upright. it's unclear why, but experts recommend focusing on good posture. >> a beloved bar in san francisco is reopening next month. ginger's on hardy place is the only gay bar in the financial district. ginger's will be back in business on june 28th, just in time for san francisco's pride weekend. ginger's closed back in march of 2020 at the very start of the covid pandemic. it's only been open for special events, general manager says ginger's has long served as a safe haven for the queer community downtown tragedy in fremont. >> after a fiery crash leaves one person dead and another rush to the hospital. we're live from the scene this morning where police are still urging drivers to avoid the area. then we're tracking a developing story overseas. >> one person is dead after a plane plummets thousands of feet in just minutes. the emergency landing on that flight from london to singapore. >> could the gig worker classification as independent

contractors shift gears? >> the california supreme court is set to discuss that very issue today with gig workers saying basic benefits are at stake. >> live from jack london square. this is morning on two. >> the nine. good morning and welcome. >> it is a bit of a great start to this tuesday, may 21st, if you're looking live along the oakland alameda estuary, pretty much wherever you are, don't worry, it's going to warm up nicely. by the time we get to the afternoon hours. let's start now in fremont, where new this morning, one intersection is still shut down following a fiery overnight crash. >> yeah, one person was killed in that crash. another sent to the hospital. >> ktvu james torres is live in fremont at the scene of the crash. or police now have that intersection shut down, and it's been that way for hours. james >> sal garcia, andre, good morning to you. been that way for nearly nine hours now. and it was just about 45 minutes ago when we finally saw the coroner's office, as well as a

tow truck. get onto the scene here. now. we're going to be careful how much we zoom in into the scene, because we do know that body is still here. and that's what the coroner's office is here for, to try to recover that body, remove it from here, then have the tow truck remove the car that is just destroyed. at this point, and then work on trying to get that process of getting this intersection back open. here we are at fremont and thornton where this accident happened at about 1230 this morning. here's what we know so far from police. a car drove straight into a tree from this street. flames engulfed that car immediately after police and fire crews responded here and they were able to help one man out of the burning car. video shows one person loading onto a stretcher being taken away from that scene. we don't know the extent of their injuries, but we did speak to some of the people who have been on the scene here for several hours. they are still here telling me that their family member was the driver and that was the person killed in this crash. we have been asking police officers all morning long

about what their next steps might be, and possibly how much longer it may be until this intersection will reopen. we know they've already moved on to the next steps here, and that is having the coroner's office here to remove the body that is on the scene. they have the tow truck here on standby to remove the car. once they're ready to do that. and then once that is completed, they'll work on cleaning up the intersection of any leftover debris. some of the leftover mess that's left behind. check in with some of the other local businesses here as well. there's one that's right behind me that was right next to that car that had a lot of its window panes and windows destroyed by that fire. and then once they have it all cleaned up and all those elements removed, that's when they can have the intersection back open. but again, that still at this point may take just a few hours. of course, we'll let you know when that changes. for now, we're live this morning in fremont. i'm james torres, ktvu fox two news. >> james thank you. federal traffic safety agency has launched a formal investigation into a solo car crash in pleasanton that killed a family of four. taryn george and his

wife renee, and their sons, aaron and rowan, died when their electric car burst into flames after crashing into a tree. the car was made by a vietnamese company called vinfast. the agency will look into claims, a problem with the car's steering system may have played a role in this deadly crash. vinfast has not yet commented on this federal investigation. >> in new details on a developing story out of thailand right now, the singapore airlines plane that plunged thousands of feet is now back on the tarmac in bangkok. and we've just learned four of the passengers are from the us now, early this morning, that aircraft traveling from london to singapore hit turbulence and had to make an emergency landing, plunging thousands of feet. the airline says one person died, a 73 year old british man, and dozens more were injured, and at least 30 people have been taken to a local hospital while others received treatment on the tarmac outside the airport. >> the week of funeral services begins today for the president of iran following his death in a weekend helicopter crash. many

iranian americans here in the bay area are now celebrating. may god. last night, dozens gathered for a rally in emeryville hosted by the iranian american community of northern california. organizers say president ibrahim raisi was responsible for the oppression of the iranian people. for the past 40 years. >> we are here because celebrating it, because we know his death is going to weaken the ayatollahs in tehran and in the war that is being going on between the people of iran and the ayatollahs for the last 40 years, hopefully iranian people are going to have the upper hand now and gain the democratic change that they have been after for many years. >> there were similar rallies in other u.s. cities yesterday celebrating the iranian leader's death. >> political leaders across the globe are starting to take sides after an international prosecutor requested arrest warrants for top israeli and

