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you know they're on a megaphone or something telling people to get out of the house and, and this this happened like probably over the years. >> it's been about four different times. >> police say at least one of the suspects is also connected to an organized crime ring. good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes and i'm mike mibach. >> police say the three suspects held the victim against his will , torturing and assaulting him multiple times. >> our south bay reporter, jesse gary, live now outside the santa clara county main jail. and, jesse, this is not the first time this trio has been on the wrong side of the law. >> heather, that is right. and all three are being held here at the main santa clara county jail, held on charges ranging from robbery and assault to kidnaping and torture. >> it goes to show that people are really out there doing violent crimes. but a robbery unit detectives, because they did such a thorough investigation, they were able to say, you know, not in san jose. >> san jose police investigators say duck when kim ho and dayton pham are all responsible for the
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brutal kidnaping and torture of a victim in february. detectives say the trio brought their victim to this home on a quiet cul de sac on the 2600 block of million avenue in the evergreen section of east san jose. officials say they tortured the man, then released him. a subsequent investigation led detectives to million avenue. >> we've had several incidents of them being police coming to our street. >> neighbors describe the well-maintained, single story home as a problem property on their block. they say san jose police have conducted multiple raids for illegal activity dating back to 2012. >> they were hauling things in and out. we didn't know what was going on, but it was people that didn't live here and they did not look very reputable. >> last week, spd's covert response and merged units raided the home again, arresting the three suspects and seizing illegal gambling machines and drugs for sale. >> it happens right when i get
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up, go to work, and i heard a flash bang right next to my room, and i heard a commotion outside. >> in addition to robbery, kidnaping, and torture charges, santa clara county sheriff's investigators were looking for duck wynn in connection to a large retail theft ring. a crew of 13 people targeted stores such as home depot and target from the bay to the central valley. >> this was not a small operation. this was quite substantial. he's definitely one of the leaders of the organization. he's what we refer to as the fence, an individual that receives stolen property and ultimately compiles it for distribution and later resale. >> sheriff's investigators say a raid of two east san jose homes turned up $150,000 worth of evidence. the suspects from the kidnaping and torture case are still here at the jail. the suspects from the retail theft have been released. san jose police say that the district attorney's office wants to merge the two cases and try everybody together as one case. we're live
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outside the main santa clara county jail here in san jose. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. heather, back up to you in oakland. >> and jesse, did police today elaborate on on the connection or the relationship between the suspects and that alleged torture victim? >> they didn't. one of the questions i asked is, was the related to them. did they know him? did they target them right now it just seems like it was a robbery. why they chose to take him to this house and torture him and then release him is a mystery. but that's what led to their downfall. heather. yeah >> so many questions about this case. jesse. gary. thank you. a san jose police today announcing the arrest of three young people accused of stealing more than $13,000 worth of merchandise from a shopping mall. on monday, police arrested 19 year old dana pagano and 22 year old andres diaz as well as a 16 year old juvenile at valley fair mall. investigators say the suspects were found to be in possession of more than $1,000 worth of stolen items. police say a
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search of their car resulted in the discovery of another $12,000 worth of stolen goods. the three suspects face charges of felony organized retail theft. >> tonight, questions still unanswered after oakland police shot and killed a murder suspect wanted by sacramento pd officers from both agencies were there in west oakland last night when police say that suspect came out of a house with a gun, ktvu crime reporter henry lee live tonight in the newsroom. henry, when did this suspect first get on police radar here? >> well, mike, it all started last month when police in sacramento say he shot and killed his girlfriend with officers nearby. then authorities say he took off. ended up in west oakland last night while again armed with a gun. and authorities say that left police no choice but to shoot him. our ktvu camera was rolling when gunshots rang out at a home near 16th and chestnut streets in west oakland at about 940 wednesday night. that's when two oakland police officers shot and killed a murder suspect after he allegedly brandished a gun at them while coming out of
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a garage. >> the door suddenly opened. he came out, with a gun, raised it and pointed it. and the shooting occurred. >> michael raines, an attorney representing the officer, says the suspect had refused to surrender, and the officers had no choice but to shoot the armed suspect. >> i think in this case, there is no question that this suspect posed an imminent threat of death or serious injury when the officers fired. >> ktvu has confirmed the suspect who was killed was 33 year old dominique brot, the same man who sacramento police say shot and killed his girlfriend last month as officers moved in to do a welfare check. >> while they were conducting that welfare check, officers heard sounds of shots fired. they retreated out of that area. they set up a perimeter. >> officers later found his girlfriend, 34 year old rahma al-sarraj, dead from a gunshot wound. police say brot took off and was tracked down to west oakland on wednesday by sacramento police, who were on scene. an unmarked cars. they asked oakland police for help. officers took up positions in
