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anniversary of the death of mario gonzalez in 2021, the 26 year old father died after he was restrained by three alameda police officers, who have now been charged by alameda county da pamela price's office with felony involuntary manslaughter. >> it is important, as public officials that we do have a public accountability unit, that we do hold people accountable when there is harm and that we don't have a double standard, you know, like happy, very, very happy, very thankful for gonzalez's mother, edith arenales. >> the day is bittersweet. >> first time, you know, they say no criminal charges, no nothing. you know, like i was thinking. but i never lose my faith. >> price's predecessor, nancy o'malley, declined to charge officers eric mckinley, cameron lahey and james fisher, noting in part that gonzalez was under the influence of meth and was obese. but a second autopsy commissioned by his family says he died of restraint asphyxiation. the da also relied
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on the analysis by use of force expert seth stoughton, who concluded the use of force by officers fisher, leahy and mckinley to place and keep mr. gonzalez arenales in the prone position for an extended time after he had been secured in handcuffs, was unreasonable, excessive and contrary to generally accepted police practices. his attorney, michael haddad, represents gonzalez's son. >> i really don't know why it took the da's office so long to come to this conclusion. it's obvious that these charges are appropriate under these facts. >> attorneys for the accused officers have blasted price for what they call a blatantly political prosecution, filed just before the statute of limitations. and just days after learning she would face a recall . >> the politics of all of this. what's going on in our society, the climate of it, this case has to go to trial and let the jurors of alameda county decide what they want. >> they called the police. he was dogpiled and he died. >> somebody needs to be held accountable for that. >> there's nothing that mario
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did that day that earned him a coffin. >> gonzalez, a son and mother, have received settlements from the city of alameda. two officers are now on paid leave, while a third is now a contra costa county sheriff's deputy. alameda police chief nishant joshi and alameda county sheriff yesenia sanchez have issued statements supporting the work done by their departments and supporting the previous investigations that cleared the officers of any wrongdoing in alameda. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> highland hospital in oakland is asking for the public's help identifying a patient. hospital officials say this man arrived at the hospital on march 15th without any identification. they say he is stable but unable to give them any information. the patient was discovered near 49th avenue and international boulevard. he is described as a black male, five feet nine inches tall, 217 pounds, and about 60 years old. anyone with information is asked to call the alameda health system. >> a san jose fire captain has been fired after federal authorities arrested him in a sting operation over child sex
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abuse. the firefighter faces three felony charges of trying to arrange sex with a 13 year old girl. ktvu south bay reporter mark sayer explains how the city quickly took disciplinary action after learning of the charges. >> 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 individual no longer works for our department. we're working closely with law enforcement agencies to make sure a thorough investigation is done, and justice is served. >> according to a felony criminal complaint filed by the sacramento county district attorney, former fire captain spencer parker is facing three felony charges. all involve a 13 year old only identified as jane doe. they include communicating
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with a minor and sending or soliciting explicit pictures, all with the intent of engaging in sexual acts. in a statement, city manager jennifer maguire said on monday, april 1st, 2024, the san jose fire department was notified of the arrest of an employee, a fire captain, who was charged on april 3rd with serious crimes. this individual is no longer employed by the city. the arrest occurred in sacramento county. >> i'm just completely disgusted by these allegations, and it's really important to me that that that we get the truth and that justice is served. >> and this is only the most recent incident involving san jose fire in october of 2022, a video posted on social media showed a bikini clad woman exiting a san jose fire truck, which was parked in front of an adult entertainment business. at the time, a nearby business owner told us he simply could not believe it and she had no clothes on. >> i mean, what she did, i mean, and what she doing inside the
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fire truck in june of last year, the city council received the results of that investigation, which said only that numerous city and fire department policies were violated and that a fire captain was demoted as a result. >> these kinds of incidents are, unfair, frankly, to the rest of the public servants at city hall within our fire service and other departments who wake up every day and want to serve our community and work hard to do so. >> we did reach spencer parker's sacramento based attorney on the phone. he said neither he nor his client would have any comment on this case. reporting in san jose. i'm mark sayer, ktvu, fox two news as police in san francisco detained a group of suspects, possibly tied to a series of car break ins. >> i want to show you the view from sky fox. police say around ten this morning, they detained the suspects near stanyan street and john f kennedy drive. an alert was then issued asking people to avoid the area. police say they believe the suspects are part of a series of auto burglaries around san francisco.
