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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon March 31, 2016

Improve conditions for janitor workers and fast food workers. They say the timing of f this rally is significant, this is cezar chavez day, bringing back the spirit of worker solidarity, to raise their voices in u is port of minimum wage workers who cant be here, also, this is the day the state legislature will be discussing raising the minimum wage to 15 an hour, by 2022. So the workers felt it was important to show their support, they say for many of the janitors represented by the unions in question of survival. Its a huge impact on workers who for years, i mean, were talking about decades, havent seen any kind of wage increase. And the downward spiral because there arent any other jobs. You know, its not like it was 50 wreers ago, when years ago when the industries were around, provided for living wages and for people to come up. Reporter now, that group plans to march from here to cezar chavez park to the Federal Building here in san jose. Mike. And ann live for us live in san jose. New at noon, California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco is cleaning up water damage caused after someone set off the sprinklers in a bathroom, a spoebs person for the hospital says a man walked into the restroom this morning, locked the door and broke off a sprinkleer head. They broke down the door and got the man out and waited for the police to arrive. Water flooded the emergency room lobby as well as an exam room. The Emergency Department is still open, still accepting patients, weve got patients in there now, it really hadnt been that great of a disruption, its more of a, i guess, an noins because we have a big cleanup to do because of the water damage. And the hospital says the damage is not quite extensive, police are investigating why the man set off the sprinklers. Bart is back on schedule this noontime after a suspected burglar drove within a few feet of the tracks, this happened between walnut creek and Pleasant Hill station around 7 30 this morning. He was suspected on a home burglary on walnut boulevard. He ran off. Ktvu viewer snapped these photos of the police later capturing the suspect, who hopped some fences and ran through that viewers yard, the suspect faces burglary and hit and run charges, trains had to single track while the r car was removed. Controversy is growing in san jose over a plan the to house the homeless, the city wants to turn a plot of vacant land into temporary homes for the homeless. Each home would have 68 bedrooms, a communal kitchen and a bathroom. The plan could get as many as 170 homeless off the streets but some neighbors say theyre worried it would also bring down property values, and increase crime in the area. More than 100 people showed up to a Community Meeting ton last night to talk about last night to talk about their concerns. To are the city decide for me that theyre going to build a homeless neighborhood. Not an em campment or a temporary housing, a neighborhood there. About 250 yards from my house. Not too happy about that. Not happy at all. The city says it picked the land because it is zoned for Affordable Housing and its near treatment as well as outreach facilities, the plan is not a done deal yet, there are will be two more meetings where the community can speak out. A form varsity swimmer at stanford has been convicted. Brock turner of 3 felonies for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside of a Fraternity Party last year. The woman testified she had no recollection of the incident. He could get 10 years in prison. He must also register as a sex offender. The District Attorney and county attorney in marin county has decided three drifters will not face the Death Penalty. They are accused of killing a hiker in marin and a 22yearold woman from canada in golden gate park. With the Death Penalty now off the table, theyre eligible for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Were learning that a 7th person died in sacramento after taking tainted street drugs laced with the powerful painkiller fentanyl. And just the past week, 21 others were rushed to sacramento area hospitals, there is also an investigation going on in san joaquin county, two friends died after they took streech versions of the street versions of norco. The cdc says fentanyl up to 50 times more powerful than heroin. The campaign trail has been hit again, by con tro verse is l l comments from gop candidate donald trump, but the republican frontrunner is taking back his remarks. Do you believe in punishment for abortion. Yes or no . The answer is there has to be some form of punishment. Those comments drew swift disapproval from both prolife and prochoice activists within a few hours, trump attempted to clarify his position, in a statement that reads in part, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act, upon a woman, would be held legally responsible, not the woman. Trumps opponents wasted no time weighing in, five days ahead of wisconsins primary. To punish a woman for having an abortion is beyond comprehension. Also spoke out following trumps comments writing in a tweet, we must do more, not less, to protect access to reproductive healthcare. The democrats meanwhile, are turning their attention to the state of new york, the states primary is two weeks ago and 291 delegates are up for grabs. Hillary clinton and her husband are campaigning in their adopted home state. Appearances in pennsylvania as well as this the bronx, a new poll Shows Hillary clinton and donald trump leading in their partys primaries in the state of new york. Well, 21 people were killed when an overpass collapsed, those images come from the eastern city of rescue teams used saws, and cranes to free 150 people trapped under piles of metal as well as cement. The overpass has been under Construction