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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 football
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player in college, as well as the national football league. but it all started in the city of san francisco, where he played high school football at galileo, ktvu jesse gary begins our coverage tonight with a look back at simpson's life and complex legacy. >> 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
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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
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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 and 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, simpson was convicted in 2007 of an armed robbery at a las vegas hotel. >> he said at the time that he was trying to take back sports memorabilia that belonged to him. nonetheless, he was convicted and spent nine years in jail. he was released in 2017 and spent the last years of his life in las vegas. his family
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says he died of prostate cancer at the age of 76. in the newsroom, jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. >> before his transition from fame to infamy, oj simpson was celebrated as a star athlete. >> jason appelbaum joins us now here in studio with a closer look at that part of his legacy. jason. >> yeah, mike and julia. oj simpson's his his murder trial so overshadowed anything that he did on the field that for the last 30 years, it's felt inappropriate to even discuss it. but if you're going to remind people of what kind of player that he was, now's the time. and one could argue that oj simpson was the most decorated athlete ever to come out of san francisco. growing up in the projects of san francisco's potrero hill neighborhood, simpson's football career began at galileo high school, where he was all city. after graduating in 1965, he enrolled at .
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all right. where? the video obviously froze there. so we'll see if we can recue that and have it for you later in the show. but needless to say, from galileo to galileo to usc or to city college of san francisco to usc. drafted number one overall by the bills and first player ever to have a 2000 yard season. so we'll see if we can bring that back a little later in the show. >> and he did have a short time with the san francisco 49ers toward the very end of his career. he didn't have a lot to give at that point, but he was a 40 niner last two seasons retired and niner niners that year or both. >> those years, two wins each year, two and 14, two and 14. so that was kind of a that was how he went out his football career. >> all right. well we want to see your story. hopefully we'll get that queued up and ready to go. all right a little bit later
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jason thank you. >> now before his murder case made global headlines, oj simpson was celebrated in his san francisco hometown neighborhood of potrero hill. coming up tonight on the news at six, a live report on simpson's rise and fall through the lens of that neighborhood will developing tonight. >> paul flores, the man convicted of killing kristin smart, was attacked in prison for the second time. authorities say a prison staff member witnessed another inmate stab flores yesterday, and that officials found two weapons that could have been made by inmates. flores was taken to an outside medical facility and has since returned to the prison in, quote, fair condition. he was previously attacked by an inmate last august. flores is serving a life sentence after he was convicted of murdering kristin smart when they were both students at cal poly in san luis obispo back in 1996. kristin smart's body has never been found. >> new at five. another big change is coming for street vendors in san francisco after the city decided it is going to close the indoor market, they were placed in as a result of the street ban. ktvu tom vacar joins us live from 24th in
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mission tonight with what the vendors say. they believe will happen here in the days and the weeks ahead. tom >> yeah, well, this was a place this bart plaza, where both licensed and unlicensed vendors came, and it got to be very chaotic, chaotic. a lot of crime , a lot of trouble. and finally, everybody, licensed or not, was evicted. and now they're going to come back very, very close to here, but only the licensed ones, because that indoor system simply did not work out. on thursday mid-morning it was sunny, warm, quiet and pleasant on mission and 24th, as well as mission in 16th as police units stood by to make sure the ban on illegal vendors held, every vendor, including the licensed ones, were evicted, including jaime luna. >> the police says the first the third round take out. >> even with a permit? yeah >> no. no choice.
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>> one woman who sells water and snacks on the corner says it's killed her little stand to 90% down. >> it's no money. it's a little money. so it's very complication now for it, for me, for everybody. it's a far cry from the days when chaotic, out of control dealers sold goods, many of them pilfered at a 100% discount from beleaguered brick and mortar stores. >> when the ban came to these locations, the city set up temporarily lasting a free place for licensed vendors. one lady who lives here in the neighborhood told me off camera that after 6 p.m. up until midnight, the illegal booths return and the selling goes on unabated. >> i paid tax, i paid for permits, but i can do nothing in the street. but people don't have any papers selling every day. but la tiangge will close on the 21st of april, since the few licensed vendors that use it
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get little or no foot traffic, no money, no sale, nothing. one day you can believe $20. sometimes nothing for eight hours. so the city will put them back very close to where they were outside. >> we're going to move them over to 24th street, which is the other site that is open air. right? it's in the parking lot. they will now be up to 20 vendors. >> their unlicensed vendors are not invited. >> and we have our teams out there and have to keep monitoring that. >> oh, you mean. and so sometime between 6 and 8 p.m. tonight, when the enforcement teams leave and they're still here, what's going to happen? is the vendors illegal, will come back and they will start selling their stuff. it's a predicament that the city is in. has to figure out what to do about it. but the legal folks are actually going to have a safe place to stay. reporting live. tom baker, ktvu, fox two news.
