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fighters fight a brush fire on yerba buena island next to the bay bridge, both by land and by sea. the location, terrain and winds all made it challenging for crews to get the upper hand. >> the hydrants are on the north side of the bridge. the fire was on the south side, and there's only one way to get our hoses across and unfortunately we had to inconvenience everyone to stop this fire where we did. >> at one point, the eastbound portion of the bridge was completely shut down for more than an hour, backing up traffic for miles. good evening. on this saturday, i'm cristina rendon. firefighters were called to yerba buena island after drivers on the bay bridge reported smoke at about 230 this afternoon. the brush fire broke out on the island just south of the bridge. crews working using fireboats in their work against the flames,

and the fire department says crews on the ground had to break through a fence to access fire hydrants on the north side of the bridge and run a hose across interstate 80. that's why all eastbound lanes were shut down. firefighters also say the wind and steep terrain made the fire fight a challenge. >> our biggest delay was accessing the fire. this is in a very steep area, the anchorage of the bay bridge. if you've ever driven by or you've ever been on a boat, or even been at the embarcadero and looked over at yerba buena island, it is very steep and treacherous and difficult to get to. our firefighters then had to cut through a fence, direct access off of the 80 freeway. there's always cars zipping by, so there's always a safety element, but we take that into account to be able to stop these fires when we can. crews put out the fire before it damaged any nearby structures. >> it was contained at about 5:00, and the eastbound direction of the bridge then reopened, and crews did remain on scene, though to make sure the fire was fully extinguished. a man is in custody tonight accused of firing off his gun at a park in san leandro.olice

say they responded to a shooting at siempre verdes park tonight. officers say the suspect dropped higun and ran off when they arrived. police chased him down before taking him into custody. officers found the gun and several shell casings in the park. they say nobody was hurt. six people, though, hurt after a crash involving three cars on highway four in antioch. this video here from caltrans shows quite the backup this afternoon, not far from where the crash happened, near summersville road in the westbound lanes of highway four. the chp says six ambulances were called to the scene to treat patients. all of the injuries are described as minor. also at antioch, police victim from this week and are looking for any lds. lice were called to a report of a man on the side of the road, in ed of a medical attention on country hills drive and lone tree way on wednesday mng the man was pronounced dead at the scene. he has since been identified as 48 year old raheem e.nvestigators have not publicly identified a suspect, but anyone with information is

asked to contact antioch police. work is underway on two major highway resurfacing projects this weekend. caltrans shared these pictures of work being done on southbound interstate 680 between san ramon and pleasanton. three lanes are shut down until 4 a.m. monday morning . that leaves two lanes that have remained open, but caltrans is encouraging drivers to take other routes around the construction zone. more work is scheduled to continue the first weekend of june in the north bay. eastbound lanes of highway 37 between sonoma and solano counties is closed. this weekend. caltrans shared this video of the resurfacing underway this afternoon. this detour involves cars turning off on highway 121 at sears point, up highway 12, and down highway 29 into vallejo. this is the final full weekend closure of highway 37. the road is expected to reopen by 5 a.m. on monday. well, it is a long time san francisco tradition that splits the city in half bay to breakers is happening tomorrow morning,

and it is a race unlike any other final preparations are underway tonight. ktvu joey jorda joining us now with the finish line with a preview of all the fun. joey >> it should be a lot of fun here. christina. come tomorrow. but even if you're not taking part in the race, you may encounter some road closures. they're already in effect here tonight in ocean beach ahead of the big race, which is expected to draw in thousands of people. bay to breakers is back. runners will pound the pavement on sunday from the embarcadero to ocean beach, splitting san francisco in half. build is a 12 k fun run. organizers say it's more about the journey than the finish line. >> definitely a bucket list item for folks around the world. >> as a legend goes, the race started back in 1912 as a way to bring the community back together after the great earthquake of 1906 devastated the city. >> as san francisco evolves, there's always things that make bay to breakers relevant. >> christian komnenic is in his second year as an organizer,

watching attendance numbers climb. they're expecting 20,000 participants this time around, about 3000 more than last year. as post pandemic numbers continue to climb. >> i think there's a lot of runners out there, but there's also a lot of people that like to enjoy a party, a festival athletes are dashing in from all 50 states and 20 different countries, with many picking up a race bib displaying their runner number on saturday as they make their way through the city, neighbors will line the route there to cheer them on. >> take your time, enjoy the sights. it's, you know, one of the most beautiful routes that i think exists for races in san francisco. >> and what would this uniquely san francisco tradition be without those silly costumes beyond the runners and the people like to party. >> some people like to dress up. so there's a little something for everyone at this event. >> come sunday morning, they'll run, jog, or dance to the finish line. all right, so the race starts near the embarcadero, goes through golden gate park and ends up here at ocean beach.

