and innovation, as well as driving up the price. will. the month of april is national distracted driving awareness month, and the idea, of course, is to stress the importance of keeping both hands on the wheel when you drive. and that means no texting, no phone calls, facetime or the internet. the national highway traffic safety administration reports in 2022, more than 3300 people died in crashes involving distracted drivers. >> just glancing at a text would basically cause you to literally drive the length of a football field without seeing the road. >> and of course, other forms of distractions include arguing with passengers, listening to music that might make you sleepy. now the police point out parents should be setting a good driving example for your children. >> controversy over a bike lane along a busy san francisco

street continues to pit business owners against the city. we're live in san francisco with how merchants are fighting against the bike lane on valencia, and why they say it's devastating to their livelihoods across the bay, oakland police response times have more than doubled recently. some people say they had to wait as long as an hour after calling for help with a serious issue. what city leaders say they're doing to try to turn this trend around, then. the u.s. has been sanctioned by china this morning over taiwan arms sales. what we're learning about this unprecedented move from ktvu, fox two news, this is mornings on two. good morning and welcome back. i'm gasia mikaelian and good morning i'm dave clark. >> thursday morning april 11th. the weather sounds like you should be able to do a 30 mile walk. >> i mean, look, i did three miles yesterday and i sweated every minute of it. did you really? >> okay, well, steve, what's she facing today? >> about the same, i would think . here. not much change today. bigger change tomorrow to

cooler, though. a little bit of fog. we saw a similar pattern yesterday. almost a ribbon of it moving through. it's on the golden gate bridge, but when it's below the towers, that's really low cloud deck if you will. and if you missed this earlier. are you going to. oh, it's not going to do it. hold on , hold on. i'll i'll get it, i'll get it. there it is. there. 746ft above water. so there you go. 40s, 50s on the temps here. and we have another nice day. that system to the top left though is on its way for tomorrow. the warmth of the sun for one more day. patchy morning fog, hazy sunshine. highs will be 6070s and still a couple of 80s. holding on. frank is here now. he's been busy almost from the jump. what about now? >> yeah, things starting to slow down a little bit. that's generally how the commute works. people are finally getting to work, but we have been keeping a watchful eye on that big rig accident happened in hayward early this morning about 130 that shut down a ramp onto the highway. this is in hayward. 238

north, 880 south. it's been closed since 130 this morning. won't affect northbound traffic just the southbound hours. still trying to upright that big rig. it was filled with cargo, 80,000 pounds of cargo. it's going to take a while to get it up and then clean up the mess that is below it. and then tow it out. but that's the situation in hayward. let's take a look at your commute on the bay bridge, and that looks pretty familiar at 7:00 hour, a lot of folks heading to the city, although it's gotten a little bit better. so that's always good news. and the sun's coming up as well. 702 your time. let's go back to gasia. >> thank you. frank. today, a group of san francisco mission district business owners will speak against a heavily disputed bike lane. they say construction of a bike lane on valencia has forced some stores to close. ktvu bailey o'carroll live in the city here. with the growing showdown between the city and the merchants, bailey. >> good morning. garcia. yeah, an original lawsuit was filed back in february by three of

those businesses. in one of those original three did say or blame rather this bike lane on the reason why it had to shut its doors permanently. now i want to move out of the way to show you just kind of give you a look at this bike lane. it's a center bike lane, which means it's in the middle of the street, very busy. valencia street here in the mission district district of san francisco. now, a lot of these businesses say that this bike lane violates their rights and hurts business. they say the bike lane, combined with the parklets that still are outside of some of these restaurants, take up too much of the street, leaving no room for parking, which in turn keeps non foot traffic visitors away. so in turn, their lawsuit wants the bike lane to be removed permanently. and they're also asking for monetary compensation for loss of business from the city of san francisco. but the sfmta says that it hears the businesses and that they are taking action to appease business owners. they have added single metered parking spots to

the 506 hundred block of valencia here, and that they will be doing the same along the 708 hundred block, though it's not clear exactly exactly how many parking spots that would add, or if you would really be able to tell a difference based on the number of spots that it does add. now, i can tell you from being out here for the last couple of hours this morning that this bike lane, of course, it's still pretty early in the morning, right? that commute, as frank just mentioned, just picking up. but we've seen a lot of people use this bike lane. so it is heavily used as far as what those biking experts or safety experts think about how this would affect those folks. if this bike lane is to be taken out, we are expected to hear a little bit more on that later this morning. and those business owners are expected to speak to the media at 9:00 this morning. just about how what changes they want to see and how they want the city to go about that reporting live in san francisco.

i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> okay, bailey, thank you. time 705 we're still following developing news from tracy. look at your screen now tracy. well, that looks like something else. but but anyway, there's a huge fire at a pallet yard there. it's already forced evacuations at at least six homes. it's burning just east of tracy along grant line road. the firefighters say it started about 2:00 this morning. it's been burning ever since and part of the problem is the fire crews have limited water supplies in that rural area. right now, they're focusing on keeping this fire from spreading to other homes. we're going to keep watching this and bring you any updates from that area. >> the oakland police department is investigating getting reports of a dramatic increase in police response times. the latest report from the city found response times to the most serious calls rose from 23 minutes in may of 2022 to as

long as an hour in may of last year. response times in the later months of 2023 often topped 45 minutes as well. at a meeting of the city council safety committee, the city's human resources manager said there may be some kind of data error. >> we did check with our crime analysis unit and our analysts assigned to the communications division, but they may have read the time incorrectly, because if you look at the response provided by our analysts, they quote a 2% increase. and what you're saying is over a 100% increase. so i think our staff may have, read the question wrong, which is why we have the response that we have now. >> data show the response time, the last few months of the year fell to lower levels, but response times are still much higher than in previous years. the department says it will work to figure out what's going on and get back to the council by next week. >> your time now. 707 crime in oakland still a big concern, but

the highway patrol says its efforts are helping and showing results. the california highway patrol says in the past eight weeks, the chp officers recovered 414 stolen cars. they arrested 181 suspects and seized 31 guns. oakland city council member noel gallo says oakland needs all the help it can get, including from the chp. the alameda county sheriff's office and bart police. >> but public safety is the number one priority of any city, any county, any state, any country. >> oakland city stats show violent crime in oakland is up 10% compared to this time last year. the number of robberies are down 32, and the number of commercial burglaries are down almost 60, a new survey finds. >> people are worried about the state of education in california. a poll from the public policy institute of california finds. nearly half of californians think the quality of education in our state has

gotten worse in the last few years, 51% of public school parents think their child fell behind during the pandemic. still, nearly 8 in 10 gave a passing grade to their local school. a few gave a's about half of public school. parents say there isn't enough funding for schools. 58% of people said they'd support a state bond to pay for school construction projects. >> time now 708. will state workers across california will soon have to go back to the office at least part time. the governor's office just sent a memo to state agencies require requiring them to bring workers back to the office at least two days a week, beginning in june. now, some state employees have remained fully remote since the pandemic started. the governor's office says those disparities between agencies is the reason for this statewide change. about 240,000 people work for the state's various offices and agencies. >> new this morning, china announced sanctions against two american defense contractors due

to links with taiwan. all assets in china are now frozen for the two companies. general atomics aeronautical systems and general dynamics. taiwan is buying tanks made by general dynamics to thwart a possible invasion by china. southern california based general atomics builds defense machines, including predator drones. beijing says these arms sales violate america's one-china policy and undermine china's sovereignty. so far, no response yet from the biden administration or the defense contractors. >> good morning, everyone. frank mallicoat here in the traffic center. we're going to take you out to the east bay highway four, which has been slow all morning long. here's the map. as you can see, we had a collision in between antioch and pittsburg that slowed the ro a little bit. always pretty crowded. westbound on highway four. and you can see as well where 242 meets 680 a slow down there from an earlier two car accident. the remnants

thereof bay point right behind that you can see as they round that curve, they've got a lot of traffic ahead at that merge at 242 and 680. and if they're going the gambit pass through the caldecott tunnel into san francisco, that's highway 24 in lafayette. moderate traffic. that was a lot more busy yesterday, but moving along, what is a busy day for east bay commuters? that's a look at traffic. dave, take it away. >> okay, frank. thank you. well, a hot debate continues over a possible name change for oakland international airport. we have the latest on the battle over renaming the airport by adding the words san francisco before oakland, the football player was facing rape charges was allowed to return from suspension to play in the sugar bowl. >> the several concerns about that move and what happened to the player right after the game, then a quick reminder you can now stream ktvu news on your smart tv, watch our live newscasts and get stories on

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those patients again? ktvu is andre senior in the studio now to tell us a really heartwarming story about one special bay area reunion? andre. >> well, dave, a former bart police officer, thanking the first responders who literally brought him back to life, jeff harrington went to see them at the ambulance facility in livermore. they hugged and talked emotionally about what happened last november, when harrington suffered cardiac arrest at his home. his wife called 911 and began cpr. paramedic dave raymond and emt jason vera arrived and resuscitated him after 20 minutes. >> slowly, i come out of it in the hospital and one of my earliest memories, you guys visiting me and that's that's a huge tribute to the people that you guys that you would take the time out of your busy schedule. that speaks highly of what you guys stand for and came and see me and i just i don't know how to extend the gratitude for you don't have i know, i know that the reunion brought the first responders to tears.

