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handgun into the air and towards the building itself. a building that was packed with families, mothers, children, etc. san jose police say the bravery of officers, three in particular, protected all of those people and save lives. san jose police investigators say the man seen in this security camera video getting out of a minivan and shooting, is a felon armed with a gun that hasn't yet been traced. around 4:00 sunday afternoon, police say 41 year old san jose resident ricardo villarreal drove to the k and k apartments in east san jose for reasons still unknown and fired indiscriminately. >> that's a frequent occurrence we often find felons in possession of firearms. that was the situation 17 days ago, and so that's part of what we were trying to figure out. it's part of what we're trying to convene a group of people together to figure out why in san jose, we are seeing this uptick in
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violence directed gun violence directed at our police officers. i've been doing this a very long time. i've never seen us san jose police officers take so much gunfire in such a short period of time. >> apartment complex residents called 911, which brought a swarm of police officers. neighbor jorge chavez used his cell phone to show officers converging on the van after the initial shooting. >> we hear a gunshot, and we. at first we thought it was like a firecracker, but we didn't think much of it. and later we hear like two more gunshots. and then that's when i looked out to the kitchen window and i saw there was like a van with broken windows. >> villarreal was eventually cornered by three officers, all three on the force. three and a half years. four years and four and a half years fired, hitting and dropping the suspect. >> this apartment complex was filled with people enjoying a warm sunday evening. families, friends and children were safe one minute and the next in grave danger. what they did next was the one thing they knew would stop this nightmare and make their family safe again. they
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called san jose police officers for help. we cannot allow attempts of killing of our officers to become normalized. expected or tolerated. >> detectives say they recovered a loaded, unregistered gun at the scene. officials say this is the third time this year san jose police have been targeted with gunfire. that happened only twice all of last year. >> we need to continue pushing to fully staff our police department because in dangerous situations, minutes matter. clearly we need to do better to ensure that people who are prohibited from owning guns can't access them by working harder to get unregistered and ghost guns off of our streets. >> the police department says they are working with the atf now to try to trace that gun, which so far they have been unable to trace. we're live outside san jose. police headquarters this evening. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. we'll head back up to you in oakland. >> all right, jesse, thank you. >> and the city of oakland
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police are investigating a shooting right near city hall that left one man dead. it happened around 2:00 this morning. police say the victim was taken to a hospital where he later died. video from the scene shows a car that had crashed into a construction site right at the corner of 14th and jefferson. bullet holes can be seen there in the front windshield. anyone with information about this case is asked to contact oakland police. >> new at five tonight, a 13 year old boy has been arrested in connection with a deadly stabbing inside a san leandro safeway. it happened last month at the store on bancroft avenue. police say 18 year old zion gooden was stabbed several times and died at a local hospital. an investigation led police to the 13 year old suspect, who allegedly got into a fight with the victim, leading to that stabbing. police say the 13 year old was taken into custody at school last week, and now the alameda county district attorney's office has filed criminal charges. >> antioch police are searching for whoever killed a homeless man. last week, the body of raheem coe was located on a sidewalk near the antioch health center on country hills drive.
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investigators say they believe the 48 year old was killed by blunt force trauma. people who knew coe say he had been on the streets for several years and was beloved by many in the community. officers are asking anyone who may have driven through the area and who has dash cam video to call police. the controversy over campus protests continued at usf today. >> the school began removing tents and belongings at a pro-palestinian encampment, and student organizers say they were not given any notice. ktvu henry lee live now at the usf campus with the latest on the situation there. henry >> henry. yeah. university says that most of these tents were abandoned, that the crews were simply removing property to hold it for storage or donation. but protesters are telling me that some of these tents were occupied angry, frustrated, hurt, upset, just thrown off. okay she's just giving her orders. they got people. >> university of san francisco
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student sue. sue statia says the campus gave no notice before they started removing tents at a pro-palestinian encampment on monday morning. the students were already planning to leave, but she says that doesn't make it right. >> they once they came in, they just started breaking stuff down. no warning, no, no consent , no, like, hey, where's this? they just took everything down. they shoved the tent. they shoved everybody's personal belongings. >> the campus says most students had already left the camp, and that the majority of the 50 tents had been abandoned. the tents have been on campus since the end of april. protesters in line with the campus tagline, have been hoping to spearhead change, drawing attention to the plight of palestinians half a world away. and at usf, first year law student hannah beauchamp pope says the administration actions is an affront to the private jesuit university stated mission. >> and i literally woke up from that tent this morning. all of my belongings are in there, my computers in there, all my blankets are in there. my keys to my house are in there.
