chaperons we go live to the contra costa county fair as it

opens with some new rules. >> it hurts. it's because it's my life, my whole life has been the hot rod cars. my since i was 14 years old, an oakland man just heartbroken by the theft of one of his beloved corvettes from the 50s. >> his desperate plea to have the priceless antique returned home. and not so fast. the plan to bring pandas to san francisco hits a snag. and it's all about money. >> this is ktvu fox two news at 730. >> and good evening, everyone. i'm heather holmes. it is a bay area tradition for a lot of families, county fairs, and tonight the contra costa county fair is up and running. but it may look a little different than you remember. >> i've been coming to this fair for a long time. i'm born and raised in antioch, so, never had issues before. but last year kind of messed it up for some people during the final days of

last year's fair, violence broke out. >> there were some brawls and fights and a strict rule was imposed then that will continue through this year's fair. anyone 18 years or under is required to have an adult chaperon 25 or older. >> we are a family friendly event, and we want our family and friendly people to feel safe when they're out here at the fair, along with the stricter rules and more security. >> you have all of the county fair traditions, of course. i'm talking about the rides, food, games, livestock, most of the people we spoke with today supporting that security change. let's go now live to ktvu alice wertz in antioch with more on the fair and the stepped up security. alice >> that's right. heather, this fair has been going on for 75 years out here in east county. it only lasts for four days. this is the first night. now, some people take an exception with this new policy. it requires anyone under the age of 18 to be accompanied by a chaperon.

>> i feel like it's not like i don't really know, like, to be honest, i don't like it. to be honest. i'm like, you're going to the fair to like, you know, have fun. why do you have to bring it like an adult to, you know, to sign you off or anything? were you here last year? i was here last year. but i do understand because of the fights and everything. >> now, now, a couple of folks were standing around out here in front of the entrance gate, waiting for friends to show up. and so we're going to let you know that the policy is if you have more than four minors, you must have more than one adult. and it's the evenings that tend to have historically been trouble for the fair. and the sheriff's turning out for, breaking up fights and whatnot. county fair folks this year say they want everyone to have a good time, be safe, and enjoy the county fair. heather. >> yeah, that is the message to go out there and have fun. all right, alice, thanks so much. appreciate it. live from the fair there in antioch. well, 12

people are facing burglary, vandalism and conspiracy charges in berkeley after police moved in to clear out the vacant uc berkeley building that activists had taken over. we brought this to you as breaking news last night. overnight, officers from 20 different law enforcement agencies were called in to remove that encampment. they also set up barricades surrounding the building to keep others from entering the area. the university says many of the protesters resisted arrest. >> what happened at anna head was from the very beginning, a criminal act. they broke into a building, they vandalized the building. they trespassed on university property. >> the university says only one person was confirmed to be a uc berkeley student. four were berkeley residents. two were from the greater bay area, one from colorado. four others refused to identify themselves. the president of sonoma state university, mike lee, now stepping down just two days after he was put on administrative leave for

insubordinate california state university chancellor mildred garcia says lee informed her of his decision to retire. lee had sent an email to students and faculty laying out details of an agreement that he said he reached with pro-palestinian protesters, but that he didn't have the appropriate approvals from the university system to make that agreement. in a statement, the chancellor said, quote, i thank president lee for his years of service to the california state university, starting at california state university, sacramento, and a higher education overall. i wish him and his family well. now to san francisco and the man who attacked then speaker of the house nancy pelosi's husband was sentenced today to 30 years in prison. this is the federal sentencing depapes attorneys had asked for 14 years. prosecutors pushed for 40. depape was convicted last november for assault and attempted kidnaping, the judge today saying that she was concerned apap didn't express any remorse. depapes

state trial is scheduled for next week. if convicted, any sentence will run concurrently to his federal time. the alameda county district attorney today announcing murder charges against the man suspected of killing two women in san leandro, san lorenzo, earlier this month. 31 year-old howard reed has also been extradited back to alameda county after getting arrested in kansas city, missouri, on may 5th. he is suspected of shooting and killing two women who were found dead on may 4th. in the home that they shared with reed. he could face a 50 to life prison sentence if convicted. reed is scheduled to be arraigned on may 17th. a crushing loss coming up, a man's prized possession stolen right out of his garage. and if you plan on heading out and about this weekend, we've got two major road closures that could make it a little tougher to get around. what you need to know after the break. >> and in bay area weather here, come the clouds once again as we head into your friday night. the