>> this was the first time they that it had a patient saved, that they saved come to personally thank them. >> be honest with you. they several other people have been asking that same question. jeff, i've been in this county for 32 years. guess what? you're the first to be able to have that opportunity to say that. and i can't express the joy that i feel. no and knowing that i'm getting to talk to you, pretty amazing to be able to meet someone that was once a patient not responsive and now up walk and talking and able to spend another day with his family. >> i think it's pretty awesome to be able to do that. >> harrington received a challenge coin to honor their reunion for law enforcement challenge coins are a form of recognizing excellence, commemorating a special occasion , honoring an officer and connecting with the community, harrington says he didn't do the best job in taking care of himself, but now that he's received a second chance at life, he won't take anything for granted. he calls his time with

his wife and two children precious. harrington says first responders gave him, quote, a beautiful gift. garcia andre, thank you. >> 716 now, sexual assault counselor say they fear the case of a college football player charged with raping two students will have a damaging effect on victims of sexual assault. tybo rogers is a running back from bakersfield and plays for the university of washington. the 18 year old has been arrested and charged with raping two students in the fall of last year. >> one thing that struck me was that the suspect used his status as a football player to attract women on the internet. that was what one of one of these victims said. and so that the university allowed him to continue to use that powerful position for, accessing women is really, really concerning to me, legal experts say a complaint against rogers was made in november. >> emails show university of washington football coaches discussed the matter, took him off the team, then brought him back for the college playoffs

before suspending him indefinitely after last week's arrest. >> our time now 717, in lake county, a hiker is recovering now after she was rescued by the chp helicopter. the chp released some video of their mission. the helicopter responded to a report of a hiker who was injured and trapped along redbud trail in lake county, in the clear lake oaks area. cal fire dispatch sent the gps coordinates to the helicopter crew, which was able to pinpoint exactly where she was in that remote area. they placed her in a harness and pulled her to safety. the chopper flew to an area where firefighters were standing by and took her to a local hospital for treatment. well, the coast guard and the us navy rescued three men who were stranded on a small, uninhabited island in the pacific ocean near guam. there they are, the men that actually spelled out the word help with palm leaves. that helped the rescue team spot them from the

air. the coast guard sent a boat in to rescue them. they'd been traveling in a small boat that became damaged, and they were stranded, right? >> 718 let's run out to the traffic center, see if that. 238 880 situation with the truck on its side is still your top concern. frank. >> yeah, they're still working on that. trying to get that upright. 80,000 pounds of cargo is going to take a while to get that out, get the truck up, clean that on ramp and then hopefully open up that on ramp again. but we'll get to that in a moment. but first we're going to take you on a spin because the golden gate and all are glory is looking beautiful today. shrouded in just a sliver of fog there. i think the top of it you can see you got some blue sky. and marin commuters are saying, bravo! we got a nice view and no traffic whatsoever for highway 880 in oakland, both north and southbound, clear sailing by the coliseum. no issues. and then there's this, a slow roll of. you're heading over the bay bridge, a commuter

lane buzzing along just fine if you're in the other lanes, not so much. more on that situation in hayward, including some video that big rig coming up in just a moment. but first, let's say good morning to mister steve paulson. and by the way, yes, first day of the masters today. augusta, georgia. yes and they had to push back the times because they got a little bit of rain. i guess. yes, i read that. >> georgia do you have a pick who's your pick scheffler. >> no i, i, i, i don't know you know everyone would love to see tiger. he's playing but i don't think he's completed around a lot of walking in a long time. but i will be glued. we know the holes. >> me too. >> it's awesome. >> all right. so okay now it's already been a big month for stargazers. when's our next full moon? well i'm glad you asked. it'll be on the 23rd. it's only 11% visible right now. it's the waxing crescent, but it will be known as the pink moon because not after the singer. it's because of the flowers that bloom. so that'll be on the 23rd. today will be warm, hazy,

warm. friday. much cooler saturday rain. what? yep, that's the way it looks like. pretty good rain as well. high pressure aloft. it's called an inversion. you're finding 60s in the hills. so we have thick fog on the coast. but it has no place to go. it needs some help. it'll get it tomorrow. but when you get that, it just puts its foot right on it. so the fog is what we say. shallow or right down on the deck tomorrow? i think it'll help. we haven't had many dry days since december. we have only had nine consecutive days without rain, twice december 8th to the 16th and march 13th to the 21st. guess what? we had rain last weekend. we're going to get rain this weekend as well, so the beat goes on here. that's a long haul for us. usually we see 2530 days, sometimes without rain between december and april. that has not been the case this year. i think that's a first for me. i can't remember that i have to go back and look at it. a little bit of fog otherwise hazy sunshine today. temperatures, yeah, they'll be bumping up pretty fast here. half moon bay, three quarters of a mile visibility

after that. i think we're good to go. fog is already burning off 50s on the temps here. we don't have much of a breeze, but it's warm aloft and that's all it takes. speaking of those 60s in the hills, mount diablo is 63 warm degrees, 28 truckee, south lake tahoe, 47 arcadia and ukiah, and 49 down in monterey. changes on the way. i'll say today's warm day, we'll get to the last one here for a little bit, that's for sure. system drops in another low is on its way to pay a visit, and it's going to usher in rain starting on saturday. and maybe continuing into sunday with some decent amounts being forecast. you guys. >> steve. thank you. self-checkout kiosks used to be all the rage, but now some stores are limiting or ending their use the new move by target to make sure people don't forget to scan an item when they're tallying up their purchases. >> plus, the rainy weather we've been having means another colorful springtime here in the bay area. up next, a closer look at the latest su r bloom

vote was made yesterday by the pacific fishery management council. the closure applies to both commercial and recreational fishing off the california and oregon coasts. the salmon population is still trying to bounce back from the 2021 drought. >> our time is 725. the efforts to help a gray whale that was tangled up in fishing gear

continues off the bay area coast. now that whale swam up from southern california, where it was first seen on march 23rd. tangled up with fishing net and buoys, the marine mammal center and noaa fisheries launched a boat with a rescue team, but they weren't able to attach a tracker to it. yesterday, the team's boat left sausalito and went back to the ocean, hoping to see the bright red buoys that they attached to the whale. >> unfortunately, the fog is hampering our sighting abilities. it's a bit devastating to hear that it's entangled. >> the rescue team searched from point reyes down to daly city. they couldn't find the whale. they say they can't launch the boat today because of weather. now noaa is asking local boat operators, keep an eye out for the whales. red buoys, wildflower watchers are noting some incredible blooms across the bay area, following months of steady on and off rain and

mount diablo state park. >> poppies are blanketing the hillsides shell ridge and walnut creek also has a burst of color. >> many years we didn't see like a lot of flowers and spring season. you want to catch the best moment of your life. you know the flower is the best. >> super blooms happen when many different species of wildflowers flowers bloom at the same time. we have a list of some spots in the east bay people are heading to. they have been seeing across the east bay and beyond and they're beautiful. >> time now is 726. it's now been a year, believe it or not, since oakland's biggest homeless encampments were cleared out. we'll tell you what homeless advocates say today. one year after they were forced to move, renaming the oakland airport, getting a lot of pushback. >> we're live at the airport this morning to are what the oakland rt

a really hot debate around the bay area. we're going to bring you a live report from the oakland international airport about the latest reaction from city leaders as the port commission debates this hot issue, and a private dinner at the home of a uc berkeley dean,

interrupted by demonstrators. we'll tell you what happened out there and how both parties are responding from ktvu fox two news. >> this is mornings on two. >> well, good morning to you. thank you for joining us. welcome back to mornings on two. i'm dave clark i'm gasia mikaelian and it is thursday april 11th steve paulson a lot of us are scrambling to change plans for the weekend due to what you're about to report. >> you know, it's happening on a weekend again. you know, i mean, i know a lot of people have plans this time of year. april, why couldn't we have tuesday, wednesday, thursday weather on mother nature just says, no, you shall not pass. you shall have more rain coming in. we had some fog. there's some shallow fog out there. 40s 50s on the temps here. it looks pretty good today . i think a similar pattern than what we had yesterday, but tomorrow big changes in. yes, gasia is spot on. there's going to be a huge change on saturday with rain and arriving, but the warmth of the sun today. hazy

