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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At 5 August 11, 2022

Youve been injected with a sedative San Francisco police and fire referred to the City Attorney david chu. We have not been served yet with papers in that lawsuit. As soon as we do, we will review and we will respond. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and does not name any individual Police Officers or paramedics live in the newsroom. Henry lee ktvu fox studios where you think you five Union City Police say they have arrested three people for a robbery and shooting that happened last week, investigators say. Last wednesday afternoon, a man witnessed a woman being robbed of her jewelry in the area of 8th and 8th streets when he followed the getaway car to get a license plate. Those robbers shot the victim in the leg. Injuries were not life threatening. Police later arrested two miners and one adult in oakland. The adult 29 year old ronald haze of hayward was booked on a series of charges including robbery and discharging a firearm at a vehicle. Those two miners are facing robbery and attempted homicide charges. A federal judge today found walgreens liable for substantially contributing to the Opioid Epidemic intent for cisco. The judge found that walgreens did not stop suspicious orders or give their pharmacists enough time to look into whether they were dispensing drugs for illicit use. San francisco City Attorney david shew said that as a result, the city was flooded with opioids while greens is the latest prescribed largest prescriber of prescription opioids in San Francisco. We have seen how this heartbreaking epidemic has played out on our city streets, costing our city millions upon millions of dollars to abate. In recent years, walgreens has tried to shift the blame by saying that they are Closing Stores because of the conditions on our streets. It has been an ironic set of statements because they help to create those conditions. More than 700. People die each year in San Francisco due to opioid overdoses. The next phase of the trial will determine much which excuse me will determine whether walgreens must pay the city to address the harms of the opioid crisis, walgreens spokesperson told the washington post. The company will appeal the ruling state lawmakers and bay area leaders are urging Governor Newsom to sign legislation legalizing supervised drug consumption sites. Supporters say this move will address the crisis. Of overdose deaths. While critics worry this will only encourage drug use. Ktvu is christian captain. Joining us now live from San Francisco, where those pushing for those facilities say they would certainly make a difference. Christian backers of the safe consumption site legislation say people are dying on the streets of San Francisco and elsewhere that these safe consumption sites are a way to save lives. The drug crisis on the streets is clear. Lawmakers passed senator scott wiener is legislation sb 57 earlier this month, which would allow supervised consumption sites to operate in San Francisco, oakland and los angeles. Treatment advocates say the site would save lives. We asked for the governor to allow us to care for people and treat people with dignity and bring them to health and care. And, most importantly, to prevent death, senator weiner says sites elsewhere have already proven to save lives. But they can also be an important way of reaching addicts who want to get clean. We know that these sites have a strong track record of connecting people to treatment. Some people say. Well we shouldnt do this site. We should do treatment. No, we should do. Both state Senate Republicans have urged the governor to veto sb 57, saying it would create state sanctioned drug use facilities with no requirements for treatment and that it would distract from real long term solution. As to the drug crisis, including state funded and operated drug treatment programs in San Franciscos Police Officers association released a statement saying they were skeptical that safe consumption sites would work in california. And we also reached out to the Governors Office to discuss the supervised consumption legislation. His office said that the governor had not yet seen that bill at the Governors Office does not comment on pending legislation. And we also heard from senator weiners office that the legislation should have landed on the governors desk sometime today that starts the clock. The governor will now have to make a decision on whether hes going to veto or sign this legislation. Before the end of the month. Were live in San Francisco, Christien Kafton ktvu fox two news, christian. Well wait to see how the governor response on this important issue. Thank you. San francisco is going to receive 23 million in federal funding for Street Safety improvements in the south of market neighborhood. This will be used along Howard Street between 11th and Fourth Street for the Howard Streetscape project. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it will help transform what she calls a dangerous, congested artery into walkable and bike friendly street. The project includes a protected bike lane upgraded Traffic Signals and raised crosswalks. Project construction is expected to begin in 2024. The search intensifies for 16 Year Old Girl who vanished near lake tahoe. Kylie rodney is believed to have been abducted from a party this past weekend. She texted her mother, saying she was headed home but never returned. Foxes Giovanni Luigi joins us live from truckee tonight with the latest on the investigation, giovanni christina. We heard from Law Enforcement officers about two hours ago, and they told us that they really dont have any new leads. And there is no major developments in this case, but they have so many resources on the ground, trying to find what happens who are more than 50. Fbi agents are here looking on the grounds you have people in the sky looking for possibly any signs of her car or any signs of where she might have gone through and you also have dive teams are searching lakes in this area as well. So she was last seen saturday morning. Her phone last pinged at this campground at 2 33 and Law Enforcement officers say that she texted her mom saying that she would be coming home. However she never made it home and her car is still missing. So as of now, this is being investigated as an abduction. However police say that they dont really have any evidence to prove it isnt abduction quite yet, but they are still looking into more allegations and more tips right now. They have hundreds of tips that theyre still going through. But they are concerned that they might not have enough into the are asking people to come forward and volunteers from around Northern California and northern nevada are converging on this spot. Just trying to find any signs of where she might have gone to we just want to do what we can to help local family and i think we all hope that if it were our sister or daughter or cousin or niece that the same people would turn out for us. And the plaster county Sheriffs Department did release some images. They said that she borrowed a hoodie evening and she was wearing a black tank top. However once again they are asking anyone with any sort of information become forward. They are concerned that people are withholding information out of fear that they might get in trouble for underage drinking at that party. However, they say that thats not their main concern. Their main concern tonight is getting the 16 year old teenager kylie rodney, back home with her family here in truckee, is you want to leave . Ktvu fox two news giovanni in that photo that was released from authorities. Did they say where that image was taken, where she was last seen . So they didnt say where it was taken. But once again, thats just a small snippet of what theyre looking into. So thats just kind of gives an idea of people what they should be looking for on the ground out here or in areas as well here in Northern California region, truckee tonight, giovanni. Thank you. Republicans in washington or promising to ramp up oversight of the Biden Administration following the fbi search of former president trumps home in florida yesterday. The former president appeared this morning at a deposition with new yorks attorney general in a separate civil investigation. Mr trump refused to answer questions and invoked his fifth amendment right against self incrimination. The deposition comes just days after the fbi executed a search warrant in florida at his moral lago home. Some republicans are calling this search politically motivated. Democrats say thats not the case. Everyone in this country should be concerned when the department of justice has been weaponized against american citizens. The person that was appointed to the fbi was a donald trump appointee. Many of the judges that are looking at that or donald trump appointees. During that search, the fbi reportedly spent several hours looking through mr trumps private office. The search warrant focused on president ial records and evidence of classified information that was allegedly taken from the white house. More than 150. San jose Police Officers planning to leave the department in the next two years. Whats behind these decisions . And what do they mean for Public Safety . Well, that depends on who you ask also, containment growing on their wildfire burning up near the california oregon border after the break tonight, were going to be speaking with a journalist in that area who has had an up close view of the mckinney fire. Plus. Oh my god. I was like what . What are you talking about . He said, yeah, we have our guide thats coming over to get to, um, to disconnect your power. And i was like thats unusual. Jenny customers say theyve been getting concerning phone calls from someone claiming to be with the utility coming up at 5 30 details on the smart meter scam and what you need to know. And a very of weather. Another nice day, lots of sunshine, and it looks like a bit of a warming trend. As we head towards the weekend, well have the update coming up after the this claim is part of positioning during contract negotiations. Ktvu agency gary is live at city hall tonight to get to the bottom of it, jesse and this is a convergence of politics, pay and perception all happening in an Election Year and how the allegations are handled on both sides could very well impact who next occupies the mayors office. This department. Is in crisis. We are experiencing our own emergency. Calling 911 for help, and there is no extra help. That assessment wednesday from Police Officers Association President sean pritchard. He points to a recently completed survey of 680 Union San Jose Police Officers, which shows 156 Police Officers plan to leave the department in the next 24 months. This on top of 206 that have parted ways since january of 2021. The reasons behind the departures ranged from retirements, two firings to Health Issues and deaths. Pritchard says the citys attempts to recruit and retain new blood falls far short of the mark. The city leaders are creating a false sense of security. They are gambling with the security of the residents of our city and its further creating a dire situation in the city. The officers that represented by the police union are paid on average more than 189,000 a year. Current san jose mayor sam liccardo says such pay has helped the city at 225 Police Officers over the past five years, he says, theres