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get on tiktok. we will see you tomorrow, guys. and good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the four. >> i'm alex savage and i'm heather holmes and emotional gathering to tell you about in the south bay tribal leaders and policy makers all coming together to bring attention to the rising rate of missing and murdered indigenous people all across california and nationwide. >> yeah, it's an issue that we have talked a lot about across the country, and now we have local advocates trying to come up with some solutions here. we're going to get to that story in just a moment. our own tom vacar has been working on that throughout the day. but first, let's take you outside and get you a live look here at what things look like in the south bay this afternoon. this is looking down over the san jose area. and once again today we have nice clear skies, beautiful weather, kind of felt like it
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warmed up just a little bit today. >> it's so funny because alex, a few days ago was was wanting warmer weather and mark you delivered but for alex. >> but how long will it last mark somehow. >> yeah, just in time for the weekend. alex looks like we want to talk about some cooling back in the picture. so celebrate today and actually tomorrow as well. tomorrow's still be will still be fairly warm. in fact, today a lots of 82 reports so far across the bay area. so definitely a noticeable warm up out there as we really scaled back on the fog. lots of sunshine. you can see the high as the preliminary numbers for today. healdsburg, saratoga 87, walnut creek 85, sonoma 84 and then a bunch of low 80s from gilroy at dublin to castro valley out towards san mateo as well. so these numbers, in fact, today, probably the warmest day of the week, we will begin to trim back on these readings as we head into your wednesday. but the real cooling that's going to move in by friday and into the weekend as a system for the north moves in. no real rainfall expected, but it could send maybe some drizzle out toward portions of the coastline. in terms of the rainfall right now,
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it's focused up to our north up in the pacific northwest. clearly a lot of green showing up on the radar for seattle and portland. for us here in the bay area, we have lots of sunshine. the low clouds and fog. they're still out there, but they are primarily south of the region. here's a closer look at the satellite. and if you look, maybe looking out toward the satellite from south of monterey, we have that fog bank out there and we will likely have some redevelopment near portland, redevelopment near portions of our coastline later on tonight into tomorrow morning. but here's some patches out toward monterey, out toward pacific grove this afternoon, as we check out the current numbers across the state, you can see a big range out there from 56 in eureka, south lake tahoe. right now, 61 looks like santa barbara 64. so with that, the fog nearby. but look at palm springs, 96 degrees. here's a closer look at our temperatures right now for the 4:00 hour. and definitely warming up. look at santa rosa. mid 80s livermore 83, oakland 72. in san francisco it's a nice day in the city. upper 60s with just a change in
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the wind direction that allowed those temperatures to warm up for today. earlier, we were actually seeing more of an offshore breeze out there. but right now we have those winds increasing out of the west up in sonoma county, santa rosa gusting to nearly 30 miles an hour. so more neighborhoods for you, sfo and northwest wind at about 20 and mountain view at about 16 miles an hour. so here's our camera once again showing you some sunshine up above. we will bring in some patchy fog overnight, so partly cloudy skies, some coastal fog out toward the coast, and maybe right around the bay. so we'll start out tomorrow morning in the 50s. here we are, 50 to 58 degrees and then into the afternoon hours. partly cloudy for the coast. more sunshine inland. it's still a warm wednesday, but not as warm as today. 60 all the way to 83 degrees and we will eventually cool things off quite a bit as we head toward the weekend. we'll have more on that with your full update coming up in a little bit. >> okay. thanks so much, mark. really looking forward to the remainder of the week. appreciate it. well, a big insurance company just became
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the target of the alameda county district attorney. the farmer's insurance is accused of illegal steps to defraud customers. our tom vacar has been looking into these allegations that include tom lowballing claims and this lawsuit. boy, it comes at a really crucial time as the state faces an insurance crisis. >> well, the state's in a crisis . and of course, the insurance commissioner is trying to make a deal with the insurance industry. that's pretty adamant that they don't want things to be the way they used to be. on the other hand, pamela price, the district attorney for alameda county, says, wait a minute. you guys need to do what needs to be done in order to make sure that people have some sort of insurance. and one of the things she says she found out and is alleging in her lawsuit is that basically the software they use to set the price of your insurance, especially when you first get it, is really weighted in favor of under bidding what your house is really worth in order to give you a lower rate to close that sale much more quickly. that's essentially what she's saying. she says. the problem with that
