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they really should do breathalyzers before you get on that thing that's really true. have a good weekend. we'll see we're live with what you can expect for the weekend. plus silicon valley, home to a first of its kind ai literacy summit. >> we're live with one of the organizers to talk in depth about educating kids on the helpful and hazardous realities of ai. >> also, it is an event dedicated to highlighting an often overlooked neighborhood in san francisco. we are live with an organizer of the i love tenderloin week to discuss the diverse culture in that district and how the community is coming together to celebrate. from ktvu, fox two news. >> this is the. >> for marijuana enthusiasts eager to mark weed's highest holiday, but with no city
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sanctioned event this year, the annual gathering at san francisco's hippie hill may look a little different this time around. welcome, everyone to the for this afternoon. i'm alex savage and i'm heather holmes. >> the annual 420 celebration, of course, was canceled, but city officials will host something else instead. we want to go now. live to our christien kafton with what's being planned instead. christian. >> yeah, as you guys said, no formal activities surrounding for 20 day, but plans are underway to make sure that it will be a safe day for anybody who decides to turn out for cannabis. now, in years past, robin williams meadow in golden gate park would be a flurry of activity today, preparing for 420 cannabis celebrations. but this year the meadow is quiet. the organized event has been called off instead, the city's recreation and parks department is planning on hosting a family friendly kickball and volleyball event there on saturday. rec and park said they have been working with emergency responders to make sure that if 420 celebrants come to the park to party, the city will be ready. >> we've been coordinating with
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police, fire and several other city agencies, so we'll have extra staff on hand that day. and also we'll have extra porta potties, i believe more than ten in the immediate robin williams meadow area. the way they moved, they were floating around. >> and there are those who are concerned that those ten porta potties won't be enough. the church of ambrosia, which which adopted the use of cannabis and mushrooms as part of their faith, is concerned that the city has only provided those ten porta potties in robin williams meadow. now, church leaders say that they're taking steps working with nearby merchants associations to bring water and enough porta potties for the crowds that may show up, despite there not being an official event. the pastor telling me that he felt like he had little choice but to make sure that anyone choosing to celebrate 420 could do it in a safe and sanitary manner. and they say they don't want to encourage people to come out to hippie hill, but they are anticipating that those people may come anyway, and they want to be sure that if they do come out, they have a safe 420 celebration. san
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francisco police also releasing a statement today saying they would have increased staffing and are preparing for events surrounding 420 celebrations. the city also saying it will have dui patrols out to make sure that they are looking for any impaired drivers out there on 420 guys. >> okay, christian. so there was already a celebration in the park for those who use things like lsd. >> yeah, that's right. you may remember this from last year. we featured the same group that was out there last year. today is actually bicycle day for 19. the day before 420 is bicycle day. it is a day to celebrate the day that the first dose of lsd was ingested by a person that scientists ingesting that may 19th, 1943, and then riding his bike home. so a lot of those people who are enthusiasts for hallucinogens celebrate today by ingesting and then taking a bicycle ride. now, i did have a chance to talk with them
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because, as you might imagine, there is some overlap between those who enjoy using hallucinogens and those who want to use cannabis. they say that they think that this year, without the really highly organized 420 celebration, with the concerts and with the fences and all of those kinds of things, they say that that may appeal to a different kind of cannabis user. so they're saying that we may still see crowds out there. it might just not be the same crowd or perhaps as big a crowd as we've seen with the more organized, sponsored event guys. all right. >> we will see how many people show up tomorrow at golden gate park. christien kafton live for us in the city this afternoon. christian. thank you. and as christian has mentioned here, there will be no city sponsored official celebration for 420, but we will have coverage of the 420 happenings at hippie hill tomorrow on fox local, as well as the ktvu live stream as well. >> marin county right now is wrestling with the high tech problem e-bikes gone wild in the hands of young people. >> ktvu tom vacar spent the day looking into the situation that
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is rising to the level of schools, trying to protect students from themselves. >> the tamalpais union high school district is considering requiring students who ride their bikes to school to register their bikes with the schools, and those bikes must be of a speed class, legal for their age. also under consideration in banning modified e-bikes that would allow them to exceed the maximum legal speed of 20 miles an hour. >> we'll be working not only with our law enforcement partners, but i said across the county, this is something that a lot of districts are looking at doing in concert so we can be uniform in how we're addressing these concerns. >> we're not just working with tim high union district on this. we're working with our middle schools and our elementary schools to push out this messaging, because we don't want them being purchased in fifth grade or eighth grade and then ending up at your campus. >> the marin county health department says the accident rate for children on e-bikes is nearly ten times the rate for older age groups. the u.s.
