of the media for good and bad. and i think we continue to see that today. every day in particular, it's an election year. so, that is going to do it for us today. we will rose to fame on the football field and on the big screen. he later earned lasting notoriety after being acquitted of a double murder. we're live with a look back at simpson's life and career, and how the trial of the century shifted this country's conversation about race, celebrity and the shortcomings of our criminal justice system. >> plus, aggressive and invasive species of mosquito. how authorities hope to eradicate the insect before it spreads deadly disease. >> and later, it's research that could change how we treat severe cases of covid 19. we're live with the researchers behind a critical discovery that could help to save lives.

>> now from ktvu, fox two news. this is the four remembering o.j. simpson, the bay area native who became a star running back on the football field and actor and a tv pitchman. >> he lived a glamorous life of fame and success, but it all came crashing down in 1994 when he was charged with murdering his wife, nicole simpson, and her friend ronald goldman in a trial that was watched live by millions of americans. simpson was acquitted of those gruesome killings. welcome everyone to the for this afternoon. >> i'm alex savage and i'm heather holmes simpson remains one of the most polarizing figures in american culture, known to some as a beloved athlete and to others as a reviled suspect. >> the 76 year old died after a battle with prostate cancer. ktvu jesse gary has a look back now at the life and times of oj simpson. >> we, the jury in the above entitled action, find the defendant, orenthal james simpson, not guilty of people of

a certain age will always ask, where were you when the verdict in the trial of the 20th century was read? >> it's the defining piece in the three act story of the life of oj simpson. >> i think it's important for 2024 audiences, to remember or be be reminded of just how important this trial was to the public. i mean, everyone tuned in for 11 months. >> the nation was glued to the fate of a former football star turned prime suspect in a double murder. o.j. became entwined at the center of a legal, cultural and racial tempest that simmered long before questions about racial bias in the case came to light. through cross-examination, there had been a significant amount of racial tension and racial unrest, particularly revolving around policing and the lapd. the first act in the o.j. simpson story was set in san francisco. born orenthal james in 1947 and raised by a single mom in potrero hill, o.j. had a

checkered childhood but athletic ability helped change the path of his life. he hit his stride on the gridiron, first at galileo high school, then at usc. simpson would eventually set records and gained national and international stardom in the nfl. in television, and in major hollywood movies. but the specter at what many believe he did on bundy drive in brentwood in june 1994 colors how the country will forever see the man known as the juice. >> i don't believe that that time will be on oj's side. i don't think he will ever be a sympathetic figure. we have never seen an athlete have such a fall from grace and nothing, even his exceptional, athletic prowess. it was eclipsed by what became the trial of the century. >> after his acquittal, simpson tried to embrace the spotlight. in the third act of his life, he went golfing and gabbing about the famous case and the supposed culprit, who never got caught.

simpson even wrote a book about his theories. but he never returned to pretrial celebrity. instead the initials oj became synonymous with being a social pariah. >> audiences were much more divided on o.j. in that third act than they had been in the first act. and that's why he becomes, i think, such a divisive figure, toward the end of his life. >> and heather and alex simpson was convicted back in 2004 of an armed robbery in las vegas at a hotel. he said he was trying to retrieve some memorabilia that belonged to him that was stolen. he was convicted, served nine years, released in 2017. he lived the rest of his days in las vegas. his family says he died today of prostate cancer at the age of 76. >> okay, as you mentioned in your story, a lot of people kind of revisiting where they were right during during the chase, during the trial and that chase really is one of the most infamous in los angeles history and probably the nation's history, because that was a time when there was a lot going on

nationally, just with with sports. >> you know, i keep a toe in both worlds, and i remember that the there's an nba finals game on and the network that was broadcasting the chase put that up over the basketball game. and so people were like, you know get get that out of there. i want to see the game. they didn't realize there was oj until the word started to leak out. hey, that's o.j. and al cowlings in the white bronco. that slow speed chase in la. >> yeah, yeah, i think it's also important. i know you touched on it, jesse, but it's important to remember, too, as you look back, the context in which this trial was playing out there in the early to mid 90s. we were just a few years out from the l.a. riots. the lapd officers acquitted in the rodney king case. why do you think it's so important to remember the backdrop against which the trial of the century unfolded? >> i heard you heard the story. i say people of a certain age, well, people of a certain age may not remember that. this is not the first time our country has faced great division. and that was another time when it felt like we were all pulling in