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the neighborhood. by about eight in the evening, this is the first deadly shooting by oakland police since november, when an internal affairs sergeant shot and killed a man near city hall. after the department says that man pointed a loaded handgun at the sergeant. this latest deadly shooting by oakland police is under investigation by the department, as well as the alameda county da's office. the two officers who fired their guns are on paid administrative leave, which is standard practice. live in the newsroom. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news and henry. >> when a law enforcement agency in this case sacramento pd, comes in to oakland, it's common practice for them to pick up the phone and say, hey, opd, can you assist us? absolutely. >> it's courtesy and makes sense, as a practical matter, to talk to the home agency so that no one's surprised if anything happens, like, well, what about what about video? >> was there a body cam video? >> yeah. body cam videos were operational, active by these two officers. they also had a drone up in the sky. >> got it. henry lee live tonight with the latest in the newsroom. henry. thank you. tonight, one man is dead after
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his vehicle went right off a cliff on highway one in san mateo county. it happened around 1230. this afternoon near gray whale cove state beach, south of pacifica. the cal fire crew on a chopper did try to save the driver, but he did not survive. a tow truck on the scene has been able to get the vehicle up the cliff, and is taking the wreck away. traffic is still very slow in that area. the woman accused of a crash near oracle park that killed a four year old girl and injured her father, will not go to jail. this happened back in august at the intersection of fourth and king. police say the girl was in a stroller when she and her father were struck by a vehicle in the middle of the crosswalk. the driver, 71 year old karen cardona, was charged with vehicular manslaughter. but today, district attorney brooke jenkins did announce after consulting with the victim's family, the driver will serve two years of probation and 400 hours of community service. she also cannot drive again until she completes a driver safety class. >> a san francisco transit officials say they want to move quickly on safety improvements on west portal as soon as this summer, following the deaths
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there of a family of four. sfmta says the goal is to simplify the intersection at west portal and yellow street, where that accident happened last month. the project will add protection to the bus stops on yolo street and restrict traffic, allowing only right turns for drivers heading east on yellow and north on west portal. officials say eliminating the left turns greatly reduces the risk for pedestrians here in san francisco. >> on a typical year, about 40% of our traffic deaths are a result of drivers making left turns and not seeing pedestrians in the crosswalk. >> officials also want to convert the center lanes on west portal avenue between yellow and vicente streets to transit only lanes and create a pedestrian and community space at the entrance to the west portal station. the public is urged to take a survey on the sfmta website or attend an outreach event to learn more. yesterday,
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san francisco police conducted a traffic sting operation in the west portal neighborhood, and during that operation, seven motorcycle officers issued 22 citations and five warnings to drivers who failed to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. the assistant police chief says this is one of many locations throughout the city where police plan to hold these kind of operations. >> i have been hit, almost hit so many times. people are just not watching. they're not stopping at stop signs anymore or it's just really bad. >> the target enforcement here today was really being mindful of what happened here over a month ago. we have not given up on traffic enforcement, which is evident in what happened here. >> police say the targeted enforcement is designed to be educational and to promote safe driving. >> 28 google employees were fired for protesting inside company offices in sunnyvale, seattle and new york. they were protesting the tech giant's contract with the israeli
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military. the demonstrators say their concerned that facial recognition and object tracking provided by google's project nimbus could help the israeli military target and kill civilians in gaza. google denies those claims about the contract and tells us the employees who were fired violated company policies. a group of california activists has turned in more than 900,000 signatures, hoping to qualify a prop 47 reform measure for the november ballot. those signatures were submitted by the californians for safer communities coalition. organizers say the measure would toughen penalties for repeat retail theft offenders, as well as define fentanyl as a hard drug and provide mental health resources for the homeless population. county election officials will now start the signature verification process to see if the measure qualifies for the november ballot. >> former president donald trump was back in a new york courtroom today for day three of his history making hush money trial. fox's connor hansen reports a jury of 12 people has now been seated, bringing us closer to