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has brought frustration and heartbreak for an 80 year old oakland man. new. at 730 tonight, our crime reporter henry lee spoke with a victim who is searching for his beloved vintage corvette. >> there's no consequences in this city. people can steal and rob dave like tellers, been robbed of his pride and joy. >> his bright red 1959 corvette that he's had for 18 years. >> oh, god, it's like a stab in

the heart. >> he turns 80 on saturday, but he doesn't feel much like celebrating. surveillance video shows two guys breaking into a garage near east 22nd street and fifth avenue in oakland on april 15th. one of them scoots into the garage and the door shuts. less than three minutes later, one of the burglars opens the door and runs off as the other guy pulls out of the garage in the corvette. he eases out onto the street. here, the corvette rolls back a bit and hits the curb because it's on an incline. >> so they knew how to drive the car because it was a stick and they just went right out. >> teller hasn't seen his $200,000 car ever since. >> it hurts. it's because it's my life. my whole life has been the hot rod cars my since i was 14 years old. >> he's the ultimate car in racing enthusiast. his apartment's full of memories and photos from his racing days. this is like teller in the red jacket when he bought the corvette back in 2006, he gave the convertible all his love. he rebuilt the engine, repainted the car re-upholster it,

restored the car factory perfect, only to be ripped off. he thinks he could have been followed from a car show in pleasanton with scofflaws learning where he keeps his car and simply returning in broad daylight to make off with it at this undisclosed location. like teller keeps this 1932 ford roadster he calls hi-boy next to a harley named fat boy building little model cars. >> back in the days we'd build little models. here's pictures of me racing. here's a picture of me right there. this is you here? yeah, he may be older now, and his corvette's insured, but he has only one message for the thieves. i want my car back. >> oakland police are on the lookout for this corvette. but if you happen to see it on the streets or perhaps stashed somewhere, give police a call in oakland. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> really hope he gets his car

back. all right. highway one through big sur reopened this morning after weeks of closures, all due to that storm damage. a series of storms caused a big rock slide that took out a chunk of highway one back in march, just south of rocky creek bridge . since then, caltrans has been running one way convoys while they worked around the clock to make temporary repairs. the closure cut off many big sur businesses from the tourist traffic. that's their lifeline. a permanent fix is currently in the design phase. it's expected to be completed by spring of 2025, and while highway one and big sur is now open, we have a couple of important closures to tell you about that are happening starting tonight through monday morning at 5 a.m, the eastbound lanes of highway 37 will be closed between sonoma and solano counties. crews will be repaving the road starting tonight at ten and should wrap up early monday morning. another paving project to tell you about it will close down parts of interstate 680. caltrans says three southbound lanes will be closed between acosta boulevard

and san ramon, and the interstate 580 connector in pleasanton. the lane closure will begin in just about an hour and run through four monday morning. all right. the bay area has been out of the drought now for a couple of years, but now for the first time in more than four years, nearly the entire state is free of drought or abnormally dry conditions, according to the latest u.s. drought monitor data. california now has its lowest amount of drought conditions since 2011, thanks to a fairly wet winter and spring that we had the state's only remaining patch of abnormally dry conditions is in southern california, in the eastern most parts of san bernardino and riverside counties. bringing it back now here to the bay area and want to get an update on your weather as we take a really pretty look at it. our highway four camera. let's bring in our meteorologist , mark tamayo, for an update on what we can expect for the rest of the night. and then that all important weekend. >> yeah, the weekend forecast is looking just fine. so, you know, when we get those real hot

temperatures and it's just unbearable, will be unbearable to be outside. we want the fog. you want to embrace the fog. yeah that's what we have right now. so just appreciate what we have coming our way. yeah yeah. you can take a look at the highs from this afternoon 6070s. and you know kind of a cool start in the morning hours. but nice to get outside in the afternoon. san jose 76 antioch 78 degrees and santa rosa 69. so no heat in our forecast, at least for this weekend. we will bump up those numbers though into next week. you'll see those that change showing up in the five day coming up in a little bit tomorrow morning. some clouds, skies becoming partly sunny into the afternoon. hours and pretty much the same story for your sunday and on sunday. bay to breakers in san francisco 8:00. the bayside in san francisco. mostly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 50s. here is a running route out toward the breakers, out toward ocean beach, and you can see by 11:00, still partly sunny, maybe even mostly cloudy. still temperatures only in the 50s. so we'll have that cool, refreshing air to help with the runners on sunday morning. help out the runners sunday morning satellite . we have the low clouds and fog just offshore, getting ready to

push back into the bay. we'll check out some of the current numbers for the 7:00 hour. santa rosa, 60 degrees, san francisco 57 and san jose in the upper 60s. as far as the wind reports, you can see fairfield winds westerly at 23 miles an hour. so we do have a bit of a breeze out there. checking out sfo right now winds out of the northwest right around 17 miles an hour. and here is our live camera looking out toward sfo. you can see a little bit of some blue sky, at least the clear sky, but also this big blanket of clouds kind of contouring the hillsides here. and this will ramp up in coverage for the overnight hours into your saturday morning. so temperatures tomorrow morning will be in the upper 40s, but most areas will be in the 50s. so we'll have the cloud cover for san francisco out toward oakland, hayward, probably san rafael, and then maybe some some patches well inland as well. here is the forecast model. and then into the afternoon hours. that cloud deck will try to clear back to near the shoreline. so no big surprises here with your saturday forecast temperatures. no 90s. not much