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police did not release any more details about the case or say how many suspects were detained. del traitors are calling on the bureau of prisons to pause its plans to close the federal women's prison in dublin, a rally took place outside the facility today and is ktvu allie rasmus explains the demonstrators are may be out of hope in getting some help with their last minute request. >> justice, justice, heed our call. >> a group of family members, friends and advocates for the women incarcerated at fci dublin federal prison gathered to call for their release. earlier this week, federal bureau of prison officials announced abruptly they were closing this facility and moving out the more than 600 women incarcerated here to other federal prisons across the country. the children and the husbands of these women are going to be suffering immensely, right? because there's only one other federal correctional facility in the state, and it's not large enough to house all of these women. since 2022, seven corrections officers and the
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warden at the dublin prison have been convicted of sexually abusing and assaulting the women incarcerated here. earlier this month, a federal judge ordered a special master to come in and oversee operations and reforms. but in response, on monday, the us bureau of prisons announced instead it was going to shut down the prison entirely and move everyone out. alexis verdugo says she's worried her mother will be transferred to a federal prison in illinois or even farther away. verdugo and her husband and their young kids live in phoenix. her mother is in the middle of serving a 20 year sentence for drug related crimes. >> so it's been very chaotic, it's been a roller coaster of emotions. this last week she's called saying, you know, they're screaming at them. they're being asked to just up and pack all of their things into one small bag. you know, it just feels that they're being punished after they've already been victimized. and, and of course, like the unknown, they feel like in there, they don't have anyone
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advocating for them. >> the union representing the prison guards here is also upset . fci dublin is shutting down my officers and their families have suffered the most devastating news this week that they have lost their jobs at fci dublin and that most likely would be forced to abandon this community due to the closure. the president of the union read a pre-prepared statement and did not answer any of our questions, but said this fci dublin should not close. >> it was being rehabilitated with the world watching. >> at least on that point, the prison guards union and the advocates here are in agreement. supporters of the women in custody decried the bureau of prisons decision to shut down this facility. >> it feels like a really big evasion of accountability because, you know, they could have closed the prison several years ago when the sexual abuse started coming out. >> all of this comes as just this morning, attorneys representing some of the women in the prison filed an emergency injunction to stop them from being moved to other facilities. a federal judge will review that
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request for an emergency injunction, but it may be too late. several sources tell ktvu that a vast majority of the 600 women incarcerated here at fci dublin have already been moved to other facilities in dublin. ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news 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 mahan to announce the recruitment drive. they say there are nearly 2000 paid service corps positions available here in the bay area, including tutors and mentors for school students helping support communities affected by disasters, working with programs that fight hunger and connecting vulnerable people to vital resources and services. >> 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. >> in the coming year, the 10,000 members of the california
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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 jobs corps, and americorps california. >> a senior living facility in east oakland has been repeatedly flagged for serious safety issues. how regulators are trying to step in. >> everything you heard in there. this is a witch hunt by numerous judges. >> a jury has been seated in the criminal trial against donald trump in new york. for the former president is having trouble abiding by the judge's gag order. >> and in barry weather, here's our live camera looking out toward the oakland estuary. a bit of a cool down today, and it may continue this cooling trend. as we start off the weekend. we will have more on your forecast coming up. >> e-bike enforcement the new steps one north bay school district may take to reduce the dangers for kids.
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>> i want to give you a check of the evening commute. a look at the eastshore freeway and as you can see, both directions moving very slow on a getaway. friday but it is very pretty out there. we'll be right back after
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the manhattan criminal court, not far from where former president trump's hush money trial is taking place. the man is identified as 37 year old max
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azarello of florida. officials say he is in critical condition in a burn center. police say he tossed out a number of pamphlets which reportedly contained anti-government conspiracy theories, before pouring a fluid over his head and igniting it. late today, an appeals court judge rejected a last minute attempt to halt the so-called hush money trial of former president donald trump there in new york. that came just hours after the jury of seven men and five women were seated. fox's linda schmidt reports from new york city. >> reporter donald trump entering court on day four of jury selection as attorneys pick the five remaining alternate jurors needed for testimony to begin monday. the former president once again railing against the judge's gag order that prevents him from publicly targeting jurors, potential witnesses, lawyers and the families of the judge and manhattan da alvin bragg, who is prosecuting this case. >> they've taken away my constitutional rights to speak, and that includes speaking to you.