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>> i just feel like it was an escalation that was unnecessary. >> nor al-muhtasib is an assistant professor who's been monitoring the students safety and welfare. >> the fact that we told them we want to make sure everyone gets their belongings and that we don't let things go to waste, and we actually want to donate a lot of it to our own house. comrades. >> those at the camp say protesters have been working with the university to find some kind of middle ground. what happened monday, they say, calls all that into question. >> any kind of bridge that they were building before they palmed it. >> now, in a statement, the university said in part, usf is grateful to all who have participated in charting a peaceful path forward and prioritizing safety and respect for all members of the community . now, the university did have graduation ceremonies last week. some of the folks at this protest did interrupt the law school protest graduation and interrupted the president. but for now, they are now moving to their next phase of this protest. you'll see a lot of activity here behind me. they
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say they will have their belongings removed by tonight. live in san francisco. henry lee ktvu, fox two news. >> 2000 graduate student workers at uc santa cruz are now on strike. they are protesting the uk's recent crackdown on pro-palestinian demonstrations on college campuses across the state. the walkout involves teaching assistants, researchers and other academic workers. no word on how long it will last. you see, administrators say the students are in violation of a no strike clause in their contract. >> the man convicted of breaking into nancy pelosi's san francisco home and assaulting her husband with that hammer will be resentenced next week. on friday, david depape was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the break in and attack. however the federal judge presiding over the case says she made a clerical error by not giving to pap a chance to speak in court. during the proceedings, a new sentencing date has been set for may 28th. his actual 30 year sentence, though, is not expected to
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change. >> prosecutors have rested their case in the criminal hush money trial against donald trump after the former president's former attorney testified for a fourth day. >> the defense then called its first witness to the stand a lawyer who once advised michael cohen. fox's connor hansen is in new york with more on today's developments. >> reporter michael cohen, the prosecution's star witness, returning to the witness stand facing more cross-examination from former president donald trump's legal team. defense lawyer todd blanch, digging into cohen's credibility, eliciting testimony from cohen that he stole from the trump organization, including paying $20,000 to a tech company that had done online polls for the trump campaign but requesting reimbursed for $50,000 and pocketing the difference. >> you can't prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt based on a witness like this, blanch also asked cohen if he had a financial stake in the outcome of the trial. >> cohen responded yes, noting he makes money on his podcast
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and tiktok account. but when pressed about whether a conviction would personally and financially benefit cohen, the former attorney answered no, saying, quote, it's better if he's not for me because it gives me more to talk about in the future. outside the courthouse, trump, who is prohibited from talking about the witnesses or jurors, took aim at the trial. and the judge. >> i'm here instead of campaigning. as you know, i was supposed to be in a very different state this morning. >> judge juan merchan said the trial will go into next week and told attorneys on both sides to be ready to start their closing arguments next tuesday after memorial day in new york. >> connor hansen ktvu, fox two news. >> now, it remains to be seen whether trump himself will actually testify in his defense before the trial began, trump said he had planned to do so, but his attorney telling the judge just last week it was no longer certain. >> hunter biden is pressing for a delay in his federal gun case.