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national electronic injury surveillance system data shows that e-bikes are more than three times more likely to be involved in a collision with a pedestrian than powered scooters or regular pedal bikes. >> i live in a community of 55 and older, and we have a lot of issues with that. i've seen them go right down dougherty drive like they are a car without helmets. >> add to that often going the wrong way on a one way street, using their phones, ignoring stop signs and traffic lights, driving in the dark with no lights, making illegal turns and jumping in front of traffic when i drive, and there's an e-bike nearby, i always wonder if they know what they're doing. that would be one thing if these e-bikes stuck to the rules, stuck to their lanes, and stuck to the speed limit. unfortunately, there have been enough shenanigans and enough places that finally it's getting to the level of considering restrict options or even outright bans. >> i do see that they do
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dangerous things sometimes, but i think that comes from the speed. mostly. i think if they just were able to get it to slow down a little bit, it would be better. >> and though this is a case of a few causing problems for safety, bikers prepare for more rules and restrictions. tom vacar ktvu fox two news. >> well, the california service corps is looking for new bay area recruits. state chief service officer josh friday was in san jose today with mayor matt mehan to announce the recruitment drive. they say there are nearly 2000 unpaid service corps positions available right here in the bay area, including tutors and mentors for school students helping support communities affected by disasters was working with programs that fight hunger and connecting vulnerable, vulnerable people to vital services and resources. >> the skills that our corps members will learn through their training and experiences with the corps will prepare them not just for future careers, but for whatever they encounter in life.
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>> in the coming year, the 10,000 members of the california service corps are going to serve nearly 5,000,000 hours of service here in california alone, the california service corps consists of four paid service programs californians for all. >> college corps california climate action corps, californians for all, youth job corps, and americorps, california young people gathered in san francisco this morning for a march ahead of earth day. >> coming up on monday, the group rallied at embarcadero plaza before a march that would take them by bank of new york and blackrock investments. they're calling on those financial institutions and others to divest from investments that they say harm the futures of children in sudan, congo and the middle east. they say environmental justice and human rights are intertwined. >> we are doing this specifically on earth day to kind of shift the focus and reclaim earth day for people all oppressed peoples around the
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world. so it's not just about the environment, it's about people, people's lives and their right to live in a safe world. >> the young organizers say they want to get the message out that large corporations and institutions should not profit from war and ecological destruction. >> all right, folks, the weekend almost here. and it's shaping up to be a pretty nice one across much of the bay area, including as we take a live look here in the south bay. our meteorologist, rosemary oroczo, joins us now with a look at what's ahead for saturday and sunday. >> yes, we're looking at dry weather, heather, first of all and nice weather. temperatures are going to rebound a little bit tomorrow a little bit more on sunday right now. look to peak on monday. here's a look at the blue skies and the rolling green hills. we do have temperatures in the 50s and low 60s along the coastline, but some of our inland cities enjoying temperatures in the upper 70. a look here at storm tracker two. we had a the ridge break down just a little bit today. we had some patchy fog, patchy drizzle to start the morning. the low clouds. we did
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break away to the mostly sunny skies by the afternoon, but temperatures fell below what we had yesterday. we're down by ten degrees in santa rosa, down by five in livermore, down by three over san jose. a look at the numbers here. 63 in oakland, 61 in san francisco, where the giants will be playing a little bit later today, mid 50s at half moon bay. but she swing in the other direction towards the east bay. brentwood right now 78 degrees. taking a look at a few more numbers here in the east bay where we have some of our warmer locations today, 73 in lafayette, 70 in danville, 72 reported in dublin and 73 castro valley. if you're going to the giants game, bring along the jacket. it's going to be a brisk one and a cool one. game time seven 1556 degrees partly cloudy skies, a west breeze to 15mph and continuing to cool into the evening hours. think we're going to wake up with the clouds? the patchy drizzle again tomorrow morning, followed by a nice afternoon. a better look at what we can expect for the weekend and the extended forecast coming up. >> all right rosemary, thank
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you. a national summit in silicon valley dedicated to increasing literacy around ai. >> up next here on the four this afternoon we're live with one of the summit organizers to talk about this latest push to give educators the tools they need to help stu nts u
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(♪) get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn me. is it really preparing children for an ai driven world? that is the goal of a new initiative launched by a silicon valley education center. the tech interactive is leading this effort with a series of events that are happening today to mark the first ever national ai literacy day, educators, industry leaders and government officials are all taking part in various discussions about how to help students understand the benefits and the pitfalls of artificial intelligence, and for more on this effort, we're joined now by katrina stevens, who is the president and ceo of
