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with helping turn the tide on crime. and another big story that we're following tonight kate middleton's cancer diagnosis. the video message released todayúand reaction 730. >> after weeks of speculation, the princess of wales issued a video statement about her healtc spand it has shocked a lot of people tonight. thanks so much for joining me. i'm heather holmes. the princess announcing that she has cancer and is undergoing preventative which was recorded on wednesday and released today, princess catherine did not say what type of cancer was detected. she said, though, that she received& the diagnosis as she underwent unspecified major abdominal surgery back in january. she said that this has been an incrediblyútough time for her entire family. >> this, of course, came as a huge shock and william and i have been doing everything we can the sake of our

young family. >> the 42 year old mother of three has been out of sight since christmas and in that timel speculation on hert& whereabouts and her health reached a fever pitch. she said she and her family needed timet& to deal with her diagnosis and treatment, but most importantlyl it has taken us time to explain everything to george, charlotte and louis in a way that's appropriate for them and to reassure them that i'm going. >> as i've said to them, i am well and getting stronger every day by focusing on the things that will help me heal in my mind, body and spirits. >> princess kate asked for time, space and privacy while she completes her treatment. this announcement comes as king charles has withdrawn from public duties, as he also undergoes cancer treatment. in a statement, the 75 year old king said he offers love and support to his belovedc daughter in law and the whole family through this difficult time, people all across the uk, including british politicians, are sending

messages of support to the princess and president biden tho offering well-wishes. president biden, writing on ex, quote, jill and i join millions around the world in praying for your full recovery partnerúof califo, jennifer siebel newsom, writing, you are so strong. sending love and healing anew at 730 tonight after months of bargaining. teachers in vallejo ratified an agreement with the city's district school district. an overwhelmingúmajority of unionized teachers voted in favor of the contract. it gives nearly u00 teachers and other certified school staff, such as nurses and counselors, salary increases benefits. the plan covers the present school year, and the next year, will ne than neighboring dixon and vacaville school districts, but a little less than travis and fairfield. sassoon now to san francisco, where many in the aapi community are really upseto

probation. 97 year old ann peng taylor was stabbed several times back in 2021. well, last week, a judge sentenced her daniel couce attorney says the probation takes into account couch's mounting mental crisis after becoming a hit and run victim. for him to receive mental health care. district attorney brooke jenkins had recommended 12 years in prison, and she was at today's rally calling for more accountability. one defense attorney, though, who was counter-protesting at an appropriate sentence. >> these people are good people that want a safe community, but they have been given an oversimplified version of the spis not, we've moved beyond tht in the criminal justice system n

court april 12th, when he'll be considered to participate in intensive supervising alternative to prison. okay, a big, big dayúfor the city long r a new police chief. this man,c floyd mitchell, was chosen by the mayor today to lead a department that's now spent two decades under federal oversight. our crime reporter, henry lee, has a look now at mitchell's background and also reaction to today's announcement. >> i'm, you know, really glad that the chief is coming on board and he's excited to bring the morale up in the police department. >> oakland mayor shengtao is named an outsider to leadc the police department. after more than a year without a permanent chief. the new top cop will be floyd mitchell, a former police police have been accused of not >> of course, he's coming to a new city, so we'll show him the ropes. we'll introduce him to key community leaders. we'll make sure that he has ample time to be a part of any sort oft&

programing with rank and file to create that bond. >> mitchell was on the list of four candidates submitted by the police commission to the mayor last month. >> we know this is a very a regular police chief job. there's a lot of different bosses. he has to answer to. >> retired oakland deputy police chief pete dunbar says those bosses include the commission, the mayor and the federal monitor, robert warshaw, who's in charge of department reform. >> understanding the culture of the city of the department. what's been going on is going to take him some time. that's why i'm saying he needsc to start soon. >> i know lubbock is not the place he ultimately came from. he spent 25 years in kansas city, which is somewhat like oakland. >> civil rights attorney john burris says mitchell's experience in missouri will help him lead oakland police. >> he's got to get command and get control of the department itself, got to deal with the community itself, got to deal with the political machinations that exist within theúcity. but i think that we should give him a chance to do it, not be a lot of challenges he will be facing. >> there willúnot be basically any honeymoon period at all.úso

it's going to bel very tough. >> we stopped by oakland kosher foods on lakeshore avenue, where stores and cars have been repeatedly hit by burglars. >> congratulations to him. i wish him the best of luck, it& hope that has the ability to get more police policemen on the street walking around. >> theúmayor says mitchell will start as police chief in either late april or early may. he'll be introduced to the public in oakland next week. henry lee ktvu, fox two news and the last person to bear the title of oakland police chief is wishing his successor well tonight. >> former chief leronne armstrong telling ktvu, quote, i send my best wishes to floyd mitchell and offer any assistance he may desire. this is my hometown. i want everyone to be safe and we'll do everything in my power citizen n that goal, mayor tao fired armstrong more than a year ago officer misconduct cases. awo spneutral arbitrator, though, ruled in theúex-chiefs favor, finding that the city should not

