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Been paying close attention to violence in the tenderloin. These images show urban alchemy worker darnell houston firing a gun near hyde in golden gate. He was charged in federal court and got probation after arguing it was self defense. Defense have more more power when it comes to things like like, you know, ammunition and guns and things that they can do and make happen. Now, the sfpd is investigating this case with the help of those recovered shell casing. Its quite possible the feds could get involved, assuming the gun or ammo was made outside california and they link the evidence to a suspect mike. All right. Henry lee live tonight there in the newsroom. Henry, thank you. This is a very shocking and tragic incident that we are investigating now. San jose police are searching for at least one suspect wanted in connection with a double homicide. We first told you about this story on friday when the victims bodies were found in an apartment on park moore avenue, ktvu, south bay reporter jesse gary live now at Police Headquarters with new information on this case. Jesse julie, good evening to you. Police detectives now say the pair was stabbed to death. Not shot to death. But the motive behind the killings and the person or persons responsible still remain a mystery. Any time our community, especially in the city of san jose, were a very small city. When it comes down to knowing one another have to experience this type of loss. It can be traumatic. It can be painful. Monday, San Jose Police giving more details into a double homicide days earlier in the buena vista section of the city. Detectives say an elderly woman and her great grandchild were both found stabbed to death friday inside a unit at the vista apartments. Well, its kind of like a why or what. You know, like what happened. Thats pretty much all thats going through our heads right now. Police officials did not say if there were signs someone broke into the apartment and then committed the crimes. One relative of the victim said friday the suspect is related to the elderly woman who was killed and was most likely looking for money to buy drugs. He gets on drugs and he loses his mind. You know what i mean . I dont know what made him to do this right here because this is heavy. You know, i thought he loved his grandma, his late monday, no one answering the office phone at the vista apartments. Managers releasing a Community Message after the double homicide saying we have hired a 24 hour Security Service to provide for the safety of our residents anywhere you go, you have to be careful. Nowadays and, you know, just be protective of yourself in your in your loved ones. As the new work week begins, this area that residents say had only car break ins and petty crime continues, wrestling with the citys 23rd and 24th homicides of the year. Our homicide unit detectives immediately took up the investigation and have been doing so over the past weekend, trying to find more information, evidence as well as possible witnesses to what happened and occur. The Santa Clara County medical examiner has not yet released the names or ages of the victims. San jose police are asking anyone with Surveillance Video in the area of the 1600 block of park moore avenue to contact them. Were live at Police Headquarters here in san jose, jesse gary ktvu fox two news. Julie will head back to you up in oakland. Jesse thank you. A leak of freon inside a Redwood Shores Office Building today sickened a handful of people and prompted an evacuation. A hazmat team responded to the building on the 1100 block of island drive in just the last half hour. The Fire Department said the freon came from a faulty air conditioning unit. 21 people were potentially exposed. Five of them felt sick and then were treated. The city says fire officials are in the process now of inspecting that building carefully before people are allowed to go back inside. Tonight, civil rights attorneys are focusing in on the Antioch Police department. Theyre now formally asking the Us Department of justice to investigate and take over that Police Department. Ktvu brooks joins us live tonight from antioch. Brooks, what are the attorneys asking for here . Well, ultimately, they want to see an independent monitor, oversee department reform. Civil rights attorneys say for too long, the Antioch Police department has had a pattern in practice of discriminatory, unconstitutional policing. The time has come for major intervention. And this is what im asking in this four page letter to the Us Department of justice, civil rights Attorney John Burris calls for an investigation into the Antioch Police department. All for what he calls a sustained pattern and practice of racial biased policing. The department out of control. Theres no accountability here. And the people who are supposed to control the officers, the sergeants and lieutenants and the captains held they participated from racist and homophobic Text Messages among officers to claims of falsifying reports, illegal searches and beatings of black and brown people. Burris who represents 13 plaintiffs in two major civil lawsuits, says hes interviewed 140 others who have similar stories. You cant get real change with individual cases, but you can do it if you have pattern in practice and you have the amateur of the Us Government saying you are going to do this and you must do it right now. The texting scandal involves at least 45 of the 100 antioch officers. Dozens have been suspended. Some messages