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>> all right, tom, thank you. staying in the city san francisco police arrested a man suspected of vandalizing a mosque. surveillance video from last week shows a man smashing the windows of a mosque on sutter street with a skateboard. he also reportedly made several islamophobic threats. police say they received a call last night that the same man was back at the mosque again. the responding officers identified him as the suspect from the surveillance video, 35 year old robert gray. he was booked on several charges , but at this point is not facing any hate crime enhancements. >> the california justice department has reached an agreement with the vallejo police department on how to move forward with reforming the department. the doj first opened an investigation into the department in june of 2020, just days after an officer shot and killed sean monterrosa. now, as part of a settlement agreement, the city of vallejo and its police force will take new actions. they will be led by an independent evaluation chair and overseen by the doj to address a pattern of, quote, unconstitutional conduct. some of those reforms include
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addressing unreasonable force by holding officers and supervisors accountable, conducting an audit whenever an officer points a gun at a member of the public, promoting and strengthening partnerships in the community, and ensuring that all stops, searches and seizures by officers are compliant with the law. attorney general rob bonta saying in part, quote, the reforms laid out in the agreement are needed and necessary to continue healing the relationship between law enforcement and the community, and they are needed now. it's past time the people of vallejo have have a police department that listens and guarantees that their civil rights are protected. a judge still has to approve the terms of the agreement. >> women who accused former windsor mayor dominic foppoli of sexual assault are planning to speak out about a decision not to file criminal charges in the case last month, attorney general rob bonta s office said it did not have enough evidence to warrant filing charges on the cases not barred by the statute
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of limitations. the victims will hold a news conference this weekend in santa rosa at least three civil cases against foppoli are still active in the city of oakland, says its new police chief will be sworn in in mid-may. >> it is the closest we've gotten to a timeline for when floyd mitchell will take over to lead the police department this comes after mayor shengtao introduced him as the new chief last month. oakland has not had a permanent police chief since tao fired leronne armstrong in february of 2023. >> hundreds of bay area janitors rallied in downtown oakland, calling for an end to abuse and exploitation in power. authorized now seiu, united service workers west represents more than 45,000 janitors and other workers across the state. their contract expires at the end of the month. now, this morning, union workers say they want a new fair contract and are offering up their support for a new assembly bill that would limit workloads in the janitorial industry. the measure
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follows a study that found roughly a third of janitors in california were injured on the job last year. >> aggressive and possibly dangerous to humans. that's how scientists are describing a certain type of mosquito that's been found in the bay area. coming up tonight at 530. what's being done to stop the spread? >> also, another hit to california's fishing industry, the end of salmon season before it ever began. >> and what's in a name? apparently a lot. the packed meeting going on right now over what to call oakland international airport and the coveted weekend just around the corner. >> right now, it's going to rain for part of it. i'll have that recast coming up.
