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Were shot in the back as they ran for their lives. We are live at the scene after hearing what those two young women had to say. Reporter the two friends are not thinking about what happened, but they say they are starting to feel both physically and emotionally. My body is recovering so fast. Like faster than i think i couldve ever anticipated with the Assault Rifle that was used. She was shot in the shoulder, the other victim in the back. It went through my liver and it punched my diaphragm. What is going on . The friends ran for their lives sunday when gunfire was at the garlic festival. Shooters killed three people. 12 others including others were injured. They were waiting in line for an inflatable slide. We got out of there as soon as we could. It was a terrifying place for us to be. We were boxed in on all four sides. The bottomand hopefully you can run. I was running and i was like zoom zoom and i felt like i got pinched or burn this type thing and i knew, it just remember being like i am hit. I didnt stop running. The two were picked up by a stranger who drove them to the hospital. Gabriella was treated and released that night. The other was transported to valley medical center. I am happy to be alive. You dont know like a victim because of my winds in whatever, but it is just feeling sickening to me every time i likely my house. The feelings of panic will go away soon but sudden Movement Still make them jumpy but both want to express their gratitude to the doctors, Community Members and First Responders who helped them. They are simply glad it wasnt worse. Im grateful that the shooters has been taken down in an extraordinarily amount of time. Reporter neither bryn or gabriella had Health Insurance right now so they want to express their gratitude to the people who have helped donate for their medical expenses but bryn was headed home from the hospital today. Some of the people who left belongings behind at the festival can now start taking them back to the Family Assistance Center is where you can pick them up to be only of items of billable for pickup is from the parkside of the Festival Grounds that the brand side is still an active crime scene. Those who love personal belongings in the ramp side eric can provide a prescription of those items and Law Enforcement will bridge time to pick them up at a later date. The centers Offering Counseling and health help in filling applications for victims compensation. Santa clara officials have said they reorganize secured of todays opening county fair but in response to the shooting that we spoke to attendees to say the extra security is reassuring. Minutes behind schedule and amidst condition security concerns the fair opens for its annual fourday run. Im here now but a little concerned. Is stable in the county for 75 years, this year this fair is overshadowed by what happened sunday in gilroy. Allege gunman opened fire killing three and wounding at least a dozen other people. Questions facing patients the fairgrounds save . We are here to support our community and have a little bit of fun. And be safe. Security is amped up and it makes me feel better. We cant let a disaster change our life, spec every organization of ferric security in the aftermath. In addition to 200 interactions and some new events metal detectors wants and more private security at the perimeter. And increase in the number sheriffs deputies and equipment inside the grounds. We have a canine or multiple canines that are bomb sniffing and ammunition, we will have air support, we will have our tactile to aim on stage at the event but we are taking this very seriously because we want to make sure the public is confident. The Officials Say last year 10,000 people a day attended, they say it is too soon to tell if the shooting will have any impact on this years attendance numbers. Early birds on what is a traditionally a slow thursday opening say hate and violence cannot be allowed to alter their behavior. You cant be afraid of people that are trying to hurt you. I am not afraid. Many say they are aware, what was a sleepy fair is now a hardened target against catastrophe. The coverage continues on kntv. Com you will find all of the latest development. Earlier this afternoon the jury in the warehouse case ended its first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Henry lee was at the courthouse all day and joins us with more. Reporter i found the jurors leave the courthouse for an extended break. It is clear the character he has been taking notes and deciding whether they can convict two men in the fire. Thursday came and went the state still up in the air. The jury went to lunch, by days end still no verdict. I have faith in the jury. They seem to be attentive. I certainly hope and pray that and trust that they wont be swayed by some of the honestly the das at best i can call them tricks and just sometimes just deception. I think when you are sitting and waiting, and you dont know what people are discussing, but you know that they are discussing your fate, naturally they will be a little bit more anxious. Within an hour starting deliberations on wednesday afternoon, the jury sent a note to the judge asking if there was a Legal Definition for the term authorized agent as it returns to the Building Owner and required permit the judge told the jury there is no established definition of authorized agent but said that the fire code refers only to agent. Prosecutors define the comment outside Court Defense attorneys say the fact the jury asked that question bodes well for the client. My client cant be really considered an authorized agent under any a definition and the section says the owner therefore responsible. We interpret this dialogue with the jury