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opening statements and what is sure to be dramatic testimony on day three of the criminal trial against former president donald trump started with two jurors getting dismissed. >> one juror who was excused during the selection process, described walking in to see the former president. everybody was shocked when we saw him on tuesday for the first time, you know, we couldn't believe that that was the case. so we were shocked and frozen. >> potential jurors can't be asked about things like their voting history, but they will have to answer questions like if they've been to a trump rally or follow him on social media. each side has the chance to rule jurors out because it's the lowest level felony, each side only gets ten strikes normally in a regular felony, a b or an a, you get 20 strikes. so it moves rather quickly because there's only so many people you could strike off. >> the new york trial is forcing trump to stay close by while he
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continues his campaign. wednesday, he met with poland's president, but he's done a fantastic job and he's my friend , and we had four great years together, four great years, so we may have to do it again. meanwhile, the biden campaign seemingly trying to take advantage, hitting the key state of pennsylvania for several days this week. >> donald trump's vision is one of anger, hate, revenge and retribution. after more jurors were dismissed, judge juan merchan says the court will no longer ask where they work. >> mershon also asked the press to be more careful, describing the jurors in new york, connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news san francisco makes good on its threat to take legal action over the rebranding of the oakland airport tonight at 530, does the city actually have a case? >> plus, california leaders announce hundreds of millions of dollars in new grants to address homeless encampments. why they say this investment is different from ones before and san
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francisco police pushing back against claims they delayed investigating a former city commissioner. >> up next, why authorities say they are taking the claims against him seriously. >> and i'm tracking that forecast weekend just around the corner. and look what's back. fog has returned. that's cool. the coastal temperatures, it'll have an impact on the rest of us as well. the weekend just around th i was like shaking you know, i was so scared. when i first reached out to jacoby and meyers. i didn't know if i had a case or not. as soon as i got a hold of my attorney, she was very, very nice, very kind. because of jacoby and meyers, i don't have that pressure to worry about a medical bill or things like that. if i know of any accident, i'm like, call jacoby and meyers, they'll help you.
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are being transferred. some are actually being released early. the federal bureau of prisons announced the sudden closure of fci dublin on monday, where eight officers have been charged with sex crimes and more than 60 civil sexual assault lawsuits
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have been filed. attorneys telling ktvu some of their clients who had a short amount of time left on their sentences are either being released early for good behavior or put on house arrest. we're also hearing that some inmates are being rushed out of the facility, leaving legal documents and personal items behind, sources tell ktvu. all women will be bussed out by this weekend and new at five. >> criticism is mounting over the handling of rape allegations against a once prominent community leader in san francisco. ktvu christian captain joins us now live tonight from police headquarters , where investigators from the special victims unit, christian, gave an update on this case. >> yeah, investigators tell me these are active and open investigations against john jacobo, even if in some cases, years have passed since the reported incidents. san francisco police are speaking out today. >> we're here because of the john jacobo case. >> captain alexa o'brien from san francisco's special victims unit says her officers are actively investigating
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allegations of violence, threats, rape and sexual assault leveled against community activist john jacobo. >> are all our cases remain open , especially if new evidence is developed over time? sometimes a case can go a little, cold and then new evidence comes in. >> allegations against jacobo first came to light in 2021, when sasha perrigo wrote about it on the social media platform formerly known as twitter, naming and adding john jacobo in her post in a google doc, perrigo said she was not pursuing criminal charges at the time for personal reasons. jacobo denied the accusations. now, new allegations have surfaced, with three more women coming forward with stories of threats, violence and sexual assaults. jacobo has now resigned from his position with a housing nonprofit in the city. he did not respond to requests for an interview or a statement. police say because of the nature of the investigations, they can't say much without betraying the victim's trust. investigators are asking for
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anyone with information or other victims to come forward. >> i want victims out there to know, like if you have been a victim of somebody and it's old, you can still come forward. >> today there was a call to action. >> the mayor's office released a statement saying the allegations against jacobo are very serious, and that it's critical that san francisco seek justice for those who come forward. supervisor hillary ronen is calling for hearings on how the city handles allegations of sexual assault. we're live in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, christian, thank you. >> antioch's interim police chief says his department is still understaffed. but chief brian addington telling the antioch police oversight commission that the department has 77 sworn officers out of 115 positions. addington says the department is now recruiting more officers and some officers who were recently placed on administrative leave for alleged misconduct will soon be coming back to active duty. >> well, police in dublin are seeking the public's help and widespread vandalism at a
