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joins us now with more heather holmes supreme court's response tonight follows an emergency request from the justice department to block a lower court ruling, which would have restricted access to this drug. the decision comes amid a brewing legal battle over the medication in that lower court. after anti abortion doctors filed the lawsuit aimed at forcing the fda to pull the drug from the u. s. district judge in texas ruled in favor of those doctors. the ruling came was sweeping restrictions that would have severely limited access to the medication, even in states where abortion remains legal, prompting this rebuke from the white house. it is a drug that's been around for more than 20 years. it's been used in six more than 60 countries. it is a it is a it has been approved by the fda, which is an evidence evidence based approval. meantime those on both sides of the aisle are still hoping for a legislative victory. we can win
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on abortion, but that means putting democrats on the defense and forcing them to own their own extreme positions. this is part of the extreme gop s dangerous march to a national abortion ban. well now this case will move to an appeals court where it is scheduled to be heard coming up on may 17th, greg and christina. obviously this is far from being resolved. we'll stay on top of those developments in the future. heather holmes you course. president biden issued a statement this evening, saying the stakes could not be higher for women saying quote i will continue to fight politically driven attacks on women's health . but let's be clear. the american people must continue to use their vote as their voice. an elected congress who will pass a law restoring the protections of roe v. wade. governor newsom issued this statement saying. the court has followed science data and the law rather than an extreme and out of touch political agenda. we will continue to fight to protect people's freedom to choose, be sure to stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. we
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have more on our website and we'll have more tonight on the 10 o'clock news denied in the war against fentanyl on the streets of san francisco, ktvu evan sernoffsky now on the plan, just announced by governor gavin newsom. governor gavin newsom announcing friday that the chp and california national guard will join the s f p d and d a s office in a new partnership focused on dismantling fentanyl dealing in san francisco. in a news release friday, the governor said, quote through this new collaborative partnership, we are providing more law enforcement resources and personnel to crack down on crime linked to the fentanyl crisis. holding the poison peddlers accountable and increasing law. enforcement presence to improve public safety and public confidence in san francisco. the announcement comes after newsom made a surprise visit to the tenderloin earlier this week to see the scale of the problem firsthand. mayor london breed said she's been asking the governor for more help from the state to
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combat the crisis. part of what we're getting from the governor is some help some support resources so that we can have the capacity necessary to take on this challenge head on police chief bill scott welcoming the additional resources, saying his officers will continue to police with dignity and respect. we make arrests day in and day out. but it's really hard to hold ground. and we need to get it under control. and that's exactly what we plan to do. the tenderloin is the epicenter of the drug crisis, with dealers lining city blocks and users coming from far and wide more than 600 people a year have died from accidental overdoses recently in san francisco, the vast majority from fentanyl district attorney brooke jenkins has been prosecuting more drug cases since taking office and will be part of the new partnership. the explosion of fentanyl dealing going on in our city. is of a massive scale right now and so with the police staffing shortages as well as
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the full scale of this problem, deploying additional resources from the state is critical. last month, newsome released his plan to spend $79 million to provide more of the opioid reversal drug narcan and communities san francisco public defender manu raju released a statement criticizing the governor's plan, saying it will target low income black and brown communities and quote no amount of law enforcement will solve what is really a public health crisis in the newsroom. evan sernoffsky ktvu fox two news new information tonight in the case of a deadly shooting at a home depot and pleasant him that took the life of a loss prevention officer. the woman accused of the homicide says it was an accident. but his crime reporter henry lee, tells us officers say she tried to take her own life when she was arrested. she was slumped in the seat and the seatbelt was wrapped around her neck and she was unresponsive, authorities say beneath a naps the woman accused of fatally
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shooting a home depot last prevention worker tried to kill herself in the back of an alameda county sheriff's cruiser , given the fact that the seatbelt was wrapped around the subject's neck three times. you know, we're viewing this as an attempt. suicide sheriff's deputies quickly set her up and took her out of the car outside her east oakland apartment. she was able to take a deep breath in and regained consciousness. licensed security guard with priors for theft, was treated at a hospital and then booked early friday at santa rita jail in dublin. alameda county. prosecutors have charged naps with murder in the shooting death of home depot worker blake. most pleasant and police say nap stolen item from the store. pulled a gun from her purse and shot mose at point blank range after he confronted her. she later said she fired by accident. the victim died just months before his wedding. authorities say naps jumped into a nissan pathfinder driven by her boyfriend, david guillory, and had her 21 month old daughter in her lap as deputies in the sheriff's plane chased them to oakland. she got out of
