may be pushing many people in the breaking point. Reporter Grace Baptist Church opened its doors on a chilly sunday night to house some of san joses homeless, and then violence erupted. When officers arrived, they find a total of five victims who had been stashed at least one time. Reporter investigators say a man was killed at the scene, and a woman died later at a nearby hospital. Three other men were injured in the attack. You know, its funny. A lot of people like him, friendly on the outside. You dont know what is going on on the inside. Reporter pastor scott wager said the lone suspect arrested in the attacks appeared in a fox 2 store on november 9th. We are concealing his identity. The crimes happened in conjunction with grace solutions, a church run program to house homeless residents in the basement on cold nights. Mayor sam election tweeted in fonzi is the loss of life our hearts are broken. A convergence of factors can create emotionally costable conditions. And what were experiencing shear desperate people behaves desperately. And we have a number of factors to describe this perfect storm were live luck to right now. Reporter professor greg woods since the covid pandemic, fewer supplies for charities, and more overall uncertainty are pushing people to the breaking point. Its heartbreaking. This is the kind of violence that were seeing not only in downtown san jose, but throughout our state and nation. Living unhoused brings those conditions and a lot of potential for horrible situations. Reporter state investigators interviewing more than two dozen witnesses to try to identify what sparked the stabbings. They say this represent this represents the 40th and 41st homicides this year, surpassing last years total of 34. A police chase ended this morning with a car crashing into a building in fremont. The crash broke a gas line hat has since been repaired it happened in the area of mission boulevard near kneels canyon road. The person driving the car that crashed police say was involved in a hominization robbery investigation, and that several suspects are now in custody. In berkeley, a weekend fire at a 7story downtown building under construction continues to burn today. The six alarm fire started saturday night in an Apartment Building on University Avenue near shattuck. The active remnants of the fire is preventing fire officials from assessing the building to investigate the cause of the fire. Firefighters say no one was in the building during the fire. The flame spread to one other building, but crews managed to quickly put those flames out. No one was injured. Fire officials plan to remove some dangerous parts of the building tomorrow morning to further assess the damage and potentially determine a cause. A Beautiful Day around the bay area today. Temperatures kind of warm. We had a 66degree reading in a couple of the inland spots today. So thats pretty warm, as you get close to december now. So were looking at pattern of a longrange, and this is next tuesday, december 1st. You can still see the jet stream going up and over the top of us, right . So that ridge of High Pressure continues to drive to the north. Now, somewhere around the 4th of december, we might see something break loose. Thats sincerely the hope. Im going way out on the long rain models. And this looks promising, because you have look at how far south you have the rain band. So that looks like it wants to pinch through here perhaps around december 4th. But thats still a long ways off. Well keep an eye on that. Concord was the warm spot for my map today. 64 in morgue hill. 62 in antioch. So tomorrow, it will be about the same. This pattern is doing exactly day to day what it dud the day before. Its just not going to change that much. The air quality is money. Not a lot of haze. Look at the color on that water. We have good air quality. We have cool nights. Mild days. Very falllike weather. Mow rain really to talk about. So temperatures i think well see a little frost in some of these valleys in the morning like we did this morning, w, and a little bit of valley fog, too. So just be ready for that. 39 tomorrow morning if fairfield. 46 in antioch. Dont know hour this week goes. A lot of folks are work, some folks are off, some folks arent working. So whatever your plan is, do wear your mask. Do social distance, and a lot of folks, its going to be its not going to rain on thanksgiving. That might be a good and actually this whole week. So if youre doing family or friends thing and distancing, and youre outside, the cdc said thats not a bad way to go. So the weather is going to cooperate with those plans if thats something you need to do. Lets go up here to the aleutian islands. When you see spinners like this up here, thats really powerful system. This is a powerful system, too. Producing big winds. When the win gets blowing like this, blowing 50 knots over 82,000 miles of ocean, that produces big surf. But this is a storm generating area, so maybe in that first week of december well see some rain heading our way. In the meantime, expect more of this same. Thank you, bill. Link to this next story. How long would you wait in line for an Innout Burger . How a about 14 hours . Yeah, 14 hours, a brandnew in nout restaurant opened in aurora, colorado, over the weekend. Electric road signs told customers to expect heavy traffic. There were even Police Officers in the area to direct the hungry crowd, but no one expected a 14hour weight. The first customer reportedly had been in line since tuesday. This is one of the first in and out restaurants in colorado. Three Coronavirus Vaccines seem close to getting approval. Coming up next, the one thing about this vaccine that makes it easier to get it out to the public. And coming up on ktvu news at 6 00, the cdc released four principal flies that guide vaccine distribution. Well tell you what they are coming up group plus an unprecedented meeting at the vatican,

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