it all kicks off at 8 a.m, and police are telling us that these road closures in some areas will be continuing until 5 p.m. on sunday. christina >> always decide to see what people come up with in those costumes. joey horta live in the city tonight. joey. thank you. well, here is a map from organizers of the full route of the race. you can see the race starts at main street. it goes down. howard. all the way to ninth, and then it goes into hayes valley, crosses over on hayes street, on over to fell, and then right into golden gate park all the way, finishing near mlk and the great highway at ocean beach. the sfmta says some of those streets are going to be closed until 5:00 tomorrow morning. extra trains will run on the n judah line, and other bus routes will be split into two or rerouted around the course. be sure to stay with ktvu for full coverage of the race tomorrow. we'll have live coverage on mornings on two on ktvu and streaming on our fox local app will also have a live stream of the race all day long

on fox local. that's a free download for your smart tv. new at ten california republicans holding their state convention in burlingame today, south dakota governor kristi noem addressed a crowd of attendees amid backlash over her new book. as our political reporter greg lee tells us, noem's appearance just one of several storylines as the state gop gears up for a busy election year. >> republicans from around the state gathering in burlingame for the california gop convention during a critical election year. >> republicans are moving in the right direction. >> registered democrats outnumber republicans in the state 2 to 1, but gop members say they're making progress. they're putting energy into races at every level, from school boards to the san francisco mayor's race. the mayor's race is an important one, and it sends a big signal to the city and to the world that we're ready to put san francisco back on the right track to competing with democrats dominant majority in the state legislature. >> when we run smart races, when we recruit great candidates like

we're doing, we can win these seats, and that's what's going to help make the difference. >> though california is unlikely to decide the presidential race, it could tilt the balance of power in congress for control of the house. >> it will run through california, a couple seats in southern california, a couple, as you note, in the central valley, they're absolutely critical outside the hotel, a much calmer scene compared to the 2016 convention in burlingame. >> then candidate donald trump met by protesters, forcing him to enter through the back and though the presumptive nominee did not attend this year, his supporters and his merchandise out in force, i think president donald trump is a breaker and a builder. one of the conventions featured speakers, south dakota governor kristi noem. she's been under fire for parts of her new book, including a story, a shooting and killing her dog in a gravel pit. the vp contender laughed off the controversy and urged people to support trump. >> i don't think it's about republicans and democrats anymore. i don't think it's about political parties. i think it is about people who love america and people who are

trying to destroy america. the california democratic party wrote this while this weekend's gathering of california republicans is just another stop on trump's vice president audition tour, california democrats are convening to lead the resistance against trump and the republican party's extremist agenda. >> republicans used a baseball theme spring training fall victory, but the party's former seball star steve garvey, not in attendance, but the u.s. senate candidates opponent, democrat adam schiff, writing my opponent, steve garvey, will be conspicuously absent. continuing to cement his reputation as a dodger. >> he's out campaigning to all californians. he's raising money. he's doing all the things a statewide candidate needs to do to win an election. i think that people here are excited for this race. i think they're excited to defeat adam schiff. >> the convention will also hear from former president trump's daughter in law and republican national committee co-chair lara trump in burlingame, greg lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> president biden traveled to atlanta today for a campaign fundraiser hosted by the owner of the atlanta falcons. mr. biden arrived this afternoon and

was greeted by georgia senator raphael warnock. he told supporters not to take the polls too seriously. instead, he says he looks at what the results of the primaries have suggested about support for trump from republicans. >> when i look at his actual election results and the election results are in the primaries, look at the primaries. well, mr. trump has he doesn't have an opponent, but he lost 120,000 votes in pennsylvania, didn't vote for him. they voted for a woman who's no longer in the race. >> tomorrow, mr. biden is set to deliver the commencement address at morehouse college, a historically black college and the alma mater of civil rights leader doctor martin luther king junior. after the graduation, the president is scheduled to leave for a campaign event in detroit. michigan is considered a key battleground state in the presidential election. former president trump took his presidential campaign to dallas today, where he gave the keynote address before the annual meeting of the national rifle association. the presumptive republican presidential nominee

