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Always glad to see you work, but stay with us, okay . Glad to see Steve Paulson as well. Hes right here with your forecast. At my age now, its just good to be seen, but thank you. Yeah we have fog, a lot of low clouds and fog and drizzle, drizzle. Its a drizzle fest out there. Big fog, bank cooler, windy, coolest day, fog, sun breezy, less fog will be in town and warmer inland. Temps will kick in friday then for sure on the weekend before it drops again. But today its all about the low clouds. 50 on those temps are 60. So a cooler pattern for the next couple of days. So all is here. All of a sudden, it got busy at the bay bridge toll plaza. Is he going back there or not . I am going back there. I do see some flashing lights there, steve, at the toll plaza westbound in the back up here. So im not sure whats going on, but there is a backup at the toll plaza for the bay bridge and just now we had a traffic hazard reported on the actual bridge westbound near treasure island. I guess a light fixture came down. So i do see it looks like a bridge truck here is going to push someone out of the way. You can see the flashing lights. Nevertheless, its backed up all the way out to the maze and the metering lights are on. Theres a truck im talking about, but it was already slow before any of this happened. Well give you another update on all the rest of that morning commute. Thats coming up straight ahead. Now at 701. Lets get back to the headlines. All right. So thank you. Well, San Francisco firefighters still at the scene of that huge fire that destroyed a building that was under construction. Alex, words has the very latest on the investigation. Good morning, alex. Good morning, dave. Yeah were getting a good look here this morning at the damage from this destructive fire of yesterdays Early Morning blaze. A crane showed up last night to start working on removing the scaffolding that was surrounding the construction site. Now, the melted, jagged metal thats still up will be removed later today when the construction crane returns. It was 6 a. M. Yesterday that the wooden framing on what would have been a multiunit housing structure quickly became engulfed. San francisco fire responded with four alarms complete. Only decimated was the five story project damage extended to four other buildings next to the site. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the massive fire. Eight neighbors were displaced. Nadine was one of them. Scared when she woke up in smoke us up. I mean also the crackling. The crackling. It sounded like hail. Its messed up and its upsetting. And it was scary. Back in may, the hays Valley Neighborhood Association said a formal sent a formal letter to the city leaders concerned about street fires around the site where it also weve seen lots of homeless encampments in the area. The construction site was reportedly unsecured, so squatters would use the space and then leave before workers showed up in the morning. At least three fires since march have happened along octavia street here. As for now, crews will continue to remove the scaffolding once the crane returns later this morning. The intersection of oak and octavia still closed through traffic. San francisco fire officials still investigating this blaze that was going to be housing here in hayes valley. In the next hour, well interview well have some sound from folks that are neighbors that speculate that what happened here and theyre concerned about safety. Continuing live in San Francisco, alice waters, ktvu fox two news. Thank you, alice, for that update. A 17 year old boy is in the hospital after he was shot by thieves in oakland who stole two French Bulldog puppies. Now, according to the bay area news group, the 17 year old and 220 year old men, all from stockton, came to east oakland monday night to sell two French Bulldogs worth 3,200 each to a woman. They had done business with before at about 10 50 p. M. On hunter avenue in oakland, where they were supposed to meet with the buyer. Two masked men with guns approached and one of them began shooting. The 17 year old was hit at least twice. A judge in San Francisco ruled that 38 year old nemo momenti will stand trial for the deadly stabbing in april of tech executive bob lee. Now we want to show you video from a Previous Court appearance during day two of the preliminary hearing. An assistant medical examiner testified that lee died after being stabbed three times, twice in the chest. Prosecutors also say momentum is linked to dna evidence on a knife that was found near the scene after the hearing, bob lees former wife talked about the relationship between melanie and bob lee. I think that they were acquainted through the sister tina. I i dont think that they were friends. I had never heard him mentioned. Bob and i were very close. We speak all the time. Ive never once heard him mention that name. Prosecutors have said the killing happened after an argument over the relationship lee had with many sister, many who pled not guilty has another Court Appearance. August 15th. Our time now, 705 tomorrow, former President Trump is expected to appear at a federal courthouse in washington, d. C. Hes facing charges in another federal indictment this time for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. It was fueled by lies , lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government. Now, jack smith, the Justice Departments special counsel, has spent months investigating trump. The indictment says trump exploited the january 6th attack on the us capitol as a reason to further delay the counting of votes in the 2020 president ial election. Trump is facing four counts related to his efforts to overturn the election. Hes being indicted for free speech. Hes being indicted for objecting to the way that the 2020 election was carried out. Now, this case will add to trumps rising legal fees, and it could complicate his Campaign Efforts as well. The judge who will oversee Donald Trumps latest criminal case is known for the harsh sentencing for the january 6th rioters was washington, d. C. Federal judge tanya shukan has randomly selected to oversee trumps criminal case. She was labeled last year by the Associated Press as the toughest punisher of rioters charged with offenses related to the 2021 attack on the us capitol. Our time now 707 new reports of some movement and the strike by the Writers Guild. The studios asked Union Officials to meet about wrist starting contract talks, and since the strike started three months ago, thats the First Official communication between the Writers Guild and the studios. The streaming services and production companies, the Writers Guild told Union Members they would get an update after the two sides meet, and thats scheduled to happen friday. Theres no indication yet that the companies have also contacted leaders of sag, the actors union, which is also on strike. Well, tesla is being investigated for complaints that some of the cars are losing Steering Wheel control. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration says about 280,000. 2023 model three and ys are affected. The agency has received reports from 12 drivers who say they lost control of steering while behind the wheel. The investigation is one of several currently against the automaker. Other complaints include phantom braking and Steering Wheels falling off some of the model ys. Time is 708. The Minneapolis City Council now considering a local law that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. Now california, washington and new york city already have laws giving drivers a minimum wage. The state law here, which voters approved in 2020, is headed for the state supreme court. The company, lyft, says the minimum plan could double. Would riders pay and would likely lead to fewer rides so drivers would see their pay go down with one. Minneapolis drivers as companies were already charging riders more than they did just a few years ago and lowered the amount that drivers can earn. And now i have to work like 80 18 hours every day. You know, to make to make a list, to hundred and 50, sometimes not even 200. Insurance is not cheap. Maintenance is not cheap. No advocates for rideshare drivers around the country say the law in Washington State is the one that works. Their drivers earn a minimum of 1. 17 a mile and a minimum of 0. 34 per minute, with a minimum pay of 3 per ten. Well, a new york journalist who went to interview interview uber ceo had a surprising question for the companys leader. The reporter from wired asked the uber boss to guess how much his uber ride would cost to the company headquarters, which was about three miles away. The ceo said 20. The reporter told him with a tip the total came to 51. 69 and noted that if he had booked the trip five minutes earlier before 10 a. M, the fare would have cost 20 more for the uber ceo blamed the high cost on surge pricing and inflation. Okay, now 710, if you are driving yourself to the bay bridge, you will see a big backup there. We had a couple of things going at the bay bridge. We had a hazard on the span and we also did have stall on the bridge. Now, let me let me see if i can. I might have the wrong super on this, but were going to live with it because 80 westbound is slow on the bridge. So well go back to the bay bridge shot and traffic is going to be slow. 8 to 80 is recovered after an earlier crash near 29th. Thats gone and the traffic recovered quickly. So not all the commutes are are slow. You can see traffic on the san mateo or im sorry there the san mateo bridge. That looks pretty good. 710 now lets go back to the desk. All right. So thank you. Well, spraying for mosquitoes. It starts tonight in the south bay. Still to come, well tell you where the late night spraying will take place to help stop the spread of the west nile virus. And helping solve 1 million smashandgrab at a san ramon Jewelry Store. In a moment, well tell you how authorities tracked of the suspects warehouse ambience introducing togos new french dip sandwiches featuring fresh Artisan Bread piled high with tender roast beef, smothered with melty provolone cheese and served with hot au jus for dipping. Try the roast beef or pastrami french dips today in the case of 1 million Armed Robbery in the east bay. Allie rasmus here now. And federal authorities were called in to help find these suspects. Good morning, alex. Good morning, dave. Well, this case revolves around a smash and grab robbery that happened at hellers jewelers. Jewelers in bishop ranch. Thats a Shopping Center in san ramon. And it happened earlier this year. Now, on march 17th, seven people ran into that Jewelry Store thats located just off Bollinger Canyon road. A Security Camera showed two of the men confronting Jewelry Store workers and security guards at the door. Theres also video of their escape. Local Police Brought in the fbi to help with this case. Why . Because some of the items stolen, like several rolex watches, were imported from switzerland. So they