night, i'm greg lee and i'm cristina rendon. >> it has been 30 years since polly klaas was kidnaped from a slumber party and then murdered. her killer, richard allen davis, has been on death row ever since, and now he hopes to change that. >> his attorneys believe a legal loophole may entitle him to resentencing. ktvu is an. reuben is live at the santa clara county hall of justice, where the case went before a judge today, an. >> yeah, the father of polly klaas was here, and he's furious that resentencing is even a possibility and that he has to relive this all over again. one of california's most notorious killers wants his death sentence overturned. it was back in 1996 that richard allen davis was convicted in the kidnaping and murder of 12 year old polly klaas, now he's back in court thanks to a change in the law. >> it's horrible. this should have ended 30 years ago. i had every expectation that once he went on death row, it was done. whether he was executed or not, it was finished. but here we are

. >> marc klaas. polly's father, calls this revictimization the issue. a recent criminal justice reform law that invalidated certain sentencing enhancements. it may have opened the door to have cases like richard allen davis's reconsidered ordered. >> this is a big deal, not just for mr. richard allen davis, but for others on death row in california, legal analyst stephen clark says this will be a first test for the new law. will he get another shot at getting his death verdict overturned? even though the technical issue is only these prison priors, which only added 1 or 2 years to his sentence, klaas says it should be a wake up call for other victims families that hundreds of cases could be impacted by what happens here. >> this case is the tip of the iceberg, and it's going to happen again and again and again and again. and i'll tell you what's going to happen in some instances, somebody is going to get out. >> richard allen davis was not present for the hearing. neither his attorneys nor the sonoma

county prosecutor's handling the case were willing to comment. i'm not going to make any statements on the record. >> it's affected my health. it's affected my mind. it affects everything. >> but for marc klaas, any resentencing is like reopening a wound. >> there's only one beneficiary from all of this. it's the guy on death row. it's the guy that murdered my kid. >> the next court appearance in this case is set for may 31st. and that's the day the judge will decide whether this case is eligible for resentencing. greg. >> a case that many will continue to watch. and reuben live in san jose for us tonight. and thank you. >> santa clara county district attorney jeff rosen is taking steps to change the sentences of more than a dozen prison inmates , from death to life behind bars without parole. the da says the move comes four years after the district attorney's office stopped using the death penalty. rosen said he lost faith in capital punishment in recent years. he called it an antiquated, racially biased, error prone system that deters nothing and the costs and costs

the county millions of dollars. >> we're doing a few things. one, we're bringing finality to the case, finality to the victims. >> this is what's going to happen. this person is going to die in prison. and we're also able to then take the resources that we were using to defend these convictions. and apply them in other, more productive places in our office. >> if approved by the court, the move will affect 15 people who have been sentenced to death in santa clara county. the oldest case goes back as far as 1979 and is still being litigated. governor gavin newsom suspended executions in california in 2019, and legal experts say there are enough signs to suggest it is not coming back. >> people who study the death penalty are realizing that it's an institution. i think of the past, and i think it's something that will go away in california and da rosen's approach to saying the death penalty is wrong across the board, i think is a giant step in the right direction and will be one of the

dominoes that helps ultimately end the death penalty in california. and i think throughout the country, by the end of the summer, all death row inmates will be transferred out of san quentin as part of the facility's transformation from a state prison to a rehabilitation center. >> new at five a federal judge has chosen the former chief probation officer of alameda county to take over as a special master at the troubled fbi dublin prison. u.s. district court judge yvonne gonzalez rogers appointed wendy still to start the job, effective immediately. she was among the top candidates proposed by the attorneys representing women suing the prison. still will be in charge of ensuring reform at fci dublin, where eight correctional officers, including the warden, have been charged with sex crimes against inmates. also new at five another blunder for united airlines, one of its planes clipped the wing of another plane. a spokesperson says united airlines flight 2181 was parking at an unspecified gate when its winglet made contact with the wing of another united aircraft that was already