sun, a little haze around the edge. all it takes. high pressure kind of settles in for a few days, and that haze layer takes no time. 6071 more day of some low 80s. all right. frank is here. 730. where do you want to start this time? >> well, we're going to start with that big bugaboo down at, in hayward. we've been keeping an eye on it all morning long. a big rig went down, had an accident. this is on the ramp of 238 north, 880 south. it's been closed since 130 this morning. we're just getting information. it's a grocery truck that was filled with groceries, and now they have to unload all those groceries to lighten it up, to get a tow truck to upright that and eventually get it out of there. they've got hazmat crews on the scene, but they've got to get the truck upright before they can clean up the oil spill and the gas that came out of that truck. it's going to take a while. you may want to avoid that area completely. take a look at the map in that general area. you see that blinking triangle center screen that is

the issue right there. as you can see, if you're heading from dublin on 580 and coming through castro valley, you got issues there as well and you can't see it. but 880 southbound to is had some issues today. so, east bay has been a bit of a mess on this morning. time now is 732 dave. we'll send it back to you. >> okay, frank. thank you. well, happening today, a big vote by the oakland port commission on whether to change the name of the oakland airport to san francisco bay oakland international airport. ktvu alice wirtz is at oakland airport now. tell us about the pushback against this idea. good morning. alex >> yeah, dave. that's right. this is a contentious issue. ever since it was announced, the port of oakland wants to rename its international airport. but it's taken a lot of heat from a lot of leaders around the region, especially mayor london breed in san francisco, she

says. >> so, no offense to oakland, but your name is not san francisco. and so, i'm in support of this resolution. we have our colleagues on the san francisco board of supervisors who support this resolution. >> now, that was david canepa from the san mateo board of supervisors. he is one who is also not a fan. mayor london breed made it clear yesterday where she stands on this proposal by the port of oakland. >> 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. >> now, we spoke with some folks here at the oakland airport and

asked them what they think of the idea of renaming the airport . do you think oakland's interest in renaming it will have a boost to its economy if it goes through? >> i don't see how that would benefit it. i mean, it's and right now it doesn't have the greatest reputation anyway. so i think oakland is a great place and we should keep it. the oakland airport. >> now others say oakland has a lot of other issues that it should be turning its attention to. >> it would be overall confusing and like what we need to be focusing right now is the safety of people in oakland. so you can travel there, because there's a lot of crime happening right now, and it's like, that's not what we really need to be focusing on. so i don't think we should hold it off now. >> 1:00 this afternoon, the port of oakland is going to be deciding whether or not to rename the international airport here to include the name of san francisco. we'll be reporting on what the outcome is and let you know whether or not this will be

renamed. other than the oakland international airport, i'm live here in the airport at oakland. alice roberts, ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you alice. it's now been one year since the city of oakland and caltrans crews cleared out the wood street homeless encampment near interstate eight. 80 advocates for people who are homeless and community members say they're still upset over the evictions. say many people lost their possessions in the sweep. they also say the cabin site that replaced the camp is inadequate. >> as soon as something breaks, they just leave it broken. the bathroom breaks, stays broken, shower breaks, stays broken, the ovens break. stay broken. houses break, burn down, stay broken. i've offered to them face to face in meetings. hey would you let us rebuild some of these places, make them livable again for people that want to. and for those of us that are able and capable of doing things like that, they're like, oh, that's a good idea. we'll talk about it and think about it six months later. nothing. >> the city developed a tiny home program offered to the wood street residents, using an $8.3

million grant from the state. in response, the city of oakland sent a statement to ktvu that said, in part, the cabin program is considered an emergency shelter and is not intended to be permanent housing. the cabin program is an opportunity for individuals to get connected to permanent housing or longer terme programs with more intensive services, such as substance abuse and mental health programs. >> time now. 736 a contentious moment between a law student at uc berkeley and a law professor is going viral. the incident came after months of disputes between pro palestinian and jewish students at cal. now, the latest confrontation happened at the private home of dean erwin chemerinsky. it happened during a dinner celebrating the graduating law students at uc berkeley. some of the protesters showed up at that event. one student grabbed a microphone to speak in support of gaza, and the video shows the dean's wife, law professor catherine fisk, trying to take the microphone away from that student. that student calls it an assault and

a violation of her first amendment rights. >> 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. >> now, in a statement, dean chemerinsky said his home is not a forum for free speech. and he added, quote, 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, you are a guest in our home. please stop and leave. well, civil rights attorney we talked to says dean chemerinsky is respected nationwide for his work in constitutional rights and believes the dean is well within his rights to remove a student from his property, as the state is providing $39 million to 193 nonprofits and

faith based organizations to enhance security and safety, the grants can go towards security measures such as reinforced gates, lighting and inspection and screening systems. >> applicants had to prove they were at high risk for violent attacks or hate crimes due to their ideology, beliefs or mission. some of the awardees include chabad of san francisco, archbishop riordan high school, and the glide foundation. >> all right, guys, the time now. 738 right back to frank mallicoat looking at our commute. your hands have been full all morning that the glass is on the track. >> shoes on. yeah, it's been a busy day. we're going to take you out first just to the toll plaza because commuters are having a heck of a time getting into san francisco. there should be your bay bridge toll plaza, a good 20 minutes to get from that toll plaza into the city. the span is caked with cars. we've also had some issues out at bay point. if you're coming that way to accidents, highway four westbound right outside of

pittsburgh in antioch. and that's causing some issues and a big, big slowdown there. and then you're going to get to highway 680 where 2 to 242 meet. and that is very busy as well due to an earlier accident. so the east bay is had a kind of a tough go of it here at 739. how about a peek at weather? i know you got some good news there. take it away, steve. >> all right. thank you, frank. one more day of some 80s inland here. although if you notice that haze. boy, that didn't take long, did it? some kind of settling in. but we started this on tuesday. yesterday we i think we topped out yesterday, but it will be close for some today. probably within a degree or two 70s and 80s. but that's going to do a big, big change is on the way now. the haze is part of high pressure, you know, high pressure aloft. and then you get what's called the inversion. you have 40s and 50s at the surface. you go up not too far and you can find 60s, and that just traps everything. so there's a really shallow fog bank there, and i don't think it's going to last too much longer. so today,

6070s, 80s tomorrow we start to bring in a much bigger fog bank, high clouds, much cooler and rain arrives saturday. and if i can do my technical weather stuff here, the thickness drops from 563 to 532 by saturday. that is massive cooling for april, so saturday rain. it will not be a day in the park, that's for sure. thunderstorms possible, much colder temps. i could see some one inch amounts. speaking of rain, if you go all the way back to december, we have not had many days without rain. we've only had consecutive nine consecutive days, twice without rain since the 1st of december. stretches eighth through the 16th of december and again march 13th through the 21st. that is highly unusual. usually we get 2530 days even during mid-winter dry spells. those are quite common. we did not see that this year. that is a rarity. mostly sunny today. i say that because there's some little haze in there, some a little bit of patchy fog and a few high clouds. but here you go. look at the weather. mount

veeder 63, oakland hills 62. so if you want one more warm day, today is the day. we're already in the 50s on the temps. enjoy it while you can. 20s in the mountains because that system will sweep in for a big changes. starting tomorrow. >> you guys all right, steve. thank you. time is 741. we have breaking news coming in right now. there are reports coming, according to tmz, that oj simpson has just died. now we're just getting this information and still going through it all. but that is the breaking news coming in now. >> so often with these things, social media, sort of the first to alert the world, if you will. so we'll pop up a tweet here that was actually sent from oj simpson's handle on what we used to call twitter. now x it reads on april 10th, our father, orenthal james simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. he was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. during this time of transition, his family asked that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace. so certainly coming from simpson's official social media handle, you would expect it to be the case. we know that

he was battling prostate cancer for a time. i'd seen reports that he had entered hospice. he was sort of very quiet and private about that part of his life. certainly at one point, as we all well know, he was essentially the most famous person in this country. >> yeah, so infamous person, infamous in many ways, much to word. and we're getting also confirmation on this from tmz, which normally is very accurate. but again, this is a word we're getting right now that o.j. simpson has died. and we'll continue to follow up on the reports we're getting and bring it to you here on mornings on two. our time is now. 742 a new study exposing a harsh reality. how many hispanic and latino professionals say they feel sidelined for being their authentic selves in corporate america? we'll run out now to our newsroom and say hello again to andre senior. >> as you're working on the next couple of hours of mornings on two. >> well, good morning to both of