hamas leaders over the war in gaza. as rebecca kaster reports, president biden called the move outrageous. but other allies of israel are backing the court's decision in. >> israel is finding out who its friends are after the international criminal court's chief prosecutor requested arrest warrants for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the country's defense minister, along with leaders of hamas, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> whatever these warrants may imply, there is no equivalence between israel and hamas. it will always stand with israel and the threats against its security. >> the accusations gave president biden an opportunity to show support for the us ally, even though he's been critical in recent weeks of israel's plans to invade rafah. >> what's happening is not genocide. we reject that. >> but other countries agree with the move, including one of israel's oldest allies, france. israel's foreign minister is heading there tuesday, while

leaders in belgium in slovenia also announced support for the warrants. >> it's hogwash, but guess what? it's serious business because it's not just israel today. as you just said, steve, it's the united states tomorrow. there is an active investigation by the icc into american soldiers for alleged war crimes in afghanistan. >> while netanyahu does not face immediate arrest, the warrant could make it more difficult for him to travel to any of the 124 countries that are under the court's jurisdiction. the us, israel, china and russia do not accept the court's authority. this is the first time the icc has tried to prosecute a us ally in on capitol hill. some lawmakers are pushing to sanction the court for it in washington. rebecca castor ktvu, fox two news all right. >> new technology allows customers to leave their wallet at home and pay for purchases with facial recognition. some experts say the technology initially used as a security tool may soon replace our credit and debit cards. several companies have been testing the use of facial recognition for

making payments. while some consumers may be wary of this, technology experts say biometric authentication is safe and efficient. >> so these are 3d scans, which makes them secure and pretty much impossible for a bad actor to try to bypass anything that can kind of make these day to day transitions and transactions faster will ultimately prove successful with customers, privacy experts caution that people who agree to use facial recognition for payment should still use the strongest passwords possible. >> so tell us what you think. this morning we're asking would you feel comfortable using facial recognition tech to make payments? you can still vote. here's what you got. no privacy concerns 84% outweighing the yes seems convenient 16. you can still cast your vote by scanning the qr code on the top right hand corner of your screen, or your ktvu.com/vote to cast your vote on this story. it's i mean, i didn't use apple wallet for a

long time and now i use it, so i still don't use it. >> yeah, you don't, but i have been caught like, oh shoot, i don't have my credit card or cash and i need to buy the thing. >> so i've thought about getting it, but i haven't. >> i mean, i went to the dark side. i use it now because i forgot my wallet. and then all it takes is one time to be have a shopping cart full of groceries. forget your wallet. >> no wallet. >> yeah, there's technology for this. i'm going to go for it. maybe the face thing will be eventually. >> yeah, i think we'll probably come around to it with the way. >> the way we've been adapting technology. we say no at first and then eventually. all right, i'll do it. >> the world almost forces you there. exactly. >> let's talk about what's happening with this bay area weather rosemary oroczo. we start under gray skies. but if we fast forward into the afternoon hours, there's a major change. we do. >> we have a warm up coming our way. it's going to be gorgeous out there. garcia sal andre, a live look here over san francisco. you can see some fog there in the distance along the coastline, inside the bay at the cloudy skies, as well as a little bit of patchy fog. it's

not going to last too. expect partly cloudy skies along the coastline for today, mostly sunny for the rest of us, and temperatures expected to peak today with our inland cities well into the 80s. i'll show you those numbers here in just a moment. first, let's check in on the winds. a variable one out there in generally light coming in from the south. napa six miles per hour coming in from the north. concord you're reporting three. and for most temperatures are warmer this morning. now, half moon bay, you're starting out cooler with a little bit of fog there down by four degrees. but check out santa rosa. you are up by nine. the east eight east bay concord up by four and 65 degrees in concord, 69 reported in brentwood and in the north bay we have upper 60s santa rosa, upper 50s to low 60s around most of the bay. at this time, 57 reported for san francisco into the afternoon. today we're going to go above average, 82 for santa rosa, 84 in livermore, 82 san jose. so anywhere from a few degrees above where we should be to about ten degrees degrees above the seasonal norm. upper 70s expected along the peninsula for san mateo today for the

