Reporter some stanford graduate students have left the university to head to israel to fight for their country. Today, we spoke with one student who has just been called to serve and has a difficult decision to make. For the past two days, these images of the hamas terrorist attacks have filled this man with worry. He says his family in israel is safe. But he is concerned about his friends who are among those fighting as part of the israeli military. Many people i knew very well that died. Reporter he says as an active reserve in the israeli military, he has a difficult decision to make. He has been called to serve, and is considering returning to israel. I cannot be so far away from everyone i love. I feel like i belong there and i need to support my parents, my family, my friends, be a part of this. But also, it feels like willingly walking into inferno. Reporter his girlfriend is worried about her family in israel, especially her brother who is in the military. Its hard. All day looking at the phone and hoping not to get a message. Reporter she worked for a Jewish Agency and is helping children from israeli families cope with the terrorist attacks. Its hard for them to even go to school and be with their friends who are not really knowing or understanding whats going on with their family back home. Reporter he is studying physics and engineering. He has been so distraught, he hasnt been able to attend classes since the attack. For now, he is too focused on making a choice. Whether to stay and study or join the fight. I am worried. I am scared. Im a human. This is a very hard situation to be in. Family members of some of the american citizens who are missing in israel pleaded with israeli and u. S. Authorities to secure the release of their loved ones. Us Officials Say theres an undetermined number of americans missing and unaccounted for. The families of some of the missing americans expressed their fears and demanded action. That includes the mother of a 23yearold man who was born in berkeley. They were civilians at a music festival. They were fish in a barrel sitting in this bomb shelter. Terrorists came to the door. They were throwing grenades in, shooting machine guns. We know that his arm from the elbow down was severed, was blown off. She says her son was put in a pickup truck with two women and three other men and driven off by hamas. President biden says the u. S. Is working with israeli counterparts to recover american hostages. We will continue our coverage of the war between israel and hamas later in our newscast. At 5 30, we will hear more from President Biden and look into how americas ability to help is hampered by the fact there is currently no speaker of the house. We will move on to other news. Mailbox mayhem. Mail theft is increasing. The thieves are more dangerous. Sometimes assaulting mail carriers at gunpoint. Federal Law Enforcement is putting out a tough new message to those thieves and is telling the rest of us how we can help. Reporter Officials Say thieves are not only breaking into mailboxes but are attacking mail carriers. They say these arrests are just the beginning of a crackdown on mail theft. Unless this behavior stops, we will marshal the resources of my office to bring all violators to justice. Reporter mail carriers are increasingly becoming far gets of violent attacks. Today, there were ten arrests for mail crimes throughout the bay area, including one for attempted murder of a mail carrier. Theres a wide range of things they are getgetting. Some with stolen mail, stolen credit cards and i. D. Regardless of the motivation, the result are that letter carriers who are just doing their job are not feeling safe. In many instances, are threatened. Reporter in many cases he says thieves are attacking mail carriers to steal and illegally copy master keys that open mailboxes or larger mail storage facilities. The Union President for letter carriers said they have had 31 assaults on mail carriers since february. Our carriers are frightened. Some have gone out with posttraumatic stress. Some havent returned to work. Letter carriers dont wake up in the morning wondering if someone is going to stick a gun in their face. They are being hunted. Reporter he says in many cases, the thieves are following carriers and holding them at gunpoint. They are asking for the community to speak up. We want results in the community. It is your mail. This is your community. We all stand together and we can make a difference. Reporter to help encourage people to report the crimes, officials are announcing a 150,000 reward that leads to the arrest and conviction of more suspects. To any copycats throughout who might consider robbing a postal worker, i ask you to consider the years you will face in federal prison. A grand opening in San Francisco means a fresh start for homeless people. The mayor was among the leaders at the ribbon cut ton of the diva hotel in the citys tenderloin district. It will provide 122 permanent Supportive Housing units for adults exiting homelessness. It is more than a roof over their heads. People can get help to Access Behavioral Health services and workforce development. For that safe environment for that community, for that home, for all the efforts, for the hearts that are exchanged, i can only say that a blessing that it is. San francisco partnered with Episcopal Community services to get the money to buy the hotel. The funding came from a state program. A new lawsuit is taking on unsafe Living Conditions for immigrants. The City Attorney are suing Property Owners over single use property hotels. This is one of the properties. San francisco has thousands of these that typically house immigrant families and low income seniors. The city says the buildings arent up to code and that tenants are living in unsafe conditions. Broken