you. a new proposal in california could reshape higher education. how the new bill could pave the way for undocumented students to be hired at public colleges and universities, and later on, the nine, whether it's the first day of school or a much needed date night, if you're a parent, you're all too familiar with your little one, pleading with you not to leave their side. we'll talk live with an expert about separation anxiety, w ch is he

the winningest coach in ncaa history. retired after 38 seasons at stanford, she has coached some of the game's greatest players, and it's really hard for a lot of people to imagine her not being on the sidelines next season at stanford. vanderveer stood in front of the cameras to talk about her many accomplishments and said she can't imagine a better life and that retiring is not an easy decision. some times 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, and you'll always be coach vanderveer. >> the coach also said she wants to spend more time with her mother, who's turning 97 years old. all right. our time is 747. investors are trying to digest another report about inflation this morning. also, there's another bay area tech company that's expanding its ai chip business. >> pembroke, back in studio with this and a lot more in dollars and cents. certainly the talk of the town here in the bay area. ai meta unveiled its next generation of ai chips to respond to the growing need of processing power for its platforms. facebook, instagram and whatsapp that follows similar announcements from bay area based intel and google as the competition in ai heats up, analysts say. nvidia, also based here in the bay area, still has about 80% of the ai chip market. as the opening bell rang this morning, the producer price index, which measures wholesale prices, was released. it came in a bit lower than expected for the month of march, but still up from this time last year. so that follows the consumer price

index that saw some huge losses yesterday after that report was released as we take a live look at the numbers this morning started out a little higher, actually, when that opening bell rang this morning. but as you can see now live. look at the big board dow jones dropping another half of a percent, almost 200 points. the s&p 500 also down just a little bit. the nasdaq is managing to hang on to a little bit of a gain this morning, about a third of a percent. a new study is revealing that hispanic and latino professionals feel overlooked and underrepresented in corporate america. the study, released by kokole, a nonprofit organization, found 40% of hispanic and latino professionals in the u.s. feel that they need to hide their authentic selves in order to succeed at work. authors of the study say hispanic or latino workers are told that their communication style is unfit and that their expression, enthused. ism and passion is often evaluated as aggressive. latinos

and hispanics are the fastest growing group in the us labor force target is reportedly introducing new technology to prevent theft by people who use those self-checkouts. according to several reports, the new technology is designed to detect whether there is anything near the kiosk that has not been scanned, and it will release audio and visual cues. if an item isn't scanned correctly, it will reportedly be implemented before the end of the year. apple sent a warning to iphone users in 92 countries, telling them they may have been targeted by spyware attacks. apple warned users in an email that hackers are trying to remotely compromise the iphone associated with their apple id the notification did not disclose the countries where the users received those notifications. apple says these type of attacks likely are specifically targeting users because of who they are or what they do, such as politicians, diplomats, journalists and activists. i'm

pam cook. that's a look at your dollars and cents, pam. >> thank you. april is national distracted driving awareness month, a time to remind all drivers to keep both hands on the wheel and to steer clear of distractions. this means no texting, no phone calls, no facetime, and no internet use. the national highway traffic safety administration reports in 2022, more than 3300 people died in crashes involving distracted drivers just glancing at a text would basically cause you to literally drive the length of a football field without seeing the road. now, not all distractions are digital. arguing with a passenger, eating a sloppy meal, or even listening to music that makes you drowsy can be dangerous, officers say. parents in particular need to set a good example for their children while driving. good advice. >> well, in australia, commuters, they're waiting for their train had a real surprise on the platform. i'm a racehorse just wandering around the train station. look at this. it was

watching a train pull into the station and then standing there as if it was getting ready to board the train. some of the riders were scared. as you can imagine, one passenger actually ran away. the horse, by the way, was eventually taken away on a truck to its owner. >> i mean, i've seen a lot of things at the bart stations i use. i've never seen that. >> never seen that. >> no. all right, let's run out to our traffic center, whether it's mass transit or two. hands on the wheel. what our commuter space with today, i'm going to say only california. >> right? that's crazy. we're going to take you out to highway four westbound. they've had some issues out there working two accidents currently. you can see slow normally at this hour, but this will really gum up the works a bit. slow roll through bay point as you're working your way around pittsburgh. and by the way, highway six 8242 224 very very busy as well. had an earlier collision there. so that is really slowed it as well. and by the way, once they get

through there, guess what they have in front of them. that's highway 24 in lafayette and it's at full tilt at this hour right now folks in lamorinda working their way towards the caldecott tunnel. let's take you down to the south bay. highway 101 has got some big issues. if you're heading from a san jose northbound, all the way through santa clara, slow roll there, your usual commute down there, but 101 especially busy at this hour. 752 your time, let's say good morning, steve paulson and get a little sunshine. >> and the owners of that horse just got a bill for transportation costs. trust me gary, bob, if you're out there, you just laughed. i know you did. all right. thank you. sir. we do have mostly clear skies out little haze is settled in, but it didn't take long to get the haze going. there's a ribbon of fog. it has no chance but a bigger chance tomorrow. but today it's not going to amount to too much. 40s. 50s on the temps. i don't think it'll take too long to start bumping up here. 20s, 30s in the mountains,

40s, 50s on the temps. 57 san diego. there's your change. it's this low coming out of the gulf of alaska. another one. it's going to do this. and guess what? go right over us again. it'll be weaker than the system we had last week. but again you're in mid-april now. it would not surprise me to get some more thunderstorms out of this today, though it will be 70s and 80s cooler with the rain returning on saturday. we've been advertising this all week, so hopefully, you know, you're like, maybe it'll miss. and i don't think so. boy. in fact, forecast models have actually kind of up some of the totals here. half inch to an inch should cover it with more, maybe to the south today though, only patchy fog, hazy sunshine, nice to warm on those temps here. and 60s 70s 80s. if you like the 80s, you're going to have to wait up probably for a while because they're disappearing. starting tomorrow and taking us into a much cooler weekend. they're gaussian. steve >> thank you. big changes for department store credit cards, how new regulations could impact your wallet and their bottom line. the new numbers show a big jump in how many women are incarcerated in the nation's jails and prisons. what one

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during the nation's jails and prisons, an advocacy group called the sentencing project says the number of female inmates increased by more than 500% between 1980 and 2021. that's more than double the amount of male inmates. the sentencing project says the

trend is because states have raised legal penalties, and the mandatory minimum sentences for narcotics. a quarter of the women in prison are in there because of drug related crimes. >> pain pills a lot. and then when i couldn't get pain pills, i ended up switching to heroin. and here i've become like this person that i wanted to be. and i just worry that going out, that i won't be able to be that person now. >> advocates for criminal justice reform. they're demanding improvements in inmate rehab programs. the national justice department reports these rehab programs aimed at preventing people from becoming repeat offenders, is expanding at a much higher rate for men than women. shake, shake, shake. >> shake shake shake. >> now, that was a scene at the arizona state capitol. house democrats and republicans shouting at each other after the state supreme court ruled that arizona can enforce a long dormant law dating back to 1864.

the criminal cases all abortions except for when a mother's life is at stake. there are no exceptions for rape or for incest. well planned parenthood clinics here in california say they are prepared to handle an influx of people. women from arizona who may seek reproductive health care here planned parenthood northern california and their seven affiliates around the state say they're financially capable of serving more people. >> we are assuring not only people of arizona, but throughout the country, if you can get to california, we got you. you can get care here. >> now, planned parenthood northern california says they have seen a 38% increase in the number of patients since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade in june of 2022. >> well, good morning. we're following breaking news of the death of oj simpson, a look back

at his life and some of the moments that defined it. then more businesses in san francisco join the fight against those bike lanes on valencia street. why? the businesses and the owners are planning to file a lawsuit against the city, and it's been one year since people living at oakland's largest homeless encampment have been cleared out. why? advocates are still voicing concern over lost possessions and inadequate replacement. then california, considering a groundbreaking bill that could employ undocumented college students. how the new proposal could impact students financially from ktvu, fox two news this is mornings on two. welcome to mornings on two at 8:00. as you look live across the oakland estuary this morning, the sun is coming out, but you can see san francisco still dealing with fog this morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm andre senior. >> good morning. i'm gasia mikaelian. let's get outside. i know in the 6:00 hour you showed a ton of fog almost covering the entire golden gate towers. what's the situation on? moved out of there. >> most of it's gone. yeah, i knew it didn't. it was on

borrowed time there. you two 40s and 50s on the temps. there's a little sliver of some fog there. i think it was a little more robust yesterday. now it'll regroup tomorrow, but today it just runs into too much resistance. that's in high pressure. it's just squashing it so it burns it off and has no support. mostly sunny, hazy today though. the warmth of the sun for one more day here. temperatures 70s and 80s, 80s or hazy, whatever you want to call that translates 60s 70s. and one more day, a couple of low 80s. all right. frank is here, man. he's been busy. we're going to pay a double for today for coming in just to let you know. >> did you hear that bus? what? what? it's. i can't hear a thing. we're going to kick it off with some good news. how about that? at this hour, 8:00 and all is well on the bay bridge. free and easy. if you're on your way to san francisco. it might take you a while to get there, though. not too far away, highway 880 is moving pretty well past the coliseum. not too bad. there in the san mateo bridge, couple of minutes ago,

