Frank mallicoat. As mentioned, the travel season begins today with memorial day weekend. Triple a says expect the roads and our airports to be mighty busy all summer long. Ktvu james torres reports the numbers and travel plans expected this weekend. Whether youre flying or driving, expect a big group of people alongside you. Its going to be a big travel season, not just memorial day weekend, but also throughout the summer. And we do think this is an indication of whats to come in the months ahead. Triple a predicts this memorial day weekend will be one of the busiest on record by car. More than 38 Million People are expected to road trip, setting a new record by plane. The faa says today could be the single busiest flying day since 2019. This is the first time im traveling ever on a memorial day weekend. We saw that in oakland, where some shared nontraditional tradition is going to strongsville, ohio, and whats in strongsville, ohio. Its a music trivia group that weve been together for about 25 years, and we meet every year from all over the country. Were heading to omaha, nebraska. And whats in omaha, nebraska, were going to go take a tour with our grandparents to see what life was like before electricity. Many travelers, experts say, is promising for what the rest of the year could look like. We havent seen numbers like this from memorial day in nearly 20 years. Not since 2005 that weve seen numbers this big, when we talk about the pandemic again, were not just talking about prepandemic numbers. We are surpassing prepandemic numbers. So that tells you a lot about how people are viewing travel these days. So popular hotspots by plane this year, florida, las vegas and denver, which triple a says its new to its top list experts predict if we see some of these numbers be as high as they expect this weekend, then we can expect this summer to be some of the busiest travel weve ever seen, with nearly 300 Million People traveling from now until the end of august. Reporting in oakland. Im james torres, ktvu, fox two news. Thank you. James. According to triple a, the worst time to drive is today between the hours of noon and 6 p. M. Then tomorrow between noon and 7 p. M. Now, if you want to know the best time to hit the road, you already missed your slot this morning. But you can hit the road after seven tonight. Then tomorrow. The best time to leave is between 11 a. M. Or after 8 00. Fire investigators are at the scene of a deadly mobile home fire in pleasanton. It broke out just before midnight last night. As ktvu ali rasmus explains, people in the pleasanton Hacienda Mobile Home Park are mourning the death of a beloved neighbor. Just blazing to the habits. Thats how neighbors describe the flames seen coming from this home in the pleasanton Hacienda Mobile Home Park, where a fire broke out around midnight. Neighbors identify the couple who lived here as kathy and Richard Lawrence of pleasanton. Neighbors heard an explosion, and shortly afterwards they say kathy ran out calling for help. Her husband, richard, had mobility issues and was trapped inside. She had a garden hose. She was trying everything she was panicking and she just kept shouting. My husbands still in there. And that was that was sad. That was sad. Firefighters arrived and started to go into the house to rescue the man when they experienced something called a flashover. Thats when the contents in a home heat up so quickly they ignite all at once. All of that smoke and flammable contents kind of burst into flames. At the same time. They made the decision to aggressively go in and do what we could, knowing that there was somebody in there, but like i said, the conditions changed on them pretty quickly and they had to pull back out. Firefighters were not able to rescue richard. He died in the fire. His wife kathy went to the hospital. You could just feel the heat radiating off of it. And then the smoke coming up along really thick along the ceiling. It would just started roiling out and coming out fast. Just about every person we spoke to on this street told us richard and Kathy Lawrence were wonderful neighbors. They are struck and saddened by what happened to them. Its so sad. Beautiful couple, super nice, super nice. Very kind. Always caring. So we need to really pray for them and their families. Its one of those things you never expected to happen. It always happens to someone else and when it does, its horrible. Once the fire was completely out later this morning, fire investigators came to the home. They are going through it and trying to find evidence to determine exactly where and how this fire started in pleasanton. Ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. An armed robber stole as much as 100,000 from a Contra Costa County fair employee. As workers were on their way to deposit the money at a bank, police say the theft happened sunday morning in antioch in the parking lot of bmo bank on summersville road. Employees with the county fair were going to the banks night deposit to deposit cash when someone held them up at gunpoint and stole the money. The president of the county fairs board of directors says that was money paid for fair entrance and parking. I dont know what the exact circumstances were. They had a car or not, but apparently from what i saw in an email from the fair itself, was somebody walked up to the person that or persons that were putting the money in the bank and put a gun up to their head, basically, and then the rest is history. Organizers of the county fair say they may have to cut back on next years