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is on the back end, when you have a coffee park or you have a paradise and then you come to rebuild your house, suddenly you don't have enough insurance and she's saying that's just not right. and she alleges in this lawsuit that that's basically what's going on now. what that means is that that's a mis determination of the insurance rates themselves. it also means that the cost of the replacing the home is also misrepresent. and that amounts to, in her opinion, false advertising, false advertising, because you're not giving the consumer enough time and enough opportunity to go check with somebody else. and that amounts to something else called unfair competition. finally, fraudulent business practices. that's the end. all catch all for all kinds of crimes that are not crimes. but in this case, civil actions. but they can also be crimes if they're serious enough. the point of it is all of that stuff adds up to basically having a situation where she feels the best way to resolve this is in a court now. she never has said she wouldn't settle this thing,
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but she's not about to accept what the insurance commissioner is doing as the end all be all, because part of this software problem is that the insurance industry moving forward wants to use a new kind of software called artificial intelligence. and because of that, she says, well, if this software is bad, that stuff is likely to be as bad or worse. that's it in a nutshell. and that's the situation that the district attorney is trying to deal with. and the insurance industry says the following. they say farmers. they say that the allegations in the complaint are simply incorrect and we do not seek to provide low replacement cost estimates. that's what they're saying. but the lawsuit is going on. they say they want to sit down and talk to the district attorney about it. the district attorney is saying right now, we're going to do our talking in court. back to you and tom. >> this also follows a similar move by the district attorney only targeting auto insurance companies as well. >> that's exactly right. about
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three weeks ago, she filed a lawsuit against auto insurers. and that was a usaa and progressive and she said in that particular case, they used software that basically when your car is totaled, when your car is totaled, you supposed to get a check for a certain number. they say that number is always lower than it should be because of the way that software was designed. if she proves this, this is going to be very serious for two reasons. number one, the penalty is going to be great big. but number two, the restitution going back and paying all those folks back for stuff that they didn't get would be a very substantial kind of lawsuit. whether or not it succeeds, we don't know. but i tell you what, these guys, these insurers have a lot of money, a lot of attorneys, and they're definitely going to fight this one. okay >> we will see what happens. again. the alameda county district attorney going after farmers insurance this time around. all right. tom baker reporting live for us there in alameda. thank you tom. >> yes, certainly a significant lawsuit against the backdrop of the insurance crisis in our state that we've talked a lot about. w
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crisis affecting communities across the country and across california. we're talking about the issue of missing and oftentimes murdered indigenous people. >> and advocates say the rates of these types of crimes soars well above the national average. that's why they held a news conference and rally today at san jose city hall to try to draw attention to the issue. our south bay reporter, jesse gary, live now outside city hall with more on today's action. jesse. >> guys, good afternoon to you. the indian health institute recently did a study showing california has the sixth highest death rate of indigenous women, in the state of california, and that has led them to sound an alarm to galvanize both the public and private sector to take action. and, they hope, save lives. the rhythmic drum beats and ceremonial dance belie
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a cultural pain. few know for members of indigenous tribes, old wounds from centuries old mistreatment continue haunting their lives. >> the yurok tribe has declared a state of emergency on their reservation because so many tribal members have gone missing at san jose city hall tuesday, a call to action on the issue of missing and murdered indigenous people, or mip. >> there is a nationwide epidemic of violence against indigenous people, especially women and girls. advocates say indigenous women vanish at a rate that is ten times that of white women, often, they say, the response for calls for help falls on deaf ears. >> and that's the problem. the police don't look for our missing and murdered indigenous people. >> this woman who wants her identity concealed, points to the case of khadijah britton. she was last seen when she was 24 years old in february 2018, as her ex-boyfriend forced her into a car at gunpoint in
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mendocino county. the fbi is offering $10,000 in reward money for tips leading to her whereabouts. >> the family did most of the searching, yes, and the sheriff. i don't know why they didn't call in a helicopter. drones horses, atvs. it's definitely a pattern. every time that's a family member goes missing or is found murdered, it affects the family, of course, deeply, but it ripples out and affects our whole indian community. >> advocates hope having a conversation about inequities will lead to collaboration between community members and policy makers to eventually create a safer culture where all people are less at risk of violence. we are still here. >> we are still here. we are. >> conversation continues friday from 530 in the afternoon until 8:00 at night. a panel discussion between community groups and policy makers at san
