Safety advocates say theyre fed up. That hit was,eaction when i saw here we go again. Weve had two pedestrians killed in redwood city in the last month, two cyclists killed. A little bit further south. They wrote a letter demanding san mateoucounty take action. The only way to solve these problems is much more investment and safe street infrastructure. They also filed a condition at e represents a rather dangerous hazard. And this group of two. E the driver responsible might live nearby for that reason. Weve been out here every day leafleting. The Highway Patrol has returneduto the scene, knocking on doors. Were hoping to find in or that someone else will. We want this guy to face the he did and for what he failed to do. The victim in this case has been released from the hospital and is road to recovery. Chp is handling the case, and theyuask that anyone them. Greg or julie. Hopefully this leads to some mateo county and thank youn well, new at five tonight. Seven people were hurt when an suv crashed into a bus that was it happened at say the suv was headed west on laurel ramp, when it smashed intouthe side of the bus as it was turning. The driver of the on board the bus were hurt. None of their injuries are considered life threateningn that crash is still under investigation. Also new at five tonight, a man in a spstabbinguthat left a woman ded after skyfox was overhead yesterday 46 year old marcelino wilson was taken into custody after a pursuit by officers. San call was for a possible burglary on appleton avenue in the holly park neighborhood woman there with fatal stab wounds. Bookeduinto San Francisco countd elder abuse charges. A car smashed into an east to oakland Charity Early this morning, damaging the building and forcing the Grassroots Group to close its doors. Our crime the newsroom after seeing that yeah, greg. Its just a mess. This group is called homies. Ant couple of years, this organization has sufferedc through one calamity after another. They say all theyrec trying to do is to help people. And now theyve fallen victim to yet another crime. Im really heartbroken and like, very overwhelmed. Viviana montano is frustrated. Shes Care Center Coordinator at homies empowerment at 77, macarthur in east oakland, where a car slammed into the Grassroots Community groups building, causing significant damage and forcing it to close. For now, its justureally difficult notc to have the it happened at 3 00uthursday morning with a crash involving two cars. The circumstances still not entirely a different d thatc sent that vehicle into the building. But other than that, we have nothing elsen the driver of the car that plowed into the charity took off. Virgi newell lives nearby and heard all the commotion. They need to be more careful out here because we are really having a hard time. Were already going through stuff. The mangled one was hurt, but there was major structural damage. Its now boarded up and the insides now a mess dealingn the organization a major blow each weekn its freedom store hands out food to about 400 people or families. And it also provides clothing referrals to survivors of violence and help to find jobs and housing. Montano says busy macarthur for speeders. Back in 2022, the same building was in another car crash. Theres so much speeding in there, i feel like its just its not monitored as well as it should be. I feel like, nobody really respects the stop signs anymore. This group has had more than its share of challenges. Last year, its Freedom School at y0th macarthur was broken into a month beforeuthe campus for at risk youth opened for the first time. Montanousays as far as its 77th avenue location, theyre committed to returning with the communitys help. Our community has always shown upuand shown this is just a small setback for a bigger comeback now. n despite all their hardship, homies empowerment tells me with the power of the people, they will prevail. Greg henry if people do want to help, what are they in most need of at this point both donations and sympathy and support, and anyone who wants to donate either can go to homies empowerment, dot com. Our newsroom henry. Thank you. The popular horn barbecue in after it wasugutted by fire last fall. Chef posted on instagram today that the extensive damage combined with vandals repeatedly targeting the building in the weeks since the fire, led him to close the restaurant on mandela parkway permanently. Horn did not rule out reopening in another locationc. He also did not address any of the ongoing legal troubles he faces. Horn has reportedly been sued by food suppliers and former employees for failing to pay them on time. Horns two other restaurants in oakland, matts and cowbird, are expected to remain open. A worker at a marijuana Processing Plant in the east bay isubeing treated for serious burns from a chemical fire. It happened this morning at a thc extraction facility on cedar street in berkeley. People who were working nearby say they heard ant saw a man running outside engulfed inuflames. He was rushed to an emergency burn center in San Franciscoc. This is a thc extraction plant lab, and somehow one of the barrels, 55 gallon drum caught fire, burneduthe gentlemans hands, the victims hands and fire is now outn now theyre just doing some cleanup. No other injuries were reported. Authorities are still trying to determine what caused thatufire. Another scare for parents in the south bay today. Polsaa man who ran from Piedmont Hills High School campus, forcing students and staff to shelter