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the tech interactive. katrina. great to have you on this afternoon. let's start with the broad sort of overarching question here. why is it important you believe to teach children how ai works and what it's capable of? >> it's incredibly important. first of all, thank you, alex, for having me here. it's incredibly important to make sure that our young people are part of this conversation, ai is surrounds them in our world and parents and families and schools have been really asking, how do they approach this? what do they need to tell their kids? and how what do they do if one of their children wants to use it? a chatbot or, and so they need the basic skills to be able to do this. >> all right. let me let me show everyone part of the video that they just saw a clip of a moment ago. this was put together by common sense media. it's part of ai literacy day here, and it focuses in here. at one point in the video on the drawbacks of ai , it can't always tell facts from fiction or know where its information comes from. >> it might even use someone's work without crediting them. it just sucks up all the random or
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not so random information that's floating out there on the internet. that's why we as humans have to think hard and be critical about the information we receive from ai. >> and that's the idea here, is to raise critical thinkers when it comes to artificial intelligence. i know that the tech interactive you've unveiled a number of resources and lessons designed for students between fourth and 12th grade. talk about how these materials can help kids to understand the impact of this technology and its shortcomings. >> and so, first of all, we, the baseline is to making sure that all children and teachers and their families have understand what ai is and what it isn't. so that's one of the first things we tell parents, if you're going to before you use ai, talk to them about it. it isn't what it isn't like we just saw in the video and understanding the ai is just a set of tech tools. it's not something that ever should replace the value of critical thinking, and to remind everyone, that when kids are watching this, that not all of
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it is accurate, so we want to make sure that folks know the things they need to be careful of. we also want them to know all of the exciting potential that ai has as well for their lives. >> yeah, and let's talk. if we could here about some of the some of the particular lessons that that these resources focus on here. one of them is focused on the issue that obviously has been widely discussed. and that's the problem of bias when it comes to artificial intelligence. how how does this particular lesson help students learn about how the technology can perpetuate stereotypes and inequities, and other tools offered for how students can can learn to combat the inherent bias within ai? >> yeah. and so, we have resources as well as some many of our partners who worked with us around organizing this day. particular activity is really around, getting us to understand that bias has always existed. so bias isn't just a new thing because of ai. but what happens, though is that we don't it's not always easy to see what the bias is in ai. so we lead young people through very simple
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activities where they're able to look at pattern recognition and to make decisions about like, well, what would i say? what i do and be able to understand what that bias might be underneath it all. >> another major issue when it comes to artificial intelligence is how it potentially can perpetuate misinformation in the online sphere. and there is a lesson here. i was looking at from harvard that guides students through the process of actually creating a misinformation campaign on using artificial intelligence talk. if you could, about about this lesson, the importance of it and how this can help students to think more critically about what they're seeing online. >> well, and we've always stressed i'm a former educator. we've always talked about media literacy. so there's, again, as a core thing that we've been trying to help young people understand is to how do you interpret what you're seeing? how do you determine where that source came from? how do you know whether or not it's legitimate or not or it's not? so being able to be able to help young people figure out what some of the cues are, things that you should double check. if you're not sure if something
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doesn't seem quite right, how do you check to where the source of that came from? >> yeah. so important. let me let me talk about this, this partnership here that you have on national ai literacy day. you have a number of organizations and stakeholders all involved here, and you've published a number of resources that are all designed to support educators here and for some of those resources, people can scan this qr code on the screen and that will that will give them an idea of what they can access. and here's some other materials here from common sense media, stanford, as well as put out some resources for teachers. so what does this partnership look like with schools to make sure that educators know these materials and these lesson plans are available? >> yeah. so we have over 60 events that were happening across the united states, as well as a number of virtual events. and so part of it, we just want to get the word out. a number of our partner organizations, including common sense, which you saw in stanford, but also ai for education, edu and the safe alliance, as well as a number of