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>> next tuesday, the judge will hold a hearing on whether trump violated the gag order this week with a series of social media posts. meantime, today, while potential jurors were questioned, trump looked through papers and periodically whispered to his attorneys and passed notes. most of the potential alternate jurors said that they could remain impartial and unbiased. those who could not were dismissed, one man sighing and saying, this is more stressful than i thought. another man saying, donald trump is a man and he should be treated fairly in a court of law. and then one woman saying, i don't know if this is disqualifying, but my father's lifelong friend is former new jersey governor chris christie, and michael cohen's son works at the company where i work. although i've never met him, she was excused from serving on the jury. michael cohen is trump's former personal attorney who will testify that trump paid him $130,000 to pay off actress stormy daniels shortly before
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the 2016 election to keep her quiet about their alleged sexual encounter. trump denies the charges. >> that was linda schmidt reporting opening statements in the trial are expected to start on monday. >> prosecutors and defense attorneys both say they are ready to move forward with a state trial against david depape. depape has already been convicted of assault and attempted kidnaping in federal court for his attack on nancy pelosi's husband, paul. he attacked paul inside the couple's san francisco home in 2022. at a hearing this morning, a judge was named for his state trial. no date was set for the beginning of the trial. he's scheduled to be sentenced for the federal conviction next week. on monday, the us supreme court will hear arguments in a case on homelessness that has implications in the bay area and across the country. the town of grants pass, oregon, is asking the court to overturn a ruling that found issuing citations to homeless people for sleeping outdoors. if there are not
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enough shelter beds available, violates the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. a lawsuit over homeless sweeps in san francisco is now on pause, pending the decision in this case, marin county is trying to figure out how to deal with the high tech problem that's causing some dangerous behavior for kids on e-bikes, ktvu tom vacar reports. >> one school district is trying to protect students from themselves, but 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 is also under consideration. 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.
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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. 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
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if they know what they're doing now. >> it 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 restrictions or even outright bans. >> i do see that they do 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 safe bikers, prepare for more rules and restrictions. tom vacar ktvu fox two news. >> well, barry, temperatures have been cooling off a little bit over the past couple of days. we still have low clouds and fog near portions of the coastline that will gradually expand as we head into the overnight hours. take a look at some of the highs from this afternoon. some 60s out there, some 70 so still mild to warm in some areas. it looks like
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temperatures not moving around too much to start out the weekend. we'll start things off with some cloud cover tomorrow morning. partly sunny skies into the afternoon hours, and then on sunday some patchy morning fog. more sunshine. sunday should be the warmest day of the upcoming weekend, so a little bit of a warming trend as we move into sunday and into monday. in the meantime, it looks like we're dealing with a summertime pattern out there with low clouds and fog kind of hanging out near portions of the coastline. in fact, you can see the satellite over the past few hours picking up on a bigger fog bank, trying to approach our coastline. so we're going to thicken up the clouds and the short terme overnight tonight. and that will be a factor first thing tomorrow morning as we expand the view in the pacific. no major storms to track for us. this system will cool us off a little bit, somewhat as we start off the weekend. and then we have that warming trend moving in by sunday. take a look at some of the current wind reports out there. there's a bit of a breeze around 13 to 16 miles an hour at the oakland airport. sfo winds at about 17 miles an hour in san jose, winds at about 14. here's a live camera. it's still really green out there, isn't it? looking out toward mount
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diablo. lots of a clear blue skies and current numbers. santa rosa 62, concord 70, san jose 68 degrees. well cloud things up tomorrow morning and then into the afternoon hours. we are expecting clearing skies and you can see temperatures ranging from the low 60s coast side, warmest locations inland in the upper 70s. coming up, a closer look at your forecast highs. and maybe some bigger changes into next week. we'll talk more about those changes with your full update in a little bit. >> all right mark, thank you. see you in a bit. still to come san francisco mayor london breed lobbies for more flights from the u.s. to china, but the airlines are not on board. >> also ahead, a rally in march ahead of earth day in san francisco. there specific calls for action. plus the white house responds after israel hits iran in retaliation for an attack against the jewish state just days ago. >> i'm trey yingst in tel aviv. i've