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he is asking an appeals court to pause the delaware trial set to begin next month. attorneys for the president's son argue there is no urgent need to start that trial on june 3rd, shortly before the scheduled start of another federal trial on tax charges in california, hunter biden is accused of lying about his drug use in order to buy a gun. in 2018, he has pleaded not guilty. >> deep underground, just south of market, this is where high speed rail and caltrain will turn this into the grand central station of the west. >> also, an international criminal court says israel's prime minister should be arrested over the war in gaza tonight at 530. who else is in the court's crosshairs and how israel's allies are responding? >> but first, two years after a massive fire rips through a san jose home depot with the company is now accused of doing that helped the flames spread and temperatures did increase a couple of degrees today. >> it's going to warm up a
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11 this morning on ellis street between hyde and cohen place. the smoke could be seen across the skyline. no word yet on what caused the fire, and no injuries were reported, and home depot has been fined more than $1.3 million as part of an arson investigation into a massive fire. dylan dog was charged with arson for setting the san jose home depot on fire in april of 2022. his case still pending the santa clara county district attorney's office now says the store had several fire code violations that hurt firefighters ability to save
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that building, including a water sprinkler system that was not working. firefighters were also blocked from the fire lane by improperly stacked pallets. >> billions of dollars in new federal funding coming to a major public transit project in san francisco. and when it's finished, both caltrain and high speed rail will one day be able to call the bay area their northern california home. ktvu tom vacar live tonight in the newsroom with more on the story. tom. >> it keeps on going. it's already been almost 14 years since the transbay terminal construction actually began, but in about another decade's time, it will open whole and complete with those trains. the transbay joint power authority, the public agency responsible for building, operating and maintaining the quarter mile long transbay transit center complex, has received a $3.4 billion funding commitment from the federal transit administration. this money will be connecting the above and below ground portal that will
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allow trains and busses to pick up and drop off passengers to connect as never before, congresswoman and former house speaker nancy pelosi says the project is essentially shovel ready. >> we say when we want to allocate money, we want to see dirt fly the train will come into the terminal at an angle and then what it will do is it will make a slow right turn going this way, and it will go four blocks, four blocks until it reaches its final stop where it loads and unloads passengers. >> even though the terminal was designed for a pre-covid world, the many flexibilities built and contained within the terminal will now allow the world class tourist and business city to adapt. no matter how it evolves post-covid, downtown cannot be a 9 to 5. >> it has to be offices, housing and places for people to enjoy because it is a real neighborhood with a park right above our heads that we can
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enjoy on any given day. >> we weren't so worried about covid then. now it has taken its toll, but it's given us more impetus and provide an opportunity that people understand the best. >> current estimates are that the portal that's the below street level waiting and boarding levels should be in use by 2034. serving a very different san francisco. >> let's get ready and let's make dirt fly. thank you for being here. >> there are still financial hurdles to get over, but two thirds of the terminal is already completed, so there's enough time to come up with that last third of the money as the work goes on and on. tom vacar ktvu fox two. >> looking forward to it. all right, tom, thank you. students at in oakland elementary school have a new playground thanks to stefan and ayesha curry's eat, learn, play foundation and the nonprofit kaboom! a ribbon cutting ceremony took place this morning for the playground at piedmont avenue elementary. some of the school's leadership students helped design the
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playground. the school's principal says it's a great place for students to learn, play and grow. >> i'll tell you when i come outside at recess now, there is something for each and every child, whether they're playing basketball. we have the big courts, the little courts. we have our kickball, we have amazing play structures. and if you just want to sit and read, we have a beautiful nature area where kids can just walk and explore. >> this is the third oakland school to get a new playground this year from the eat, learn, play foundation. ousd says there will be five more built at schools later in the year. >> there is a price war brewing at two major retail chains. target is cutting prices on about 5000 of its most regularly purchased items, and is planning more cuts. target and walmart are competing for shoppers who are looking to save after inflation pushed up the price of food, housing and other essentials. shoppers who join the company's target circle card program will receive an
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additional 5% discount. >> a beautiful day today. it's going to be the same this week. this whole week, we've got kind of a mild weather pattern. temperatures warm today, they'll warm a little further tomorrow. probably be the one of the warmer days. tuesday and wednesday of the week. and those temperatures in the hot spots will be in the mid 80s inland. so concord and whatever. but most of us are going to hover in the 70s this week with very pleasant weather conditions, good air quality or pretty good air quality. i wanted to show you the trough. i think you can see. i'll point it out to you here if you can see it. the right in here if you can kind of see my pen, it's right there and that's what's keeping us on the mild side. and then when we go into the weekend, this pattern to the north, that system to the north of us, if you can see that cools us down. i did a poor job of showing you that, didn't i? next, i'll do it off to break it out a little more next time and show it to you. but basically there's a trough back as we go s through this week, and then another system drops in just in
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time for the weekend to keep us a little bit cooler. it's more of the same, which is pretty darn nice actually, when you get down to it. i mean, a little hazy out there. now, where's the fog now? that's because of that trough. the inversion isn't able to form. the high pressure is not dominant. and so the fog is like we're not going to form until you get, you know, a little more dominant and the fog will come back. you'll see it in the five day forecast or not, the five day forecast in the next hit where i have the model run set up and you'll see the fog build a little more each day. so what did i just say this week? a lot like today a lot like yesterday. it's going to roll this way with the warmest day probably being on tuesday. and into wednesday upper mid 80s for the most part, maybe an upper 80 inland. all right bill thank you. >> lawmakers calling out companies using forced labor in china to cut costs. up next, the automakers at the center of this new investigation. >> and coming up tonight at six, a concern over shortages of ambulances in contra costa county. the ideas from emergency leaders on how to fix the problem
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amassed a fortune by speculating on corporate takeovers. boesky's career and life crashed with insider trading revelations that sent him to prison. his life was actually the partial inspiration for the gordon gekko character played by michael douglas in the 1987 movie wall street. ivan boesky was 87 years old.
