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Transcripts For KTVU KTVU 20240703

Little warmer for me. I opened up that door. I was like, oh, its a nice cool temperature. It feels nice. Yes it does. So weve have, you know, a little bit of a sea breeze, a little bit of cloud cover. But by the afternoon our temperatures are just pleasant, at least across most of the bay area. A little cool along the Coast Outside our doors at this hour. Waking up very similar to yesterday. We have the clouds out there this morning. A live look at sfo. The sun will rise just before a 6 a. M. This morning. So a couple hours to go. Getting into the afternoon were going to break away from the clouds, the patchy drizzle that were seeing out there this morning. And temperatures are expected to be slightly warmer. Ill have a better look at the Current Conditions. The afternoon highs and what we can expect for the rest of the week. Coming up in just a bit. 401 lets see how the highways are doing this morning with sal. Good morning. Good morning to you, rosemary. You know right now we have a very good start to the morning commute. Lets go outside and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. It looks very nice. And were expecting a light commute right now on the peninsula. The same thing goes. We dont have anything going on the peninsula or in the east bay. Not even highway four has a slowdown westbound. There is some construction work, however. Eastbound highway four, as you drive over toward the willow pass grade from concord. So watch for a slowdown there. 401 lets get back to the headlines. Okay, sal. Thank you. A family in the east bay is asking for help to find their missing loved one. As ktvu is alice wertz reports, the 25 year old man has been missing for several weeks. Daniel chow and his cousin kyle ma are worried about daniels brother, whos been missing since april 23rd. 25 yearold dennis chow suffers from schizophrenia. He first went missing april 13th, but his family found him day after we drove him to the e. R. Here in hayward, where he was able to get seen for all of those blisters he had on his feet. But to also get a psychiatric evaluation from the doctor, where he then got transported to john george to begin receiving care under a 5150 that was eventually extend to a 5250. During his two week hold, he was transported from john george Psychiatric Hospital to san leandro hospital. Its now under Alameda Health system. He was taken there for an ultrasound. My mom and i went to san leandro hospital to talk to security, and all that they said was, you know, he ran off. We tried to run after him a bit, but we couldnt catch him, and thats all they told me. Chow is a graduate of Tennyson High School in hayward. He went on to brown university. Yes. Hes a graduate of brown university. He is a gates millennium scholar, so he has a full ride scholarship to college and to any other education that he would want to pursue. According to ma, every time theyve received a tip about a sighting, they just miss him. And they told us on april 28th he was, like he was at westfield valley fair mall. He was trying to shoplift and they werent going to press any charges. So they just let him go and they removed the missing persons report without even telling us. The family has been doing their own searching. Dennis chow was last seen in king city in Monterey County. Its likely the family will head there to look for him. I think that we just need Law Enforcement to be more aware of the situations like this. I mean, im just driving around san leandro in the bay area. Theres so many Homeless People with Mental Health issues, and i think that the system could do a lot better than this in san leandro. Alice wirtz, ktvu, fox two news. Thank you. Alice, a jury in Alameda County has convicted a man of Second Degree murder for killing his girlfriend. Investigators say Joseph Roberts killed 27 year old Elizabeth Buckner in their pleasanton apartment last summer. Her body later washed ashore on the alameda shoreline. Elizabeth buckner was a Law School Student who was just two months away from earning her degree. Her mother spoke outside the courthouse yesterday, shortly after the jury announced its decision. Todays verdict means for me is that i dont have to look over my shoulder for right now. Ive lived in trauma, in terror. The jury convicted roberts of Second Degree murder. He will be back in court june 14th to be sentenced and could face 15 years to life in prison. Our time is 404 happening today. A strike vote to be taken by nurses at San Franciscos public hospitals. Now this involves nurses at hospitals that include sf general and laguna honda, where nurses claim the Staffing Levels are extremely low and that patient care is at risk. Now. Since february, union reps have been negotiating with the department of Public Health and say the city has rejected all of their proposals about Staffing Levels. Now, the voting by nurses is expected to continue until friday. San franciscos Public Health Department Says 166 new nurses have been hired since december. Governor gavin newsom is heading to the bay area today. The governor will be in San Mateo County, where hell give an update on the states efforts to reshape the Mental Health system. Hes also expected to talk about the plans to speed up the process in providing support for those who are seriously ill and homeless. Time is 405 in new york. More testimony this morning by Donald Trumps former lawyer, Michael Cohen, at the criminal trial of the former president. Now, yesterday in court, cohens testimony backed up the