parked. it happened last night around 1030 at sfo. no one was hurt and passengers deplaned as normal. gets hit into the gap. >> is anybody there? no >> giants baseball is back in the bay in a big way. matt chapman scoring from first on. a hit by thairo estrada for a home opener. walk off giants win 3 to 2 over the padres. >> ktvu is christian captain. was in the stands for that walk off win. we're so excited over here christian, you join us live from outside oracle park where i'm sure it's still electric. >> yeah, absolutely. what a home opener. what a game. there was a lot of excitement building up to today's home opener. and i tell you guys, the giants did not disappoint. here. at san francisco's oracle park was decked out and ready for the

giants to take on the san diego padres in san francisco's home opener, a right hander jordan hicks, starting the game off with a strike. fans say they're ready for the excitement that comes with seeing the home team play their first series at home and looking good. >> i mean, i'm excited for today. we're one and one with them, you know they we beat them the first day. the second day they came back crushed us. we crushed them. so today is the real deal. >> the giants making a lot of changes in the off season, including new gm bob melvin. fans say they're reevaluating the team's odds this year with new names on the roster are a lot better than it has been in the past. >> it's been great to see new guys, new youth in their lineup and everything like this, so it's awesome. it's great. >> the giants front office also saying the team has high hopes. >> we got a lot of new faces on the team and i think a huge potential for this team to deliver this year. >> excitement for the home opener started long before that

first pitch. fans started showing up hours early to hang out at momo's, across the street from the ballpark owner scott morton says the home opener is always a welcome addition to his bottom line. >> every single year. we look forward to this day. it's circled on our calendar for a reason. aside from the playoffs, this is the busiest home game we experienced and we're just so excited to have giants fans back. >> even the clearly outnumbered padres fans here say you can't beat the excitement of a giants home opener. >> it's actually nice. everyone's here. they're very nice. they're very receptive, we all have a common enemy, the dodgers. so we're loving it. >> yeah, something that even giants fans and padres fans can agree on their hatred of the dodgers. i think everybody can get on board with that, as we said, the giants winning this one in amazing fashion with that walk off run in the bottom of the ninth, giants fans still elated. you can probably tell there's a lot of excited fans

still here behind me. they were walking by still screaming. everybody absolutely jazzed about this home opener. guys will have a lot more details for you coming up in sports. for now, we're live in san francisco. christian captain, ktvu, fox two news. >> it feels like a tough assignment for you today. cj christien kafton live for us christian. thank you. >> okay. on the other side of the bay, some office staff of the oakland a's have been told they will likely lose their jobs at the end of the season because of the move to sacramento, requiring less staff. >> that cut is small compared to the game day crews that take care of the fans. ktvu tom vacar joins us in the studio with that story. >> tom, a little like mudville over there. the game day workers fought hard and long for their very good union wages that they earn when they work the home games, but come that last game, well, they'll likely be gone that very day. in the seventh position, center fielder. though a's players and senior management will move off to sacramento and ultimately las vegas, the rest of the game day employees have just 74 pay days left. bartender tony evans, a

ten year veteran, is one of them. >> this is the time of the year where a lot of us workers, we pay our bills from working for the a's. >> food services alone has a pool of 800 workers, not to mention ushers, security janitors and facilities personnel. >> you got so many people that will be out of health care from may all the way to october. which is really bad. moms, dads, grandparents, everything. seniors. you have a lot of younger people with families, with small children. vanessa riles is a campaign coordinator for ebay's the east bay alliance for a sustainable economy. >> miss riles says many of the jobs are union jobs that pay well over minimum wage and just another job that they may find may not have that same level of support. oakland will be hard hit once again. >> a lot of them are from the area in east oakland where the coliseum is located, which we know is already a disadvantaged

area where people don't have enough economic security, don't have enough housing security, and don't have enough job security. >> many workers say they've gone from this insult all those employees, we stayed loyal to him, even though they wasn't putting a decent product on the field. >> when they have a winning product on the field, we all do good to this insult. >> we haven't heard them say anything about a severance pay for us workers. now the last home game is scheduled for september 26th. tom vacar ktvu fox two news. >> two bay area members of congress, barbara lee and mark desaulnier, introduced a bill meant to help recoup some of the losses from the a's move. the money ball act requires any professional baseball team that relocates more than 25 miles away to compensate the local community and the state, or else they could lose the antitrust protections that they currently enjoy. last hour, we talked with congressman desaulnier where the legislation stands in congress.