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townhome development. it happened last month in the community of sorrento at dublin ranch. investigators say a total of 80 light fixtures throughout the neighborhood were severely damaged, and vandals also marked a bridge with spray paint and graffiti. police are urging anyone with any information to give them a call. >> well, the bay area is getting some assistance from the federal government to combat carjackings. the justice department announced that 11 us attorney's offices have set up a carjacking task force. this includes the us attorney's office for northern california. the doj says targeting carjacking can help reduce other violent crimes. well california's effort to protect millions of people from cancer causing contaminants in water is going to be expensive. >> state regulators yesterday approved the nation's first drinking water standard. it will limit the amount of toxic chemicals in drinking water to the equivalent of no more than ten drops for the amount of water in an olympic sized swimming pool. water suppliers
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say they expect to spend about $180 million a year to comply, and that rates will increase for many customers. >> already. taking a look at the weather, i've got the long range model teed up and i just wanted to show you how progressive the weather systems are that are going to the north of us, and the reason why we're not going to get hot this weekend. we're going to stay kind of warm. maybe a little bit cooler at times. so as i push this through, you see there's a system there going up to the north that's going to cool us right? because just by proximity. and then there's another system comes through right there. and then there's one behind that. so this progression, there's another one there. so this progression of near miss storms weather systems are going to continue to kind of wander on by. and as they do we're going to be set up with pretty much mild conditions. that'll cool as we go into well they cool today. i mean we lost a few degrees because of the cloud cover and that's kind of how it's going to go. you'll see in the five day forecast the fluctuations. so really all i just said was it's not going to be a real hot weekend. it's
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going to be a very pleasant weekend. not unlike like today. kind of like what we had today. temperatures a little cooler today, clouds came in, sun came out, fog came back. so that's a also a reason for the lower temperatures or lower numbers. if you will, and maybe a little bit of drizzle at the coast. so with that in mind, here we go. weekend just around the corner. fog is going to be a player right through the bay area weekend. it's going to hang at the coast. it's going to go a little further inland because every time one of those systems remember, i showed you the long range model. every time one of those goes by, it'll take the fog and it'll stretch it out, make it deeper and it'll push it further inland. and that'll facilitate further cooling. so that's the mechanism. that's what i wanted to show you. the, the long range model so that the fog will respond to that. and the fog will continue to kind of push inland each night, night and mornings and get a little further inland as we head to the weekend. so tomorrow, nice day like today weekend. it's going to continue that way. but there are some changes around the corner. we'll take a peek at those coming up. >> all right. thanks so much.
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>> bill. was its response to iran as concerns grow over a wider regional conflict? i'm jeff paul in tel aviv, israel. i've got the details coming up and coming up at 6:00 tonight. >> there's more fallout after more than two dozen google employees have been fired after a protest on company property. we told you about that earlier in the show coming up at 6:00. why? those protesters say they are not surprised to lose their jobs
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hezbollah, says jeff paul has the latest from tel aviv. >> israeli forces are standing by for what could be a response to iran's weekend missile and drone attack. however, some reports indicate israel is unlikely to retaliate before the end of passover, which begins monday and ends april 30th. strikes against the islamic republic were reportedly planned, but they were called off twice this week. iran is threatening immediate retaliation if israel responds. >> our missions are not going to decrease. they are only going to increase. the state of israel should know that it has freedom of action to do what it wants. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the country will make its own decisions about how and when to defend itself. this, as western allies renew, calls for israel to exercise restraint in its response. >> we have been incredibly clear
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with our partners in israel and others about the need to avoid a regional escalation as it continues to conduct operations in its self-defense. >> on thursday, the us and uk imposed a new round of sanctions on iran as concerns grow over a wider regional war. this is a hugely dangerous moment that actually requires hires, a broad scale of international support and mediation. meanwhile cross border fighting is intensifying between israel and iranian proxy hezbollah, the militant group announcing thursday israeli airstrikes in southern and eastern lebanon killed two fighters. it follows a drone attack by hezbollah that injured 14 israeli soldiers and four civilians. israel's military says recent airstrikes also hit hezbollah air defense units in lebanon. in tel aviv, israel. jeff paul, fox news. and late this afternoon, the us vetoed a resolution that would have allowed palestine to become a member of the united nations.