there were a few cars picking up. a little bit of volume, but moving just fine. on your way to the peninsula. let's look at traffic. garcia, back to you at 801. >> we'll update breaking news. we first brought you in the last hour. oj simpson has died from complications related to cancer. simpson was a hall of fame football player and became the most infamous person in the country in the 90s, when he was on trial for the murder of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. the entire trial was televised, watched by millions. simpson was acquitted of those deaths. simpson later went to prison in las vegas for what he said was an attempt to reclaim his property from someone who had stolen it. simpson was paroled in 2017. again, the breaking news here oj simpson dead at the age of 76. >> all right. your time now is 802. today, a group of san francisco mission district business owners are set to speak against a heavily disputed bike lane. they say construction of that bike lane on valencia has forced some stores to close. ktvu bailey o'carroll is live in

the city with the showdown between the city and the merchants. there bailey. >> hey andre, a number of businesses here along valencia street in the mission district of san francisco filed a lawsuit months ago against the city because of what they say this bike lane is doing to their business. as you can see from behind me. well, it's relatively a pretty busy bike lane, and we've seen that firsthand this morning. and it's in the center of valencia here, not off to one side or the other. it is in the center of the street here. but as i mentioned, that original lawsuit filed back in february. now, more businesses are following suit, arguing that this controversial bike lane violates their rights and hurts businesses. they say that the bike lane, combined with parklets take up too much of the street, leaving no room for parking, in which turn keeps non foot traffic visitors away. so the lawsuit wants to take the bike lane away completely. businesses want it removed and then they're also asking for monetary compensation for loss of business. now a longtime

residents like martha, who we spoke to this morning, who's lived in this neighborhood for more than 40 years, echoed what those business owners claim. >> there are days when i don't, you know, like six in the evening. it used to be packed with people going to restaurants and bars and yeah, the restaurants are all suffering and. >> she says she estimates that foot traffic has dropped almost 50% here. now, the sfmta says that they hear those business owners and they're trying to take action to appease them. they have added single metered parking spots along the 506 hundred block of valencia. they'll be doing the same along the seven and 800 blocks, though it's not clear exactly how many parking spots that would add or if it would even be enough to make a difference. now, again, i can tell you from being out here all morning long, this is a busy bike lane, and martha did say she knows it's well used, but she says really it causes more

harm than good, at least according to her. and these business owners and these business owners are expected to hold a press conference this morning at 9 a.m. and they say they just want the city to do more. they say what they're doing right now simply isn't enough. live in san francisco. i'm bailey o'carroll, ktvu, fox two news. >> bailey thank you. we're still following developing news near tracy. there's a huge fire at a pallet yard, which already forced the evacuation of at least six homes. it's burning just east of tracy along grant line road. firefighters tell us it started around two this morning and has been burning since then. now part of the problem here is crews have limited water supplies in that rural area. right now. the focus is preventing this big fire from spreading to other homes. we'll keep following the story and bring you any developments as we get them. an arrest has been made following a crash in concord that left a nine year old girl dead. >> 22 year-old jesus dorantes was arrested yesterday. chp says he was driving a gray mazda early sunday morning that went off the road near northbound

interstate six, 80 and 242. it was a rollover crash. six people were inside the vehicle, along with a child who was killed. four women suffered major injuries. dorantes is facing charges including manslaughter and felony hit and run. amid ongoing concerns about crime in oakland, the highway patrol is touting the results of officers actions there. the chp says in the past eight weeks, officers have recovered 414 stolen cars, arrested 181 suspects and seized 31 guns. council member noel gayo says oakland needs all the help it can get, including from the chp and the alameda county sheriff's department and bart police. >> but public safety is the number one priority of any city, any county, any state, any country. >> city statistics show that violent crime in oakland is up 10% compared to the same time last year. robberies are down 32, commercial burglaries are down nearly 60% and 806 it's now

been one year since the city of oakland and caltrans cleared out the people living at the wood street homeless encampment near interstate 880 homeless advocates and community members say they're still frustrated by the evictions and the possessions that were lost in that encampment sweep. >> and they say the existing camp cabin site that replaced the camp is not adequate. >> as soon as something breaks, they just leave it broken. the bathroom breaks, stays broken, shower breaks, stays broken, the ovens break, stay broken, houses break and burn down. stay broken. i offered to them face to face in meetings. hey, would you let us rebuild some of these places, make them livable again for people that want to. and for those of us that are able and capable of doing things like that, they're like, oh, that's a good idea. we'll talk about it and think about it six months later. nothing. >> the city developed the tiny home program offered to the wood street residents using an $8.3 million grant from the state. in response, the city of oakland sent a statement to ktvu that said in part, quote, the cabin program is considered an emergency shelter and is not intended to be permanent

housing. the cabin program is an opportunity for individuals to get connected to permanent housing, or to longer tum programs with more intensive services, such as substance abuse and mental health programs . >> california's considering allowing undocumented college students to work on campus. proposed legislation would remove restrictions at uc state schools and community colleges. education news site edsource reports. many undocumented students in higher education are unable to apply for work permits under daca. the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, after the government stopped accepting applications in 2017 without those work permits, the students can't get work study jobs, paid internships or teaching assistant positions. state workers across california will soon have to go back to the office at least part time. the governor's office just sent a memo to state agencies requiring them to bring workers back to the office at least two days a week, starting in june. some state employees have remained

fully remote since the pandemic began. in the governor's office cites disparities between agencies as the reason for the statewide change. roughly 240,000 people work for the state's various offices and agencies. >> well, this monday, a vote recount starts in both santa clara and san mateo counties for the race to replace retiring congresswoman anna eshoo. two people requested a recount after joe simitian and evan low had a rare second place tie in the primary election, both of them would face former san jose mayor sam liccardo in the november general election. >> this has not happened before, and it's a very unique event for us. 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. >> now. the people asking for the recounts have to pay for them. the santa clara county registrar of voters says a manual recount will take about ten days and will cost $32,000

per day. the san mateo county registrar has not said what a recount there will cost. well, a coalition of south bay groups is working to create safe routes for students to walk and bike to school. the homestead safe and route project is a collaboration with cities santa clara county, the state transportation department, and santa clara valley. transportation authority. the project involves setting up protected bike lanes and highly visible crosswalks along a stretch of homestead road. in cities including cupertino, there were 21 reported crashes involving cars hitting cyclists and pedestrians along that stretch between 2015 and 2019. >> the time now is 809. frank mallicoat and the traffic center. we've been keeping a watchful eye on highway 880 south, highway 238 north, the onramp there in hayward has some issues, and there it is, a collision at 130 this morning. chevy and a big rig. the big rig has been on its side for several hours. it was leaking fuel. they contained that rather quickly. authorities say it's going to

take a while before they can get it upright, because it's filled with groceries right now. once they get it upright, they have to clean and they bring in hazmat crews to do the sweeping as well. take a look at the map. this is the area we're talking about. you see that blinking triangle on your left hand side of the screen, which is kind of gumming up the works? 580 commuters west. pack your patience. it's going to take you a while, especially if you're heading over that san mateo bridge. also 880 you could see southbound at whipple an accident there, and that has, highway 880 going very slow towards san jose. that is a look at traffic at 810. andre. we'll send it back to you. >> all right. frank, thank you. it was an emotional reunion for retired bart police officer who almost died. how? he's taking the opportunity to meet and thank the two paramedics who helped save his life. >> a dinner at the home of the dean of uc berkeley. law turns into a disruption and a tussle