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other affiliates have have pulled together a vetted resources. so we put them all in one place. so the teachers can go and go and know that these resources have been, looked through carefully and that are appropriate for young people. it's also important to know that a lot of those resources do not need technology. i think it's a misnomer. sometimes people think, well, you have to have technology to be able to learn about ai, we make sure that we have activities at every grade level, that you don't need to have any kind of technology to start to get a good understanding of ai. yeah. >> really important. and one last time, i'm not sure if we can, in the booth, put the full screen back up that has the qr code. thank you very much. i appreciate that. this is where if you want to access some of the resources that are available here as part of this ai literacy campaign, you can scan that qr code right there on your screen. wanted to make sure that folks had the time to scan it there. katrina stevens from the tech interactive education center in silicon valley really appreciate it. thank you for coming on today. >> thank you for having me. sure. >> well, it is a neighborhood in
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san francisco that is often overlooked. coming up, we'll tell you about the week dedicated to the tenderloin. i talk live with one of the organizers about celebrating the tender side of
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it's full of life, diversity and great food and all of those things will once again be celebrated during a special week dedicated to this area. here to
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talk with me now about the return of i love tenderloin week is michael vong boys and girls club director there in the tenderloin. michael, always nice to see you. thanks for taking the time. why do you believe an event like this is needed right now? >> yeah. i mean, there's just so much love and beauty here in the tenderloin. you know, this is our second annual i love tenderloin week, there were so many great things that happened the first time around that we had to run it back. right, there's a lot of pride in the tenderloin. there's a lot of businesses. and, you know, for us, we see this as a great opportunity to also help change the perception of the tenderloin, there's no neighborhood that is defined by some of its hardest, situations than the tenderloin. and it's unfortunate because there's so many great things that's happening here. and so for us, we're really happy and excited to really showcase, you know, the pride, the love, the spirit, the vitality of the tenderloin and the people who, encompasses the tenderloin. >> yeah. so let's talk about some of the events, some of the ways in which this neighborhood
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is going to be celebrated. coming up for the week. >> yeah, sure. we're going to start off with the beautification event, we did that last year as well. and you know, the civic love joy, it's going to be with cbd and so many others, we have a cooking competition on, we're going to have a several events happening at the museum. there's a small business, boogie, that's going to showcase, i think, 5 or 6 businesses in the tl, the main library is hosting a tenderloin open house. that's also going to feature in story time. working with code tenderloin, we're going to do another special tenderloin walking tour that's also going to end at the phoenix hotel. there's going to be a boys and girls club happy hour fundraiser, we're going to be doing some giveaways, salvation army kroc center is going to have their spring family fest, i think the beauty of all these different events and, you know, i only name maybe a dozen, maybe less than that, the beauty is that these are things that happen in the tenderloin all the time, and all we're really doing
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is showcasing it within a special week. you know, free events for all ages, cultural showcases, culinary experiences. you know, the richness of the tenderloin and what makes it so phenomenal. yeah. >> because, michael, i mean, part of this is to bring some positivity to the neighborhood and really make people in the community proud of where they live. >> yeah. you know, i, you know, working at boys and girls club. you know, i've heard stories of our teens say that, you know, they don't always invite their friends to their house. and it's because their friends are like, oh, you live in the tenderloin. i'm not too sure if i can go there. right? we want our kids to have pride. we want the residents to have pride. we want the business owners to have pride. and so this is for us, a great opportunity to really, really, really hone in on what pride could look like for all of us. and we're really excited to kind of share that with everyone . i want to give a special shout out to cbd, the tenderloin community benefit district and sf. o e o e d the office of economic workforce development, they did fund us for a small
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grant as allowance to kind of do all of this. >> yeah. and i know that the goal here really is to make this a, this an annual event, as you mentioned, the second year, you talk about the importance of people in the community feeling prideful about where they live. but this is also intended to boost small businesses, which right now, especially in that area, are really having a tough time. >> yeah, absolutely. you know, i think we're putting, you know, the best we can, the spotlight on all these different businesses that we have in the tenderloin, very recently we're working with sf and, stuart, who's, you know, helping to promote it. we just put out some video content on social media to really highlight, you know, different businesses that's in the tenderloin. and for us, we want to continue to just have this buzz, you know, outside of just i love tenderloin week. we're already planning i love tenderloin days for the rest of this year to lead to next year's. i love tenderloin week. we want to kind of bring in business, right? we want folks