>> we're not doing a lot in congress, so trying to move it, but i'm reasonably enthusiastic. major league baseball and sports have become so monetized that i don't they don't need the antitrust provision. >> mlb commissioner rob manfred has already waived relocation fees for the a's. >> san francisco supervisor and board president aaron peskin has officially entered the race for mayor of san francisco. peskin filed all the necessary paperwork today. he has served on the board of supervisors for 17 years. he is considered more progressive than the current mayor and incumbent, london breed. peskin says he will use his experience as a policy maker, and his recovery from alcoholism to help the city deal with homelessness. the fentanyl crisis and affordable housing. >> san francisco values are values of caring about our people, of doing right by our city, of being fiscally prudent, of having a thriving economy. those are san francisco values.

those are the values that i espouse and that's what i'm going to bring to this race. >> peskin is joining a growing list of people hoping to unseat mayor london breed, including fellow supervisor asha sapphire and former san francisco supervisor and interim mayor mark farrell and philanthropist daniel lurie. >> it's the first major round of post pandemic cuts for a tech giant. y. apple says it was forced to lay off hundreds of employees. >> plus, at 530, israel taking action after that deadly airstrike killed seven world central kitchen workers. is it enough to appease the u.s. and a survivor of a bay area mass shooting? >> taking new legal action? after the break, we'll go to half moon bay, where the mushroom farm is facing a new la wsuit ♪ when your child has moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay for them to show off. show off their clearer skin and noticeably less itch with dupixent. because children 6 months and older with eczema have plenty of reasons to show off their skin. with dupixent, the number one prescribed biologic

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happened for failure to protect its workers. 14 months after that deadly shooting that took seven lives. attorneys filed that lawsuit today. ktvu is alice wirtz is live from half moon bay with that story. alice yes. >> today at the center in the middle of town, they had a press conference. one of the survivors of the tragic massacre that happened here a year ago talked with his lawyers and advocates from the community to talk about how they want the landlords of the farm to be held accountable for this tragic incident. just over a year ago, this tiny coastal town in san mateo county experienced a shocking case of workplace violence. seven people lost their lives in a mass shooting that took place at two farms, five men, two women. the shooter parked outside the sheriff's office before being arrested. today's event, packed

with media pedro felix romero perez was shot five times and survived. >> i had two bullets in my stomach. >> his brother, jose romero perez, killed with six other farm workers. >> he also is that i have suffered a lot. >> lawyers filed suit claiming the employer, california terra gardens, failed to safeguard their farm workers from numerous dangers. >> everybody has a right to feel safe in their home in the state of california. not only did california terra gardens violate those rights by providing squalid living conditions for the farm workers, but they violated those rights by not providing a place where their tenants felt safe. >> attorney joe cotchett pointed out this was a traumatic event at the workplace that should never have happened. >> that's the tragedy. but we were shocked when our investigators came back with

photographs, the likes of which you can't imagine. >> pedro perez was in the container he lived in when he was shot five times. containers are typical housing for many farm workers with no running water or electricity. >> one would think after 40 years of cesar chavez, we would be able to put people in something better than a container, a container. >> belinda arriaga is with alice , a community nonprofit that works with farm workers immediately providing housing support. >> and of course, alice has been doing a lot of mental health work to all would like to see more state and federal support for farm workers everywhere who endure the same conditions. >> it's the landlords and the farms that fell short, and it's the landlords and the farms that are going to be held accountable for the harm that pedro and his brother's family are suffering. >> and it's this memorial that was put up here in half moon bay

in front of alice, the organization that helps these farm workers. it's a memorial to those who have passed and to those who have died from other circumstances. being a farm worker in the state and the country. i'm live here in half moon bay. alice wurtz, ktvu fox two. >> alice, thank you. >> more than 68,000 illegally trafficked guns in the us came through unlicensed dealers who aren't required to perform background checks. that's according to new data from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. the agency says the guns were used in 368 shootings across the country. the report goes on to allege that people who illegally trafficked firearms, whether it's out of the trunk of their car or at a gun show or online, are contributing to violence around the country. cinco de mayo celebrations are a month away now in the san jose police department wants residents and visitors to know public safety is a top priority. the department released its operation plan today for the weekend of may 5th. police say some roads will be closed and