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>> the us ambassador defending the move by questioning whether palestine and hamas's influence in the region meets the criteria to be considered a state. >> pro-palestinian protests erupted today at columbia university in new york, and police say more than 100 people were arrested. many students and other demonstrators took to the school's south lawn to set up tents as they protest the ongoing conflict in gaza. although it remained peaceful, police began moving in and making arrests after the school's president made the decision to clear them from campus. protesters were soon were seen getting loaded into busses. they reportedly face charges of trespassing and resisting arrest. >> yorkers have every right to express their sorrow, but what? that heartbreak does not give you the right to harass others, to spread hate. >> today's protests come one day after the president of columbia university testified on capitol hill about anti-semitism on campus, us lawmakers are moving
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closer to passing a package of bills that would send aid to israel and ukraine. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer met with the ukrainian prime minister today and assured him the senate would act as soon as this weekend to help the war torn country. after much delaying infighting, house republicans have put forth a $61 billion package in foreign aid, a majority of the funding for ukraine would go to purchasing weapons and ammunitions from us defense manufacturers. >> we are highly concerned about the immense confusion and chaos for travelers all over the world that will ensue because of this, the port of oakland now sued over its decision to add san francisco bay to the title of oakland's airport. >> why? san francisco city attorney david chu says the name change should not be allowed. also even more trouble brewing for california homeowners. >> the new insurance companies to join a growing list of those
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dropping out of the state and a bay area tradition enters its 118th year. >> why san francisco fans say they will never stop marking the great earthquake that once brought the city to its knees
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go is now suing over the proposed name change to oakland airport. the city attorney
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alleging the new name san francisco bay oakland international airport would be a trademark violation. ktvu is tori gaines joins us live tonight from the oakland airport with the story. tori >> hi, mike. yeah. so san francisco city attorney david true today in, in documents filed today, he laid out his argument for a trademark infringement and unfair competition against san francisco, oakland san francisco international airport and the city of san francisco. >> we are highly concerned about the immense confusion and chaos for travelers all over the world , that will ensue because of this, particularly for visitors for whom english is not their first language or who do not speak or read english. >> chew says oakland airport's proposed name change is an attempt to pull travelers into oakland, who may not be intending to go there, and the change could mean economic losses for san francisco. >> we have repeatedly asked to engage with them, and they have
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not taken us up on those offers. different bay area stakeholders have asked for the two sides to meet in oakland has not done that. their refusal has left us with no choice here. >> the san francisco city attorney says filing suit was a last resort because the city of oakland has not been willing to negotiate with them over this proposed name change. a trademark law attorney we spoke to says san francisco has a strong argument for trademark infringement. >> the trademark is all about protecting the end consumer, and so it's all about trying to avoid consumer confusion. and so the test is likelihood of confusion. here you have identical services. oakland airport is offering airport services sfo san francisco airport, airport services. so all we really have to compare are the names and they tend to give the first two words a lot of weight, because that's the first thing that the person here is that a consumer sees on their screen when they're ordering their lyft, or when they're booking the flight. >> the port of oakland disagrees with the concerns about confusing travelers, telling
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ktvu today, quote, the port's proposed renaming does not infringe upon sfo's mark. sfo cannot lay claim to the geographically descriptive terms san francisco, let alone claim exclusive rights to the san francisco bay. the port trust that travelers understand that the san francisco bay, like virtually every other major metropolitan area throughout the world, can contain more than one airport, unquote. oaklanders we spoke with today tell us the idea of changing the airport is saddening. it can cause some confusion. >> if you are not familiar with the bay. i just came from la. they have obviously la has several airports all over the county, so i can see how it is confusing. if you're not aware of where exactly you're going. >> i grew up here my whole life, so, you know, it's sad to see things like the oakland a's leave. so it's definitely losing that tourism. and i see the argument for it for attracting more people. but i think it's just it would be too confusing for, for mainline consumers to, to come out here in the lawsuit, the city attorney included as an exhibit of confusion that azores airlines has already begun using the new name on their website,