in the way of 80s. we're just thinking some 60s and some 70s. so we've been talking about this area of high pressure offshore over the past couple of days. the change into the weekend will be this system dropping in from the north, no rainfall expected, but this could actually help mix out the marine layer. so as a result, maybe a little bit more of some clearing into both saturday and into sunday, it'll definitely keep our temperatures in check. and that's what we have for tomorrow 60s and 70s. and a look ahead. your five day forecast a little bit warmer into sunday. and that warming will kick in as we move into early next week. by monday and tuesday, warmest locations back up into the low to mid 80s. heather. >> not a bad looking weekend. thanks, mark. well, if there was any question about the growing popularity of women's basketball. new numbers from the new golden state valkyries will answer that in a big way. plus, celebrating a grocery store. yep, lots of happy customers in

is hosted by the friends of indonesia organization, and guests at the bazaar can experience a taste of indonesia's food and culture with a lot of food stalls and vendors. this year's celebration is extra special as we mark the 75th anniversary of bilateral relations between indonesia and the us. we will feature, and a lot more of indonesian tradition, and we have indonesian consulate will be there and we're hope we're going to have some representation from america. >> also will be there. >> berkeley based gamelan sekar jaya will be there. it's one of the oldest balinese music and dance groups in america. antioch's mayor will be traveling to china this weekend to promote the city's deep water ports and industrial region. mayor lamar thorpe and lamar henderson thorpe, excuse me, will be meeting with government and business officials in hong

kong and chongqing. he will be there sunday the 19th through sunday the 26th. this year's trip focuses on green developments and deepening international relationships. >> we're going to be promoting opportunities for sister city relationships, that's something that i learned was critically important when we spoke to secretary blinken when i was at the us conference of mayors. he said, we need to keep promoting these opportunities so that overall relations with china, continue to get better as opposed to going sour. >> well, the mayor's trip is organized by china's silicon valley, a nonprofit founded back in 2012 to facilitate business and cultural exchange between china and silicon valley. governor newsom launched a new climate partnership with the city in italy today, on its one year anniversary of the worst floods that has ever seen. the governor launched the partnership with emilia-romagna region. it shares similar climates with california and has faced the weather whiplash of extreme drought to extreme flooding. the memorandum of understanding, signed today, outlines three years of

collaboration to advance clean transportation and transitions to clean energy and air quality protection earns pushback, so those pandas coming up, san francisco's plan to get the coveted bears for the zoo is hitting some roadblocks. then later tonight on the 10:00 news, a woman shot and killed back in february was expected to graduate this week from college. we'll hear from the victim's loved ones who accepted her diploma on her behalf. and the us state department has issued a worldwide travel advisory. the population officials say should be on high alert when going on international trips. those st

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bay area, as well as chico, south lake tahoe and sierra counties. this will be only for new service or additional lines, so it won't change anyone's existing area code. people in san francisco's hayes valley turned out for the opening of a new long anticipated trader joe's. today, store officials cut the ribbon at the new location right there on fulton street in laguna. the new store will feature more than 12,000ft!s, a familiar trader joe's favorites, the store's captain said. it's an exciting addition to the hayes valley neighborhood. >> it's been a lot of fun getting together, getting to have so many crew members join our team from the community. this is my neighborhood as well, so getting to be a part of this great journey. >> a regional manager says the store brought on about 100 employees and always a question in san francisco there will be parking question answered all right, mayor london breed is plan to bring two giant pandas to the san francisco zoo are now

getting some pushback from city leaders. the board of supervisors voted to postpone a request made by the mayor to raise $25 million to host the pandas once they were brought in from china. that money would go to address some of the zoo's infrastructure needs, supervisor asha safai, who is hoping to unseat the mayor this fall, says pandas are a distraction from the city's more pressing issues. >> this is about prioritizing our future. this is about prioritizing our children over pandas. and if we can rally to fund a home for pandas, we certainly can rally to raise money for essential programs that impact every single corner of this city. yes city leaders suggest the mayor should be raising funds for the department of children, youth and their families instead, while the mayor's office said they would support waivers for both endeavors, it looks like the golden state valkyries will be playing in front of large crowds during their inaugural season. >> valkyries announcing today the team has now eclipsed 10,000

season ticket deposits for its home games at chase center in san francisco, more than 2500 deposits have been received since the team's name, colors and logo were launched on tuesday. the valkyries will begin play next season by the way, the valkyries hosting a big block party tomorrow at thrive city right outside chase center. it starts at two in the afternoon. the event will feature appearances and performances from some bay area artists, including including kehlani, e-40 and p-lo. the team says fans of all ages are welcome. another big event to tell you about happening this weekend in san francisco bay to breakers on sunday morning. thousands of costume runners and walkers are expected to take part in san francisco's annual bay to breakers race. sunday's 12 k is a scenic tour through nine san francisco neighborhoods. it starts there at the bay bridge and finishes all the way out there at the great highway in ocean beach. the big race starts bright and

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