claims by prosecutors that trump knew all the details about a payment made to former adult movie star Stormy Daniels in this case, youve got extraordinary written documentation, youve got all of those ledger entries, youve got the checks signed by mr. Trump, youve got evidence from other disinterested witnesses that the checks were written in new york and were fedex down to washington and then sent back. Now, later today, Michael Cohen will be crossexamined by Donald Trumps defense lawyers. Theyll try to raise doubts about cohens credibility, among other things. Michael cohen served time in prison for lying to congress and for federal charges related to those payments. Strengthening californias child sex trafficking laws faces a delay. The bill would make it a felony to purchase or solicit a child for sex. It is currently a misdemeanor. However, it is now in the suspense file at the legislature because of expected costs this thursday. This and hundreds of other bills will end up in a special hearing where they are either passed or quickly killed without public discussion. That is the question before us. Will the two houses take an approach where they hold bills that have any significant Financial Impact . That, or do they wait until late summer to make those decisions after the budget has already been adopted . Now, the bills analysis so far shows it could cost millions of dollars due to the impacts of increased prison time. Tom a07 the Us Supreme Court will allow the state of california to be sued over a deadly outbreak of covid 26 prison inmates, and one prison guard died after infected inmates were transferred from chino state prison to san quentin back in 2020. Now, the attorneys claim the inmates were not tested or quarantined. Federal courts denied the claims by the state that it had qualified immunity, and said state prison officials can be held liable for harms caused by dangers. The system either created or failed to prevent. Smoke from canadian wildfires has prompted Health Warnings in the united states. For the second year in a row, more than 100 wildfires are now raging out of control. All across British Columbia and alberta. Strong winds have pushed heavy smoke from Northern Canada across the border into the u. S. Smoke has also now filled the skies in montana, the dakotas, minnesota and wisconsin. On. The canadian government is warning the situation could get worse over the next two days. The next 48 hours will be a challenging situation for the rock Northern Rockies regional municipality, given forecasted ongoing westerly winds and extremely dry and volatile fuels in the area. Just last year, Dangerous Levels of canadian wildfire smoke drifted over several major us cities, including new york. Here at home, we have a nice onshore breeze for today. Good air quality, especially closer to the coast. Inside the bay, our temperatures are going to be just a tad warmer today. For most, its going to feel a lot like yesterday. Heres a look over sfo waking up with a little bit of fog out there. The low clouds, patchy drizzle and you can see here our temperatures very similar to yesterday within a couple of degrees for most san carlos. Youre waking up a little bit warmer at about four four degrees warmer. Weve got 54 degrees at sfo, 51 in livermore and in the north bay this morning. Upper 40s to start your day. Novato, santa rosa, a little bit of a chill in the air. But as we get into the afternoon, another beautiful one coming our way, an onshore breeze through fairfield right now, reporting a 20mph to expected to pick up into the afternoon. If youre going to see the giants play a little bit later today, its going to be cool and brisk at oracle park. Visibility not too bad, but you can see we do have some fog out there right now. Visibility in santa rosa three miles petaluma reporting for patchy drizzle, perhaps along the coastline. Maybe in our hills this morning looking at a midmorning burn off. Heres a look at to ten or by noontime weve got mostly cloudy skies on the coast. Mostly sunny for the rest of us into the evening hours. Those low clouds kind of hanging tough. Heres a look at sunset, where it is beginning to move back across the bay. Once again, we will have partly cloudy skies. It looks like for most by sunset temperatures for today near average for our coastline and around the bay. But our inland cities going above 82 in santa rosa for the afternoon, 82 in san jose. A better look at these numbers and what we can expect for the rest of the week, including your weekend coming up in just a bit. Thank you. Rosemary. Secretary of state Antony Blinken makes a surprise visit to ukraine, his goals as he visits the war torn country and proPalestinian Protesters rallied in the north bay, right outside of a fundraiser for a member of congress. Chris, the message they had for congressman Jared Huffman wendys orange dreamsicle frosty, this takes me back man. Its like taking a trip down memory lane. I didnt know they sold dreamsicles on memory lane. For the flavor that takes you back, get wendys new orange dreamsicle frosty. We are taught you dont talk about your problems with nobody because you could get in trouble, and ive been through a lot. Anxiety, depression, sexual assault. When i decided to get help, my life changed. And the Mental Health box, that was one of the big tools. Accepting help means that we are allowing somebody to bless our life. Its freeing. We got stronger together. Love, your mind. I arrested multiple people and seized several guns after breaking up a side show sunday night. Now it happened near capital expressway and story road. Police searched one of the cars involved in the sideshow and say they found two handguns with extended magazines. One had the serial number taken off, the other was unregistered. Our time is 413 for people in san jose have been displaced because of a fire at a buddhist temple. It happened last night around 6 p. M. On foss avenue near interstate 680. It took about two hours for firefighters to get those flames under control. It affected both the temple and the house right behind it, and the four People Living there have been displaced. But no one was hurt. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The search is on for an inmate who walked away from a conservation camp in solano county. The department of corrections says james shong, a minimum security prisoner, was last seen at 7 00 yesterday morning during breakfast between suisun city and rio vista. He is described as five feet, nine inches tall. Theres his photo, 150 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Anyone who may have spotted him is asked to call police immediately. Well, protesters gathered in petaluma outside of a Campaign Event for a bay area congressman about the war in gaza. Ktvu is joey horta. Was there at the event for congressman Jared Huffman, and well tell you what they wanted him to do. Free palestine. Free, free palestine. Dozens of proPalestine Protesters carrying flags and banners outside of anitas brewery in petaluma on monday night. Inside democratic congressman Jared Huffman holding a private campaign fundraiser. No peace are stolen land. Protesters are calling out huffman, who is running for reelection in district two, for voting in favor of the us funding. Israels war in gaza, which they are against. Why are you trying to put a band aid over a gunshot wound . The money going towards israel to injure palestinians needs to stop in april, Congress Approved setting aside 26 billion to support israel. I dont want my tax money to go to be funding this war and the occupation. The death toll in gaza is now over 34,500 people, according to the associated press. I want him to call for a cease fire. Its as simple as that. But huffman did post on x back on may 7th, calling for immediate cease fire and hostage release so that we can finally end this terrible war and get on with the work of rebuilding gaza and realizing a two state solution. We want huffman to take a stronger stance to end this genocide. Protesters Stacy Lippincott of bodega has been calling the congressmans office every week since october to speak her mind. How long can we continue this . I think the pressure is on, and i think the tides are turning. Petaluma police on hand monday night with orders to maintain the peace while giving protesters space to demonstrate. Police describe the protest as peaceful, with a few children among the crowd. Joey ktvu, fox two news. Thank you joey. State Department Officials are now commenting on a recent report that found israel likely violated International Humanitarian law in its use of us provided weapons during the war in gaza. Us Officials Say it is reasonable to assess that the weapons have been used in ways inconsistent with israels obligations. However, they add wartime conditions prevented the us from making that determination for specific airstrikes. There is a moral and strategic imperative to take every possible step to minimize civilian casualties, steps that we know that the idf has, the tools and the capability to undertake. Israeli forces continue to move deeper into the Southern Gaza city of rafah. Aid workers say they are struggling to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to displaced palestinians in the region. Now, for the very latest developments on the war in gaza, you can download the ktvu fox local app. It is free for your smart tv. Our time now 417. Oaklands new police chief is officially on the job. Police chief Floyd Mitchell finished his first day on the job after spending weeks meeting with Oakland Police leaders to learn about the department and its programs. City leaders tell us theyre optimistic about the new police chief, but a lot of work has to be done. Were looking forward to a meeting with him and with many of the merchants and a lot of that. A lot of this Small Businesses and folks that live and work in fruitvale to, to, you know, to support him. And hopefully hell be able to be creative and energetic to because we need that right now. Public safety is the number one priority. Its not about talking and feeling sorry for people. Its about taking action. Now police chief mitchell succeeds leronne armstrong, who was fired more than a year ago. San jose is honoring its Vietnamese Community with a new monument. A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the citys vietnamese Heritage Garden on roberts avenue. Now, the garden was first constructed 13 years ago to pay homage to thousands of refugees who fled vietnam after the fall of saigon. Our shared vision is a garden that remembers the past but looks ahead to the future. That pays homage to the journey that thousands of families took to find a better life here in america. And it helps create that better life by providing a space for people to come together, celebrate and share the rich vietnamese culture with the next generation. So breakfast city leaders say the monument will be just one piece of a long term vision for the space, which will one day Host Community events and cultural performances and Educational Programs for the entire neighborhood. Beautiful, a

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