hall of fame. the incoming class includes ozzy osborne, mary j. blige, dave matthews band, foreigner, peter frampton, a tribe called quest and kool and the gang. cher was selected by voters after appearing on the ballot for the first time. the late jimmy buffett was also going into the hall this year, and he will, despite not being on the nomination list. the annual induction ceremony happens october 19th in cleveland, ohio, for the second weekend in a row. civil wars at the top of the box office, the dystopian film is set in a near future us, where california and texas joined together in a rebellion against a fascist president. the movie brought in $11 million in ticket sales for its second weekend. >> for the first time in us history, a former president is put on criminal trial. we're talking with a legal analyst about what to expect inside the courtroom as opening statements begin in former president donald trump's so-called hush money trial, then a disruption for commuters in the north bay.

>> why ferry service from sausalito to san francisco is suspended indefinitely, and what's available instead? >> an unexpected site at a beach off the coast of alameda. >> i didn't know it was a whale. i thought it was a rock at first. >> it is dead and its life is over. >> the efforts underway to remove a dead whale on the beach, as scientists try to uncover what led to the animal's death. >> live from jack london square. this is morning time two. >> the nine. >> today is monday, april 22nd. we're looking live at the skyline of san francisco and also a little bit of cloud. i would say that's haze, clouds, rosemary will be around to tell us what we can expect in the weather, but i don't think the weekend weather that we had is going to last this week. we'll talk to her for more information on that new proposed legislation in california would ban the expedited security screening company. clear. let me turn this off here. so you don't hear anything from the airport.

clear. customers pay $189 a year to verify their identities at airport kiosks before being escorted past other passengers to the front of the tsa lines. supporters of the proposed legislation say clear passengers shouldn't be allowed to skip the line just because they have more money. several airlines are fighting the bill, saying revenue loss from clear could result in increased airfares. we want some viewer reaction on this. this morning we're asking you, do you suppose do you support the proposed bill to regulate line skipping at california airports? your options are yes. it's not fair. no, i love clear. it doesn't bother me. scan that qr code or go to ktvu.com/vote. this is going to be this is going to be a contentious issue. i have a feeling, this is interesting. >> when i read it this morning and sent it to megan, her producer, i said, i said, wow, this it's $189 a year, and that will allow you to get to the front of the line a little bit faster than everyone else. right? business travelers, i

suspect it's good for because you're coming to the airport. you travel so much that's worth it for it. it's worth it for them. and then some people have been getting it. i don't have it. i've wanted to get it, actually. >> and you travel somewhat. >> i'm not extensively, not extensively, but the two of us put together. >> yeah. >> so, you know, i thought maybe it would be a good idea to get. and i was really shocked to hear this, but but you know, they're saying this is a, this is a thing between haves and have nots. if you can't afford to pay to have clear, you're stuck in line with everyone else, which is, you know, which is which is true. i mean, that's where i am with everyone else. yeah. >> you know, i'm kind of mixed on this. i think that if you travel a lot, especially if you're a business person and remember, they prescreen you, right? so that's the whole thing. >> it's your prescreen. so, so that you're paying for that, the ability to do that which, you know, that's how capitalist society works. you can pay for things a little bit easier. >> many things that people who are the haves get that others have nots don't. so i don't know if you can really. it's kind of a big can of worms, right?

>> yes it is. >> well, we love it when you weigh in on the old cano. >> garcia is not going to pay for it either way. >> no, but i don't fly that often, so it doesn't make financial sense, right? >> like, why do it if you're not flying on a regular basis? but i could see someone who flies on a regular basis to visit family, to visit loved ones, to travel for business, i could see why it would be worth it. you don't have to get to the airport and just sit and wait, right? you know you can get there closer to the time. i like doing that anyway. >> andre, back to you. >> yes you do. you do. you do like to go to the airport early and check out some of the restaurants there for sure. we'll revisit this. >> no, no, no, we'll revisit it throughout the night. and you guys keep weighing in on our website. let's swing out to our newscast here. and we'll start with the issues at the ferry terminal in sausalito, which is closed now. we've learned why and what led to the suspension of service between sausalito and san francisco until further notice. ktvu james torres live in sausalito here, with new details on the damage discovered under the pier there. james garcia, we've seen it all morning long. >> a number of people coming up here to the ferry terminal, coming up to see if they need to