inner east bay 86 in concord and for the north bay 80 degrees san rafael. just some beautiful weather there and a very spring summer like pattern with temperatures ranging from, you know, 20 to 25. difference from the coast inland. it doesn't last, though we do begin to shift tomorrow. temperatures coming down ever so slightly, especially for our bayside communities. and the trend continues into the holiday by friday, saturday into sunday, upper 50s at the coast, mid to upper 60s around the bay, mid to upper 70s for our inland cities with morning clouds and afternoon sun. back to you rosemary. >> thank you. a new campaign to get people back to what used to be the premier gathering spot in oakland. next here on the nine, what's happened at lake merritt, that means many people are now staying away. and what's happening to help restore the area around the lake to its former glory. plus, former president donald trump's criminal hush money trial nears its end. >> i'm connor nsen in new york with t

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witness who is contradicted the prosecution's key witness and seems to have angered the judge. yesterday, after a tense back and forth in just one week, former president donald trump's fate could be in the hands of a jury in his manhattan criminal trial, his attorneys winding down their case with closing arguments expected to come next tuesday. >> one of the case, by any standard, any other judge who would have thrown this case out, robert costello returned to the stand. >> he's a former legal adviser to the prosecution's primary witness, former trump attorney michael cohen. that came shortly after cohen finished his testimony admitting to stealing from trump by keeping money that was supposed to go to a tech company. costello later testified that cohen told him trump, quote, knew nothing about the hush money payment to stormy daniels. >> costello said to him, do you have anything on trump that we could use to trade with the southern district to try to get sentencing leniency? and he told him, he said, 10 to 20 times, bob, i have nothing on trump.

>> and in a dramatic moment, judge juan merchan ordered the courtroom cleared after costello was muttering under his breath and rolling his eyes. though some legal analysts say the exchange could play in favor of the defense. >> the jury picked that up, and the jury obviously feels, in my opinion, that the judge is favoring the prosecution. >> the judge will be holding a conference this afternoon to hear arguments about how to specifically instruct the jury on what they'll be deciding, in this case, in new york. connor hansen, ktvu, fox two news. >> now to a twist in the gilgo beach murder investigation, police have returned to the home of rex herman, who has been charged with killing four women in new york. an attorney for his estranged wife says police returned to the home yesterday to execute another search warrant. law enforcement haven't said why they're back through the day. investigators were seen carrying large evidence bags in and out of the suspected serial killer's home. some residents say they're upset that police are back in the neighborhood.

disruptive. >> we just want to know why. >> i just hope they have something to end this thing and put put it to rest. and, we don't want this in our area just constantly, over and over again, coming to search this guy's house. either find something or don't. >> remains tied to herman's case. were found among a set of seven other remains. so far, no one's been linked to the other murders. >> a tire company in san rafael is facing a lawsuit from people in nearby homeless encampment over allegations the tire shop has been blasting loud music all night. the lawsuit was filed in marin county court yesterday. people living at the encampment outside east bay tire company say over the last few days there has been loud music playing, starting at sundown. they believe it's a meant to try and get the people to leave the encampment, and it's so loud, i mean so loud, blaring li it it it it makes your ears bleed. >> you can't. you can't hear yourself think. you can't have a conversation. and i mean this person especially. right under it. oh, my god, i was here last

night and i was crying. i was just like, i got to go. i can't, i can't do this anymore. >> a surveillance camera system has also been installed in the tire store parking lot, pointed at the encampment. a court hearing is scheduled for this morning over a possible injunction to stop the music, as the case works its way through the system. we're working on getting a hold of the owner of the tire shop to get his or her side of the story. >> restaurants in berkeley are forced to choose between paying thousands of dollars or losing their public outdoor dining space. the city is implementing a new rule that will allow businesses to keep their parklets by charging them an annual fee. business owners are being given three options pay an annual fee to keep their parklet for private use only, pay nothing, and turn their parklet into a public space, or take down their outdoor seating altogether. >> a new campaign just launched in oakland in hopes of attracting more people to lake merritt. lake merritt used to be the gathering spot in oakland, but now more people are staying away after a number of shootings and other crimes, including car break ins and vandalism.