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carried out a military strike against iran. >> foxtrot yingst reports. a well-placed military source tells fox news last night's strike against iran by israel was limited. >> iranian protesters take to the streets of tehran on friday morning, many holding signs that say down with israel. >> the zionist regime should know that if it makes a mistake this time, it will be punished harder and most severely. >> the demonstrations erupted hours after an israeli strike
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targeted iran's esfahan province, home to the natanz nuclear facility, a plant used to enrich uranium. the apparent retaliation to an iranian attack against israel over the weekend was meant to send a message to iran that israel can reach out and touch close to nuclear facilities. a well-placed military source told fox news. reports indicate an airbase was hit with israeli missiles, as iranian military leadership claimed without evidence that explosions heard in the area were caused by successful air defense interceptions. >> i think the iranians will likely call it a day no cruise missile attack, no ballistic missile attack. and, you know, they they they wanted to call it a day, obviously, after after the last attack on saturday night. but the israelis weren't going to put up with that. i'm hopeful. that's that's where we are american and israeli officials had very limited reaction to the strikes overnight. >> but secretary of state antony blinken reiterates that the
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united states stands behind its key middle east partner. >> we're also committed to de-escalating, to trying to bring, this tension to a to a close. >> the event allowed iran to claim victory and israel to send a message to the regime in tehran, effectively de-escalating the situation for now in tel aviv. trey yingst, fox news. >> coming up on ktvu news at 630, a senior living facility in east oakland in a state of disrepair. the complaints from those who live there and china has agreed to send giant pandas to the san francisco zoo for the first time in decades. >> but some of the details still haven't been hashed out. >> and what did steph curry tell draymond green after their season ending loss in that play-in tournament? will jesse gary will have those details late in
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manslaughter charges in the 2021 in-custody death of 26 year old mario gonzalez. alameda county da pamela price filed the charges after reexamining the case. her predecessor, nancy o'malley, had declined to charge those officers, noting that gonzalez was under the influence of meth and was obese. a second autopsy determined he died of restraint, asphyxiation, and the attorneys for the officers rather attorney for the officers, say that the charges are politically motivated as da
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price faces a recall and the department of justice is accusing a former san jose fire department captain of being part of a child sex abuse bust. >> he was arrested in a sting operation and now faces three felony charges. full details of the bust are set to be released monday at a news conference in sacramento, and demonstrators held a rally outside the federal women's prison in dublin today to call on the bureau of prisons to pause its plans to close the facility. >> the bop announced the closure of one month after a federal judge ordered a special master to oversee operations and reforms. attorneys representing some of the women in the prison filed an emergency injunction to stop the relocation to other prisons, but sources tell ktvu a vast majority of women have already been moved to other prisons across the country. >> you're watching ktvu, fox two news at 630. a senior living facility in east oakland is under fire as residents complain of bad living conditions. >> oakland fire inspectors and state officials have flagged the building for safety issues. new at 630 ktvu crystal bailey joins
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us live after digging into concerns and has more from the newsroom. crystal >> well, the oakland station senior apartment complex provides affordable housing for folks over the age of 62. the residents i spoke with are fed up, many of them disabled, and they say the elevators aren't working. there are false alarms and serious deficiencies in operations. 1428 105th avenue in east oakland is a sixth floor apartment building housing elderly folks with mobility issues who use walkers and wheelchairs. residents complaining about multiple issues after elevators were out all week. >> i had to ask my son to go p ine beuse the elevators were out. >> the oakland fire department put the building on fire. watch on wednesday, citing fire hazards and noncompliance, requiring 24 over seven monitoring. the leasing office door tagged with notices. afd says a small fire on april 4th caused the sprinklers to go off, flooding the building two weeks later. the water damage left the ceilings exposed. >> the damage was so bad it went
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to the fourth floor and to the third floor. >> earlier this week, state inspectors shut down the elevators due to safety concerns after residents say a woman got stuck inside. >> she was stuck in there over an hour. >> they did not notify any of the residents. >> cal osha tells us all three elevators were overdue for required safety testing, even after cal osha had granted a two week extension. >> this fire drilled alarm. it goes off constantly. >> we get a lot of that during the middle of the night, and people come out of their buildings, out of their apartments, stand on the streets until the fire department comes. and then there's a it's a false alarm. >> early wednesday morning, oakland firefighters responded to a medical emergency at the building, and when they got there, the elevators were not working. crews were forced to carry the disabled patient down six flights of stairs. a spokesperson with afd told us in a statement our concern is wide ranging. these fire code