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>> elon musk says his company's plan to invest in indonesia long term while speaking with the country's president today. musk attended the 10th world water forum in bali, where he and indonesia's president joko widodo sat down to speak about musk's investments in the country. widodo says he hopes musk's company, starlink, will provide affordable access to the internet. >> we look forward to providing starlink connectivity to places that that don't currently have it and schools and, you know, hospitals and wherever it can be helpful. for years, indonesia has been attempting to reach a deal with tesla for electric vehicle battery investments. >> the country has the world's largest nickel reserve, which is a crucial element to producing solar panels and electric vehicle batteries. copper prices are hitting a record high. the wall street journal reports there is a growing demand for copper as the world moves toward clean energy products. futures on the london metal exchange have surged up to 4, reaching more than $11,000 per ton,
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surpassing the previous record set in march 2022. a senate report has found three automakers bought parts made with china's forced labor. >> bmw, jaguar land rover and volkswagen responded to the senate report that was released today, saying they've taken action to bring their cars into compliance with a 2021 law. that law bans the entry of products made with forced labor. lawmakers are demanding the law be strictly enforced, and criticized the automakers for not adequately scrutinizing their supply chains. a bay area lawmaker says tribes should be more involved in the decision making process when building offshore wind farms along the west coast. north bay congressman jared huffman sent a letter to federal regulators requesting that they place a senior official in the state to specifically respond to tribal needs. the biden administration has approved eight offshore wind farm projects, including two off the coast of humboldt county. but tribal communities have expressed frustration with what they describe as a lack of consultation on proposals that
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impact culturally significant water and land. >> next, at 530, the president of iran killed in a helicopter crash. what his death means for the country's relationship with the us and tensions in the middle east. >> also, new video of a dramatic rescue after a man drives hundreds of feet off a cliff on highway one. how rescue crews were able to track him down. >> also had the city of san francisco preparing to celebrate the life and legacy of harvey
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the international criminal court says those involved in both the october 7th attack on israel and the war in gaza should be arrested. as fox's trey yingst reports, the us stands right behind israel amid these new allegations. >> arrest warrants have been requested for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the israeli defense minister, and three hamas leaders suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity in gaza and israel. >> starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, taking of hostages as a war crime, rape and other acts of sexual violence during captivity. >> the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, karim khan, says it's based on interviews with survivors, eyewitnesses and experts. a panel of three judges will now determine whether to actually issue the arrest warrants for these alleged crimes. >> this is exactly what the new
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anti-semitism looks like. it has moved from the campuses in the west to the court in the hague. what a shame. >> dozens of countries, including the us and israel, don't accept the court's jurisdiction over war crimes. so even if the warrants are issued, the accused do not face immediate risk of prosecution. but it's just the latest in growing criticism of israel's handling of the humanitarian crisis evolving out of the war in gaza. us officials standing by israel, though rejecting the idea of arrest warrants, calling into question the legitimacy and credibility of the investigation. >> this decision does nothing to help and could jeopardize ongoing efforts to reach a cease fire agreement that would get hostages out of gaza and surge humanitarian assistance in this action will embolden hamas and embolden the leadership of hamas , who have been the principal obstacle to achieving a cease fire agreement. hamas also denounced the icc's request, seeking the arrest of its leaders in tel aviv. >> trey yingst fox news. >> president biden issued a
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statement calling the move by the international court outrageous. the president added whatever this prosecutor might imply that there is no equivalence. none between israel and hamas. we will always stand with israel against threats to its security. >> a sudden blow to iran's regime today, the bodies of iran's president and foreign minister were recovered from the site of yesterday's helicopter crash during foggy conditions, ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now with reaction from bay area palestine expats and scholars janna julie. >> the bay area has a community of iranian expats who came to the u.s. to escape the hardline regime of the shah and the ayatollah. they are not in mourning tonight, they say they feel relief, but they also say that this comes at a very tense time for iran and the middle east. video released by iranian state media shows search crews recovering the bodies of iran's president ebrahim raisi, the