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mount tam reports came in around 6:00 last night of a vehicle that had plunged 200ft down into a ravine. the helicopter lowered the rescue team down into that vehicle. this was near panoramic highway on the west side of the mountain. a sheriff's paramedic assessed the victim's injuries before she was strapped into a device, and then flown to safety . well, just minutes ago, the port of oakland approved a plan to rename the oakland airport. >> ktvu henry lee has been following the meeting all afternoon and into the evening hours. here he's live in the newsroom with the very latest on this breaking news. henry. yeah >> mike and julie. just moments ago, the port of oakland board unanimously approved this name change, which also had the support of at least two oakland city council members, as well as the alameda county board of supervisors. but san francisco and san mateo counties and a number of airlines were against this. the port of oakland, which
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oversees oakland international airport, discussing a proposed name change, adding three words to make it san francisco bay oakland international airport. >> confusion will be very, very minimal, if at all. >> danny wong, head of the port of oakland that oversees the airport, is doubling down on that proposal. >> this is absolutely a pro. east bay pro oakland pride move. >> wong says a name change will only bring more flights and jobs to oakland. >> this is bringing people and businesses and visitors to oakland. absolutely trying to supplement, the oakland image. he says. >> airlines that support the new name include southwest spirit and volaris. oakland city council member noel gayo says he likes the idea, and i strongly support trying to elevate the employment. >> the business attraction. >> but sfo says adding san francisco bay could lead passengers to go to the wrong airport. they're against the plan and san francisco is threatening to sue. san mateo county is also against any new
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name. so is breeze airways. japan airlines and alaska airlines. in a statement, alaska airlines said in part, we believe a name change to the proposed san francisco bay oakland international airport to cause confusion and potential inconvenience to travelers, especially as one of three airports in the bay area already shares a similar name appears to be attempt to distance the city from its unique cultural history that is separate and distinct from san francisco, wan says. oakland's three letter airport designation oak, would not change, so he'll keep his hat. >> i mean, there's they're thinking about travelers who are traveling to this region all the time, travel expert angel castellano says. >> if no passengers are confused, he'll eat his hat. >> but there's so many people who are first time travelers, maybe it's their first time on an airplane. and we really have to have empathy for those travelers and make it as easy as possible. >> so once again, the port of
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oakland, just minutes ago approved the name change to san francisco bay. oakland international airport. so one more step in official vote on may 9th live in the newsroom. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> so, henry, just to clarify what happens, you said there's another vote on may 9th. is it the port again or who's voting on may 9th? >> i think it's more of a pro forma vote by the oakland port commissioners, the danny wan says there will be a nominal fee, maybe $150,000, of changing the stationary, changing some signs, and letting people know about the airport's name change. but again, the three letter designation by the faa oak will not change. okay. >> so if they do vote it and approve it, is there anything that those who are opposing can do to stop it, or is that the final say? >> no. that's it. they had their say today and over public comment and in written and email statements. but the board made a decision today saying this is the most important economic move that they can make to try to attract more flights and destinations. >> all right. henry lee reporting live for us tonight
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henry. thank you. >> more retailers and restaurants along a popular corridor in san francisco are taking legal action against the city over a controversial center bike lane. this lane, which was put in place last summer, runs along valencia from 15th to 23rd streets. the businesses say it has led to a substantial loss in revenue, as parking has become more challenging for would be customers. those affected are asking for financial compensation and calling for the bike lane to be removed. >> the evidence is now clear that the center bike lane has had a tremendously horrible effect on the businesses. on valencia, it has diverted traffic, it has made parking less available, and valencia street is now a shadow of what it was. the attorney says more than ten businesses have closed since the bike lane was implemented, and some longtime residents say they've witnessed its negative effect. >> one restaurant told me some days they only do $70 worth of business. he's not even enough
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to pay your help or your rent or anything. >> in february, three businesses filed claims with the city over the bikeway, and this week, seven more also filing claims the city attorney's office tells ktvu the earlier filings were denied in. the office is reviewing the new claims. >> all righty. just taking a look at the fast forward fog picture from behind me. you'll see it in a minute. but that all the fog was at the coast this morning and the fog is pretty much gone away. if we watch this long enough, maybe we will. it's mesmerizing, but the low pressure offshore is going to release the high right there. see, it's getting the fog is becoming less intact because the high pressure is weakening. there's the high pressure weakens with that low coming in. we're expecting. well there goes the fog. it'll reset here in a minute or two. but so that's with the high pressure. you get fog with a high pressure starts to go away. the fog can't exist. so what's going to happen as we go through the next few hours? fog goes away. clouds increase tonight and tomorrow. no sprinkles in the forecast tomorrow. but by saturday it's