lakeside institutions are teaming up to brighten lake merritt's image and bring more visitors back to the lake. oakland organizations are planning pop up activities, free concerts, health and wellness classes at the lake and more in the next few months. >> i want children and families to feel really comfortable and excited to enjoy outdoor recreation, art and culture at our heart center at the lake. >> i don't really think about it that much. like there's so many people out walking around, i feel like it's definitely safe for families. i think it has a bad rap. >> i do think it's a lovely lake. it could definitely use some more lighting and i do not like going out after night. not unless i'm accompanied by someone. >> reports of violent crime increased 21% last year over 2022 numbers. oakland police say that violent crime is trending down this year. >> the federal government showing support for one of san francisco's biggest transit and transit projects ever. it's giving $3.4 billion to the work that's already underway at the transbay terminal. the money will help connect caltrans 77

mile system and california's high speed rail trains to downtown san francisco, mayor london breed says this project will help meet the city's future needs for both transit and housing. >> 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 enjoy on any given day. >> the goal is to finish the entire project within the next ten years. art making city streets safer in the south bay. >> coming up on mornings on two. the nine. the bull steps san jose is taking to curb traffic fatalities. as the officials sound the alarm over a peak in traffic related deaths. then a groundbreaking bill could change the way domestic violence victims access health care. why, supporters say, can be a vital resource for more survivors to seek treatment. in ead of fearin

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earlier this month. the arrest follows a deadly stabbing on april 2nd inside the safeway store on bancroft avenue in san leandro's, broadmoor district. investigators say the teen stabbed and killed 18 year old zion gooden after gooden got into a heated argument with the alleged attackers. friend police say the arrest comes after investigators talked to witnesses and reviewed surveillance video. >> we were able to piece

together what transpired during the altercation that led to the stabbing and homicide, and we were able to from surveillance footage, eventually able to piece together the identity of the suspect. >> san leandro police say they arrested the 13 year old last week at his middle school in a neighboring city. he's now being held at alameda county juvenile hall, facing one count of murder. >> san jose man is in the hospital in critical condition after a shootout with police on sunday. investigators say ricardo villareal drove to an apartment building in east san jose and began shooting at random. neighbors called 911, which brought a swarm of police officers. and when officers arrived on scene, they say the 41 year old shot at them, but eventually they were able to corner and shoot him, 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. >> so police are still trying to figure out the motive behind sunday's shooting. no one else was hurt in the incident, and investigators say the suspect previously served a ten year sentence for assaulting a police officer. >> home depot was hit with a fine of more than $1.3 million as part of an arson investigation in the santa clara county district attorney's office, says the store in san jose on blossom hill road had several fire code violations. da says that prevented firefighters from saving the building. the code violations include a sprinkler system that was not working and pallets that were stacked improperly and blocked the fire lane. one person has been charged with arson for the fire at the store. new details from fremont about a fire at the tesla factory, the fire department said. the fire started inside of an oven around 5 p.m. skyfox shows fire crews on the roof and around the building. fire crews say all employees have been accounted for and no one was hurt. >> california is home to hundreds of thousands of gig workers now. some of them are pushing back against a voter passed measure that impacts some of their key work issues. next,

on the night. why? they say proposition 22 is unfair and the action they're taking today here in the bay area in hopes of prompting a change, then a vital resource for so many in the east bay. we'll introduce you to the monument crisis center, which provides food, education and other crucial help to families and people in need. then we are so excited for this friday as mornings on two kicks off, our fox local zip trips tour with our first stop in concord. we'll be there at todos santos plaza in concord, highlighting all the fun things to do, see and eat in that gorgeous east bay city. if you are in concord, we would love for you to come down and say hi in person. you can watch all the behind the scenes fun and occasional chaos. you can of course watch it live right here on fox two and the fox local app as well. it's a fun way to kick

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bay bridge, eastern span and san francisco in the background. a little bit of, i would say either haze or fog, but it's going to be a warm up today. it's going to be a warm day, especially around the bay and inland. it's going to stay cool on some of the coastal areas. all right. get this. the average american spends close to 2.5 hours a day dream scrolling. i call it doom scrolling, but they call it dream scrolling. that's looking at dream passages for things that we'd like to own one day, a new survey from empower

reveals that half of the respondents say they dream scroll while on the job, while more than 70% say it's time well spent as they have, it prevents them from making unplanned purchases or going into debt. the survey also revealed gen z spends the most time dream scrolling at just over three hours per day, while baby boomers spend the least clocking in at about an hour. so i was joking about doom scrolling. that's when you're just kind of like, yep, like when the news is bad and you just get deeper. yeah, yeah, but i do that too, though, do you? because it helps me like get it out of my system. garcia, you know, like, interesting. you know, like, okay, i see this. i'm looking at it. look at a while it gets tired and i don't buy it. >> you know what i don't look at? i don't look at stuff i know i can't afford, because then you're to me. i'm torturing myself and i'm super practical. so why would i look at that $5 million house if i know it's never like, no, i don't i don't know that i've ever that, you know, $250 chainsaw. >> i don't need. no, you know, i dream vacations, destinations.