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foreign minister and others killed in sunday's helicopter crash in iran's east azerbaijan province. the crash happened in dense fog, a shock to iran's regime. raisi was the 63 year old protege of iran's supreme leader, the ayatollah ali khamenei. >> he was considered to be a successor, potential successor to the supreme leader, san francisco state university professor mahmood monshipour says raisi was a right wing leader known for his hardline crackdowns on iranian opponents. >> monshipour said raisi had low support among the iranian people. >> only 7 to 8% of them participated in the parliamentary election, which, indicates how badly, the regime is performing. what we feel is that with raisi being out of the picture, the regime who is at war with its own people is going to weaker. east bay resident
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hamid azimi is with the iran american community of northern california, an expat who feels the personal pain remembering president reyes's role in the execution of thousands of iranian dissidents in the summer of 1988, i had cousins who were arrested and put in prison for many years. i had schoolmates who were executed. >> the united nations security council held a moment of silence monday, also killed in the crash. iran's foreign minister, hossein amir-abdollahian, university of san francisco professor stephen zunes met him during a visit to iran. >> had combined this very fundamentalist, hardcore view of shia islam with a very, very strong, nationalist sense about iran that he thought it was better for iran to go alone, even if it meant suffering international sanctions as the most powerful centers of the power in iran. >> rest with the supreme leader and revolutionary guard. so not much will be, should be
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anticipated to change. >> a group of expats for the iranian opposition planned to gather at emeryville's marina park at 6 p.m. tonight. they say they plan to bring flags and share sweets, rallying in support of human rights and freedom for the iranian people. julie. >> so, janet, at this point, what's next? what's the next step for iran? >> well, the interim president has scheduled funeral services that are set to begin tomorrow in iran, and a new election has now been scheduled for june 28th. so we'll have to see what happens with that. >> all right, jana, thank you. firefighters in san jose are investigating an overnight fire at a vacant building. it started shortly after midnight in the city's japantown neighborhood. firefighters say the building was previously home to a japanese restaurant called kabuta, which had been closed for years. the flames caused major damage, but no injuries were reported. investigators are now trying to determine if that fire could be linked to anyone
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who may have been living in that building. okay, i want to show you some dramatic video from sonoma county of a rescuer rappelling down a rope from a helicopter to rescue a man whose vehicle veered off of a cliff along highway one. it happened yesterday morning. that driver was ejected hundreds of feet from his vehicle. the sonoma county sheriff's office says the car's automatic crash notification system alerted 911 and gave dispatchers the location of that crash. helicopter crews found the injured man about 300ft beneath the car. he was flown to a local trauma hospital to be treated. he is expected to survive. >> there is a new mural inside the headquarters of the san francisco fire department honoring the history and the legacy of the city's firefighters. chief nicholson unveiled the mural in the lobby today. it was hand-painted by academy of art university students and shows the department's landmark engine company five firehouse. there's also an actual vintage fire engine, creating an illusion that is parked outside the old
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house. chief nicholson says the mural offers visitors a window into the fire department's historic past. >> i think it's really important to show our history and being able to show it, not just with these incredible old pieces that are firefighters worked with back in the day, but with artwork. telling a story is fantastic. >> the artwork and other items on display at the department's headquarters are available for the public to come and see there in the lobby during regular business hours. >> new at five tonight. representative anna eshoo hosted a reception today to honor this year's u.s. service academy appointees. that event took place this afternoon at moffett field in mountain view. every member of congress has the opportunity to nominate students living in their districts to the forest service academies. they include west point, the u.s. naval academy, the merchant marine academy, and the air force academy. this year, representative eshoo had a record 15 students receive appointments to the academies.