extra officers will be on patrol. historically, san jose has drawn large crowds of people during cinco de mayo, which is often led to heavy traffic and arrests. >> starting today, dozens of restaurants across san francisco are offering special deals deals for spring restaurant week. the event kicked off today and runs through sunday. the 14th special menu start as low as $10 for brunch or lunch, and go up to $90 for dinner. organizers hope people will come out and support an industry that needs all the help it can get. the return of oakland's first friday is being postponed due to wet weather. the popular community event was supposed to resume today after a three month break. organizers blame the hiatus on financial difficulties for the festival. the monthly block party has been a gathering place for various artists, performers and small businesses in oakland for several years. a date for the next event has not been announced. >> i love when our engineers here at the television station is on top of the weather, and alan palomo's and our technical operations center is doing just that. take a look at this. it's our live weather camera looking

in the direction of diablo in the background there, where a little bit of snow is capping the mountain range at 3800ft. then look at the clouds. and yes, those clouds are producing some major rainfall, primarily just training across the east bay. let's zoom in. you see that lightning bolt just happening right now in between 680 and the brentwood area? pretty much over that mount diablo area where you saw those ominous clouds. there you have another lightning bolt just right over mount diablo. we have another cell containing some very heavy downpours now just off 680 as you are heading north. that's at five 8680 corridor there. and then as you're heading north, that is, i'm telling you, heavy downpours, very dangerous driving and these conditions. and then we have the snow lining the eastern foothills from the tri-valley all the way into the mount hamilton area. hit and miss. scattered showers also being noted around the peninsula. and this is going to

be the scenario throughout the evening hours. a shower here, a shower there, the potential of a thunderstorm blossoming. and then as you take a look at these temperatures, boy, we did make it to 60 in santa rosa. otherwise we're still at 48 degrees in walnut creek. and where we have those clouds and the thunderstorm activity, it's only 44 degrees in. throughout the tri-valley we have a frost advisory in effect for tonight and throughout the northern bay area of our bay area. and then a frost advisory also in effect for the east bay. you already saw that 44 degrees in livermore. these temperatures are going to be dipping into the mid 30s tonight. freeze warning for our friends in throughout mendocino county. coming up next time around, we're going to show you just how low it will go and when all of this will finally end. greg and christina, that's still to come. >> looking forward to it. roberta. thank you. golf has returned to levi stadium, the company upper deck golf is putting on the event where golfers can tee off from the stands. this is video from last year's experience. the event runs through 9:00 tomorrow

night. you can sign up for a nine hole round or golf, a round of golf, rather on the company's website. discount fashion retailer uniqlo is opening two new stores here in the bay area this year. we know one of those stores will be at the oak ridge mall in san jose. in recent years, the company closed some stores, including a location in union square, after lower than expected sales. now, uniqlo's benefiting from a shift toward casual dressing, its discount prices are attracting shoppers looking to beat inflation. >> it is the strongest earthquake to strike the northeast in more than a century. after the break, a look at the shaking and concerns for potential damage in new jersey. >> and coming up at 6:00. today's giants home opener was the first in oracle park's history without ronald brooks-moon as the voice of the stadium, and the search is on for a permanent announcer

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. >> a 4.8 earthquake in california may not make national headlines, but it is rare to see a quake of that magnitude hit the northeast. >> that earthquake struck around 1030 this morning on the east coast. the epicenter was in new jersey, but it was felt as far away as baltimore and philadelphia. authorities say there was no serious damage and no one was hurt. >> but fox's connor hansen reports it still gave millions of people quite the scare. videos captured the earthquake, knocking pictures off the walls in sterling pets. officials believe the epicenter of the 4.8 magnitude earthquake was near lebanon, new jersey. it's the first time a tremor with that strength has hit the tri-state area in more than a century. >> it felt like the pavement was giving way under me, and i didn't know what to think or what to do. >> the epicenter was about an hour's drive from new york city. earth cam footage captured lady liberty shaking. the quake rattled a united nations meeting, and tourists in times square were taken by surprise.