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where sfo and oakland are listed back to back in the dropdown. >> the city argues that sort of thing is precisely what could lead to confusion. now, the san francisco city attorney argues that oakland is trying to take advantage of the strong reputation that sfo has established for itself since it was established in 1927 and was trademarked in the 1950s. live at oakland international airport. tori gaines, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, tori, thank you. >> in sacramento, the fbi and the sheriff's office are investigating after an at&t internet line was cut near the sacramento airport. >> it looks like someone who knew what they were doing. so this wasn't just a couple teenagers. it looks like, you know, maybe ripping some wires out in a prank. looks very deliberate. looks again, like they knew what they were doing. >> well, the act caused an internet outage that resulted in delays for many fliers. at one point, the lines were wrapping around the entire second floor for people who needed to check
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in for their flights. southwest airlines brought in more workers to help address the backup. the system was back online by 11 a.m. >> thousands of californians will soon be searching for a new home owners insurance policies this summer, as two more insurers will not be renewing those policies. tokyo marine insurance company and trans pacific insurance company both say they are sending out non-renewal notices to customers starting july 1st. combined the two companies insure more than 12,000 homes in california that join a list of big and small insurers that have limited or even stopped writing policies due to the risk of wildfires on the west coast. >> governor newsom says nearly $200 million will be spent to address homeless encampments all across the state, and a virtual news conference today, governor newsom said the money will help fund 20 projects across 17 different california communities. the goal is to provide better support and services, including permanent housing, for thousands of people who currently don't have a place to call home.
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>> people want to see these tents and encampments removed, but they want to see them removed in a compassionate and thoughtful way. and we agree. and so this is a program that i think aligns with that, this grant here that we received today is going to expected to serve hundreds of our most complex, unsheltered individuals living across 26 encampments, some of these as big as 15 people living under bridges along streams. >> a marin county was awarded $18 million in grant money. $14 million is going to san mateo county. that's the executive that you just heard from a short time ago. and the city of oakland is receiving 7 million. >> state officials continue to address the housing crisis in california. attorney general rob bonta spoke about the issue earlier today in the city of oakland. he says california has the largest homeless population in the nation and called the housing crisis a state emergency. now, after the news conference, bonta met with residents at the newest affordable housing complex at
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the fruitvale transit village. >> it is a justice issue when we're not building enough housing and folks who deserve housing can't afford it and don't have access, our our housing justice unit is also protecting the many, californians who rent the place they call home, making sure that the protections that they enjoy are honored by their landlords, that they're not evicted unfairly or unlawfully discriminatory or retaliatory, and that they are treated appropriately, not evicted into homelessness. >> last month, state lawmakers introduced a bill that will give the attorney general the power to seek legal action against city and county governments that violate housing laws. new at five in oakland brewery that focused on gluten free offerings is closing its doors this weekend. buckwild brewing on jackson and fourth opened in 2020, offering beer made with buckwheat, millet, rice and other gluten free ingredients. the brewery, as well as the taproom in jack london square,
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shutting down, according to their announcement online. no reason was given for the closure . >> a bay area family mourning after their son passed away while at college. while they say the campus police could have done more to save his life, also, decades after it was damaged by the 1989 earthquake. >> how you can help give a piece of oakland's history a second chance. >> and we'll also have an update on a fiery crash in the central valley. the bay area family that authorities sa was ins
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office confirming the people killed in the accident were livermore couple arriaga, bonifacio, negrete, liliana guerrero mendoza and two of their children. one was 12 years old, the other just four months. three other children survived that crash. the couple's 17 year old daughter was not in the car. the family members died on their way home from a quinceanera saturday night, when their minivan veered into the median strip on highway 120. >> a family in foster city is grieving the loss of their son, who they say died of hypothermia while away at college. the parents of 18 year old dujuan say he went missing not far from his dormitory at the university of illinois. after attending a party. a friend who had been out
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with dujuan called campus police to report him missing. police did not find him during their initial search, dujuan was wearing only a sweatshirt with jeans in the cold weather, and they say he may have also been intoxicated. the family says an officer drove around the area. >> this is all we know is that he was in the car the police officer drove by. that is not the search procedure, right? if you trigger, if you look at their policies and procedures, that requires, you know, food search. if officer would have gotten out and looked around that area, the amanzhol, he would have found him. >> the family says it has filed a citizen complaint with police about the officer's response. >> while the shopping mall in sydney, australia, were 18. people were stabbed last weekend reopened to the public for the first time today. stores in the westfield mall remained closed for what was called a community reflection day. to remember the six people killed the attacker was shot dead by police. police say he had a history of mental