crossed international and state lines. Investigators say the thieves stole more than 1 million worth of jewelry. That just needed a hook to get into this case. They clearly saw a reason to get into it. This usually is handled by the county. Now, to help with the investigation, San Ramon Police used Security Camera video that clearly showed some of the getaway vehicles to Dodge Chargers. A Jeep Grand Cherokee and a toyota sequoia. The federal agents used a gps tracker in one of the stolen rolexes to track those vehicles and ultimately two of the robbery suspects. Now one of the cars, an orange Dodge Charger, had been seen near that Jewelry Store a week before the robbery. The fbi is still looking for other robbers connected to this Jewelry Theft ring. Investigators believe one of the robbers, though, got secondhand information about this particular Jewelry Store from a woman who works as a clerk in a bay area Law Enforcement department. Its a complicated ongoing case that the investigation the fbi is now involved in. Dave, back to you. Okay, ali, thank you. Time now, 715, Alameda County supervisor has voted to reduce the amount of jail time for spectators at sideshows. Now the original ordinance that said people within 200ft of a sideshow could be fined 1,000 and be sentenced to six months in jail. But the supervisors later reduced the jail time to three months. Theyve forgot to change the wording in the law that they passed last month. Yesterdays vote officially reduced that jail time to three months. The law takes effect a week from today. There are still some questions about the legality of the ordinance. Today will be day two of San Jose City workers voting on whether or not to go on strike. The bargaining teams of two city unions are recommending that Union Members authorize a three day strike. Theyve been working without a contract since the end of june. The unions represent more than 4500 city employees, including library ins 911 dispatchers, Animal Shelter techs, engineers and airport staff. Theyre demanding pay increases, parental leave and increase staffing. We are facing a staff crisis right now in our city. We have over 1000 vacancies and we want to be able to serve our community and do the best for our residents. San jose mayor matt mehan says the city has offered a 5 pay raise plus increased paid parental leave next year. If we go beyond a 5 raise in year one, which is where the county just settled with seiu, we have to identify what were going to cut. I havent heard yet from any Council Members or from the bargaining units what they suggest we cut on monday. Well get the results of the san jose strike vote. Theres no target date yet for a strike later today. Fast food workers at several san jose restaurants will be going on strike. Theyre joining the group fight for 15, urging state lawmakers to deal with problems like wage theft and unsafe working conditions. The workers also want lawmakers to pass a bill to hold corporations, including mcdonalds, accountable when franchise franchises violate labor laws. Okay our time now. 717 hey, sal, how is that traffic blow out there now . Well, its better than it was dave and pam. We had a couple of earlier things that really kind of complicated things, but the bay bridge is beginning to unwind and we had something on the actual span that did slow things down. I can see i could just tell that things are beginning to flow better now that the lanes are open just ever so slightly and itll probably be better by the 9 00 hour. It takes a while. This is a look at interstate 880. That also looks pretty good heading out to the coliseum and beyond. And the san mateo bridge is also getting a little looser. Its crowded, but its not stop and goes the section you can see here heading out to the peninsula at 718. Lets bring steve back in with todays weather. South thank you. The cooling continues, as you probably saw or heard, maybe from the traffic cameras. You can see there, big fog bank in place. Coolest day looks to be tomorrow. The visible satellite is now coming in. And you can see theres plenty out there. The low cloud deck making a much bigger surge. And we saw yesterday and drizzle San Bruno Mountain zero three, tilton parks up to 0. 030. 02 and right near the claremont, right above it there at point line. But theres a lot of trace amounts around the 80 corridor, around el cerrito, also emeryville, berkeley. There was plenty coming in this morning. The high has been pushed off towards the east and that low pressure system is coming in. So as it does, that gives us the basis on the fog go up, we get the drizzle, the onshore breeze and temps coming down for san rafael, san mateo, walnut creek and san jose. Forecast highs, 76, 70, 79 and 74. And you can see a little circulation just off the coast are right over the marin coast and then onshore shore breeze or wind will take us right on out to the delta. You can see actually just see that little circulation just near stinson beach, west southwest and bolinas just to the west of them see a little circulation right there. Thats helping enhance the fog. And travis, 25, gusting to 35 and south, also up to about 20 spent up to 2023. Oakland airport. So onshore breeze big fog bank 50s 60s on the temps i think weve bought them down on those mid 40s up in the mountains truckee South Lake Tahoe 61 reno the 51 mammoth mammoth briefly dropped the 42 though thunderstorm activity because the system coming in and pushes all this moisture out of the picture. It was close yesterday. Tahoe truckee, but it is out of the area for now. Maybe coming back in later on the weekend. But the monsoon moisture kicked out. We had a few high clouds from that, but not anymore. Its a big low cloud deck and drizzle. Theres even more on the way for tonight and tomorrow, maybe even friday morning. But before we start to see inland temps jump back up into the 90s here. But big fog bank coast and bay drizzle sunny inland may take a while for some around the bay to see that fog burn off cooler blustery windy conditions temperatures below average 6070s and 80s. Tomorrow looks a little cooler. Then we start to rebound. Friday back into the hot for some inland areas by the weekend there you guys. All right see thank you. Time now, 721, the Credit Rating of the United States has been downgraded. Coming up, the reason why and how that could affect the economy and the pop star lizzo now facing a Sexual Harassment lawsuit with some of her former dancers. Are accusing the grammy Award Winning singer of doing the Santa Clara Police say even though they didnt get any noise complaints, stadium officials are reviewing possible permit and Code Violations for the two taylor swift concerts last weekend. Theyre examining two categories curfew and noise violations. And fireworks violations. There could be fines for the noise and the fireworks that were set off after the 11 p. M. Cutoff time. Well, taylor swift, a sharing and the success of her very successful eras tour the us portion of her tour comes to an end this coming weekend with concerts in los angeles. Last weekend, before her shows at levis stadium. Taylor swift reportedly gave 100,000 end of tour bonuses to the Truck Drivers on her tour. That comes out to about 5 million. This tour may top 1 billion in revenue and so when you think about those kinds of numbers, that its that doing that well, you can see where she would be very grateful to the people who pulled it off or helped her pull it off. Theyre doing the heavy lifting. Shes got to go out and actually perform. But they she needs a stage and everything to perform on and needs all the lights and the screens to work. And these are the folks who are doing it now. Tmz says band members, dancers, the lighting guys and sound technicians, caterers and others, they also receive bonuses. But we dont know how much they received. Well lizzo is now facing a lawsuit filed by three former dancers who claim there was a toxic Work Environment. The former dancers accused lizzo of several allegations, including sexual, religious and racial harassment, disability discrimination, even assault. And in the complaint, they described their former Work Environment as hostile and say the singers behavior contributed to their emotional distress. I was put in a lot of uncomfortable situations regarding religion and the racial and Sexual Harassment either go to the bathroom for myself or lose my job in my livelihood. Now, lizzo, whos an advocate for body positivity, is also accused of calling out one of the dancers who was gained weight. The dancers say that dancer was ultimately fired. So far, theres no comment from lizzo on the lawsuit. Well, the schedule has been released for the outside lands three day Music Festival in San Francisco. The event will take place august 11th through the 13th, the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco for fans are going to have to make some tough decisions on who they all want to see. The rapper Kendrick Lamar will be on stage the same time as zedd and interpol on friday night. Now, on saturday, the foo fighters will be up against lana del rey and fisher. And on sunday, they you will have the electronic duo odessa against Megan Thee Stallion and lil yachty. Cant wait for them. Time to 727 the new School Year Just about here for several Bay Area School districts but there is still a shortage nationwide of teachers will tell you why some Public Schools are having a tougher time trying to find teachers. And a gunman walked into a Florida High School five years ago and killed 17 students and teachers. We tell you the reason there will be gunfire at that school again on friday ar from the special col and a legal expert. And help is coming soon for some drivers who have problems paying overdue bridge tolls and late fees. It all starts with one phone call. From ktvu fox two news. This is mornings on two. Well, good morning to you. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on two. Im dave clark. Good morning. Im pam cook in for garcia today. It is wednesday august second. Steve paulson talking about some drizzle out there. Chilly weather, a lot of drizzle for us and i think tonight tomorrow as well. The fog bank is really making a pretty good push here. Now theres always a few holes in there, but its going to take a while to retreat for some and its made it all the way out to fairfield. Thats a heck of a push. Tropical clouds have been kicked out of the area. So the cooling continues at least today and tomorrow. Probably bottoming out thursday, a little bit warmer on friday, more so as we get to the weekend. But if you like, 60s and 70s, thats what we have on the menu today. Temperatures well below average here, especially inland. All right. Sounds here has been bouncing around areas. This time he will begin with the bay bridge. It is the busiest day of the week so far for the bay bridge. Yesterday wasnt all that crowded. Today, it is pretty crowded. It looks like kind of a normal fall day, even though here we are in the middle of summer. So at some point during the week, people do have to go, it seems. And today is that day at the bay bridge. We dont see a lot of slowing on 880 or 580 and oakland and the san mateo bridge is crowded, but its beginning to get better. I do want to show you that traffic on the east bay commute is moderate. Theres some slowing between hayward and union city and 682 pleasanton is slow. Its not as bad as it was yesterday when we had crashes. When we come back in just a few minutes, ill check in with that Silicon Valley commute. But now, 732, lets get back to the headlines. All right. Thank you, sal. Donald trump has been summoned to appear in a federal court tomorrow. He has been indicted on four felony counts and accused of an assault on american democracy. Ktvu is Amanda Quintana joins us now with the latest. Well, pam, Justice Department special counsel jack smith laid out his case yesterday saying former President Trump broke several laws in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, which he lost to president joe biden. The new charges include conspiracy to defraud the us conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to prevent others from carrying out their constitutional rights. Since the attack on our capital, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. Special counsel jack smith has laid out a very strong indictment against the former president , and i think he made a very smart decision in deciding not to charge the former president with creating an insurrection or aiding and abetting those who had incited an insurrection. The republican president ial front runners Team Released a statement saying in part, quote, these unamerican witch hunts will fail. And President Trump will be reelected to the white house. This is the third indictment. Trump has faced this year. But political analysts say this isnt slowing down. His campaign. His fundraising has already pulled in millions of dollars since his previous indictments. But a law expert we spoke to also says of all the charges trump has faced, these are the most serious because they get at the heart of democracy, he said. This is probably the most momentous indictment ever issued by the Justice Department. Pam, back to you. Thank you, amanda. Well, despite the mounting legal problems, donald trump is expected to headline californias Gop Convention this fall. He will head to anaheim to address attendees during a lunch event september 29th. The chairwoman of the california gop said the organization is thrilled to welcome back the former president on the Convention Stage for the First Time Since 2016. Our time now, 734. Happening today, a Court Hearing in San Francisco for the man accused of brutally attacking the husband of congresswoman nancy pelosi. Its reportedly a status hearing about the federal case against david. Deepak, his lawyers asked a judge for access cbs to the pelosi home to inspect the alleged crime scene. The pap is accused of breaking into the pelosi home last year and beating paul pelosi with a hammer. Well, a reenact moment of one of the deadliest High School Shootings in American History will take place on friday. An assault style rifle will be fired inside of a Florida High School for the reenactment of the 2018 valentines day mass shooting on that school campus. The reenactment is part of the civil lawsuit against Scott Peterson and the then School Resource officer who stayed outside as a shooter, killed 17 people and injured 17 others. Peterson was acquitted in june of all criminal charges stemming from his failure to go into the building. But he is still facing civil charges. South bay congressman ro khanna is proposing legislation to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence. I refuse to think can replace imagination, creativity, human empathy. So the challenge for the United States is not to just be passive. Its to say, how are we going to get a Younger Generation comfortable with machines . Now, connor took a special tour of Applied Materials in sunnyvale, which is part of his congressional district. The Company Makes tools and machines to manufacture semiconductors and explains how Artificial Intelligence is being used. We absolutely are using ai in a number of different areas. The magic that creates semiconductor leadership is incredible, complex, and its getting even more complex in the future. Now, connor used chatgpt to write the first draft of his bill. All right. Our time is 736. Theres a new effort now to help drivers pay the overdue tolls or penalties in late fees from bridges or express lanes. This toll payment plan is being administered through fasttrack. Now, the first part of the plan is availab about 60,000 a year for it starts with a phone call to fast track to find out if there are any outstanding tolls or penalties on your vehicle. The payment plan that will waive all of the penalties that they may have accumulate related. And then if they have at least 100 in outstanding tolls, then we would put them on a payment plan so that they can pay off the tolls. Now all drivers, no matter what your income is, you can receive a one time waiver of the penalties that may have accumulated because of outstanding tolls. All right. Some good news for a fresh start right . All right. 737 is the time. Speaking of tolls and bridges and traffic, lets go to sal. I see what you did there, pam. Clever, right . Yeah. Nice work. No grass grows under your feet. All right, lets go out and take a look at the busiest commute by far is the bay bridge. Some days, the bay bridge just, you know, just wants to be center stage. Today. It is it is not affected by any problems now. But we had a couple of minor incidents that made it slower. And also the volume is more today. Theres always a day, it seems, where, you know, everyone seems to go or seemingly everyone this is a look at interstate 80 as you drive past the coliseum. That looks okay. San mateo bridge is beginning to clear out a little early. No issues getting to it, by the way, 680 is slow. Theres a crash stopped on 680, a treat and highway four is slow. I promised you a look at that Silicon Valley and here it is. We have some unusual slowing, but nothing that is two hard to deal with getting up to cupertino or sunnyvale. The peninsula looks pretty good. 738 lets go to steve now. Thank you, sal. All right. Well get to it here. The visible satellite shows the big fog bank out there. Plenty to go around. A little circulation as well right off the marin coast. Little see that little low surface . Low kind of enhancing the fog bank and drizzle San Bruno Mountain and tilden park, both with a 0. 03 in the last 12 hours. La honda. 02 and near the Claremont Hotel 0. 01 maybe where you are as well. I know theres a bunch of trace amounts along the 80 corridor. The tropical moisture which we had rotating around the high. The high has packed its bags and exit stage right moving towards the east. As it does, it takes that tropical monsoon moisture with it. But we have the low clouds, the onshore breeze in place and temperatures coming down. The highs yesterday for san rafael, san mateo, walnut creek, san jose to the top of the arrows today on the forecast. Highs, 76, 70, 79 and 74, maybe even a little cooler tomorrow. Inland temps continue to drop from sunday 94 in concord, monday, 93, yesterday, 85 going 80 today and 78 tomorrow. Well thats a leap of faith to go to that cool in concord in august. But i think itll be close tomorrow. The surface wind is onshore and you can see that kind of that circulation in marin county and then all the way out to the delta, the straight a pretty good onshore breeze. And there it is. You can see the low counterclockwise little circulation right there. Weather geek central. But why not . We do have the onshore breeze, 25, gusting to 31, been up to 33 out there. Travis a pretty good south wind or west south wind for many 50s on the temps are low 60s theyve been stuck and everybody says cloudy to mostly cloudy 40s in the mountains 64 in reno, 55 mammoth. They were 42 briefly, a little bit of activity was close. Some thunderstorm activity. But east and south of tahoe yesterday. Today looks much nicer. They had the clouds yesterday. I dont think theyll be much in the way of that today. The low will continue to kind of chip away at the high, knocking it out and itll be there through friday. Then i will build back in for a warm up on the weekend. But drizzle this morning and more likely tonight into tomorrow maybe not these amounts, but theres going to be some more measurable amounts over the next, i think 48 hours, 50, 60 anywhere near the water. Water temps continue to be cold, at least off the immediate coast, sunny inland, but cooler breezy to windy for some 6070s 80s on those temps. And we are looking for cooler weather tomorrow. Then a little rebound friday. Inland temps jump back up into the hot category on the weekend you guys. All right. Thank you, steve. Tonight were crews in the south bay will start spraying for mosquitoes after the west nile virus was detected in Santa Clara County Vector Control says the mosquitoes were found in several cities starting at 10 p. M. There will be spraying in milpitas and san jose. Then tomorrow night, crews will spray in sunnyvale and santa clara. Vector control says the spraying is a standard way to deal with the mosquitoes and it is not dangerous to humans or pets. All right. Our time is 741. Today is an anniversary. The 150th anniversary of San Franciscos famous cable cars coming up, well tell you whats happening later this morning to celebrate the very first cable car trip. All right. Now lets check in with ali rasmus for a look at the other stories were following for you here on morning sun two. Good morning. Dave and pam work crews are beginning to remove the burned up scaffolding of the building that caught fire in San Franciscos hayes valley yesterday. Coming up on mornings on two at eight. Were live at the scene with the latest on the investigation into this fire and what still needs to happen to reopen the busy roads in that area. Plus, an rsv vaccine is still in the works, but it could be available this fall. Coming up on the nine, what you need to know before it is accessible to everyone. Well be right back world youth day. Its an International Rally aimed at boosting the spirits of Young Catholic vcs around the world and more than a Million People are expected to be there. The popes expected to talk about several topics, including lgbtq , plus catholics and female women in the church. The theme of world youth day is unity, faith, understanding and togetherness. Were back here at home. National night out events, gay neighborhoods across the country and here in the bay area, a chance to build safer communities. And last night, dozens of block parties were held here in the bay area. Now in oakland, there were block parties in jack london square, several neighborhoods. Even at the Oakland Police headquarters, it was a chance for people to talk to Police Officers in a non emergency situation. This is that one time to have that eye to