praised the nra for endorsing his run for the white house. >> the nra is stood with me from the very beginning and with your vote, i will stand strong for your rights and liberties and four more years in the white house, we're going to do things like, nobody can believe we're going to turn our country around. gun control advocates have expressed concern that if the former president returns to the white house, he will follow through on his plans to roll back hard fought gun safety regulations. >> new details in the federal trial against the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi. one day after sentencing, the judge admits to a mistake. >> plus, there are some things that i think the president could have done better. >> sonoma state holds its commencement following a tumultuous week with the school's leadership. >> a cool evening across the bay area with the low clouds rolling into the bay. i'll have a look at the cur rent conditions and

to 30 years in prison yesterday after being convicted of assault and attempted kidnaping soon after yesterday's sentencing, prosecutors asked the judge to reopen the hearing to allow depape to speak. in a court filing today, the judge said she made an error in not giving the defendant a chance to talk before being sentenced at a hearing. to give him that chance has been scheduled for may 28th, though it's unclear whether depape will speak. he also faces a criminal trial in san francisco. superior court, which is due to begin next week. and if he's convicted, there, his state sentence will run concurrently with his federal sentence. piedmont police announced today that a recent vehicle that turned into has turned into an arson case. a car fire here. officers were responding to a car fire report around 1:15 a.m. friday morning, when they found this car charred on crocker avenue. police say they reviewed footage from the

scene and confirmed arson was the cause of the fire. authorities did not release where the video came from or a suspect description. this remains an active investigation. cleanup efforts are underway in houston and the surrounding neighborhoods following deadly torrential rains and hurricane force winds this week. crews also working to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people left in the dark. fox's katy byrne has the story. >> we need help. i'm going to be the machine. people over here has got medical issues. we need help or we need water and food. >> anxiety and frustration are growing in houston. that's where hundreds of thousands of people remain without power after deadly thunderstorms and hurricane force winds swept through the region thursday. >> i would like some answers as far as how long it's going to be, if maybe we need to make plans to actually leave the area for a while. >> energy officials warn it could take at least a week to get back up and running. crews are still out assessing damage and it could take some time to

replace equipment, including massive transmission lines knocked down during those 100 mile per hour wind gusts. >> if a school doesn't have power, it probably will remain close. >> this could mean another day of government offices closed and canceled classes for some on monday, while crews work on restoration. much of the city is also cleaning up workers boarding up windows and sweeping up glass downtown in the houston suburb of cypress, where a tornado touched down. neighbors helped each other. >> it's unbelievable how much glass was in there. it's all over the place, but they've cleaned up much of it. >> all the work happening amid a smog warning and rising temperatures, forecasters are predicting highs of around 90 by the start of the week, with heat indexes reaching triple digits by midweek. several cooling centers are now open for people to find relief in houston. katie byrne, fox weather. >> more than 100 pg and e and electrical workers competed in livermore today in the west coast lineman's rodeo. the event featured workers from throughout the state, and they competed in

several events such as pole climbing and a hurt man rescue. this happened at the pga training facility. some people studying to become linemen themselves were able to come by and watch professionals compete. >> we have also apprentices coming to this event where the apprentices as they are, you know, in a school today to learn to learn the craft, to learn the skills. so some of the easy ones, like climbing a pole, but climbing a pole also could be a very critical task from a safety. so how they can demonstrate use using their fault protection linemen from nevada also came out to support and compete in the rodeo. >> new at ten. crowds showed up for the chicken and beer festival in jack london square in oakland. plenty of vendors prepared chicken in all styles, from korean barbecue to southern craft beers from all over the bay area. also serving pints on tap. proceeds from the festival are donated to youth who are training in the food and beverage industry. >> my goodness, that was right outside our door. christina. where were we? good afternoon. good evening. i should say we

are looking at another beautiful one coming our way for tomorrow. slightly warmer into the second part of the day, but this is going to kick off a warming trend that will continue into the work week. let's talk about tomorrow though, because most have the day off. it's a dark one out there. the clouds are moving back across the bay. here's a look at storm tracker two along the coast inside the bay and tomorrow morning, likely to wake with partly cloudy skies. not likely to have as much fog, though as today. and with the sunny skies to start in many areas, we will begin to see a quicker rebound with our temperatures. fairfield we've got an onshore breeze gusting to 39mph. most areas are enjoying a light breeze, but through the delta and the carquinez strait it is a windy one for those communities and for folks driving those paths there. the temperatures are very similar to where we were yesterday. most areas are within a few degrees. we have 53 right now in san francisco, 54 in walnut creek,