fill out one of these cards, and they just see all of these signs, letting them know that the ferry service at this time is suspended for at least the next couple of days. a spokesperson for the golden gate ferry telling us that during a routine inspection of the pier, crews found damage on one of its four pylons. so now out of an abundance of caution, this is now closed and not able to pick up or drop people off. instead, the service is offering free busses to bridge the gap. they'll take off from here at the normal ferry departure times , and we spoke to some people who rely on the ferry to get into san francisco on a regular basis. they say. of course they prefer riding the boat compared to driving, but the bus bridge is just as reliable, and it's honestly not really an inconvenience. >> i have a couple different ways i can get to work. fortunately i do have a car as well. i just prefer not to pay a bridge tolls. so, yeah, bus not a big deal. >> well, now the question is, how long will this take and how long will this be the case? crews say repairs on the pylons already started over the weekend, and they should get it

back to where they want it to be by the end of the week. they'll do another inspection on the pier to determine how soon after that, they can officially reopen and officially relaunch the ferry service. so your options at this point now rely on that bus bridge when they take off at those normal departure times. you can also head your way over to the larkspur ferry terminal. and that's just about 15 minutes from where we're standing this morning. these crews also suggest you keep an eye on their updates on their ex and all other social media platforms. they say they'll try to provide some regular updates there, as well as the golden gate ferry website. we're live this morning in sausalito. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> james thank you. a motorcyclist is in the hospital after a crash during a sideshow near oakland's lake merritt. this was the scene after the crash around 6 p.m. yesterday at the intersection of grand avenue and perkins street. sideshow participants on dirt bikes still

driving through the area as police investigated the crash, in which a car reportedly hit a motorcycle. oakland police say as many as 50 dirt bikes and atvs were part of the sideshow. we still don't know if the motorcyclist injured was involved in the stunts or. >> former president donald trump is back in court this morning as opening statements begin in his so-called hush money trial. 12 jurors will decide whether or not donald trump falsified business records to cover up an alleged sex scandal during his 2016 presidential campaign. joining us now for more inside in the trial is professor david levine from uc law, san francisco. professor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we just had our first witness take the stand. what can you tell us? we don't have video in the trial, but reporters are updating us on what's going on. tell us what's going on. >> well, what we understand, andre, is that the first witness is on david pecker from the national enquirer. who's going to begin to tell the story? >> and who's witness is this defense or prosecution? >> prosecution witness. what we've heard the bulk of what we heard today was that the prosecution was able to make an opening statement, which is explaining to the jury what the

prosecution says they will show how the story is going to fit together. and we also heard from the defense lawyer, mr. blanch, who said, this is all nonsense. every single one of those witnesses is biased against mr. trump. and then he's got his narrative. and now we are just now, seconds ago, beginning with the first witness, the first witness, david pecker from the national enquirer, he they prosecutors, prosecution says was involved in a catch and kill scheme which which one of the accusers who said she had a year long affair with donald trump, the enquirer apparently bought the story and then killed the story so it wouldn't make it public. >> is that the understanding here and how does that fit into the larger case? >> that's right. and it's also part of this wider scheme. so the prosecution's narrative is that david pecker, who is the publisher of the national enquirer, was instrumental in helping mr. trump in a number of different ways. high, high, potentially damaging things, right. >> during the campaign in 2016. >> exactly. and that there is apparently, according to the prosecution, there was a meeting

with mr. cohen, mr. pecker and mr. trump at which they planned some of this out and that it was not only stormy daniels who we've heard so much about, but also this former playboy model, karen mcdougal, and that that's what mr. pecker was doing, is that he was helping in getting bad stories out of the public eye. >> so now this all comes to the payments that were mislabeled, according to the prosecutors by trump, prosecutors allege trump reimbursed michael cohen, who paid off stormy daniels and was involved in negotiations between him and i think david pecker as well, what got michael? michael cohen was paid $420,000, daniels was paid $130,000 for her story. the defense is arguing, that trump paid him $420,000 to michael cohen in legal fees, so you can't. so involved in that legal fees would be the 130 that was paid for the payment that was made for stormy daniels and trump's lawyers are saying, look, these were just standard legal fees. that's why you can't classify this as him trying to cover up anything. what can you tell us about that? >> right. well, apparently what

they did, according to michael cohen, according to what the prosecutors will say, is that because they wanted to disguise all of this as legal fees, and mr. cohen did not want to have to pay extra money? so what happened is that the argument is that mr. trump overpaid, if you will. michael cohen, so that michael cohen could treat this as legal fees, pay his taxes in new york as well as federal taxes, and end up even so that cohen could pay off stormy daniels and pay the government, and he would not be out any money. and that the argument from the prosecution is that this was all in the service of what mr. trump needed to commit election fraud to cover this all up, to hide it from voters and potentially affect the election. >> that's right. todd blanch saying in response to that in court today, the defense attorney for trump ask yourself, would a frugal businessman, a man who pinches pennies, repay $130,000 debt to the tune of 420,000? but you just explained why that could be the case, why he paid him $420,000. all right, let's go through what, trump's lawyer also said here, took