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>> well, i have a lot of hope for the future of the country through the eyes of these kids, these young people, they're outstanding. >> representative estu says each applicant has gone through a rigorous selection process and was selected because they've excelled academically and athletically and demonstrated strong leadership skills. >> still to come, addressing the global rise in extremism. what the federal government wants travelers to know before attending pride month celebrations around the world, plus a new target for hackers. >> why authorities say utility companies aren't doing enough to keep their water safe to drink, and a major milestone in a months long cleanup in baltimore. >> what's next for the cargo sh and its crew? after b ng we
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away from the crash site. but as fox news rebecca castor reports, the investigation into that disaster is still far from over. monday morning, tugboats pulled the cargo ship that took down baltimore's key bridge back to port. a major milestone in a months long, complicated cleanup process. >> these guys are doing an outstanding job. you know, it's going faster than i thought it would go. >> the ship was finally able to move after controlled explosions
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broke up. massive pieces of debris stuck on the boat's bow, and crews are a massive step closer to fully clearing the shipping channel to the port of baltimore. >> despite the fact that people said this could take six and nine months. i'm proud that that we're on track, that by the end of may, we'll have that federal channel reopen, dive teams have also recovered the bodies of all six construction workers killed in the collapse. >> meanwhile, multiple agencies, including the fbi and us coast guard are still investigating what caused the collision. preliminary findings from the national transportation safety board show the ship had two electrical blackouts hours before leaving port. >> the ship had an emergency generator. it does not power propulsion and without the propeller turning, the rudder was less effective. they were essentially drifting. >> the ship's 21 crew members from india in sri lanka have remained on board since the collision. with the boat now docked, it's still unclear when they'll be permitted to leave. so far, the white house has earmarked $60 million to rebuild the bridge and urged congress to
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pass additional funding. but some house republicans have appeared hesitant to do so, and washington rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news a legal victory for wikileaks founder julian assange as he tries to fight extradition to the united states. >> assange faces up to 175 years in prison on 17 counts of espionage for posting a large number of classified government documents online. well, today, a london court ruled assange can appeal an order calling for his extradition. hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the courthouse. >> anything other than extradited to the us is a win right now. >> i hope that the united states will take a hard look at this decision and maybe reconsider whether they ought to be pursuing this fundamentally flawed prosecution. >> assange has spent the last five years in a british prison, and before that, he was seeking refuge at the ecuadorian embassy in london for seven years. last month, president biden said he
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was considering a request from australia to drop the case. >> new guidelines for mothers with hiv and their ability to breastfeed their children. coming up next, why experts are now changing their position after decades of debate and a sea lion surprise in southern california. >> the rover's reaction when the animal actually jumped right into her boat. >> hey, we'll take a look at that weather, as we often do on monday, we'll take a peek at what
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virus that causes aids. the american academy of pediatrics released those new guidelines today, reversing a stance it had in place since the start of the hiv epidemic decades ago. the group also recognizes that routinely prescribed, prescribed drugs can reduce the risk of transmitting hiv through breast milk to less than 1. the state department issuing a rare warning telling the lgbtq community to take caution when traveling overseas. >> the federal government says it is monitoring the potential for terror attacks, demonstrations or other violent actions against u.s. citizens in tourist locations. at pride celebrations. the warning comes less than two weeks before the start of pride month, and the fbi and the department of homeland security have separately warned of potential threats from foreign terrorist organizations at pride events this year. now, this travel
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warning from the state department comes at the same time san francisco gets ready to celebrate harvey milk day. that celebration is this coming wednesday, the 22nd milk's birthday. this past weekend, the community came together to kick off the celebration a little bit early and say it's a reminder that more works still needs to be done. >> a lot of heat right now. queer, trans and drag queens actually are under attack. the legislation that they're trying to pass in this country, of all places in america in 2024 is mind boggling. >> san francisco's city leaders say they are increasing efforts to support and celebrate the community. right now, they are working on building the country's first lgbtq museum and research center. >> the biden administration is calling on water utilities to better protect themselves from hackers. the environmental protection agency warns that cyber attacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe, and that many utility companies are not meeting simple security goals, including failing failure to change