>> right under our feet, we felt the shaking. we were just nervous, like, what's going on? because, you know, we haven't heard. we haven't had an earthquake in so long. >> new york city officials say they're checking buildings and infrastructure for any damage. >> tunnels are very resilient for seismic impacts, so they move with the ground. so again, it's a hands on inspection. we go and do visual inspection to see if there are any any damages . >> geophysicists say fault lines run through new york. but right now there's no reason to worry. >> i believe authorities are in the scene. they are examining the situation and also scientists are closely working with them to gather any information that's, that's needed to, to make any further decisions. >> officials are warning that aftershock could continue over the next week or so. in new york. connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news is coming up. apple does something it tried to avoid during the entire pandemic. details on the latest tech

layoffs to hit the silicon valley. >> also ahead continued fallout from the israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers. how the israeli military is responding to what they call a serious failure. plus, president biden towards the wreckage of the deadly bridge collapse in maryland. >> i'm rebecca kessler in balt or coun

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it is a tech giant's largest layoff since before the pandemic . ktvu james torres reports the details of those layoffs and what's expected to happen next. >> for practically the entirety of the pandemic, apple avoided large mass layoffs. we saw that in the thousands for other tech giants, apple is not immune to the realities of running a business. tech reporter ian scherr says while apple's layover numbers are much smaller, it's still a sign of the times. >> it's hard to tell exactly what apple is thinking, right? that's part of life following that company. but one of the things that's been pretty clear from a lot of the reporting is that it making a car is incredibly hard. >> experts suggest those employees were likely working on apple's self-driving car project, which had been dubbed project titan, within the company. apple scrapped those plans earlier this year after quietly working on it since 2014, 614 total positions are

now eliminated from eight santa clara county offices. that's according to a filing with the employment development department. apple filed a worker adjustment and retraining notification, or a warn report, which was obtained by ktvu. it reveals hundreds of software hardware and development engineers are laid off, along with a handful of data scientists and machine shop managers. >> the one thing that i think a lot of people who watch the tech industry are trying to figure out is if this is the end of the layoffs, you know, there are hundreds of people who have been laid off from apple. that's far, far smaller than the thousands upon thousands of people we saw laid off from google and facebook and whatnot. so it may be that this is actually a sign that maybe this is the end of the layoffs. >> some of those employees may relocate to the company's artificial intelligence division, something scherr says

makes sense. >> it's clear that making more complex, different type of products like cars is very hard. artificial intelligence, by comparison, is very much within the wheelhouse of apple making software, right? so in a lot of ways, it makes sense to put more effort toward that. >> ktvu did reach out to apple and its attorneys, but have not yet heard back. i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> the latest jobs report is showing good signs for the economy. u.s. employers added 303,000 workers to their payrolls in march, which was much more than the 200,000 economists had expected, with the nation's consumers continuing to spend. many employers have kept hiring to meet steady customer demand. the unemployment rate dipped to 3.8% from 3.9% in february. analysts say the fed may hold off on cutting interest rates for a while on the news. new video tonight from thursday's protest at the lockheed martin facility

in sunnyvale. it shows a man accelerating towards a group of demonstrators and then threatening them with a knife. you want to go to prison? >> hey, get out of the way. you want to go to prison? everybody's gonna die. >> you can hear that man say, quote, get out of the way or someone is going to die. a protester can be heard pleading with the man to drop his weapon. the driver replies, quote, i've got to get to my job. he then gets back into the vehicle and slowly moves towards the demonstrators. lockheed martin has not confirmed the man is an employee. they did tell ktvu in a statement. they respect the right to fair and peaceful protest, and they are investigating this incident. the protesters were demanding the u.s. end its financial and military support of israel. the israeli military is taking steps to hold itself accountable for the deadly airstrike on aid workers in gaza this week. >> two israeli officers were dismissed and three others punished today in connection with the attack that killed seven world central kitchen workers. hamas and its allies