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jose city hall to make sure the rhetoric that you heard today matches future actions live downtown san jose, jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news okay, jesse thank you. >> well, now to the controversy over open ai's new virtual assistant. >> the san francisco based company has suspended the release of one of the voice options for that system because it sounds strikingly similar to actress scarlett johansson. johansen played the voice of an ai virtual assistant in the 2013 film her. >> good morning, theodore. good morning. you have a meeting in five minutes. you want to try getting out of bed? >> it looks like it's going to be quite the professional production. is this announcement related to openai? >> perhaps it is. and in fact, and that was part of a live demonstration by openai using a voice the company has dubbed sky johansen said in a statement. >> the voice sounds eerily similar to mine, but the company says it was actually done by a different professional actor. still, openai said it suspended
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the use of sky out of respect. johansen also said that last year, openai asked her to license her voice for the company's virtual assistants, but she declined as she said she's really shocked and angry that the company pursued a voice that sounds so similar to hers. >> and according to a report from npr, johansen's legal team is now asking openai to detail how it developed that sky voice. so let's talk more about all of this, especially the legal questions being raised by this latest controversy with jd harryman, an attorney at the foundation law group, which specializes in intellectual property issues. thank you so much for joining us. jd johansson, she is clearly upset, says she feels betrayed, but does she have a copyright claim here? >> well, she would have a name, image and likeness claim that is protected by law, especially in the state of tennessee. they have the strongest laws against name, image and likeness because they just added one that includes voice. so she has
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remedies for that. but i don't think that is really the big question here for her. i believe the danger is if openai did use somebody else to make a voice that is her type, that means the window is closing for celebrities and actors to license their ai rights to companies, because they may not be needed. eventually >> how much do you think we should read into the fact that openai immediately suspended the use of the sky voice for its virtual assistant? do you think that this signals that the company is aware it's sort of toeing a fine legal line here? >> well, i don't think that has any real legal significance that you could use in a court. now, from a practical standpoint, i did find it interesting. they agreed to stop it immediately. maybe they're going to modify the voice. i did see that, sam said they used five actors to generate the voice, not a single actor. and it's a synthesis of multiple voices, maybe they want to get it a little bit less like
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scarlett johansson. yes >> when you talk about, though, this action that celebrities need to take to come up with some deals for ai. i mean, how important do you believe that that is? and are you saying that that is really the only way to protect their their likeness, their voice? >> they will always be able to protect their voice and likeness from unauthorized use. if it's an exact copy of their, voice or likeness, especially one generated by by ai, what they are risking is near copies or similar voices or ai generated actors altogether, replacing them as actors. so if it's good enough to be used for this application, they risk not being needed anymore. >> basically, how much does it matter to scarlett johansson's legal case here? whether or not openai used clips of her actual
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work, or just created a voice that that happens to sound similar to hers? >> that's a very important issue. you raise a good point. the so-called rules against ingesting copyrighted material, from any source, let alone actors or actresses, is at the heart of some of the openai controversy. going on right now. >> it sort of is a scary i don't really know if scary is the right term, but not ideal situation or future that you are sort of projecting, predicting for actors, it seems as though that you're encouraging them to do something now, because this could eventually happen to just about anyone. and if they do in fact decline to be a part of to take a role or to be a part of a project, that then i will just generate something that sounds oh, so close. >> i think that's true. i think there, there window of leverage is closing. if this is adequate and it gets better and better,
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the ai voices and images that they lose more and more leverage. i think now is the time to start making deals for, nil name, image and likeness with ai companies. >> okay, so what does that process look like? what are the legal steps that someone can take, whether they're a scarlett johansson or, you know, maybe someone who's not not as well known as her? what steps can you take under the law to protect your your voice, your image and your likeness? >> you just have to monitor. so right now, the existing laws again will protect you from someone making an ad using your exact voice that will always be protected. that's existed for a long time, i'm saying that the need to use any actors is the risk they're facing right now. >> where do you see this issue, this controversy between scarlett johansson and openai ai going? >> i think they'll come to some sort of an agreement. >> and will it benefit