>> tahiti. >> no, no. do you dream scroll? >> no, i don't actually. >> new pots and pans. i don't need them. >> but i look at. i'll look at things that i hope to one day get okay, but not necessarily like, oh, i want to get this, you know, really expensive thing that i don't have. the problem is i don't have i don't have money for a g6, so why bother staring at a g6? >> we're spending too much time on our phones. >> that's the bottom line, i think. so, yeah. i'd like to be rooted in reality. all right, let's focus on what's happening in san francisco today. as rideshare and delivery drivers plan to rally outside the california supreme court today ahead of a california supreme court case that could determine the future of our state's gig economy. allie rasmus is live now to explain what the case is all about. allie >> well, the key question in this case before the california supreme court is, do california voters have the right to set laws about employment and how workers are compensated, specifically, how gig workers are compensated? this all goes back to the passage of prop 22, the so-called gig worker act. back in proposition back in

november 2020, 60% of california voters approved that initiative. and what it did was classify rideshare and delivery drivers for companies like uber, lyft, doordash and instacart as a special type of independent contractor, not an employee of those companies. now, as contractors under the proposition, drivers and rideshare workers are supposed to have more flexibility with their work schedules. but it also meant that they were not legally entitled to things like minimum wage, overtime, unemployment or sick pay. >> it was certainly sold as something that would was supposed to make drivers lives better because it maintained more flexibility. but at what cost are they making more money now? are the fares lower than they were before? >> some of these rideshare workers and an organization called the gig workers union and other state union leaders say they are not better off their livelihoods, and their work life

is far worse now that prop 22 has passed, so they are challenging the legality of proposition 22, saying that the state legislature and state law really should take precedence when it comes to setting employment law and legal issues like this. now, legal experts say it's certainly possible that the california supreme court will sort of split the decision here and split the difference and maybe keep proposition 22 intact, say it's still legal, but then take out some of the controversial parts of it. one of the most controversial parts of prop 22 cut some of these gig workers out of the state's workers compensation process. and we just spoke to one of these rideshare drivers who's taking part in the rally that's happening outside the state supreme court today. and he says that if he gets in a car crash driving for uber or lyft, he's out of luck. they get no compensation for that. and no medical care through worker's comp laws for that. so these are some of the things that some of the gig workers are asking for. and the state supreme court will get to decide their hearing on.

it is scheduled to start at 130 this morning. that's when the court case begins. in the meantime, some of the rideshare workers will be rallying outside the courthouse, and they're also going to have a screen, an outdoor projector, where they'll be watching some of the live stream of what's going on inside the courtroom as it's happening live in san francisco. allie rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> thank you. ali california health care workers will have to wait an extra month before seeing an increase in their minimum wage. health care workers were supposed to have their minimum wage increased to $25 an hour starting in june, but new documents show lawmakers submitted paperwork to delay the increase to july first. backers say the move will help align the pay increase with the state budget year. the increase has also been at the center of budget negotiations, as the state has said the move could cost about $4 billion annually. >> new this morning, police in fremont are telling drivers to stay away from part of a busy road as police investigate a fiery and deadly crash. investigators say one person was killed, another injured when their car slammed into a tree bursting into flames. this

happened shortly after midnight on fremont boulevard between thornton avenue and peralta boulevard. now, police say the road will be closed for several hours as authorities clear the scene and gather evidence. san jose is planning to install speed cameras throughout the city. the plan is to place 33 cameras in high collision areas and mail tickets to speeding drivers. city officials say annual traffic deaths in san jose have more than doubled, from 29 in 2012 to a peak of 65 in 2022. majority of the funding for the cameras is coming from an $8 million federal grant, from providing food and education to offering critical assistance and referrals. >> one nonprofit is making a big difference in contra costa county, helping families and individuals in crisis. on this giving day, we want to highlight the good work from the monument crisis center, based in concord by welcoming sandra sherer to the nine. she's the executive director. sandra, welcome, i'm excited because we're going to be in concord soon for the zip