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going to rain. the models i look at, you know, all the 3 or 4 of the models this morning and they're really lock step in this solution. that saturday is going to be a wet day. the heaviest rainfall could be up to a half inch in the coastal hills, maybe a little more. you know, a place like cazadero could pull an inch of rain because the way the system is coming in. but the coastal hills will be the first orographically favorable place to, to hoist that moisture in. so that's on saturday. so now you kind of got to punt and go, okay, what am i going to do? i've got you know, i've got a soccer game, whatever soccer they're going to play anyway. right golf. not necessarily baseball. can't really play. so saturday is going to be a day. i think a lot of things are probably going to end up getting canceled highs today. it was warmer inland, cooler coast because of the fog. right. the fog gets close to the coast. temperatures are not in the 60s anymore. they're in the 50s and inland away from the fog. the microclimate sets up and you get 82 degrees in sunnyvale, 81 in saint helena. so a beautiful day today. it's going to be nice tomorrow. just some clouds and not as warm 60 generally, maybe a low 70 upper 60s and then
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saturday kind of kind of kind of soupy if you will. when i come back we'll look at the latest high resolution model and we'll dial it in for you. >> all right bill, thank you. as famine spreads across the region of gaza, the health of the hostages kidnaped by hamas could be jeopardizing a possible cease fi
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concern over the health of the hostages taken by hamas and a
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possible famine in gaza. fox news connor hansen has tonight's update. >> new concerns are rising about the health of hostages held by hamas. reporting by the new york times revealed hamas might not have enough living hostages to exchange in a proposed cease fire deal. >> it's hard to know what is truth and what is just fodder to create more anxiety and animosity and fear. >> meanwhile, president biden has continued to call for a cease fire to allow more aid to get into gaza. some officials are warning famine has begun in its northern region along now for the next six eight weeks, total access to all food and medicine going into the country. israel says it is working to allow more food in. >> we are constructing the northern crossing, a new land crossing from israel into northern gaza, to enable more aid to flow directly to civilians in the areas that have
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been challenging for the trucks to access. >> israel is also facing growing fears of retaliation from iran after iran blamed them for an airstrike that killed top iranian military leaders in syria, and that has some members of congress worried. >> what i'm concerned about as well is they retaliate against their allies like the united states. >> we've already seen iranian proxies attack united states troops in the middle east. we've seen the houthis, we've seen folks aligned with iran trying to harm us soldiers, putting them in harm's way. >> on wednesday, israel warned that it would strike iran directly if iran attacks israel from its territory in new york. connor hansen ktvu, fox two news. >> the united nations says the humanitarian crisis in haiti is reaching levels not seen since the earthquake in 2010. a new report indicates gang violence in the country has left nearly half of the population suffering from food insecurity. a un food
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agency responsible for delivering food to the capital says gangs have blocked their routes and paralyzed the capital's main port. santa clara county residents are being asked to be on the lookout for a mosquito that can pass diseases to humans. i'm mark sayer, i'll show you what's being done. >> also ahead, flames shoot into the sky before sunrise in san joaquin county, the massive fire forcing people to flee their homes. >> and as violence escalates across the globe, why the fbi is warning of possible copycat attacks on u.s. soil
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with usps ground advantage®. then, before his transition from fame to infamy, simpson was celebrated as a star athlete. >> all right, let's bring it back. jason applebaum for that part of the story. jason. >> yeah, mike and julie, oj simpson, his murder trial so overshadowed anything that he did on the field that for the last 30 years, it's felt almost inappropriate to even discuss it. but if you're ever going to remind people of what kind of player he was, now is the time. and nobody could really argue that oj simpson was one of the most decorated athletes ever to come out of san francisco, growing up in the projects of san francisco's potrero hill neighborhood, simpson's football career began at galileo high school, where he was all city. after graduating in 1965, he enrolled at city college of san
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francisco, where he was a junior college all-american. a prized recruit out of ccsf, simpson chose to attend usc, where he led the nation in rushing both his seasons there, winning the national title his junior year and the coveted heisman trophy as a senior. >> he was a bigger than life figure when he came to the university of southern california, he kind of lit up. he kind of lit up the playing field. >> simpson was drafted first overall by the buffalo bills in 1969. after struggling his first three seasons, simpson broke out in 1972, leading the nfl in rushing. the following season, he became the first running back to gain 2000 yards in a single season, earning him mvp honors. simpson was a four time rushing champion and five time all pro over his nine seasons with the bills. in 1978, he was traded to his hometown team, where he finished out his career playing
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two lackluster seasons for a 49ers team that won a total of four games. simpson retired a niner in 1979, and six years later he was inducted into the pro football hall of fame. but his football legacy, of course, will always be overshadowed by the 1994 murder trial and aftermath. how could a guy be like this that you thought you knew yet like this, that you didn't know? >> and so, like i said, a very strange, complicated, disturbing life. >> yeah. no doubt. simpson. truly, though, a superstar in his day, but that will not be the legacy that most people remember from him. >> yeah, like that man just said . it's a complicated life. all right, jason, thank you. all right, our other top story here at 530, santa clara county officials are sounding the alarm tonight about a rare mosquito which can transmit diseases from person to person. >> these mosquitoes do exist in other parts of california, but