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johansson, or will it benefit openai? >> i think it will benefit scarlett johansson. interm right now she has the leverage. yes >> do you think so? how much do you feel like the circumstantial evidence we were talking about, the circumstantial evidence here in this case seems pretty strong in scarlett johansson's favor. i mean, sam altman, a huge fan of her movie, a her movie her, in which she was played the voice assistant, they asked her to use her voice. she declined several times. and all of a sudden you have a voice assistant that sounds like scarlett johansson, right? >> i think it's very interesting. the same as we use handwriting experts in court. there have also been celebrity soundalike cases, so the courts are prepared to deal with this sort of issue. they will have procedures in place to determine how close the voice sounds to scarlett johansson, and so she has a chance to succeed. at this point. yeah. >> fascinating. >> yes. just one of the newer concerns that artificial intelligence brings to the forefront. all right. really appreciate your expertise. and
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thanks again for taking the time to talk with us. >> thank you very much. >> okay. finding your roots. come on. coming up. we look at the conference that's happening tomorrow designed to help you explore family history. we talk with those at the san francisco library about what's planned. and remember, 's all for free.
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library is hosting its first genealogical and family history conference, aimed at giving people the tools to discover where they came from. and it's all free. here with me now is daniel matsumoto, electronic resources specialist at the san francisco public library. daniel, thanks so much for taking the time. this event is happening tomorrow. so tell us exactly what you'll be offering. >> yeah, we have a full day of intriguing programs planned, and i describe it as intriguing because that's what genealogy and family history research is all about. igniting the curiosity and fascination for one's family roots. so for many years, the public library has been providing library patrons with access to key resources to help them trace their family's history through obituaries and death notices, vital records, maps, photographs, and subscription genealogy databases
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like ancestry library and fold3 military records. so the inaugural conference is a great way to bring all of those components together in a cohesive format that is comprehensive but still easy to follow and understand. okay, speaking of easy, so is this something geared more towards those who just might be starting out, or is this really for experienced researchers? it's really for all levels. so for the beginner and the novice, we really cover the gamut of topics. so if you're just starting out, it's perfect. or if you've been researching for many, many years, it's also perfect for you as well, because there's always something to be learned when you're doing family history research, digging through vital records, historical photos. you find something, you know, nuggets that help you piece it all together. yeah. >> attendees will also get a chance to hear from some
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speakers about san francisco's diverse communities. >> yeah, we have, we invited two community speakers. the first is jeannie lo, who is the executive who was the former executive director of the angel island immigration station foundation. so jeannie will be providing a great perspective on how to access those vital immigration records, she has a great love of history, archeology, art, as well as tracing her own chinese american heritage quite extensively. so her presentation will be fascinating. and then our second community presenter is ron chan, who heads the bay area chinese genealogy group whose mission is to share, educate and tell the story and struggle of the past. so future generations may know their roots, so raw in his presentation, ron will describe how you can harness i, i, you know, artificial intelligence, which is all the rage right now to, to create a digital legacy for your family history. so that is sure to be a highly relevant
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and engaging session. >> yeah, it will be. i'm hearing from these two folks who have also done the research. i think that that will will inspire some folks who want to kind of dig into their roots. also, real quickly, before i let you go, there's also the physical items that a lot of people want to save. you know, i'm talking about photos and letters. will you also offer some tips on how to preserve those things? >> yes, absolutely. we have a couple sections really dedicated to preservation and things you can do to protect your cherished , family heirlooms and, and, you know, historical documents, photographs. so we'll have, basically a beginner's course on how to do it. but, you know, the longtime, you know, the veterans who have been doing this for many years will also learn about the latest in technology, regarding preservation techniques. >> yeah. daniel, we're just about out of time. but why is genealogy? genealogy? genealogy? excuse me? and ancestry research so important? >> you know, it's so personal to