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health issues. the stores will reopen tomorrow with heightened security. >> some of your fellow san franciscans who work every day to make sure we will all be survivors of the inevitable next big one. >> san franciscans gathered before sunrise to remember the deadliest earthquake in u.s. history. up next, how the lessons learned from the oh six quake are preparing us for the next big one. >> and i can smell the weekend from here. beautiful weekend coming our way. the fog is back. that's going to change some things. coast side. we'll have the fore st coming up
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entering about a dozen people. it struck late last night off the island of shikoku, sending items crashing to the floor inside homes and also rupturing water lines. the quake was not big enough, though, to pose the threat of a tsunami on this day, 118 years ago, the great 1906 san francisco earthquake and ensuing fire devastated the city. >> it does remain the deadliest earthquake in u.s. history, and as they do every year, san franciscans join city officials in honoring all of those who died. >> ktvu. bailey o'carroll shows us the commemoration that happened in the early morning hours. at the same time that big earthquake struck san francisco. >> well, the be home again. i'm coming home to go roaming. no
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more. >> on this day in 1906, san franciscans were awoken at 5:11 a.m. by what would become the deadliest earthquake in u.s. history. now, 118 years later, residents of the city and first responders are remembering those who lost their lives in the event that altered the future of the city by the bay. every san franciscan should hear the reading of the quake of 1906. >> information that has made this city so believable in its ability to recover from everything. >> residents placed a wreath on lotta's fountain on market street. it's one of the last remaining landmarks from before the earthquake. then they read a timeline of events starting at 511. when the initial quake struck, it was estimated to be a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that lasted anywhere from 45 to 60s. more than 80% of the city was destroyed. over 3000 people died, 26 aftershocks shook the
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city, and fires burned for 74 hours in the days following. >> because it reminds us how san francisco was able to rise from the literal ashes to become something even greater than it was before. we need hope to get us through tragedies, doom loops, and all the inevitable changes in our city that shake us from our comfort zones. at 6 a.m. this morning, after speakers finished on market street, folks headed up to dolores park, where you'll find this. >> they call it the little hydrant that could. it's a gold fire hydrant. it was the only hydrant in the city that didn't run dry in 1906, and saved the mission district from destruction. today, it was given a fresh coat of gold paint once. pray at a time. many took this time to reflect on the importance of being prepared. the next time a big one strikes, including having all the necessary survival items, backup batteries, backup power, solar chargers, and also remember your
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pets right things, medication that you or your family might need. one other thing you can do to be prepared the next time a big earthquake happens is to have a meeting place, a place where you can go to meet friends and family. should phone lines or internet go down. and that is exactly what this spot served as back in 1906, when that big quake happened in san francisco. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> a historic site in west oakland is getting a second chance. the 16th street station, a former southern pacific railroad station, was badly damaged in the 1989 earthquake and now the oakland heritage alliance has launched a petition after a developer said it wants to find a way to upgrade the structure and hired a consulting company to move forward. the site, which was once known as the ellis island for the black community, holds a lot of history. that station. it's also been used recently for weddings and music videos. >> it was a main arrival point
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for the great migration when people moved north at the time of world war two, it is associated with a long and glorious history of the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, which was the first black union to join the af of l. >> the group organizing the project says retrofitting could cost more than $100 million, but the effort is backed by council member carol fife, who is working to bring stakeholders on board together for the best use of the space. if you're interested in signing the petition to bring the station back to life, we have posted a link at ktvu.com/web links. >> all righty. got the high pressure building in temperatures staying kind of the same. the next couple of days. pretty pleasant. fog is back at the coast. as you look at this graphic, i want to tell my 1906 earthquake story, which i tell every year about the same time. it's not a great story, but it's a story. my grandpa was in the oh six earthquake. he was 15 and