trip, but you guys are not that far from todos santos plaza. >> not at all. we're just about a ten minute walk, you can come on over. sure. that'd be great, and we are centered, right in in the city. but we serve all of contra costa county, primarily east and central. >> you know, i was looking at your website, and i like the fact that you make a big point of saying that you serve everyone, no matter their status. and you go, it's even one step further. some of your websites in spanish, correct. >> and more than half of our staff speak spanish about actually about 90. i'm the only one who doesn't. and, and also a lot of our, our staff are former clients. and so we're very homegrown. we're very community based as a family resource center. we do serve everyone. and it's a to z. our programing is from the very young to the very elderly. and we have education programs, all kinds of health programs, a whole variety

of aids, you know, with public benefits, partnership. we work with a whole host of, area organizations. >> you give out food to people who need it. yes. so with inflation at the supermarket, sometimes, you know, people have to choose rather, unfortunately, between feeding their kids, maybe feeding themselves has that need gone up with the prices going up? >> that need has gone up tremendously. we are 76% over a year ago this morning at the center. we're open for food. we're seeing about 100 families an hour prior to covid, we would have seen about 100 families in a morning. now it's 300 families in a morning. wow. it's very difficult. and not only for the clients but for us to keep up with that demand. we've had recent shortages of food and then also our costs just like ours. when we go to our grocery store ourselves, our are way up triple what they were.

>> so crisis of all kinds. food, maybe housing, or maybe if someone needs to get away from a bad situation at home, absolutely. >> domestic violence restraining order clinics. we partner with bay area legal aid, family justice center, we bring in partners almost every day. there are 3 to 4 partners on site. we also have mobile health clinics that come health care for the homeless. the john muir dental clinic. we have, a program that comes from the food bank called helping hands. that's for marginalized clients that need that extra helping with immunizations, immunizations, immunizations. right, i get it. yeah. sorry. and then even back in covid, we stayed open the entirety of that time. we were open every day from the moment the shutdown happened, because we were seeing about a thousand people every day coming for food. and that need just really hasn't gone away. and food affects your health, it affects

your nutrition, it affects your learning. so we have our programs for the kids. we have our programs for the seniors, all in an effort to move people forward. and that's what's exciting about our center and to teach them maybe that you don't have to spend a lot of money to eat well, we have cooking classes, so three of our staff members also are chefs. and so they teach cooking classes to the kids, to the seniors and to the families. and talk about working with a budget, working with, health and fresh items, and then working with our food from the pantry. so it's really be a good model for, for learning and doing hands on. >> and last but not least, a friendly face, right? >> yeah. the respect is the bottom line. you know, i keep a letter that i've had for years. it was from a woman who said, thank you for looking me in the eye. that's really where we're

at, is helping people with what they need, non non-judgmental and just really making a difference together. people don't want to be in the position they're in. they want to move forward. and that's what we're there for. >> sandra, you're doing good work. someone cutting onions in here got a little emotional there for a second. thank you so much for coming in. the monument crisis center right there, not too far from todos santos plaza. if you would like to donate to the monument crisis center, we've made it easy for you. see the qr code there? you can just scan that with your phone. or you can head to our website, ktvu.com/giving day coming up on mornings on two. the nine thousands diagnosed each year. but there's still no cure. next on the nine, we're talking with a doctor about als and the resources available for those who are diagnosed. and here are the results from our poll so far that we've been mentioning here. on mornings on two, we're asking, would you feel comfortable using facial recognition technology to make payments, obviously a lot of people are not comfortable with

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facilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe. issued a nationwide alert urging the companies to take immediate action to protect the nation's drinking water. tight budgets, though, could prevent the water facilities from adding more layers of security. >> a lot of these systems are are stretched fiscally. they don't. they just have enough budget to keep the water system running. cybersecurity is not something that they've been focused on as much as, say, large power grids. and so this is sort of new to them. and it's again, a wake up call. >> epa says roughly 70% of the public water facilities it inspected last year failed to meet current cybersecurity standards. >> new research suggests fluoride exposure during pregnancy could be linked to neurobehavioural issues in kids. the study found that women who had higher levels of fluoride