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and law professor. the incident came after months of disputes between pro-palestinians and jewish students at cal. this latest confrontation happened at the private home of dean erwin chemerinsky during a celebratory dinner for the graduating law students at uc berkeley. some protesters showed up. one student grabbed a microphone to speak in support of gaza. this video shows the dean's wife, law professor catherine fisk, trying to take the microphone away from the student who called it an assault and violation of her first amendment rights. >> 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. >> in a statement, dean chemerinsky said, this home is not a forum for free speech, adding, quote, 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 were a guest in our home. please stop and leave. civil

rights attorney we spoke with said the dean is likely well within his rights to remove a student from his private property. >> well, time now is 815. the state is providing $39 million to nonprofits and faith based organizations to enhance security and safety. the cranes can go toward security measures, such as reinforcing gates lining and inspection and screening systems. applicants had to prove they are at high risk of violent attacks or hate crimes due to their ideology, beliefs or mission. some of the recipients include san francisco chabad archbishop riordan high school and the glide foundation. a former bart police officer thanking the first responders who saved his life, jeff harrington, went to see them at the fork ambulance facility in livermore. now, they hugged and talked emotionally about what happened last november, when harrington suffered cardiac arrest at his home. his wife called 911 and began cpr. paramedic dave raymond and emt jason vera arrived and resuscitated him after 20 minutes. >> slowly i come out of it in the hospital and one of my

earliest memories, you guys visiting me and that's that's a huge tribute to the people that you guys that you would take the time out of your busy schedule. that speaks highly of what you guys stand for and came and see me and i just i don't know how to extend the gratitude for i know, i know that and this reunion brought those first responders to tears. >> this was the first time they say that a patient they saved came to personally thank them. >> several people have been asking that same question. jeff i've been in this county for 32 years. guess what? you're the first to be able to have that opportunity to say that. and i can't express the joy that i feel now. and knowing that i'm getting to talk to you. >> harrington received a challenge coin to honor their reunion for law enforcement challenge coins, or a form of recognizing excellence, commemorating a special occasion honoring an officer and connecting with the community. >> such good work. yes, for sure. 817 let's see what the

traffic is doing now. this has been a real up and down kind of day here, frank. >> you've noticed you're doing great. yeah, it has been kind of crazy. number of accidents in the east bay. slow down the commute from bay point to walnut creek, which is really bottlenecked. the lamorinda area, that's highway 24 westbound. it is just a mess. bumper to bumper to bumper from lafayette all the way into orinda, all the way to the caldecott tunnel. but i do have some very good news for those commuters. it's going to take you a while, but relief awaits. the bay bridge is crystal clear at this hour, but as mentioned, it might take you a good half an hour or 40 minutes before you. you see that tollbooth and the bay bridge? let's look at traffic briefly at 817. let's say good morning and hello to mr. sunshine. that's it, that's it. >> nothing else. i got. geez, you've had an easy morning. >> oh, yeah. >> thank you. sweat. thank you sir. all right. today, one more warm day here it'll be. it's sunny. there's a teeny bit of fog out there, but it's

disappearing tomorrow. not only low clouds coming back, but also high clouds, cooler and then rain arrives. a cold rain arrives on saturday. i mean, just amazing to go from last weekend. cold rain and then warm up and then back to rain and just the following weekend. saturday's rain looks pretty good. much cooler temps. the wind will pick up rainfall half inch to an inch. could be a little bit more. some of the coastal hills or maybe towards santa cruz mountains. speaking of rain, we have not had too many dry days. we've had a lot of rain days since december. we've only had nine consecutive days without any rain. that was december eighth to the 16th, and again march 13th to the 21st. i'll be brutally honest and say this is extremely rare. we usually get 15, 20, 20. it's quite common to have mid-winter dry spells, but since december 1st, that's it. twice, nine days. there's your little fog. there's not much there. yeah, it's just too shallow to make much of an impact. unless you're right there on the coast. 50s on the temps. almost 60in brentwood at 59. to say the wind is calm

as an understatement, except for mountain views. little puff of a northwest. that is it. there's just nothing going on, wind wise. but that'll change. maybe late tonight. this afternoon, more so, but one more last warm day. some inland temps, upper 70s and 80s. pretty impressive system on the way for this time of year going into mid-april. much cooler with rain returning and already i'm hearing some plans have been canceled for some here, and i can see why. half inch to an inch of rain being forecast here with snow in the mountains. but another warm day today. patchy fog only hazy sunshine, nice to mild to warm and temperatures tomorrow will start to fall off about ten degrees and maybe 15 to 20 by the time we get to saturday. you guys. >> steve thank you. wildfire watchers are noting some incredible blooms across the bay following months of steady on and off rain and mount diablo state park, poppies are blanketing the hillsides. shell ridge and walnut creek also has a burst of color. >> many years we didn't see like a lot of flowers and spring season. you want to catch the best moment of your life. you

know the flower is the best. >> super blooms happened when many different species of wildflowers bloom at the same time. people have seen it happening in the east bay and beyond. 820 now, big changes for department store credit cards and new regulations could impact your wallet and their bottom line. >> and the millions of dollars that will go to fighting substance abuse among specific demographic of california's youth

between house democrats and republicans. after the state supreme court ruled arizona can enforce a long dormant law from 1864 that criminalizes all abortions except when a mother's life is at stake. there are no exceptions for rape or incest. planned parenthood clinics here in california say they're prepared to handle an influx of people from arizona seeking reproductive health care here, planned parenthood northern california and its seven affiliates across the state say they're ready to meet what they expect to be a growing demand. >> we are assuring not only people of arizona, but throughout the country if you can get to california, we got

you. you can get care here. >> planned parenthood northern california says it's seen a 38% increase in patients since the supreme court ruling that overturned roe v wade in june of 2022. >> more women than ever are locked up in the nation's jails and prisons. an advocacy group called the sentencing project says the number of female inmates increased by more than 500% between the years of 1980 and 2021. the rate is more than double of male inmates. the sentencing project says the trend is because states have raised legal penalties and mandatory minimum sentences for narcotics. a quarter of women in prison are in there for drug related crimes using pain pills a lot. >> and then when i couldn't get pain pills, i ended up switching to heroin. and here i've become like this person that i wanted to be. and i just worry that going out, that i won't be able to be that person. >> advocates for criminal justice reform are calling for improvements in inmate rehabilitation programs. the national justice department

reports these rehab programs aimed at preventing people from becoming repeat offenders, is expanding at much higher rates for men than they are for women. >> two bills aimed at helping people with substance abuse disorders passed the state senate health committee. one would streamline the conversion of unused skilled nursing facilities into behavioral health facilities. the other would ensure that health plans and insurers establish a process to reimburse providers for mental health and substance use disorder treatments. both bills now head to senate appropriations any time the state plans to spend $51 million to prevent substance abuse among youth and young adults, the program elevate youth california, will allocate the funds across 75 community based and tribal organizations. >> the three year grants go towards mentor and peer support systems. the goal is to inform the next generation about the dangers of drugs and how to cope with adversity and trauma as well. in the us, there is an increase in wealthy families building passport portfolios in case they need to flee their

home country. while americans are outnumbering every other nationality when it comes to securing alternative residency, these new efforts to rescue a gray whale tangled up in a fishing net that was spotted off the bay area coast. >> what cre a

a look back from his birth and early years here in the bay area to becoming the most notorious man in america for a time during

the 90s, and what we know about his final moments. a new survey reveals californians are worried about the state of education in california. more than half of parents say the quality of education is worse than it was before. then what's in a name? well, today the port of oakland is expected to vote on whether or not to change the name of the oakland airport. port's executive director is joining us live in studio. before that, key meeting later today from ktvu. >> fox two news, this is mornings on two. >> talk about a busy day. we're so glad you're here. good morning. i'm gasia mikaelian i'm andre senior. >> thank you for joining us. today is april 11th and the weather might be changing just a bit today because we've seen some higher temperatures inland. so let's check in with steve paulson to see where things i think a carbon copy of yesterday pretty close. >> pretty darn close. you two here tomorrow there will be big changes and significant changes by saturday. some very shallow fog is kind of rotating. it looks like another little eddy there off the marin coast or san francisco, but it only impacts areas right on the coast. and

yesterday it got chewed up few high clouds, but overall high pressure says i'm in charge today. so temps will bump up one more warm day. so the warmth of the sun if you're inland. upper 70s and 80s. hazy skies to get that inversion. boy, that haze settles in fast. 60s 70s and a couple of low 80s. all right, frank is here. he has been dancing as fast as he can, but i think it's better now. >> yeah, it's getting better. we do have an accident. just happened just a short time ago. highway 8080 northbound. not too far from our ktvu newsroom. take you outside. take a look at this. traffic beginning to back up there by the coliseum. the accidents at 29th avenue. one lane blocked. both cars, i'm told, are drivable by the chp. that should be cleared up shortly, but as you can see, it's slowing down the commute there a little bit. heavy highway 24. we are in lafayette. it's still a bumper to bumper mess. cars are moving slowly due to a number of accidents on 680 and highway four earlier, which caused the commute to be a

little bit later. and lo and behold, everyone ended up on highway 24 on their way to the caldecott. it's going to take a while, and we're going to finish because we can. with a near fog list. golden gate bridge looks like a great day on tap. and for those that are commuting from marin, good for you! it's been nice all morning long. let's get back to andre now with our breaking news. >> craig, thank you. and that breaking news is this here oj simpson dead at the age of 76. his family reports he died yesterday succumbing to cancer while surrounded by his children and grandchildren. simpson grew up in san francisco. he played football at usc, then starred in the nfl, including with the 40 niners. simpson became a hollywood star, but his legacy forever changed when he was accused of killing his ex-wife, nicole brown simpson and her boyfriend ronald goldman, or friend, rather ronald goldman. in 1997, while he was acquitted during the nationally televised murder trial, a separate civil jury found him liable and ordered him to pay $33.5