separate directions. when the o.j. verdict was read. i remember i was in a newsroom, not this one, but in a newsroom. i remember there were people who cried, and there were people who cheered. so it was kind of, you know, split depending on which community you happen to be in. so it's important to remember that we, you know, we got through that. and, you know, well, somehow this republic will will soldier on and get through the divisions that it faces now. >> yeah, it really is remarkable, though, to think about how the chase, the coverage of it, the trial, the coverage of it really changed how the media goes about, you know, covering various stories and really how we cover trials now, too, and how much airtime these things get and how the people who cover trials themselves become famous because they're on commenting and talking about the trials. >> so really, it really did. i remember the network news struggled with whether how much time they should give the o.j. trial, and it really did change. you know, how we cover things. >> yeah, certainly did a lasting

impact. jesse. thank you. >> well, today people are, as we mentioned, revisiting that infamous slow speed chase. and we want to talk more about that now with ted rowlands in just a minute. he's a former colleague and we're going to get to him in just a moment. but there are a lot of reactions coming in from across the country, including from the white house. athletes and others close to this case. so i want to kind of walk you through some of the statements that we're getting this afternoon to the death of oj simpson. in a statement to nbc news, alan dershowitz, who served as an advisor for oj's defense, said in part, quote, i'm upset that he died. it was one of the most divisive trials in american history along racial lines. he will always be remembered for the bronco chase, for the glove, and for the moment of acquittal. >> and we are also getting reaction from the father of ron goldman, who, of course, was one of the two homicide victims. he also issued a statement. it said, quote, the only thing i have to say is it's just further

reminder of ron being gone all these years. it's no great loss to the world. it's a further reminder of ron's being gone. okay so let's bring in our former ktvu colleague ted rowlands, who covered this trial extensively. >> ted, it was one of the most notorious trials in the 20th century. was it clear from the beginning that this was a moment? this was a trial like no other? >> oh, absolutely, heather. alex, good to see you. the bottom line is this changed the landscape in how americans consumed criminal trials before this, we didn't. and court tv had launched in 1991, but no one was watching. 1994 o.j. goes to trial in 95, and boom, the whole world is watching. and it was the first time for many people to get a look at how the system actually works during a criminal trial, and that laid the groundwork for what now is the current day court tv, which is where i'm at now, and we cover trials all the time, and every now and then we'll get a big one. someone will say, oh, this

is this is kind of like o.j. no, nothing will ever be like o.j. simpson. the entire country knew where they were when the verdict was read. they watched that bronco chase, in fact, the world watched it. it was like nothing else. and it changed the way we consume. trials in this country forever. >> and you talk about the fact that people of a certain age, we keep using that time here for some reason. but those of us of a certain age remember exactly where we were when that verdict was read. we remember the jury came back in short order with with that decision in just four hours, which struck a lot of people. what do you remember most about the announcement of the verdict in that case, and the reaction you saw on the ground there? >> well, it was, you know, pins and needles, there's a verdict after what, a day of jury, of deliberations. this was nine months of testimony, including jury selection, and they were back already. this was a sequestered jury in downtown los

angeles. and, you know, we heard in your piece earlier, from jesse, it was right down racial lines for the most part, african americans had such distrust for the system. they believed o.j. was set up. and you watch that trial? let's face it, there was racism within the department, and it was exposed, during that trial with f lee bailey's iconic cross examination, of the, the cop that was, used the n word and so when the verdict was read, people who had watched it, white people thought, wow, i can't believe he got away with it. this is a travesty of justice. african american people , they absolutely were cheering. now that number has dropped. the people that think o.j. didn't do it over the years has dwindled to a very small amount of people. you think about, you know, dna back then was, was was being fought in the courtroom by barry scheck. today, it's