right now is a good sign. Of course we dont know. We are optimistic. The jury also asked if the term leaseholder authorized agent occupants property manager and tenant were interchangeable. The jury was told no. Attorneys say it is clear that this diverse jury of nine women and three men have been paying close attention. I see this jury as analytic, detail oriented, and issue, issue oriented, very good jury. The jury will now meet tomorrow or next monday which means the earliest a vertical be reached will be on tuesday. President trump is about to have a trade war between the west and china he threatened to impose a 10 tariff. That includes iphones, toys and other products that were spared from earlier rounds of tears. The tariff, the president said china is not following through. The tariffs are set to take effect september 1. Stocks took a nosedive on the news the dow lost 280 points the nasdaq was low by 64 and the s p dropped 26. Combating the housing crisis in san jose, we take aside the citys Tiny Home Community that could house dozens of people. At at t we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. 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So we really put together a commission to study what do we need to do we expect we will not have a year like we had last year and this is important. We have 361 requests for air support last year. We could not meet. 361 requests for air support because we didnt have the tools, we didnt have the technology, we didnt have the to be available beginning 2021. Compared to the current 1200 gallon fire retardant tankers they used for decades and will continue to use the big c 30 carry 4000 gallons allowing for more time over fires and making several drops each run. They will be able to do short passes in these areas. On the ground projects see fire crews readily and rapidly clearing decades of brush over a 17 mile area to sharply reduce runaway fires near structures. Also coming, a fleet of former military twinengine blackhawk helicopters that can carry 1000 gallons of retardant. Its almost 3 times more retarded than cal fires vietnam area qe choppers that can carry only 340 gallons. As a consequence you will save some money on the backenem addressing the issue of recovery and issues to realize two fires. Ve interesting things the federal government is also making aircraft available as well as satellite surveillance satellites available to find, track and predict the spread of fires. Two state senators from different sides of the aisle are teaming up to a protect communities from devastating wildfires. The to say they plan to enter the bill after the recess but wanted to make the announcement today as western states enter into their peak fire season. If passed the bill would expedite forced management project such as the removal of dead and dying trees and other preventative fire treatment. Our meteorologist is here now with the Cool Temperatures that we are dealing with. The lafayette wildfire, the environment was such that they had a Good Opportunity to not grow. In the terms of the weekend that changes. We have some High Pressure in there the wind starts to pick up. Higher fire danger pattern all that desirable. The temperatures to drop a little bit today. It comes back up on friday saturday with saturday being the peak day and it will be the fire danger days but overall, the pattern is good and drops off after sunday. And thats a good sign because that will give us cooling. We will not see a big long heatwave. I want you to see this, see that guy up there in vancouver come that is one of the reasons it is going to be mild, tomorrow not all that hot because the low continues to sort of be to the north of us and when it does that, takes the High Pressure and begin set up. Look at the push on this now. Temperatures really getting a drop due to the low pressure. Thats going to vacate on the weekend, we warm up but it will not have a couple of days of warming but then cooler temperatures. Cal fire the meteorologists are playing close attention because we are into it now. All of the fog along the coast, and look at this, eric, w, it category four and it will turn a Tropical Storm but it will bar south of the island to create massive surf for the islands. If you are server it is good but it is very dangerous. Right behind that flossy which is still back here off of Baja California it is a category four and it moves up and moves to a Tropical Storm and impressions the islands. No direct hits forecast but the idea that you of tons of clouds and humidity and moisture tons of rain on some of these islands especially the big island. Lots going out in the pacific. Today cooler than yesterday, tomorrow warms back to where we were yesterday and then we will get into the weekend with temperatures warming up into the 90s. San franciscos newest street sign was unveiled today, its called warriors way. Runs from two blocks of third street and frangoise boulevard in the mission bay neighborhood. Several street names were tossed around including claires names but Officials Say there too many former players worthy of having the street named after them. They decided to go with the teams name. They will be here forever so it is an opportunity to kind of celebrate and have it be a place for people to understand it is a home. The teams new address is one warriors way, the first event being held at the center arena for september 6. Still ahead, a damning report against Oakland Police officers, how the department is responding after they found force underreported. And you score the you knperfect outfit . At ross ooooohhhh game on now, thats yes for less. Nothing beats getting the latest trends at 20 to 60 percent off Specialty Store prices. At ross. Yes for less. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. 