say it was a deliberate attack. but in a new report, israel found it was a, quote, grave mistake stemming from syria's failure. it also says the entire decision making process will now be reexamined. >> and why did you pull the trigger thinking this was hamas? that's a thorough investigation done by a values based organization that is holding its people to a very high standard. >> the report was released just hours after israel's security cabinet approved a series of immediate steps to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into gaza. us secretary of state antony blinken says israel needs to prioritize the protection of civilians. >> too many people have been caught in this crossfire of hamas. is making children, women, men are losing their lives, their safety has to be a priority. and military operations need to be designed around their protection, not the other way around. >> this weekend, cia director william burns is expected to

travel to cairo for a new round of talks regarding a cease fire and the release of hostages. mcdonald's is taking back ownership of 225 restaurants in israel as it faces a growing boycott. the company, colonial limited, operates mcdonald's restaurants in israel, and after the october seventh attack by hamas, it announced it would be donating free meals to the israeli military. but as the war has gone on, the protests and backlash have gotten louder. the company is now selling the franchise back to the mcdonald's corporation. >> president biden traveled to baltimore today, one week after the deadly francis scott key bridge collapsed. he's urging congress to quickly approve federal funding to help with the bridge rebuild. fox's rebecca castor is in maryland with more details on the visit as crews work to clear the tons of debris from last week's bridge collapse. >> president biden is renewing his support for the city of baltimore. >> your nation has your back and i mean it. your nation has your back. >> president biden, doubling down on his commitment for the

federal government to spend whatever it takes to reopen the port of baltimore. on friday, he toured the site of that deadly bridge collapse and later met with the relatives of six construction workers who died. >> i know a little bit about what it's like to lose a piece of your soul to get that phone call in the middle of the night to say, family members of god, i've been there. >> the francis scott key bridge collapsed last tuesday after a cargo ship struck one of the support beams. the president is now urging congress to quickly authorize federal funds to rebuild the structure, which some experts estimate could cost at least $2 billion. >> no matter anyone's affiliation. public, private, federal. state, local, democrat, republican. we are all one team here for now. >> most operations at the port are still shut down, and officials say that's costing millions in lost revenue every day and upending the supply chain. the army corps of engineers expects to open a limited access channel to allow larger cargo ships to flow in and out by the end of april. but

the legal fallout, though, could last years a lot of parties are going to want to present claims and make sure some one that knows what they're doing, gets a hold of your case and a federal court filing. the ship's owner and operator denied fault and asked that any liability be capped at $43 million. and baltimore county, maryland. rebecca castor, fox news. >> baltimore authorities announced late today that salvage divers have recovered a third body from the water. crews will continue to search for the bodies of the three other workers who are still missing. >> the white house catching up to california. a new timeline for a federal ban on menthol cigarets, plus some star power coming to the san francisco symphony. >> the a list singer making their debut this summer. >> also ahead chat bot bias what a new report found about some ai technology and ow it's treating some

surely biased. researchers from stanford say chat bots like chatgpt and google ai show significant disparities across names associated with race and gender. their study found most scenarios displayed biases that were disadvantageous to black people and women. the only consistent exception were biases in favor of black athletes. ai

engineers at tesla are getting a raise to keep them from going to competitors. that's according to ceo elon musk claiming openai, the company behind chatgpt, has been aggressively recruiting the company's engineers with massive compensation efforts. >> offers executives at pg and e received major compensation last year, the bay area news group reports. the company's chief executive officer, patricia poppy, made 20% more in 2023 than the year before. a filing with the securities and exchange commission shows that poppy is among five executives who received big returns last year. the news comes as customers deal with continuing rate hikes, pg and e says executives compensations are tied to delivering improvements in safety, operational and financial performance. after months of delays, the biden administration is getting ready to finalize a ban on menthol cigarets. menthol cigarets have been banned in california since 2020, but advocates have been pushing for a federal ban for much longer, the american cancer society ceo saying, quote, this

continued inaction is a shocking deference to the tobacco industry, which has repeatedly demonstrated its willingness to profit from products that result in death. opponents have claimed a ban would lead to a black market, while punishing small businesses traveling to totality. >> just a few more days until that solar eclipse, and we'll show you the last minute preparations before people stare up at the sky. >> and, albeit partial here in the bay area, i'll have your eclipse weather forecast the entire weekend outlook as well. stay with us. your bay area outlook is coming up right after this. ♪ when you have moderate—to—severe eczema, it's okay to show off. with dupixent, show off your clearer skin and less itch. because you have plenty of reasons to show off your skin. with dupixent, the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, you can stay ahead of your eczema. it helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body