accepted science. a lot of things happened. o.j. got very lucky, to be found not guilty in that case. >> okay, ted, we talked about that slow speed chase which which millions of people were glued to watching. we talk about the trial, which the nation, you know, was glued to watching. and they were so interested, ted, because simpson really was a unique breed of celebrity. he was really this trans media, right sensation. he was the ultimate crossover story for multiple audiences. do you believe that that that was really what what kind of found him and his story a little bit more intriguing? >> absolutely. because oj simpson was one of the first african american athletes to transcend into every buddy's living room. as the hertz pitchman, you remember the old lady going, go, oj, go! and he was in movies. he was on nbc as a color commentator, he did it. he did something that other athletes struggled to do, and he did it with a smile on his face

and his reputation was the nicest guy in the world. he was something special. and the fact that word got out that nicole was dead and then oj was a suspect. it caught everybody's attention and people were in disbelief that oj simpson, of all people, could be responsible for a double murder. >> and when you look back at this trial, ted, and you say you know, you knew from from the start, really this was going to be something unique. and obviously it turned out to be the drama that it was the media sensation that it was when you look back now at the way the trial of the century was covered by us in the media, what do you what do you think are some of the lessons that that maybe we have learned from from that period in covering the oj simpson trial? >> well, some people were negative about, i think it was a great thing because it did teach us the system, in an up close way. people watched every minute of it, you know, so a lot of times you'll get the verdict of a big case or you'll see it

argument or a big witness. people watched it gavel to gavel and they understood the system. so if you had an opinion after you watched that trial, it's because you were you were informed, you know, looking forward to donald trump's upcoming trial. there's no cameras there. so the verdict in that trial, people are going to be skeptical of because you don't have that opportunity. i think that the that the oj simpson case paved the way for so many cameras and so many different courtrooms around this country. and it's a good thing overall because it gives the system a test for lay people that are that have the time to actually test it and watch it. >> yeah, that's a good point. >> it is. all right. ted rowlands, really, really appreciate your time today and your perspective. always nice to see you, my friend. >> great to see you guys. absolutely. >> and we're going to continue our conversation on the trial of the century coming up in just a few minutes. yeah. >> up next here on the fore, we're live with an expert to take an in-depth look at the criminal justice system and how the oj simpson case put the issues of race, wealth and inequali . center stage

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generated a passionate discussion about race, celebrity and the criminal justice system. >> and for more on that, we are joined live. this afternoon by ellen kreisberg, a professor emeritus at the santa clara university school of law. thank you so much for being here. so this trial, this case, it was certainly a revelation in race relations here in america. the verdict, as we mentioned, split the country along racial lines. >> well, i think the problems with racial disparities in the criminal justice system was no surprise to many of us who have worked in that system, who have seen that system, who have seen how it impacts those who are poor and those of people of color. but it did shine a light for those who aren't familiar with it, because the trial was televised, the evidence was

talked about, and they got to see firsthand what happens during these cases. now, this was a case that from the first phone call, they knew it would be a high profile case because no matter who committed the crime, the people were related to and knew o.j. simpson. so you would think that los angeles would be doing its very best work in this case. and yet, what we saw throughout that trial was evidence was mishandled. evidence wasn't professionally dealt with. that that mistakes were made by the prosecutor. so it really gave us a window that even when they should be doing their best, it was far from a good effort. >> yeah. and we talked about the fact that obviously when you have a trial like this and you get to see every piece of evidence laid out, all of that testimony, it did sort of reveal some of the questionable investigative work that that was done in this case. and, and obviously, you have the offensive language, the racist language that that we know was was talked about as well. what

what do you think that revealed about the criminal justice system and the role that race plays for people who are involved in the system? >> well, of course, we know historically we have a history of disparities. we start with with slavery, with lynching, with jim crow laws, with segregation, with, mass incarceration. all these over the hundreds of years of our history have been shown disparities on the issue of race and the criminal justice system. what this case did was it just shined the light on the fact that this was someone who could afford some of the very best lawyers, investigators, expert witnesses, and so he was able to test, challenge and confront this evidence against him, where the tens of thousands of people in l.a, hundreds of thousands of people around the country aren't able to do that when they're poor, economically disadvantaged, and more frequently, people of color as well. and when you look at this

