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to make good on its promise to retaliate against iran. the 11:00 news on ktvu fox two starts now. israel has reportedly launched rockets and drones at iran. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm heather holmes. >> this is just the latest action in the middle east, showing the growing reach of the war between israel and hamas. ktvu zac sos joining us now live once again. he has been monitoring the situation and has the very latest for us. zach. >> yeah, that military military retaliation by the idf being described by a well-placed military source as, quote, limited strikes in iran, the source telling fox news that they targed the city of isfahan with, as you mentioned, rockets and drones. the ap reporting iranian forces in response, fired air defense batteries during the early hours friday morning. a spokesperson for iran's civilian space program posting to social media that several quote quadcopter drones were shot
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down. the us sayst had no involvement in the attack, but was notified in advance. >> this could be the #### for tat. let's put this thing to bed . let's not get nuclear here. let's calm this thing down. everybody got their shots in and the region targeted both home to an iranian military base as well as one of the country's nuclear facilities. >> this video, released by an iranian news agency purported to be recent footage of the facility up and running. this of course, in line with what state television in the country has been reporting, saying the facility is, quote, fully safe right now. pentagon officials, meantime, have yet to confirm the strike. the white house and national security council also declining comment. commercial flights meantime at the time were diverted from their routes over western iran, near where those attacks are reported to have unfolded. iran later grounding commercial flights in tehran. this again, of course, follows last weekend's attack by tehran on israel following
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israel's deadly attack on an iranian consulate earlier this month, killing a top general. immediate reaction to this already being felt in the markets. asian equities dropping right now with japanese, south korean, australian and hong kong stocks sliding as well. us futures are down two. >> wait and see what happens tomorrow. but no doubt this is a dangerous escalation in an already volatile part of the middle east. zach thank you. earlier today there was a pro-palestinian rally on the cal campus with demonstrators calling on the university to divest from companies doing business with israel. the rally was also organized in response to an incident that we told you about last week at the home of school of law dean erwin zimmerman. tyminski and his wife, professor catherine fisk, during a celebration dinner for students. palestinian american law student malak arnoff attempted to give an unscheduled speech about the palestinian deaths in gaza. video shows a
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physical confrontation unfold during which fisk tries to grab the microphone away from a knife. she has requested further investigation on. >> i have never seen in the history of this campus, a berkeley law professor put their hands on someone and be so entitled to do so, and they say, yeah, i have honestly no words. it was shocking. it was traumatizing. it was humiliating , but it's only one incident in a greater pattern of series that has occurred at our house. >> chemerinsky, who is jewish, has said that that incident is the latest anti semitic attack that he has faced and that free speech does not extend to his home. for the latest developments on the conflict in the middle east and the protests that have taken place as a result, be sure to head to our website ktvu .com. >> the alameda county district attorney's public accountability unit has filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the three city of alameda police officers who were involved in
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the in-custody death of mario gonzalez. it was three years ago tomorrow when officers responded to a911 call about a possibly intoxicated man at a small park near south shore center. three officers restrained him. the alameda county coroner's office ruled that gonzalez's death was a homicide from combination of methamphetamine and the stress of being restrained by police. former alameda county da nancy o'malley declined to file charges, but tonight, da pamela price said the new charges come after months of investigation. >> if people don't believe that police officers or law enforcement can be held accountable, then witnesses won't cooperate. we can't do our job without witnesses. we won't be able to administer justice if the community doesn't trust that the system is going to work for everyone. >> the attorney representing gonzalez's mother told us the family is grateful that the da's office revisited the case.
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>> the family is elated to know that mario's death was not in vain, and that the people who needlessly caused him to die to not be able to hug his child, to never to be able to say hello to his mother. those three officers are being held accountable, and it's long overdue. >> those three officers, james fisher, eric mckinley and cameron lahey, could face up to four years in state prison if convicted and the attorney for officer lahey saying in a statement tonight there is no new evidence. this is a blatantly political prosecution. the officer's actions while taking mr. gonzalez into custody were reasonable, necessary and lawful, and his tragic death was the result of drug toxicity, not criminal misconduct. >> a new at 11 tonight. the construction company whose employee died while working on a sewer project in san francisco last year, has now been cited by cal osha for safety violations. we first brought you this story back in september of last year.
