a mother shot and killed in her east bay home tonight. grief stricken family and friends struggling she had so much goinr her. she was such a good mom. i'm just going to miss her so much. >> loved ones say the 30 year old victim was a mother and college student. good evening. >> i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach. police in pinole say the victim was killed by her ex-boyfriend and her family says in front of her little boy. new at ten ktvu joey huerta, live at the martinez detention center, where the suspect is in custody tonight and also charged with homicide. joey. >> mike and julie. this loving mother was known as someone who could light up a room with her smile. and she's being remembered tonight as someone whose life came to a tragic end. those who knew her best are sharing her story for the first

time. >> her smile will just light up a room. >> friends and family are mourning the loss of brittany ligdus. >> life will never be the same. >> police say the 30 year old was shot and killed on the morning of february 16th inside her basement apartment on summit drive. ligdus own ex-boyfriend and the father of her son, 36 year old jeffrey kendall, is identified by police as the suspect. according to the family. she called police when he broke into her home. she hid in the laundry room with her four year old son, liam, and was shot in the head right in front of the little boy, according to her aunt, nancy o'neil. >> he keeps saying mommy's dead, mommy's dead. we replay it in our head over and over and over. >> every day, kendall is seen on a neighbor's doorbell camera running down the street moments after the shooting. late that night, chp officers would arrest him in santa cruz. >> i knew something was wrong. >> cassandra santiago quickly became close friends with ligdus. when the two moms went

back to school to study nursing at diablo valley college, she had so much going for her. ligdus was popular on campus, knownúfor helping other students. she recalls the last friendúdays before the shooting regarding the couple's relationship being on the rocks, she said to me, i'm doing okay. >> um, but it's really hard. he's very unpredictable right now. >> santiago says her friend was worried about kendall recently buying a gun concern that he would harm himself while dealing with anxiety. o'neil has this takeaway for others when it comes to getting help. >> if anyone's ever worried about a situation or thinking that this doesn't feel right, trust your gut. you're probably right. >> police are calling this a tragic case of domestic violencen kendall is charged now with homicide, possession of

assault weapon and child endangerment, and that four year old mike is back with relatives this evening. >> and, joey, when it comes to motive, i mean, did the family open up or have any insight when it comes to a possible motive? >> right. well, they did say that brittany had broken up with her ex a week before this murder, and they do say that he was struggling with mental illness. he had some issues wit& that. a history of history of ae that they know of. >> all right. joey horta, live tonight in martinez. joey thank you for that. in sonoma county, santa rosa police are now inveatg the death of a mother and her young son. police say they recd call 750 this morning. the initial report summerfield road near howarth court, right across the street from howorth park. investigators arrived at the scene and taped off the area earlier this evening. officials were seen taking two bodies out of the home, authorities said in a news

release that the woman's son is approximately ten years old. the cause of death now under investigation and the victims names are not being released at this time. police say there is no known threat to the public in that area. >> a california judge ruled in favor of a safeway employee from san mateo, who was fired over an attempt to stop a shoplifter. safeway terminated antoinette baez's employment after she intervened during a shoplifting attempt in february of 2023. video given to us by baez's lawyers showed that baez was attempting to stop a woman as she tried to leave the store withc unpaid items and attempted to punch baez. a state judge initially upheld safeway's termination, but last week a new ruling in favor of baez was have made multiple attempts to reach safeway for comment, but have not yet heard back. >> heightened security measures in washington, d.c. tonight. the united states capitol, where

president biden is set to deliver his state of the union address tomorrow night. the stakes are quite high for president biden, his speech coming just two days after super tuesday. >> he'll make his case before the nation with a tight reelection bid in november. ktvu s jana katsuyama joins us now live tonight the president. gia. >> yes. and he's going to be facing a lot of scrutiny onúaism democrats and republicans. president biden is facing this reelection challenge and hoping for this coalition of moderate and progressive democrats, as disaffected republicans.t- tomorrow night, he will make his case and try to set a bipartisan tone on capitol hill.úthe stakes will be high for president biden's address this year, the speech coming right after super tuesday, which made clear november will be a rematch of president biden and former president trump. >> it's an opportunity to get the attention of a big share of the country, which, you know, doesn't happen thatúoften. >> eric schickler is co-director