in place the ms running from police and after searching gave the all clear around 1 00. This afternoon. The massc seems to be slowing down as the postpandemic period and overall us economy improves. News than in San Francisco. Ktvu tom vacar joins us now with whas Census Department have learned. Tom learned a lot. You thatue people have left california than were born or moved into it, onec surprising slice of theucensust Bureau Report shows troubled San Franciscos population is actuallyuon the way up. The us the year between july of 2022 and 23, San Francisco stopped bleeding residents, while San Franciscos gain was just a 1200 resident increase. u100 move ins a month. Its a hopeful sign, institute ofucalifornia. Thelicy pandemic allowed a lot of people to leavec. Part of what was drawing people out of san to live somep. On top of that, the pandemic killed many san franciscans, and the citygsulower birth rate did not replace all of them. But now the requirement for many to work back in the office a few days a week brought some people back. Another factor the explosion of Artificial Intelligence. You also have a kind of new jobs boom in the bay area in general back. That brings in a lot of high income earners from other spstates and overseas. But that also means theyc have a lot of disposable income to spend on housing, and that drives up both their housing costs and also of college educated, young people, were a net gainer. That said, overall, statewide, california lost a half million residents, slightly less than the populationuof sacramento. Of the 58 counties, 16 3 more population, 37 counties lost up to 1n5 of their populations. Five counties lost more than 3. We are recovering as a state. Our population loss is do not fy to create more truly affordable housing, will not last ktvu fox two news. Yeah. And tom, while they attributed the fact that people were leaving just merely working talking a lot about people leaving because of the crime and thec homeless problems. A lot of restaurants, a lot of shops shutting down in San Francisco. All years, leftcc3 f1 was the cost of living and thet cost of housing and all of that stuff. But a lot of people did leave San Francisco specificall because they coulduwork in boise, could work in lake tahoe, and they could still earn those sanc francisco wages out there. When that all changed, of course people started coming back. People are slowly startinguto come back to california, but the net loss is still there. And the reality is its the housing and the cost of living that is. Because otherwise, as i say,t everything flattens out and wellujust kind of mosey along. uall right. Tom vacar reporting liveufor us tonight, tom. Thank you. Well, the excuse me, theumusical director ofc the San Francisco symphony is stepping down after the upcoming season. Esapekka salonen said in a statement today. He not, quote, share the same goals as the governors. Salonen was named to succeed Michael Tilson thomas back in 2018. The end of the 205 season. The symphony ceo said cost cutting measures may be one reason for that decision, telling the chronicle the symphony faces, quote, significant financial now suffex incidents in the past seven days. An American Airlines flight bound for dallas was forced to make an Emergency Landing at lax last night, a spokesperson for the carrier says. The pilot reported a possible mechanical issue with the boeing 777 jet. Before landing. The plane was able to taxi to the gate and passengers disembarked safely after a unitd Airlines Boeing jet turned around midflight after leaving sydney, australia. That plane reportedly suffered a midair fuel leak on its way here to San Francisco. Now, New York Times report finds the Alaska Airlines plane, whose door panel was blown out midmflight in january, had been scheduled to undergo maintenance following the flight after theucarriers engineers voiced concerns of a problem. The two day hearing on the incident this summer, though the agencys work on the plane, saying, quote, a verbal request was made by our investigators for Security Camera footage to help obtain this information. However, they were informed the tenderloin turmoil in Sant Francisco served with another lawsuit over neighborhood conditions. Coming up tonight at 530. Details on the legal challenges also ahead. Robbed on the job a look at the uptick in attacks on postal carriers anduthe new efforts to keep them safe. Plus, thisc is just the tip f the iceberg. Theresuso many other things going on. Investigators discover mold at a site meant to house san joses homeless. How the city is now hopingc to address concerns forc property. And barry weather. Of sunshiy looking out towards San Francisco bay. Another sunny forecast for tomorrow. But what about those strong winds . Well have the u ate coming up after the brea mr. Box . I had this idea. 