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default passwords or cutting off access to former employees. the epa says a successful cyber attack could threaten a community's access to safe drinking water. a cafe in oakland is closing after serving the community for more than 20 years. lakeshore cafe announced it is shutting down next monday, may 27th. the restaurant has been serving breakfast and lunch to customers on lakeshore avenue, just north of lake merritt, since 2002. the owners say a new restaurant will open in its place, and red lobster has officially filed for bankruptcy. the move is to bring down the seafood restaurant chain's outstanding debt. dozens of locations have already closed, including those in fremont and rohnert park. the company says it plans to continue closing restaurants and eventually sell the business to lenders, with the hope of staying afloat through a financing agreement. >> spirit airlines is following rival frontier's lead by eliminating all change and cancellation fees, effective immediately. frontier announced their changes last week. before
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getting rid of the fees passengers had to pay anywhere from 69 to $119 to try and change or cancel their flight. >> a ucla rowing crew got quite a surprise when a sea lion pup hopped into one of the rowers boats. logan hibbard tells us that she and her teammates were practicing in marina del rey when that sea lion jumped out of the water and into her boat. her teammates took these photos while she did her best to remain calm. >> just a baby sea lion. so, he was really, really friendly. and, yeah, i figured if i stayed calm then it would make him more calm. and so we just sort of had an understanding with each other. i did try to pet it and it didn't really like that. so. so i stopped. >> they called the marine mammal center in los angeles, who then sent a crew to take the sea lion in to study it. experts say the sea lion was malnourished, which likely made it more willing to get so close to humans. >> well, and something they don't mention all the time. we
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i've seen this before is there's a shark in the water, right? i don't know about marina del rey, but there were some. it could have been a predator in the water and the seals, they'll get out, right? because it's not their inclination to go. they don't want to get on top of a person, or they just want to get out of the water. so a lot of times it seems like about every five months of photo like that pops up. and especially if they're out in the in the pacific ocean, i'm like, oh yeah, it's cute, but you go, there's a shark close by. okay, so as you look live outside the beautiful afternoon that we had continues. as the days get longer, nights get a little bit shorter and we head towards summer and it feels like it fog's not really a thing right now. pick out the icons. there's trans america right there, which is dwarfed by salesforce, which is the beautiful tower of the bay bridge. and then you can see the old suspension brand brand, span of the bay bridge. and mikey, is this rincon tower right here. i think it is too. okay. all right. just doing a little tour of the city. if you're visiting our beautiful city, i hope you're having a
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nice day. the weather is perfect for this type of. for this time of year, and it's going to continue that way. we're. and it's not hot, it's not cold. it's just. right. we've got some microclimates. the fog will try to come back tomorrow night and then it should come back in earnest on wednesday, thursday or probably wednesday night, thursday night and friday. and temperatures will just stay. i mean, our hot spots are going to be in the mid 80s in the warmest spots. maybe a little warmer than that. right now it's 81 in fairfield. this time of year i'd expect 85 or 87 in fairfield. this time of night, but still a couple degrees warmer than yesterday, seven degrees warmer than yesterday in novato and then the winds, which are classic for this time of year, just it's a standard pattern with the westerly winds. 613 miles an hour in nevada. that's actually a northerly wind. sfo is going 18 sustained which means it's probably gusting to 25, 20, 23 miles an hour. while san carlos is sustained at 21. so just doing what it does, man. it's a beautiful day, beautiful
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time of year in the bay area. there's that fog that tries to form tonight in monterey bay and then a little more fog tomorrow night and then boom, it comes back on wednesday morning. and then goes away on wednesday evening and then tries to come back in as we go into thursday, friday and saturday as another system comes close by. so what i just showed you was nothing but subtle changes. no big deal, nothing big happening this week. air quality is good, fog is around, but not enough to keep you from the beach. breezy conditions because it's spring and temperatures like these, there's a temperature footprint which represents temperatures generally in the mid and upper 80s. these will be the hot spots. the tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week, which is pretty warm if you hit 87 in fairfield. and then there's the five day forecast with a gradual cooling trend into the weekend. >> all right bill, thank you. a golden state warrior has been named one of the best five rookies in the nba. brandon pisemsky was selected to the nba's all-rookie first team alongside rising stars including victor wembanyama and chet holmgren. the warriors drafted