million. simpson later went to prison for a violent confrontation over his sports memorabilia. now coming up on the nine, we will talk to tmz, which broke the news of his death. to get more reaction on this story, a new survey shows people are worried about the state of education in california. the poll, by the public policy institute of california, finds nearly half of californians think the quality of education in california has gotten worse in the last few years, and 51% of public school parents think their child fell behind during the pandemic. even so, nearly 8 in 10 gave passing grades to their local schools. though few gave a's. about half of public school parents say there isn't enough funding for schools, and 58% of people said they would support a state bond to pay for school construction projects. that same survey finds californians are concerned about the mental health of public school students as well. the survey found that 81% of all adults in public school parents say they are concerned about students mental health and well-being. the number reflects a continuing worry about the

persistent impact the pandemic has had. two years after students returned to classrooms following a school closures of more than a year, a show of support now for an oakland teenager whose father died unexpectedly a few days after one of the biggest honors of her life, us died two weeks ago, 14 year old yesenia martinez sang the national anthem at the inaugural home game for the new women's soccer team, bay fc. >> four days later, her father died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 51. it's been a painful time for the family, friends and community members, including bay fc and 49ers great ronnie lott met the family at the soccer match and now are offering their support. >> he really, really told me like over and over and over again. he was just like, i'm just so proud of you. like, i can't even express to you like, i'm just so proud. >> in our most time of need, when my daughters are brokenhearted and it breaks my heart and they've made it so

much easier to be able to, like, process all of these things. >> the martinez family will hold a memorial service for her father this weekend. donations are helping relatives who live out of state fly here to the bay area for that service. >> stanford women's basketball head coach tara vanderveer officially announcing her retirement. now the winningest coach in ncaa history, retiring after 38 seasons at stanford, vanderveer has coached some of the game's greatest players, and it's hard for many to imagine her not being on the sidelines next season at stanford, vanderveer stood before the cameras to reflect on her accomplishments, saying she cannot imagine a better life and retiring is not an easy decision. >> 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, i because i love it, i love

it, i love it. >> vanderveer also says she wants to spend more time with her mother, who is 97 years old. >> the stanford is named a woman who played under coach vanderveer for years as its new head basketball coach. katy steding credits vanderveer for making a world of difference on and off the court. >> i don't think it's measurable, you know, because i think along the way she's done everything to fight for women and for women's basketball. >> steding was one of vanderveer's first recruits at stanford, played for her in the 96 olympics, followed her into coaching. she's one of many women who played under vanderveer, who went into coaching because of her influence and encouragement. >> all of the championships, the success. but i think for her it's more than that. it's helping other other female, you know, coaches and athletes and just trying to raise that bar. >> vanderveer's last day as a coach will be may 8th, which marks exactly 39 years since she

was first hired there at stanford. we have so much more on coach vanderveer's legacy and the impact she's left on basketball and really the world of sport. you can learn more by heading to ktvu.com anytime. >> 836 is your time this morning another bay area tech company is expanding its ai chip business. >> also, investors are digesting another round of inflation reports today after what happened yesterday, pam cook is back with hopefully some better news in dollars and cents. >> some good news here. but first the another day of down numbers, another inflation report coming in. the producer price index which measures wholesale prices, was released earlier this morning. it came in a bit lower than expected for the month of march, which was slightly better news but still up from this time last year. and that news took the dow down again as that opening bell rang this morning. also this morning, word that meta unveiled its new next generation of ai chips to respond to the growing need of processing power needed for its platforms. facebook instagram and whatsapp. this follows similar announcements from bay

area based intel and google as competition and ai heats up, analysts say. nvidia also based here in the bay area, still has about 80% of the ai market. taking you live to the numbers right now, dow jones maintaining that loss of about a half of a percent today. so not as bad as yesterday, but still down about a 200 points. the s&p 500 down slightly at this hour. the nasdaq though hanging on to a gain up about a third of a percent. wealthy americans are increasingly applying for second citizenships and residency in other countries. now that's according to a cnbc report, which says the wealthy are building their passport portfolios in case they need to flee their home country. a law firm tells cnbc that americans now outnumber every other nationality when it comes to securing a second, or even third or fourth citizenship. the top destinations for supplemental passports are among americans are portugal, malta, greece and italy. and ford is recalling

43,000 suvs due to potential gas leaks. the recall impacts certain bronco sport suvs made in 2022 and 2023, as well as escape models from 2022. ford says the fuel injectors can crack and gasoline can accumulate near an ignition source. that could cause a fire risk, ford says. five fires have been reported. ford dealerships will fix the issue for free. a new federal rule is capping credit card late fees at $8. that's expected to hurt the retailers until the rule change. most fees were about $32. the change is part of president biden's efforts to combat junk fees, but analysts say the change could be especially hard on retailers that offer store branded credit cards and will make that part of their business less profitable. the change does face legal challenges, but it is scheduled to go into effect may 14th. i'm pam cook. that's a look at your dollars and cents.

>> there is an ongoing effort to help a gray whale that was tangled up in fishing gear off the bay area coast. the whale came up from southern california, where it was first spotted march 23rd, dragging the net and buoys. the marine mammal center and noaa fisheries launched a boat with a rescue team, but could not attach a tracker. yesterday, the team's boat left sausalito and returned back to the ocean, hoping to spot the bright red buoys they detached to the whale. >> unfortunately, the fog is hampering our sighting abilities. >> it's a bit devastating to hear that it's entangled. >> rescue crews searched from point reyes down to daly city. they could not find the whale, so they can't launch the boat today because of the weather. noaa is asking local boat operators to be on the watch for those whales. red buoys. >> all right, let's turn things over now to steve paulson. he's tracking your forecast for today, similar weather we're going to be having today before the big change takes effect. >> that is correct. we'll start though with again, i'm not an

astronomer, but i do play one on tv, we had the big already event here with the eclipse. what about the next full moon? well it's not until the 23rd. we are in the currently the waxing crescent. it's only 11% visible tonight. but the april moon is known as pink moon, so that will be on the 23rd. so, a lot going on here in april. but for us, hopefully, maybe we'll have clear skies then. but today it's all about sunshine and warm temps. one more day of 80s that will be today for inland areas. it was mainly 70s on tuesday, 70s and 80s yesterday, and i think a repeat performance today. high pressure is right over us. so there are some thick fog on the coast, but it has nowhere to go, because this warm air aloft creates that inversion and it just squashes it right down on the ground and eventually it burns it off. so for today, seven seconds and 80s for most. tomorrow we start to cool down. and a huge change on saturday, with a cold rain arriving. there's a little bit of fog there, but again the bases are quite low, only impacts areas right on the immediate coast. and it's not all up and down the coast, just

some areas. 60s for a few already. brentwood, vacaville in there. no problem with low 80s for them. a lot of 50s on the temps. is it calm out there? well, i'll say santa rosa, novato, napa, fairfield, concord, oakland all staying calm. there's no breeze at all. still, still, the low though, is coming right down out of the right there. right there. that's your next low. and it's going to do this, do this and eventually end up right there over us on saturday, saturday night. but it will be warm today. hazy sunshine, last warm day for a little bit, probably at least a week. that's the way it's looking. but a huge change. much cooler. and rain returns on saturday. not a little bit of rain, a lot of bit of rain is what it looks like. you're a half inch to maybe an inch. plus that's a pretty impressive system for this time of year to generating a half inch to over an inch today only. patchy fog near the coast. hazy sunshine, nice to warm temperatures above average, but tomorrow they start to come down. we'll get some 80s today then. i think everything changes rapidly tomorrow and a significant change on saturday, and maybe even still pretty cool and breezy on sunday as well. >> steve, thank you. today, the

port of oakland considers changing the name of oakland international airport. coming up, the port director joins me here live in studio to talk about what has become a rovers l

at san francisco bay to the official name of oakland international airport as ktvu. alice wertz reports, there's a lot of pushback against the idea. >> ever since this proposal was announced, many people took issue with it, especially mayor london breed of san francisco. >> so 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 in san mateo, that the board of supervisors took up this issue. >> they made their point very clear. >> so the concern here is that the new name change will cause confusion among the traveling public with travelers who really are best served at the san francisco international airport, potentially booking flights into the oakland airport. and given the economic impact of the airport here in san mateo, we

think it's important to keep the keep clarity between the names of these, the different airports serving the flying public. so no offense to oakland, but your name is not san francisco. >> and so. so, i'm in support of this resolution, we have our colleagues on the san francisco board of supervisors who support this resolution. >> some folks we talked to here at the airport say it's a bad idea, even for oakland. do you think oakland's interest in renaming it will have a boost to its economy if it goes through? >> i don't see how that would benefit it. i mean, it's and right now, san francisco doesn't have the greatest reputation anyway. so i think oakland is a great place and we should keep it. >> the oakland airport would be overall confusing and like what we need to be focusing right now is the safety of people in oakland. so you can travel there, because there's a lot of crime happening right now. and it's like, that's not what we really need to be focusing on.