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The plan does not do that we have to have off fossil fuels in 15 you cant simply do that. Like in the previous debate Vice President joe biden california senator, laura harris are frequent targets of the other candidates harrison biden had the 230 of the stage because they were the two ranked highest in the polls. Congresswoman criticized the harris record as a california prosecutor people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it. Is elected attorney general of california i did the work of significantly reforming the criminal Justice System of the state of 49 million people. I think just about everyone watching i would trust everybody of the stage than our president. On immigration the moderator asked former Vice President joe biden about the high number of deportations that there were in the first year of the Obama Administration he did not answer directly so other candidates followed up. Did you go to the president as a this is a mistake we shouldnt do it . I was Vice President i am not the president i keep my recommendation in private. You cannot have it both ways. You and the president obama cannot do it when it is convenient. It is likely there will be fewer candidd of debates in sep thatscandidates have to be pulling at least 2 nationally have to have at least 130,000 separate donors. A dangerous drug littering the streets of San Francisco is prompting sonu people to learn skills. Coming up, we take you inside and unique class to help people. And report finds Oakland Police officers underreported incidents of use of force to detain suspects that the report by the office of the Inspector General found that 18 of the 47 cases reviewed were not in compliance with requirements on reporting force. Use of force includes things such as pointing a gun as well as physical contact at in some cases there was nobody camera footage of the incident at the report also concluded police were much quicker to use force on africanamericans and latinos. In its response to the report it did not find any instances where an officer used unreasonable force. The chief committed to correct shortcomings and reporting incidents of force. The Department Also pledged to reinforce and clarify its body, policy. Dozens of volunteers are learning how to face someone from a potentially deadly overdose. Kristin catherine tells us organizers say sometimes the best First Responders is a trained volunteer with the right medication at the right time. I am here mostly to hold space for them to make sure that people understand what puts them at risk for overdose and how can we as a Community Look out for each other. Thats what we will do. Dozens of volunteers in a meeting room ready to learn how to save lives. Narcan can reverse the effects of a priori overdose in minutes. Kristin marshall says is important to make sure as many people as possible are trained how to use it marshall explained many drug users will be worried about calling 911 if they see someone overdosing and because sometimes the best First Responder is the first person on scene but even if that per firstperson is a drug user themselves. Law enforcement and First Responders are not the first answer the larger pieces drug users. Hollywood works for downtown street leaving streets every day he says he took the class because his job puts him on the front lines of the opioid crisis. There is always good to know that i have the training and resources which we have been doing anyway. There is a lot of you know symptoms of overdoses on the streets. Brian edwards from the polish helped organize the training and says he has used narcan a dozen times to say people who are overdosing he says the aim of the class was to get as many people trained and out of the streets to save lives now. Just having that tool in your tool kit you dont have to know the person, it doesnt really matter what your opinions are on drug use, you just walk by you see someone in distress you have the tool in your toolbox and you can save a life. Volunteers who took the class to walk out with two doses of narcan so potentially they could start saving lives as soon as they walked out the door. Also in San Francisco people a chance to see a controversial mural that critics called racist Washington High School opened its doors for two hours for people to view the mural. Was created in the mid1930s and features africanamericans slaves native americans white settlers and george voted in june to paint ovthe mural even though historians describe the mural as political commentary. Some people who stop by todays viewing safety districts and have made that decision. If they are uncomfortable then maybe they should cover it. Never described it. It is so important. It is unclear when the mural will be painted over Officials Say it will cost 600,000. Demonstrators kicked off a month of protest in front of immigration and customs offices. This was around noon today, the group called side in downtown. They say this is the start of a month action because they are outraged by what is happening to migrant families. Taking children, keeping them from coming here and decent food, showers, clean quality access to their families. This follows a protest on washington street overnight Police Department were there, officers citing 70 people. City of San Francisco plans to make Big Investments in Housing Services for the homeless, public health, clean streets and Equity Program that 12 billion budget for fiscal year runs through 2021, one of the budget invests more than 180 million in funding for new Affordable Housing in addiction prevention the city budget also includes over 50 million to support the expansion of u. S. Senate has approved a de awarding the threat of another