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to again, go from wherever they come from, experience the tenderloin with us, use visit tenderloin.com. that's going to, be able to tell them all the different places they can eat, stay at park at. you know, these are all great opportunities for anyone to kind of come in and check things out, yeah. michael just like they say. oh, sorry to interrupt, but i just you can you can continue on explaining what's going to be happening, but just want to let folks at home know that that is the qr code right there to some of those events. so if you want to find out more information about what michael is talking about, you can scan that qr code. go ahead though, michael, and explain a little bit more about the events. >> oh yeah, for sure. for sure. i think one of the things i really want to make sure i did mention too is, outside of the food and there's amazing food, right? like outside of just the bun mise, you know, little saigon, you go down, gary, there's a lot of places to eat. we're also home to, you know, the black cat, right? the jazz, jazz music, live music all the time. right. tenderloin museums hosting three events that week. that's a combination of, you
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know, movies. that's a combination of panels and a, you know, there's just so many amazing things that's going on. and you know, again, i want to emphasize that these are things that happen all the time in the tenderloin, that people really gave it a chance. you know, if you come here, i guarantee that it's going to be a much better experience than you thought it was going to be, you know, based on what you might see through the media. you know, right now we're trying to change the perception. i think we get a bad rep. and this is us really trying really hard to make sure that the perception is different. >> all right. well, i love tenderloin week. it is april 21st through the 27th. it's a great lineup of activities. wish you another very successful year this year. thanks so much michael. appreciate it. have a great weekend. >> thanks for having us. hope to do it again next year. >> thank you. >> all right. up next here on the for this afternoon. we're continuing the conversation during national sexual assault awareness and prevention month. we're live with an east bay doctor to ta about t so
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month. and today we want to focus on an issue that affects so many people, according to the cdc. 50% of women and one out of every three men experienced sexual violence. this includes rape, attempted rape, or any other forced sexual contact contact. and for more, we're joined here in the studio by doctor naomi adler and e.r. physician with kaiser east bay. doctor, thank you for the time. we appreciate it when you look at the numbers, the victims of sexual assault are often younger
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teenagers and young adults. take us beyond those those figures that we see which which are obviously troubling. what are what are the lasting effects on victims of these experiences? >> so it's really important to remember that with those statistics come individuals, right, who are going to have long lasting impacts, both physical health and mental health impacts. and that also this isn't just something that's going to impact the individual who's been assaulted, but also the whole community around them that their family, their friends and all the people in contact with them may also feel the reverberations of this. >> yeah, you can imagine. >> what are some of the ways you think, as a society that that we can take steps to reduce those numbers that that we put on the screen there? >> well, it's so important, starting with conversations like the one that we're having here today about how prevalent this is, about the issues surrounding sexual assault, and also so that people can start talking with the young people, teenagers in their life, about the fact that this is happening primarily to young people and also start having conversations about
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issues around consent and how dynamic that process can be and what resources are available to those who have experienced sexual assault. >> and you talk about the fact that that oftentimes we are talking about younger victims here, and we have some of the figures. 80% of survivors experience assault before the age of 25, nearly half before they turn 18. we are heading into prom and graduation season. what is the role of parents, you think to raise this issue and talk with their kids about staying safe and is and is it ever too early to have those conversations that you were talking about about personal space, about consent. >> so it's never too early to start having these conversations, especially with children, about issues such as personal space, autonomy over their bodies. of course, you want to be having those conversations in an age appropriate way, but i would say that it's never too early. and as we're sending, you know, teenagers and young adults out into the world for things like
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prom or heading off to college, you want to make sure they're prepared with the information that they know. they can have an open line of communication with you as their parent, if they ever need help or support. >> i know that, you know, you talk about the impact this has on victims. it is it is normal to feel obviously tremendously traumatized, even in many cases for people to feel guilty if they're victims of sexual assault. how often does does that keep someone from reporting what's happened to them? >> so we know that the statistics we have are likely a gross underrepresentation of this, because many people don't report because of fear, guilt and shame. so as a community, it's really important that we give the message that there is nothing that you could do that would make you deserve an assault and that you do not need to feel any guilt or shame, and that we're really here to support you and get you the care that you need. >> and to that end, obviously, it's very important to get treatment and to get follow up care. what would you like people to know if they have been a victim of sexual assault, about