a 3 vacancy rate and that only 37 officers have resigned. The rest, have retired, moved to another agency or been terminated. Cardo says the union is trying to leverage its power during contract negotiations, asking for an average 7 annual raise over two years, plus a 5000 signing bonus. This department mary, how did you cut it based on total pay . Is the third highest department among the 17. Big departments, we can no longer allow city officials to play with the numbers while the back and forth between the union and city plays out, it will likely fall to the next mayor to live with the fallout candidate cindy chavez, the most important things the next mayor will do is going to be stabilizing the city and making sure its safe again. The city has continued to grow and their ranks have not. Candidate matt mahan chose not to be interviewed for this story , but he did indicate that he would prefer to do a deep dive into the numbers before he decides what is best election day is still months off. Were live outside San Jose City hall , jesse gary ktvu, fox two news. Well head back to you, jesse. Thank you. Francisco District Attorneys Office says felony charges were officially filed today against the suspect accused of attacking a border. Former city commissioner. These offices. Former San Francisco commissioner 70 year old greg chu was attacked violently on august 2nd. In the city south of market district. He suffered non life threatening injuries. 34 year old derek year be of San Francisco was arraigned today on a series of felonies, including assault, battery and elder abuse. No word yet if youre being entered a plea turning now to the mckinney fire still burning up near the california oregon. Border crews have containment now up to 60 the wildfires burned more than 60,000 acres and destroyed 185 buildings in siskiyou county. J. Martin is a journalist behind the website, siskiyou dot news and j has been covering this fire up close here ever since it first started. He joins us tonight to offer some more perspective on what that community is going through. We appreciate the time time. Lets first start with the effort to get this fire under control. We hear containment is growing here. Do you get the sense that that the crews who are working hard up . There are at a point where they might be able to stop this fire from growing in size. They have done a phenomenal job. Uh, cal fire and u. S forest service. They have teamed up and they have really attacked this fire. Um they have contents been contained for several days now. And they actually are starting to attack inward on the fire. And um, its a their success in this direct approach is really, uh evidence. Its always remarkable to see see the work that they do i understand today for the first time, some evacuees were allowed to go back and see what kind of damage has been done to their homes and their properties. How much devastation are we seeing in these communities . We talk about the numbers and the number of buildings in the number of homes that have been damaged or destroyed. But what . Whats the whats the true impact this is having on that community. The only thing left in a lot of places as chimneys. Its heartbreaking. It really is. And, uh. You dont realize it until you see it, but its devastating. For the small community, small populations that are very tight knit to, um everythings gone. Everythings gone. What happens next . How do you how do you see that community . As you say, obviously, a very tight knit community. A small community. How do you see that . The people in that area rallying around those who either lost loved ones in the fire or lost their homes to try to move forward. Well we have a saying up here and were siskiyou strong and, um, nothing knocks us down. It knocks us back, but we come back fighting. The community will rally. The towns around will rally. You know, its a lot of grassroots. Theres going to be fundraisers and potlucks and cleanups and, um there was a lot of civic organizations. Itll get behind the ones that didnt have insurance and help them out. And then, of course, theres the ones that do have better insurance. Um but in a couple of years, itll be better, stronger and hopefully a little more fireproof. Hopefully so, um, lets talk about beyond the fire itself. I mean, just the impact that that this disaster is having up there. We saw incredible flash flooding up in the fire zone in the past couple of days, and that actually triggered a debris flow that killed off a whole lot of fish along the Klamath River because the oxygen levels in the water just just plummeted and all the fish died. Can you talk about how widespread the impact was here for the fish along the river . I have not been down to this part of the river. I let me take that back. I didnt go all the way down like stay down to happy camp, which is another 20 miles. But the croup tribe that monitors this and theyre dissolved oxygen levels. Zero after this, there was zero oxygen in the water, and thats what caused this. I was up the three main streams that flooded the humbug creek, vanessas and today and yesterday i spent a bunch of time up. Uh, walker creek and. Its absolutely amazing that after the fire came through and burned off the grass and the vegetation and then that heavy, three inches of rain and one hours what theyre reporting , it literally stripped the mountain. It did. Yeah i mean, so much so much damage so much devastation up in that area of wishing all the best to you and all your neighbors. J thats j. Martin, a journalist with siskiyou dot news. Appreciate your time and your perspective tonight. Thank you. You too. Thanks for inviting me. And what is, of course, the really concerni

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