upper 50s, outside your door at san jose. a nice one for you. still at this hour, the futurecast model will show you tomorrow morning. there we are with partly to mostly cloudy skies for the coastline. we do have clouds along our east bay shore, but more sunshine in areas like the north bay. parts of the south bay, parts of the peninsula. by noontime we are joined by plenty of sunshine for the afternoon, and temperatures are expected to be a little bit above average. if you are going to bay to breakers, we will begin mostly cloudy skies 54 degrees when it starts and then into the second part of the morning. partly sunny with upper 50s near ocean beach. right about 11:00. we also have the giants playing tomorrow. i'll have a look at that forecast, plus the region's afternoon highs and the extended forecast coming up. >> all right rosemary, thank you. a big change to the happiest place on earth. employees who portray characters at disneyland vote to unionize. and the oakland roots picked up their first win since last month . we'll have that story later in sports, plus some special

recognition for an unintended, unintended war hero. the city of benicia pays tribute to the last survivor of one of the

in a unionization vote, with 79%

voting in favor. the employees were known as cast members portray mickey mouse, cinderella, and other characters in the park. the cast members say they can frequently get injured while on the job, and they're not compensated enough. most of the rest of disneyland employees are already unionized. walt disney company has not yet issued a public statement. auto workers at a mercedes-benz plant in alabama have voted against joining the united auto workers union, and this is a major blow to organizing efforts in the south. fox's madison, scarpino, brings more details on the no vote and how the uaw is responding. >> 56% of workers at two mercedes factories near tuscaloosa voted no to unionizing friday. it's the first big loss for the uaw after recent wins. just last month, volkswagen workers in chattanooga, tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the uaw. the union also secured pay raises and better pensions for workers at general motors. ford and stellantis. last year, after weeks of strikes. but no doubt

this was a setback for the union . >> i've lost elections in my life. most of us have lost elections in our lives. we learn from it and we move forward, and that's what we intend to do. we put everything we had in this fight. we left nothing on the table. so there's no regrets in this fight. the uaw accuses mercedes of breaking the law by intimidating workers into voting no. >> mercedes denies that and says it looks forward to continuing to work directly with workers. historically, unions have been unpopular in the south. alabama governor kay ivey reacted to friday's vote, saying alabama is not sweet home to the uaw. she also said automotive manufacturing is one of alabama's crown jewel industries and number one in the country, and we are committed to keeping it that way. the results of the vote still need to be certified. both sides could object within five days. in atlanta. madison, scarpino fox news. >> this week in new york, former

president trump's once loyal fixer and former lawyer took the stand against his old boss and outside the courthouse, a series of top republican politicians lined up to defend the former president. alex michaelson, host of the issue, is spoke with former president, former biden press secretary jen psaki ahead of this weekend's episode. >> they are going out there and basically attacking the judge, the jury, the judge's daughter, the prosecutor. trump can't do that. michael cohen he can't do that. it would violate the gag order. so they're doing his dirty work for him. so in that sense, it's helpful to him, them, their audience for their communication is trump, which tells you how much he owns the republican party. >> also on this week's program is this map, which shows the recent real clear politics average of polls. according to a series of recent polls in swing states, donald trump would win the presidential contest against joe biden if it was held today. >> but for democrats out there who think like there's these, you know, donald trump is

sitting in a courtroom, he might be convicted. we'll see. it's up to the jury. this is over. it's not this is going to be a very close election. there are some warning signs in there. i don't think the biden campaign is unaware of them. but for people who thought this would be easy, it's not. >> you can catch the full episode of the issue is tomorrow morning at 630 right here on ktvu, followed by mornings on two. still to come. russia launches an air strike on ukraine's second largest city, and ukraine braces for a major ground offensive from the russian military. plus that's beneath even the order of ukraine. members of congress fling insults back and forth in a hearing that went off the rails. but first, sonoma state's graduating class makes it to the finish line. after a turbulent few weeks d a

killed at least two people and left more than two dozen injured. the regional ukrainian governor said that more than 9900 people have been evacuated from the area over fears of a ground attack from russian troops. russian president vladimir putin said the military operation is attempting to create a buffer zone, but denied that russia has plans to capture the city. a key member of israel's war cabinet says he'll resign on june 8th unless a new war plan is implemented that includes the return of hostages and demilitarized the gaza strip, among other demands. meantime, the israeli army released new video today of the latest arrival of humanitarian aid to people living along the gaza strip. it shows trucks rolling across a newly built floating pier built by the u.s. into the besieged region for the first time. israeli restrictions on border crossings and heavy hindered the delivery of earlier food and other supplies to gaza.