so i don't think we should hold it off at oakland international airport. >> alice wirtz, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right. so we want to continue our look into this possible name change at the oakland international airport with port director danny wan. he joins us now on mornings on two to talk about the upcoming vote. danny, thank you so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. did you realize this thing was going to be this big of a controversy when you all started discussing it? >> no, this was a name change to put us on the map on the san francisco bay, which the airport right is right on the san francisco bay. so this is just to get informed travelers around the world that we're here and we're a convenient option into the bay area. so what do you make of you know, we heard just a moment ago from san francisco mayor london breed, san francisco city attorney david chu threatening legal action. >> what do you make of all of this? well, i really don't understand it, because it's not about san francisco. >> we're not trying to denigrate san francisco or anything. we're not trying to imitate them. again, this is about we have a great airport. people will fly

oakland know it's convenient. it's easily accessible. the issue is that people from, let's say, east of the mississippi and around the world can't tell you where oakland is. they don't know that it is on san fran, in san francisco bay region. it's a gateway to the san francisco bay. so we just want to make sure that people understand that. >> did you have research that showed you that, that people east of the mississippi did not understand the difference between oakland and san francisco airport? and talk a little bit about the research and what it said. >> sure. we've been doing this research for about ten years now, and it consistently shows that a survey shows that about 30% of people in the united states and about one and 50% of people internationally traveling , don't know where. they can't tell you that oakland is near the san francisco bay area. they may be heard of oakland, but they don't know. they know it's near san francisco. >> no, that's not san francisco. they don't know. >> they don't know the bay region, and they can't even locate oakland near uc berkeley, for example. you want to fly to berkeley. some people don't even know that we're the closest

airport to berkeley. so that's the problem. so when airlines think about where to put direct flights to a city, they have to have both ways. so yeah, they might have cities flying, people flying out of oakland to the destination, but they need those people to come to oakland as well. and so when people don't know oakland is near the san francisco bay, they cannot get that return flight going. danny, let me ask you this. >> were there any other names considered besides san francisco bay, oakland international airport? >> our airlines partners consistently tell us that in order for them to help market more direct writes nonstop routes to san to oakland airport , they have people have to know san francisco bay in the name. so yeah, there's not a whole lot of options. we have to have san francisco bay in it. >> what did you guys consider maybe oakland, san francisco bay international? >> yes we did. >> yeah. and what was it? what was the result? >> the full impact is that as you do the search on as people go around the world searching, they were looking for san francisco bay, you know, they think even if i want to visit livermore labs, for example, which is near closest to

oakland, they'll think, oh, i don't fly to san francisco, but they need to type in san. they need to pop up to say, hey, maybe san francisco, oakland airport is closer. i should point out other airports in other parts of the country do this, and i'll point to manchester, new hampshire, manchester, boston international airport, separate than boston logan international airport. >> that's located in in the boston area. so there is similarities there to that. although they do put the manchester first. in that case, you said you got the support from, southwest airlines, spirit airlines, volaris airlines and mexico. did you get any other support from any of the major american carriers like united american and delta? >> well, this is a this is an issue about airlines. you know, basically they're competing against each other too. so obviously we are our incumbent airlines. southwest is very vested in oakland. they're making lots of investment improvements and they're employing lots of people. southwest is one of the biggest employers there. so obviously they're going to support the concept. united is not so vested okay. >> quickly i just have a few seconds left. but i have to ask

you here in terms of the business that you suspect you could receive from more airlines, in terms of more routes, what does it show you would get if you renamed the airport? what kind of increase in business would you get? >> well, we have routes that we want to people fly. you drive by oakland to go to san francisco, to go to boston, to go to philadelphia, because we don't have direct flights there. so those are the cities that we hope, and we know. >> is there a dollar figure that goes with, with, with renaming it that you guys would suspect that you could get? absolutely. >> and with every flight, it brings in about $10 million to oakland's economy. and it offers people more choices when we have more direct flights at oakland. so you don't have to go back past the oakland, san francisco bay bridge to go to sfo. >> all right. so coming up at 1:00 today is when the discussion is going to happen. the vote could happen today as well. >> yes. we the first reading, there's two reasons to that ordinance. so the final decision made the next day. >> and alameda county, their supervisors are going to vote on whether to support this resolution. the county is also county will do that. yes. all right. danny thank you so much for joining us today. good luck.

we'll be covering it to see what happens next. and i'm sure you'll have a lively discussion a little bit later at your at your meeting. >> we will have a lively discussion. thank you very much. >> all right, frank, we'll send it over to you. >> yeah, i guess so. okay. thank you. andre, it's been a busy day. traffic wise. some better news. that big rig that overturned earlier shut down the on ramp at 238 north. the 880 south. it's been closed since 130. there's the big rig. it was on its side. it was filled with groceries. they had to get the groceries out. and these pictures descend from chp. they finally got it upright. and in the process they are beginning to clean the road and the debris there. there was a bit of a fuel spill coming out of the gas tanks of that big rig. here's what it looked like early this morning, around 130 on its side for good. six plus hours caused major issues for northbound drivers in that area, and 580 west. it's been a bit of a mess down there all morning long, but relief is on its way. they hope to have that all cleared up and have that on ramp reopened by 11:00. so in just a couple of

hours. that's a look at traffic at this hour. let's send it back to the desk. >> all right. thank you so much frank. today marks the beginning of black maternal health week. when you join us on the nine, we'll explore the alarming statistics and explore what can be done to address the disparities in maternal health. >> the blair witch project is making a comeback. how the film that introduced a wide audience to a new style of movie making is getting another look

in china are now frozen for these two companies. general atomics aeronautical systems and general dynamics. taiwan is buying tanks made by general dynamics to thwart a possible invasion by china. general atomics builds defense machines, including predator drones. beijing says these arms sales violate america's one-china

policy and undermine china's sovereignty. so far, no response is yet from the biden administration, the defense contractors or taiwan. >> all the major federal antitrust case against apple is getting a new judge. in a court filing, the judge the original judge, recused himself from the case over a potential conflict of interest. he did not give a specific reason, and he came without a request, and it came without a request from apple or the justice department. the case will now be handled by the us district judge, julian neals in new jersey. the lawsuit alleges apple monopolized the smartphone market by restricting app developers with limited choices and innovation, as well as driving up prices. north america's oldest african elephant, lulu, passed away at the age of 58. lulu spent nearly 40 years of her life at the san francisco zoo before she was transferred to a wildlife sanctuary in san andreas, 19 years ago. officials say the elephant was euthanized on tuesday because she was suffering from a degenerative joint disease. lulu was born in south africa. officials say she

was likely captured when her mother was killed. new research shows that a lack of sleep could lead to long tum health problems. researchers from penn state university looked at the sleeping habits of nearly 3700 adults in the us. those results found that people with insomnia were more likely to develop health issues, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and depression to improve sleeping habits, researchers recommend insomniacs exercise regularly, avoid caffeine in the late afternoon, and to not use their phone in bed. a grateful dead tribute festival in california canceled this year's event just days before it was set to kick off the skull and roses concert is taking place in ventura for the last six years, dozens of bands associated with the grateful dead have performed in the past, including the dark star orchestra and melvin seals, who played in the jerry garcia band for many years. the founder took to instagram to say financial reasons led to the festival being canceled. >> get ready for the return of the blair witch project. lionsgate and blumhouse announced they'll be reimagining

that horror classic. can you believe it's been 25 years since that movie was released? it became a viral sensation. it told a fictional story about a group of documentary filmmakers who disappear in the woods while looking for the blair witch and had their footage found years later. the blair witch project became a global blockbuster, earned nearly a quarter billion dollars at the box office. mini bells sold movement restaurant is opening a location in san francisco next week. the restaurant will be located in the fillmore district, will offer an expanded version of the menu at mini bell's original emeryville location, which will be staying open. restaurants known for its rosemary fried chicken and sides including brown butter, cornbread, macaroni and cheese and collard greens. >> oj simpson, the former nfl star and infamous for his involvement at one of america's most notorious murder trials, has died. we'll look back at the life and legacy and his