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violations are extremely serious, and we hope that the building managers understand the urgency of correcting the deficiencies as soon as possible. residents saying they just want management to do the right thing, that's all we wanted somebody to hear us. now, an osha spokesperson says they will lift the order not to use the elevators as soon as those elevators pass their safety tests. and they say a technician was out today to work on that. now, i also tried to speak to someone at the leasing office. they did take my card and they said they would get back to me, and i reached out directly to the property management company con am, but have not heard back yet. >> christina crystal bailey in our newsroom tonight. crystal thank you. >> for the first time in decades, giant pandas are coming to the san francisco zoo. mayor london breed announced their return in a statement from beijing, where she signed a memorandum of understanding with chinese wildlife officials. the last time san francisco hosted giant pandas was for three months in 1984 and 85. they are expected to draw thousands of visitors to the zoo. the number
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of pandas coming has not yet been specified, though they are often sent to zoos in pairs. >> we have some cute, cuddly black and white beauties coming to our city. ladies and gentlemen, welcome pandas to san francisco. >> it's good for the tourists to come out and, you know, see all the different species. so it's nice that they were able to work , because i know pandas are one of the harder ones to get. >> beijing zoo engineers met with san francisco zoo officials this week to discuss enclosures for the pandas. a date for their arrival has not yet been set, but it is expected to be some time next year. mayor breed says she wants to see more flights added between san francisco and china, though the u.s. airlines are currently opposing any increase. the mayor has met with chinese airline executives to discuss support for additional flights. but last week, a trade group representing u.s. airlines lobbied the biden administration to hold off on approving additional flights between the two countries. the u.s. airlines
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claim they are at a disadvantage to chinese carriers because they cannot access russian airspace, but the chinese airlines can. the u.s. airlines and trade unions also accuse the chinese government of anti-competitive practices and major repaving project on highway 37 in the north bay gets underway in just a few hours. >> westbound 37 will be shut down between vallejo and sears point starting at 9:00 tonight. it's scheduled to remain closed until 4:00 monday morning. the suggested detour involves traveling northbound on highway 29, west on highway 12, and south on highway 121, or by taking the richmond-san rafael bridge. that same stretch of westbound highway 37 is due to shut down again next weekend. the eastbound direction will be closed the first and second weekends of may. >> middle and high school students hold the rally in the city ahead of earth day, but they say their message is about more than just the climate. >> the official gathering may be canceled, but that does not mean
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it's rallied at embarcadero plaza before a march that took them to bank of new york and blackrock investments. they are 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 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
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from war and ecological destruction. >> in a sacramento superior court is weighing in today on a dispute over a ballot measure proposal that notifies parents if their child asks to change their gender identification at their school. the group backing the measure is suing attorney general rob bonta. they say he displayed a bias in the measure's title and summary language. the group is asking to change the title from the restrict rights of transgender youth initiative to the protect kids of california act. supporters of the measure are arguing the current language hurt their ability to collect enough signatures to qualify the initiative for the november ballot. bonta's office has not released a public comment on the lawsuit. >> well, and barry weather looks like our cooldown will continue as we head into the weekend. but there's another warming trend showing up in the five day forecast, and we'll have the update coming up. >> all right. let's go to ktvu. alex savidge now with a look at some of the stories we're working on for west coast rap at
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seven right here on ktvu. >> okay, greg, thank you. coming up tonight at seven two pro sports teams here in the west making moves tonight on west coast rap. how the oakland a's may get involved in a lawsuit that's tied to their planned relocation to las vegas. plus, we'll show you the apology. arizona coyotes fans are getting over their team's move to salt lake city. also, some shocking video to show you from arizona tonight showing a woman attacking a school bus driver in front of children. we'll break down what happened here and what the suspect says prompted that assault. those stories and much more coming up tonight at seven on west coast rap. and of course, that's followed by the ktvu fox two news at 730 with heather holmes. >> alex, thank you. the official 420 event may have been canceled , but the city of san francisco is still preparing for s e big
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art museum in san francisco hosted a celebration today to kick off the grand opening of a new exhibit. it's called phoenix kingdoms the last splendor of china's bronze age, museum officials say the exhibit showcases several kingdoms that were once a mystery. after being conquered by the first emperor.