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the vehicle with a child in arms. the tragedy raises questions about the role security and loss prevention workers have at stores, ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza says many retail killers instruct their staff. not to confront shoplifters or risk being fired a certain level they're worried about their own employee, but not as much as being sued by the thieves. and they'd rather tell the security guard just let them go. don't worry about it. we will take the hit, cardoza says. what happened at home depot is exactly the situation. businesses want to avoid, with shoplifters given free rein. retailers have security guards, theoretically to perth sent to prevent theft. but nowadays that doesn't seem to be the purpose at all. the couple has been charged with child abuse. the boyfriend's been charged with being an accessory and felony evading arrest, including driving on the wrong side of the road at high speed. as far as the lead shooter, she is now being held under suicide watch in jail in pleasant, henry ktvu, fox two news police in san jose, say
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they arrested a middle school student today for allegedly bringing a loaded handgun to school. officers were called hoover middle school on park avenue just after 10 this morning, investigators say no threats were made and school continued as normal. a crisis team will be at the school next week to talk with any students who may need support. a middle school teacher in millbrae is accused of sexually assaulting a student, matthew garrett, to sixth grade teacher at taylor middle school was arrested in connection to incidents between november of 2021 to march of 2022. school officials say. the assaults were first reported on february 23rd of this year, garrett was placed on administrative leave. the same. mateo county sheriff's office has since received reports that the 54 year old inappropriately touched other children with some of those complaints from as early as 2007. a lot of barea fans wondering if the oakland a's move is a done deal or just another bump on the rocky road to keeping the team at six ktvu tom baker spoke with one expert
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who still sees some hope left for fans. in its 122 years, the ayes have migrated from philadelphia, the kansas city to oakland and soon with a plan to next home in las vegas now to know that, hey, there's a path forward in las vegas that could work and we have an incredible stadium that we can build their with an amazing vision of a ballpark village legendary sports consultant andy dole. it has served in executive positions in the nfl. nba nhl mlb it was general manager of a former north american soccer league team dulic and oakland tribune writer dave newhouse have written goodbye, oakland. a sports towns fight for survival . what this is, is a gut punch to a community that has seen two teams go and another team right on the edge of going, but is it a fake punch to get oakland officials to flinch? everybody keeps talking about a deal's done in vegas. well, who's
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paying $1.5 billion tom for a convertible dump stadium? uh when is john fisher having a press conference to announce that he's put money in the bank? his advice to oakland and alameda county officials? i would never quit if i was an elective office until i knew a deal was signed, sealed and delivered in las vegas, which as far as i know, is not done, which says there's been way too much delay by going from one possible stadium site to another in oakland or the area in these last few years. what have we seen? we've seen levi's being built and open. we've seen chase center open also built sacramento's golden one center and the raiders stadium in las vegas. how could the a's ownership continue to strike out? when others have done it both privately and publicly. if john fisher was serious of his comment, the colosseum is not
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urban enough to build a new ballpark. what is the definition of urban? the oakland a's could already be playing inequality new ballpark at the coliseum in the last few decades, 20 pro sports teams. have relocated the team says the a's moniker will remain since it first was adopted in 19. oh, one. tom baker, ktvu, fox two news. with the asian likely on the move to las vegas, it opens up the possibility of mlb expansion to other cities. five other cities could enter the running here in nashville and charlotte have long been talked about as expansion cities both presently have triple a teams. montreal used to have a team the expos, but they relocated to washington , d c and became the nationals just prior to the 2005 season. portland and salt lake city round out the list of possible expansion cities, mlb would likely add two more teams, making it a total of 32 teams with 16 in each league, and then they'd have to realign the
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divisions. another round of layoffs hitting the bay area's tech industry lift plants to lay off up to a third of its staff. the mother accused of hosting sex and alcohol fueled parties for underage teens as her day in court the emotional testimony from alleged victims on the witness stand added barrier weather of big time warm up today, lots of seventies and even some eighties if you high clouds showing up in this like camera right now, and maybe some cooling as we head into one part of your weekend, we'll have the update coming up. but first the man accused of throwing eggs and spouting off racist remarks on um uni bussan. authorities believe this is not the first time he's done such a thing. check of our evening community. e sure if we rape gym packed as it always is this time, especially on a friday afternoon or evening. you're watching ktvu news at six will be right ack.