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the resources that are available to them? >> so we always want you to feel comfortable coming forward and getting medical care. we're here to create a safe, supportive, confidential environment for our patients, and we can offer things to help with the physical ramifications of an assault. we can help with issues around sexually transmitted infections, have discussions around pregnancy and hiv prevention, and then also make those really essential connections to mental health. follow up so that people get the support that they need as they're recovering. >> that is so crucial. >> to that end, i want to put some really important information up on the screen. if you need help, you can call the national sexual assault hotline at the number there, one 800 656 hope and the national center for victims of crime. 18554 victim doctor naomi adler with kaiser east bay. great information, really important. thank you for coming in. >> thank you so much, heather. thank you both. >> well, a woman from right here in california is set to redefine beauty. coming up, i want you to
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meet miss black california usa, la nia davis. she joins me live to talk about her path and the projects that she is very passionate about. >> and a beautiful weekend in store when it comes to the weather, i think we will be joined by clouds and drizzle once again tomorrow morning. a better look at what we can expect r
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celebrating others in her community. lucia davis is miss black california, usa, and she's live with us this afternoon to talk about using her voice for good. and she joins me now live. it is such a pleasure to have you on the show this afternoon. congratulations. what has life been like since becoming miss black california usa? >> thank you so much. it's definitely been a whirlwind, but it's definitely been a dream come true. and i'm so proud of myself for even taking that leap of faith and signing up. and it's way more than i could have ever imagined. >> i know that you grew up in compton, going on to win this title and take on this important role. can you share a little bit more about your journey? >> yes, of course. so growing up in compton, california, that's actually where i got introduced to the idea of pageantry. and i know that unfortunately, my city is known for a lot of negative things and does have negative
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connotations. so going past that and winning the miss compton title, i decided to continue when being a delegate for any pageant that i will always be the representative for compton, which i was for miss black california as well. just so that i can show young girls in my community and communities alike that this path and this platform is something that is meant for us, and we can do anything we set our mind to. >> i know that you are a really strong advocate for housing and for equal housing for all, helping to address the homeless crisis. tell us about what you're doing in regards to that issue. >> so i have a community service platform that is called sisters sheltering sisters. and it came about when i myself was going through my housing struggles with my mother when i was graduating from undergraduate at cal state la. i would say maybe three weeks shy of that. i found out that we were facing an unlawful eviction, and i couldn't believe that i would actually be someone that my mom always talked about, about a lot
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of people on skid row actually being college educated, and they just fell on hard times. and even though we made it out of that struggle, i knew that many people unfortunately, don't make it out of that pipeline. so sisters sheltering sisters focuses on educating the public of that pipeline of becoming unhoused and how to get out of it. and we also advocate for using the unhoused, because when we say homeless, no one is more or less than the next person. but we could always be more fortunate. we have both a physical and a digital resource kit. our physical kits, our hygiene kits that we pass out to individuals in public spaces, and our in our digital kit is actually used with housing organizations where people can find the help that they need. >> okay. what are some steps throughout all of your advocacy? what are some steps that you believe individuals and communities can take to do a better job of addressing the issues of homelessness and housing discrimination? >> the number one thing i think we all need to understand, and we are in this fight together. this is an epidemic that goes
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far beyond california. it is a national crisis and unfortunately, it's starting to become an international issue as well. so just understanding that we all can do our parts, for example, at least in the state of california, it is now illegal to not accept section eight. so anytime you see a sign of a vacant apartment and it says no, section eight accepted or no public housing accepted, please do the right thing and report that apartment report that property management, because that is illegal. and that's also something that is contributing to our homelessness by people thinking that they won't be accepted in these spaces. >> i know that education is really important to you as well. you're currently pursuing your mba. that is a lot for anyone to juggle. so how are you managing it all, the number one answer that i give people is that i don't juggle it all on one day. so the way i found that it's easy to do. for example, today it's a pageant day. today it's a
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workday. it's a gym day. there's no school on a day that there's school and there's pageant. possibly. it won't be a day that i have worked or it's a day that i've taken off for self care. if it's a work in a school day, i won't focus on pageantry. that simply, to me, is the way that i can care for myself while also being able to accomplish my own personal goals. >> and i'm guessing that that's your advice to other young professionals. don't think about juggling it all in the same day. >> definitely. please don't overwhelm yourself. i know we like to take on a lot, especially in this generation, and we get a bit caught up in social media. i've seen people do all of these things that is not necessary. that is not true. there is no need to burn yourself out. the slow and steady will always win the race. >> okay, finally, as we wrap up this conversation, what have you enjoyed most about your time as miss black california usa? >> as much as i could say, it's just wearing the crown, but it's not. so i would actually say that this crown itself is very symbolic. when you wear a crown on your head, people really want