contain threats against mayor lamar thorpe and recently retired police chief steven ford. But the Antioch Police Officers Association maintains thats not reflective of the majority and its really unfair to smear the very fine officers of this department with the bad statements, conduct and actions of a few. While the po is not against a fair federal investigation, its attorney denounces the idea of federal oversight as we dont want to see the limited Financial Resources of antioch through to a single individual like oakland has been doing for two decades without really improving the delivery of effective professional Police Services to the community. Still civil rights attorneys argue that command staff either supported bad behavior or turned a blind eye, making it necessary, they say, for an independent monitor to oversee reforms. Antiochs mayor says he is open to an investigation by the feds and says hes also open to having a federal monitor oversee Key Department reforms, live in antioch, brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news a story we will continue to follow. Brooks thank you. Attorneys for former President Trump responded today to a request by special counsel jack smith for a protective order in a filing, mr. Trumps attorneys argued against the request, which would have limited what the former president could say publicly. The attorneys say it would infringe upon his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. The request was made after mr. Trump shared on his social media site this message, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Also today, mr. Trump called for the judge in the case to recuse herself and is expected to push for a change of venue to west virginia. I think the president s going to face an uphill battle in trying to get this case moved to west virginia. The constitution says you typically try trials on the jurisdiction where the alleged offense occurred. The judge hasnt said yet when shell decide on that protective order. She has, however, set a deadline for thursday for prosecutors to propose a trial date. Coming up tonight at 530, Contra Costa County health trying to determine if an east bay spa is connected to the deaths of two people. Plus, the request from a supervisor for every spa in that county. Summer is officially over for thousands of bay area students. We are heading back into the classroom where classes began today for the Oakland Unified School district. But first, safety and self driving cars. The concerns raised at todays Public Utilities Commission Meeting about cruise and waymo before an expected vote to expand their use. Another pretty hot day inland again today. Temperatures trending the other way, though. Its going to cool california Public Utilities commission, where waymo and cruise are facing tough questions. Christian yeah, tough questions. Now later on this week, the cpuc will be taking up the issue of possible expanding the number of Autonomous Vehicles we see out there. But today the issue was safety in in particular, how those Autonomous Vehicles interact with Emergency Responders. Our safety was the top concern for this california Public Utilities Commission Meeting, bringing Autonomous Vehicle companies, waymo and crews face to face with First Responders whove raised concerns about the vehicles. San francisco fire chief Janine Nicholson saying there have been more than 50 cases of the self driving vehicles interfering with or impeding Emergency Responders. So far this year. I understand and appreciate the safety that Autonomous Vehicles can bring to the table in terms of no drunk drivers, no speeding , all of that kind of stuff. However they are still not ready for prime time because of how they have impacted our operations. Waymo and cruise both site safety stats saying their vehicles are safe. Cruise, avs have now driven over 3 million miles safely, the vast majority of which go unnoticed. But the company say the number of stopped Autonomous Cars is trending downward and that every instance is an opportune city to learn how to do better. Where theres an issue and the interaction does not go as well as it could. We were quickly with feedback from First Responders to implement improvements outside before the hearing. Those opposed to Autonomous Vehicles like taxi driver Matthew Sutter held their own rally. He says expanding the number of Autonomous Vehicles on the roads would take away from his livelihood based on what he calls unproven technology. He says taxi drivers are already making half of what they did in 2010, and thats after he paid a quarter of 1 million for his taxi medallion. Ive been driving 31 years here in San Francisco and i feel cheated signing this during the Public Comment period, the puc is set to meet again on thursday to take up the issue about expanding autonomous taxi service. Were live in San Francisco. Christien kafton ktvu fox two news. Christian thank you. Thousands of San Jose City workers are going on strike next week. Two unions representing more than 4500 city workers making that announcement today. The unions say 99 of their members voted to authorize this strike. The workers will hold a three day work stoppage that starts on august 15th. They say they have been working without a contract now since the end of june. The unions are demanding better pay. Parental leave and more staffing. Mayor matt mahan says in order to meet those demands, the city council would have to make cuts in other areas from a mayor and an administration constantly preaching back to basics approach. We believe going on strike and not investing in the employees and the city of san jose is not the best path forward to make sure that our city can thrive and that our residents and taxpayers have what they need to be successful. And for our economy to be healthy. The more than 4500 workers represent hit by the unions include librarians, emergency dispatchers, Animal Shelter techs, engineers and airport staff. 