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the oakland international airport. and this time it's from the peninsula. and stanford, tara vanderveer makes it official. she's ending her incredible coaching career after 45 years courtside. >> this is ktvu fox two news at 730. >> and good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes. we begin tonight with the deepening divisions at uc berkeley over the crisis in the middle east. an altercation last night at the home of the law school dean is now circulating online, and it involved one of the many law students invited to a celebratory dinner. ktvu crystal bailey has more and joins us now live from uc berkeley. crystal >> well, heather, the video only shows the aftermath, but the dean says that is his private home. so the student he could ask to leave at any time. meanwhile the student is arguing that it was a school event and she had the right to speak. it was a celebratory dinner for the

graduating law students at uc berkeley, scheduled for the last day of ramadan, holy month for muslims and the first of three nights, the dean and his wife were hosting students. malacanang says her organization , law students for justice in palestine, was boycotting the dinner and shared this poster saying no dinner with zionism while gaza starves. >> we felt that this dinner was, you know, a kind of a disgusting and extravagant and lavish, display of wealth that was already being funneled using our tuition money for this genocide. in a lengthy statement, dean erwin chemerinsky called the posters anti-semitic, but said, i felt that, though deeply offensive, they were speech protected by the first amendment. >> despite the protests, chemerinsky went on with the dinner and an off in about ten other students decided to attend. she began speaking with a microphone, and this video shows what happened next. >> please leave our house. you are guests at our house. >> we were invited to the

premises and we would willfully, willfully leave the premises. so that had always been the plan, we had even done a criminal defense consult with the national lawyers guild, who, you know, pretty much thought this was a pretty low risk action, the dean wrote in a statement. >> my wife and i immediately approached her and asked her to stop and leave, the woman continued. when she continued, there was an attempt to take away her microphone. repeatedly. we said to her that you are a guest in our home. please stop and leave as seen in the video, the dean's wife, law professor catherine fisk, is seen snatching the phone from an office hand she kept on grabbing inappropriately at my breast and kept grabbing in my shirt area, trying to tug and pull an action. she calls assault and a violation of her first amendment rights. >> i was in pain and i was scared. >> but the dean says his home is not a forum for free speech, adding any student who disrupts will be reported to student conduct and a violation of the student conduct code is reported to the bar. >> that was his private residence. the first amendment

doesn't apply and that kind of place, civil rights attorney laurel powell says. >> chemerinsky is respected nationwide for his work and constitutional rights, and thinks the dean is well within his rights to remove a student from his property. >> as soon as the dean and his wife, who's a law professor, told her to leave. at that point, she was trespassing. she also says it would be hard to prove the actions of fisk are assault in a court of law. it's hard to imagine why a prosecutor with who has a lot of discretion to choose whether to prosecute any crime would attempt to prosecute this as assault. we were unable to reach the dean and his wife for further comment, and we could not confirm whether the event was funded with any tuition money. >> now, we did stop by the dean's house earlier and we asked him if he had a comment. he was unable to provide one, but his dinners are still happening tonight and tomorrow, and he has security present.

meanwhile, that law student says that she is going to take every legal action she can against the university. i'm live in berkeley. heather, back to you. >> all right. crystal bailey. thank you. san francisco police are investigating vandalism at a mosque on sutter street. surveillance video shows a man smashing windows with a skateboard last wednesday. the same man reportedly came back days later, broke more windows and then went into the mosque yelling islamophobic rhetoric. members of the muslim community say they want more protection. >> sadly, because of media and rhetoric that's being spread, muslims are being looked at as hateful people or, terror of that sort. but i see peaceful people and i see a community that cares and just wants to live in harmony. >> the city's human rights commission is calling on city officials to help protect houses of worship. anyone with information about the case is asked to call sfpd. now to the

race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo in a recount is now set to get underway. in fact, it will happen next week after two candidates tied for second place evan low and joe simitian. ktvu jesse gary explains now how this recount will work. >> all's quiet at the santa clara county registrar of voters office wednesday as staffers brace for what could be several long days monday. this office and its counterpart in san mateo county begin a recount of votes for the 16th congressional district race. >> this has not happened before, and it's a very unique event for us. >> the reexamination of ballots brought on by a tie between second place finishers, supervisor joe simitian and assemblyman evan low both garnered 3249 votes in the march primary of a district that stretches between two counties. both are set to oppose front runner and former san jose mayor sam liccardo, whose several thousand votes ahead this week. both counties announcing two separate requests for a recount.