this shipment is the first of a major humanitarian aid operation that could eventually scale up to 150 truckloads a day. people gathered today to mourn those killed in recent israeli air strikes, as the victims bodies were brought to a hospital in the gaza strip. the israeli airstrike in the in the city refugee or the excuse me, in the nuseirat refugee camp killed at least five people who were later identified as police officers. those officers were part of a civilian force separate from hamas's military force. more than 2000 students graduated from sonoma state university. today and the ceremony follows a controversy on campus this week involving pro-palestinian protesters and the abrupt retirement of the university president. ktvu amanda quintana has more from rohnert park. >> i'm excited, i'm nervous. i think it's a lot of emotions at once, but i'm like, this was a long journey, so i'm very happy that i'm here today. >> students are feeling all the emotions as they say goodbye to their time at sonoma state.

graduation day is finally here with the final week of school full of, well, a lot of drama for sure. on tuesday, the university president, mike lee, made a school wide announcement saying he had come to an agreement with pro-palestinian student protesters. those agreements included disclosing university investments to a pro-palestinian student advisory council and promising an academic boycott of educational programs connected to israel. he also called for a ceasefire in gaza and condemned all acts of genocide, racism and anti-semitism. but a day later, he said he'd made a mistake by doing that without the proper approvals, lee was placed on leave by the csu chancellor for, quote, insubordination, and the next day she announced his retirement. graduate s have differing opinions after seeing it all play out. >> there are some things that i think the president could have done better, that the organizers of the encampment probably could

have done better in their demands. they're not critically thinking about, you know, what is actually a helpful demand when we're talking about discourse and stuff, because that seems like where mike lee got caught up. >> i absolutely support and stand with president mike lee, with what happened recently with him being asked to leave, i think that the basis of activism comes from using a position of power, even at risk of your position. >> some even contemplated not coming to graduation. erica halyard saying, it's been hard to be happy about her accomplishments. >> it's been tough to, you know, go through, especially going with graduation and having all this going on, even coming was a decision to actually attend. so it was it was a hard decision. >> while some chose to keep their focus on getting that diploma, the best way to get through it was just to mostly focus on my work and kind of shut that out. as for the ceremonies in acting president, doctor nathan evans is stepping in a university spokesperson

told me that they are focusing on making sure that graduates and their families get to enjoy the ceremonies and the lawn where there was an encampment of protesters for nearly three weeks has been clear since the agreements were announced at sonoma state. amanda quintana ktvu, fox two news, san francisco mayor london breed has officially launched her campaign for reelection in. >> the mayor held a kickoff event at the fillmore theater today, breed is promising to fully staff the police department, build tens of thousands of new homes, and get more homeless people off the streets. a debate between leading mayoral candidates that was scheduled for monday has been canceled after breed supervisor aaron peskin and philanthropist daniel lurie all withdrew. congressional conflict on capitol hill continues. new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez fires back at pennsylvania's senator john fetterman. foxes madeline rivera has more on the fallout from thursday's public fight. during a house overdraft committee hearing. the latest bad now

featuring two democrats against each other. >> here's pennsylvania senator john fetterman apologizing to the jerry springer show on abc's for once, comparing it to the us house. he's adjusting the lower chamber of congress is worse than the crude talk show. after a house oversight contempt hearing for attorney general merrick garland thursday devolved into shouting and insults over physical appearance. watch these fireworks among congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, alexandria ocasio-cortez and jasmine crockett. >> do you know what we're here for? you know we're here about i don't think you know what you're here for. well, you don't want talking about, i guess. >> i think you're fake eyelashes are messing up. >> ain't nothing. hold on, hold on. >> listen. >> order, mister chairman. beneath even order. regain order of your committee. >> mister, i do have a point of order. and i would like to move to. to take down miss greene's words. that is absolutely unacceptable. how dare you attack the physical appearance of another person? >> are your feelings hurt? >> her words down? oh. oh oh,