30,000 workers at Yellow Corporation are looking for new jobs. The trucking giant filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy after 99 years in business, its likely the largest ever for a us trucking firm. Yellow blamed its bankruptcy on the International Brotherhood of the teamsters union. That represents about 22,000 of its employees. The International Brotherhood of teamsters blamed yellow executives for the companys demise. Today was the first day of school for more than 34,000 students in the Oakland Unified School district. As aly raisman shows us the excitement at one campus, as well as the challenges now facing the district. Everybody knew where your classes at. If you need help, come on over. Students at hoover elementary checked their teacher assignments and hurried to class. Its the first day of school for Oakland Unified School districts 34,000 students on 77 campuses citywide. Students, parents and teachers say theyre feeling hopeful about the year ahead. We safety just making sure that theyre safe at school. Theyre getting good education. Theres been a lot of improvements. And were also hoping that with the raise that a lot of teachers that we will be able to recruit really excellent teachers, osd teachers will start the year with a new contract and a raise after a ten day long teachers strike in may this year. First time teachers will earn about 10,000 more than they did last year. Im feeling really hopeful because just this last week with the new staff, we seem to get off on a really good start. Everyone seems really excited. Even with that increased salary, osd is having a hard time recruiting. Theyre starting the year with 65 vacant teacher positions. Were also keeping in mind, you know, the fact that we are in a pretty significant Staffing Shortage as a field and education. Weve been making contingency plans all throughout the summer, anticipating that we would have some schools where we wouldnt have the teacher present the first day. We also asked the superintend about declining enrollment, a budget document from the districts chief Business Officer earlier this year said the district estimates a nearly 11 drop in Elementary School enrollment this year compared to the 2018 2019 school year. We are doing okay. Most urban School Districts across the nation actually, not just california, are down. Birth rates in general are trending down. The cost of living right now is a huge barrier, and one of the reasons why families are moving out of the bay area in some cases is out of the state. And so were looking at the things that we can control and trying to be as aggressive as possible about that. Some of the things the superintendent says they can control are improvements to facilities and school grounds. Hoover elementary this year got a new coat of paint for the start of the school year. And as you can see behind us, the students here are enjoying this playground. It is brand new for them to enjoy this school year in oakland. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox two news the Oakland Unified School district is also still trying to hire more crossing guards. Sometimes theyll go straight through my stop sign or you know and i have a lot of that. Jacqueline king has worked as a crossing guard in this west oakland neighborhood for 21 years. She says she enjoys her job so much she plans to continue doing it for another two decades as i just love seeing them from growing, from being like elementary all the way to high school. They still come back and speak to me and they like, do you remember me . And im like, oh my gosh, you grew up. Anybody can come and do this work. Its a Pretty Simple job that is, you do a couple of hours in the morning, a couple hours in the afternoon. Hey, as far as i know from the city of oakland is pretty good. And so a lot of retired folks do this. Other folks who are just looking for some extra money, i think that you can make some pretty good money doing it. So we just want to get the word out, make sure people know that these opportunities are there and we do need the help. There are about a dozen oakland schools in need of crossing guards. The job is part time and starting pay is more than 18 an hour to apply. Go to the city of oaklands website and search for the keyword crossing. The livermore Police Department is collecting School Supplies for families in need. The department is hosting a stuffed the cruiser event this coming saturday and sunday. It will run from ten in the morning to three in the afternoon. Officers will be right in front of an officemax cvs, big lots and the walmart there in livermore. Police say they especially need donations for older students. Those include flash drives, calculators, notebooks and backpacks. And wed like to thank everyone for supporting ktvu School Supply drive. This year we stopped collecting donations over the weekend and we did reach our goal of raising 50,000. That means our partner supply bank dawg will help an estimated 2500 bay area students start their school year with the supplies they need. A big thanks to all of our viewers. Once again for those