of the uc berkeley institute of governmental studies. he says with a tight reelection race, president biden likely will use the speech to highlight his accomplishments and goals of lowering health care costs, defending reproductive rights, supporting ukraine and getting humanitarian relief in the gaza conflict. he also will likely tout the economy and lower inflation. >> i think the voters and nevertrumpers, he's certainly going to try to convey this sense of himself as somebodyúwho is willing to work across the aisle, who's not a sharp ideologue and is also, you know, committed to norms of democracy. one of the challenges is that he has is a lack of enthusiasm among younger voters and some, you know, people of color, i feel like progressively less terrible.which is probablyt- >> in berkeley, some young voters said this year's matchup hasn't inspired them so far, and it feels different from 2020. >> i definitely feel like the situation in the middle east is a huge issue for me. in fact, i

think this is probably the first time i feel like i might actually lean towards being a single issue voter. >> some bay area lawmakers say they're hoping the speech emphasizes the bipartisan efforts in congress. >> we got the first group of appropriations bills passed out. i had a short conversation with speaker johnson yesterday. um, so i do i'm cautiously optimistic. >> congressman mark desaulnier and others have invited guests who they hope will highlight issues important to their constituents. >> i am thrilled to be here. >> really excited to be invited. >> lynn mackey, contra costa county school superintendent, is disney's guest thursday night, and she hopes that the politicians will set a good example for the young people watching. >> i really do hope that they are thinking about the future, thinking about being engaged and thinking about how we can really work together and have civil discourse. >> and europcar. last year there was some heckling of the president at the previous state of the union address. tomorrow it begins at 6 p.m. we'll be

showing it right here on ktvu and then after the state of the union address, alabama senator katie britt will be delivering the republicans rebuttal. that's immediately afterwards. >> all right. we will be here for that. gianna. thank you. >> the likelihood of a 2020 rematch becoming more evident today after nikki haley ended her presidential campaign, trump was able to win his party's nomination in all but one state last night. haley has not endorsed former president donald trump, but she did congratulate him. president biden's campaign, already trying to convince those who voted for nikki haley to now support president biden in the general election. >> he agreed she stoodúup to trr things like election denialism, for the chaos and the vision that he represents. there is, in fact, going to be a home for them in joe biden's campaign. and recent national polls do show a tight race between biden and trump. >> and come november, california voters will also decide between democrat adam schiff and sprepublican steve garvey in the general election. schiff focused

much of hisúprimary campaign on elevating garvey and preventing a runoff with another democrat in that senate race. the congresswoman katie porter and barbara lee, our political reporter greg lee the strategiee schiff and garvey campaigns will try to use moving forward. thank you. and let's go on and win this thing on 2nd november. >> everybody, we haven't come this far to only go this far. >> democratic representative adam schiff will meet republican and political newcomer steve garvey in the general election for the right to fill the senate seat long held by the late dianne feinstein. >> now it's a different race. essentially, adam schiff could run steve garvey's campaign in the top two primary system. now, steve garvey has to find his own voice. >> the two men emerged from the crowded field in the most expensive senate race in state history. schiff spent millions of dollars elevating garvey's campaign, much to the chagrin of

democrats katie porter and barbara lee. >> remember the old saying, be careful what you ask for. he's like the pitcher that throws me 70 mile an hour fastballs. and then watches me run around the bases. >> garvey, aware of the challenges ahead. the last time a republican has been elected to the u.s. senate from the state was in 1988, registered democrats outnumber republicans 2 to 1, and he'll continue to be asked if he supports donald trump. and for more specifics on his positions, he's going to have to find a place to do more than just slap a couple of singles. >> he's going to have to bang one off the wall. let's see if he can do that. >> i want to acknowledge the right of our protesters, and i look forward to working with you all. >> one challenge facing schiff evident at his victory party pro-palestine protesters interrupted most of his speech. schiff has supported aid into gaza, but not an immediate cease fire, something progressive barbara lee is still calling

for. >> adam schiff, ironically, needs the two women that he beat up on or virtually ignored in this particular primary, and they could provide why would th? >> no matter who wins in november, california will not have a female senatorúfor the first time since 1992. >> it's a function of whoúthe donors get behind early. it's , and all those things really did their work to keep barbara lee and katie porter, you know, out of the general election. >> amy allison is the founder of she the people, a political network for women of color. she says schiff and national democrats need to work to reach women and rebuild a diverse coalition. >> if we go back to 2020, it was women of color, not only in california but across the country, who were the margin of victory for democrats. if you shut them out now, democrats can't win. >> greg lee, ktvu, fox two news.