Since 2009. And reportedly missed several deadlines for completion. A third american, the wife of an air force officer has died after injuries in brussels. These photos are from 41yearold Gail Martinez facebook page, they show she and her husband. Along with the couples four children. They had been living in the netherlands where martinez is stationed. Paris terror suspect abdeslam will be extradited to france from belgium. He was captured before the attacks at the airport and subway. Police in belgium are increasing security for the Prime Minister after photos of his home were found on a laptop belonging to one of the brussels terrorists. The legal fight over how far the government can go to get private messages and other files, isnt over. According to the people in the tech industry, the Justice Department has already said it will continue looking for what it calls digital evidence, either with cooperation or through court system. They believe that the next case is very likely to involve a Smaller Company that doesnt have the resources to fight a long legal battle the way apple does. The fbi has agreed to help prosecutors in arkansas, hack into an iphone, and ipod that might hold evidence in a murder case. 4 teenage suspects have been charged with killing a couple outside of little rock last july. Its not clear if the fbi plans to use the same method it used to access data on the iphone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Apple wants to know how the fbi hacked into that phone, and may go to court to try to find out. Well, theres good news, and bad news, about californias latest snow survey, while its the best report in years, it will take more snow to bring california out of its drought. The final and most crucial snow survey took place yesterday near highway 50. Found the water content of the snow there at 95 of normal. But for the overall sierra, its 87 of normal. When governor jerry brown visited the snow survey site one year ago, well, there was no snow at all there. And overall the state snow pack was 5 of normal. San joses water restrictions have been extended through the month of june. The San Jose City Council Voted tuesday to ask people to continue cutting back their Outdoor Watering by 30 . The city says residents almost reached the target last year, with a 28 water reduction. Under the emergency declaration, san jose residents are asked to do watering before 10 00 in the morning and after 8 00 in the evening. Not to wash their cars at home unless using gray water and to have automatic shut off dosz for their hoses. Coming up, baseball is back in the bay area, the as and the giants return for the final reparations before opening day, and taking a live look outside, a nice day out there. What we can expect in your forecast with steve. Plus, the warriors. The video now making the rounds out there on social media. The wait is over, for thousands of people who lined up at tesla Stores Across the country this morning to put down a deposit on a vehicle they have never seen. [ applause ] well, there were cheers as the doors opened at the walnut creek tesla store, two hours ago, people could start putting down the deposits for the new model three, the price tag is expected to be 35,000, that will make it teslas first Affordable Electric car. A little over 8 hours from now, these buyers will find out what the car actually looks like. I have trust in him, hes got a track record of producing beautiful cars. And ill go in blind under his guidance, yeah, i think its going to be great. I dont care what it looks like. And buyers who dont want to go to a tesla store can put down their 1,000 deposit online, starting at 8 30 tonight, delivery of the new model 3 is expected late next year. The bay bridge series means the start of the baseball season is just around the corner for bay area baseball fans, that means the bay bridge exhibition series gets underway. Brian tells us the new things fans will notice when the giants host the oakland as. Reporter well the baseball season doesnt get the underway until next year, theres a lot of anticipation. In terms of what the fans will notice when they come to the ballpark, from food to safety improvements to new rules, well talk about that. As for tonight, begins the last tuneup games for the as and giants before the season starts. One of the biggest chains is for people both players and fans, who use chewing tobacco or smokeless tobacco. They will be breaking the law if they use it. An ordnance that passed in may of last year, banning smokeless tobacco at all Athletic Facilities in San Francisco took effect. They told the mercury use that while they will comply with the law, they dont necessarily agree with it. First time offenders can be fined up to 100, the fine goes up to 250 for a second violation. And if the team plans on posting signs to let fans know about the rule. Governor brown signed into law a similar bill at all states Major League Parks next year. At the same time, its progressive and something that maybe should be done. But its good example for the kids, i think, so thats a good thing. Reporter theress also a new safety net inside of at t park thats meant to protect fans from foul balls and flying bats or pieces of bats, it fwoez from goes from 20 to 25 feet. You put on a pair of goggles and its like seeing the game from a players point of view. Now, game one of this weekends threegame exhibition series will be chris bassett, he will start. Tomorrows game at at t park and then on saturday afternoon, the teams will play at o dot cocoliseum in oakland. They start the season on monday against the Chicago White sox, in the meantime, the giants will be on the road in milwaukee on monday. As we take it back here, tickets are Still Available for tonights game and throughout the weekend series. As well, oakland happening to bounce back from last years last place finish andhe giants hoping that