idea of racial fairness and equality, i mean, talk about the struggles that still go on today for that in the criminal justice system. well, we while this may have shone a light on it, we really have never truly addressed the issues of racial disparity. you know, just as brennan, back in the late 1990s in a criminal case, wrote that until we are willing to embrace the past, it's going to continue to affect us in the future. he saw that that was happening on the issue of race, and he often referred to it as a fear of too much justice. people are afraid if they acknowledge the racial disparities. what will that do to our system, when in fact we should be saying the fact that we are not acknowledging the racial disparities, what is that doing to our criminal justice system? >> professor, before we let you go, we want to ask about another aspect of the oj simpson trial, and that is the fact that there was this this issue of abuse. nicole simpson had had faced

abuse in the past. it was well documented here. and i want to put up a statement. this is from gloria allred, obviously a renowned attorney who represented nicole simpson's family here. and she says simpson's death reminds us that the legal system, even 30 years later, is still failing battered women and that the power of celebrity men to avoid true justice for the harm that they inflict on their wives or significant others, is still a major obstacle to the right of women to be free of the gender violence, to which they are subjected. what do you think the oj simpson trial showed us about what it means to be a prominent person making your way through the legal system? >> well, i think it's certainly true that the criminal justice system has failed to take women seriously on a lot of their reports of crimes of personal physical abuse. our laws have often reflected that in many jurisdictions. for decades, rape could not happen between two married people. there was no

legal recognition of that, women who are battered are often challenged about, why don't they leave? so, in many ways it got a conversation started again, a conversation which has not been fulfilled in terms of really addressing the problems that it deals with women who are abused in this way. >> again, so many different aspects that were revealed in this trial. and still all of these years later. i really appreciate you coming on the show today to provide your insight. thank you so much, professor. >> great. thank you. >> okay. we want to shift gears now and head outside and talk about our gorgeous weather. what the fourth day in a row of warm temperatures across much of the bay area, as we take a live look now across sunny san francisco this afternoon, bringing in our meteorologist, mark demayo, with a look at what lies ahead. and the one thing i know that does not lie ahead is, unfortunately, more sunshine and warm weather. >> yeah, that will be fading away quickly. heather as we head into your friday, we're talking about more clouds, some breezy conditions, and definitely a big drop off in those numbers. so it

has been, as heather mentioned, a nice day out there, although we had some fog near the portions of the coast and right around the golden gate bridge, as well as you can see with our live camera, we are in the clear across a good portion of the bay area, showing you our live camera right now. here's the satellite. as you can pick out, we have lots of clear skies up and down our coastline. as we show you this. you can't see this system out here in the pacific and this will be approaching at northern california. so this is actually the pattern from today at least, showing you the temperatures in the low to mid 50s. and then of course the big nice temperature range today from the 60s 70s and the 80s. for friday we update these temperatures. these numbers will come down quite a bit. in fact, we'll show you the highs for tomorrow. so definitely some more clouds, cooling conditions, no more 80s. not much in the way of 70s. you can see some 50s and some 60s for tomorrow afternoon. santa rosa 63, livermore 67 and san francisco forecast high of 59 degrees. here is what's headed our way. the rain outlook a cool system on saturday. we could be talking about some thunderstorms , sms, rainfall expectations,

about a half an inch to possibly an inch. and take a look at that. cool down by saturday 55 to 60 degrees. we could have some gusty winds as well approaching 30 miles an hour. and with all this rain here in the bay area, we have some snow to talk about in the sierra. we'll have more on that with your full update coming up in a little bit. okay >> we'll see you then. mark. thank you. coming up here on the four today, south bay health officials warning about a dangerous mosquito species found in the area. what you could do