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the closures. the countdown is on to monday's total solar eclipse, and while the bay area won't be able to see the full eclipse, millions of people are heading to locations where they will get a chance to see it. >> fox's evan brown shows us how local governments and scientists are making their final preparations. >> this is it. the final weekend heading into one of the biggest spectator events of the past decade. millions of americans are expected to put on their viewing glasses and watch the rare total solar eclipse on monday. counties in new york, texas and indiana have already declared a state of emergency to help deal with the crowds, and officials along the path of totality are warning folks to get to their viewing spots as early as possible. >> our local communities have been working to prepare for this influx of visitors, but there's no way around the fact that there will be incredibly heavy traffic and very large crowds. >> and of course, it's also going to be a field day for scientists. the eclipse will

obscure the bright light from the sun's surface, a rare event allowing observers to record data directly from the solar atmosphere for the first time since 2017. during the total solar eclipse. >> we can use x ray telescopes to observe the solar atmosphere and gain some cool understanding. >> there are also efforts underway to make sure everyone gets to experience the eclipse, even blind people. harvard scientists developed a device that essentially takes light and converts it to sound as a tool for the visually impaired. >> we have a lot of different senses and different ways of, enjoying different experience sources, and just because it's different doesn't mean that it's not worthwhile. >> the eclipse is expected to start in mexico before making its way north through the u.s. it will be partially visible in at least 48 states. eben brown, ktvu, fox two news people from

all over the country are traveling to get a chance to see the total solar eclipse. >> one woman from texas knows a thing or two about that. this will be the 21st eclipse. she has seen her passion for chasing the celestial event has taken her to all seven continents. >> first one north america, was the 1991. my second one in north america was the 2017, and this will be my third. but i've been to europe for one of them. i've now gone to africa twice. i've gone to australia three times. i've gone to antarctica twice. >> she also goes to schools and shares her passion for solar eclipses with students. >> again, the bay area is not in the path of totality, but we will be able to see a partial solar eclipse monday morning. 34% of the sun will be covered by the moon. the partial eclipse begins during the 10:00 hour, reaching a maximum at 1113 in the morning. by 1215, our sky should be back to normal even in a partial eclipse. looking at the sun directly, it can cause permanent damage to your eyes.

your everyday sunglasses will not work. you will need to use official iso certified glasses, which are 100,000 times darker than sunglasses. of course, to get a good view of the eclipse, we will need clear skies. and for that we bring in meteorologist roberto gonzalez. roberto, a lot of people hoping for clear skies on monday. >> well, i have that forecast coming up for you, but you'll just have to wait. but the best place to see that eclipse won't be in texas. they will be mostly cloudy. keep in mind everything that happens here moves due east into the south, and all the storminess we have has shifted into the oklahoma area. dallas, texas. louisiana they will be mostly cloudy. best spot to be road trip gang. let's head to new hampshire and vermont. this is our live weather camera. we do have clear skies there right now, but that's not the case everywhere. take a look at our east bay getting pounded at this hour. some of this activity is severe in nature as far as thunderstorms are concerned. and

heavy downpours. take a look right there. right now, in between brentwood and discovery bay. byron also, this is a very heavy downpour at this time. and when you see the different shades of green, that gives you an indication of some pretty moderate rainfall. the yellow indicates a heavy downpour at that particular time. so it's a messy evening commute for people along 680 and 580 this evening. plus we have snow falling in the mount hamilton area and also in the eastern foothills. a hit and miss scattered shower around the peninsula and across the bay towards san leandro and san lorenzo. we're going to continue to see all this activity, at least for the next couple of hours, and then it will finally begin to die down. temperatures currently are in the 50s, except for fairfield at 48. liver law is at 45 degrees. with that heavy rain and different neighborhoods around that particular neighborhood, that area, it is going to fall down to 34 degrees tonight in santa rosa, 38 degrees in concord, mid 30s and throughout the tri valley. and because of these

