It is our favorite time of year, we are getting into fall. I was saying a little earlier that the weather around here is going to start feeling a little bit fall like. That doesnt mean that is how its going to be in late september. I think on the 22nd it is official. We want to get to breaking news weve been following all morning long on interstate 80 where a big rig of live chickens crashed and caught fire. We are live in San Pablo Dam road where the westbound lanes are shut down. Melissa alyssa, any word on when crews will clear the scene . Reporter they said it could still be a couple of hours. There is a tow truck getting ready to remove the truck that was caring 1000 live chickens. They were in cages when the driver lost control, crashed in the truck on fire. Hundreds of chickens were managed managed to escape. Firefighters put on gloves and had to help roundabout. I asked him what that was like and one firefighter told me that out of the top five of the calls he is been on, this was one of the toughest. Animal control had to come out and bring a horse trailer to get all of the chickens out of lanes of traffic. I think it is the coordination of getting the chickens that are still alive off of the trailer. It is a situation where we dont want the trailer to fall with the chickens that are there. They are alive and not dead. We want to make sure that we handle them with care. We deal with everything. We really do. We see everything, and we have had cattle on the roads before. We few years ago, but we have never had anything to this amount of quality quantity, and this is really sad. These chickens were on their way to a processing plant. They were with a Company Called pittman farms, which is in the fresno area, according to chp. At around 3 40 am, the driver of the truck lost control as he was heading toward the overpass at san pablos dam road. He hit the side of the overpass and had a second vehicle. Then the truck went up in flames. I did get a chance to speak with the driver of the second vehicle. He told me he is happy to be alive. Once he hit it, i saw him jackknife. Then i saw fire, smoke, my airbags went off, and i could not see anything else because the airbags went off. One big issue we are dealing with here on scene is the amount of oil and fuel and they are in the lanes of traffic. They are putting sand over it and theyre trying to get the area cleaned up and safe and ready for traffic to continue through. And all westbound lanes through san pablo do remain closed. One piece of good news is the engineers were out here early this morning checking on the Structural Integrity of that overpass. They tell us that everything is okay. That is the overpass that was hit by the truck early this morning. We are told the injured chickens will be euthanized and the chickens that did survive may continue onto the processing plant. It is up to the gunners at this point. Reporting live in san pablo, ktvu, mornings on 2. Now, Hurricane Dorian is a category two storm. It is very slow and expected to bring with it category two wins, and lots of rain. Thousands of people have lost power. Reporter wind and rain battering the carolinas overnight is dorian slowly crawls up the east coast. Throughout the carolinas, businesses have been boarded up and mandatory curfews are in effect. Hundreds of thousands losing power as the storm approaches, and coastal residents facing a potential deadly storm surge. It is coming over the dunes that they did finish building. It is going to be a problem with the wind and on store onshore search we are supposed to get. Struck many are following evacuation orders. F to think about your family. With trees, the hurricane two wins will not trees over. We have a lot of them especially around here. Trees are coming down. It is always safety first. We boarded up. We turned everything off and done everything that we n do. Struck many are fearful after seeing what dorian did in the bahamas. The countrys strongest hurricane on record set on the island for over two days, leaving a path of death and destruction in its wake. Now that the storm has passed, we are beginning to start our damage assessments, and to see exactly, logistically, how we are looking. Reporter people here in the carolinas likely will not be out of the storms path until sometime tomorrow. In charleston, South Carolina, ray bogan, ktvu fox2 news. Also looking at our area, steve dash what we are looking at is the i. It is really only about 35, 40 miles from charleston. A little wobble to the left, and if it doesnt make any kind of landfall in South Carolina, it might be possible if it takes another little dip or is it to the left in North Carolina. A big concern now, not only will you get the storm surge and heavy rains, some of these bands are producing frenetic activity. It is really picked up as well. Plus there is seven up to 8 inches of rain in the charleston area. It is still moving slowly. Up to 8 miles per hour. It is been a category three, 150 miles per hour, but now hugging the South Carolina coast and the North Carolina coast. If it continues to make that track him you can certainly get part of the eye making landfall in and around areas around North Carolina. Some people will watch later tonight and into tomorrow. Some of the rainfall, we could get isolated areas around 15 inches. It is finally going to accelerate. About 24 hours, it will be a system to the north that will sweep it off. That will start the acceleration to the churn or, just off of charleston, South Carolina. It is making the move in the next 24 hours. Hopefully in the next day and have, will start to make that acceleration and start to clear the area. For the next couple of days, every rain and torn attic activity is a concern. Today is the last day for a long time bay area radio station. K fog is starting his last day. They are switching the