donations and those temperatures today did cool down a little bit, but its been hot the last couple of days. West of 105, tomorrow in phenix. But the out west area is going to start to cool down this week. So our temperatures, the west coast are going to cool down. But in the middle of the country, out around dallas, theyre going after day after day after day of 100 plus temperature. This is tuesday at 3 00. This is wednesday. And again, 106. So and heres thursday. Its just nonstop, 100. Big issue for them down there, especially. A lot of folks dont have air conditioning. So as our heat wave breaks off a bit, were going to notice temperatures cool down. Theyre going to continue to stay quite warm outside. Weve got fog right at the coast. Its kind of clear at the coast for a little while, but then that fog is going to really suck in tonight. Week low pressure, you know the drill. This is what always happens with low drops in. Its going to get close to us. Its going to increase the inversion and fog tomorrow morning is going to be much more widespread than it was this morning. So this is where we are in terms of fog right now. You can see the fog kind of breaking away from the north coast a little bit. That fog tomorrow morning is going to have a footprint pretty much about where my hand is. Its going to get real far inland and thats going to begin to cooling in earnest helps the fire danger, helps the air quality and takes us out of these very, very warm to hot temperatures weve been seeing for the last 72 hours. So change is coming noticeably tomorrow and then even more so as we go through this week ahead. Ill see you back here with the full forecast in just a minute. All right. Sounds good, bill. Thank you. A new show of force from the russian and chinese militaries. Coming up, the naval drills being conducted right off the coast of alaska. And coming up tonight at six, a potential name change for the oakland airport. The new effort to consider new ways to boost the airports prominence nationwide get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. 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And many of those volunteers say despite what they went through, they would do it again, again. And also say they continued to think about all the children and families they worked with at that camp. China and russia warships came closer than ever to the us coast conducting patrols in the waters near alaska. Us Officials Say the joint operation was not considered a threat. But as fox news dan springer reports, it did prompt the pentagon to send a us air and naval presence to the region. All right. Well have that story for you coming up in just a bit. Also in east bay days for now, linked to two deaths. After the break, the latest from Health Officials. Plus, what a Contra Costa County supervisor is asking for tonight. Also ahead tonight, were hearing from the National Transportation safety board after a deadly crash involving two firefighting helicopters in Southern California disease connected to a richmond day spa. A 46 year old man and a woman who went to the zen day spa died after suffering symptoms of the disease. And tonight, we are still awaiting lab results from the spa. Ctvs tom vacar spoke with Health Officials as well as a county supervisor who wants a license check now on every spa in the county. At the moment, were still awaiting scientific verification that the deaths are a result of recent visits to the zen day spa in richmond. Scientific lab testing of the spa water samples is a complex test that must be backed up by a chain of evidence pointing directly to the spa Infectious Disease expert, doctor and Professor John schwartzberg. Bacteria typically is grown. That takes 2 or 3 days. Its grown on special media, so you have to make sure youre sending it to a lab thats really acquainted with how to do this. When standing water content with the bacteria then gets missed it into the air, it enters the body through the lungs. Almost all the outbreaks we see are related to the bacteria living in water and the water, therefore is contaminated. The spa already faces one huge problem. Li permission to even be a spa. This facility did not have a health permit. County supervisor john gioia says that violates the law for the purpose of getting a permit is so that the facility is inspected on a regular basis to make sure that its being operated in a safe and healthy manner for the spa owners. Theres a lot at stake in the laboratorys findings. They range from violations of the county health code to huge liability to the deceaseds families. Even potential criminal liability. This spa may not be the only such unpermitted spa i have asked the Health Department to investigate and identify any other potential unpermitted spas in the county. Any non permitted spa is subject to immediate closure, fines and other penalties. A truism across the entire state. Tom vacar ktvu fox two news and legionnaires disease is deadly for one out of ten people who contract the illness and generally those are medically vulnerable patients, those who are at most risk are going to be those who are medically compromised, have immune system issues or older potentially, for example, have been long, long term smokers, for example, is a high risk for potential serious infection. But the average healthy person who would get infected might have something as mild seeming as a cold that then resolves it can take anywhere from two days to two weeks for symptoms to appear following an