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their discovery in an urban residential area causing greater concern. >> ktvu mark sierra reports on the effort to get the word out to help stop the spread. >> 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. it's 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 ada 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 ada aegypti can
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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
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place if more of the ada aegypti mosquitoes are discovered. reporting in san jose, mark sayer, ktvu, fox two news the salmon industry is blaming what it calls irresponsible water policies for a steep decline in the salmon population for the second season in a row, the salmon fishing season in california has been canceled to allow fish population to the fish population to recover. >> in a news conference in san francisco, the fishers blamed low water flows in rivers and streams for the die off of salmon eggs and juvenile salmon, and they say the state is diverting water out of the rivers where salmon spawn in favor of excessive agricultural water. >> deliveries over 1.6 million acres of almonds thirsty almonds planted in arid regions that require salmon water all year round. we're reported in 2022, and meanwhile we have staggering salmon declines. >> the unanimous decision to close the season was made
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yesterday by the pacific fishery management council. the closure applies to both commercial and recreational fishing off the california and oregon coast. well, firefighters are still on the scene tonight of a large fire at a pallet yard near tracy . it started around 2:00 this morning at a pallet recycling center along grant line road. it forced the evacuation of 19 homes and the closure of a nearby elementary school. fire officials say at least two thirds of the yard, or about five acres of pallets, were actively on fire before crews gained control of the flames. there is no water supply in that area, so firefighters had to use water tenders, which made it difficult to get the fire under control. crews will be at the yard into this evening hour into the evening hours as that fire smolders. new at five new updates to san jose's 3.11 program. >> the goal here to make reporting abandon or problem vehicles to the city a lot easier. mayor matt mahan held a news conference today to discuss the update. the new service is now live on the city's 311
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website. residents can also access the service by downloading the san jose 311 app. at the news conference today, the mayor talked about what makes this service better than past abandoned vehicle programs, as you can also now make reports anonymously. >> photos are not required and all abandoned vehicles will soon be cross-checked with a stolen vehicles list. if a vehicle proves to be stolen, it will be immediately routed to our police department for a response. >> the final feature the mayor also says residents can track the progress of a report, even if they were not the initial user to submit the concern. >> also new tonight murder charges have been filed in connection with a shooting in san francisco's mission district. it happened last friday outside a barbershop in the area of 19th and mission street, where the victim had just started working. investigators say 30 year old alexander martinez of richmond committed the drive by shooting and was arrested the next day. he is due in court next week.
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the victim has not been identified. >> kansas city chiefs wide receiver wanted in connection with a multi-vehicle crash. the criminal charges rishi rice now faces and a hotly anticipated opening in downtown san francisco. >> how the new ikea food hall is promising to breathe new life into market street.
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food and beverage hall. mayor london breed was there today for the grand opening. sally hall is right next to the ikea that opened earlier this year at fifth and market streets. it has two floors of restaurants. most are vegan. there are also three bars and additional floors for meeting and workspaces. managers say it's designed to be a destination for the community. >> we're really hoping that we can complement market street right now, so there are some businesses that are leaving. from my understanding, however, we have so many other businesses around here that we're actually working together with to make sure that we can bring people into the city and enjoying the space. >> sally hall will also offer culinary classes, and intends to have live entertainment in the space in the weeks and months to come. >> another bay area tech company is laying off employees as the san francisco background screening company. checker is eliminating 382 jobs, or about a third of its workforce. in a statement, the company telling
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ktvu, quote, in response to economic conditions that have impacted companies hiring, we made the difficult and painful decision to reduce the size of our team. this will allow us to operate more efficiently and ensure the long terme health of our business. end quote. the company is offering workers a minimum of ten weeks of severance and health insurance. still to come, shohei ohtani's, former interpreter facing several federal charges. now, prosecutors say he was able to steal millions of dollars from one of the biggest stars in baseball. >> plus, the director of the fbi warning lawmakers about increased threats to the united states. now, he's urging congress to reauthorize a controversial piece of legislation. i'm rebecca castor in washington with the details coming up. >> yeah, we are checking in on the weather as you know, change is coming. it was warm today, cooler at the c st, much cooler tomo ow
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roshi rice in connection with a chain reaction collision that sent four people to the hospital. the 23 year old is facing eight criminal counts, including aggravated assault. dashcam video captured rice and another man leaving the scene after the crash. police say neither man is in custody at this time. federal prosecutors have charged show.he otani's, former interpreter, with bank fraud. ep mizuhara is accused of stealing $16 million from otani's account to pay off