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>> this is a landmark exhibition. years in the making and the most significant from china in recent years. it celebrates wonderful ancient art and culture from china's hubei province. >> the exhibit is open through july 22nd at the museum on larkin street. there are no official activities planned for 420 in san francisco. the city, though, is preparing nonetheless. >> hippie hill is expected to draw thousands of people tomorrow afternoon, even without official city support. ktvu christien kafton has a preview of how other organizations are stepping in to help the event. >> in years past, robin williams meadow and golden gate park, also known as hippie hill, would be a flurry of activity 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 here on saturday. the rec and
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park say they've been working with emergency responders to make sure that if for 20 celebrants come to the park to party, the city will be ready. >> we've been coordinating with 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. well, april 20th is well known for cannabis celebration less well known is april 19th, known as bicycle day to mark the anniversary of the first time someone ingested lsd. >> so every year on this year, people all over the world get together and organize commemorative bicycle day bicycle parades. >> leona gillooly refers to this as the high holy days with 419, four, 20 and earth day all happening back to back to back, she says, despite the fact that there is no organized for 20 celebration planned, she has little doubt that a less formal event will still draw a different kind of crowd. >> i think that the massive
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event, with all the sponsorship and security and fences, has actually maybe been a turnoff for some people that like the more grassroots feeling and just want to get together with their friends, be in nature. >> pastor david hodges founded the church of ambrosia, adopting the use of cannabis and mushrooms as part of their faith. he's concerned that the city has only provided ten porta potties and robin williams meadow, the concern is because this is not been planned. >> we're doing everything last minute to provide any resources we can. we just want to make sure that nobody gets hurt and it's the safest possible. >> the pastor says he felt like he had little choice but to make sure that anyone choosing to celebrate could do it in a safe manner. but that should not, he says, be misinterpreted as an open invitation. >> we're hoping nobody shows up. you know, our best case scenario is we're just out there by ourselves, and we brought a bunch of water in. we don't use it all. >> a san francisco police released a statement today saying they would have increased staffing and are prepared for events surrounding 420 celebration, the city also saying that they will have dui
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patrols out in force on 420 looking for impaired drivers in san francisco, christien kafton ktvu fox two news a reminder we will be streaming the unofficial 420 celebration live from hippie hill. >> you can watch it on the fox local app from 3 to 5 tomorrow afternoon. >> and as we do head into the weekend, temperatures will continue to cool off in most areas, so no big changes in your saturday forecast. we have a big push of fog already, pushing back into the bay. so what's happening? that marine layer is deepening a bit and as a result, that will lead to temperatures trending down at least as we start off the weekend. here's a satellite. as you can pick out over the past few frames, the low clouds and fog making a comeback near the coast and already pushing locally back into the bay. so some of the overcast is expanding as we bring up the bigger picture out here in the pacific. there's a storm out here, but all the energy for right now is up and over the bay area. so our dry weather pattern will continue into the weekend and into early next week. maybe next week. by
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wednesday or thursday, we could be talking about some shower chances back in our forecast, but for right now we are showing you this. we have partly cloudy skies, some low clouds and fog making a comeback, and also some breezy conditions in a few neighborhoods. oakland airport winds at about 16 miles an hour. concord about 13 miles an hour. sfo winds at about 17 miles an hour. so these are not extremely strong wind reports. but still, there is a bit of a breeze out there. and this is what it looks like in the middle of a cloud. as you can see, it's moving. moving into the bay over san francisco probably about ten minutes ago. there's a big area of clear skies, but the fog is making its presence as you can see here, in full force and current numbers. san francisco, in fact, with that, fog has cooled off to 56 degrees. oakland is checking in 60 and san jose right now in the upper 60s. 68 for tonight, partly cloudy. the coastal fog is increasing for this weekend. some cloud cover in the morning. definitely temperatures. the warmest day will be on sunday and then next week. definitely some more clouds and then temperatures dropping off quite
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a bit as well, and maybe some shower chances. we're trying to figure that out. that could be for wednesday into thursday. tomorrow morning we could have some drizzle out there and some cloud cover overnight. temperatures will be in the upper 40s to the 50s. here's the forecast model and then into the afternoon hours. we are expecting some clearing skies. so partly sunny conditions. and there's the eventual temperature range from the 60s all the way to the upper 70s. so this guy is moving in at least for saturday. that will keep those temperatures in check. and then by sunday and into monday we'll see this area of high pressure return. and that will lead to that minor uptick in temperatures for those two days. here we go. tomorrow morning. cloud cover. this is 6 a.m. into the afternoon hours. this forecast model scales back on the clouds and then into sunday. we are expecting mostly sunny skies and a little bit of a warm up out there for the second half of the weekend. take a look at the numbers for tomorrow for your saturday. san francisco downtown approaching the mid 60s san jose, upper 70s, antioch 79 and san rafael. a forecast high of 73 degrees. here's a look ahead. your five day forecast
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sunday is partly cloudy, but we'll warm things up a little bit for sunday and into monday. and here's our cooling trend for next week. for tuesday into wednesday, and maybe by wednesday. there's a slight chance of a sprinkle back in the bay area forecast, at least for right now. we'll celebrate the dry conditions headed our way. >> sounds good mark. thank you. well, there's a new episode of ktvu sports program that goes way beyond the final score this sunday evening, we'll introduce you to at2 teenage boys, an unprecedented college offer for them. they're not even close to graduation. how their strength and dedication is turning heads in the world of weightlifting. plus, student volunteers teaching tennis to athletes on the autism spectrum. a look at one of the local chapters of this national nonprofit in the east bay that is making the game 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.