have fired him. that led termination lawsuit. also here in oakland, in-n-out says the last day for its restaurant in the cityc is coming up this sunday. back in january, the company announced that itúwould close the location on hegenberger road near the oakland airport because of increasing crime in the area, ad customers at risk. the oakland in-n-out opened back in 2005. restaurant to close in thely spcompany's 75 year history. new at 730 tonight, the ongoing feud between the oakland a's and its fans is heating up after an email was sent out about parking lot changes, a fan group reports. the a's notified fans today that the coliseum parking lot would two hours before the season opener next week, rather than four hours early, as was the case last yead boycott of the game on openingt& night to protest the team's move spto las vegas. the a's, though, say they base parking lot hours

on crowd counts and they do not expect a big crowd that day. tri valley transit getting some upgrades comingúup. we'll tell you about the changes coming to livermore busses and how you can get a free ride. plus first, a bay area parks are seeing the beginning of a super bloom? >> and barry weather, here's our live camera looking out toward the oakland estuary. some fresh raindrops on this camera lens as a front moves across thec bay area. and we're talking about some more rain showers and maybe a thunderstorm and your kend tloo

year of the super bloom, vibrant wildflower was some bay area str reports, there is more to come. >> at the entrance, a few california poppies are already blooming with what is possibly a sign of what's in store. drive a short distance into the park and theúfirst beds of mustard flowers begin to appear. theyt& literally take over theúareas oe park, and in the weeks ahead. those who regularly come to this park are expecting quite a bit more color. >> well, more wildflowers. i wildflowers, right? it just depends on whether they blossoms get knocked off. if there's more rain later on, piper mcnulty was just returning from a hike and used an app on her phone to identify many of the flowers that she saw on her walk. >> and the list is already quite substantial. so what kind of what did you see today? >> we saw a wild mustard meadow buttercup, baker's goldfields, yellow crown vetch, sweet

alyssum, blue dicks, californiad other open spaces all around the bay area. >> the wildflower bloom should be a sight to see, even though the peak is expected to occur in the weeks ahead. as the weather continues to warm up, skyfox found this covering of mustard plants in a field near livermore also visible from the air. a bed of poppies. back at santa teresa county park, therese davis says she goes to parks all over the spcounty to walk her dogs and ss while this year's peak has not yet arrived, the are always a sight to see. >> last year there was a lot of poppies, like you could stand in the back, be almost orange. >> davis took these photos on her phone from the super bloom in 2023, and says she is looking forward to what's in store in the weeks and months ahead. >> the flowers are the silver lining, but the green is what i come for. yeah, because it's like being in ireland and if you come out to see the wildflowers,

parks officials ask that you stay on marked trails, don't pick the wildflowers and haul out any trash. >> reporting from santa teresa i'm mark sayer, ktvu, fox two news. >> some super blooms looking pretty super. yeah a great day t out there because we'vec got soe is kind of tricky because it's not rain, say all day every hour of the day, one of those things some sunshine, you it's okay to go outside and then and then another down. >> yeah. so don't be like me with taking my baby out for a raindrops.eah, dodge the >ñ but maybe makeúyour plans inside tomorrow. >> yeah, for sure. but yeah. so just be prepared for a little ie bay area. take a look at the rainfall so far. and the numbers are not crazy amounts so far except up in healdsburg. i have noticed amounts going up to about to 9/10 of an inch, but santa an inch so far. san rafael 0.16. half is your forecast this weekend.r-

cool showers forúyour saturday. notice we have a little bit of everything with this onec symbo. we have some sunshine, some clouds, some rain showers and maybe a thunderstorm as well so could be unsettled for tomorrow. and then on sunday a sun cloud mix a chance of a shower, primarily for sunday morning. we should have a haveúan sunshine by sunday afternoon. here's the radar imagery here in spthe bay area and look out towd as you can see, some thunderstorms kind of popping up here, actually, right around the modesto area asc we checkúout te bay area radar right now up in the north bay, of course, the north bay picking up the most rainfall so far in some heavier downpours closer to saint helena, approaching napa as well as we moveúthe maps around closer to san mateo, hayward and fremontn so still some rain moving into portions of the the& notice not a lot of action in the south bay just yet, but we are expecting the rainfall kick in over the next 2 to 3 sphours. it's also windy right now. you can see some gusts approaching topping 30 miles an hour right around the oakland airport, sfo westerly breeze at 20 miles an hour and