>> late tonight, alabama republican governor kay ivey signed legislation protecting in vitro fertilization providers committees in the state house and senate approved bills that would protect providers from lawsuits and criminal prosecution in the event an embryo is damaged or destroyed. last month, the state supreme court ruled embryos are children after three couples had filed wrongful death lawsuits when three embryos were when their embryos were destroyed in an accident at a storage facility. alabama's three major ivf providers shut down services after the court's decision. >> still to come tonight, night markets expanding in san francisco, the extra funding helping to bring them back to life in different neighborhoods. >> and we're looking had some wd showers today, especially out in the east bay and parts of the south bay and the santa cruz mountains. but it's changed around tomorrow. it's going to be a nice day, but more rain in the five day. >> plus a chinese citizen living in the east bay accused of

stealing trade secrets while pled at google, the federal ges he's

nonprofit is awarding grants to two neighborhoods to hold night markets. ktvu is amber lee joins us now. she's live in the city

with more about where the money is going and community reaction. amber >> julie. the grants will help pay for upcoming night markets here in chinatown and in the sunset district. now organizers and merchants tell me they're excited and grateful for the help. merchants nights, chinatown is quiet and the streets empty. but last november, a night market breathed new life into this historic neighborhood. lily lowe, the founder of the event, plans to hold another one this friday may not enough. >> you know, tourism and not enough people to come and shop and eat in chinatown. so we want . chinatown, san francisco, china to survive. >> lowe says a new grant will make it possible for her to hold night markets on the second friday of every month through november. the $100,000 is a gift from a nonprofit called civic joy fund, founded by manny uchitel, owner of manny's cafe in the mission district. he

shared this video of him dancing at the night market with lowe. >> i went to the night market in chinatown this fall, and i saw thousands and thousands of people come to grand avenue. it just hit me that this was something that needed to happen >> uchitel tells me the money comes from a group of philanthropists. >> without the grant, i don't think we can do it. this you know, we do have a lot of volunteers, but volunteers only can do so much. >> you scuttle's nonprofit will also give $100,000 to the sunset night market. the first one was held last september and was started by supervisor joel engardio, who represents the district. >> we didn't think 10,000 people would show up, so we ran out of food. we didn't have enough booths, so we're going to expand it. >> he plans to hold the next one in late may or early june. >> we're going to do six blocks. we're going to focus it on food. we're going to really perfect the concept. >> stonekeeper back third genern stone carver sells his artwork at his store. gilbert lam plans

to stay open later on friday, hoping the night market will increase foot traffic. >> it's quite slow. yeah i'm not many, uh, custom coming to chinatown. >> a shared desire to revitalize san francisco. >> i love this place. and you can feel it in the air. and that collective love for san francisco and the deepness of the community here is what makes it so great. >> yakusho hopes to raise $1 million to fund night markets in different parts of the city. the chinatown night market will be held here on grant avenue on friday night from 530 to 9:00. julie >> yeah, well, from the looks of the video, it looks like it went pretty well last year. so if they build off of that, did they say are they using any of the money for security. how do they keep people safe. because there are so many people out and about. it looked like in the video from last year. >> well, here in chinatown, lily

lowe says the security provided by volunteers. and i know that from being out here covering these events, we do see police patrol the area too as well. with so many people out here. >> all right. well, it looked like a lot of fun. amberleigh live in the city for us tonight, amber. thank you. salesforce is celebrating 25 years now in business. the company shared the news today, highlighting its growth from just four co-founders in a san francisco apartment to 72,000 trailblazers around the world. salesforce is headquartered in san francisco, with offices across the united states, canada and latin america . >> all right, now to our weather. take a look at this viewer. ken navari catching a funnel cloud on camera today. this was shot in vacaville from peabody road around three this afternoon. the cloud eventually dissipated and did not touch down in the east bay. cause some minor flash flooding this afternoon. this is what it looked like along norris canyon in crow canyon roads between castro valley and san ramon, and in monterey county. flooding in