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that's what a contractor died after a trench collapsed, he was trapped in eight feet of dirt and debris. cal osha says the company has now been fined $371,000 for failing to provide a protective system for employees working in the trench, and for failing to provide a means of escape, such as a ladder, in the case of a collapse. cal osha also says these hazards were brought to the company's attention. weeks before the incident happened. also new at 11 tonight, the san francisco fire department now mourning the loss of one of their own lieutenants, stephen sylvester. fire officials say sylvester died unexpectedly at his home after working a shift. he joined the department of august of 2002. the department, extending its deepest condolences to the lieutenant's family, which includes his wife and four children. in a statement tonight, fire chief janine nicholson said that lieutenant stephen sylvester was a cornerstone of our department, cherished by all who worked alongside him. he was not only a
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consummate professional but also a devoted family man. his profound presence will be sorely missed, and his exemplary service will be remembered forever. >> san francisco's west portal neighborhood will soon see some major changes near the muni metro station. city leaders have weighed in, saying the area is in major need of safety improvements after the crash that killed a family of four last month. ktvu is amberleigh live tonight in the newsroom. and amber, i know you spoke with people who live as well as work in that area. >> mike, there were people for and against the changes. everyone agrees that there needs to be safety improvements. the question is, will the proposed changes work? muni trains, busses, cars and people create a chaotic scene at san francisco's west portal neighborhood, the sfmta announced thursday that changes are coming soon to improve safety. i would love to see it. >> we walk by here all the time. we see a lot of near misses, a lot of, you know, dangerous
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things happening, a lot of people making bad moves in their car. >> on march 16th, a 78 year old woman crashed her suv and killed a family of four at a bus shelter just steps from the muni station. authorities have not yet said what caused the crash, or if the driver will be charged. >> mayor london breed and to district seven supervisor myrna melgar, who have asked the sfmta to work immediately to improve traffic safety near west portal station. >> the sfmta plan includes no left turns on west portal avenue, and cars will no longer be able to cut through the intersection of yellow street and west portal avenue in front of the muni station. the entrance area will be redesigned to include planters and become a community space. >> i was shocked because it. i don't think it solves the problem of what happened to that poor family. it's just going to increase traffic all up and down west portal. the owner of roti indian bistro is among the merchants critical of city
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leaders, rolling out a plan so quickly without their input. >> pankaj shah says disruptions to traffic could hurt. 50% of his business comes from customers driving up to get takeout and food delivery drivers doing pickups, so one incident should not be a one that makes so many changes at the same time. >> i was surprised that it was such a knee jerk reaction. maureen stotts owns easy freeze, a market on west portal avenue. >> she agrees there needs to be safety improvements, but questions the changes that are proposed. it's going to create more problems than what they're trying to solve. sfmta plans to do public outreach with pop ups in the west portal neighborhood next monday, tuesday and wednesday. the mayor's office says the changes are temporary, but will be fast tracked to be in place by this summer. city leaders say there will be evaluations to see what works and what doesn't. mike. >> amber lee live tonight in the newsroom. amber. thank you. staying in the city. the woman
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killed are involved in a crash near oracle park that killed a four year old girl and injured her father. will not spend any time in jail. the crash happened in august at the intersection of fourth and king. police say the girl was in a stroller when she and her father were hit right there in the middle of a crosswalk. the driver, 71 year old karen cartagena, was charged with vehicular manslaughter. but today, district attorney brooke jenkins announced after consulting with the victim's family. the driver will serve two years probation and 400 hours of community service. she also can't drive again until she completes a driver safety class. >> it is a story we brought you as breaking news right here last night at 11. we now know what led up to that police shooting in west oakland. we'll have the very latest details next. >> and in tonight's west coast rap, a major project aimed to help protect wildlife. the milestone it recently hit here in the state. >> and it was a long time in the making. the san francisco zoo, though, will soon be getting pandas for the first time in decades
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city of idaho students said that cell phone data can prove his innocence. >> and this story does begin tonight's west coast rap and a new court filing. brian coburn attorneys say his alibi can be backed up by his phone's location. kohberger says he was out driving by himself the night the four students were killed in november of 2022. his defense team is now preparing to call an
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expert witness to back up that claim. investigators say dna from a knife sheath left at the crime scene originally led police to kohberger. >> and now we go to los angeles and kanye west has been named as a suspect in a battery case. that alleged incident happened at the chateau marmont hotel in west hollywood early yesterday morning. according to tmz, police were told that west had punched the victim in the face. the man was not badly hurt and was described as heavily intoxicated, but the person was taken to the hospital. we spoke with tmz's charles latibeaudiere earlier today. sources tell tmz that west grabbed the man or that the man had grabbed his wife, bianca sensory. >> they said that this guy actually didn't just bump into her but reached under her. her dress, touched her, groped her and actually then, spun her around and then blew kisses at her.