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strict attorney is pursuing hate crime charges in the case. michelle young was recording in february of this year as a racist tirade on, um uni bus turned into a battery suspect, arguing with fellow passengers and hurling eggs. young says she was visiting from new york city riding on the 38. when the incident unfolded, she says, the man began to hurl racial insults and her and another woman of asian descent whom she happened to be sitting next to. he was saying, um racial expletives like you stupid chinese sleep, um, probably at least two times and both of us chose not to look up or engage because he seemed pretty unhinged, young said she pulled out her phone and began to record as another pastor intervened. he was pelted with an egg the man through the egg at m at top speed. and then said, i'm getting off the bus. but young said the egging didn't stop there. the assailant circled back. he ran from the corner alongside the bus, saami
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, look me in the eye and then decided to throw another egg at full speed. right um, right into the window. and if you look at the video, you can see that even though i was behind the window, i was really startled. prosecutors announced thursday that 44 year old joseph benjamin, had been charged with misdemeanor battery and hate crimes, the district attorney saying, although this is a misdemeanor case, she's staying true to her promise to take incidents of hate based crimes seriously. that is absolutely something that we will not tolerate. in san francisco, neither the assaultive behavior nor the fact that this seemed to be motivated by his hatred towards a certain group of people. young is a journalist and said it was instinct to record the incident and share it. social media, she says other victims who described the same suspect have since come forward with their own stories, she says . well this was a shocking incident. she and others have pulled together to call out hate . when they see it did have a sense as a journalist that a racist attack plus a man
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throwing eggs is pretty good journalistic content, and so, um , it was one of the reasons i shared it because i knew that we could have this conversation. um if this video got spread, authorities say they believe benjamin was involved in two other incidents in february and assault on, um uni driver and another incident where they say benjamin used racial slurs and threw food at a woman. they're asking anyone who may have had an encounter with him for witnessed an encounter to contact them in san francisco christien kafton ktvu. fox two news. francisco's ambassador program is coming to the city's outer sunset district today. mayor of london breed rolled out the program along with police chief bill scott and supervisor jolin guardiola on a visit to merchants on irving street. the merchants association says that they're glad to see these patrols. that's because they say they're seeing more burglaries, robberies and assaults in the area. supervisor and cardio said sunset district residents are on edge. they have been asking for the program for a while now. well today we're welcoming retired police officers to come
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back into service and work as ambassadors to walk the streets of the sunset to offer more police presence and protection. 10 retired, unarmed officers will work in the sunset district and shifts of two and they'll be out on the streets until eight pm, the supervisor said. they're also looking forward to beefing up staffing on sfpd. earth day is tomorrow a celebration of natural resources and call the action for environmental protection. nasa is leading the charge to protect the planet by gathering as much data is possible from space. nasa is home to the largest group of earth scientists in the world and using 25 satellites. they are tracking changes around the globe, including air quality, extreme weather patterns and other impacts of climate change . we spoke to one of those scientists about the efforts to protect our resources. these three hope we're making a lot of progress by embracing technology and a lot of increased collaboration in that way. so um , i like to say, especially in this earth day. it's great to take a big step back and just
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remind ourselves of how fragile this planet is in the role that we all play on this this fragile plan. nasa hydrologist john bolton said california's wet winter proves the impacts of climate change and shows the speeding up of the water cycle. that means the drives are getting drier and the wets are getting wetter. newsom announced in california has reached a school of selling 1.5 million zero emission vehicles in our stage. it's two years ahead of schedule in 2012, then governor jerry brown set that goal and expected to reach it by 2025. the governor's office says back then, many people thought it was unrealistic goal. no other state in the nation is doing as much as we are to accelerate our clean energy future and that starts with unprecedented investments to make these cars more affordable for california and families and deploying chargers across our neighborhoods. california adopted new regulations last year requiring 100% of new car sales to be zero emission by 2035. a new report is out about
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the health of california schools when it comes to climate change the climate resilient california schools report was put together over the last several months by statewide coalition of nearly 50 experts, they work together to explore the challenges of climate change for the perspective of children's health and education, according to the report. climate change is a crisis for kids and their schooling. it also found that schools are not equipped for climate resilience, and it calls for investments in climate resilient school infrastructure. we in the in the field of medicine in the field of public health, understand that climate change will be the single greatest determinant of health for a child born today, and when we think about health, we think about both in terms of their physical and mental health, but also that children are suffering from from learning laws and actually, that learning loss as well as a determinant of health in and of itself. a bill making its way through the state senate would require the creation of a master plan for achieving sustainable and climate resilient school facilities.