and there and some strong storm cells move through the area. >> our chief meteorologist, bill martin, joins us now kind of fast and furious. some of those rain cells, were they just kind of moved in and moved out. yeah. >> it came it came down. well the funnel cloud, first of all, julie is such a good indication of how severe the weather was today. i mean, if you've got under some of thistuf this is the radar from earlier today and you can see some lightning strikes out in the east bay. these storms were prettyc much not stationary, but they were slow move this of see how the bf thunder and lightning and then it clears off real quick. but not before a lot of rain fell. san jose got over an inch or a half an inch of rain, which that's a lot of rain from a system like this quarter inch in san rafael. more rain in the south and east bay than in the north bay. you got 2.27in livermore, a quarter of an inch, and then san francisco 0.07. so very, very widely dispersed rainfall totals. it's not

raining now. it's dry out there. down, it's going to get cool.t- and we're going to see valley fog form late tonight early tomorrow morning. so with that in mind, be prepared especially out in the bigúvalley. the radar sweeps right now show nothing going on and we won't see. shouldn't shouldn't say that. we probably won't see. shouldn't see anything until we get towards friday night into saturday when we have another chance for a few stray showers. but again a near miss kind of a weather system,únot a direct hit. so it would be a light one as well. we'll look into that when i see you next. >> all right bill, thank you. san jose police arrested two men suspected of two separate homicides. investigators say juan carlos perez shot three people on february 18th in a parking lot on story road. one of the victims, a man, was killed. investigators were able to identify perez as the suspect and arrested him on friday. the second homicide happened last thursday on more park avenue. police say a man was shot while sitting in a vehicle. denzel brown was identified as the spprimary suspect. the 30 year d

was arrested in sunnyvale. police right now, still second n the case. >> we released a surveillance snapshot of the second suspect. i'm in a press release. so again, if anyone has any information, um, please come forward some closure to this case. but again, i do want to commend our detectives for not only identifying, but also arresting within less than 24 hours, the primary suspect. suspect brown. >> the motives and circumstances surrounding both cases remain under investigation. coming up, a dispute between two failed cryptocurrency companies has now been resolved. also, a former google employee living in the east bay charged by the federal government the confidential information he's accused of stealing. >> also ahead tonight, a tight race in silicon valley to replace longtime congresswoman anna eshoo , wh that rac

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disputes stemming from the company's collapse in 2022, according to court documents. ftx will pay blockfi up to $874 million. the companies filed lawsuits against each other last year, seeking to recover funds they had loaned each other before going bankrupt. under the new settlement, ftx agreed to prioritize a $250 million sppayment to blockfi. the remainder of the settlement is contingent on its efforts to repay customers in bankruptcy. ftx has said it expects to fully repay its own customers, but one of the company's attorneys says that's not guaranteed. >> a former google employee living in the east bay is facing federal charges tonight, ktvu krystal bailey tells us the chinese citizen is accused of stealing confidential ai files from google while working at the company. >> the fbi arrested 38 year old lin hui ding, known as lee, on wednesday morning from his home in newark. ding, a chinese citizen, started working as a

software engineer at google in 2019, according to the department of justice. he's accused of stealing artificial intelligence related software. us attorney general merrick garland, during a visit to san francisco, shared the u.s. leads in ai technology, saying it's important for our economy and national security. >> the justice department's first job is to that lead and to protect our intellectual property. >> the indictment says that in may of 2022, ding periodically began uploading trade secrets stored in google's network by copying the information to a personal google cloud account. >> the charge is further that he stole this intellectual property , um, while he was working for two companies based in the people's republic of china. >> while at google, the indictment says ding simultaneously worked for a chinese tech startup, where he acted as chief technology officer and ac company he foundd and operated himself out of china. >> one of the company's explicit

goals was to replicate and upgrade google's platform, the same platform about which ding had stolen google's trade secrets. >> ding is also accused of traveling to china to do business deals while he was a google employee and covering up his crimes just will not tolerate the theft in f artificial intelligence. >> in a statement from google, their spokesperson told us we have strict safeguards to prevent the theft of our confidential commercial information and trade secrets, going on to say we quickly referred the case to law enforcement. we are grateful to the fbi for helping protect our information and will continue cooperating with them closely. ding is charged with four counts of theft of trade secrets. if convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each count. krystal bailey, ktvu, fox two news. >> coming up, only two candidates move on to november

in the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo. where the vote stand tonight, plus, what trumpúhas certainly rejected some of the policies that progressive politicians and progressive organizations and leaders have been put forward. is san francisco seeing a shift in politics? the primary election results that show a majority of voters want to see change in the city. plus, let's hear it for dad. >> for maya, a special night for former warriors executive bob myers. >> jason appelbaum will have that. and the story of tonight's big game at chase between the warriors and the bucks. also coming up, mixed reaction. this evening at an east bay school district meeting over an ethnic studies program, we are hearing from supporters and opponents