eye, hand in hand contact, see smiles on kids faces, see their parents and showing them that police come to help them as were supposed to do. Thats our buddy barbara actually gave free haircuts to young kids while Oakland Police distributed more than 600 backpacks for the coming school year. Its a Community Effort. Parents police, everybody. Teachers. Each one teach one people. We talked to said events like the National Night out bring neighbors together and it also makes them feel safer in their communities and Public Meetings are now scheduled in oakland for residents to speak out and share how they feel about hiring a new police chief. The Oakland Police commission has hired a consultant to search for a new police chief and they want to get the communitys input. Oakland has been without a Permanent Police chief since february. Now, these meetings will be scheduled for august 5th, august 9th and august 12th at Branch Libraries all around oakland. In todays dollars and cents, the latest report on jobs shows 324,000 jobs were added in july, mostly in the hospitality sector. Hotels, restaurants and bars. Another public listing as that opening bell rang this morning. Elerian is a weight loss device company. They make a gastric balloon. Theyre going public via a spac today. Now, as we take a live look at the markets, major market indexes are all down after a significant downgrade for the us. Well talk about that in just a moment. Live look at the dow down 232 points, more than a half of a percent. The s p 500 down more than one full percentage point in the nasdaq, down 265 points, almost 2 there for the nasdaq, hanging on to the 14,000 level at this at this time. And a big reason for the drop the Credit Rating for the United States has been downgraded. Fitch ratings drop. The us Credit Rating from its triplea status down to doublea, plus rating. The reason fitch pointed to repeated down to the wire debt ceiling negotiations. The significance a lower Credit Rating over time could raise borrowing costs for the us government. The son of steve jobs is starting a Venture Capital company that will focus on new cancer treatments. Reed jobs is investing 200 million in a Spinoff Company from his mothers nonprofit in palo alto, according to sfgate, reed jobs is bringing in several members from the firms Health Investments team to study and fight cancer. Steve jobs, his father died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. Lunch bubbles adding fresh fruit to some of its grab and go snack trays. The Kraft Heinz Company says its newest lunchables will include apples, pineapples or grapes. The meals will also contain the typical crackers cheese and meat. But the goal is to give a more balanced meal to kids and maybe some adults. Im pam cook. Thats a look at your dollars and cents. All right, pam, thank you. Well, today is a special day, the 150th anniversary of the cable car and the city of San Francisco will be celebrating on august second, 1873. Andrew holiday ran the first cable car along clay street and down nob hill. The cable car went on to become a landmark of San Francisco. And later this morning, city leaders will celebrate the anniversary at the cable car turnaround. Itll include a reenactment of that very first trip. All right, lets get you moving. Time is 749, so is it getting any better on the roads now . Its a little better, although we did have some debris on the bridge. And thats one of the reasons why traffic is so slow into San Francisco. Its pretty slow on that bridge into the city and its getting a little bit better now at the toll plaza. Theyve cleared it out a little bit. I can just tell by looking at how loose it is at the toll plaza. At one point, we did see just a bunch of slow traffic with no empty spots. Things are getting better. This is a look at interstate 880. It looks pretty decent. San mateo bridge in case you still dont want to deal with the bay bridge. Look, theres sunshine there. The san mateo bridge traffic is okay. Speaking of sunshine and the weather, lets bring steve back in. Thank you, sir. There are a few breaks in the low cloud deck, but theres a lot to go around as well. You can see some of that beginning to retreat on the peninsula, though. And watch out in the last few zoom. But to the north, theres a lot more of the way. I dont think its going to burn off any time soon here. West, southwest, 25, gusting to 31 out of travis. Thats a big onshore breeze there, 5060s on the temps, upper 50s most locations because of the cloud cover, just because its recently burning off are kind of stuck here for stays in the mountains tahoe and truckee 55 mammoth 64 up in reno the cloud cover from yesterday was slow close to trigger some thunderstorm activity. But today , no, its too far east and too far south as low pressure. A couple of them continue to kind of knock down this high and give us a cooler pattern and a lot of drizzle weve had measurable amounts for many here, especially Higher Elevations, but trace amounts for many. And i think tonight, tomorrow, well get more in the way of drizzle. So 5060s coast and bay fog, then sun but sunny breezy, there will be a good onshore breeze here for most of the day and temperatures continuing to come down 60s, 70s, 80s. Tomorrow maybe a slight cooldown, then a rebound a little bit on friday. More so inland as we go to the weekend. There you guys. Oh, i see. Thank you, tom. 751 a new survey is out of California High School showing growing participation in football programs. The California Interscholastic Federation says football, the states most Popular High School sport, added more than 4500 players last year. Thats almost a 5. 5 increase over the year before. Its the first time the number of participants went up in the last seven years. The number of young men playing all high school football, sports increased by more than 10,000. But 140 fewer girls played any organized School Sports. Last year. Our time is 752. A short uber ride had a big price tag coming up in the next hour, the charge for a three mile trip that even surprise the ceo of that rideshare company. But first, well find out why legendary movie maker and the creator of star wars, george lucas, is suing the town of san anselmo. And just a quick reminder, you can now stream news on your smart tv. You can watch live newscasts and see stories on demand, on your amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv or android tv. Just search for the fox local app and then select ktvu a former administrator subjected the employee to frequent racial harassment and eventually retaliated against him for filing a complaint that employee says San Francisco state failed to reprimand the other employee despite conducting an investigation and finding out the complaints were true. So far, theres no comment on the lawsuit from the university. Well legendary movie maker george lucas now suing a town in marin county says hes trying to protect his property. Lucas filed a lawsuit in may against the owners of a home and the town of san anselmo. Hes defending a strip of land that he says hes been using as a driveway since about 1990. However some of his neighbors believe parts of that driveway infringe on their property. Attorneys for lucas blame san anselmo and surveying issues. The town council says it will meet to decide how that matter will be settled. And a San Francisco lawmakers very angry about what he calls the citys slow pace of approving new housing permits. The new figures show San Francisco is trailing other bay area cities in the number of permits issued so far this year. State assemblyman matt haney called it, quote and atrocious, embarrassing start for San Franciscos eight year commitment to build 80,000 new units. Haney says he wants to pass several bills designed to confront the housing crisis. And heres a look at the numbers that san jose has approved. More than 1200 permits so far this year. Santa clara, 669. Oakland, 406. And San Francisco has approved 179 permits. It is 757. Its official. Two the United States will take on sweden this coming sunday at 1 a. M. In the womens world cup right side jacobsen that cross headed down goal if sweden defeated argentina two nil early this morning to lock up the top spot in group g and they will face the second team in group e, which is the United States. The sweden is undefeated. Theyve scored nine goals and only allowed one so far. Now the us is back practicing now and defending its play after a disappointing draw against portugal. They barely qualified for the next round of the tournament. The americans working out in auckland, new zealand, but theyll go to melbourne for the match against sweden. Players and the coaches are telling reporters their team is capable of doing better. But the key is to survive and move on and advance. So heres the programing schedule for you. The next match here on ktvu tomorrow morning, the pre game shows at 2 a. M. Followed by korea against the number two ranked country in womens soccer. Germany our time now just about 759. And because there was no winner in the latest Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot, the jackpot will be even bigger 1. 2 million on friday, the jackpot was 1. 1 billion and the numbers drawn were eight, 24, 30, 45, 61. The mega number was 12. Two tickets matching five of the numbers were sold in los angeles county. And the owner of ernies liquors in san jose has a history of selling, Winning Tickets and thats attracting hopeful customers back to see if they could be that next lucky winner. The bigger the jackpot grows, more likely that several people will win more people that play the likelihood of maybe repeat. Six number sequences are going to be higher. And so, yes, maybe there wouldnt be a single winner, but thered be two, three, four, four, five, ten. I want to be one the next Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot drawing will be friday night. A fire destroyed in Apartment Building under construction in San Francisco. Were live at the scene this morning with an update on the cleanup. And the investigation. Donald trump facing a third indictment. The special counsel talks about the latest charges. Plus, well tell you about the presiding judge and how she might lean in the case. And theres a glimmer of hope in one of the strikes that have shut down hollywood. Coming up, potential progress between the studios and streaming services and the Writers Union from ktvu fox two news. This is mornings on two. Welcome to mornings on two at eight. We are taking you live out our doors here at jack london studio to jack london square. The studio is right on the oakland estuary where you can see a lot of fog and clouds. It is a bit chilly out there. Good morning. Im ali rasmus. Good morning. Im pam cook. It is wednesday, august 2nd. Mr. Drizzle out there as well. Lets check in with Steve Paulson up early mr. Drizzle this morning. We are getting a little bit of clearing on the peninsula. You can see some of that. Watch how thats separate. Maybe itll clear here. Its close. But boy, theres plenty of low clouds around san jose up to santa rosa. So the cooling continues. Well see the fog retreat. And then sunny, breezy to windy here with temperatures coming down today and probably tomorrow before they start to warm up on the weekend, 60s and 70s. Its been all about the bay bridge toll plazas. Is that still the case . Well, were going to go there, but there is a problem now, steve, in the corner commute direction thats become big enough to slow a lot of people down significantly, leaving livermore and heading out to the central valley. Eastbound 580, several lanes blocked with a deadly crash on eastbound 580 as you head up toward greenville road just at the bottom of the grade. Now normally westbound is slow this morning. Im not sure if at that point people can see the crash. Its normally slow there. Anyway, lets talk about the bay bridge now steve mentioned it things are improving at the bay bridge. This usually doesnt happen in winter or fall or even in spring. But in summer, once things start improving, they kind of get going fast. And that bay bridge is improving quite a bit. San mateo bridge as well. I do want to mention something that happened southbound 101 at blossom hill road. Again, count commute, but theres a crash there. 