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everybody. so i think that's why it's really, struck a nerve with a lot of people and everybody can get into it. so i think it's just it's so universal and everyone can benefit. and everyone, can have those stories. and those stories are so precious. so i think that that really is the key. yeah. >> important to uncover those hidden stories of our family's past. okay. just want to remind folks at home that this conference is happening tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m, right there at the main library on larkin street at the caret auditorium. that's there on the lower level. again, it's all free, folks. so if you would like to take advantage of what the library is offering, be sure to show up tomorrow. daniel, really appreciate what you do. and thanks again for coming on. have fun tomorrow. >> thank you. >> yeah, it looks like a great program. all right. coming up this afternoon here on the four. get ready to enjoy hundreds of mini live concerts across san francisco. coming up we'll talk live with the organizers of this year's summer of music series about how it ca help
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well, summer is almost here, and once again this year, the streets of san francisco will be filled with the sound of live music. next month. the summer of music free concert series will return to the city for its second year. the event is organized by the nonprofit civic joy fund and music promoter noise pop industries. hundreds of live performances will be happening on street corners and inside stores and businesses
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across various neighborhoods in san francisco, and right now, organizers are accepting applications from local musicians and businesses that want to take part this year. for more on this year's event, we're joined now by manny yekutiel, the executive dirr civic joy fund, along with michelle swing, thenoise pop industries. welcome to of you, manny, we'll start with you. how is the summer of music going to help to breathe life into neighborhoods across san francisco and ultimately help the city bounce back from the pandemic? >> well, last summer we funded almost a thousand musical performances on the streets of our of our city of san francisco, which added vibrancy and joy, to these neighborhoods. it brought people out to shop and dine in these communities. many of these small businesses have had the hardest for years, of their entire existence. and so the, the, the triple whammy of this program is one it's putting money in the pockets of musicians. and these are the
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folks that make san francisco great and an interesting city to , to, it's helping make our neighborhoods more alive and vibrant. this is going to be in six neighborhoods, and three, it's going to bring economic, power and might to the small businesses in these neighborhoods to help them survive and thrive. so it's a win, win, win win wins all the way around. >> michelle, let me bring you into the conversation. i mean, obviously, this is you know, as manny said, it's about lifting up local musicians. it's about supporting local businesses that obviously have struggled over the past few years. you know, just from sort of an artistic perspective here. what what is it about someone performing music in that live setting that is such a draw to people that really makes people want to sort of walk the streets and visit a neighborhood? >> yeah. i mean, san francisco is a city that is deeply rooted in artistic expression and performances from artists all around the world. and, you know, that's really something that that makes up the fiber of who we are as a community. and so to
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really have these local performers who who make san francisco what it is from a creative and vibrancy perspective out there on the streets in front of local businesses, supporting, you know, all of that foot traffic and all of that community is just is phenomenal. and it's really you know, manny said it very well. it's been a very trying time for these local musicians and artists around the bay area since the pandemic. i mean, this is unlike anything else that they've had to deal with in terms of hardship. and so i can't imagine a better initiative than really putting the money in their pockets to uplift the community of san francisco and add that color and that vibrancy back into the streets. >> all right. so, manny, the concert series, it's all privately funded through corporate sponsors as well as individual donors. explain to everyone how does it all get paid for? >> well, actually, this entire program has been supported by one very special san franciscan. his name is joby pritzker and he is a fan of music himself and a devotee of the city's music and cultural scene. and this is a legacy project for him. he he wants to be a part of supporting
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san francisco's music, environment. and this is being funded, purely by him. so we're very thankful to joby. he's an amazing citizen, and that is where the money is coming from. wow. most of the money is going directly to these musicians who are playing on the streets. i think we are the only city in america that has a program like this where we're actually paying musicians to play not just on one street, but actually filling the streets in six neighborhoods every weekend for i think it's 12 weeks. >> yeah. no, it's incredible all over the city, last year, michelle, when you went back and looked at that, that was obviously the inaugural summer of music series in san francisco, were you able to quantify the economic benefit that this brought in for, for many of those small businesses, in those various neighborhoods across the city? >> yeah, to a degree. >> i mean, manny kind of touched on this, but we were able to host 750 or over 750 concerts throughout the duration of the