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congresswoman anna eshoo. tonight, former san jose mayor sam liccardo leading the way with the most votes, followed by santa clara county supervisor joe simitian. assemblyman evan low just a couple of thousand votes behind the supervisor. the top two candidates will face off in the november general election. ktvu south bay reporter lamonica peters live tonight in san jose after speaking to each of those top three candidates, lamonica. >> mike, as you just mentioned, sam liccardo is leading in the race, followed closely by joe simitian and evan low. now, all three of these candidates still believe that they are the best choice to represent silicon valley in congress. >> as of this morning, we had about 145,000 ballots that we've collected so far with more than 209,000 people casting a vote on tuesday. >> santa clara county's registrar of voters says it will

be counting ballots for days. >> we will continue collecting ballots from the usps for additional seven days after the election, so as long as they're postmarked by election day and we receive it by march 12th, they will be counted as ballots are still being counted. >> state assembly member evan lowe says he's not giving up just yet. >> we've seen close to historic lows in the presidential primary, and so as the votes are still being counted, i'm hopeful to see the potential to be in the top two primary in a crowded race that saw 11 people vying to replace longtime congresswoman anna eshoo. >> santa clara county board supervisor joe simitian currently sits in second place and says he knows silicon valley voters well. >> he alone among the candidates i have represented 14 of the 15 cities and towns, so these are places i know pretty well and people i've represented, and i know their views, their values and their needs. >> former san jose mayor sam liccardo still has an early lead and says his focus on issues

that people in silicon valley face play a role in how people voted at the polls. >> we got a competitive race and i know that a lot of folks will be watching the county carefully. uh the good news is, at least the early results are good news for me. and so i'll continue to press ahead and prepare for the next eight months. >> now, all of the candidates told me that if they are on the ballot in november,úthey plan to get some rest from for now and then they will approach this next election cycle as if it were an entirely new campaign. mike >> all right. la monica peters live tonight in san jose. lamonica. thank you. in the east bay, the stage may be set in the race for who will replace outgoing congresswoman barbara lee. bart board member lateefah simon with more than 40% of the vote. professor jennifer tran in alameda's vice mayor tony daysog are in a race for second. >> all right, now to san francisco, whereúresidents are seeing a potential shift in

politics, with voters embracing two public safety measures. but first, a look at the measure that failed proposition b would have set a minimum standard for police staffing. 67% of voters said no. opponents criticized the idea primarily because it would result in the need for new taxes. however, voters supported measure e, it broadens police powers by allowing them to use drones and surveillance cameras. it also gives officers greater leeway to pursue suspectsúin vehicles. measure e passed with spmore than 60% of the vote, and there was strong support fromt& measure f. it requires adults without dependents who receive welfare benefits to undergo drug screenings. again, it received overwhelming support, with 63% of the vote. those voting in favor of measure f, and voters made it clear they want something to be drug use. ktvu is christian captain talked with the mayoral candidates about how the city moderate, with san francisco

voters approving proposition e, granting police new powers, and proposition f tying drug screenings to public assistance. >> the city has shifted from who backeh measures, says their passage does not indicate that the city is straying from its progressive principles. in its push for safety, san francisco continues to push forward our values in extraordinary ways, and we have not abandoned those. >> but we also need accountability. >> supervisor asha sapphire, who is running for mayor, says the results show a city hungry for change. >> voters want change. they want to see new leadership around all the different issues san francisco has faced. thing people areúconcerned about public safety. rightfully so. they're concerned about the homelessness crisis on the streets, the mental health, drug abuse. >> mark farrell, the most recent candidate to jump into the mayor's race, also sees voters looking for change. >> look, san francisco needs to change directions. the last six