>> i think that there may be some concern about the recount because people maybe haven't seen it before. it's not a process that they're used to, but the county registrars know how to engage in a recount. >> the santa clara county registrar of voters says multiple tables of four staffers each will work eight hours a day to scrutinize each ballot. >> the process of the recount is very complicated because the campaign they can request to look at, you know, certain vote by mail envelopes, they can request to look at other things that processes that we do. >> one of the people making the recount request, jonathan padilla, a former liccardo campaign staffer, in a response to claims his actions are geared to help his old boss padilla, via the x platform, writes why other democrats don't believe in counting votes and ensuring that the will of the people is transparently reflected confuses me. it's especially baffling that many of the folks criticizing the recount i'm proposing have themselves

advocated for automatic recounts in the past. i think it helps whoever might come out ahead. >> certainly. but in terms of the idea that there is a recount , i'm not sure that that breaks for either candidate at this point. >> the people requesting the recount will actually have to pay for the recounts. they'll have to make a partial payment on monday before counting begins. the registrar of voters says it will cost $32,000 per day for a projected ten days in san jose. jesse gary ktvu, fox two news. >> new at 730 tonight, hayward police say they've made an arrest in a hit and run crash last fall that left a cyclist dead. 55 year-old christopher pena was hit and killed september 6th near mission boulevard and orchard avenue. investigators say they tracked down the stolen blue mercedes involved in that collision. a few days later. it had been abandoned and set on fire. the bay area news group reports that discovery led them to the suspect, who was arrested over the weekend. his name was not

released, but authorities say he is a 36 year old man from hayward. he was booked on felony hit and run. governor newsom's office today announcing the results of a chp undercover sting operation in the east bay. the figures released show. over the past eight weeks, the chp recovered 414 stolen vehicles, made 181 arrests and seized more than 30 crime linked firearms. suspects were arrested on various charges, including possession of stolen property, auto theft, transportation of narcotics, dui, and felony gun possession. this was done through an ongoing operation in oakland and other east bay cities. well, it is the end of an era, legendary stanford women's basketball coach tara vanderveer calling it a career. still ahead, why she says this was the right time to retire and the oakland ballers adding to its roster. details on the two men and a woman signed on now to play and in weather. >> another nice day here in the

bay area and still another nice sunset. as you can see some scattered high clouds paying us a visit. one more warm day in the forecast for your thursday. and then we're talking about a cooler system that will bring in more clouds and eventually more rain. w

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she's retiring after 45 years as a coach, most of that time at stanford. vanderveer is stepping down as the winningest coach in ncaa history and as a three time champion, players past and present call her an inspiration,

a mentor who made an indelible mark on college sports. at today's news conference, vanderveer said the decision to leave the court was not easy. >> sometimes it's just you're ready and i just felt, i'm ready. i never really thought i would be. i kind of just, you know, just felt like maybe i would, you know, kind of just keel over on the bench. but, you know, i mean, i just, you know, i because i love it, i love it, i love it. >> the 70 year old vanderveer says she plans to spend more time with her 97 year old mother, and says she will stay connected to stanford and plans to be in the stands at games next season. earlier today on the floor, i spoke to san jose state professor shawn fletcher about vanderveer's role and really elevating the sport and growing women's basketball. >> she has had a lasting impact on really, where we see the women's game and the game of basketball in general sitting right now. we saw over 18 million people tune in for the women's national championship

game. tara vanderveer is owed much of that debt towards moving the game in that direction, and i hope she's proud of her accomplishments. >> vanderveer's longtime assistant and former player kate pay, is in negotiations to replace her on the oakland ballers, hired three new players from last weekend's tryouts, and one of them is a woman. the team says it's bringing on infielder andrew martinez, along with right handed pitchers connor caporael and kelsey whittemore. all three have signed contracts and are set to attend spring training in may. martinez and caporael are both from northern california. whittemore is from southern california and made history back in 2022 as the first woman to signed a professional contract with an mlb partner league team, the staten island ferry hawks. going to be exciting to watch them okay, let's talk about our weather, shall we? and a gorgeous wednesday out there. quite warm. >> we have been on a roll, right? yeah. 70s and 80s. and it looks like we have one more nice

day. so make the most of tomorrow because changes as we head toward friday and the weekend. take a look. we'll be revisit some of the highs from this afternoon. san francisco that's a nice 72 degrees downtown. we had some fog coast side, so it was not as cool and not as warm out toward pacifica. fog eventually tried to mix on out into the afternoon hours and then some lower 80s out towards san jose, san rafael and santa rosa 80 degrees. so earlier this morning you can see this was the pattern with some fog kind of drifting into the bay. cool coast, but still pretty warm inland. this is the plan for tomorrow to warm thursday 70s and 80s. and then the other extreme on saturday. we're definitely in a cool things off. we're going to bring in some rain clouds and temperatures only in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. current numbers out there right now for the 7:00 hour, it's a nice evening in walnut creek and concord. temperatures in the 70s out towards san francisco. we have cooled off to 60 degrees. half moon bay 54, in san jose in the lower 70s. as we show you the big view in the pacific. not too much happening over california.