transmit diseases from person to person. and while these mosquitoes do exist in other parts of california that are scary in an urban residential area is causing some concern as officials work to get the word out to residents to help stop the spread of the mosquitoes. we get more now from our mark sayer . >> in the east san jose foothills. workers from the santa clara county vector control district are deploying additional traps in the area where the mosquitoes were first discovered. the traps are being deployed in bushes and other damp and cool areas where the mosquitoes are likely to reproduce. seen under a microscope, this is what the aedes aegypti mosquitoes look like. >> this is the mosquito trap that caught our first adult female vector control ecologist taylor. >> kelly is on the team that made the discovery. >> it is a very beautiful mosquito. as far as mosquitoes go, but it's not one that you want to see in this area. >> the 80s aegypti were first

detected by regular surveillance, but now the vector control district has set up special traps like this one. it uses a special scent. it's a human scent, much like dirty socks. to attract this specific type of mosquito. >> it is a very concerning thing because the 80s aegypti can transmit diseases like zika, chikungunya and yellow fever and dengue vector control officials say they have no idea where these mosquitoes came from, nor how they ended up in a residential area far from major highways and commercial areas. >> resident russ johnson says workers actually came to his house last week to let him know of the discovery, and asked him to eliminate any sources of standing water in his yard. >> well, i'm a little more concerned about this one because apparently it's out during the midday, right? and not just dusk , dawn and dusk. so that's got me more concerned for now. >> vector control says this is an all hands on deck situation that requires the quick cooperation of residents. >> we're asking the public to do

their part and do a community effort to ensure that this mosquito does not get established, go around your home, inspect your home, look at any container or, you know, dog bowls, anything that can hold any amount of water. so far, only limited, very targeted spraying has occurred, but wider efforts could take place if more of the ada aegypti mosquitoes are discovered. >> reporting in san jose, mark sayer ktvu, fox two news an update on covid 19 and why it's mild for some and severe for others. >> a team of medical researchers at stanford has been looking into the cells that are most vulnerable, and two of the scientists will be joining me live n t my dry eye's made me a burning, stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user.

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with us, and health experts say it will be for some time. that's why ongoing research is so important. at the height of the pandemic. you'll remember that hospitals were overwhelmed with patients with severe cases of the respiratory virus, including life threatening complications, and it was believed that a certain type of lung cell made some people more susceptible to severe infection. well, not anymore. here with me now live to talk about the new suspected source, our stanford scientist catherine blish, and mark krasnow. catherine, thank you so much for being here. i want to start with you. what did your study find about what allows covid to increase rapidly? >> well, thank you so much. it's a pleasure to be here. what we found was by taking a very

unbiased approach to explore which cells were infected, that in fact, the primary cell infected deep in the lung, where the aerospace is, are actually two subsets of macrophage edges, which are the immune cells that we generally think should protect us from infection. but instead they're becoming infected and inducing an inflammatory response that could make the disease worse. once infection spreads there. >> okay. so mark, appreciate you being here as well. how exactly were you able to make this discovery? >> what we did was to take human lung tissue from the surgical suite and bring that resected lung tissue into the lab, cut it into slices, and then infect that human lung tissue with the virus, the sars-cov-2 virus, and then watch and analyze what it was doing to all of the 60 different cell types in the human lung. and were you

surprised at all by what you were seeing? yeah. so the surprise was that a lot of people at until this time had thought that the primary cell type that was going to be infected and cause problems was one of the cells. that's right. at the respiratory surface, that that is right where oxygen is entering the bloodstream. and but what we found was, as catherine said, that the those cells are infected, but the cells that were most easily infected and that are completely taken over by the virus was one of these guardian cells, was one of the cells that's supposed to be protecting that airspace from from from damage. it's supposed to be eating the virus and destroying the virus. and instead the virus was infecting it and taking over the cell. this protect it was like turning one of the guardians, one of the sentries. that's supposed to be protecting it and turning it into, into an insurrectionist.