girl. baby girl. >> oh, really? >> don't even play baby girl i don't think we are going to. but ocasio cortez argues there a no both sides to that blowout. >> blaming republicans for allowing the chaos to happen. she hits fetterman for his take, saying in part, i stand up to bullies. instead of becoming one, and to the women of pennsylvania, i'd stand up for you, too. there are allegations that some members in the hearing room were drinking, and accusation that ranking member jamie raskin says is worth investigating on capitol hill, matthew rivera, fox news. >> still to come, the city of benicia honors the world war two veteran who's the last survivor of a naval disaster in the final months of the war. >> and i'm tracking a modest warm-up for your bay area sunday. i'll have a look at what you can expect for tomorrow and plan for the week ahead. coming up. >> and there will not be a triple crown winner. the upset

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crew members were killed when two torpedoes from a japanese submarine hit the ship. the survivors fought off sharks, starvation, and cold water in the pacific ocean for five days. the struggle captured in the statue's design. >> it has his dog tags. it has his watch that when he hit the water, it stopped working. so it has the time he actually hit the water. the bottom shows the sharks swimming around his feet. it's a remarkable that he's here today to talk about it. so many lost their lives during that tragedy. >> bray was awarded the purple heart and the world war two victory medal for his perseverance and resilience. and when asked what the turnout at today's event means to him, well, he responded with some humor. >> that means that people have nothing else to do. so they come still has a sense of humor. >> if you'd like to visit the harold bray statue and monument, it's located at military east and first street in benicia. the cannes film festival is underway in france, and bay area

filmmaker francis ford coppola's first new movie in more than a decade has caught the attention of audiences. coppola was surrounded by family members for support following the death of his wife of 60 years last month, meg gallopoulos is his fourth movie to appear at the festival. he won the top prize in 1974 and 1979. ladies and gentlemen and children of all ages. the 85 year old oscar winner says he began conceiving the movie back in the early 1980s. it's described as a futuristic take on the roman empire and reportedly cost $120 million to make. some of the funding came from coppola's sonoma wine empire, and there's plenty of excitement building for the bay area's forthcoming wnba team, the valkyries. through the growing fan base, a special block party and another cloudy and cool night today across the bay, meteorologist rosemary oroczo will have your complete bay area forecast.

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women who are fearless and unwavering. the valkyries have officially landed in the bay, and fans are thrilled. >> the energy is incredible. first and foremost, like to have a women's basketball team in the bay area is something that i think a lot of us have wanted for so long. >> women can get treated with equality in this sport in this field. so i'm excited for us. we're pioneering a lot of stuff right now, so i'm happy. >> the valkyries team president says she hopes to see this team's fandom grow in a way that is tailored to a wnba audience. the wnba is a different product, you know, and for so long, people have just assumed the nba and the wnba should be treated the same, should be brought to life the same, should think the same when it comes to fandom. >> and really, what you're seeing is it's a completely different audience. >> thrive city filled with newly minted fans all decked out in valkyrie purple. the team store had a line out the door, everyone waiting patiently to get their gear. the town and the city were both well represented at the event. local leaders from oakland and sf were there to

celebrate. >> our commitment is deep. our commitment to jeff smith is deep. their offices are in oakland. i mean, we're a part of the team. even though the team may not be playing, i hope that we can negotiate some preseason games. >> michelle brought her young daughter out to celebrate the new team. i am even more excited for her to be to have a wnba team that she can grow up with and be a fan and go to the games because we already put a deposit into the season ticket holders, and she isn't the only one to get tickets so quickly. the team says more than 10,000 deposits have already been placed for season tickets. >> barry has an amazing fan base, you know, so for us to have a women's team like this, they're going to show them love. you know, we're fans going to come out and support something like this. >> i work here, which is great, so i'll be making money all year long. it's a beautiful thing, but today it's history. i had to be a part of it and i can't wait. >> the team is set to begin playing in the bay area in may of 2025 for the bay, it's for