format. We have what is being planned today for all of the bulkheads. An entire day of special programming for k fog marking chapters of their history. They will rebroadcast a beatles concert when they performed a Candlestick Park in San Francisco back in 1966. Also this morning, they rebroadcast one of their morning shows when their most popular dj, dave mori, retired bakken 2008. Back then, they had the mayor on their show and they replayed it this morning. Here is a clip from. Do you ever see yourself moving out of the bay area and taking office, perhaps, somewhere else . I of michigan as i do the people of the great state year. He became governor of the state. Tenant 10 other Popular Program that listeners will remember and will get a chance to hear on this final last day. The djs would play 10 songs along with trip clips of media from that year. They will run until midnight tonight and they will switch to a simulcast at knbr sports radio and midnight tonight. The station made the announcement last week that they were switching and wanted to expand its sports radio audience. During the height of its popularity, k fog had 80,000 listeners and they were registered listeners as bulkheads. One said it is now moved to nonprofit streaming stations. Some of the old djs who still have shows. It has that k fog Community Vibe that you dont get with corporate radio around here. We are seeing that in a lot of different laces that are not on your fm radio dial. It is sad for me that k fog is ending because i think it should stilwould still thrive in 2019, but methi and some other places. Atlantabased Cumulus Radio bought k fog and in the decade that followed, its most popular djs retired and the station logo from other djs and attended some of the most Popular Programs like tenant 10 that k fog listeners can enjoy one last time today. They will be rebroadcasting some of their most Popular Programs, as well as live from the archives, and that will run until midnight tonight when the station switches over and it will become knbr fm sports talk weightier radio. Search crews are returning to the Santa Barbara coast to look for the final victim of mondays deadly boat fire. So far, researchers dharmesh search crews are looking for the final victim. It could take up to 2 years to determine the cause of the fire. The board will release a preliminary report by the end of next week without declaring a cause. It was heartbreaking. This was a horrific tragedy. It is clear they are devastated and our hearts go out to them. Those families are why we are here. That is why we do the job that we do. More information is coming out regarding the victims who died. Two victims were longtime apple employees. Silica was with his wife and their daughter was celebrating her 17th birthday. Also is a hairstylist at a salon in marin county. Struck 40 women have filed a lawsuit against lived. The lawsuit claims the women were all or assaulted by their lift drivers. One woman is from the los angeles area. She claims last year her driver lock the door of his car and drive drove around for five hours before he her. He was never charged with a crime because he claimed the sex was consensual. A video of my ride wouldve shown my driver grabbing my cell phone away and driving climbing into the backseat. In my case, i was held hostage for five hours and no one knew that my life was in danger. They take measures to prevent Sexual Assault cases including anger printing, and putting a panic button on the app. A man opened fire on deputies, including a sergeant. A blue alert has been issued for the gunmen. 50yearold Guadalupe Lopez herrera 330 p. M. Yesterday afternoon. This is a were following up on a Domestic Violence case south of the area. Shooting at the beaches, deputies returned fire but the gunmen got away. We are told that the person who was shot was not injured and should recover. The suspect was driving a white gmc sierra Crew Cab Pickup with the license plate on the screen. Coming up on mornings on 2, the nine, why some colleges are unable to help using surveillance cameras to help solve crimes. Integrating Smart Devices with your living space. The tips and tricks to installing all of the tech upgrades. The things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. Happen one morning and one cup at a time. 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. Weve created access from at t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. May qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow, to learn more. A fast food showdown in walnut creek. As Allison Rodriguez reports, some are sounding off stating that it would with their safety at risk. This is the wont park neighborhood, and people do not want amys nor any drive through near their homes. They say this off of Second Avenue and main is already a traffic nightmare and amys would make it worse. These residential streets, there culdesacs a deadend. This is the only controlled intersection the people who work or live here can use to come in and out of it. We are not so sure how that is going to work for mike they showed up to city hall to let city leaders and developers know they wont stop writing. Some neighbors banded together to form the protest. We felt a lot of support from walnut creek but ainly a few neighbors who had some real concerns. We were doing our best to address those concerns. Changes to the proposed site were addressed, but it did little to sway opinions. The Neighbors United two years ago and people wanted to say no drivethrough here. Reporting live, ktvu fox2 news. Keeping in touch with family and friends, when it comes to owning a smart phone smart home, some people have hesitation. First of all, good morning to you. I will tell you that some people will not install the device in their home that is connected to the internet because they feel that hacking