during pregnancy reported later that their kids were more likely to have temper tantrums and complain of headaches and stomach aches by age three. the first of its kind study in the us comes as a growing number of cities are opting to ban fluoride in public water systems. the food and drug administration is allowing elon musk's brain chip company to implant a device into a second patient, the wall street journal reports. the fda is satisfied with the improvements made by neuralink to resolve issues with the first patient. he's a 30 year old quadriplegic who can now control a computer mouse with his thoughts. however neuralink later discovered that the implant stopped working well about a month after surgery. neuralink expects to implant the second patient in june. >> well, the month of may is als awareness month. it is commonly known as lou gehrig's disease and affects the nerve cells that make muscles work, according to the cdc, about 5000 people are diagnosed with the disease each year. so with us now is doctor

amir sabouri, who is the als clinic medical director at kaiser permanente. doctor murray, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. >> all right. so let's talk about you know, we hear about als, but what exactly is it. how do you explain it to people that are not familiar with it? >> okay. als stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. it's called also lou gehrig's disease. and als is a motor neuron disease. these are the nerve cells found in the brain and spinal cord, which control muscle movement in als. these nerves are involved and stop working. when they start working, the muscles get weak. these are the muscles which control the movement of the leg and control the speech, swallowing or even breathing. >> and it starts in the brain itself and then goes, works its way and then affects the muscles. so yeah. >> right. that's correct. all right. >> so and it says here it mostly affects people between the ages of 55 to 75 years of age. is that pretty standard in terms of

who the disease will impact most? >> that's correct. so it can involve many different ages like even like in teenagers. and also up to 80s. but it's the most commonly seen in patients with people between 55 and 70 and slightly more men than women. >> that's correct. you note here that that it's affecting. do we know why that's the case at this point? >> we don't know. i it's still some of it's still a mystery. >> you know, that makes it a more challenging for you. all right. so let's talk a little bit about the symptoms here because you note that oftentimes when these symptoms start to onset it's painless and progressive. weakness in the arms and legs. talk a little bit about more of those symptoms. >> yeah. >> in two thirds of the patients the disease starts in distal arms or legs. and the key word key differences are those that you mentioned. it's painless and gradually progressive. so if, there is no pain, no numbness and no tingling. so ironically, if a patient comes to me and

says that i have weakness and pain, then that sort of reassuring me that this is probably not als and any disease, any neurological symptom, which is sudden onset, that that's also it's not probably als because als is gradually progressing. >> so is there any way to know if what you're experiencing may be related to it, if you're more susceptible to als? i mean, is there any way you can know about it in advance and prepare for it? or is this just something that happens in some people, it's the exact cause of als is not fully understood in about 15 to 20% of the patients is genetically linked. >> so there's a there are these are genes in the body that are contributing to this particular disease. >> that's correct. >> and again, you know, it's only 15 to 20. the great majority we don't know. and there are more than 40 different genes which are involved in als. >> wow. >> that is a lot. so that hasn't

that's research is focusing on those genes i guess for the 15 to 20% that are affected. but you also say there could be even though we don't know the cause here, environmental factors such as pesticides, pesticides or occupational exposures and sports as well. tell us a little bit about that. >> so for the remaining like, you know, 80% of the patients, we don't know the cause. there are probably many, many unknown causes. and each one of each one of the other remaining unknown causes play a small role. so this role could be related to environmental factors such as pesticide or some occupational exposure, such as you know, certain, certain jobs you do. yeah, manufacturing or agriculture. but there is no. and these studies or even like working like military service. so but the important point is that, you know, we don't know these factors are not confirmed. confirmed. exactly. >> yeah. you're just you're

theorizing and researching into those options to see what the reason is that's causing als. and you just mentioned before, there is really no cure for this disease. but but what would you say to people that are experiencing it or learning now that they have this or concerned about this, even though there's no cure? what can be done to help them in their lives? >> yeah, there there is no cure. as you mentioned, but there are treatments which can slow down the progression of the disease. and also we have treatment to help managing the symptoms. so e

treatments which can slow down the progression of the disease. and also we have treatment to help managing the symptoms. so n extend. >> but you know you can do it. that's the question. what's the hopeful news here for folks? we only have a short time left. but what is the hopeful news for people dealing with this? or have family members that are dealing with als. >> so the good or great news is that after more than two decades of many failed trials and research by hundreds of researchers, in the past two years, there have been two new fda approved medications for als. i think there this is like

there is a paradigm shift in developing new medications for als. i think als is i'm very hopeful that there will be a cure for als in future, and als is becoming a treatable disease, which is a fantastic news. >> the fda approvals could be a step in the right direction and the work continues to solve this and cure this disease for so many people. doctor saberi, thank you so much for joining us today. >> it's my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> appreciate it. >> all right. coming up on mornings on two, the nine it's known for its stunning views of mount fuji, but now it's taking drastic measures