particular issue with this. he says he says, the prosecution insinuate that attempting to influence an election connotates illegality. he says, quote, i have a spoiler. there's nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. it's called democracy, bland said. they they put something sinister on the idea, as if it's a crime. you'll learn that it's not. but what can we infer from that? and based on what we know about the case? right. >> so what the defense is going to say is even if the money was paid, even if mr. trump knew stormy daniels and the rest, that there's nothing illegal about it. and i think when we were last together, we agreed that hush money alone, if you want to pay somebody some money, that's fine. >> that's okay. >> right. but it's the distortions. it's the hiding through these making the books false. and then the narrative from the prosecution is the problem was that the access hollywood tape had come out and that things were going badly for mr. trump, and that to have more stories come out about affairs would have been fatal at that point. so in the prosecution's view, it's all about defrauding

the american people, defrauding the electorate. and mr. blanch, the defense lawyer, is going to say, what are you doing? but explaining things to the electorate and the prosecutor, they intend on using the benchmark of that. >> 2005 access hollywood tape, in which the president talks about, touching women inappropriately. right, as, as a benchmark, as a, as a launching pad for them trying to cover up the particular case with with daniels and mcdougal. correct. >> that's right. to put it all in context. right. so that, david pecker's testimony that's going on right now is also part of that context. so that they had had this longer deal with the national enquirer to bury bad stories and to promote stories that were helpful to mr. trump. that was part of it, and that then access hollywood comes out and it looks really bad for mr. trump and these other things . we're going to look really bad. and so the then the argument from the prosecution is that, in short order, all of a sudden, michael cohen sends the

money to stormy daniels lawyer. but there's tape, andre. there's tape. right. a tape with michael cohen and mr. trump talking about it that's going to be played for the jury, which absolutely is going to be heard. >> so the idea organizing this whole scheme apparently, right. that that they say will prove what they're prosecutors. right. >> that's right. they will put the narrative together. right. so what we're going to have is the two sides are going to have different narratives. some things are irrefutable. the checks were written, michael cohen got money, michael cohen sent money to stormy daniels lawyers. nobody's going to refute those. it's a matter of what is the spin that goes around it. it was nefarious. it was illegal. it was to defraud the american people, or it was just to avoid embarrassment at home. >> can you prove, can you prove it was a nefarious thing to do what they did? the ledger thing, though, is that's a law. i mean, i'm putting information in a ledger. that's that's that's incorrect. right. >> those were only misdemeanors. so that if mr. trump is convicted of the misdemeanors,

he's going to walk out of there as proud as can be. he's going to declare a victory. >> no big deal, david rubin, thank you for providing insight into this case. anytime. we'll see what happens. just day one opening opening statements in the first person on the trial. you know it's going to be colorful. see you soon. all right. all right. moving on to this now. tensions rise as pro-palestinian protesters escalate on and off columbia university's campus. a new measures put in place to increase security measures. now, then, a concerning trend in e-bike injuries emerges. we're talking live with an expert about the new research that shows a staggering increase in both injuries and hospitalizations, and explore the factors co ributing to the . we'll e ri

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like normal bikes that kids will be riding just growing up, the higher speeds really increase the potential for injury and potentially more severe injuries as well. >> i remember when they started a few years before the pandemic, they were sort of pitched as a commute alternative, a greener way to get from, let's say, the ferry building to city hall instead of jumping in a car. what have they evolved into? well i'll say that, you know, we did a study. >> we looked at who's getting injured from e-bikes coming to emergency departments, and that is a good population of the study. i'd say about 60% are adults or older adults riding e-bikes lightly for commute, getting around short time travel. but we did notice too, in our data that there are more and more cases where children so patients under 18 years of age are riding e bicycles. just to give you some figures, in 2017 we had no injuries essentially in children. and in 2022, that's about one in 8 or 7 injuries are happening to those under 18.

>> and what age group? and i say this as the mother of a 13 year old and in many of his friends have e-bikes, what age do you think should parents start having the conversation about letting junior ride an e-bike? >> well, you know, laws right now in california, if you're looking at a class three e-bike, that's an e-bike that can go up to potentially 28 miles an hour. the age for that is 16 to be able to ride it. and i think that's a good approach in terms of treating an e bicycle, kind of almost like how we treat automobiles, because you're really on the road with other cars, and it's really important that you understand traffic regulations, the rules of the road. so i think at that age is really a good time to start having this conversation at 16. >> so what do you say to parents of 12 and 13 year olds, which i've seen at least in my little neighborhood? and parents will tell you, look, it means that, you know, so and so can get to their sports practice without me taking time away from work. there's all sorts of reasonable, excuses. if you will, or reasons for having a child on an e-bike. what are the safety concerns