government shutdown. The bill lists the debt ceiling for two years increasing it by 2 still while some Senate Leaders are praising the deal others are calling it irresponsible. This may well be the most fiscally irresponsible thing we have done in the history of the united states. [ indiscernible ] the bill now heads to the president s desk where he is expected to sign it. Resident trump today tweeted his support for the measures and the budget deal is phenomenal for our great military, our fats and jobs. Still ahead, one for parents, concerns over a popular baby seat. New developments in a jet crash that took place in death valley. The navy says the planes pilot was killed in the crash yesterday. The accident happened at a scenic overlook known as star wars canyon, people go there often to watch the aircraft at about 160 miles north of los angeles in the navy since the crash happened at a low level flying on a routine training exercise. A tourist suffered minor injuries from debris. The pilot was stationed at Naval Air Station nnmes more in the central valley. With his for Cisco Company is doing his part to close the peg wrap, but your company lyft reported men and women do the same job at the company earning the same amount of money. This began auditing its Pay Practices used three years ago they look at base salary along with compensation packages for men and women in similar roles. Coding to pay scale data women still make . 79 for every dollar men are nationally. Sales of fitbit are slowing down to San Francisco Company Makes wearable fitness tracking devices, fitbit is scaling back this forecast because of disappointing sales. The companysm second quarter. Economists say the disappointing numbers also indicate the health of this industry may not be as strong as originally believed. Warning for parents tonight baby sleepers are being recalled due to fears of death. About 24,000 select disney and eddie bauer baby sleepers have been recalled. The products were sold between 2014 and 2017 at several stores. They make both sleepers and is warning parents to stop using them immediately. If you have a sleeper the company is offering a 60 voucher the recall comes four months after fisherprice recalled over 4 million similar products. New state law will limit full contact practices for youth football teams but the governor signed a bill into law yesterday that cuts practice time from 90 minutes a day down to 30 minutes a day twice a week. Practices during the offseason have been banned altogether. The law is designed to reduce brain injuries. The new law also requires a dr. Be present at all games. Also gives authority to sideline players who show signs of an injury. To people claiming to be relatives of mentors 1930s gangster John Dillinger what his body exhumed from an Indianapolis Cemetery Mike Thompson and Carol Thompson griffin filed paperwork throughout the body dug up and its dna tested they say they have proof the body is not dillinger, dillinger was shot and killed by fbi agents back in 1934. It is not clear when the body will be exhumed but when it is, it will be covered as part of the History Channel documentary. Stil a very small effort that the city has put forth to solve a problem. It is warm for the weekend. An Early Morning chase has started on the political ended with the arrest of please answer the call about two men breaking into a utility truck. Suspects took off when police arrived. They took over the chase when spieth hit 100 Miles Per Hour on northbound 880, officers successfully deployed spike strips and the prius eventually stopped at police and is pictures of all of the stolen tools that have now been recovered. They say they have had a string of recent burglaries targeting utility trucks and toolboxes. Ktvi along with other Media Outlets is partnering with the San Francisco chronicle and its Fourth Annual ss from this project. Today we focused on san jose were the city has Broken Ground on two first of their kind tiny home communities. It is a plan to get 80 Homeless People off the streets and into one room houses. Reporter these volunteers rom habitat for humanity are this is not your typical Housing Construction project. They are building one room houses for Homeless People. We are giving back to the community. It feels nice to give back. The city of san jose recently broke ground on two sites including this one. Each lot will have three tiny homes as the city calls them. The city is installing plumbing for Community Bathrooms which has a bed and a desk. People who will eventually live here are likely living on the streets now. Each resident is expected to be here only a few months while awaiting permanent housing. They may just have had a loss, or a health condition, it made them lose their home and so we will bring them here to resolve those issues. According to the latest count san jose now has more than 6000 Homeless People. Once homeless himself and noun advocates as the tiny houses plan is too little too late. This is a very small effort that the city has put forth to try to solve a large problem. And i think if they were serious about solving this problem they would see it things on a grander scale. Santos plan is compared to housing in oakland. This option is faster, it is less expensive than building a permanent house development. The city says it expects the first wave of Homeless People to begin moving into these tiny homes by november. We posted a homeless project on our website on web blocks. New study shows more than 81,000 area homes are in danger of ongoing coastal flooding. The study was partially paid for by zillow says the at risk underwater have a total value of 96 billion. While 20 50 sounds like a long time away the effects of Climate Change will be felt before 30 year mortgage could