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barry, whoever you probably noticed the big time warm up today. a beautiful springtime day, lots of sunshine and temperatures, widespread seventies and even a few more eighties to report so big balance. those temperatures were expecting that warm up and verified nicely. you can see all the eighties on this map for fairfield, saratoga, gilroy, cupertino rohnert park up in sonoma county 80 degrees even san francisco in the lower seventies. so a nice and warm up today across the entire region, san jose 77. here's the plan this weekend tomorrow for earth day. we are expecting some patchy morning fog. let's keep an eye on some fog that could be approaching our coastline. still another warm day inland, and then on sunday, that'll be the cooler day of the weekend. as we send that those temperatures down a bit, but here is the fog, as you can see from earlier this afternoon just offshore, and it could be a factor. first thing tomorrow morning, right near the immediate coastline, no rainfall to worry about it. he can't see all the action is focused up here. so we are, but we have a dry weather pattern, and we still have a bit of a breeze.
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this after and as you can see nothing extremely strong, with the wind reports out there conquered northwesterly 15 miles an hour. sfo though gusting to 28 half moon bay gusting to 26 miles an hour. current numbers out there upper fifties to the sixties, the seventies to right around 80 degrees, so we're heading into a mild friday evening. here's our live camera , picking up on some of the high clouds over the north bay. overnight temperatures will be in the fifties of somewhat of a mild start tomorrow morning. here's the forecast model picking up on that and another warm afternoon, especially inland. the warmest occasions for your saturday afternoon will be approaching. the lower eighties, but some cooling right near the immediate coastline with partly cloudy skies. few more changes on our five day forecast, and we'll have more on that with your full update in just a few minutes. mark, thank you. growing and rest in sudan leaves hundreds of people killed , including at least one american, the concerns of what's turning into a humanitarian crisis and water agencies have gotten used to conservation efforts in the last decade. now they're trying to manage a
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ivory charges alejandro toledo became peru's president 2001 after living most of his life in the bay area. he returned to teach at stanford after his term ended in 6 2020 17. the government accused him of taking $20 million in bribes from
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brazilian construction company toledo turned himself in today after losing a year's long legal battle. he denies the charges. the us appears to be taking steps toward a possible evacuation of americans from sudan after a u. s citizen was killed in the fighting, and that move includes moving some troops to a nearby base. meantime the two sides say they have agreed to a ceasefire as muslims marked the end of ramadan boxes. jennifer griffin has the latest from the pentagon. the violent chaos in sudan, claiming the life of at least one american, the state department confirming friday a private u. s citizen was killed as fighting escalates between two rival generals over control of the country. the american was not working with the u. s government and was not located with other diplomats and us security personnel. the pentagon now moving additional forces to a naval base in nearby djibouti for a potential evacuation mission. we always want to make sure that we're doing prudent planning, which is what we're doing. it's still not
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clear exactly how many americans are left in sudan. some are being housed at the us embassy in the capital, khartoum, where heavy fighting has been reported for the past week. but there are others, including state department employees still holed up around the city, waiting for a safe moment to relocate. they are all not still co located, so the state department is still the embassy. they're still trying to get them all collated, located together for their own safety. they are still sheltering in place where they are. some have requested an evacuation. but right now the airport is not functioning and it's too dangerous to attempt any kind of rescue, leaving anxious american civilians and embassy personnel watching and waiting for the fighting to stop . there is no military solution to sudan's political crisis and quite frankly, this kind of ongoing reckless violence threatens the safety of all civilians. secretary of state antony blinken says he's in touch with the rival generals, urging both tobacco ceasefire
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and allow stranded americans to evacuate at the pentagon. jennifer griffin, fox news coming up on ktvu news at 6 30. the so called party mom has her day in court the claims from underage victims that she forced them to have sex in light of their parents. another case of neighbor anger bubbling over indicated fire this time in north carolina and the man accused of firing up his gun turns himself in the later in sports. the nfl cracking down on players gambling will share who was caught violating the league
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access abortion. the medford pistone pill. this decision coming after an emergency request from the justice department to block a ruling by a lower court that would have eliminated access to the pill, even in states where abortion is legal. the case will now move to an appeals court in opening arguments are scheduled for may. 17th governor newsom said he's directing the chp at the california national guard to help san francisco fight fentanyl trafficking. this follows his surprise trip to the city on wednesday to get a firsthand look at the problem. the governor's office says the agencies will collaborate with the s, f p d and the district attorney's office to disrupt sales of the drug by focusing on drug suppliers and traffickers. middle school student under arrest in san jose for allegedly bringing a loaded handgun to school officers were called hoover middle school on park avenue this morning. investigators say that no threats were made and school