years have literally seen our city crumble. we need to do an about face as a city. incredible momentum. >> last night, daniel lurie, also running for mayor, says the policies that voters approved reflect a more nuanced snapshot of the city's electorate than simply looking at it as progressive or moderate the electorate, the citizens and residents of san francisco are absolutely, absolutely looking for change from the outside. >> and that's what we saw yesterday, and that's what they're going to get in november. >> san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel said looking at the election results to gauge if voters have fundamentally shifted their positions is to simplify, he said the results need to be looked at in context. >> i think the electorate has certainly rejected some of the policies that progressive politicians and have been put forward across. >> sf had pushed for a lot of the ballot measures that won last night. that organization said being a progressive city and a well policed city aren't

at odds. but the aclu of northern california said the measures that passed proposition e, in particular, weaken oversight and undermine reforms that were put in place to protect the public. in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu,úfox two news lisa. newsom you can't hide outside. >> coming up at 11, protesters confront governor gavin newsom in the bay area. why they interrupted the private event. >> and we are going to be cool enough tonight to get some fog formation. the showers have ended, but the valley fog could be a thing tomorrow back here. >> but first, a big meeting tomorrow on possible pg and e rate hikes. what customers need to know as the public is invited to expre their con s

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studies program was teaching the israeli-palestinian conflict. some students showed up in support of that program at berkeley high, saying it helped them hear new viewpoints on history, learning about the conflict through class has allowed me to really understand different perspectives, specifically ones that i hadn't seen before in my family or in social media. other students say the materials need to be overhauled, claiming they're biased against the israeli community and factually incorrect. >> the basic fact that both people have deep history in and rightful claims of, the presence of the land is critical to understanding of the conflict, and these are just two of many inaccuracies in this week's lesson sets. >> tonight's meeting comes just a week after the anti-defamation league filed a formal complaint

against the district, accusing officials of ignoring the >> your pg and e bills could be on the rise once again. the california public utilities commission expected to vote tomorrow on a new proposal from the utility that would add another fixed charge to customers would see a 4 to $6st- increase in those bills, in addition to rate hikes put into place this year. the extra charge is to pay for some of the safety upgrades it made back in 2022. regulators are expected to vote on the change at tomorrow's meeting, which starts at 11. >> we may never know the details of the negotiations behind california's controversial fast food minimum wage law, the fast recovery act, which goes into effect april 1st, requires major fast food chains to pay their workers $20 an hour, sources say both sides signed non-disclosure agreements when they first came to the bargaining table. the agreements were reportedly required by the powerful service employees international union.

that union says it uses ndas regularly in high stakes negotiations to build trust with its opponents. but those close to the capital say it's cause for concern. >> i think the concern that we should have is potential lackúof transparency and disclosure. remember, the law making process people of california.lf of thet- >> this comes amid allegations that governor gavin newsom pushed for bakeries to be exempt from the law because one of his donors is a panera franchise. newsom has denied those claims, also saying he never signed an nda and did not direct anyone else to sign one. it's unclear if the ndas have information about how an exemption for bakeries ended up in the law. coming up tonight, a man accused of setting up a booby trap in his south bay home and rigging it with explosives, now facing several charges tonight. >> also, a police chase in the east bay ends with an officer crashing a patrol vehicle. the

crime that started it all, and some wild weather across the bay area today flooding and lightnig strikes. >> our chief meteorologist, bill martin, is back right after the break

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ended at his booby trapped home. 46 year old marcus beck now faces dui and weapons charges. on february 28th, police investigating him for a dui crash say they found a loaded ar 15 and another gun in his car two days before. he was advised to stay away from an elementary school after loitering while trying to contact someone there, police obtained a gun violence restraining order following the two incidents at his home. they say they found the gas turned on. the chimney and fireplace on explosiveúbooby trap. beck has a plea hearing scheduled for april 10th. >> hayward police officer crashed a vehicle during a pursuit of burglary suspects. as ktvu crime reporter henry leet& shows us, this all started at. >> this nondescript building on west winton avenue in an industrial part of hayward police say, was home to an illegal marijuana grow that was targeted by burglars before dawn. an officer spotted the