be paid off the zillow says buying homes that are now beachfront property will turn into major disasters unless something is done to prevent Climate Change. You notice the cool off today, was pretty significant, we had temperatures down 10 degrees we go back to last weekend we were doing triple digits. We will start warming up. Yesterday pretty warm today we drop off and then friday is start to come back up and saturday it peeks. It is just temperatures will not be in the 80s and the hotspots they will be in the mid to low 90s. Still dangerous for fire, not great air quality but not a major significant heat advisories. These are the highs from today. Take a look at your screen for the current temperatures. These temperatures will be eclipsed tomorrow by a good 5 degrees. The fog and low clouds on the coast and you can see setting up a little bit closer. The clouds pushing across the bay right now, as they do, we are looking at cooling earlier in the area. In the green it isthe seabreeze. You are seeing the seabreeze kind of curve and get into walnut creek, that seabreeze will continue tonight to be pretty robust. It is not getting into the north bay, expect because they highest building in. We are seeing warming up in this area, seabreeze is back, if you along the coast you will notice the fog every day this weekend. There might be a little bit of clearing but it would be one of the weekends where the fog will be a consistent player but here is the letter that kind of drops the temperatures, that low kind of moves on and as it does, it this pattern has been going on literally the entire summer.  usually the high builds and it stays there, whats happening is the low takes it out and we can set and it comes back not as strong as before but we are the high phase now, high spelling back in try to warm us up, and it will, then on monday and tuesday temperatures get closer to the 80s. You love this pattern because it is perfect for not getting fires and not having that air quality. Here are the temperatures for tomorrow. Fog on the coast. A little warmer than it was today. A little warmer still is you going to the five day forecast. Saturday and sunday just around the corner, and it looks like it will be beautiful. Lake tahoe is known for its caller but scientists are warning of an Invasive Species affecting the water clarity but the species is a tiny shrimp first introduced in the 1960s, today billions of them are the bottom of the lake and Scientists Say it is eating the habitat it is making tahoe less blue. They make it probably by eating algae and incredibly adjusting all of the fine particles. Scientists say the goal is to remove the shrimp from the water. North korea continues to beef up their missiles. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. The u. N. And other agencies are struggling to contain the spread of ebola. Epidemic shows no sign of slowing a year after the outbreak was declared. Over 1800 people have died nearly a third of them children. Is now the second deadliest Ebola Outbreak and history. Us officials confirmed that the son of Osama Bin Laden has been killed. He was about 30 years old, he was being groomed to take his fathers place as the leader of al qaeda. Navy seals killed him in 2011 it is not clear where or when the operation took place. The details have not been released and President Trump is not issuing a statement. I dont want to comment. Back in february the state department offered 1 million reward for information on his whereabouts. Officials called him an emerging al qaeda leader who threatened the united states. The Trump Administration is making a big diplomatic push after north korea launches a missile. It is the second launch in two weeks, the meeting the secretary of state had with his asian counterparts today. North korea is at it again. Firing missiles every second time and the third time in three months. Yesterdays task was reported a new type of Ballistic Missile but the north claims was a multiple rocket launcher. To kee pressure on north korea d china. With u. S. Is asking of all of our partners to maintain the sanctions that spurred diplomacy with north korea. Against chinese for his unison china had significant influence over north korea but the administration increasingly turning away from beijing in its effort to isolate the north with the Chinese Government issuing a response to the latest missile test simply calling on both sides to back down. We hope all relevant parties can cherish the hardwon de escalation denuclearization. Secretary pompeo says the u. S. Will start the negotiations but the north has not responded some experts are saying china may try to force him into a new round of talks. Good evening. That audit was conducted by the Police Departments own Inspector General. Ktvu live now at the headquarters with the details. Reporter good evening to you, that in compliance another reporting big issues that opd according to this audit as the Attorney Says the findings in this report confirms what theyve been suspecting has been happening all along. 35 pages detailing startling information about what is happening behind the scenes at the Police Department. The office of the Inspector General initiated the audience to assess officers reporting of use of force. This afternoon earlier review discovered authority 4 drop from 2016 to 2017 and the number of incidents when officers pointed their farms which is considered use of force. When i went back into the study this occurred and determined the numbers hadnt gone down they just werent reporting it. It gave a false sense of compliance. That was the real tragedy. The department was trying to clarify when officers must report those incidents that immediately incidents were firearms are pointed at someone quadrupled from 205