exposure. Symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, fever, muscle aches and headaches and to learn more about this disease, just head off to ktvu. Com and click on web links. Youll find a link to information about the history of the Disease Treatment and potential complications. The california Highway Patrol is leading the investigation into the latest freeway shooting in the east bay. It happened yesterday afternoon on interstate 580 near grand avenue in san leandro. Investigators say a passenger in a car traveling eastbound on the highway was shot by someone inside another car. Still no word on the victims condition. Recent highway gunfire in the east bay has been raising safety concerns among drivers. I want to get out of my car and fight someone and pull out a gun on me or something. So its definitely a fear. Even when were driving around, you know, we never know, especially gets late, you know, people on drugs and whatever. No arrests have been made in the case. Last month, an eight year old boy was paralyzed after being hit by a stray bullet on 580. In oakland, the National Transportation safety board is now investigating the deadly collision between two firefighting helicopters in Southern California. This happened 730 last night in riverside county. One of the helicopters was being used for observation, the other to do water drops. The aircraft that crashed was a bell 407 chopper that was responsible for observation and coordination in the three people on board were killed. The other chopper was able to land safely. Now, this afternoon, the ntsb held a brief press conference not far from that crash site. Our purpose during the onscene investigation is to gather perishable information, information that will not exist once the wreckage has been disturbed. Our plan is to document the wreckage before relocating to secure facility in arizona, the ntsb said. Perishable information includes witness statements, which the agency has begun gathering. Cal fire has identified those killed in the crash as assistant chief josh bischoff, captain Tim Rodriguez and pilot tony souza. Governor newsom has ordered flags at the State Capitol to be flown at half staff to honor them. Newsom issued a statement that reads in part, this terrible tragedy is a reminder of the dangers are courageous. Firefighters face daily while working to keep our communities safe. We owe them our deepest respect and gratitude and will always honor their bravery and sacrifices. A bus rollover and crash in pennsylvania left three passengers dead and sent dozens of other people to the hospital. Investigators say the bus was traveling from new york to ohio last night when it drove off the road. It flipped onto its side and crashed into another vehicle. Three passengers were declared dead at the scene. A person on the bus said people were thrown from their seats, leaving some piled on top of others. Whether may have been a factor. It was raining heavily at the time of the crash. A judge has now sentenced the last of the former Minneapolis Police officer convicted for his role in the death of george floyd to utah was sentenced today to four years and nine months on state charges of aiding and abetting Second Degree manslaughter. The sentence handed down today will run concurrently with his three and a half year sentence on a federal civil rights charge. Tao held back bystanders while george floyd was killed in 2020. At his sentencing hearing, dow did not show any repentance or admit any wrongdoing. The judge said he was hoping that tao would have shown more remorse or regret. I didnt intend on doing any malice or anything like that or try to hurt anyone. That was never my intent. I was hoping for a little more remorse. Regret acknowledgment of some responsibility. And less preachings. The other former officers are all serving sentences after either being found guilty or pleading guilty to state and federal charges in connection with George Floyds death. Oscar winning director William Friedkin has died. He was best known for his classics, the exorcist and the french connection. Friedkin began working in local Tv Productions in chicago as a teenager at 16. He started directing live shows. His wife, former Paramount Pictures head sherry lansing, confirmed that he died today in los angeles from Heart Failure and pneumonia. Friedkin was 87 years old. Back now to the story about china and russia warships conducting patrols in the waters near alaska. Fox news dan springer has the details. Us officials are sounding the alarm after a new provocation from two of americas Top National Security threats. China and russia have been holding joint naval drills in the Northern Pacific for several days and over the weekend, a fleet of at least 11 ships conducted drills just off the alaskan coast. Experts say it marks a significant escalation in what theyre doing here is intimidation and harassment. 