frosty temperatures, the national weather service has issued a frost advisory for 1:00 tomorrow morning through 9 a.m. also in the north bay, and for all of our friends at mendocino county, you have a freeze warning now. right now, with the chilly temperatures, we've got winds 32mph in throughout the san bruno gap there, 40 mile per hour gusts, 18 at mountain view, 31 at hayward. it is blustery for the evening commute, but this system is finally traversing to the east and digging to the south. and as it does so again for people heading in and out of town, we have thunderstorm activity lining i-5 . so when will it be moving out? look at at 10:00 tonight, skies are beginning to clear and with that cooler air mass in place, that's when we have the frosty temperatures taking a big nosedive. by tomorrow night, we start to cloud up again and it will lead to more rain showers. no accumulation really expected. it will be gone before our

sunday morning sun up. if you're heading to the lake tahoe area, we have a rain snow mix, kind of a wintry mix on sunday otherwise. okay, driving and meanwhile tomorrow's daytime temperatures topping off in the 50s and 60s. slightly warmer than today, but still well below average. same thing on sunday. that little smattering of rain on sunday morning that's just going to help all your gardening that you will accomplish on saturday. clear skies for the eclipse on monday here in the bay area. greg and christina. >> roberta. thank you. multi-platinum singer songwriter john legend is teaming up with the san francisco symphony for a concert of some of his greatest hits. this is the first time that the oscar and grammy winner has performed with the symphony. tickets went on sale this morning for the shows on july 23rd and 24th. the symphony says the concerts will feature intimate reimaginings of some of legend's best known songs, plus stories from his life and career . >> another blow to the era of password sharing, when disney

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they don't want to finish, but a new study is shedding light on what happens inside someone's brain when they choose to procrastinate. >> the study has good timing because the april 15th tax deadline is right around the corner. fox's gary baumgarten has the story. >> with the deadline to file your taxes quickly approaching, psychologists are analyzing the findings of a new study revealing that people whose behavior tends to be guided by their negative attitudes usually delay completing tasks they find unpleasant, like their taxes. >> those for whom negative attitudes tended to generalize more strongly seem to be the kind of people that delay filing their taxes, russell fazio of the ohio state university says people are faced with a process called valence weighting bias. >> it describes the tendency of people to tap more into either a positive or a negative mindset when faced with new or tedious responsibilities. >> we find that people with a

negative valence weighting bias are more cautious. >> researchers found those who lean more into their negative thoughts when deciding to file their taxes early wound up procrastinating, even if there was a benefit of receiving a tax refund, it could have been something that had been done, say, over the course of a few days, maybe even a week. >> but now it's got to be done in a rush fashion. >> but having a negative weighting bias is not always a bad thing when it comes to preparing for a test. for instance, researchers say these types of people are usually more realistic about how they will perform, while people with a positive weighting bias can be overcome, confident, and generate a false sense of security. gary baumgarten, fox news reporter one would think after 40 years of caesar chavez, we would be able to put people in something better than a

container. >> next, at 6:00. it's been more than a year since the deadly mass shooting at a farm in half moon bay, and a new lawsuit calls into question the living conditions of workers on that farm. new developments into the sex abuse scandal at the federal women's prison in dublin. a federal judge appoints a special master to oversee the facility. also ahead tonight. hit into the gap. >> is anybody there? >> no. a walk off win for the giants. home opener. and fans find plenty of changes at oracle park for this 25th season. there are also plenty of unanswered questions about the a's announcement to play next year in sacramento, and plenty of job cuts in oakland, with no clear plan yet on the future of the coliseum. >> this is ktvu fox two news at six. >> good evening. i'm greg lee and i'm cristina rendon. >> we begin tonight with the lawsuit now filed from one of the survivors of the mass shooting in half moon bay. more than a year ago. >> one of