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continued on as normal. you're watching ktvu fox two news at 6 30, the woman known as the los gatos party. mom was back in court today. ktvu a reporter jesse gary tells us about the emotional testimony of the victims as shannon o. connor considers whether or not to plead guilty. friday shannon o. connor said quietly next to her attorney and department 39 of superior court during the morning hearing victims and parents of victims spoke volumes as judge elizabeth peterson considers what sentenced to hand down if o'connor pleads guilty, as charged, really allows the judge who is making the decision. to see personally how the actions of the defendant have affected the victim and the victim's family. people produced victim impact statements. some were teens, some parents of those victimized all related. the loss of innocence at o'connor's lost ghettos house in 2021 alleged alcohol laced parties for teens underage sex.
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and then lie after lie to complete a cover up. i was manipulated to lie to my parents. these events still traumatized me, wrote a minor, whom the court identified as john doe number one. shannon had a huge negative effect. she shaped me into being a kid who lies, wrote john doe number two. jane doe number six, says o'connor would tell us to lie to our parents so she wouldn't get caught. she continued to manipulate teens. it is something that is an emotional experience. many of the victims and their family members were crying while they were giving testimony. o'connor has asked the court what sentence she'd receive. if she pleads guilty. the judge will carefully look at is whether ms o'connor is truly remorseful and whether she is someone that will not reoffend and that will go a long way with the judge in fashioning inappropriate indicated sentence victims and their families say o'connor remains a threat. they want the maximum sentence handed down 20 years in prison, plus the provision she registered as a sex offender. o'connor will
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make her plea decision at a hearing may 16th in downtown san jose jesse gary ktvu, fox two news prosecutors have dropped the criminal charges against actor alec baldwin and the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust in new mexico. baldwin was pointing a pistol at cinematographer helena hutchins during rehearsal in 2021 when the gun went off and killed her. baldwin says he thought the gun had blanks in it. santa fe prosecutors dismissed the charges, citing new evidence in the need for more time to investigate. the film's weapons supervisor was also charged with involuntary manslaughter. that charge remains unchanged. incidents of violence this week where gunfire seems like a drastic reaction, a team knocking on the wrong door, a couple driving down the wrong driveway and in north carolina, a man shooting a six year old after a basketball rolled into his yard. fox's jonathan siri tells us the accused government in that case was in court today. the man accused of shooting a
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six year old girl after she simply crossed into his north carolina yard to get a runway basketball appearing in a florida court friday, 24 year old robert louis singletary walked up to the podium in handcuffs to answer a judge. indeed neighbors say on tuesday , children were playing outside in the neighborhood west of charlotte. with a basketball. it rolled onto singletary's property. that's when police say he purposefully went into his house came out. with a gun and started shooting. a six year old girl caught in the gunfire. the board came back and it hit me and the board with him in my sheet. little girl's father, seriously wounded and her mother was grazed in the elbow the shooting, sparking a manhunt for singletary, who fled the scene. he turned himself in on thursday . north carolina officials are anxiously awaiting his trial, and the people of gaston county will will see and hear. our commitment to that prosecution. neighbors say this is not the first time singletary acted
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hostile towards the children claiming he's yelled at them before, but we never expected anybody would break a gun out amongst all those kids this week has seen several violent shooting sparked by seemingly trivial circumstances. in kansas city. a young boy was shot after ringing the doorbell of the wrong house. and the new york woman was shot and killed after pulling into the wrong driveway in atlanta. john siri fox news left is planning another significant round of job cuts within the company. the san francisco based company confirmed the layoffs but declined to give a number. the wall street journal reports 1200 of lifts 4000 corporate workers will be affected that does not include drivers, which lift classifies as independent contractors. the company's ceo says lift needs to cut costs in order to ensure the company's growth aspirations. lift laid off about 700 employees late last year. met a ceo mark zuckerberg says he does not expect his company will pick up
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the pace of hiring and has not rolled out more layoffs. meta has announced layoffs totaling 21,000 employees since november , which is about a quarter of the company's workforce report today shows that tech layoffs are starting to take a toll on california's economy. the california e d. d s monthly jobs report shows the bay area lost 5600 jobs during the month of march. the report shows that the state's overall unemployment rate has remained constant at about 4.4% employment, analysts say. during most of 2022, california was creating jobs so quickly, but three things have caught up with hiring. 2022 we were averaging over 102,000 jobs. for months gained this morning's numbers. went down to 8700. far far below the average we've had over the past year we're seeing the impacts of the finally of the interest rate hikes. the business caution. and
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the consumer spending reductions . this is consistent with other reports this week on job openings down and unemployment claims up. heart ridership is up for the first time in a while, and the agency hopes that trend will continue improving fortunes for water agencies across the state. how they're now trying to manage all of the increased supply.