plans for free, fair activities to help make up for the loss. No word yet from police on a description of the thief. Mayor shengtao is preparing to submit a midcycle budget adjustment with new priorities for the city of oakland mayor outlining priorities this morning at city hall. Oakland has a projected 170 million budget deficit this year and 175 million next fiscal year. Mayor says her budget adjustment is fiscally responsible, disciplined and maintains a focus on Public Safety, cleaning city streets, homelessness and Economic Growth in order to close our current deficit, i directed city administrator Justin Johnson to propose a fiscally responsible but midcycle budget austment that prioritizes essential services in order to deliver a clean and safe city for all oaklanders while promoting Economic Development and opportunities over the coming weeks, the mayors administration will be in talks with the city council about our proposed budget adjustments, and the city of oakland also reached an agreement to sell its share of the oakland coliseum. May announce city agreed to sell its share to the African AmericanSports Entertainment group. Double a seg will purchase it for 105 million with the goal of redeveloping the property to include affordable housing, an entertainment and sports complex, and more jobs. The group also wants to buy the oakland as portion of that property, as well. This is a moment where east oakland is going to change. We are in healthy negotiations and theyve continued and they are moving in a positive direction. And our objective clearly is to, be able to acquire that site as well. The deal will still have to be approved by city council. An introductory meeting is expected to take place as early as next week. Another batch of University Leaders is on capitol hill today, explaining their responses to propalestine protests and accusations of antisemitism on campus. This hearing is the first featuring public institutions, as Rebecca Castro reports from washington, this hearing, like previous ones, got heated at times. School may be out for summer, but some lawmakers in washington are still demanding answers on how chaos like this was allowed to play out on campuses across the country this semester. This was the university of california, los angeles earlier this month when dueling protests between propalestine and proisrael students turned violent. We tried very hard to find an off ramp for student protesters so they could leave the encampment. It wasnt to be. Safety became an issue for the whole community. Uclas chancellor is the latest College Leader to be grilled by lawmakers, along with the heads of northwestern and rutgers schools that ultimately made concessions to propalestine protesters. Jewish and israeli students were not consulted, and jewish and israeli students were not consulted with respect to yield back agreement. Exactly. Yield back. Impractical to do that. Its the fourth congressional hearing on college antisemitism, and theyre known to get heated testimony from columbias president in april inflamed campus protests, while other hearings ultimately led to the president s of harvard and penn resigning, those who are in charge of universities, who negotiate with pro terror protesters are not doing their job, as republicans are mostly driving this effort. While some democrats say its just adding fuel to the fire, complaining about a problem is not a solution. Certainly, it certainly riles people up, generates a lot of media coverage, but it didnt solve anything. On wednesday, ucla reassigned its police chief as the School Begins investigating its response to the campus protests in washington. Rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news the Justice Department is suing to break up live nation, the parent of ticketmaster, over alleged antitrust violations. A lawsuit filed today follows a doj investigation into whether live nation maintains a monopoly in the ticketing industry. The probe was launched in 2022 and bolstered by fan complaints following a botched rollout. For tickets to taylor swifts eras tour. Attorney general Merrick Garland says live nation relies on unlawful anticompetitive conduct to exercise control over the live events industry. It is time for fans and artists to stop paying the price for live nations monopoly. It is time to restore competition and innovation in the entertainment industry. It is time to break up live nation, ticketmaster. In a statement, live nation called the dojs allegations of a monopoly absurd and said live nation in no way fits the profile of a monopoly, and that Service Charges on ticketmaster are no higher than elsewhere and frequently lower. Coming up, if youre scrolling through social media or visiting uc berkeleys website, you might notice a new look how the school is looking to rebrand the university to help clear up any confusion about its name. Plus, Hurricane Season starts june 1st. Now, federal forecasters are telling us just how bad it could get. Im Caroline Shively in washington. Ill have that story coming up. Anna maria weather. Lots of sunshine up ahead, up above. In fact, you can see looking out toward San Francisco in the distance, the oakland estuary in the foreground. Our cooling trend, though, really kicks in on your friday forecast. And also as we start off the weekend, ell h e if you have moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis or crohns disease. Put it in check with rinvoq. A once daily pill. When symptoms tried to take control, i got rapid relief. And reduced fatigue with rinvoq. Check. When flares kept trying to slow me down. I got lasting steroid free remission. With rinvoq. Check. 