is still a problem. Is that still a legitimate concern . When you get a device from one brand, lets say that it is a nest, which i have that my hois it better to stick with th same brand because some people want a ring doorbell, for example, that is the competitor from amazon, but they have nest thermometers. Is it harder to go with different brands . [indiscernible] assuming the devices are secure from a hacker after you set up those robust passwords, can a smart home actually make your home safer more secure . It seems like the future is already here. Thank you for joining us and busting some of those myths. Coming up on mornings on 2, the nine. We have some plantbased meat options cooking in our studio right now. It is getting more more popular. We are not just talking about burgers. We are cooking live with the before the butcher. Loco more plantbased meat options continue to pop up. This morning, a Southern California based company, before the butcher, looks to add more alternatives. We are joined with dally amount danny omalley. For a while, people thought this was a trendy idea. Do you think this plantbased meat market has legs here . Theres no question about it. Theres a lot of things that will happen in a short period of time. It is already happened in a short period of time and there is a lot of reasons for. This is our burger that is the original uncut burger, you can see it is cooking up just like a regular beef burger. It is bleeding, like they say, but that is beat juiced. It is plantbased, and non gml. That is also brought list sausage. Im going to let that up and throw it on a bun right here. If you want to give that one a try, think you tell everyone at everybody out all of these are made. How do you do this . There was a proprietary process to making them, but everything we put in here is 100 plat plantbased. It is a process how we make it rather than the ingredients per say they come up with these unusual products that are really unique and special. You mentioned you were in san diego. That is fantastic by the way. I got a little spice in that. Right in our backyard, weve got impossible. There is a race for what . There is a race right now. They do burgers and you are doing other things as well. Yes. We are doing a burger that competes with theirs, but we have a full range of burgers. Theres a lot of us coming out and doing these things today. Some of the big players are coming out as well. We have a really unique mix. We believe our nutritionals are a little bit better than the competitors out there, and we have a special mix of products year that our competitors do not have. Some people think that when you bite into this, it is the healthiest thing in the world. Ab it is not. They still have 200, 250 calories. Is it more about getting those calories down, or is it more about the environment for you . It is a much Bigger Picture overall. A lot of people are looking at these types of products is a healthier option for the planet and not just themselves. With her be the animals that are not being slaughtered to make these products or the planet itself and the Environmental Impact or lesser than because we are making this type of products. I always tell my children just try it. You feel like that is the biggest problem out there . When it comes to plantbased Meat Products . People just dont want to try to they are a little scared about it . There may be a little bit of that. It is opened up in such a big way. Theres a lot of curiosity and a lot of interest. People want to try. Are you in stores right now . We will be by the end of october. You are guaranteeing that . You will see it all over the bay area. Bennett, thank you for joining us. We will send back to you pick coming up on mornings on 2 , the nine, the time to follow a group of warriors who fought back against racism. We will talk about what is in store for this next season. Looking for ways to protect students from mass shootings. We will tell you about the bullet resistant doors that are being added to classrooms at one school. Welcome back to the nine. We are giving you alive picture of kates fear in North Carolina. You can see the wind whipping along the North Carolina coast. Roughly hundred thousand customers without power in georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina as this hurricane continues to move closer to the coast of South Carolina today. H carolina as tomorrow. Right now dorian is a category 2 storm. And fema head quarters, officials are gearing up to respond once again to Hurricane Dorian as it begins to pass through. Fema officials are tracking the storm, they have prepositioned more than 1000 tractortrailer loads of food and water. Dorian is inching closer to the coast through the night. We are asking that you stay vigilant and heed the warnings of your local officials. Their hurricane warnings and watches posted right now. U. S. Coast guard is helping to rescue hurricane survivors in the bahamas. Stay with us on mornings on 2 and the entire ktvu organization will keep bringing you coverage of Hurricane Dorian. You can get updates anytime that you need them. You can also find those on ktvu. Com. There is been fog and drizzle near the San Francisco airport. We did have a little drizzle and a big fog bank. It is going into a cooling air. Maybe even into the mid part of next week. It starts a little bit today. Temperatures are on their way down. Sunny, breezy to wendy for some. The as are playing the angels, i would take a jacket. Upper 60s. Some low clouds will be around. There will be a little bit of a low cloud deck on the west wind. Everybody but livermore is expected to be below average. That is kind of a rarity for august and september. Jenna july were bad, but august was warm to hot. That continued into yesterday where we had that monsoon moisture. Very muggy, humid directions. The system came in and pushed a lot of that off toward the east. It looks like a pretty active day already. Up in the mountains, it is beginning to move into tahoe or south lake tahoe. Or thunderstorm activity for them. Not for us. A lot of moisture coming up. Because the upper atmosphere is more west, southwest, that pushes it off toward san joaquin valley, sacramento valley, and also for the mother load in the sierra. 