the bay. >> i'm bay everything so heads come big basketball fan. >> so especially the warriors. so the valkyries are up next. >> as you can see, the valkyries are receiving a very warm welcome here in thrive city in san francisco. tori gaines, ktvu, fox two news sports focus returns tomorrow with a new episode featuring identical twin sisters in saint helena. >> we'll introduce you to anais and ana carla hernandez, who are multi-sport athletes. they're only sophomores, and they're already making a name for themselves. you'll also hear how this nonprofit is teaching children about people with physical disabilities by playing adaptive soccer on crutches. and we'll give you a look at the top stunt team from the east bay that made their second consecutive appearance at state. >> we just came in really excited and ready. these are like extremely hard teams to beat. and so we're very proud of our standing as second in the state. sports focus. >> here's tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. right after our 6:00 newscast. you can also find it online after it airs@ktvu.com, or find

it on our fox local app. a gray colt has been crowned the winner of the preakness stakes, pledging freedom, moving down the center of the track. >> but wait! lucas has done it. seize the gray! win the preakness. >> the horse named seize the gray won the competition in an upset win at the pimlico race course in baltimore. his victory ended a chance any chance of kentucky derby winner mystic dan from winning the triple crown. this year's competition was also the first time in 85 years in which the preakness stakes was run on a muddy track, which made conditions challenging for some of the horses. the final leg of the triple crown, the belmont stakes, will take place on june 8th across the bay area this evening. >> cool conditions, a little breezy. the fog and low clouds rolling back across the bay, giving you a look here into the dark skies over alameda. temperatures are expected to warm a little bit tomorrow, and then continuing that trend into

the business week, here's a view of the afternoon highs from today 62 degrees san francisco upper 60s to low 70s for the peninsula, as well as the east bay. our inland cities, at least the inner east bay enjoying mid to upper 70s. very pleasant for you here, we will see again. temperatures continue to climb. be a little bit more comfortable around the bay tomorrow and into the coming days. storm tracker two not really going to lose the overall pattern. here's a look at the trough that is kind of hanging over the pacific northwest and dipping into areas of california. the ridge of high pressure that typically brings us the warmer weather way back in here. and again, we're not going to see a whole lot of movement out into the coming days, but we will have a very minor warming trend. the future cast here for tomorrow morning. we will have partly cloudy skies, a little more sunshine to start the day. and that, of course, will help us out with the temperatures beginning to rebound a little bit sooner and then into the afternoon. partly cloudy at the coast. mostly

sunny for the rest of us. temperatures across the bay area at this hour. 54 degrees at half moon bay. low 50s in san francisco, upper 50s mid 50s. napa. i should say, and brentwood. still a nice mild 62 or 60 degrees for you there tomorrow morning. temperatures are going to be a little bit cool, especially in areas like santa rosa 45 expected for you during the morning hours, 50 degrees for san francisco as well as along the peninsula, san mateo, redwood city, upper 40s to low 50s. to start your day. the inner east bay under partly cloudy conditions for the afternoon tomorrow in san francisco, we talked about bay to breakers will be a cloudy, cool start to the day, but by the afternoon when the giants play at 105 sunny skies, 63 degrees, a west breeze to 15mph. so not going to be warm. and we know that sea breeze adds to the chill. so if you are going to see that game, do expect it to be a little bit brisk there in the afternoon with san francisco looking at an afternoon high 65 in the north bay going to be warm for you, santa rosa. that

will be a nice change coming your way. 80 degrees for you and upper 70s near 80 for our inland east bay, south bay, san jose going to 76. oakland. looking at 69, we have the contra costa county fair going on. very pleasant weather for fair goers there, and a festival in livermore. so nice weather for you there with upper 70s expected your extended forecast. temperatures continue to warm on monday. right now tuesday looks like it's going to be the warmest day, but it doesn't last. temperatures going to fall off once again wednesday. we're pleasant throughout come thursday. >> okay. sounds good. so looking good going into memorial day weekend. yes, the unofficial start of summer. yeah, you're right, it may not feel like summer, but we're used to it here in the bay area. all right, rosemary, thank you. sure. well, two major events in the world of barbecue happening this weekend in memphis. 129 teams from 22 states and four other countries are competing in the 46th world championship. barbecue cooking contest. there's more than $150,000 in prize money competitions are set up in categories. there's ribs,

shoulder and whole hog. also, this weekend is smoke slam. the world's ultimate barbecue competition. this is the first year of that festival, which is wrapping up tonight. and in texas, hundreds of people, all with the same first name, got together this weekend to try to break a world record 706 men and women, all named kyle, came together in the city of kyle, texas, just south of austin. but they fell short of breaking the current guinness world record, set in 2017, when more than 2300 people named ivan gathered in bosnia. the group of kyle's also met last year but fell short then two the kyle's who gathered today said they hoped to do better next time. >> we're all saying we're going to contact at least two kyle's and bring them with us. >> got to beat a lot of cool kyle's out here and do a lot of like shopping with local vendors . >> those participating in the gathering were required to show proof of identification, have the same name, spelling and have kyle as their first name nicknames, by the way, not