we are watching this development out here in the pacific. you see this cloud band and behind that cloud band we have some cooler air that will eventually drift into northern california. we're thinking friday and into the weekend. so one more warm day in the forecast and i'll step out of the way. so i don't spoil this beautiful sunset. you can see looking out toward the estuary, out towards san francisco, and some scattered high clouds drifting into the area for tonight. so another nice mild evening across a good portion of the bay area. weather headlines. partly cloudy skies, some patchy coastal fog for tonight. tomorrow it's still warm inland, 70s and 80s. and then on saturday, the rainfall makes a comeback and a sharp drop off in those numbers. by friday and into saturday, overnight temperatures will be in the upper 40s to the 50s. fair skies, although we could have some patchy fog near portions of the coastline. but this area of high pressure wants to stick around for one more day. and so as a result, tomorrow is the last warm day. 70s and 80 across a good portion of the bay area. here's that system though, dropping in from the north. that'll send in some

cooler air. rainfall makes a comeback as we head into saturday, and the possibility of some thunderstorms. so here we are tomorrow. we are dry. friday we're going to bring in some clouds, a slight chance of a shower friday afternoon, but probably a better bet late friday night and into saturday morning. and you can see this is heading out toward the sierra. so possibly out toward lake tahoe. they could pick up 2 to 3in of snowfall by saturday. and then here you can still see some lingering rain showers for saturday afternoon. and there's still a chance into sunday as well. but the main activity for this weekend will be on saturday. patchy morning fog tomorrow. mild to warm 60s 70s and some lower 80s. friday will be the transition day. we're going to cool things off. rainfall makes a comeback on saturday, chance of a shower in a sunday and then partly sunny skies into monday. so if you have been enjoying this nice weather, make the most of tomorrow because some changes headed our way by friday. >> okay will do. thanks so much mark. appreciate it. still ahead tonight on the news at 730, that ongoing dispute between oakland airport and sfo. it's expanding by san mateo county is now going

on the record opposing a potential oakland airport name change. also ahead tonight, the very special honor today for some bay area women who played a pivotal role during world war two. and we'll tell you about the east bay city enacting a ban on new gas sta on we'll be

opposing the possible renaming of oakland international airport. the board of supervisors there last night unanimously approved a resolution opposing oakland airport's proposal to rename it san francisco bay. oakland international airport. while sfo is under the jurisdiction of san francisco, it is geographically located in san mateo county, and there is concern that fewer people flying into sfo could hurt the local economy. mayor

london breed today confirming that she asked for the possible legal action to stop the oakland airport from changing its name. as we've been reporting, the mayor tells us that she is the official who directed city attorney david chu to send a letter to the oakland port commission. the letter says the proposed name change would infringe on san francisco international airport's trademark. >> oakland is an amazing city, and oakland deserves its own brand, its own opportunities, and the attention should be focused on making the airport what it needs to be. similar to what we've done with sfo. and yes, i made it clear to the city attorney that if necessary, we should pursue legal action to stop this name change. >> the oakland port commission is expected to vote tomorrow on that proposed name change. the commission says if it is approved, it will take all appropriate measures to defend its right to use it as a geographic identifier. pinole is the latest bay area city to ban new gas stations. the temporary moratorium also limits expansion

of existing gas stations. it's all part of an effort to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions to at least 40% by 2030. the city council is set to draft a permanent ordinance in the coming months. back in 2021, petaluma made headlines when it became the first city in the country to ban new gas stations. all right, these women, they were instrumental in winning world war two. coming up, we'll show you how these rosie the riveters from right here in the bay area were honored today, the nation's capital. and then coming up later tonight on the 10:00 news. an arrest has been made in that tragic hit and run crash that happened over the weekend in the east bay that killed a little nine year old girl. plus governor newsom announcing millions of dollars in funding to enhance security all around california, religious institutions. we'll have those stories and more. again, it's l ming up toni

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santa rosa is considering closing down parts of downtown to traffic this summer, all in an effort to try to draw more visitors to the area. the city council last night discussed temporarily shutting down two blocks of fourth street from b street to d street near courthouse square. according to the press democrat, the idea is to make a walkable and bikeable area to bring more people to that area. shops and restaurants, supporters say we'll bring in more foot traffic, while critics say taking away parking and quick access to storefronts could end up hurting businesses. now, the san francisco silent film festival kicked off tonight, the palace of fine arts theater is screening the 1926 douglas fairbanks film the black pirate. actor douglas fairbanks plays a nobleman disguised as a buccaneer who outthinks high seas villains in pursuit of justice. the film will include live music. the silent film festival by the way, runs through sunday. well, a group of rosie the riveters from the bay area received a really special honor today in washington, d.c. the women flew out to the

nation's capitol on monday, and today they each received a congressional gold medal. it is, of course, the highest honor that congress can bestow upon civilians. these women took over critical defense jobs during the war while men were overseas in combat. former peninsula congresswoman jackie speier spoke at the ceremony about these rosies who made american history. >> we are here to commemorate the millions of women, millions of women who heeded the call to build planes and tanks and jeeps and cannons and rockets as they were high school graduates. they were housewives. they were mothers turned war heroes. they were amazing, right? >> some of the women honored today actually helped to design that special congressional medal. congratulations to all of them. it's going to do it for me tonight for the news at 7.30.

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