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When finished, this construction will be affordable sphousing for some of the south spbays most vulnerable residen. Thursday. It offers lingering questions after mold was iceberg. Ered in five of 117 thee theres so many other things going on, Mauricio Valverde says. Workers sent him pictures of the mold on the inside of some of the units and warning notices on the outsiden the construction contractor, devcon says heavy winter rain seeped into some of the units, which were delivered at the start of rainy season. In an emailed statement, executives say before shipping the prefabricated Building Modules, the manufacturer in tracy wrapped them in temporary waterproofing. Devcon had already been working to clean these five units, and to make sure that all 1q7 of the Building Modules are watertight. Mold remediation work is being doneuthis week, but mold isnt the only alleged problem. There are complaints of wage theft for some of the workers. You have workersutraveling from the Central Valley coming over here, not their wages. Working 12 hoursua day at least, or thereabouts, you have the mold issuel which, how can you even think of putting the most vulnerable in our society and in such undignified things . I mean, itsujust appalling. n the citys role is really to hold people accountable. Its a compliance issue. Well go out with code enforcement. I understand there has also been a wage theft complaint. Well follow up on that. And that the contractors on the job pay everybody fairly. n san jose mayor matt mehan says the city has already completed, and that problems are part of the process. Still, sphes committed to making sure these new homes are safe and comply with city code. Dignified housing to those whoy are currently on the streets,t and im going to make sure we hold the contractor to city Officials Say the timeline for completing the site is still sometime this summer, but before anyone moves in, a final inspection will be done to make sure all the buildings are up to code. C then the housingt department will issue an occupancy permit in downtown san jose. Jesseugary, ktvu, fox two news. Today, a labor group hosted a memorial marking the fourth anniversary of the covid 19 shutdowns. The National Group one fair wage, held a moment of silence for the nearly 12,000 restaurant workers who died during the pandemic. Of workinguremotely, restaurant workers wereuconsidered essential workers and stayed on the job. Those participating shared theirustories of friends who lost their lives to covid. He was always just so excited about what life hadubrought to him that year. He had been fighting to get, he get married to his partner. They were moving excited because he finally was see his family in mexico. Sadly, the pandemic hit never able to go ro khanna was among those who took part. He said he supports the groups efforts to raise the federal minimum wage to 15 an hour. It is currently 7. 25 an hour. The minimum wage here in california is 16. The Fire Victim Trust is issuing a new round of payments to survivors of wildfires, sparked by pg and e survivors of the 2015 butte fire. 2017 north bay wildfires. In 2018, camputon their claimsufor property and lost loved ones. Todays move raises that numberc to 66, a big milestone of the victim trust goal to wind downuoperations this year, the trust finalizedc claims will be issued spon aprilc 25th. Well, if you spent any time s now from alameda. You can seeo the trees bending with those wind gusts and mark yeah it was howling thist morning at my house. Yeah thats right thats right julie some strong winds out of the northeast in fact strong enough. They have wind spadvisories for portions of the bay area. Still some wino your friday forecast as well, though we could scale back on the wind speeds by this time tomorrow. But take a some of those big time gusts across parts of the bay area earlier today. Mount saint helena mountain, would expect, up above 70 miles an hour. The oakland hills, lexington reservoir over 40 miles an hour. In san jose, 34 miles an hour. Southe wind advisory these areas been dropped for the north bay spvalleys and the east bay valleys, but for the bay area hills, this will continueuuntil 11 00 tomorrow morning and then out towards Solano County until still have some to windy conditions tomorrow. In your friday forecast, satellite showing you the storm here so ae energy is heading up to our north. Noc sign of rainfall for usl but still some fairly strong to nearly 40 miles an hour. Ingt these are out toward ben lomond. A wind gust of up to 19. Look at mount almanor over 40 miles an hour at last check closer to the surface. Its breezy to windy. These numbers are still noticeable. Vacaville gusting to 33 milesuan hour and the Oakland Airport gusting to s6. Here is now looking out towe clear. You probably notice the warm up out there temperatures not only in the 60s, but also ms into tonight and early friday morning. uits still breezy to windy out there. This is 7 00 tomorrow morning. And then finally as we head toward friday afternoon, we will scale back on the wind speeds and that will set up a nice weekend forecast. Well have more on thatt up in just a little bit. All rightn well see you in a bit mark. Thank you. Wellt happening now oaklands Restaurant Week the annual event for ten days until march 24th. T Restaurant Week organizers say diverse cultures and cuisines. foodies can enjoy special lunch and dinner menus at restaurants all across town. For example, at anchor kitchen on college avenue, diners can enjoy rotisserie chicken or grilled salmon, plus soup or salad and a choice of dessert for 55. Stillc to come, i oversight nations over the boomingnited technology, the balancing act. World to accomplish. And coming up tonight atc si, a woman says she wasuwalking her neighbors dogs when two women assaulted her and stole the dogs during the how police were able to track down at least one of those in the classified documents ruld sptoday denies the former president s motion to dismiss charges trumps lawyers argued the law used by the prosecution to charge trump was used against him. The judge disagreed. In this case, trumps argu