that you'd like to bring to that conversation? >> yeah, i think that, you know, one consideration is the speeds that they can go at, and especially with a child who may not know the rules of the road or a child who might have a higher risk of injury. you know, we see that in kids in particular, there tends to be more head injuries just because the head makes up a larger area of the body. so i think it's really important in this population to have supervision, really emphasize helmet use in our data. we found that in the most recent year, in 2022, only a little bit over a third of riders that were injured were wearing helmets at the time of injury. and we actually lag behind other countries on that metric. and switzerland, for example, it's closer to 70% of injured e-bike riders that wear helmets. wow. >> do you think we might be headed in that direction? >> i think it's certainly right now, a concerning trend because we're kind of moving in the opposite way. in 2017, it was around half and now we're down to almost a third. so it's really important to emphasize

helmet use and what that looks like, whether it's policies, regulations or enforcement, i think that remains to be seen. but the data is clearly showing that less and less people are wearing helmets. >> we talked last week about there's a community up in marin that wants to regulate the e-bikes, have the kids register them with the school. i question who should be regulating this. i mean, you're not going to have that. let's say opd, oakland police pulling over what looks to be a 13 year old kid without a helmet on an e-bike. i mean, how do you think it should work if you could draw the plan? well you know, i think it's challenging from a enforcement perspective, as you mentioned. >> you know, if law enforcement already kind of not having the bandwidth to take on enforcement of some of these policies, even if they exist and you're supposed to wear a helmet, who's enforcing it? and i think that's probably something we couldn't say definitively from our study. you know, we looked at it observationally. we didn't run any experiments or interventions. looking at the effect of different policies. so i think that kind of remains to be seen, but it's definitely something that needs more

scrutiny and i think needs some more regulation because these are not like conventional bicycles. >> and is that your biggest takeaway that don't think, hey, just because susie can ride a bike, susie can also ride an e-bike, right? >> i think, you know, it's a balancing question. i think there's benefits to this technology. and the question is how we can reduce the risk so that the benefits are proportionally greater and i think some caution and further study is definitely a step in the right direction. >> yeah. boy they've just bubbled up. i mean like this time last year they weren't a thing. and now they are the thing. all right. kevin lee, it's so good to have you from ucsf. >> thank you. i appreciate your time. >> of course it's insightful research. it's worth a good long read. absolutely. all right. coming up here on mornings on to the nine. if you can't stand the thought of another zoom meeting i has you covered how you

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we're able to get outside. so let's see what the changes are coming in, where they'll be happening in parts of the bay area. rosemary. yes, andre. >> good morning. happy monday and happy earth day to all of you out there. so this time of year when we get those changes that come our way, we kind of see it in stages, right? the coast will get it first. our inland cities, it usually takes an extra day or so. and that's exactly the pattern that is setting up for today, giving you a live look here over jack london square. a little bit of fog out there this morning, but by the afternoon do expect the low clouds to be banked up against the coastline. that will

lead to a little bit of a cooldown for our coast today as well, as the onshore breeze is expected to pick up as well. our inland cities enjoying weather just like yesterday. 70s and low 80s for you there, but the futurecast model paints a good picture of what i'm talking about here. by 4:00 in the afternoon, those clouds up against the coastline. by sunset, those clouds are moving across the bay into the north bay, and we have drizzle out there as well. so this is going to be the start of a cooling trend by tomorrow morning. the clouds are more widespread, the patchy drizzle remains in place and our temperatures take a bigger drop, especially inland for your bay area. tuesday, 64 degrees right now in san francisco. low 70s in brentwood. so many of our inland areas and even around the bay starting out warmer this morning. but by the afternoon we begin to see a transition to our new pattern here, 60 degrees for the afternoon in pacifica, 66 in san francisco, 70s around the bay, upper 70s to low 80s expected in lynn. if you're going to the

giants game, that onshore breeze and the partly cloudy skies and the cool conditions by 645, we do expect 58 degrees. so bring along the hoodie. the jacket. it's going to be a cool one at the ballpark this evening. the extended forecast notice the drop in temperatures for tomorrow. our inland communities take a ten, maybe even 12 degree dip. and then we continue that cooling. wednesday, thursday, friday upper 50s at the coast to 60s around the bay as well as inland. even a slight chance for scattered showers on thursday night and friday morning. and then we are dry for the weekend with mild conditions, upper 50s remaining at the coast, upper 60s, low 70s inland. back to you. >> all right, rosemary, thank you. coming up on mornings on two. the nine. a whale found dead floating off an east bay shoreline but may have caused its death and the efforts to bring it to shore. then sales of electric vehicles are skyrocketing nationwide. we'll take a look. we'll talk live with an expert on how to navigate the