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the knees are among those looking forward to a big season thanks to all the winter rain and the big sierra snowpack. this is what it looks like on the upper and lower haystack runs on the american river. people were enjoying the ride. whitewater tour operators say this could be one of the biggest and best adventure seasons. because of the 12, atmospheric rivers. the huge amount of snow in the sierra all coming down into the rivers. it's going to be super fun, probably the best year ever to get on the river with a professional whitewater rafting companies. organizers say their companies offer a thrilling but safe trip down the rapids. and they say their guides are all trained and certified. in swift water rescue. water agencies up and down the state have been lowering restrictions with all the rain and snow filling reservoirs. ktvu tom vacar tells us some california communities will receive their full water allocations for the first time in nearly two decades. the california department of water
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resources. dwr is telling the 29 public water agencies serving 27 million californians. they'll get 100% of the water they request that's not happened in 17 years, even early in the melt tributaries and the rivers they fill are already at very high flows. the key reason for that is right now throughout the sierra the snowpack is 256% of its historical average for the week at 2.5 year supply, federal hydrologist and river flow forecaster alan haynes says this in a year like this, it's going to be high flows. uh well into the summer. we're going to some of the snow. we expect to stick around, probably into august. how fast the deep snowpack melts is strictly dependent on how warm it gets, especially at night. how cloudy it is and the angle of the sun so as that gets steeper later in the spring, and the temperatures warm, then the snowpack really becomes what we call ripe dam operators have no
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choice but to dump lots of water right now to assure space for all that snowpack melt that impacts downstream rivers flows are considerably higher. they're pretty much running as much water as the system. can handle example. analysis some 10 miles southeast of tracy, the san joaquin river is running at the rate of 30,000 cubic feet per second. that's the equivalent of the context of 25 4 size gasoline tanker trucks flowing by every second or 1500 trucks full every minute. could go higher gets dangerous if it goes higher, a very possible flow increase of just 20% could threaten to overtop flood control levees and puts enormous pressure against levee walls that undermines or erodes them. the 82 83 when it, uh, sort of reappeared. it took a year to get rid of that water. this could be this could be worse than that even rivers that
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appear to be calm on the surface are extremely cold. with fast running currents. anyone who falls in jumps in or rafts or kayaks it on their own without professional guys is flirting with hypothermia. and drowning. tom baker, ktvu fox two news. hello barry. weather big time warm up today. lots of seventies and even some eighties. we eventually cool things off in the five day forecast will have the update coming up ktvu heather holmes now to look at some of the stories we're working on for the seven o'clock news on ktvu plus christina coming up new tonight at seven tighter regulations for some short term rentals in wine country details on what sonoma county supervisors are now considering. plus you may have noticed. there's a lot less blue on twitter, celebrities and public officials opting not to pay the monthly fee for their verified checkmark status. those stories and a lot more coming up live in just a few minutes on the seventh over on ktvu plus,
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heather. thanks we'll see you soon, but first, laying the groundwork for six g, the steps being taken to prepare for the next generation of cell technology.