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gambling debts. prosecutors say he was able to change the settings on otani's bank accounts and impersonate him, so the baseball star would not get alerts about transactions, the new york times reports he is negotiating a plea deal. the head of the fbi was on capitol hill today, where he warned lawmakers of the growing possibility of a terrorist attack on us soil. >> fox's rebecca kaster reports on what's driving this concern and what the fbi wants congress to do about it. >> a deadly attack on concert goers in russia last month, and the ongoing war between israel and hamas. has the fbi concerned there could be copycat attacks on us soil? >> i would be hard pressed to think of a time where so many threats to our public safety and national security were so elevated all at once. >> fbi director christopher wray laid out the increased threats to lawmakers thursday, while also asking for a larger budget for 2025. >> this is by no means a time to
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let up or dial back. >> wray also urged lawmakers to reauthorize section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance law, or fisa, which allows the government to spy on foreigners overseas without a warrant. officials say it's helped law enforcement stop terrorists, but some lawmakers say it can be used to illegally monitor americans and are calling for reforms. we have seen major abuses. >> americans have been spied on, former president donald trump told republicans to, quote, kill fisa, saying the fbi used it to spy on his campaign. >> now, gop leadership is scrambling to find a way to keep section 702 alive before it expires on april 19th. the idea that we would let this critical component of our security regime lapse would be the height of irresponsibility. donald trump and house speaker mike johnson will meet tomorrow in florida and make an announcement on election integrity. but a path forward for fisa in section 702 is likely to come up. in
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washington, rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> parts of louisiana cleaning up after severe storms tore through the state. officials in the city of slidell saying they have not seen this damage this bad since hurricane katrina. strong, gusty winds and flooding for some schools to close there in the state and left thousands without power. no major injuries, though, have been reported. >> all righty. checking in on the weather. we've got the changes coming. didn't notice it much today except that the coast, when the fog came back, this low pressure center behind me is going to lock in and stay put through friday and into saturday. a little bit into sunday. saturday looks to be the wet day. friday tomorrow cooler clouds. saturday kind of unsettled. scattered showers, maybe a thunder shower in the afternoon and then sunday. it should clear out pretty quickly. at least that is the plan. and these are the highs from today. so a little warmer inland, a little cooler coast side, which is understandable considering the fog did what it does. and the more highs from today 83 in livermore, just 79. in santa
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rosa a beautiful day. tree pollens becoming a thing. not as noticeable tomorrow because temperatures are going to cool down pretty rapidly as you see here. and with that, you're going to go from almost 80 degrees down to 63 degrees in santa rosa. so pretty precipitous drops in the temperatures. so there's the system. there's the parent low here. that's the engine. and it's going to kind of just go. usually they push through right. you go here it comes. it's going to be here tonight. but it's trajectory is down the coast. more like that. so we'll get to the model. these are the current temperatures. it's 81 in concord, 80 in walnut creek. nice day today again. tomorrow is fine. it's just not going to be the day you want it to be. it's going to be, you know, kind of cloudy, increasing. here's tomorrow morning. see the clouds. maybe a little coastal fog. certainly and then you see the low kind of hanging offshore. that's friday night. and then here we'll stop it down
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friday or saturday at about midnight. starting to rain. the north bay. and then about 7 a.m. saturday right here kind of pushing through. so the heaviest showers are going to be between midnight and 7 a.m, and then you get a little bit of a break there in the morning. and then you get back into another band of shower potential on saturday evening. and then the low moves out. that's for sunday. so it's yeah, the and the models are all kind of in pretty good agreement . that's not it's unusual to see that on this type of a weather pattern where all the models are kind of like, okay, we think this is going to happen and they're all pretty similar. the solutions, they have 63 not all of them, but the big 462 in oakland tomorrow, 67 and livermore. so as you can see, it's significantly cooler than it was today. the rain will be beneficial. the snow and the mountains will be good. i don't suspect we'll see any hydro problems or anything like that. but in the coastal hills, they'll see. they could see three quarters of an inch or an inch of rain. santa cruz mountains certainly an inch of rain. and that'll come, you know, over the course of 12 hours. so they could see some
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water rises. i'll see you back here at six. >> all right, bill, thank you. what's old is new again. up next, the sacramento volunteer, whose antique printing press is capturing the attention of the digital world and coming up tonight at six new numbers show san francisco's drug overdose problem is not improving significantly. >> what the health director says could help. >> plus, we believe that this new name will ultimately be misleading to customers. >> more reaction over the port of oakland's vote within the last hour here to rename oakland's airport to include san francisco in its title. we're now hearing from officials with sfo who are not happy about the decision ( ♪ ) you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening. well, bmo helps get your savings habit into shape with a cash reward, every month you save. both: cash reward? and there's a cash bonus when you open a new checking account to get you started. wow. anything you can't do?