11 ships, theyve never done anything like this before. Obviously, we picked that up right away with our aircraft. The drills triggering a response from the us military, including four destroyers and a p8 poseidon aircraft which shadowed the chinese and russian fleet until it left the area. The pentagon says the ships never entered us waters and have since left, but some lawmakers are urging the white house to beef up americas military presence in the region, including alaska senator dan sullivan, who wrote , quote, the incursion by 11 chinese and russian warships operating together off the coast of alaska is yet another reminder that we have entered a new era of authoritarian aggression. Others are calling on the us to accelerate the socalled economic decoupling with china claiming america is too reliant on chinese companies. When we talk about decoupling, it has to be selective. It has to be strategic. We have to identify the sectors that are critical to American National security. Beijing says the drills are routine, were not aimed at any third party and have nothing to do with the conflict in ukraine. In seattle, dan springer, fox news, it is a crime thats caught the attention of the online community. After the break, the moment of familys dog encounters a bike thief. Also ahead, we are seeing another impact of the summer heat wave, a surge in covid cases will explain, coming up. Introducing an all new way to watch ktvu news live on your big screen search. Fox local on your tv streaming device and download it for free access all fox two newscasts plus exclusive features like the ktvu video vault archives search fox local on your tv streaming device or scan the code for how to stream ktvu news. Trust falls . Really . Ah, come on, jack. Itll be great for morale. 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I love you to security video showing a thief coming right into a garage and trying to steal an electric bike. At first the dog got to the thief to return it, but after some petting and then even a belly rub, the thief managed to grab the bike and then take off the police and family are hoping this video will help them get that 1,300 bike back in orange county, firefighters rescued a dog trapped in a bathtub drain. Fire officials shared this video on social media of the rescue to free the dogs paw. Firefighters had to remove the drain from the tub and then took layers off the metal grate until his paw was free. Firefighters say the dog was not seriously hurt. Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have replicated their fusion reaction to create new energy. This time they were able to produce even more power than they did the first time back in december, the researchers focused a laser to fuze two light atoms into a single, more dense one, which released the energy. They say its still a long way from being commercially possible, but it is a major step in the future of creating clean power. Apple is expected to release its next phone this september. The iphone 15 inside reports say the upcoming model might be mostly screen with only an ultra thin border around the edges. Other potential upgrades includes camera chip improvements, a switch from a lightning cable to a usbc. Apples Third Quarter report shows a 2 drop in sales, hoping to bounce back after the anticipated model release starting today. Caltrain is temporarily reducing its Weekday Service for a month long project. This is part of the effort to transform caltrain from a diesel fueled commuter train to a modern electric train system. The Transit Agency is reducing its number of weekday trains during peak hours and is suspending its baby bullet service. That will also be some single tracking in San Francisco. And there will be no Caltrain Service between San Francisco and millbrae the next three weekends. A man missing at sea since thursday is found alive. Video of the rescue after the break. Also wild weather caught on camera. What caused this dust to spin sky high in the state of arizona . A couple of hot days around here, but its getting ready to cool off. Theres that fog coming through the gate. That means changes. Ill have the five day coming up introducing togos new frech dip sandwiches. Featuring fresh Artisan Bread piled high with tender roast beef, smothered with melty provolone cheese, just enough Chipotle Mayo and served with hot au jus for dipping. Try the roast beef or pastrami french dips today. Only at togos. See for more than a day. And a half, the Us Coast Guard releasing this video of the rescue. They found 25 year old charles gregory, 12 miles off the coast on saturday, and his family reported him missing on friday when coast guard crews did find him. The small 12 foot boat was partially submerged. Authorities say gregory was dehydrated but not heard. Hospitalizations have been on the rise since the beginning of last month. Health Officials Say large crowds and triple digit temperatures could be fueling the spike. Fox news Jonathan Sarah has the details. After months of declining case numbers , covid 19 could be making a comeback in parts of the us. According to the cdc, more than 8000 people were hospitalized with the virus during the week ending july 22nd. Its a 12 increase from the week prior and the biggest spike in admissions this year. But Health Experts say it is an improvement from this time last year, when more than 44,000 people were hospitalized. This is actually not due to a new variant of concern. This is still the same circulating variants weve had since the beginning of 2023. Cdc data show folks in the northeast and south are seeing the most positive covid tests. Public Health Officials blame the spike on an increase in summer travel, as well as a massive heat wave thats driven many people indoors. They also say a drop in mitigation efforts can make the virus difficult to contain. Really, nobody is wearing a mask at this point. Nobody is testing when they have symptoms. Health experts say while most people will only see mild symptoms, they recommend taking a covid test. If youre feeling sick and staying up to date on vaccines, i think the majority of people, if they were to contract covid 19 right now, are not going to have a particularly rough time