miles an hour. here's a live camera looking out toward the golden gate bridge. some raindrops on this camera lens as well. so looks like we have some slick roadways and just be extra careful on the roads because we, you know, of course, with the rainfall and maybe some sudden downpours that could impact your visibility, current numbers out there in the 50s and the lower 60s. here is the old pattern. that area of high pressure has been moving out of town. this cool system has been drifting in. so with that, we have been tracking the rain moving in from the north today and then some cool off and on showers into your saturday in the sierra. this is definitely the winter sm warning right now until 8:00 sunday morning. snowfall could be around q to 2, possibly approaching three feet of snow. so here's the plan. tomorrow we're going to keep some rain showers in the forecast, maybet& some heavy downpours at times in your saturday forecast. and then saturday night, still talking about some rain showersúsunday. the possibility of some leftover showers, primarily sunday spmorning. there's afternoon, bk of the activity could be for the first half of sunday. definitely a cooler pattern out there.

temperatures in the upper to the lower 60s. it's unsettled this weekend. monday is dry, could be talking about some more rain by wednesday of next week. heather. >> all right mark, thank you. have a great weekend. new at 730. if you take public transit down san francisco's market street, keep your eyes peeled id right there at will go up at 15 shelters. they were created by local and indigenous artist jesse hernandez, and they depict several animals sacred to the indigenous cultures of the bay area, with their traditional names in native dialects. this is all part of the san francisco arts commission. art on market street poster series, which is celebrating, by the way, these i animals will be up seventh and & embarcadero, so be sure to check them out. coming up tonight, bringing flag football to bay area girls with a little help from the nfl. tell you about the latest town to form a team. and still ahead tonight fast track

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of the coming months, and officials are offering free bus bus fares will be waivedmore. entirely starting tomorrow through april 6thl and transit officials say there are now more reasons than ever to ride the bus. newly formed routes andt& more frequent weekend rides aret officials say they're also coordinating with bart to make

sure bus schedules align with train departure times, making for an easier commute. all right, fast track is issuing tos here in the bay area. transit officials say scammers are targeting messages about unpaid tolls. the message is direct drivers to a fake fast track website line. a ask for paymentsúthrough text,w- so keep that in mind for more on the fraud issue. we spoke with john goodwin earlier today on the for from the metropolitan transportation commission. >> we got our first reports about this last week, i know that, folks thatúi have spoken with today have received text messages as recently as yesterday evening, so this is still an ongoing thing. >> now, if you want to check if you owe a real fast track balance, you can go to bay area fast track. org or call one 877

bay toll. but again they will never text you about about any unpaid tolls. all right. shining the spotlight on a bay area park coming up, the new musicaloryt- focused on the life of betty reed soskin. and then later tonight on the 10:00 news, an unusual move by a judge in the east bay by alameda county spdistrict attorney pamela price and her office have been spdisqualified from a case. plu, the contra costa district attorney's office says several people have been arrested on suspicion of child exploitation charges in a targeted operation. we're going to about place for girls to

learn the sport and develop skills to bring them into high school. several bay area communities, including oakland, already offer girls flag football leagues. this new league is available to girls between third and eighth grade. games and practices will be held at osage station park between april 14th and june 9th on sundays and players if you're interested, you can sign up right there on the now the subjectúof. 102 year old bed soskin is the inspiration for sign my name to freedom at the san francisco bay area theater

company. it traces soskin life from growing up here in oakland to breaking barriers during hera park rangerúin the rosie. excuse people may not know is that >> the playwright michael gene sullivan dives into her as a young lady, as a person who ist& just getting married, and then as this revolutionary who wrote all this incredible music. and, you know, the music was never released. she gave us sf barco permission to, you know, tell her story to showcase her music. >> i can't wait to see this. soskin says she will be attending the premiere in san francisco coming up the san fraa theater company. opening night already sold out. the show, by the way, runs through april 13th at z space on florida street in the city. well, tonight there's a new huge rainbow flag flying in san francisco's castro neighborhood. the new iconic flag was hoisted earlier today at harvey milk plaza at market

and castro streets. the giant flag usually gets replaced every 3 or 4 months due to being whipped, battered and frayed by the wind. the castro merchants association says the flag is a symbol of hope and offers a message who come to the castro. >> we change it out every 3 to 4 months normally, this one was up for six months. i've only i. the presidents of the castro merchants is responsible for changing it. we got it untangled. we got it up. and it's beautiful. >> it is beautiful. the flag that was removed by the way, is being donated to the american bookbinding museum in san francisco. glad they got that flag up before all that rain moved in. right. that's going to do it for me tonight. really appreciate you joining me tonight. and all week long. hope to see you back here on monday for the news at 730. in the meantime have a great weekend and don't forget to download the fox local app right there to your smart tv. it's a great place where you can stream all of our newscasts. find stories and exclusive content again

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