yeah. >> it was it was definitely helping to proliferate what was going on. catherine, we have an image that illustrates an uninfected cell versus an infected one. so tell us a little bit about what's going on in the body. >> absolutely, so in the left hand image of the uninfected little quiet, boring round cell, that is a cell that is just hanging around looking for threats and wanting to send alarm signals if it detects one. and as as mark said, really, for a macrophage, its job is to eat foreign material like viruses and bacteria, and then present pieces of it to the rest of the immune system so that we can protect ourselves, with our overall immune response in the macrophage on the right. what we're observing is that the virus is actually replicating in that macrophage, but as it's replicating, it's also sending out a lot of inflammatory signals. and at some level, these inflammatory signals are

helpful. they're what alerts our body to a threat and allows other cells to come in and help out. but in this case, what we really think is happening is that it's way overzealous. and this alarm signal is sending out huge alarms. lots of cells are coming in. and as mark alluded to, this is happening right at the critical airspace where we need a very thin layer so that we can get blood and to be see the oxygen in our airspace. so if we now fill that airspace with tons of cells and debris from this inflammatory response, that is exactly how pneumonia develops. >> okay. so mark, now with this knowledge in hand, what what do we do with it? and especially as we continue to see cases of covid 19, what we have to do that had not been on the scene until now is to find a way to prevent the virus, the sars-cov-2 virus, from entering

these interstitial macrophages, these these guardian cells and one of the other important things that we found in our study was that the way that the virus sneaks into these cells is different from the way it sneaks into other cells in the body. >> and so including those cells that are forming part of the barrier to the to the airspace and mark, do we know why that might be? yeah, we know we've we've identified one key, receptor on the surface that allows the virus to find those cells and to enter those cells. and so the idea is it's not ace2 that's like the famous receptor that was previously known to mediate the viral entry. now we've got to target this new one cd 209 and which allows entry into these interstitial macrophages. okay. >> and catherine, as we wrap up this conversation, what does it feel like to know that that you and your colleagues might be playing a role in how covid 19

might be treated in the future and the lives that potentially could be saved? >> well, i mean, it's certainly, very heartening. i think there is so much more that we need to learn about this virus. it's continuing to surprise us every day. and as a clinician who also treats these patients, i'm delighted that we're making new discoveries that might someday lead to new treatments for the patients who need them the most. >> yeah, we certainly appreciate what you're doing there at stanford. catherine and mark, thank you both for your time this afternoon. thank you. >> up next here on the four today, a new expansive art collection illuminates and explores the lasting impact of the great migration that began in the early 1900s, when millions of black americans moved out of the south to other parts of the country, including here to california and the bay area. the senior curator of the berkeley art museum and pacific film archive will join us here in the studio to talk about this new exhibit that opens to the public this weekend. >> and, barry, whether our warm

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is known as the great migration. starting in the early 1900s through the 1970s, more than 6 million black people moved from the south to other parts of the country. they left to escape the oppression of jim crow and to pursue better economic and educational opportunities. the exhibition is called of movement in every direction legacies of the great migration and it opens to the public this saturday at bam. pfa and for more, we're joined here in the studio by anthony graham, who is banned for senior curator. thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you so much for having me. >> absolutely. this is an award winning exhibition that has been touring all around the country, and it features the work of a dozen artists. talk about how their pieces, which will be on display starting this weekend, really capture this important moment in our country's history. yeah. >> so this show features 12 contemporary artists who are all asked to make new work. reflecting on the history and impact and really ongoing

influence of the great migration on black life and life generally in the united states and so all of the artists made brand new pieces that often began with really personal histories, thinking about their relationship to the great migration, their family's relationship to the great migration, and the ways that they and their families have moved have stayed, and various relationships to space and place, and how that informs their lives and, you know, as the show suggests, this is a movement in every direction. so often when we think about the great migration, there is a narrative of a movement out of the south and to the north, or to the west, in our case, right. but what the show really foregrounds is that this is a really dynamic and complex history, where people moved all around the country, including within the south. people chose to stay in the south and people continued to move back to the

south. so how do we chart all of those relationships and the ways that culture moves and shifts and shape shifts across generations and over time and that really comes together in 12 really different projects by artists who, yeah, take these really personal stories, and, and present them in ways that i think resonate with all kinds of histories and all kinds of experiences exploring in a lot of ways, the parallels between that, that period of time and the time we're living in. >> right now. you touched on the fact that obviously we saw this, this movement to many different parts of the country, but i know that there were sort of two periods, major periods of the great migration and the first period. you saw a lot of movement to the north and to the midwest. but then after world war two, we saw a lot of black americans who were moving further west here to california, including to places like oakland and to san francisco. 300,000 black americans moved to the bay area from the south over that