suspects taking off at about 535 wednesday morning. >> one of the first on scene saw several individuals as they were fleeing in a vehicle. he followed and tried to catch up to them to take them into custody, but that officer ended up losing control. >> a few blocks away on cabot boulevard, crashing into and shearing off a fire hydrant. the impact flooded the street and sent water, spewing 30ft into the air. the airbag of the police explorer deployed, and the officer reported on the radio that he was bleeding from his head. the mangled suv had to be pulled out of a ditch with an excavator before it could be towed away. >> the officer is okay. he did sustain moderate injuries and received treatment at a local hospital, and has since been released and is at home and expected to make a full recovery. >> back at the warehouse, police searched the premises but found no intruders inside. they found evidence that marijuana was being grown illegally and that the would be burglars left empty handed. i've learned hayward police received a burglar alarm from this business at three in the morning, but perhaps not unsurprisingly, those connected

to this place were uncooperative with police. a nearby tenant at a neighboring business told me off camera. those involved in the grove managed to blend in with hayward police officer cassandra favell says isn't surprising. >> it's obviously bigger commercial buildings where you can hold and grow a lot of plants and oftentimes go undetected other than the smell or, um, heightened pg and e bills. >> this investigation is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact hayward police in hayward. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news all righty. >> a little bit of wet ground. well, a lot of wet ground in the east bay. and where you got the big downpours and other places. nothing but are not much or nothing, but there's enough wet ground that the moisture content in the atmosphere is enough, that we'll see some valley fog tomorrow morning, especially out towards davis, fairfield, vacaville, antioch. in those spots, the big valley 299 we'll see a bunch of fog and out towards five. so we'll keep an eye on that. and you keep an wht fog is when you see fog, when

you have fog conditions for fog, and that's what we have is ther. skies have cleared that big old low has drifted south. and there it is down around southern california where they had flood advisories and flood watches. and that's the main heart of the storm right there. and that thing is pushing through. it's going to make them ac little bit of scattered showers again tomorrow for southern california . we're on the sort of non-dynamic side of the low. and we still did pretty amazingly well, quite frankly, in terms of rainfall. but that low is kicking out now highs building in and you know, this familiar story. this was basically our fall early fall anyway. lots of high pressure, lots of ridges. thursday through friday. and then saturday something kind of breaks it down a little bit and then on sunday and monday. but again, none of them are direct hits. it's what's today wednesday, and i'll say, okay, well next wednesday it's going to go off right.c big storm. you can see the earmarks of a direct hit. these storms were looking at. now none of them are direct hits. and so nobody's standing up saying, oh boy, it's going to be a gully washer because it's

going to clip to the north. both of them bring a little bit of snow up to the cascades, a little bit of snow up to the mountains. but for us, not not much of anything. a few scattered showers, but we'll keep an eye on it saturday and a little bit into sunday. there's the fog in the morning, burns off quick. there's the afternoon. that's thursday. there's friday morning. no fog on friday and then here comes that. see how the dynamics are way up here. and then this thing drags through about 10 a.m. saturday morning. so are you going to miss your baseball? i know all the kids are playing baseball and the boys and the girls, and i think i think a lot of stuff's going on right now, but i think you'll get away with it on saturday. and should i think so, i mean, day forecast and then sunday looks like a chance of showers too. but this is nothing we havengt seen before. it's like the whole whole last 4 or 5 days have been this kind of drive by weather system. that's not a direct hit. and that's what happens on saturday, sunday. so we'll keep an eye on it and i'll see you back here at 11:00. >> we'll see you then, bill.

thank you. the us news and world report is releasing its ranking of the best cities to live in, based on quality of life, and a bay area city made the number four spot. san jose ranked fourth on that list. it came in& behind ann arbor, michigan in first boulder, colorado came in second and madison, wisconsin in third. in fifth, portland, maine, and some are wondering sphow san jose made the list whn it has previously been ranked in the number one position for youth homelessness and racial inequities that make it hard foo residents to build wealth. >> an absolute downpour could not stop this wild finish in the gold cup. jason appelbaum sportp >> then on the 11:00 news, city leaders in monterey county are continuing efforts to support residents who lost everything when the pajaro levee breached almost a year ago. coming up, the new resources being implemented

two point loss to the celtics, how would they respond against a very good milwaukee bucks team? andrew wiggins, back following his week long absence for personal reasons. he played just 14 minutes, scored three points. oakland's damian lillard and the bucks, a perfect the all star by got rolling early, pulls up from 30ft and knocks down one of his six three pointers. curry finished with 29 points eight rebounds. yeah, and a nice approach shot from the fairway. two warriors up 14 in the second. lillard misses the three. steph flicks a full court bounce pass to jonathan kuminga. back to klay for the slam. warriors had 37 assists on the