802 lets get back to the headlines. Thank you. The Investigation Continues after a big fire destroyed a residential building under construction in San Francisco yesterday. Ktvu is alex wertz is at the scene this morning for an update. And alex, are the roads in the area still closed . And what do people have to know if they may be driving on the central freeway or through hayes valley . Thats right, ali. There is some disruption to traffic here at octavia street at oak. Thats because of this devastating fire from yesterday morning. Were hearing that the blaze that displaced eight neighbors is still under investigation by the fire department. Fortunately no one was hurt. No word on what started it. Back in may, the hayes Valley Neighborhood Association sent a formal letter to city leaders concerned about street fires that happened along octavia street since may. Neighbors also concerned about unsheltered people using the unsecured building site that was under construction. Weve heard squatters would use the space and then leave before workers showed up in the morning. This man lives across the street from the site. He says homeless encampments are all around this area. Hes concerned about the safety of the entire community. Its complicated. People need places to live. I mean, i understand that. And, you know, i personally im just thinking about the people who live next door who have been affected with their housing now. Right. Like where are they going . How are they living now . Eight neighbors were displaced from this fire damage to their homes. Most due to water later today, crews will return with the crane to remove some of that jagged metal thats melted from all that fire yesterday morning. In the meantime, traffic is a little disrupted. Streets are still taped off, so plan accordingly if youre going to be planning to travel in this area. As for the San Francisco fire department, they report theyre still investigating what happened. They brought down this huge construction site live in hayes valley. Alison ktvu, fox two news. All right, thank you, alex, for that update. A 17 year old boy is in the hospital after he was shot by thieves in oakland who stole two French Bulldog puppies. According to the bay area news group, the 17 year old and 220 year old men, all from stockton, came to east oakland monday night to sell two French Bulldogs worth 3,200 each to a woman they had done business with before. At about 1050 on hunter avenue, where they were supposed to meet with the buyer. Two masked men with guns approached them, took the dogs, and one of the men began shooting. The 17 year old was hit at least twice. A judge in San Francisco ruled that 38 year old nima momenti will stand trial for the deadly stabbing in april of tech executive bob lee during two day two of the preliminary hearing, an assistant medical examiner testified that lee died after being stabbed three times, twice in the chest. Prosecutors say many is linked to dna evidence on a knife that was found near the scene. After the hearing. Bob lees former wife talked about the relationship between many and lee. I think that they were acquainted through the sister tina. I dont think that they were friends. I had never heard him mentioned. Bob and i were very close. We speak all the time. Ive never once heard him mention that name. Prosecutors have said the killing happened after an argument over the relationship lee had with many sister. The many has another Court Appearance august 15th. Donald trump is expected to appear in federal court tomorrow. He faces charges in yet another federal indictment, this time for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. It was fueled by lies , lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government. Justice Department Special counsel jack smith has spent months investigating trump. The indictment accuses trump of exploiting the january 6th attack on the us capitol in order to delay the counting of votes in the 2020 president ial election. Trump faces four counts related to his efforts to overturn that election. Republicans meanwhile, have rushed to his defense. Hes being indicted for free speech. Hes being indicted for objecting to the way that the 2020 election was carried out. Now the case will add to trumps rising legal fees and could complicate his Campaign Efforts. However, recent polls have shown he is the clear gop frontrunner for 2024. The judge, who will oversee Donald Trumps latest criminal case is known for harsh sentences for the january 6th rioters. Washington d. C. Federal judge tonya chunkin was randomly selected to oversee trumps criminal case. She was labeled last year by the Associated Press as the toughest punisher of rioters charged with offenses related to the 2021 attack on the us capitol. Chunkin was a lawyer before becoming a judge in one of her profile cases was representing the Theranos Company against a business that allegedly shared Confidential Company information. Well, there are new reports of some movement in the strike by the Writers Guild. The studios have asked Union Officials to meet about restarting contract talks since the strike began three months ago. This is the First Official communication between the Writers Guild and the studios and streaming services and production companies. The Writers Guild told Union Members that they would get an update after the two sides meet that is scheduled to happen on friday. Theres no indication yet that the companies have also contacted the leaders of sagaftra, thats the actors union. They are also on strike the minute city council is considering a local law that would set a minimum wage for rideshare drivers. California, washington and new york already have laws to give drivers a minimum wage. The state law here , which voters approved in 2020, is headed for the state supreme court. Now, lyft says the minneapolis plan could double what riders pay. That would likely lead to fewer rides. So drivers would see a drop in their pay. But one minneapolis drivers says companies are already charging riders more than they did just a few years ago and decreasing the amount drivers can earn. And now i have to work like 80 18 hours every day, you know, to make to make a list, to hundred and 50, sometimes not even 200. Insurance is not cheap. Maintenance is not cheap. Advocates for rideshare drivers across the country say the law in washington is one that works their drivers earn a minimum pay of 3 per trip. A new york journalist who went to interview ubers ceo had a surprising question for the companys leader. The reporter from wired asked the uber boss to guess how much his uber ride would cost to the company headquarters, which was just about three miles away. The ceo guessed 20. The reporter told him with a tip. The total came to 51. 69. And note that if he had booked the trip five minutes earlier before 10 a. M, the fare would have cost 20 more than that. The uber ceo blamed the high cost on surge pricing and inflation. Tom 809 right now and we do see a crash in san jose southbound 101 at blossom hill road and thats if youre leaving, lets say san jose for gilroy. Dont let that stop you because well, i mean, you should give yourself extra time though. Eastbound 580, same thing connor commute eastbound. Not a lot of people going that way, but there is a lane blockage on eastbound 580 near greenville and usually theres no backup here. So theres going to be at least a mile, maybe a little more than that of a backup approaching a very serious crash on eastbound 588. Greenville, westbound, 580 coming in over the altamont pass. Looks about the way it normally does. And at the bay bridge toll plaza, we have seen improvement even though we had some issues on the bridge earlier. Things are improving. And if you wait until nine, i think itll probably be a lot better even then. Eight, ten. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Vector control workers in the south bay will start spraying for mosquitoes tonight. Still to come, where they will focus their efforts and why theyre trying to help stop the spread of west nile virus. And helping solve 1 million smash and grab at a san ramon Jewelry Store. In a moment, well tell you how authorities tracked down some of the suspects warehouse ambience introducing togos new french dip sandwiches featuring fresh Artisan Bread piled high with tender roast beef, smothered with melty provolone cheese and served with hot au jus for dipping. Try the roast beef or pastrami french dips today only at togos it happened at a san ramon store on march 17th. Seven people rushed into the jewelers store at the bishop ranch Shopping Center. A Security Camera showed images of two gunmen confronting security guards and store workers while a family ran off to safety. Theres also video of a man using a hammer to smash into a jewelry case. Other evidence includes video of an orange Dodge Charger and a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the scene. When we heard that a vehicle of the same description was back in the city and was possibly associated with hellas jewelers, it gave us a lead to go on. Investigators were able to track down the suspected robbers because there was a gps tracker in one of the rolex watches that they stole. Both of the vehicles were found abandoned in east Oakland Police were also able to connect some of the suspects to those vehicles. The reason the fbi was involved was because the stolen rolex watches were imported from switzerland and were taken across state lines. Police are still looking for two other suspected robbers. The fbi says it has located 200 victims of sex trafficking in a nationwide operation. Authorities say 59 of the victims were minors. They also found 59 missing children during the two week operation last month. That campaign also led to