time period. what what was life like for them when they moved here? what was the experience that that they encountered? >> yeah. so exactly as you said, the great migration sort of happens in these two waves. and the second great migration is from 1940 to 1970, when so many people moved to the west and to california specifically because of a wealth of jobs and housing, and, you know, the sort of search for a better life and, and certainly california offered exactly this opportunity for, for many black people as well. and so you have the development of really rich communities here in the bay area and throughout california, and i think it also speaks to another important part of the show, which is how the great migration was not only a movement of people from one place to another place, but the ways that places were created precisely because of those movements. you know, communities

were developed and cultures, you know, formed around these these cities. and i think that's exactly what you find here in the bay area. yeah >> and i and i'm sure this is explored with, with the exhibition, but obviously people were not always fully embraced right as they arrived in these communities. >> yeah, it's certainly an aspect of the exhibition that the great migration, is a historic period that is so much informed by struggle and pain, but something that the exhibition also really prioritizes is that these narratives are not the only ones that it's also the, this is also a history of joy and something to be celebrated. there are cultural practices and traditions that are carried through these kinship networks and across generations lines, and so there's also a real space in the show for the kind of optimism and hope, and, you know, sort of honoring all of

the positive aspects that came with this movement as well. >> wonderful. and i know it opens to the public this coming saturday here. it's called a movement in every direction. legacies of the great migration at the berkeley art museum and pacific film archive. and it runs from this saturday through september 22nd. so you have a little bit of time to go check it out. anthony graham from bampfa, great to have you here. thank you so much. i appreciate it, heather. oh, i beg your pardon. >> thank you. yeah the weather here so much really looks like a great exhibit. can't wait to check it out. okay, back now to our bay area weather and giving you a live look across the oakland estuary this afternoon. want to bring back mark to the show with a look at your full forecast, especially as we head into the weekend. hi there heather. >> yeah, we are talking about some cooling changes as we head toward the weekend and has been a nice little warm weather stretch, and today will be the last day of that warm stretch. you can take a look at some of the highs from today. so far. you can see all these areas in the 80s from sonoma to saint

helena to healdsburg. gilroy 84 degrees. we still have some fog. this was a time lapse throughout the day looking out toward the golden gate bridge. this was earlier this morning and into the early portion of the afternoon. the fog has since mixed on out, but still nice to see the fog back in the picture somewhat, but also had a big impact on the temperatures coast side though keeping those readings on the cool side. everybody cools off tomorrow. as you can see with the forecast. the top row here is today the bottom row, the forecast for tomorrow. you'll definitely notice the change for your friday and even more cooling as we head toward the weekend. and the sierra. they're talking about some changes as well. back to winter. this was the scene today from sierra tahoe. kind of a nice scene there. some of those clouds drifting overhead. today we had sunshine. temperatures lease lake level in at least in the lower 60s. and then on saturday look what happens. definitely some snowfall on the increase. we're not we're not talking about winter storm warnings, but maybe 3 to 4in. and the temperature drop down around low to mid 40s around 45 degrees on saturday. now this was a satellite earlier today back here in the bay area

you can see the fog from this morning. and then it cleared on out into the afternoon hours. so we start out the day with some coastal fog. but lots of sunshine right now in current numbers san francisco 62, santa rosa upper 70s. some lower 80s for concord and in walnut creek. and as we expand the view out here in the pacific, you can see the clear skies up and down our coastline. but look at this energy out here in the pacific. this is some cooler air, and this will definitely work its way closer into northern california for tomorrow. we showed you the foggy time lapse earlier, but this is our live camera right now. looking out toward the golden gate bridge was still mostly clear conditions. weather headlines, partly cloudy, a bit of a breeze for tonight. and then for your friday it's going to be more more clouds moving into the area. that cool down will settle in. and then on saturday, rainfall will be making a comeback. overnight temperatures to start out your friday morning in the 40s to right around 50 degrees. partly to mostly cloudy skies. but here's this area of high pressure today was the last warm day of the series. we're tracking this system moving in from the north. so saturday