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series. we also impacted over 70 small businesses and that, you know, reached 190 local musicians across the bay area. and in terms of the, you know, the economic impact for some of these small businesses, in speaking with a lot of them directly and just getting feedback from them after the series, they all said, you know, it really had a positive impact on foot traffic and just raising the awareness of their businesses just by us having programs, all these local musicians to bring music to the streets and really promoting their businesses and promoting the program at large as well. >> yeah, obviously there are so many talented musicians and there are so many incredible small businesses in san francisco and across the bay area, and you are looking for artists and local businesses to take part in the summer of music series in san francisco this year, manny explained. what do people need to do to apply, and then how will you go about selecting the performers and the businesses that will take part? >> so it's very easy. you can just go to summer of music,
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sf.com, or just check out summer of music, on instagram, there is a easy button to click where you can apply to perform, and it gives a there's an faq with all the information. so it'll be from 2 to 5 p.m. starting june 15th, running through september across six san francisco neighborhoods. the mission, the castro haight street, the inner sunset marina, cow hollow, and north beach. and if you are a san franciscan that wants to, have some fun while also supporting your neighborhoods, make a plan every weekend this summer, from 2 to 5 to check out these six neighborhoods and listen to some music and shop and dine. and if you are a musician or musical artist and you want to be a part of this really first in the nation program, just go to summer of music sf. com noise pop is handling all of the selections, so i am gleefully outside of this process. so don't even don't even talk to me. you can talk to michelle. >> all right. that sounds good. michelle manny, thank you both
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for coming on today. sounds like it should be a lot of fun this summer. appreciate you coming on. thank you. all right. take care. yep. >> as a san franciscan, i can't wait to check it out myself. okay ride share and delivery drivers rallying outside the california supreme court today, the court expected to take up a case that could determine the future of the state's gig economy. our allie rasmus now explains the case and why some rideshare drivers say the court needs to step in, unlock. >> joseph augusto is proud to show us his mobile office. >> this is a higher end model. >> he's been a rideshare driver for almost ten years. >> i have about 25,000 rides that i've completed. that's a really fun thing to do. you meet a lot of interesting people, particularly here in the bay area. the bad thing is, is we don't get paid anymore very well. >> he also doesn't get the same benefits other workers do, like paid sick leave or a guaranteed minimum wage because of a california ballot initiative, prop 22. it passed in november of 2020 by nearly 60% of california voters. what it did
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was classify rideshare and delivery drivers for companies like uber, lyft, doordash and instacart as independent contractors, not employees. >> 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? >> at the center of this case is the question do california voters have the right to set laws about employment and how workers are compensated, or are certain worker rights guaranteed by state law? >> who gets to decide? does the legislature get to decide, or do the people of california through the ballot process, get to ultimately decide? >> the seven justices on the california supreme court will settle that debate ahead of the hearing today, an uber spokesperson warned in a statement that a change to prop 22 would affect, quote, millions of californians who would see major service reductions and cost increases or lose ride sharing and food delivery
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entirely. we are confident that the supreme court will listen to the will of california voters and uphold prop 22, end quote i don't believe it was okay for the voters to take away our rights. legal experts say the california supreme court could split the difference. it could be something in between. >> perhaps the california supreme court will take out the most controversial parts of the legislation and let the rest of it stand. >> one of the most controversial parts of prop 22 was cutting gig workers out of the state's workers compensation program, limiting their protections if they get hurt on the job. the california state supreme court must issue a decision on this in the next 90 days. in san francisco, ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news okay, it is a vital resource for many here in the east bay. >> we're going to introduce you to the monument crisis center, which provides food, education and other crucial assistance to families and people in need. >> and in barry weather, a nice sunny, warm tuesday. there are
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without talking to your doctor. when you can get more out of your lungs, you can du more with less asthma. and isn't that better? ask your doctor about dupixent, the most prescribed biologic in asthma. people and families in crisis earlier today. >> on mornings on two, we heard from the executive director of the monument crisis center in concord about the wide variety of programs that they offer to
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people in need. >> 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 as, all kinds of health programs and a whole variety of aids. you know, with public benefits partnerships. we work with a whole host of, 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
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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
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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.