night. klay with ten rookie trace jackson davis he was phenomenal tonight. he blocks two time mvp giannis antetokounmpo four times tonight two in a row right here. and he gets rewarded. on the lob from steph at the other end jackson davis 15 points six rebounds. and those four blocks three days after losing by 52. the warriors win by 35 125 to 90. they are 14 and four in their last 18 games and move into ninth place, a half game ahead of the lakers. but this may have been the highlight of the night. please give a warm welcome to former warriors general manager and president of basketball operations and our dad, bob myers. >> let's hear it for dad, bob >> former warriors executive bob

myers honored with his kids introducing him before a standing ovation. myers, of course, one of the architects of the warriors four championship teams before leaving after last season to work for espn. the cal bears kicked off the pac 12 women's tournament this afternoon in las vegas against washington state, and it's oski versus cougar. and yeah, oski flexing his muscles. oski all the way doing some showing off. so the mascot set the tone for the bears already up 16. leilani mcintosh. she starts lighting it up. the five foot five senior guard hits, hitting threes from all over the place, five of them in all in route to a game. high 19 points as the bears win. they win big 6544. cal's quarterfinal opponent will be a bit tougher. you see it right there.úit's second ranked stanford versus honor today for archbishop mitty basketball star morgan shelly.

she was selected to the very selective mcdonald's all american team, where she will represent the west team in houston next month. shelly is a six foot two point guard for the on a full ride, but not beforen- she plays at rwanda of southern california saturday for the state championship game. >> it's always been a goal of mine and a dream and i feel so blessed and i'm so excited for to be chosen to, you know, be one of the mcdonald's all american players. >> okay, we had a wild one in soccer tonight. canada gave the united states women's national team all they could handle tonight in the gold cup semifinal. terrible field conditions in san diego. rain left the field saturated. you see the everything fly in the water flying. some might say unplayable. tied at one in overtime. sophia smith takes the nice header pass and nets the goal. beats the canadian keeper

two one usa, but less than a minute left. we're 120th minute second overtime. watch this play. ball sent to the usa box alyssa nair the keeper leaps to make the save. but vanessa the header and after review, nair was called for the penalty. adriana leon converts the penalty and we're headed to pks. tied at two. but nair was brilliant in pks. look at this. she already had two stops. that's her third stop in pks. spand that's it. after she denid jessie fleming. game over. usa advances three one in penalties to face brazil in the final on sunday. a's at the angels cactus league this afternoon in tempe.l andujar. that one is absolutely crushed. the ball nearly leaves the parkl ends up at theúback of the burm, and antifa added a solo shot in the fourth and the a's win 12 to 5. the greatest

tight end ever to come out of monta vista high school is returning to the nfl for his 12th season. it's zach ertz. he's signing a one year deal with the washington commanders and the to $5 million. okay, salesian in high school basketball beat reardon last night to advance to the state championship game in the openúdivision. that's the highest division, after which the tv announcer had some fun with the head coach. >> i told you i would bring my hole punch. and what do we have is wegre going to punch your ticket for sacramento. i don't know if this is going to get the family in or not. >> yeah. that is the gregarious chris babcock i know julie know him. have a little fun with legendary head coach bill mellis as the pride. they will face defending champion harvard-westlake for the state title in sacramento on saturday, and real quick for our safety,

jr brown. he returnedúhome to trenton, new jersey, where he was given the key to the city. how cool is that? the rookie honored for making it to the super bowl in his rookie season with the 49ers. very cool, very cool. nice moment for jay brown. yeah. >> all right jason thank you. busy night there. next at 11. >> i'm cautiously optimistic in a world where the last few months has made me very pessimistic, this next week will be important. >> bay area congressional leaders are in washington, d.c, tonight as they prepare to watch president biden's state of the union address tomorrow night. we 11:00 news on ktvu. >> fox two starts now after super tuesday. the national spotlight will once again be on the president's address set for tomorrow night. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm julie julie haener. >> he will speak to the nation in his state of the union address. it will be a high stakes speech for his reelection campaign. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now with what we can expect from president biden tomorrow night. jana, julie and mike, there will