definitely the rainfall making a comeback and the possibility of some thunderstorms as well. here's the forecast model. we are in the clear this afternoon. friday will bring in the cloud cover. look at all this rain offshore here. we'll be watching out for this especially by friday night. possibly some rainfall. and into saturday morning. so there's that rain moving over the bay area is cold enough. this could produce some snow in the hills and then also out toward the sierra. they could pick up some snowfall as well. closer to lake tahoe. so highs for tomorrow. no more 80s, not much in the way of 70s. we're just thinking some 50s and 60s for your friday afternoon. more clouds, a bit of a breeze, around 20 to 30 miles an hour. and here's a look ahead. your five day forecast off and on rain for your saturday looks like the bulk of the rainfall will be saturday morning, but still into the afternoon hours, we could be tracking some thunderstorms. there's a chance of a shower on sunday. the latest forecast models kind of backing off on that shower chance, but still be watching out, at least for improving conditions for the second half of the weekend. and it looks like we'll clear things out into early next week. so the warm

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frescoes are in such good condition that some have speculated that they may have been painted not long before vesuvius erupted. >> mcdonald's is trying to attract customers in an unusual way. in the netherlands, it has placed red and yellow billboards that you can smell near two of its restaurants in a couple of cities. these billboards diffuse the smell of french fries. mcdonald's says you can smell them about 15ft away. mcdonald's employee puts a tray of fries into the billboard, and then it relies on ventilators to suck and diffuse the scent of those fries. mcdonald says the billboard campaign is set to, of course, entice people to go inside and satisfy their cravings. it's actually brilliant. really? yeah >> i mean, that happens, right? you walk by a restaurant or something and it smells really good. so of course you want to you want to go right in. okay. so in this ktvu idea of the day, we asked image generator midjourney to imagine an art exhibimade entirely of things

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san jose's paypal park. >> he passed away just a few days later. ktvu. amber lee has more. >> this is my last night with you. >> yesenia martinez of oakland loves singing. the 14 year old says she's been doing so for as long as she can remember. categorywinners us. her biggest stage yet was performing the national anthem at paypal park in san jose, march 30th. it was the inaugural home opener for bay fc. short for bay football club, an american professional women's soccer team, a special moment shared with her father, sanson martinez. >> he really, really told me, like, over and over and over again. he's just like, i'm just so proud of you. like, i can't even express to you. like i'm just so proud. >> a cherished memory captured in this photo. >> he was like, you're going to go so far, mika. >> but four days later, her father died suddenly from a heart attack. she and her mother, rebecca martinez, are

grateful for the outpouring of support. mom tells me a gofundme. she started has helped pay for expenses, including flying family from out of state and mexico to the bay area for the memorial service. >> you feel like you're one of many, but then all of a sudden you feel like you really do have a village. >> support and donations have come from many, including bay fc and former 49ers star ronnie lott, whom yesenia and her father met at the match. >> and they've made it so much easier to be able to, like, process all of these things. >> the martinez family moved to oakland four years ago from groveland, a town near yosemite. mother and daughter say they've been embraced by the bay area from the start. i like ask is if you seniors first major public performance was at oakland's first friday in 2022. she says her father's advice to be herself will guide her. she has these words for him that i love him. >> a lot, yesenia proudly shows

me the dress her father bought for her quinceanera to be held in june, a celebration of a girl's 15th birthday. >> in the mexican culture, the family will be holding a memorial service for yesenia's father this weekend. amber lee ktvu, fox two news, ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. celebrated, then charged. not convicted, but forever changed. oj simpson, one of the most polarizing figures in american culture, has died at the age of 76. his legacy will be the bronco chase, and it will be the murder charges. >> although he wasn't convicted, that's what oj simpson will to me forever be remembered by. >> simpson's family announcing he passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer. good evening. i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach. >> before his fall from grace, simpson was a decorated