the calendar proves true in another postseason appearance or behalf the world series. Ktvu fox 2 news. Golden state warriors appear to be having as much fun off the court as on it. Two sources iss close to the warriors say that back up center festus will be released from his contract, before the playoff run. Thats it. The guys are texting him now. Got to text him. Well, an april fools promore, iguodala playing on sports radio was a fake broadcast, saying he had been released by the team, iguodala eventually filled him in on the joke by presenting him the balloons there as well as a cake, and as you can see, ezeli was a good sport is about it. Local grapes for local wines and the rainfall has brought them that. Steve paulsen joining us now. Mike, yes, at the wine store in pleasanton. We thought we would talk to the owner and the wine grower, wine maker, if you will for livermore wine, we thought we would talk to jim. Jim, come in here, first of all, we had four years in a row of no rain at all. A lot of stress on the grapes, this year, we get normal rain, what have you seen so far . Well, the vines are happy, theyre pushing out early, you can tell that theyre ready to party. Its going to be a nice year, we think. Because happy vine will give you a better product. Stress was good for a while, but i it was too much over the years. We needed the rain. Talk about the Livermore Valley, what are the predominant varieties out here. The standards, the cabernet, were doing well with that, were doing well and more of the med trainen varieties. And you do grow and you how many acres do you have. Oh, not even acres, we have we count our vines, not our acre, about 150 vines. And we buy some of evedra from a local vineyard. I have heard of them. The original chardonnay clone. Once they clone, its all over california now. Coming back to talk to jim. We wanted to get the historical significance of this used to be a movie theatre. What can you tell us . This opened up when . 1928. The city had grown and the existing the owner of the existing theatre decided time for a bigger one. He contracted an important Architectural Firm in oakland, miller and they are known for what in oakland. People may be familiar with the architecture. The oakland main library, grant miller mortuary, and dozens of Mission Revival and houses across oakland and piedmont. When this theatre opened in 1910 1928. 1928. What was pleasantons population then . 1100 people. And how many people did this theatre seat . Designed to seat 400 people. And when did it close . This closed on the 4th of july in 1955. And you riding with the Pleasanton Museum to give the historical papers can read about somewhere down the road, right . Yes, working on a book of the history of the theaters in pleasanton, what became of them, what are the existing buildings today. Thats good. Thank you, eric. Well talk to jim, we want to go to the weather. Fog bank, my goodens, what a fog bank for the first of june, no, tooits end of march. But we have clearing taking place inland. A mini summer pattern here. It looks like this will be on hold. If youre going to the game tonight, i would bundle up. Candle stick weather. The upper 50s, partly cloudy. It looks a little warmer as we go into the weekend. And then after that, i think things are pretty quiet. Next week looks good for the as home opener. This is his wine. This is what, jim . This is a wine that we do locally. All local fruit. And once again, uses the favorite grape varieties of ours. They go together. We gave it a european looking label, but we boldly proclaim Livermore Valley all over that thing, too. The Livermore Valley, thats 55 wineries now . Oh, well over. Well over. Mike from pleasanton, the former theatre, send it back to you, now. Have a nice tasting, steve sfl coming up, members of the womens soccer team, filing a lawsuit for aye an alleged wage. A scandal within the l. A. Lakers, the secret recordings blowing up sports talk radio. New at noon, five members of the u. S. Womens soccer team today filed a federal lawsuit against the league for alleged wage discrimination. The world cup champs say the men can make more than twice what the women do. Even though the womens team generated 20 Million Dollars more in revenue. The Players Union and the Soccer League are already dispute over the terms of the players contract, which includes compensation. In a statement, the u. S. Soccer federation said, quote, we are committed to and engaged in negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement. To take effects when the current cba. The l. A. Lakers are dealing with the aftermath of an embarrassing video. Recorded a private conversation with nick young, about youngs a fars with women. Young is engaged to iggy azalea. The video popped up on a celebrity gossip site last week and the team has shunned him ever seen. I see Deangelo Russell is trending, i liked his film, thanks,boro. Apologizing for a tweet it posted that seems to be spring break travel advice, specifically for unattractive americans. Heres the controversial tweet, it warps people that are warns people that are, quote, not a ten, they should be aware of being robbed. The message was to warn of potential scammed initiated by personal comply pts or alcohol. Compliments or alcohol. Do over time for petaluma students, last june, an experiment by team of Petaluma High School students was on an unmanned space x rocket that blew up after launch. Nasa is scheduled launch a rocket on april 8th with an identical science project on board. The experiment will test whether algae can grow in space station atmosphere. The school will hold a launch party to watch it take off next week, hoping this time the experiment will get to the space station in one piece. A midnight deadline is looming in what could determine the fate of San Francisco 49 quarterback colin kaep

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