the identification or arrests of 126 suspects. The fbi says its victims specialists provided emergency food and clothing, shelter and other crisis intervention to the victims of the sex traffickers. Alameda county supervisor have voted to reduce the maximum possible jail time for sideshow spectators. The original ordinance by the county had said that people within 200ft of a sideshow could be fined 1,000 and sentenced to up to six months in jail. But supervisors later reduced the jail time to three months. But forgot to change the wording of the law that they passed last month. Yesterdays vote officially reduced the jail time to three months. The law goes into effect one week from today. Theres still questions about the legality of that ordinance, though today will be day two of San Jose City workers voting on whether or not to go on strike. The bargaining teams of two city unions are recommending that Union Members authorize a three day strike. Theyve been working without a contract since the end of june. The unions represent more than 4500 city employees, including labor koreans 911 dispatchers. Animal shelter techs, engineers and airport staff. Theyre demanding pay increases, parental leave and increase staffing. We are facing a staff crisis right now in our city. We have over 1000 vacancies and we want to be able to serve our community and do the best for our residents. San jose mayor mehan says the city has offered a 5 pay raise plus increased paid parental leave next year. If we go beyond a 5 raise in year one, which is where the county just settled with seiu, we have to identify what were going to cut. I havent heard yet from any Council Members or from the bargaining units what they suggest we cut on monday. Well get the results of the san jose strike vote. Theres no target date yet, though, for a strike later today. Fast food workers at several san jose restaurants will be going on strike. Theyre joining with the group fight for 15, urging state lawmakers to deal with problems that include wage theft and unsafe to hold corporations, including mcdonalds, accountable when franchises violate labor laws. There are new concerns in the Financial Services industry as some 28 million student loan borrowers will need to start making payments on federal student loan debt. This comes after a three year pause. The latest survey from Morgan Stanley found just 26 of consumers with federal Student Loans feel confident theyll have enough money to resume Monthly Payments. 36 say theyll have to cut back. In other areas to make those payments. And 38 say they wont be able to make the payments at all if people have to use their funds now to pay loans, they wont have as much money to buy things that help to fuel the economy. So it should have some effect on the gross domestic product, which has actually been doing fairly well this year. Were kind of moving at about a 2. 5 clip right now in spite of the high Interest Rates that were seeing, student Loan Interest is set to resume on september 1st and Monthly Payments will begin in october. All right. Its 8 to 18. Back over to sal for a look at traffic. What are you keeping an eye on, sal . Well, were looking at an improving bay bridge now. It was improved a little bit and then it slowed down again. I think sometimes people show up late and youll see it is now backed up. It was improved and now its backed up beyond 880. But i still think its going to stay improve. And thats because the 880 ramps just dont have the volume. If youre driving into San Francisco right there, you can see theres not a lot of volume there. And thats why i think its going to stay improved. San mateo bridge has already improved substantial eastbound 580. Dont let this catch you by surprise at greenville. A pretty serious accident at greenville road. Its going to take an investigation to. So this is going to be slow in an area we wouldnt expect slowing westbound. Of course you do expect that slowing and its slow coming in from the tracy triangle to livermore. 819 lets talk about the weather now. Heres steve. Thank you kindly, sal. Yes, sir. All right. Take a look at that fog bank on the visible satellite. Some breaks in it, though, especially on the peninsula. Some of thats moving north, dare i say. Maybe well get some clearing here in the Oakland Alameda estuary. Its gray right now, but watch how you can see the clearing. San jose poof like that. Still, fremont in the soup, if you will, down to the santa clara valley. But saratoga, mountain view, palo alto and then moving north maybe towards hayward there on the san mateo bridge and the dumbarton getting some clearing there. San bruno mountain, though, in tilden park before all the clearing 0. 03 on the drizzle la honda picked up oh. 02 and near the Claremont Hotel at. 01, low pressure system is taking aim at the high, so its packed its bags. Its heading east. As it does, it takes that moisture, monsoon moisture with it as well. So thats out of the picture. Still lots of activity down around las vegas, salt lake city, also into the four corners. But for our immediate concerns, its cooler pattern, especially for these for san rafael, san mateo, walnut creek and san jose, 76, 70, 79 and 74 on the forecast highs today. Inland temps continue their march down. It was a hot one on sunday, 94 in concord. Monday was still hot. 93, 85 yesterday going 80 today and a cool 78. Thats you know, that wont last in august and it wont because by the weekend theyll be back up into the 90s there west southwest 25 two bits there travis t31. So the delta breeze is kicking up its heels 5060s on the temps, 63 concord, rio vista and also brentwood, san jose at 62. Low clouds and fog will retreat. Maybe take a little longer to the north. But overall, we are seeing this series of lows. Take the high and kick it out of here for a couple of days. That allows our cooler pattern and more drizzle looks to be in the forecast tonight. Also tomorrow, maybe even friday morning before i think well get that fog bank starting to get compressed and be more confined to the coast as we go to the weekend. Big fog bank though, coast in bay drizzle sunny inland cooler breezy to windy though 6070s 80s below average coast bay and inland that will continue tomorrow probably about friday then does look warm to hot for some inland areas over the weekend. You too. All right thanks steve. Well Climate Change according to scientists, is making big ocean waves along the california coast even bigger. New Seismic Research dating back to the 1930 shows that the height of winter waves has been growing. Research from uc san diego found that wave heights are 13 taller today than they were 50 years ago. Scientists say results confirm that warming temperatures from Greenhouse Gas emissions across the globe are linked to stronger and more frequent storms. The Credit Rating of the United States has been down graded. Coming up, the warning about the us economy and the impact that report is having on stocks this morning in pop star lizzo facing a Sexual Harassment lawsuit. What shes accused of doing by some of her former dancers back in the day, sneaker drops meant getting online to wait in line. Now with Xfinity Mobile. We get the Fastest Mobile Service and can get the freshest kicks asap. I got this. Get the best price for 2 lines of unlimited when you switch to Xfinity Mobile for 30 a line per month. Nice job, little sis they grow up so fast. Im a fan. From xfinity. Reviewing potential permit and Code Violations for the two taylor swift concerts this past weekend. They are looking at two categories curfew and noise violations and fireworks violations. The fines could be issued for the noise and fireworks that went on after the 11 p. M. Cutoff time. Taylor swift is sharing the success of her eras tour. The us portion of her tour comes to an end this coming weekend with concerts in los angeles. Last weekend, before her shows at levis stadium, taylor swift reportedly gave 100,000 end of tour bonuses to the Truck Drivers on her tour. That comes out to 5 million. This tour may top 1 billion in revenue and so when you think about those kinds of numbers, that its that doing that well, you can see where she would be very grateful to the people who pulled it off or helped her pull it off. Theyre doing the heavy lifting. Shes got to go out and actually perform. But they she needs a stage and everything to perform on and needs all the lights and the screens to work. And these are the folks who are doing it. Tmz says band members , dancers, lighting and sound technician, caterers and others also receive bonuses. But no word on the amount they received. Well lizzo is facing a lawsuit filed by three of her former dancers who claim she created a toxic Work Environment for her employees. The former dancers accused lizzo of multiple allegations of sexual, religious, racial harassment, disability discrimination and assault. And their complaint, they describe their former Work Environment as hostile and say the singers behavior contributed to their emotional distress. I was put in a lot of uncomfortable situations regarding religion, the racial and Sexual Harassment either go to the bathroom for myself or lose my job in my livelihood. Now, lizzo, who is an advocate for body positivity, is also accused of calling out one of the dancers who was gaining weight. Dancers say she was ultimately fired. Lizzo has not yet commented on the lawsuit. The new school year has just about here for several Bay Area School districts, but there is still a nationwide Teacher Shortage. Well tell you why some Public Schools are having a harder time finding those teachers. And a gunman walked into a Florida High School five years ago killing 17 students and teachers. The reason there will be gunfire at the school again on friday as part of a reenactment. And political analysts. And help is coming for some drivers having trouble paying overdue bridge tolls and late fees. It all starts with a phone call from ktvu fox two news this is mornings on two. Thank you for joining us here on mornings on two. Im pam cook. Im allie rasmus. Today is wednesday august second. Not too long before School Starts for a lot of people. I believe july went like this. Summer went so fast. Although looking outside, it doesnt. It looks like oakland, San Francisco summer. Steve not inland summer yet for this time of year. For august, as you know. Ali right. August, yes. Has arrived in pam because were getting a couple of systems coming in which is enhancing that fog bank, although some of it is beginning to retreat. But the cooling continues here, at least today and tomorrow before we get a rebound on the weekend. And it looks cooler again going into next week. So theres no extended heat, but it will warm up after a couple of days. But today its 60s and 70s as livermore 580. Yeah, unusual delays are what usually. Well unusual delays are what people hate because usually at this time eastbound 580 is not slow getting out to the central valley. But if youre leaving the bay area, going out to the central valley, there is a big backup approaching greenville road because of a very serious crash. And it and some traffic is getting through, but its very slow now in the commute direction. We do have the bay bridge improving quite a bit. No problems there. San mateo bridge has improved quite a bit and so has the dumbarton bridge. Things are much better. South bay commute mostly good. Southbound 101 near blossom hill. Theyre clearing a crash. 