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providing a digital clone of yourself. the tech is called delphi ai. it's been touted as the world's first digital cloning platform, and the company says clones can mimic the user's thoughts and speech and take as little as an hour to create. officials say it can allow professional experts to reach many more people than they would on their own. users must have a photo id, though, to prevent the i am andre senior. please make an ai of me when in actuality i am not andre senior. remember back during the pandemic, we were all working from home and zooming and all that and we joke that people were putting like cardboard cutouts of themselves just show up for that meeting would keep the camera off right, or right? right. keep the camera off. would you ever employ ai to you know, if we had some? >> i don't think so. because, you know, i'm still not comfortable with the computer making decisions as to what i would say right now, if i'm just going to be quiet in the meeting and listen, then then you would absolutely do that. >> yeah, yeah. i always pictured myself getting some glasses with the eyes that are open all the time. oh yes. put them on. >> and you're like nodding off behind them behind the glass. the risk is if the if the boss

says, what do you think, andre? and you're like, what? like in the classroom. >> yeah, right. i think i may have thought about that idea when i was in school when i was younger. >> all right, let's swing back to your question. we posed to you early at the start of the night. we were talking about the proposed bill to regulate line skipping at california airports. the clear program that allows you to pay almost 200 bucks. you get to skip a lot of the headache associated with traveling. we've seen these numbers change a little bit since we last checked in. 13% of you only say it's not fair. the bulk of you, 62% say no. i love clear. don't do away with it. don't regulate it. it's fine as it is. 25% say it doesn't bother me. you can still vote. you can scan the qr code. the top right of your screen, or you can also head to our website ktvu .com/ vote. there's a link on the home page. we'll take your answers throughout the morning. >> david levine also pointed out he uses precheck, which is different than clear tsa precheck. tsa precheck, where you don't have to take your shoes off and certain things, you know, and the average time i'm reading that's a little bit cheaper. yeah, that's not going anywhere. >> that's run by the tsa, that's

run by the tsa. >> that clear is a separate company that works with the tsa. so that's a little bit cheaper if you want to do that, to try and get through the line a little bit faster, so there's another option there, which doesn't seem to be part of this bill that's being introduced here. so we'll see what happens next. all right. safe travels everyone. all right. let's move to this story right now to that sad sign off alameda coast this weekend. people out for a stroll along crown beach this weekend saw a large gray whale dead in the water. scientists hope they can start work soon to determine how and why the whale died. ktvu ali rasmus is live this morning and ali, it could take scientists longer than they hoped to get some answers to. what caused that whale to pass. tell us about it. >> yes. and that's andre. that's because they have to find the whale carcass and then take some steps to have it towed to angel island state park in order to do that. necropsy. now, we are at alameda crown beach. and where you see that boy over there out on the water? that is where the gray whale carcass, about 40ft long, was spotted saturday evening. beachgoers could see it from the shoreline here, just 24 hours ago, but scientists from the marine mammal center tell us

this morning that the carcass of that female gray whale had been stuck there, but overnight it dislodged. and now it is free floating with the tide somewhere in the bay in alameda this morning, people are still talking about the disturbing sight and all the questions surrounding it. >> how did it die and why was it so close to shore here? like it's really shallow. so how did it get in? >> i think it would be interesting to find out what the cause of death was, especially finding out that it wasn't a calf and that it was, appear to be otherwise healthy female. >> now, as we said, scientists haven't been able to do a necropsy yet because they have to get the carcass onto solid land to do that. and the plan is to have it transported to angel island state park to do that work. but it's not clear when that will happen. >> what we'll do once we get the whale to a point where we can conduct an animal autopsy called a necropsy, we will open it up and look for broken bones and hemorrhaging to see if the

animal suffered a blunt force trauma from a vessel strike. >> scientists from the california academy of sciences are leading this investigation. and before the carcass floated away, they were able to gather some samples from the whale's blubber, they say. so far, there's no initial indication that the whale died from a vessel strike. but again, they just won't know for sure until they get a closer look. now, as for the timeline in towing the carcass and doing that necropsy, we've reached out to east bay regional parks, which operates alameda, alameda, crown state beach, and also to the scientists with the california academy of sciences to find out what their timeline is. we have not yet heard back from them. live in alameda, allie rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> allie, thank you. hundreds of people helped raise money for the family of two brothers who were attacked by a mountain lion in el dorado county. people gathered at a brewery in the community of camino to support

them. the brothers were out looking for antlers last month in a remote wooded area when a mountain lion attacked them, 21 year old taylin brooks was killed. his brother wyatt was seriously injured. >> it's a horrible thing that happened, and it's a way that people can do something to help and they really come out and come together. >> all the money raised will go to support the family. wyatt is expected to make a full recovery. >> electric vehicles continue to grow in popularity, according to marketwatch, about 1.6 million evs were sold nationwide last year. that's a 60% increase from the year before. and if you're thinking about making the switch to an electric vehicle, it can be a bit overwhelming. with all the players in the market and all the details you have to sift through. with us now for insight and tips is peter glenn, who's the ceo and co-founder of ev life. peter, welcome. >> hi there. and happy earth day. >> same to you. all right, a lot of people don't want to change the flow, right? you go to the gas station, you fill up, and