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mint in academic experts. they're looking to begin developing goals and strategies for six g communications. according to the administration . it would have the ability to take cloud computing and mobile internet to true global ubiquity . among other improvements. technology is years away from development. but the white house says it's 60 plan would expand internet access. while reassure asserting us leadership in the industry. for two days sparks
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ridership spiked up to levels not seen in years, but the numbers still fall short compared to before the covid 19 pandemic. ktvu james torres tells us what agency officials are doing to encourage more people to climb board. the week kept the bay area busy. just ask the bart riders, but during the week like last night, i did not get a seat. so for two straight days, bart reported more than 170,000. people wrote its trains 179,000 on thursday. 4 20. we think that one of the reasons, of course, is the increase in traffic that we've seen. through the entire bay area. the other is just that the weather is so nice and people who want to get out and go places. these numbers are nice spikes, according to agency reports, only an average of about 120,000 people rode the train every day in the month of march, however, those spikes still only make up. about 42% of pre pandemic levels dating back
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to 2019 the last couple of weeks prior to this summer, i did get a seat all the time. is that is that how it's like? back in 2019. i was a little more in 2019. i rarely got to see either coming or going riders means fewer dollars in revenue. a big deal considering fares and fees make up about 75% of the agency's budget. bart's director tells me she hopes people who ride for the first time in a long time noticed significant changes enough to convince you to make it a habit. we have more , uh, presence of our staff, including police officers and unarmed ambassadors in crisis intervention specialists focused on safety. we have more folks cleaning the trains and the stations, so we just want to make it a positive writer experience so that folks know they can independent part again in the future. part, officials say they hope these two days
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build momentum heading into the summer months, so we're hoping that these past two days are a trend that will see through may . but we know that in june and july, sometimes the ridership dips because of those school vacations and just people taking time off from work. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. construction starts monday on a plan that will dramatically change the traffic pattern on san francisco's valencia street. the municipal transportation agency will create a two way bank lane running down the center of the street cyclists say right now, the bike lanes near the sidewalks do not protect them, and they're forced into traffic where cars are double parked. the plant expands loading zones for businesses and no left turns will be allowed on valencia. between 15 and 23rd streets. construction will take place weekdays from seven in the morning to 10 pm and last around eight weeks. well, barry weather point really probably noticed the warm up today. lots of seventies, even some eighties
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and it looks like another warm day, especially inland for tomorrow before some changes move in the second half of the weekend. take a look as we revisit the highest from this afternoon seventies for san francisco and oakland. lots of eighties as you can see, for center fell. napa fairfield 85. antioch's 85 degrees. satellite is you can't see actual put this into motion and you'll notice there's a fog bank offshore and this could be approaching our coastline overnight into tomorrow morning, so maybe some patchy fog for the immediate shorelines saturday morning, but the overall storm track is still focused up to our north, so no rain chance for us. it is still a mild to warm pattern as we start off the weekend, and right now we're still talking about a bit of a breeze out there. the wind reports you can see around 10. 2 15 miles an hour. nothing too strong here. sfo gusting another 28 half moon bay at the north gusting to right around 22. miles an hour. here's our live camera looking out toward san francisco. lots of clear skies up above, and once again we could have some patchy fog
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will resurface, especially coast side overnight tonight into tomorrow morning current number as it is mild out there, look at these temperatures in the sixties and seventies. it felt strange to leave the jacket at home today because it was so warm. it has been so chilly lately, but a nice rebound with those readings over the past day or so overnight temperatures will be in the fifties and maybe some patchy fog out towards pacifica. half moon bay ocean beach. each first thing tomorrow morning. it is a warm pattern that wants to stick around somewhat, but with some minor tweaks to the forecast, but here's the plan for your saturday a little bit of some cooling for the coast. as we have more of an onshore breeze. it's mild around the bay and temperatures inland will be once again close to 80 degrees. we will bring in some cooling the minor cooling for the second half of the weekend, and maybe a few high clouds as well. here's a forecast model. it's trying to bring in some patchy fog near the coastline tomorrow morning, and then some scattered high clouds into the afternoon hours and then on sunday. looks like the fog making a comeback could be more widespread sunday morning and then for the most