831 lets go back to the headlines. All right. Thank you, sal. Donald trump has been summoned to appear in federal court tomorrow. He has been indicted on four felony counts and accused of an assault on american democracy. Ktvu Amanda Quintana joins us now with the latest. Amanda pam, Justice Department special counsel jack smith laid out his case yesterday saying former President Trump broke several laws in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election which he lost to president joe biden. The new charges include conspiracy to defraud the us conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to prevent others from carrying out their constitutional rights. Since the attack on our capital, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. Its the most interesting thing, maybe in American History that a president , former president , can be indicted over and again and still retain his base. The way that he has. Its truly remarkable. This is the third indictment. Trump has faced this year, but this isnt slowing down his campaign. His fundraising has already pulled in millions of dollars since his previous indictments. The republican president ial frontrunners Team Released a statement saying in part, quote , these unamerican witch hunts will fail. And President Trump will be reelected to the white house, charging documents also mentioned six unindicted coconspirator in the plot to overturn the election results. Special counsel smith says the investigation into others continues. Pam all right. Thank you, amanda. Despite the mounting legal problems, donald trump is expected to headline californias Gop Convention this fall. He will head to anaheim to address attendees during a lunch event september 29th. The chairwoman of the california gop said the organization is thrilled to welcome the former president back on the Convention Stage for the First Time Since 2016. Happening today, a Court Hearing is scheduled for the man accused of attacking the husband of San Francisco, congresswoman nancy pelosi. Weve learned its a status hearing regarding the federal case against david depape. Defense lawyers are asking the judge for access so that they can inspect the crime scene. Depape is accused of breaking into the pelosi home in San Francisco last year and hitting paul pelosi with a hammer. A reenactment of one of the deadliest High School Shootings in us history will take place on friday. An assault style rifle will be shot inside of a Florida High School for a reenactment of the 2018 valentines day mass shooting on the campus in park in parkland, florida. The reenactment is part of the civil lawsuit against Scott Peterson. The then School Resource officer who remained outside as a shooter, killed 17 people and injured 17 others. Peterson was acquitted in june of all criminal charges stemming from his failure to enter the building, but he still faces civil charges. South bay congressman ro khanna is proposing legislation to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence. I refuse to think can replace imagination, creativity, human empathy. So the challenge for the United States is not to just be passive. Its to say how are we going to get a Younger Generation comfortable with machines . Khanna took a special tour of Applied Materials in sunnyvale, which is part of his congressional district. The Company Makes tools and machines to manufacture semiconductors and explained how Artificial Intelligence is being used. We absolutely are using ai in a number of different areas. The magic that creates semiconductor leadership is incredibly complex and its getting even more complex in the future. Connor used chatgpt to write the first draft of his bill regulating ai says his staff ultimately made changes before submitting the legislation. But he wanted to show the technologys impact moving forward. Well, there is a new effort to help drivers pay overdue tolls, penalties and late fees from bridges or express lanes. The toll payment plan is being administered through fast track. The first part of the plan is available to low income drivers who make less than 60,000 a year. For a family of four. It starts with a phone call to fast track to find out if there are any outstanding tolls or penalties on a vehicle. Its a payment plan that will waive all of the penalties that they may have accumulated. And then if they have at least 100 in outstanding tolls, then we would put them on a payment plan so that they can pay off the tolls. All drivers no matter what income, can receive a one time waiver of penalties that may have accumulated due to their outstanding in the south y will start spraying for mosquitoes after the west nile virus was detected in Santa Clara County. Vector control says the mosquitoes were found in several cities now starting at 10 p. M, there will be spraying in milpitas and san jose. Then tomorrow night, crews will spray in sunnyvale and santa clara. Vector control says the spraying is a standard way to deal with the mosquitoes and it is not dangerous to humans or pets related to all that rain. We had earlier this year. No doubt if people were warning that its probably going to be a busy mosquito season. But Steve Paulson, theres going to be a little bit of a warm up later this week, the weekend inland, but not today or tomorrow. But yes, kind of in that way. We get these roller coaster rides while were heading down. One of the temps today, pretty good fog bank out there because weve seen this week some noticeable holes in it, though, beginning to burn off and theres some drier air coming in, especially around san jose and then on the peninsula and areas along the 880 corridor, poof like that, its starting to disappear. And you can see right there, milpitas gone, frem on another r so, then gone. But parts of the peninsula already in on the sun. A couple of lows are on the way. Thats what we call knocking down the heights. Thats the high. And as it pushes east, that opens the door to a much stronger breeze. So the cooling continues. The bases on the fog have lifted as well, giving us a good surge. A lot of drizzle, late night, Early Morning, a couple one hundredths in the hills fell and temperatures on their way down for these four as well. San rafael, san mateo, walnut creek, san jose. Those were the highs yesterday. The forecast highs today, 76, 70, 79 and some 74 degrees. The inland temps which were still in the 90s on monday hit the 80s yesterday. Today itll be soft 80s and then tomorrow, some of the forecast projections only push the upper 70s. But you know in august that cant last long and itll rebound on the weekend. Travis west southwest 31mph also in the east bay hills lost travis has been up to 30mph pretty good onshore breeze for many in the Higher Elevations along with that drizzle as well. 5060s on the temps here. I dont think were changing all that much, even though the fog is retreating. For some, it looks like it wants to hang on, especially marin county, san pablo bay, north up. I mean, i may be there for a little bit before it starts to retreat these lows will be with us through about friday morning. Then the high will start to kick back in. Looks like a warm up on the weekend, then right back down again early next week. 50, 60, 70 are low, low low 80s. Big fog bank coast and bay drizzle sunny inland but there will be pretty good little breeze behind that so 60s 70s and 80s tomorrow a smidge cooler well rebound a little on friday more so for the inland areas as we go into the weekend. You too. Thank you, steve. A Nonprofit Group is trying to raise millions of dollars in the next couple of months to buy nearly 400 acres of redwood forest in sonoma county. The nonprofit save the Redwood League says its secured an agreement to acquire the land , but needs to raise six and a half dollars million in order to make the purchase by september 30th. The forest. It includes 224 acres that had been targeted for logging. The land has an ancient Coast Redwood as well as a mile of shoreline along the river. All right, a dive bar, bathroom got a stunning renovation. Now its a finalist for a best rest room contest. Coming up on the nine, the process behind the renovation project at, well, San Francisco celebrating the 150th birthday of the cable car. Coming up, the festivities to honor that cable cars. Very first trip the International Rally meant to uplift Young Catholics worldwide , more than 1 Million People are expected to attend. The pope is expected to cover a number of topics, including lgbtq catholics and women in the church. The theme of world youth day is unity, faith, understanding and togetherness. Educators across the country say the Teacher Shortage continues into this new school year. Almost all public School Districts are still trying to hire teachers. That poses a serious problem since many students are still not learning at their current grade level. After losing ground during the pandemic. Teachers say it will be hard to fill those open positions, especially for math and special education programs, because teacher pay is not keeping up with the cost of living. A minimum teacher salary for all districts across the state and i think many states are actually doing that. But we have to think about the minimum salary in todays dollars isnt really the same amount that it was in 2019. It feels disrespectful to me to say the work you do is not worth a living wage. Educators say with average math and reading scores still lower than before the pandemic, it is critical that students have teachers who know the students and their needs now. Dont forget our annual back to School Supply drive is underway. Speaking of student needs, you can donate by scanning that qr code on your screen or head to kctv. Com School Supply drive. This year we partnered with supply bank org to make sure Bay Area School kids are prepared for the Upcoming School year. And were hoping to raise 50,000 with your help to help those students across the bay area. Well National Night out events give neighborhoods across the country and People Living in them a chance to meet their local First Responders in a casual social setting. The goal is to help foster relationships, to build safer communities. Last night, dozens of block parties like this were held across the bay area for the event in oakland. There were block parties in jack london square, several neighborhoods and even Oakland Police headquarters. It was a chance for people to talk to officers in a non emergency situation. So that one time that had the i to i hand a hand contact see smiles when kids faces see their parents and showing them that police come to