then you have 400 miles. you don't have to worry about charging, and they don't want to change that workflow. the workflow to have an electric car, obviously, is you have to be more mindful about charging, but then you don't have to worry about gas. >> that's right. it's a little different. and at ev life company that i co-founded, we're making it really easy and more affordable for anyone to make that switch to drive electric vehicles and just make it really simple and make those those habit changes and also realize the maximum savings on electric vehicles. >> so i was going to say the biggest fear, i think, for people who have electric vehicles is that they won't be able to find a charging spot, they'll get somewhere where the charging spots are either all taken or they can't find any at all. and then what do you do? that's why some people like hybrids. for example. and hybrids are perfectly great vehicles. i am a longtime prius driver. before i switched over and got a tesla which has, by the way over 320 miles of range and i never have a trouble any trouble with with charging. i

think it's just really a habit shift. right. like for me, in an electric vehicle, i think myself and our ev life customers find that, you know, it takes time to go to the gas station to and charging your electric vehicle, if you can get charging at home is a little bit more like charging your cell phone. you kind of set it and forget it at the end of the day and get enough miles powered up, each morning to be able to go off and drive. you know, most americans and californians drive like 30, 40 miles a day. you can usually top up every night, even if you're charging just out of a normal electric plug, so you don't have to worry about that on road trips. it's a little bit different, you know, you need to find good public charging and of course, many automakers are now joining the tesla max charging network right now, that's the big news around evs. this year. and so, many of the different automakers are going to have access to much more robust ev charging, going forward this year, rivian and ford drivers already have access to the tesla and aces network. >> you know, i have a lot of

friends who are a multi-car family, right? so maybe dad drives an ev and mom still drives the minivan. and that way if they go on a trip, they can do, you know, the gas. but if they are local, they can do ev. do you see a lot of that? >> yeah. i mean, that's how my family is. but i'll tell you what. we left the hybrid. we left our toyota prius at home. we just went to yosemite for spring break, took our daughter there, and we were driving, you know, over 100 miles a day, in our tesla. and we had absolutely no issues with charging. in fact, it was kind of fun to stop at certain points for 20 minutes and get a super charge at and do something fun, like at a resort or a hotel, or just take a break, stretch our legs on the road trip. so yes, it's a good safety net, but i think more and more families are realizing that they don't actually might even want to leave their hybrid at home on the road trip, because it's so much more fun driving electric. yeah, and you're also reducing your emissions, you know, up to 80% when you're driving in that electric car

because of how clean electric motors are and how clean the california electric grid is. >> so suppose you want to make the shift. what's the first thing you should do if you want to, you know, say i'm going to do it. everyone seems to be doing it. i'm going to go out and get a car. what should i do? >> yeah. well, let me let me start with what you should know. i think the first thing that potential ev drivers and shoppers should know is that evs are essentially savings accounts on wheels. you're going to save over $1,000 a year on fuel, and with gas prices rising right now, that savings is going to be magnified, especially in california, where gas is over five and in some cases $7 per gallon. right now, it's really spiking up huge savings there. you're also going to be saving the planet, you're going to reduce your climate impact just from driving by up to 80, again, because of how clean the vehicle and the grid is. that's for many drivers, that's like 25% of your carbon footprint. so if you think about things that you can set and forget this earth day and every day after switching to

an ev is one of the best things an individual household can do, for the planet and for their pocketbook. and that's that's really why we founded ev life, so in terms of considerations, you know, you obviously want to think about getting the best rate, whether you're, you're financing or leasing, there is a lot of discounts on the market just in general for new evs. and, also tax credits and rebates to take advantage, which is a big part of what i co-founded my company, ev life, to help customers navigate, you also want to understand how to charge and how to install a charger in your home, if you can control that, or if you're in a condo or apartment. how to talk to your property manager about installing, charging, or accessing public charging near you. >> all right. peter glenn, the ceo and co-founder of ev life, those are some pretty good tips. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. and if anyone's interested in learning more, they can go to ev life co to qualify for great financing deals and also check over 500