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they were living out in the sand dunes. so kind of down by 19th. and they he remembers it well. and he said, you know what? they didn't know it was a big quake down there because the sand dunes is the way they were shifting. or they might have been on some rock. there wasn't as noticeable. and the only way think about this, the oh six quake, the most death toll anywhere in the of any earthquake in in the united states history. and they didn't really feel it. he goes. we knew there was a big something went on because they saw the smoke coming from downtown san francisco, which is really interesting when you think about it. so there's that. and then he said the other thing he really enjoyed was, as i said, graphics here. the other thing, he really got a kick out of it. and they talk about this a lot. both sets of grandparents, they talked about how in the park, golden gate park, everybody had not everybody. many people had to move into the park. and so the park for a number of months and years, not years, but months became like this. this place where everybody hung out like it was like they were camping. i mean, you probably seen old pictures, so and they look back on it. he did. and his friends
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looked back on it with a lot of, you know, like like they miss it. like it was awesome because they loved that period of time. so it's just interesting. it's just, you know, he died a long time ago, so i haven't talked to him. he probably died 30, 40 years ago. but i love thinking about that. okay. temperatures today cooler than yesterday by a few degrees as temperatures tomorrow will be a little bit warmer. but the clouds. that's right, it cool today and the clouds will continue to kind of hang in with fog along the coast. and then more clouds. and then these tweaks that go by the kind of push the marine layer further inland and keep the cooling going. so is it a cool down, cool down and a warm up and a cool down and a warm up. it's a little bit of everything. it's going to be a very pleasant next few days as we go into the weekend. forecast highs tomorrow will be slightly warmer than what we had today. there might be a little drizzle on the coast as those tweaks go by, and the five day forecast doesn't get real warm, doesn't get real cold. it's just about right, mike, you have an earthquake story relative. >> well, my grandfather was in the city too. he was three years
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old, wound up living with his family in the golden gate park. and because no one felt it, where you guys were out in the sand dunes, they wound up moving to 33rd and lawton. that's where they wound up living. >> and you know what's interesting, heather, is they had this. i love this too. but oakland started to populate after the earthquake because people freaked out. they go, we're out of here, man. we're going. and same with la la la started to grow too. so yeah. >> nice nugget. yeah. >> right back at you. all right. pushing the limits of 3d printing. up next, how one of the leading race car brands in the world is using tech to design its new vehicles and coming up at 6:00 tonight, more than two dozen google employees made their voices heard on the company's role in the war in gaza. >> and
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as a desert climate that rarely sees heavy rainfall. but on tuesday, dubai alone saw more than 5.5in of rain in one day. and that's more than it usually gets in an entire year. the country's drainage system quickly became overwhelmed, leading to disrupted flights and flooded streets. well, it seems like 3d printing knows no bounds with the technology making
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homes, food and everything in between. and as fox's gary baumgarten shows us, it's even changing the sport of racing cars as 3d printing is ushering in a new era of race cars. >> at his headquarters in england, mclaren racing is using more than 20 3d printers to create various prototype parts for its formula one vehicles. >> the technology has moved on a lot in terms of its material properties, the size of which components can be grown. >> formula one cars require many special pieces in order to be assembled. the front wing alone, which helps control air flow around the vehicle, takes roughly 10,000 parts to be completed. >> some of the components to jig a front wing are 3d printed. it's a very efficient way of making complex parts. >> given all this intense work, the printers are more than just a fancy trend with one human
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input of a program, you get multiple parts of a build, so it's very time efficient for human labor because it essentially runs lights out. besides saving valuable time, the printers can create the parts with recycled materials, helping to combat waste and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. >> having the ability to print 100% recycled filament with their new software, openmw is really a change for the industry. >> efforts like these could help the sport of formula one achieve its goal of being net zero by 2030. by 2026, officials add. all f1 cars will be using sustainable fuel. gary baumgarten, fox news. >> next at 6:00 tonight, a man has been killed after crashing off a cliff near devil's slide. firefighters repel hundreds of feet down to the scene of that crash. also ahead. >> i knew that i myself was
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taking a risk and facing retaliation. >> one of the now former google employees sharing her story after losing her job after a protest over the company's dealings with israel. and google's, is defending its decision. >> and it's been more than a month since a family of four was killed in a crash at that bus stop in san francisco's west portal neighborhood, and city leaders are promising a complete redesign of that intersection. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> and good evening, everyone. i'm heather holmes and i'm mike mibach. >> we begin tonight with more fallout stemming from the pro-palestine protest at google offices in the bay area and across the country. >> the protesters oppose google's contracts with the israeli military, and 28 of them have since been fired. five of them were arrested in sunnyvale for the protest. ktvu crystal bailey joins us now with new details into the company's decision to terminate those employees. >> crystal well, t

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