help them as we were supposed to do when barber gave free haircuts to young kids. While Oakland Police distributed more than 600 backpacks to students for the Upcoming School year. The Community Effort parents, police and everybody, teachers each one teach one. People we spoke with say events Like National night out bring neighbors together and overall makes them feel safer in their community. Public meetings are scheduled in oakland for residents to share their views about the process of hiring a new police chief. The Oakland Police commission has hired a consultant to search for a new chief and they are seeking community input. Oakland has been without a Permanent Police chief since february. The meetings are being held august 5th, ninth and 12th at Branch Libraries across the city of oakland. The push to convert to solar energy as a more environmentally friendly power source is paying off, but its also creating a new issue. What to do with solar panels when theyre no longer productive or useful . The Arizona Company we recycle, solar collects and processes used solar panels. Its the largest solar recycling plant in north america. They process more than 170 tons of panels every day. The companys ceo says the panels should not go into landfills. Theyre still life left in them. Theyre 25 to 30 years. At the end of the day, someone elses trash is someone elses treasure that were able to refurbish and remarket that and get it to a place where and Underserved Community can take advantage of that. Now not all of the panels can be cleaned up and put back into service, but the company says segments of those panels can still be reused. They use them for panel frames. Some of the materials and even the glass for other things. San blasting companies can use the glass instead of sand if the glass is being made specifically for our industry opposed to something that has already been used and then is being repurposed in our industry , its going to be a lot more expensive to have the new the new glass than it is the recycled using glass instead of sand means the sand pits dont have to be found and that adds to the eco friendly elements of the technology. In todays dollars and cents, another public listing as the opening bell rang this morning. Allred is a weight loss device company. They make a gastric balloon going public via a spac this morning, taking a live look at the markets. A significant downgrade for the us is taking stocks down this morning, taking a live look. The dow jones off 235 points, more than a half of a percent. The s p 500 down one full percentage point. And the nasdaq slipping the most, down 2, almost 300 points for the nasdaq. And it has dipped below 14,000. The Credit Rating for the United States has been downgraded. Thats the drop on wall street. Fitch ratings lowered the us Credit Rating, citing, quote, expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years. The significance of a lower Credit Rating is that over time, it could raise borrowing costs for the us government. Steve jobs son, is starting a Venture Capital company that will focus on new cancer treatments. Reed jobs is investing 200 million into a Spinoff Company from his mothers nonprofit in palo alto, according to sfgate, reed jobs is bringing in several members from the firms Health Investments team to study and fight cancer. His father, steve jobs, died in 2011 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. And a vintage Apple Computer signed by the companys cofounder order could sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. A fully operational version of the apple one computer is up for auction. The vintage computer helped launch the company. It is estimated to sell for about 200,000, with bids already coming in at more than 100,000. Bids will be taken until august 24th. Today is the 150th anniversary of the San Francisco cable car. And of course, the city will be celebrating on august 2nd in 1873. Andrew halliday ran the first cable car along clay street down nob hill. The cable car went on to become a landmark of San Francisco later this morning, city leaders will celebrate the anniversary at the cable car turnaround. It will include a reenactment of that very first trip. All right. 849 is the time sal has been able to ring the cable car bell. I believe in a little competition, right . Yeah. A couple of different times from when i was relatively young, man. Till a few years ago. And its always fun. All right, lets go out and take a look at what we have here at the bay bridge. If youre trying to get into San Francisco, it has improved quite a bit. I think youre right. From now on, should be pretty good unless we get a crash. This is a look at the san mateo bridge. That commute looks okay. So things are beginning to get better. We do look at the south bend. There is some slow traffic there. And you see the peninsula hasnt had a lot going on. I still want to alert you that theres still some slow traffic out there in the east bay on 880 south, eastbound, 580 approaching greenville. Theres still clearing out a very serious crash. Westbound, 580 is a little bit slow, but in general, things are beginning to get better. Highway four is improving now on the way over to concord, it is 850. Lets go to steve sound. Thank you, sir. Dealing with the biggest fog bank of the week so far. Might even be a little more tomorrow, but some breaks in. Its starting to show up, especially around san jose peninsula as well. Along the 880 corridor, but not so much to the north, pretty solid to the north. 5060s on your temps here, it looks like a cool day for some unless youre down on the desert, its already 97. Lovely degrees in phenix, 83, las vegas, big thunderstorms. It looks like theyre finally moving out there. 57, 52. Truckee south, lake tahoe and 71 already in redding. But 50s for 60s, much of the coast to hit southern california. Low clouds and fog will retreat. Well get the sunshine. The tropical monsoon moisture is kicking out rapidly. I mean, it was flirting yesterday along the sierra, but not today. Does not look like thats going to develop. The highs getting pushed out as a couple of lows move in. Theyll be with us today, tomorrow, probably about half of friday, 5060s by the water bigger fog bank today by far coast and bay drizzle. I think were about done with that though but a couple one hundredths fell in the hills. Sunny cooler breezy to windy been gusts to 30 for a few already 60s 70s low 80s could see a slight decrease in those temps tomorrow then start to turn it around a little bit friday inland temps will bump up as we go into the weekend. You too. All right. Thank you, steve. A survey of California High School Shows Growing participation in football programs. Now the California Interscholastic Federation says football added more than 4500 players last year. Thats almost a 5. 5 increase from 2021. And its the first time the number of players increased in the last seven years. Now, the number of boys playing all High School Sports increased by more than 10,000. But the number of girls who played any organized School Sports last year dropped a little bit by 140. Well new tsa technology is supposed to make the lines move more quickly, but travelers are arguing its actually having the opposite effect coming up in the nine, the Innovative Technology being installed during peak hours. And it is a real life dispute involving legendary star wars movie director george lucas. When we return, his lawsuit against one town in marin county. To frequent racial harassment and eventually retaliated against him for filing a complaint. The employee says San Francisco state failed to reprimand the other employee involved, despite conducting an investigation and finding the complaints were true. The university has not commented on the lawsuit. A new study shows a lack of diversity among veterinarians in the us and those who work in the field say thats a problem. According to the bureau of labor statistics, out of the more than 100,000 vets in the us, nearly 90 are white. Fewer than 2 are latino and hardly any are african american. In order to attract young people to vet medicine, they need to see people that look like them. Its a profession with future job growth. The bureau of labor statistics expects jobs for veterinarians and vet technicians will grow 16 by the year 2029. A legendary filmmaker is suing a town in marin county to protect his property. Star wars creator george lucas filed a lawsuit in may against the owners of a home in the town of san anselmo. Hes defending a strip of land. He says hes been using as a driveway since about 1990. However, some of his neighbors believe parts of the driveway infringe on their property. Lucas attorneys blame san anselmo Property Survey issues. The town council will meet to decide the matter. A San Francisco lawmaker is angry about what he calls the citys slow pace of approving new housing permits. The new figures show San Francisco is behind other bay area cities in the number of permits issued. So far this year. Assemblyman matt haney called it, quote, an atrocious, embarrassing start for San Franciscos eight year commitment to build 80,000 new units. Haney says hes working to pass a number of bills designed to confront the housing crisis. Now, heres a look at some of the numbers. San jose has approved more than 1200 permits, so far this year. Santa clara, 669. Oakland 406. And San Francisco has approved just 179 permits. Well, it is official the us will take on sweden this sunday at 1 a. M. In the womens world cup. The right side. Jakobsen red cross headed down goal. Sweden beat argentina two nil early this morning to lock up the top spot in group g and will face the second team in group e, thats the us team. Sweden is undefeated and has scored nine goals and allowed just one. So far. The us is back at practices and defending its play after a disappointing draw against portugal to barely qualify for the next round of sweden. Both players andicans Coaching Staff are telling reporters the team is capable of performing much better than they did in this last game. The key, though, is to survive and advance no winner in the latest Mega Millions lottery means the jackpot will be more than 1. 2 million. On friday, the jackpot was 1. 1 billion. The numbers drawn 824 3045, 61 mega ball 12 two tickets matching five of the numbers were sold in los angeles county. Ernies liquors in East San Jose has a history of selling Winning Tickets, bringing hopeful customers back to see if they could be the next winner. The more people that play the likelihood of maybe repeat six number sequences are going to be higher. And so, yes, maybe there wouldnt be a single winner, but thered be two, three, four, five. The next drawing is friday night. Good luck. A massive fire broke out in San Francisco causing a building already under construction to be completely destroyed. Were live with the latest look as firefighters are still on the scene. And former President Donald Trump faces charges in another federal indictment, this time for his efforts