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part, will scale back on some of the cloud cover by sunday afternoon. take a look at the numbers. it is warm out there, especially in lynn. close to 80 degrees by about three or four o'clock tomorrow afternoon oakland 71. we will bring in some cooling, though for the coast as you can't see temperatures in the low to mid sixties. here's a look ahead, your five day forecast more cooling into sunday, a little bit of a drop off with those numbers into monday that looks like a quiet weather pattern. into next week for tuesday and into wednesday but still relatively mild around here, as you can see, over the next five days tomorrow, probably one of the warmest days in this five day stretch. it looks really good out there. alright, mark. thank you. a group of bay area middle and high school students are demanding the governor newsom take effective climate action for earth day tomorrow. we're here for our birthday here fighting for our lives. y'all students held a rally this morning. it's in francisco city hall and marched to the state building on mcallister street. they say they want governor newsom to take a series of specific actions for climate justice that includes supporting a bill to divest state pension
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funds from fossil fuels stop the state from issuing new fossil fuel extraction permits and also stop drilling within 3200 ft of homes. 92% of the people living near fossil fuel production sites in california are people of color, most of whom are also working class. that's like a systemic, intentional issue, and that's something that governor needs to miss, contributing to and causing by continuing to issue new fossil fuel permits. governor newsom has not commented on the rally in march but has in the past signed climate measures into state law. coming up in sports the nba playoffs hitting up we'll bring you the highlights from today's action. and here is a look at what's ahead tonight on ktvu. it is friday. that means wwf smackdown at eight o'clock and then be sure to join us for the 10 and 11 o'c ck
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at the nba playoffs. the wind puts the dubs on the board here in the series, still trailing 2 to 1, though steph curry led the way with 36 points in a big night from kevon looney. he grabbed 20 rebounds. this series
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continues sunday afternoon in san francisco with the 12 30 tippet chase center. the warriors will be getting some help. draymond green will return following his suspension from game to that incident with domantas sabonis. today draymond green spoke about the decision or the suspension for the first time as he was forced to watch the game from home. just not being able to participate in a dogfight with my brothers. that part is the worst. and so i'm very thankful. uh effort that guys put out there yesterday, um, to save our season. he'll be back on sunday, the first round of the nba playoffs continue with the atlanta hawks hosting the boston celtics. celtics up to zero in the series. second quarter atlanta up by nine. that's when bogdan bogdanovich spins around, buries the three hawks up 74 67 at the half the most points and a half by atlanta and postseason history. their quarter now. hawks up 60
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khan will slam someone in with authority to extend the hawks lead. atlanta heads into the fourth up by seven less than two minutes to play. celtics make things interesting. marcus smart hits the corner. three here cuts atlanta's lead to three, but the hawks respond less than minute to play tray young, just doing trae young things few nice moves into the paint finishes with the floater. young led the hawks in scoring tonight 32 points, atlanta went on to win the game. 1 31 22 hawks now right back in the series, trailing two games to one big news out of the n f l. the league is suspended five players for violating its gambling policy. four of them detroit lions, including 2022 1st round pick james dean williams. other alliance players quentin cephas and cj more, along with commanders, shaka tony have been suspended for the entire 2023 season for betting on games last season, williams and teammate stanley berryhill are suspended for six games for betting from an nfl facility on non nfl games. the nfl says it
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uncovered no evidence indicating any inside information was used or that any game was compromised. by the players betting nice weekend to throw the football, maybe play a little baseball. maybe go for a walk. maybe go to the beach was beautiful today. it was a nice little warm up today. earth day tomorrow. we're looking okay with some cooling notes we had in the sunday monday, but overall, it's a good day to get outside weekend. alright. thanks, martin. thank you for joining us here for our newscast in our live news continues over at seven on ktvu. plus, we'll see you tonight at 10. (sneezes) hold. what? explain your sneeze. i'm sorry? do you have allergies? no. is there too much pepper on your salad? i don't put pepper on salads. i've heard enough. sit over there. oh, come on. i don't want to sit by myself. that's what typhoid mary said, and clearly, her friends buckled. guys, help me. sheldon, come on. yeah, it's just one sneeze. (sneezes) you're on your own. see you, buddy.
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oh, leonard, i have something for you. per our roommate agreement, this is your 24-hour notice that i will be having a non-related female spending two nights in our apartment. when you say "non-related female," you still mean human, right? of course. pets are banned under the roommate agreement, with the exception of service animals, such as seeing eye dogs and, one day, cybernetically- enhanced helper monkeys. are you planning on kidnapping a woman? sarcasm? yes, but mixed with genuine concern. for your information, i'll be playing host to dr. elizabeth plimpton. the cosmological physicist from princeton? yes. and until you acquire a surgical mask, please address your comments to me through a napkin. we've been corresponding for years about our mutual interest in gravitational wave signatures of inflatons in the early universe. and now she's under consideration for a position at our university.

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