and rusted plumbing. Exposed electrical wiring. Insect infestation. Mold and mildew. Unsanitary shared rest rooms. We are ensuring the owners are held accountable. The other hotels sit on jackson and vallajo streets. San francisco says it could reinvent the downtown. Venture capitalists are throwing money at it. San jose is vying for a piece of the Artificial Intelligence prime. Scott, this is really you. Not an ai version of you. Tell us about what san jose wants to get in on the action. You mentioned San Francisco. Even more than San Francisco, san jose has a longestablished base of Tech Companies they are trying to expand. Many of those companies are trying to buy ai startups. San jose officials telling me the goal is to get new jobs, new services, maybe even some bragging rights as we watch the future of technology. Ai is all the rage, with billions of dollars of Venture Capital funding new companies. We know that ai jobs are already huge. Reporter now san jose wants in on the action. Rolling out the welcome mat for airelated startups. San jose and silly can valley remain the strongest ecosystem in the world for innovation. Its no longer miami or austin, its san jose and places that have had a lead in the hardware and software initiatives. Reporter what to do with the influx of Machine Learning . Some to help those living here. One is civic innovations. How can we better deliver City Services to residents. Can we better identifypotholes . Reporter ai will grow the existing business and hire. We have manufacturing jobs, engineering jobs, sales, marketing. That spectrum, we see growing here in san jose. Reporter with the help of ai . With the help of ai. Reporter the mayor says they are trying to figure out incentives. Something comes to mind that pertains to any business or industry. How do you get talent to come here when its so expensive to live . A great question, especially for young people. The mayor says they want to establish incubators. A way of saying, were going to help with the desks and computers and overhead and in of that to cut costs. You are right, housing is a huge barrier. An incubaor is a way bay area techies have done. We can sell them on the weather. That too. Thank you very much. Still ahead, a new facility is opening up in the bay area to help people with cell therapy. How it will work and the big money going into it. A woman suffering ptsd was on the brink of despair when she was saved by a surprise connection. How shes now making a difference thanks to her own dog rescue. Our bay area proud segment is next. We are tracking a few showers on the doppler radar. Showers on the doppler radar. I will show you whe Alaska Airlines 99 companion fare means that you can bring your best friend. You know, one of us is gonna have to change . But were twinning . Oh yay. We care a lot. You know, my friend funshine would have loved this trip. Well our companion fare is just 99 with the Alaska Airlines visa card, so your friend can come along with you next time youre the legs we care a lot theres a new manufacturing facility in the east bay. Bayer held a grand opening. The 250 million facility will supply the materials and supplies needed for latestage clinical trials. It will develop cell therapy for diseases like parkinsons. We bring our strength to bear to develop new manufacturing. Very innovative platforms that allow us to bring those cell therapies to patients on a global scale. This is what will happen right here from berkeley in the cell therapy facility. One of the best parts of being a journalist is that on every story, you learn something new. Like with tonights bay area proud, theres a veterans hub, a first in the nation, section of the prison for incarcerated vets. There are scenes there i never thought i would see in a prison yard. Three days a week, for the past year i come out tuesday and thursday and wednesday for evaluation. Reporter she has been coming here to put on a magic show. To be clear, sam is not the one performing magic. Thats a good boy. Reporter sam runs a dog rescue. In their program, a dozen rescue puppies live with inmates in the veterans hub wing of the prison. The vets care for and train the animals. Getting them ready for adoption. Many of the puppies were rescued just days before they would have been euthanized. They are getting a second life. The inmates like mark getting a second chance. She gives me purpose. I had no purpose when i came to prison. They save each other. At this point, they both have somebody that actually loves them. We are trying to gain trust. Reporter sam knows what an animal can do for a vet. She knows because shes lived it. After 13 years in the u. S. Army, sam suffered from severe ptsd. The transition is excruciating. Reporter one night she went for a drive planning to end her life. Only to drive right past the home of horses for warriors. Where vets are offered equine therapy. I jumped the fence, even though i shouldnt have. I jumped the fence. I went out. This horse leo, big old guy, came up. Its raining. He buried his head in my spine and started breathing. Can you do it . Reporter it was a moment that put sams life on a new path. Good job. Reporter one that has led her to the yard here. Except this is a prison yard with more smiles, more cuddles and more hope than usual. This man will be released any day out in. He will take his dog with him when he goes. A reason he says to make sure he never comes back. Somebody like her which has given me responsibility, it has made a big difference. The dog doesnt care what you have done. If you are an incarcerated person, that dog doesnt care why you are there. All they care about is that you love them. Thats it. Thats all they want. If you are or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide or selfharm, theres always help available, 24 7. Call