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>> i hope you'll join me when sports focus airs sunday evening at 630, and after it airs, you can find it streaming online on our fox local app. >> the a's got off to a hot start against the guardians, but how did they finish jesse? gary will have the story coming up in sports and a quick reminder you can get ktvu on demand on your smart tv through the fox local app. >> you can watch live newscasts, see all kinds of in-depth content from our newsroom on a variety of topics. it is a free down ad for your smart business. it's not a nine-to-five proposition. it's all day and into the night. it's all the things that keep this world turning. the go-tos that keep us going. the places we cheer. and check in. they all choose the advanced network solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. see why comcast business powers more small businesses than anyone else. get started for $49.99 a month plus ask how to get up to an $800 prepaid card. don't wait- call today.
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themselves the green and gold, sporting a winning record on the road. so off to cleveland we go. it started off so good. bottom. top of the first third pitch of the game. abraham toro launches this shot to right. there it goes. his first of the season gives the a's an early one. nothing lead. and unfortunately that's about all you would have to cheer for a's fans. the guardians would score the next eight runs in route to a 10 to 2 win. the road trip off to a
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rough start. the same two teams play tomorrow afternoon following their blowout loss to sacramento in the nba for home run number, a guardians. well, we're going to keep we're going to keep watching the a's. we tend to beat his and enough following their loss in the play in game wednesday, the golden state warriors find themselves in a state of flux. questions surrounding the dubs dynasty core players are growing louder. this after a disappointing regular season that saw a late surge push the warriors into the extra game, only to lose going forward. can golden state compete at the highest level with an aging triumvirate? steph curry, draymond green and klay thompson? green says fears of the trio's early demise may be unfounded. on a recent episode of his podcast, he spoke of a conversation with curry directly after the team's loss in sacramento. >> right after the game in the kings locker room. i said, i love you, bro. it's like, i love you, too. we ain't done. you're
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right. got it? no. that cool? we ain't. you're right. >> staying with basketball. the heat and bulls battling in miami tonight. the winner gets the eighth playoff seed the loser out. third quarter action with miami up 17 and tyler herro with the long three. knocks it down pushing the lead to 20. hero led with 24 points. the heat run away with this 111 12 to 91. and for those great efforts, miami gets the joy of traveling up i-95 and playing the celtics sunday in boston. after suffering a shutout loss at home last week, the san jose sharks. excuse me, san jose earthquakes hit the road this weekend. sunday, the play they'll play their 100th california clasico against arch rival the la galaxy. and san jose looks to avenge a31 loss to la. and their first meeting of the season back in march. the sold out crowd at
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paypal park had little to cheer as the galaxy spoiled the home opener, winning three one. quakes head coach luchi gonzalez looks to right his faltering ship and make a dent in the all time series, which the la galaxy lead 47 to 33 with 19 draws. kick off is at 515 on sunday and then the giants are playing tonight at home against the diamondbacks division foes. both teams tied for third, so let's go giants a lot going on. >> yes. all right jesse thank you. >> the alex savage is coming up next with west coast wrap. we'll see yo back here tonight at
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tonight we have new developments in plans for two pro sports teams here in the west to relocate to new cities. some of their fans getting an apology

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