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>> now, this incident is not the first time that west has been involved in a battery case. according to tmz, no police report has been filed yet in this case. >> staying in southern california, a new project is in the works to protect wildlife crews working to build a highly anticipated wildlife crossing have successfully installed the project's first beam, over 101, in agoura hills. another 81 beams, though, still need to be installed. this work is being done to create the country's largest wildlife crossing. construction of the crossing is expected to be complete in 2026, and remember that you can hear about the west coast top stories every weekday right here on ktvu. >> a west coast rap with alex savage airs at 7:00 monday through friday. you can also find more coverage at west coast rap.com, the fbi and sacramento county sheriff's office are now investigating an at&t internet line that was cut right near the sacramento airport, and that act caused an internet outage that resulted in delays for hours, our reporter, marcela de la cruz spoke with some of those
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affected travelers. >> it's been really chaotic today, a chaotic thursday for byron welch and his wife as they missed their 10 a.m. flight out of sacramento. well, we were able to get booked on a much later flight, but now we won't get into our destination, which is omaha, until after midnight. so so it's going to be a long day. >> four hours later, they and many other travelers impacted by the internet outage are on their way. >> that's crazy. i've never seen it like this. i fly very often and they did great. >> the outage occurred after the intentional cutting of at&t wires about two miles away off bayou way and powerline road, causing delays for people traveling on southwest and delta airlines. >> someone said down there, it's taking two hours. i'm worried that i'm not going to make my flight. so anyway, it's pretty awful. >> nearly ten hours since the service disruption, southwest airlines systems were rebooted and check ins restarted. about an hour and a half. >> yeah, yeah, but we got
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through it and now we're about to board. >> impacted airlines, delayed some flights to wait for people to board the planes. >> just glad to be healthy enough to wait it out. we weren't expecting this southwest airlines saw the biggest impact. >> and that was maricela de la cruz reporting. >> all right. mayor london breed has submitted two nominations for the san francisco police commission. the mayor announcing today the nominee nomination of retired judge c don clay to replace commissioner jim byrne. she's also nominated current commissioner deborah walker for reappointment. the nominations need to be approved by the board of supervisors before moving forward. tonight we now know more about the murder suspect shot and killed by oakland police. >> ktvu is confirmed the suspect's identity as 33 year old dominique brot. sacramento police say he shot and killed his girlfriend last month. michael rains, an attorney representing the oakland officers who fired their guns, say the suspect came out of a
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house in west oakland. this was 940 last night carrying a gun, refusing to surrender and that the officers had no choice but to shoot him. >> 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. >> okay, this is the first deadly shooting by oakland police since november, when the department says a man pointed a loaded handgun at a sergeant right near city hall, san francisco, being hit with yet another business leaving the city, the renowned taqueria shutting its doors, and caltrain, aiming to shift its trains to all electric. a look at the major milestone it just reached in the fog is back. >> you might have seen that, especially if you're along the coast. it's in and out right now. coast side. it'll be back tomorrow. it will be inside san francisco as well. temperatures we'll get to that. we'll look at the five day
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it is well to celebrate safely. burlingame police joining oakland police and alerting drivers that a dui does not only mean booze. officers encourage people to plan ahead and designate a sober driver. studies have shown that thc can slow reaction times and make it more difficult for drivers to judge distances and keep a steady position in their lane. now we will be streaming the unofficial for 20 celebration live from san francisco's hippie hill. you can watch it on the fox local app from 3 to 5 on saturday afternoon. >> i'm just picturing that live stream, heather. and what's going to go on. >> yeah, mesmerizing. i mean, the official events have been canceled, but, you know, people
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will gather no matter what, right? >> yeah. they're going to be moving slow, though, i imagine. right. it's like not a lot of action, not a lot of volleyball. who knows? not a lot of bad men. all right. yeah. who knows? anyway, the live stream you can check it out there. you can check out the weather here, which includes this high pressure system that's going to stick around. we talked about that, talked about the fog that the high pressure system is allowed to form. now going to talk about that green there. that's just a false returns from the radar setting. either i have it on the wrong setting or they national weather service has a clearer mode or something. but it's not raining. there is fog right along the coast. the fog will push inland tonight and burn back to the coast tomorrow, just like today. and that will happen the next few days. fog is going to become a pretty much a regular visitor here the next few days through into the weekend into early next week. temperatures are running a little cooler than they were yesterday at this time. here's the cloud cover and this is tomorrow afternoon. you see the fog on the coast. and then there is saturday morning, if you will, and then saturday afternoon and then so it's the subtle it's the changes are
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subtle. the only thing that's kind of changing a little bit is these weak systems are kind of going to the north. you see the blues and the greens up there. so when that goes by it sort of perturbs the atmosphere a little bit and stretches the marine layer out, shrinks it down as it goes by, creates some onshore flow, could create a little drizzle. certainly the next couple of mornings we'll keep an eye on that. but it's a steady progression of weak systems to the north of us. but they will have influence on our high pressure, which it will weaken at times and the high pressure will strengthen again. the fog will come in the fog. you know, this classic spring summer pattern. so here are the highs forecast for tomorrow. so a little cooler than today. certainly. maybe a little coastal drizzle as i mentioned. and then the five day forecast. there it is. so it's not bad. it's just not exciting or thrilling or not like the hippie hill live cast. i mean that's that's exciting and thrilling. that's going to be exciting. i'm going to tune in, quite frankly. well i just want to see what goes on. >> i can see you tuning in, just hanging in there for all three, two hours, 3 to 5. right? yep.