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to listen to what you have to say. so it's been an honor to use this crown to just speak about things that i love. anyways which is housing. so it's been able to give me that push for that platform. i need to really fall upon the listening ears who can actually make a difference in this housing epidemic? >> well, we really appreciate what you're doing on that really important topic. you're a great role model, especially for young girls out there and really for everyone. and thank you again for taking the time to talk with us. congratulations. >> thank you guys so much. >> yeah, incredible. using that platform to really make a difference. that's wonderful. all right. we want to shift here to some wonderful weather in the bay area here on this friday afternoon. a live look over the south bay here and you can see blue skies. and it was a nice afternoon here. we did have a little bit of that marine layer that kind of burned off mid-morning. and rosemary's here. the temperatures we kind of drop things off just a little bit. what are we looking like as we head into the weekend. >> we're actually going to rebound, alex. and if you think back to last weekend, yes, we
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had that winter like storm that moved through and dropped snow even on some of our local hills. we're not going to see that this weekend. we've got dry weather. we have spring like weather in store, which means if you do suffer from allergies, something to be aware of. giving you a look here. over mount diablo, blue skies, green hills. we will have a lot of sunshine over the course of the afternoon, but i think tomorrow morning likely to wake up once again with clouds, patchy drizzle and some fog. here's a view of a storm tracker two. right now you see a little bit of fog there, right along the coastline. this system is going to bring us a batch of clouds and not really much else for tomorrow morning. the futurecast model shows you a good idea of what i'm talking about here. we've got some low clouds and fog right along the central coast. at this time we're partly cloudy here in the bay area. there is tomorrow morning, so the low clouds and the fog and the patchy drizzle in addition to the clouds you saw kind of sweep in from the north and from the west. we will break away to partly cloudy skies once again for the afternoon. and our temperatures tomorrow expected to come up just slightly from today with
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another bump on sunday. right now it looks like sunday. we could start out the morning with more sunshine. the winds out there right now. novato reporting a 12mph napa. we have a southerly breeze at 12 oakland 16 fairfield onshore 16. so through the delta feeling a little bit cooler today as a result 74 degrees right now in walnut creek. still very beautiful weather out there. mid 60s in the north bay of napa. you get closer to the water. it's a cool one in san francisco where we have the giants playing here in a little bit. 59 there, 55 at half moon bay tomorrow morning. we will have temperatures on the cool side, but not too bad. 51 degrees to start your day. san francisco, as well as oakland into the 40s. that's a chill in the air for you over concord and in the north bay. 46 degrees for santa rosa, one of the chillier spots. afternoon highs will be above average for tomorrow. santa rosa by nine degrees or so. san francisco going to 66. we have low 70s for oakland. mid to upper 70s expected for livermore as well as san jose. and again
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sunday right now looks to be the warmer day along the peninsula. redwood city you'll go to 72 on the east bay shore, 72 expected in hayward. for folks that are traveling to tahoe this weekend, chilly mornings followed by nice mild afternoons. right now, south lake tahoe reporting 61 degrees with plenty of sunshine into the weekend, we go where we do have again, a mix of sun and clouds. temperatures start out near freezing or about freezing tomorrow morning. slightly better on sunday, a tad better on monday, but mid 60s then transferring over to upper 60s for the back end of the weekend. and for folks that are staying until monday, your extended forecast for us here at home, going to climb a little bit on sunday. right now, monday looks to be the warmest day. and then as we get into tuesday, wednesday we're going to cool things off once again back into the upper 60s to low 70s for our inland cities, 60s around the bay and nearing 60 degrees at the coast. back to you. all right. >> looks great for the weekend, rosemary. thank you. well, there is a new episode of ktvu sports
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program that goes way beyond the final score. it airs this sunday night and you'll meet two teenage boys in oakland who aren't even close to their senior year. but they have already received an unprecedented college offer. learn how their strength and dedication are turning heads in the world of weightlifting. also student volunteers teaching tennis to athletes on the autism spectrum. how? one of the local chapters of this national nonprofit makes the sport more adaptive and inclusive. >> i've had multiple family friends with children on the autism spectrum, and one thing i've noticed when i speak to them is the limited access to programs that children with autism have in our area, and sports focus, hosted by cristina rendon, airs this sunday night at 630, and after that you will see sports focused streaming on the fox local app. >> looking forward to that much more news headed your way this afternoon here on the four. but first we check on the roads and