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add a poison. the bill would require the city's health department to use contraceptive pellets to sterilize male and female rats. research shows that just two rats can produce a population of up to 15,000 rats in one year. some animal welfare groups support the bill, saying it's more humane and helps protect other animals from accidentally consuming rat poison. >> researchers in germany say they have developed the world's
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first microbot. these bots are about the half the width of a human hair, and about the same size and consistency as human cells. they can be controlled remotely to navigate those cells, and may even lead to better treatments for people battling cancer and other diseases. researchers compare the microbots to robots manufacturing vehicles in a factory. >> i'm sort of imagining our micro robots really picking and placing very specific types of cells in a very specific type of architecture so that we can really tailor that tissue to the patient's needs. >> the microbots are made out of seaweed. the research team says they found a way to produce millions of these bots in just minutes. >> well, a volunteer at the sacramento history museum is reaching people all around the world through social media. fox news kimberly cruz tells us how howard hatch, who is now in his mid 80s, has gone viral just by
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doing his job. >> if you're on social media of any kind, instagram, tiktok, facebook odds are you've probably come across one of these videos from the sacramento history museum. i just don't get it's videos like this one reaching millions of views and likes from people all around the world. >> numbers that i can't even get my head around anymore. i'm. i'm speechless. >> the video showing howard hatch, the printer. well, just doing his job and that obviously is a coin key. it was an idea that started during the pandemic. >> i asked howard, can i film you for tiktok? and he said, what's tiktok? >> it was some crazy dance routines were the hot thing at that particular time. so i came back and told jared, i said, i am not doing any of that crazy
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dancing stuff. >> after being convinced it wouldn't involve any dancing, jared started documenting howard using his 1852 washington hand press. capturing the process. of an old school printing press while throwing out a couple of history facts and puns. >> i'm learning from howard and the world is learning from howard at the same time. >> fast forward to almost four years later. their social media accounts just keep growing. >> we are now at over 3 million youtube subscribers, so we are the most followed museum on tiktok and the most subscribed museum on youtube. >> there's been some instances where i've been recognized around sacramento, even though i'm not dressed like this. >> making the sacramento history museum the most followed museum on these platforms in the world.
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but for howard and jared, it's not about the fame or verified blue check marks. it's about sharing their passion and a little bit of sacramento to people all around the world. my name is jared and this is howard. >> and we are one video at a time. it's something that i never would have thought would happen, but i am blessed to not only get to work with howard a couple days a week, but we are able to share sacramento with not just the people that visit our museum, but the people that will never be able to visit our museum in person. >> in sacramento, kimberly cruz. >> new at six tonight. more reflection on the turbulent life of oj simpson, including a look at his san francisco roots. >> also ahead, a big agreement reached between vallejo police and the state attorney general as the department vows to implement a wide range of reforms on officer conduct.
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>> plus, confusion will be very, very minimal, if at all. >> also next, at six, port commissioners unanimously vote on a controversial airport name change for oakland international to san francisco bay oakland international. but san francisco leaders say not so fast. we believe that this new name will ultimately be misleading to customers. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> hello again everyone. >> i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach. we begin with the polarizing life and legacy of oj simpson, who died at the age of 76. >> simpson was born and raised in san francisco. he played little league at the potrero hill rec center and ended his football career playing for the 49ers ktvu crystal bailey joins us here in studio. >> and you spoke to a retired 49ers executive about his roots here in the bay area? >> well, that's right, mike. he's remembered for the 1990s murder trial of his ex-wife, nicole brown and her friend ron goldman. but before the infamous bronco case, before he was acquitted

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