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yeah. that's it. i'll hang in for two hours. okay. see you guys. thanks, bill. >> new at 11. >> a beloved san francisco taqueria is closing this weekend. coppas on market street in the castro will close on saturday, less than three years after opening. the taqueria has been named one of the bay area's best 25 restaurants by the chronicle. in a message on its website, the restaurant says people will come in to celebrate its final moments. they also say this is not goodbye. it's a see you later somewhere soon. meanwhile, in oakland, brewery that focused on gluten free offerings also said to close its doors this weekend, buck wild brewing on jackson and fourth opened in 2020, offering beer made with buckwheat, rice and other gluten free ingredients. the brewery is as brewery as well as the taproom, and jacqueline and square are shutting down, according to their announcement online. although no reason was given for the closure. >> all right, it is the question that dub nation is grappling with after the team was eliminated from the playoffs this week. have we in fact seen the end of the warriors dynasty? well, speculation is growing about the possibility of off
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season trades. much of the focus on that man right there, klay thompson, who becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer. today, warriors general manager mike dunleavy held an end of the season news conference to talk about just where the team goes from here. >> i mean, the guy's been here a long time. he means so much to the organization, you know, we really, really value him. and so there's nothing that would make me think that he wants to go somewhere else, or we don't want him back. and for that reason, i'm hopeful we can make it happen. but you know, it's a deal. both sides got to be be good with it and we'll work through that. but i think, you know, hopeful and optimistic i am about it. >> the core group of thompson steph curry and draymond green has won four titles together. >> a bay area native was drafted to the wnba in this week's draft . jackson state's angel jackson was selected in the third round to the las vegas aces. she attended salesian college prep in richmond. jackson was a mcdonald's all american and
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played for cal stars while she lived here in the bay area. from all of us here at ktvu. a big congratulations to you, angela. >> san francisco's spca turning 156 today. how it chose to give back to the community. >> coming up tomorrow on mornings on two as more home insurance companies leave california, there's a growing call for companies to take into consideration everything that's being done to strengthen california communities against wildfires. we'll talk live with the state senator who is introducing a bill that could be a game changer. plus, steve paulson has your full forecast all morning long, and we're tracking your morning commute. it's coming up on
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stone in its electrification project this past weekend, the electric trains underwent tests for overhead contact system grounding, bonding and existing infrastructure. caltrain says the tests were successful between san francisco and san jose. this keeps plans for the full rollout of electric train service on track for this coming fall. each of the 23 electric train sets still need to complete 1000 miles of testing before passenger service can begin. >> the city of san bruno will be breaking ground on its centennial plaza revival project tomorrow morning. renderings of the downtown project on san mateo avenue show the city wants to replace the current space with enhanced green spaces and a permanent stage in trellis for community events. the sidewalk is also set to be replaced with a large open walking area. this project is funded by grants from the san bruno community foundation and money collected by measure k. >> also new at 11 tonight. today is the san francisco spca 156th
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birthday. it's one of the oldest animal welfare groups in the country, and to celebrate, the shelter launched its inaugural giving day. the shelter hopes this serves as an opportunity for the community to support the group, which does not receive government funding. financial support will go towards increasing access to veterinary care and the shelter's goal of finding homes for 5000 animals this year. >> new at 11 san francisco mayor london breed announced that the san francisco zoo will be welcoming a panda from china, if not more than one. this will be the first official residency for giant pandas in the city's history. it's not clear yet how many pandas will be coming to the city. the timeline for their arrival will be set by the completion of a new enclosure for them at the zoo. a delegation from china is coming out next month to support the next steps. mayor breed says the pandas will honor the city's deep cultural connections to chinese and aapi heritage. today's announcement was delivered from beijing.
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>> we have some cute, cuddly, black and white beauties coming to our city. ladies and gentlemen, welcome pandas to san francisco. >> the san francisco zoo did host some pandas in 1984 and 85, but these were just temporary stays, part of a global tour. what's coming ahead is an official residency. >> yeah, and they are so cute. yeah. that's great. nice to see them up close. all right. thanks so much for watching the 11:00 news, everyone. our next newscast is tomorrow at 4 a.m. >> don't forget to stream the latest n s an hello and welcome to like it or not. it's a show where our panel weighs in on everything from major controversies to daily things that annoy you. we're going to tackle a topic and each person wil

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