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To wind damage the stage during an event with a president ial candidate yesterday. Video here shows people running for cover and climbing under metal poles as the structure falls onto the stage and part of the audience area. The governor of that region says eight adults and one child were killed more than 120 people were hurt, 27 remain hospitalized and some in critical condition. Rescue and Recovery Efforts are underway now after powerful storms tore through the midwest. Tornadoes in iowa devastated parts of that state, killing at least five people, leaving dozens of others injured. This video shows catastrophic damage in the wake of storms as survivors begin combing through the debris. Many say theyre grateful for the heroic efforts of their neighbors as well. From all the areas came in at and, went through house to house checking on people. Just incredible. The response the volunteers, the community, the outpouring of help. The governor of iowa seeking a disaster declaration from the white house. Federal storm data show the country has seen a 27 increase in the average number of tornadoes so far this year, a week before Hurricane Season kicked off here in the u. S. Today, the federal government released its storm predictions, saying this season could be extraordinary. Foxs Caroline Shively has details out of washington. If you lived through hurricane idalia last year, you might be asking, can it get any worse . Well, according to the National Weather service, it could. Thats the highest forecast that weve had. On thursday, federal forecasters predicted 17 to 25, named storms in the atlantic this year, with 8 to 13 becoming hurricanes. The average between 1991 and 2020 was 14 Tropical Storms and seven hurricanes. 2020 holds the record for the most named storms, with 3012 of those made landfall in the u. S. Storms get a name when their winds reach 39mph. They become hurricanes. At 74, it only takes one storm to devastate a community and its prudent to prepare now because once the storm is headed your way, it all happens so rapidly you wont have the time to plan and prepare. At that point, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a below normal Hurricane Season in the pacific. Those storms usually stay out to sea. But last august, hillary became the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years and caused flooding and mudslides throughout the southwest. Its just devastation. This is going to take a month to clean up the cost of storm damage for 2024 could also be a record breaker. Last year, noaa reports the us was hit with 28 weather and climate disasters that each topped 1 billion. In washington, Caroline Shively, ktvu, fox two news well, all eyes on our weather. The big weekend the big Holiday Weekend is nearly upon us. Mark, how are we looking at the weekend . Not looking too bad. Were going to start off with a cool note, but then theyll be trending warmer over the next several days. By the way, you saw that the story of the forecast for the atlantic hurricane basin with above normal activity. But the pacific could be a different story with below normal activity expected in the pacific with the with the developing la nina. Now for us though, we have this lots of sunshine today, a bit of a breeze. Temperatures around 15 to winds around 15 to 25 miles an hour, and temperatures probably not as warm as yesterday. And thats kind of the headline for us. Were heading into a bit of a cooling trend over the next 2 to 3 days. As we check out the satellite. Right now, the bulk of the fog is down to our south, down towards Southern California. We do have some patches closer to big sur this afternoon, but here in the bay area, lots of sunshine once again, and well check out some of the current numbers. Its still another warm day out towards santa rosa, concord and livermore, but today not as warm as yesterday. At least thats the expectation in San Francisco. 60 one Half Moon Bay 55 degrees wind reports right now as you can see, the winds over the next several days today, tomorrow and into saturday, it will be breezy to windy, especially for tomorrow. Right now though, these values are not too bad out there. You can see around 10 to 15 miles an hour, but stronger though out toward sfo, a west wind at about 20 miles an hour. Heres our live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. It has been a nice warm weather stretch over the past several days, but tomorrow will definitely bring in some more low clouds out there. Heres the setup though. Lots of sunshine for today. We are watching this system from the north that wants to drop in and pay us a visit. That will definitely send temperatures down for friday and into saturday, and also will increase those wind speeds. Now beyond saturday. Looks like a bit of a warming trend that really kicks in, especially by monday for memorial day. So be watching out for that change over the next few days. Pretty much the same story in the sierra. Take a look at the current conditions. Right now you can see temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. And as you can see for saturday, its a cool one out there. Temperatures only in the upper 50s, but then a nice recovery into sunday and into monday. Back up into the 70s by monday and right around the lake tahoe area. Here is the forecast model today though, showing you lots of sunshine. Look what happens in a friday. We