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>> and last but not least, the 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. >> and if you would like to donate to the monument crisis center, we have made it very easy for you to do. just scan the qr code that is on your screen right now, or you can head over to ktvu.com/giving day. >> okay, we want to get back now to our bay area weather on this really beautiful tuesday, giving you a live look across across beautiful san francisco. mark is back now with a look at the forecast and pretty nice and warm out there. mark. >> yeah, nice, sunny and much warmer day today. lots of 80s out there and even a few spots right around 90 degrees. so the fog vanished across most of the bay coastline, leaving us with
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lots of sunshine. today, probably the warmest day of the week. we will begin to cool things off tomorrow, but more pronounced cooling as we head toward the weekend. you can see santa rosa. it's an unofficial high so far today of 90 degrees. that's at the airport, but we are expecting some cooling back down into the lower 80s, so most areas down a few degrees of some cooling. as we move into your wednesday, as you can see on the satellite and the radar, some some severe weather across portions of the midwest, as you can see, some action on the radar there. but out toward the pacific northwest, we have some clouds, some rain showers, and of course, it's dry here in the bay area. we still have some low clouds and fog near portions of the coastline right around monterey bay. we'll have to keep an eye on this fog bank because this could be approaching our coastline later on tonight and into early tomorrow morning. current numbers. it is still warm out there. santa rosa, 85, concord, 87 degrees san jose, right now 83, san francisco in the upper 60s and definitely cooling off out toward the coast with half moon bay in the upper 50s. we'll check out the wind reports, and it's that time of
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day the winds typically pick up. and that's what we have up in the north bay for santa rosa, gusting to 28 miles an hour down toward sfo, winds out of the northwest at 20, and san jose winds at about 15 miles an hour. here's a live camera checking out the golden gate bridge and the marin headlands here. remember these hillsides have been really drying out. as you would expect with this dry pattern of course, this time of year, but still nice to see the sunshine there and the fog will probably have some patchy fog. return to that area first thing tomorrow morning. overnight temperatures starting out the day in the 50s. first thing tomorrow morning for your wednesday. and here's the forecast models. we put this into motion. you'll notice most of the cloud cover near portions of the coastline, with maybe some clearing into the afternoon hours. there's the eventual temperature range from 60 all the way to 83 degrees. so we're starting to see those microclimates out there. here's our temperature sensor. if you're making the trip, say out from ocean beach, heading out toward the east bay and the warmest locations inland tomorrow. not incredibly hot. in fact, it will be cooler than today. but still, the warmest locations approaching the lower 80s, around 82 to 83 degrees by
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about 3 or 4:00 tomorrow. this area of high pressure, this was the source of some warming over the past few days. as you can see. but we're going to watch this system move in essentially, this is for friday and saturday. that's what it should say. and that means temperatures trending down for that time frame. take a look at the numbers four tomorrow 65 in san francisco. santa rosa 81 antioch 83 degrees in san jose in the upper 70s. so still warm for your wednesday. just not as warm as today. and we will continue to trim back on those temperatures over the next several days. and the winds do pick up tomorrow afternoon could be around 15 to 25 miles an hour. here's a look ahead. your five day forecast, and partly sunny skies into your thursday. see temperatures kind of cascade down into thursday and friday by the weekend. definitely cooling things off by saturday, the eventual temperature range by saturday, upper 50s to the 60s to right around 70 degrees, and then a minor rebound in those numbers by sunday. so if you like today, make the most of tomorrow because we are tracking these cooling changes by
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thursday. and as we head toward the weekend i did like today. >> yeah. mark, thank you much more news headed your way this afternoon here on the four up. first we want to check on the roads around the bay area. and we take you to the san mateo bridge right now where you can see things pretty slow in that eastbound direction. that's the commute direction headed across the bri e, but no major