accepted. well, the summer travel season kicks off next weekend with the memorial day holiday. it's shaping up to be one of the busiest travel periods on record. the tsa says it's expecting more than 26,000 flights every day through labor day, a nearly 6% increase from 2023. >> most americans will be driving, as we mentioned, and that means they're going to be going to the pump and filling up. we don't expect a tremendously large hike in gas prices between now and memorial day, but you might see a bump of a few cents per gallon. the interesting thing is we have not seen gas prices affect people's want to travel. those planned road trips or vacations. americans for the past few years have been doing that. regardless of the cost of gasoline. we expect that to continue this year. >> aa expects nearly 6 million californians will be traveling for memorial day weekend. well, the giants have been on fire as of late. a big reason is because of lui mato that

giants fans enjoying skate day at oracle park. and yes, that's a half pipe on a barge in mccovey cove and this is luis matos putting the giants up three. nothing against the rockies in the first inning. it's his second homer of the year. we'll go to the third now.

score is five three. giants matos hits hits off of former giant tye block again, this time into the into the gap for a double. matt chapman scores. and that's now 15 rbis in six games for matos, the most in giants history. here at six three alan trejo pops the ball deep off kyle harrison, and matos makes the leaping catch as he runs into the wall. we'll give you another closer look here as he robs the batter with that catch. then it's in the eighth inning with the bases loaded. matos again with this hit two more runs. come in, giants complete the rocky sweep with a 14 to 4 win. a's on the road to take on the kansas city royals and chiefs head coach andy reid in the house. second inning. a's down two. nothing it's seth versus seth. seth lugo on the mound and seth brown at bat. brown hits a two run home run, his fourth home run of the season. and then you fast forward all the way to the ninth inning. james macarthur gets his 11th save of the season. royals win five three. athletics lose

their seventh game in a row. well win today for number eight. stanford softball team will put them in the ncaa regional final tomorrow. stanford hosting number 18, mississippi state bottom of the third. stanford up one zero. ava gall gets this one to the right field and that ball is gone. the cardinals take the two zero lead. sophomore pitcher nisha nundy on fire today. she threw 13 strikeouts, 23 strikeouts in two games and now leads the nation. stanford wins 2 to 1 and will play the winner out of mississippi state and cal fullerton's elimination game tomorrow. the oakland roots, still fighting to get their first win under interim head coach gavin glinton, roots hosting orange county at pioneer stadium. trayvon reid kicks the penalty kick and it hits the back of the net to tie the game one one, going into the third minute into the 93rd minute. it's the roots chance, last chance to make something happen. jasiel segundo gets the one last thrust forward. it is brought down by mark malave that takes

advantage of the lack of rotation and gives the roots the lead in a 2 to 1 win. earthquakes hosting orlando city. 89th minute here. still no score. martin ojeda unable to get a clean look. jack glynn there to capitalize lynn puts orlando city on the board late in the game. orlando city wins one nil. well through 54 holes. the 2024 pga championship remains anyone's for the taking. third round here of the pga championship from valhalla golf club in louisville, kentucky. par four 15th hole collin morikawa putting in for birdie just inside six feet. he takes a ride around the entire cup, but it does find the bottom morikawa heading into the final round, tied with xander schauffele for the lead at 15 under. the dallas mavericks, looking to close out a series at home against the oklahoma city thunder to advance to the western conference finals in the fourth quarter, the game is tied at 105. luka doncic sets back and, he hits that pull up jumper over louder. dirk nowitzki and doncic both loving that shot. luka finished with a

triple double 29 points, ten rebounds, ten assists. mavs come back to win 117, 116 and advance to the western conference finals for the second time in three seasons. thanks so much for joining us here on the 10:00 news. our next newscast is at 7 a.m. sunday morning, and you want to stream the latest news and weather anytime on your smart tv. you can just download our fox local app to your tv. thanks for joining us, bay area. have a good night. (dramatic sound effects) (voice over) three mystery celebrities, three talented relatives... -have i ever met you before? -yes. what?! ..one hundred excited players.