50s and 60s, we are slow to warm up. Otherwise, it is 50s and 60s and we are running anywhere from three degrees to 10 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. Fairfield is 10. Santa rosa, 5. Livermore, 4, in san jose 5. The water temps continue to go down and we continue seeing that all the way into next week. Gust of 30 out of travis with the big fog bank. A low cloud deck. Slow to clearing for some. May not see clearing it offer some areas, especially the san mateo close coast. The pitchers are on their way down a good 10 degrees for some. We might get a slight bump up tomorrow. No big deal. The system comes in that is going to ramp up that wind. A little hint of fall, especially monday and tuesday. Thank you very much. Back to breaking news on interstate 80 where a big rig carrying hundreds of live chickens caught fire. All westbound lanes of interstate 880 are blocked. The roadway may not reopen until around noon. As we mentioned, it happened early this morning when chb says a truck driver swerved and hit a concrete over crossing, and then veered back into traffic and hit another car. Fire crews help chb collect the dead and live chickens at the same. It was a big traffic mess that put traffic all over the region. The truck driver suffered minor injuries, and the cause of the crash is under investigation. Some other breaking news to report. We are learning from a crime reported that Isaiah Langley who was briefly signed by the raiders and waived by the Indianapolis Colts has been charged by the Alameda County da for being part of a group of individuals involved in 61 robberies of ups drivers across northern california. He says 1 million in stolen electronics was taken. And relay will be posting more information on his twitter account about the case. A woman who was sexually assaulted by former stanford swimmer brock turner stepping forward for the first time in publicly identifying herself. The womans name is chanelle miller. She is now releasing a book about the 2015 attack in stamford and she will appear on 60 minutes. For the past four years, miller has only been known to the public as emily doe. Stanford law professor led the successful recall of judge and eric judge aaron persky. The judge sentenced her to 6 months in jail. They applied her decision to go public. Many people will be in a greater understanding of the experience of Sexual Assault victims from reading her book. I think it is important to remember that her case is not unique. This cage case led to the judge being voted out of office in a recall. They have uncovered more Security Problems at the Space Community college. Our team found surveillance cameras that were broken, blocked, or blurry. They are telling us that dozens of cameras are basically useless . Stroke you can call it a lack of maintenance mishandling of money or mismanagement of priorities, but we found the last time any attention was paid to the cameras was in june. At all four of the Peralta College campuses, dozens of cameras right now are not working. It is easy to see that there is nothing to see except the signs that cameras are broken and they have been that way for quite a while. It does scare me because you could be walking up an alleyway and something terrible could happen and there is no evidence. For anyone at Laney College in oakland, it is not a secret. Cameras on camera campus are not keeping watch. With things happening right outside, and i called the sheriffs deputies and they see nothing but leaves so we have to choose between the camera or trees. We should not have to make the choice. Reporter alum a 13 yearold 13 your employee is frustrated knowing that what she sees can often be missed by deputies. Everything that happens in an urban environment happens here. Do you fill the campuses prepared for that . Know. Absolutely not. Reporter their finding calls from everything from car breakins and robberies to assault. Despite Alameda County sheriffs deputies out patrolling everyday patrolling campus, they cant be everywhere. These are the various cameras on all of the campuses. Reporter the lieutenant says this extensive camera system monitors 300 spots across the four e. Bay campuses. We noticed something. What are these red exes here . Some of the red exes, it depends. Some of them go in a buffering mode because there is something going on with the connection, then some are just down in general. Like i said, it could be a connectivity issue. It could be an actual problem with the camera. Reporter for safety reasons, he would not say how many are down. Is that frustrating to you . It is because the camera system, like i said before, is a layer of security. It would be great to have all of them working. For financial records show the board of trustees covered outstanding bills for repairs and upgrades, but it wasnt enough to fix every camera. And the contract is since expired. A district spokesperson said right now that the number of malfunctioning cameras are not enough to be concerned about. I know my boss got his car broken into four or five times, and he parks right in front of the Welcome Center where we work. Reporter comps crimes on campus are not uncommon, especially with cameras not working. Just in the parking lot, car breakins and thefts. Lack of camera views, limited amount of cameras or inoperable cameras make solving the crimes nearly impossible. To investigators at random Police Reports and fod s because cameras were