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ces will be held virtually after days of pro-palestinian protests at the school. as alexis mcadams reports, these protests have raised safety concerns for the university's jewish students. >> anti-israel protests continue in ivy league campuses across the country. the president of columbia university shifting to all virtual classes, releasing a statement, writing in part, the decibel of our disagreements has only increased in recent days. we need to reset jewish students on campus say they just don't feel safe. a rabbi at the ivy league school telling students to head home. >> people have been saying for a while now that they don't feel safe, and a lot of that had to do with the rhetoric. but but i want to be clear right now, this is now gotten into physical

safety. i no longer feel physically, physically safe. >> the fact that this is spreading is not surprising to me. >> great, great, great college at yale university in new haven, connecticut. police removing protesters from encampments on campus, leading to arrests. these protests come as jewish students prepare to celebrate passover, a major jewish holiday focused on freedom. and in israel, some israelis finding it hard to celebrate one of the community's hardest hit by hamas attacks. on october seventh, setting a communal table in tel aviv. that table has empty seats representing those who have been killed, taken hostage or are still fighting. >> we're a broken community, but with the hope to continue now more than six months after those attacks, the focus remains on getting the hostages home. we are holding on to the hope that our hostages will return. >> so here at columbia university, the school says they'll add more safety and security measures to help keep students safe. reporting in new york city i'm alexis mcadams, ktvu, fox two news. >> the $61 billion aid package

for ukraine passed by the house over the weekend is giving morale boost to ukrainian soldiers in recent weeks, ukrainian troops have been forced to withdraw from the front lines as they have been running low on ammunition or other supplies. >> that's the question of life and death. so from humanitarian point of view, this decision will help to save, i think, thousands of lives plus it gives a chance for ukraine to continue the fight. >> the senate could vote on the aid package as soon as tomorrow. president biden has promised to sign it immediately. >> the supreme court has agreed to take up a biden administration appeal over the regulation of ghost guns. it had been struck down by lower courts . the biden administration put a regulation into effect that changed the definition of a firearm to include unfinished parts. it requires parts to have serial numbers and be licensed, and requires manufacturers to run background checks before a sale, as they do with commercially made guns. a texas judge struck down the regulation and was upheld by the fifth

circuit court of appeals. the us supreme court says the biden administration law can remain in effect while the lawsuit continues. arguments will not take place before the fall. >> well, you heard us mention earlier that today is well, we move to this actually, today, the supreme court is hearing arguments in a landmark case on homelessness that could impact the bay area. it involves the city of grants pass, oregon, the high court will decide whether people can be cited and fined for sleeping on the streets. the potential impact in california is significant. a lawsuit over homeless sweeps in san francisco is currently on hold pending a decision in this case, so the breadth of the potential of the effect of this decision really, really is enormous in terms of the day to day lives of not only the homeless but the way people experience life in their own neighborhoods, in their on their own shopping streets, their own parks. advocates say this is the most important supreme court case to address homelessness. federal courts have previously ruled that outdoor sleeping and camping bans violate the

constitution's eighth amendment, which prevents cruel and unusual punishment. >> it's cruel and unusual to tell a person who's homeless, who's sleeping outdoors that he has to move, he can't sleep there or he's going to be arrested. it's a it's a it's an abuse of the constitution which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. >> governor gavin newsom filed a letter with the court supporting grants pass as part of a push for clarity on what local governments can do to confront the homelessness crisis. >> new housing will be unveiled in san jose today that supporters say will help address the homelessness crisis. the 130 unit complex is located not far from diridon station and is meant to help people who could have trouble affording market rate housing half the units have been designated as permanent supportive housing, which will serve people on section eight vouchers. the remaining units will be restricted to households earning 50 to 60% of the area median income. >> a group of government attorneys in santa clara county has filed a complaint with the

federal election commission against district 16 congressional frontrunner sam liccardo and his campaign. the complaint alleges liccardo used super pac money to pay for a recount of the march primary election results in order to avoid a three person race in the november election. >> when we're talking about third party money, when we're talking about super pac money, federal campaign laws require that there not be coordination between those super pacs and a candidate, the complaint says. >> liccardo used a poll from april 8th that showed his campaign would be vulnerable in a three way race, and the next day, a former liccardo staff member requested a recount. it also says the recount was paid for by the ctv pac, which the association says was formed by people close to liccardo. liccardo's campaign released a statement in response to the complaint, saying in part, this complaint filed by a supporter of one of sam liccardo's political opponents, lacks any evidence and cites a poll in which sam liccardo wins a general election by over 5. >> san francisco mayor london breed is back in the bay area

this morning, following a weeklong trip to china. her trip included stops in beijing and shanghai. it was meant to boost tourism to the city and strengthen economic ties with chinese cities and companies. the mayor met with the heads of three chinese airlines and secured an agreement to bring pandas to the san francisco zoo. >> we were truly successful in our trip. we had numerous meetings with government officials, with airlines, and with business leaders. we held a business forum of people who have interest in not only doing business in san francisco, but investing in san francisco right now, flights to china out of sfo are just 50% of pre-pandemic levels. >> new flights would create a lot of revenue for the airport. as for the pandas, mayor breed says she expects to have them arrive as soon as the paperwork is filled out and the zoo makes accommodations, which could take up to a year. >> remember the spice girls? well there could be a reunion on the horizon coming up on mornings on two. the nine a