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asks them to, or if the victim is a child or someone who's elderly. backers say mandatory reporting has helped keep people from seeking treatment in the past out of fear of possible repercussion. >> if charges are not pressed, then, the person can go back home and be at risk. if this bill passes, they don't have to report it to law enforcement, but they can still provide you with a lot of services, and advocates that can help you navigate this difficult situation. >> when the bill barely passed the assembly, it's now in the state senate. >> state regulators are working to reassure drivers that gas prices won't spike under a new climate plan later this year, the california air resources board plans to update its fuel standards and require the oil industry to reduce emissions. many say the cost for those changes could be passed on to the customers. one year ago, a staff report from the air resources board suggested prices could increase $0.47 a gallon in 2025, and up $0.52 a gallon by

2026. staff later said the actual cost increases are unclear and the analysis is incomplete. >> the research we put out recently says, i actually don't think the amendments they're proposing right now are likely to increase the credit price very much at all. so you will see an increase in the gas price impacts. but it might get into the 15 cent a gallon range. >> the air resources board has postponed its hearing on the changes to later this year. one change that is going into effect is the state gas tax increase of $0.02 per gallon that begins july first. >> a bill to legalize amsterdam style cannabis cafes in california has passed in the state assembly. right now, people can consume marijuana products on site in licensed lounges, but dispensaries can't sell non cannabis related food and drinks. governor newsom vetoed a similar bill last year over concerns it would undermine the state's smoke free workplace protections. the author of the

bill, assemblymember matt haney, says he modified the bill to address those concerns. in this year's version, the north face music and food festival bottlerock napa valley kicks off this friday. >> celebrities scheduled to appear at the culinary stage include warriors star stephen curry, actors bradley cooper, neil patrick harris and cameron diaz, celebrity chefs jose andres and alton brown, as well as motley crue drummer tommy lee and the rapper nelly will be there as well. this year's performers include stevie nicks, megan thee stallion, pearl jam and ed sheeran. >> a japanese town long known as the best place to take photos of mount fuji is certain to have far fewer visitors this summer. leaders of the city, about 80 miles outside of tokyo, have now put up a 65 foot tall barrier. it's designed to prevent tourists from taking pictures of mount fuji. locals have long complained that a growing number of visitors was creating traffic and other problems. they came up with the idea of blocking the view. >> i found out that it was the last day, so we didn't really plan to come here. but we say, yeah, we have to go there. we

will be the last one to see it. >> this comes at a time that foreign tourism is booming across japan, due mostly to the yen's recent decline, to a 34 year low. >> young professionals working, working remote in the u.s. are finding ways to skip out of a workday without using pto days. some workers are taking so-called quiet vacations instead of requesting time off. nearly 40% say they have a workaround to get a break off the clock without telling their managers about it. they'll show they're still active on their company's messaging platforms, or schedule to send an email to give the impression they're working when they're really not. >> that's that's tricky. you're playing with fire. yeah what if you get caught? well, that's the thing. and it's like if you have pto, if you have the time, use it. use it. instead of having the boss be like, oh, andre's not doing his usual work. what's the deal with andre? >> i know i know, we're not fooling anybody. i have to be here anyway. so yeah, yeah, it's no chance that's going to

happen. we don't. >> yeah, we don't play along with those rules. but i know that some people, you know, have flexibility. sure when they work at home to like take a three hour lunch or whatever. but that's different from going on vacation altogether. >> yeah, exactly. that's a whole different thing. all right. >> let's peek at some numbers that have been changing a little bit. not too much. this poll we've had up throughout the morning, 81% of you say you are not going to use facial recognition technology to make your payments. privacy concerns outweigh any convenience. 19% say you might try. it sounds convenient. scan that qr code at the top right. head to kctv.com/vote. let us know what you think about today's question. >> all righty. a quick reminder that you can stream ktv news on your srt ♪ we're gonna have a real good time ♪ ♪ feel good time ♪ ♪ spreading love and joy and laughter all over the place ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ we're gonna have a good time ♪ ♪ it will be so legendary ♪ ♪ sherri's got you feeling good ♪ >> announcer: and now your host,