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workers are taking what's called quiet vacations instead of requesting time off. nearly 40% say they have found a workaround to get a break off the clock without telling their manager. they'll show they're still active on their company's messaging platforms or scheduled to send an email to give the impression that they're working when they're really not okay. >> elvis presley's estate is fighting an effort to auction off graceland, the singer's iconic home in memphis. a lending company called norcini investments filed foreclosure documents claiming that elvis daughter, the late lisa marie presley, borrowed $3.8 million and used graceland as collateral and never paid back the loan. now, riley keough, lisa marie's daughter, is suing the lending company. a foreclosure auction that had been scheduled for this thursday has been blocked by a judge, as this lawsuit is
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settled in court, riley keough's lawsuit states her mother never borrowed the money and the lending company is fake. the two sides are scheduled to appear in court again tomorrow. >> okay, so do you know what dream scrolling is? you could be doing it without even knowing it had a name. dreams. scrolling is looking at so-called dream purchases or things that you would like to own one day. and the average american spends close to 2.5 hours a day doing it. the new survey from empower reveals that half of respondents say they dream scroll while on the job. 70% say it's time well spent saying it helps them from making unplanned, unaffordable purchases and going into debt. we don't want tha . stay with . 'll norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school. what? -but the good news is... xfinity mobile just got even better! now, you can automatically connect to wifi speeds up to a gig on the go. plus, buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. i gotta get this deal...
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popularity as we approach summer vacation time. >> fox's lauren simonetti gives us a look at what some of these glamorous spots have to offer. >> i went glamping, which is glamorous camping. you get the true rural experience with access to a really good wine list and other amenities like air conditioning and a bed. it's pretty awesome. this is increase in popularity for travelers looking to get away to escape their daily experience, their daily life and technology, and focus inward. there are saunas here, including infrared saunas, yoga classes, candle making classes. you can go foraging and
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actually pick berries and eat what you pick. it's an opportunity to just get away and it's finding a new clientele. campgrounds of america finds 34% of new campers last year said they were interested in glamping over traditional camping. that's up from 18% in 2021. to me, it's a no brainer because of the amenities. however, i can't guarantee you don't get bugs as i continue to itch my face, but it's just this opportunity to unwind and escape for a short period of time, and the prices are comparable to a traditional hotel in big indian new york. lauren simonetti, fox business. kate icu, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. shattered glass showers a child in an ice cream shop. the man seen throwing the punch now behind bars, facing charges of abuse. >> who knows what damage that could have caused physically or
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mentally to this child? >> it's just scary seeing that something like that happened. >> surveillance video capturing that bizarre attack and leading to the suspect's arrest. good evening. >> i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach. it happened at a baskin-robbins right off aborn square. ktvu is ann rubin live tonight at police headquarters. and ann, police say they're still trying to track down those victims. >> yeah, the victims appear to be a child. and his guardian, and they left right after the attack. police are hoping that now they'll come forward. san jose police call it a heinous attack inside this baskin-robbins. while a child sat waiting for ice cream, a stranger rushed up behind him, smashing the window, sending glass flying. you see how traumatizing that probably was for the child? >> you see the glass shattering all over the child. they're trying to figure out what's going on. you're going there just for ice cream, but then you're assaulted with glass. >> it happened april 26th, but it wasn't until a

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