not working. Instead, students, employees, neighbors pay the price for stolen purses, smashed windows or other issues. When you have Police Reports is so you could not solve a crime because the camera was not present, what goes through your mind . That part gets frustrating because i would like every crime to be solved. Who doesnt want their crimes to be solved. For now, deputies rely on their own eyes and ears to build relationships and spot dispositions suspicious activities. The best layer is having boots on the ground. Having officers walk around. A camera can only do so much. It is important that we are Walking Around deterring anything from happening in the first place. There is no indication if and when all of the broken cameras will be fixed. The meeting was held wednesday to discuss a potential new contract with the company that has made those camera repairs in the past. There is even talk of replacing the entire system. Before any money is spent, there would have to be some board approval. This isnt the only issue on these campuses right now. They have a long list, and it starts at the top. There are leadership issues, but new people are here. They want to clean this up. Number one, we have the cameras the need to be fixed for safe reasons, and also the fire alarm systems do not work but they are hoping to get all of that fixed by midseptember. That sounds expensive. Very expensive and that is part of the problem. They say there is not enough money to do all of this, but it is critical if you want to keep enrollment numbers are up. And keep everyone safe on campus. If you have a tip that you would like to investigate, call the number on the line or email at ktvu 2 investigates at fox tv. Com. In the wake of recent mass shootings, one school is adding bullet resistant doors to its classrooms. They were installed by remote security doors. The goal is to create a zone for students and teachers rather while they wait for help to arrive. They cost about 2500 each. Jury deliberations continue in oakland in the ghost ship warehouse trial. The new jury sent its first note to the judge yesterday stified that he visited of the ghost warehouse two years before the fire that killed 36 people. The fire captain testified that he was very concerned about all of the materials packed inside of the warehouse. The freeland says he never got a response. When he asked others in the Fire Department to investigate. We view it very welcome we. It is a note that indicates that they are still in the midst of significant deliberations. Ktvu has also learned that attorneys for the two men have asked for a mistrial, the grounds for which are under wraps. The judge de almeidas motion today. The Crime Reporter will be reporting from the crime class from the trial each and everyday. Romeo and juliet like you have never seen it before. Romance and child and tragedy. The San Francisco opera starts its new season. That is coming up. The things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. Happen one morning and one cup at a time. Father nature . Phil. I see you got a little list there. As always. Strawberry jam. Lightning Strike car smashing noise, horn beeping my bad. Smuckers strawberry. Sorry honey we only buy things where fruits the first ingredient. Mother natures orders. [music] just a taste of the opening opera by San Francisco opera as they kick off their new season tomorrow night with the sumptuous production of one of the most wellknown and tragic love story in the world. It tells the story of two starcrossed lovers. Romeo is here. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. You are romeo for every performance at San Francisco opera. Tell me how that must feel quick it was crazy because i was supposed to be in the last performance. I had to romeo and juliet, we have seen it on the movies, on tv, and is not done as an opera that often. There are two operas that i know up. There is an italian opera, and then obviously the french version. The story is very much the same thing. Dont you date that boy. But mom, i love him. It is a really sad story, but it is great. There are a few things more than i love than a death scene. You die a little and you sing some. Then you die a little more, and one more thing. Is this one of those long, delicious deft things that makes me cry. That is the beauty of opera. You have to draw out that death scene. People who are surprised when i say i want to go to opera because i want to cry. I can feel free to let loose whatever i want when you were on stage. I do the same thing. I love to make the point. You are not amplified when you are and you give us a little bit of what youre going to do on stage tomorrow night or can i ask you to seem something quick [singing] i love that. There is a little bar, and then one guy who would stand up and sing it every night. Im taken back to when i first heard that song in a very intimate setting 20 something years ago. Music for everyone means where they met that song or that production. You are absolutely right. Especially for that song. That song plays a huge part because i used to sing that with my brother. You are a pop singer as well . In some ways. You are not just inside the war memorial opera house. You are going to be singing at Golden Gate Park this sunday. This is one of my they were things to gate park. You and other stars from the opera season are on stage, and it is a free performance for all. What is there to go wrong. You get to come in, you get to watch the music, watch the stars, it is all of the favorites, from opera favorites to i am singing bring them home from leigh ms. We will cry for that too. And theres going to be one of your performances of romeo and juliet is going to be simulcast at the ballpark on the 21st. Come on. At the ballpark, you will get to sit there on the field and watch on the screen. Why would you miss out on that . I bring a pick nick to that too. The San Francisco opera is trying to get even those people who may not be able to come into the opera house, opera is for everyone. That is a thing. There is a stigma that is yone. We are putting our hearts on stage. Come have a listen. Enjoy the opera. When watching looney tunes cartoons, i never realized that bugs bunny was singing with the real deal. It was such a treat to have you. Have a wonderful wonderful time on stage. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us and singing. I know that you guys want to see more romeo and juliet. You can all do nd see opera in the ballpark. We have all of the information that you need on San Francisco operas news season. Final season for Michael Tilson thomas. After more than two decades with the San Francisco symphony, the music director is saying goodbye. It was a black tie affair. The symphony rolled out the pink carpet to honor their world renowned conductor Michael Tilson thomas. He is had a wonderful career in the symphony and i am so excited to be a part of his last firsttime. Heat is the we have the whos who of music connoisseurs to celebrate the final performance of the San Francisco director. I remember the old days of Leonard Bernstein when he was the protigi. He first debuted with the San Francisco symphysis sympathy in 1974. He is had numerous jobs before coming back to the bay. Friday night, he will get another honors he will lead the orchestra along with bait area legendary band in the bay areas newest arena. What we have crafted a special. Being the very first event at the new chase center with metallica it is on for me to be here. Hopefully he will see how much he is appreciated in this city by all of the love and support that everybody is here for him. [music] for now, thomas will enjoy his final season. Next year, he will be replaced by one who will continue the symphonys greatness. I doubt very much that the symphonyhas become to the city. I believe it will stay as important no matter who is leading the band. Paul chambers, ktvu, fox tv news. A rising star joins us live in the studio. We talked to rick about his life, role and his new television series. The things that matter most happen one morning and one cup at a time. This one is very welltrained. I thought i would put him here first. Do you know who we are . They are black and red. Three bowls, huh . I dont think so. Bruce lee cinemas is joined by one of the stars of the show. A San Francisco native of sorts. Rich thing. You were not only in act are, but you are an athlete. You throughout the first pitch at the as game for the japanese heritage night. How was that . That was nerveracking. I played baseball in high school, but it has been a minute since i was on the mound. Tell us about warrior, the role that you play. The impact of playing that role in your life . First of all, it all starts with bruce lee. He is the gift that always gives. He is the one who inspired me when i was four years old to start martial arts. Fastforward from four years old to the current time, im able to get back to not only his family but his legacy on warrior on cinemax. It is a dream come true, to say the least. You told us that you started acting at yale. From there, it kind of took off. Tell us what inspired you at that point. Just being an athlete much my whole life, it was always hard to juggle the arts and at athletics at the same time. , it was contagious. In graduate school, i had more time and i had to programs but i was able to dive into the acting full speed. It was a fantasy. The dream was to play collegiate football, and then the fantasy was to possibly act. A long story short, i got a phone call as i was pursuing a law firm job in downtown los angeles. It was a warner bros. Gig. I took it and the rest is history. Lets talk about the story you are telling and warrior. Emotional, personal, difficult. What is it like for you . First of all, the connection being from San Francisco and going to high school at arch riordan high school. It was very cool because just being from the city, across the bay, just walking the streets of chinatown and then going back in time to 1870s, 1880s to honor bruce lee but also to honor San Francisco and the bay area. As well as my trainer as a american heritage. Im half chinese, half american. How did you prepare for . It was already ingrained. Just the martial arts, San Francisco background, and ethnicity as well. You want to give these roles proper respect is that what youre trying to say . When you talk about bruce lee is an icon, you have to approach with very much respect. Absolutely. Have to give so much credit to the casting and our executive reducers, shannon leigh, just casting such accurate characters. In real life, we dive in and we become a teen. I feel we nailed the show. You talk about being nervous throwing out the first pitch, because of your background in San Francisco, your connection to bruce lee and watching him since you were a kid, what about the audition process . Was that nerveracking for you . Did you feel like going in, ive got this. This was meant to be . The audition process in hollywood is the hardest thing. Having done it now for over a decade, you finally get into a rhythm of things. Of course you have to train yourself to take a very lightly. When we got called for warrior, many on my team, we speak in the wii because a lot of people it takes a village to make this happen basically. When we got the call, actually, to go out for the lead, i was excited but at the same time, i didnt want to think past that. We got the call to go out for the character bolo, and then we got booked, and the weight ended up in africa where we build it build it. And then continues until it airs, do you really believe it . Thank you for coming in. 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