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basinski out of santa clara university with the 19th pick, and he quickly established himself on that roster in 74 games, he averaged nine points, five boards and three assists. the warriors other rookie, trace jackson-davis, came up just one vote short for the nba's all rookie second team. >> major league baseball has opened an investigation into allegations that a former player for the angels gambled with the same bookmaker as shohei ohtani's, former interpreter. this comes after a report by espn claimed that david fletcher, who played with ohtani for five years and currently plays for a triple-a affiliate, bet on sports with the same southern california bookie who took bets from epe mizuhara. he was ohtani's longtime time interpreter. the report claims fletcher gambled on sports other than baseball. he has not responded to the investigation. >> tonight, raider fans mourning the death of hall of fame center jim otto. he was the first draft pick ever for the oakland raiders back in 1960. he spent his entire 15 year career with
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the silver and black. the legendary center played in super bowl two, the raiders first appearance in the super bowl in january 1968. it was inducted into pro football hall of fame 12 years later. the raiders announced his death yesterday. jim otto was 86 years old. >> what do your social media posts say about your mental health? coming up next, how researchers say ai is helping them break new ground in their studies and coming up tonight at six new details into the farms where a mass shooting took place in half moon bay last year, regulators recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages. >> also had the contra costa county fire chief is sounding the alarm about a shortage of ambulances. >> the idea is considered to improve emergency responses
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current events on mental health. researchers at stony brook university in new york state published a study using ai to measure anxiety and depression based on social media activity. these researchers say through ai, they were able to sample more people in a shorter amount
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of time at a fraction of the cost. the study found a major shift in anxiety and depression during the pandemic. there was a similar response to other major events, such as the killing of george floyd. >> this is really important because recently there's been a rise in causes of death related to mental health conditions. suicide mortality has been on the rise, especially among adolescents and youth. opioid mortality and depression. >> the stony brook team is working on data from this year to analyze the current anxiety and depression levels associated with other major events, including the israel-hamas war. >> etiquette experts are issuing a gentle reminder for all of us who use our cell phones in public. as fox news susie guzman explains. now using technology can impact both your public and private lives in more ways than one. >> most people don't like coming across as rude, but in the digital world, where it seems like everyone's faces are glued
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to a screen, communication experts say it's not a bad idea to have a refresher on technology etiquette, especially when you're out in public. >> it's become much more acceptable for individuals to document our life, as you know, through photos, through social media. but you need to be wary of who else is in those photos because you don't really have permission, you know, to get the people walking down the street. >> sheila cotton of clemson university says, you should also be aware of the types of conversations you're having on the phone. >> do you really want people sitting beside you on the subway to know about your work, stress that you're experiencing, or a frustration that you have with your significant other? >> the same can be said about listening to music or watching videos without headphones. meanwhile, when it comes to polite technology, use around friends and family, we have found that when you're engaging in interaction with other people , if the other person is on their device and not paying
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attention and not present in that interaction, that it can be distressing for the individual, the other individual and particularly for older adults when their children and grandchildren come over to visit, if the kids are on their devices constantly and not interacting with the grandparents, unless the person you're interacting with is also on their phone, be present in your interactions means save your device time for later. sue guzman, fox news this is ktvu, fox two news at six tonight. >> new concerns over a lack of ambulances and emergency resources in contra costa county. the county's fire chief saying it is hard to keep up with demand. >> there just simply isn't enough room at the hospitals for more patients in the emergency department, and there's not enough ambulances to be able to keep up with that constant increased demand. the fire chief says there's more demand for
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ambulance transport every year, and a shortage of resources to support that demand. >> good evening everyone. >> i'm mike mibach and i'm julie julie haener, county leaders are looking into ways to alleviate that problem. new at six tonight ktvu crystal bailey joins us now. she's in concord with more from officials about what they're doing to boost response numbers. crystal >> well hospital wait times for ambulances in contra costa county are way above the state standard of 20 minutes. on top of that, there are not enough ambulances to answer those calls. county officials are saying that this is not new or unique to contra costa county. >> it's my personal opinion that that emergency medical services, ems in this state needs a significant overhaul. >> the number of calls for ambulances is straining the system, according to officials in contra costa county, an issue that was highlighted after the number of ambulances available reached the number zero on the saturday before mother's day. >> there's 911 calls keep coming in and ambulances sit at hospitals with patun

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