that number on your screen. Or you can text 988 and someone will be on the line to help you. Thats what they need. The feeling of isolation. Thank you for yourself. But that transition is so difficult and lonely. The pets are always there to listen, whatever the circumstance. They give that emotional support. Talking to veterans who have struggled after military service, one thing i hear is, in the military, you had a mission. Every day you had a mission. You dont have that back home. For the vets, this is now their mission. They have a purpose. To take care of the dog. Thats something to give them something to work on. Gives everybody a routine. You have to take care of the dog and be there. Its like vice versa. Changing their lives for the better. Nice weather outside today. It was awesome to get in on more of the fall weather. So refreshing out here across the bay area. Lets start off with a look at the satellite and radar. This storm system here that is hitting the Pacific Northwest. We are talking about with one to three inches of rain. Watch this as it loops around right there. That counterclockwise spin, the center of the storm toward canada. This is now the third storm we have seen like this nailing them while we remain dry. It may have you thinking, we are in el nino. Shouldnt we be getting heavier rainfall . This takes me back to 2015 and 2016 when we had a very strong el nino and Pacific Northwest ended up with all of the action while we had much less rainfall to the south. Thats certainly something we will be following as we move through the next several months with el nino. Does it stay centered over the Pacific Northwest, or will we get in on some of this . Showers across the bay area. Nothing heavy. We will hold on to showers in San Francisco through 5 30 tonight. May hold up into oakland through 6 00. Thats the nature of what we will see tonight. 7 00, showers near San Francisco and the coast. That moves to the south bay by 10 00 p. M. That system we have right now is going to move off towards the east. It will get breezy, winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. This High Pressure builds in for two days bringing back sunshine and some dry weather. As we head through tomorrow morning, things clearing out. It will start off on the colder side. Have that jacket if you have been getting away without it. Tomorrow is the morning where you want to have it. Down to 50 in the trivalley. San francisco, 55. North bay, 50. In the east bay, a chilly start and low 50s. Temperatures through tomorrow stay pretty much the same. South bay, 70s are back. I dont think you will have any complaints wherever you are headed across the bay area. 70 in oakland. 75 in concord. P peninsula, chili chilly 60s. We may have 25 mile per hour gusts towards San Francisco. Dry for tomorrow. We are looking at shower chances ahead. Nothing major. Spotty showers and then coming up, an oakland Restaurant Owner says his business has been hit by thieves 19 times. 19 times. What he is pleading for fromhe t get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. Thousands of women with Metastatic Breast Cancer, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. Ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr her2 Metastatic Breast Cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. Ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole. Ibrance may cause low white blood cell counts that may lead to serious infections. Ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs. Both of these can lead to death. Tell your doctor if you have new or worsening chest pain, cough, or trouble breathing. Before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are or plan to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding. For more information about side effects talk to your doctor. Be in your moment. Ask your doctor about ibrance. A crash last night tied up traffic for most of the day. A big rig crashed into the toll plaza and caught fire. The driver died at the hospital. We were overhead 20 minutes ago. You can see the damage to the toll booth. Three right lanes are blocked off. Crews inspected the area and cleaned up the diesel. Expect traffic to continue if you are heading that way. An oakland restaurant thats become a magnet for burglars got hit again. It has been a target of thieves for years. They are cleaning up their 19th breakin. 19. It was caught on video. So far, no arrests. The owner says it feel like the city is ignoring them. They have to do something now. If this continues to happen, theres going to be a certain point where we have to take care of our own things. We have to take our own actions. Our Telemundo Team spoke with him about the plan to add 300 new license plate readers to solve crimes. Sanchez supports the plan but says he wants more officers in the area full time to help protect businesses. A car stalls with a train we have new video that shows a scary scene in kentucky this weekend. A dangerous accident narrowly avoided thanks to the bravery of strangers. This happened sunday in la grange, kentucky, a car stalled out just as the train was coming up behind it. You can see it play out on the screen right there. The car in the middle. A child even hopped out of the car at one point but then got back in. Thats when people noticed what was going on and sprang into action. Several helped push the car to safety. The train came to a complete stop. We have whats coming up next. The war between israel and hamas escalating with chilling stories of atrocities and violence. The message President Biden is sending as the fighting intensifies. How the lack of leadership in the house with no republican speaker could impact americas ability to help israel. Another candidate in the race for california
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