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legislature. if passed, it would mean teacher candidates would no longer have to take the california teaching performance assessment. the test requires that teachers demonstrate their competence in the classroom by submitting video clips and a 40 to 50 page portfolio of documentation. the california teachers association says eliminating the test would increase the number of credentialed teachers in our state. well, today's earth day and there are many events in the bay area and across the country to inspire people to help the environment. >> this year, the united nations is issuing a warning about the devastating impact discarded plastic is having on our planet. a new un report found countries around the world generate 400 million tons of plastic waste

every year. researchers found. most of that plastic comes from products that are only used once. the problem is plastics are never just plastic. >> they have colors in them. they have fire retardants. these are all chemicals. >> the un says these findings highlight the urgent need to make and buy products that are not in plastic. >> president joe biden is doing his part on earth day as well. today his administration announced it's sending $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects. the grants are expected to serve more than 900,000 households in low and middle income communities. biden also announced plans to expand his american climate corps program, which prepares young workers for jobs in climate related fields, a new study ranking the top ten green cities for u.s. homebuyers found five of them are right here in california. san francisco and oakland both landed in the top half of that list. san francisco at number three, oakland at number five. rounding out the bottom half, sacramento, san diego and san jose. the study ranked each city

based off criteria, including affordability, sustainability, and climate policy. >> happening today a premiere of a musical on broadway featuring hit songs by legendary bay area group huey lewis and the news. they say the heart of rock and roll is to be here. >> and what i see now, people. >> the show is called the heart of rock and roll. it's set in the 80s with the main character who trades his guitar for the corporate world, but still dreams of being a rocker. it's a musical comedy, was first tested in san diego back in 2018. it includes all of huey lewis big hits i want a new drug, do you believe in love, and if this is it? as for huey lewis himself, he was diagnosed in 2018 with méniere's disease. it's a condition that affects the inner ear, causes hearing loss. lewis says he can't hold vocal pitches , may never perform again, but says he's so grateful to be able to work on this musical and says that's helping him deal with his health struggles. >> 16 legendary musicians are the latest inductees into the rock and roll hall of fame. the incoming class includes ozzy osbourne, mary j. blige, dave matthews band, foreigner, peter

frampton, a tribe called quest and kool and the gang. cher was also selected by the voters after appearing on the ballot for the first time. the late jimmy buffett will also go into the hall this year despite not being on the nomination list. the annual induction ceremony will happen october 19th in cleveland, ohio. stop right now. >> thank you very much. we need somebody with the human touch. >> hey, you, you probably know who these five ladies are. the spice girls. they sang along to one of their hits. stop during a 50th birthday party for victoria beckham. also known as posh spice. i cannot believe. i cannot believe she's turned 50 years old. it's incredible. you can see her husband david beckham filmed it. and the biggest news scary spice or mel b responded to the video with the caption tour dates coming soon, the last time all five performed together was during the london olympics in 2012. so that's coming up soon. you know,

they look great. when were they popular? i mean, i remember when i was probably the was it late 90s? yeah, late 90s, early 2000. if you were, if you were in 1998 and turn on the radio, you, you would have heard all that. i just i still cannot believe victoria. they look great. they look fantastic. >> you're frozen in time. >> frozen in time? yeah. somehow. all right, let's get to that poll that we've been talking about this morning. here. here are the results of the poll we mentioned. we were asking, do you support the proposed bill to regulate line skipping at california airports by using the clear program, you could still vote, but here are the results. yes. it's not fair. 12. no i love claire 65% and 24% of people. it doesn't bother me at all. but the noes asking whether you support regulating this. but some those are getting the overwhelming majority here. people said leave it alone. we want claire to be in place and you can pay for it. there's also pre-check. >> i've never heard anyone complain about that to me.

>> that's why i was surprised when i read that the information this morning about this bill coming, and i sent it to megan. i'm like, this is i did not know this was such a controversial issue. yeah. so it's interesting to see what happens now. thank you so much for voting, we'll have much more news coming up, your way, coming up today at noon. in the meantime, you can, check out our newscast anytime by scanning the qr code there for downloading the fox local app for your smart tv. we'll see you again in a few hours. yeah. >> have a great monday. getting rid of all that heat we had this weekend. see you back here at noon. >> three, two, one, it's showtime. ♪ we're gonna have a real good time ♪ ♪ feel good time ♪ ♪ spreading love and joy and laughter all over the place ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a real good time ♪ ♪ feel good