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this is a live look at traffic conditions in the south bay as you drive along highway 101 in san jose this afternoon. folks, look like they are moving along just fine here along this stretch of freeway. and coming up in just a few minutes at 5:00 tonight, a former san jose fire captain arrested in a child sex abuse sting. >> what we're learning from investigators and also the angry reaction from the mayor also on the news at 5:00, details on a new report showing pregnant women all across the country denied medical care since the suprem court overtned roe
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millions of new customers and help to boost the company's profits. the streaming service gained about 30 million new customers last year, and 9.3 million subscribers since january. its revenue hit $9.3 billion during the first quarter. that's up nearly 15% compared to the same period last year. along with the crackdown on password sharing, the increase in earnings is also due to netflix ad supported tier plans and recent price hikes on other subscription plans. >> fast food prices are up at restaurant chains all across the state and according to analysts, it's all due to the state's new $20, an hour minimum wage law. the restaurants are passing that increase on to customers. food prices are up by as much as 8. now, a report by analytics firm data essentials shows that that is the highest rate of menu price inflation in the country
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this year. every area code in california is in the top 30% of the highest price hikes for menu items. washington state saw the second highest price hikes, followed by kentucky. >> two vultures are recovering after wildlife officials say they got drunk off fermented food. the birds were found trying to fly in watertown, connecticut, but experts from the wildlife rehabilitation center, a place called hope, say the birds were in and out of consciousness and feisty. after running a series of tests, they determined that the two dumpster diving vultures were drunk. the birds were nursed back to health with rest, fluids and a big breakfast. >> okay, five elephants are pregnant at a zoo in kansas. officials at sedgwick county zoo in wichita say the calves will be the first african elephants born in the state of kansas. the zoo has been trying to grow its elephant herd since 2016, but some of them were having fertility issues. the gestation
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period for an elephant is 18 to 22 months. the first calf is expected in the spring of 2022. >> okay, so in our ktvu, a idea of the day, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine that happy group of elephant families all relaxing together. here is the very sweet scene that it came back with. the news at 5:00 is c in
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medications for treating difficult and recurring cases. researchers at florida international university in miami combined dna analysis with drug testing to see how patients cancer cells responded to dozens of potential treatments. and in a small study, five out of six children receiving treatments guided by the lab saw improvement, researchers say their method also works in adults. >> a chainsaw is his paintbrush and dead trees is his canvas. >> fox's lauren rangel catches up with an artist who is just hitting his stride at 90 years young. >> it's hard not to stand and gape at the fine details on this tree. >> i'm so impressed that he did. literally. the angel, an owl just today. the work alone is impressive, but his age is even
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more impressive. >> meet the artist victor torres. i've been higher than that. he just turned 90. >> but i feel strong yet. what any young men can do, i can do it, too. >> torres has been at this job since he was 15. >> i feel good when i start something like this. and the more work, the better i feel. >> he can look at just a stump and see, like, shapes, and i'm like, yeah, i see it. and i don't see it until he starts actually carving. i'm like, oh my gosh, that's actually genius. >> casey merrill hired torres to give her dying ash tree a second chance. >> it is a huge tree. it it just felt like you can't necessarily replace it. so the idea of just cutting that big of a tree down, even if it was dying, it was hit hard during the freeze, it just to me, i just i didn't see that
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necessarily as an option. >> this is what that tree looked like before torres. and this is it. now >> i feel like when i'm doing something like this, like the telling me to. to get him out of there, you know, and that's what makes me go at it harder. >> and he'll keep carving as long as he can. after all, it took 90 years to look this good. the tree perhaps, has also never looked better. >> it's been dead, but it's alive now. >> ktvu fox two news at five starts now. >> i'm just completely disgusted by these allegations, and it's really important to me that that we get the truth. >> san jose mayor matt mehan reacts to news a former san jose firefighter was part of a child sex abuse bust by the department of justice. good evening. on
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this friday, i'm cristina rendon and i'm greg lee, that firefighter was a captain in the department. >> he was arrested during a sting operation run by the sacramento county sheriff's department and now faces three felony charges of trying to arrange sex with a 13 year old girl. >> ktvu is mark sayer live in san jose tonight with a look at these charges. mark >> well, christina and greg, we should get full details on what they're calling operation spring cleaning during a scheduled news conference on monday in sacramento. but the city of san jose says it was notified earlier this month about the arrest of this fire. captain and that that individual is no longer employed by the city. when you need help in an emergency, every second counts. firefighters are some of the people you trust the most to help, and they often have access to your home and to your family. so in the city was notified that one of its own had been arrested on charges of soliciting sex from a minor. san jose mayor matt mehan says he was gravely concerned. >> i'm disgusted by the allegations. this iua

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