of it. Certainly, if you have any symptoms of covid 19, theres still really easy access to testing. Drugmaker pfizer expects the fda to authorize its updated covid booster at the end of the month in atlanta. Jonathan sara, kctv, fox two news. Scientists say rising Global Temperatures and sea levels are starting to impact Tourist Attractions around the world, including our northern neighbor, alaska. The states Mendenhall Glacier attracts thousands of visitors every year , but data from the university of alaska southeast reveals the glacier is melting and fast from 2007 to 2021, its glacier face reduced the size of about eight football fields. Local tourist groups are forced to adapt with their favorite attraction, melting away. Its the number one tour or destination in our town. One of the many reasons why we have developed whale watching is such a large part of our business now, as well as city tours, experts predict that by 2050, Mendenhall Glacier may be even more may not even be visible. From the Visitor Center , a funnel of dust was captured on video in arizona. The wind driven event is known as dust devils. Arizona has been under a series of excessive heat alerts this summer. Last month, phenix broke a 31 day streak of temperatures hitting 110 degrees or higher. Yeah, and the dust devils can be beautiful and they get tall, too, especially down there around vegas, out in the mojave desert. And this is the time of year you see them. These are the temperatures from today. Temperatures are running a little bit cooler than where we were yesterday, just a little bit cooler. So 99, antioch, 99 livermore, thats down from 103, 102 degrees yesterday. And theres the fog. You can see it coming in across the bay. Its a little bit breezy out there right along the coast certainly, but with the fog back, we can count on the cooling to continue. So todays temperatures cooled a little bit and then theyre going to cool further as we go into the next couple of days. And temperatures will not be in the upper 90s low in hunters, but theyll be in the upper 80s. So a little bit cooler out there. There is the fog right now along the coast and you can see it doesnt show up here, but its pushing through the gate. And as it pushes through the gate, were going to see temperatures tonight drop and were going to see a big influx of fog. Right. So bay area coverage, fog coverage is going to be pretty much everywhere. And so all nine bay area counties, 81 in novato 90 and santa rosa, 81 in napa, 95 in concord. Thats right now cooler than yesterday. So a little cooler yesterday. Tomorrow, ill show you the same map and those numbers will be a little cooler than what they were today. The fog tomorrow morning. Look at that push. Now, theres a low pressure to the north. That low is releasing the inversion and then you get this big push of fog. Thats tomorrow morning. So, you know, when you see that its going to be a cooler day just by virtue of cloud cover, not only the moist cooler air thats coming in, but the cloud cover is going to filter the sunshine and then the fog kind of hangs out around the bay in the evening hours, but sticks around. So tuesday, cooler, wednesday, cooler still again wednesday morning. You see look at that cloud cover. So as we go through the next 72 hours, definitely cooler, really right into the bay area, early weekend. The forecast for tomorrow, fog. Look at how far inland it goes. So thats a big departure from the last couple of days. Right. We did not have a lot of fog and if we did have it, it was right at the coast. But now its going to intrude. These are the current temperature forecast for tomorrow. And you can see the yellows are 70s greens or 60s, bunch of fog. The heat further to the west. So thats the plan. And it was a great its a great pattern for us because a couple more days of heat and we start popping fires left and right and just when it gets crispy, dry and the fuel moisture get real low, we get this influx of fog thats been happening all summer and its been great. That will continue right through this week. The forecast highs for tomorrow, much cooler, right . 86 in antioch, 85 in livermore. So not 100, not 98, but down a good 5 to 10 degrees tomorrow. And then its going to hover there. Youll see that in the five day forecast, the temperatures are going to hover in the upper 80s, which is pretty nice considering its august. Right. And then sunday, you can see the temperature is kind of climb a little bit, but not too bad. So a nice looking forecast. Julia as we head into this week. Coming up. All right. Looking good, bill. Thank you. This date in 2000, 7th august seventh was one of the biggest days in San Francisco giants and Major League Baseball history. Barry bonds it his 756 home run breaking hank aarons storied record. He did it in front of a sold out crowd and what was then at t ballpark against the nationals. Aaron and mlb commissioner bud selig were not at that game. Bonds hit 28 homers that season and finished his career with a total of 762 home runs. Former giants manager dusty baker was honored at the white house today along with his World Champion houston astros. These guys standing behind me are the greatest guys that ive been around. Theyre always bleeding themselves. They always believed in him. President biden extended the invitation to the astros following their victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2022 world series last november. Dusty baker was manager of the giants from 1993 to 2002. During the reception, baker and astros owner jim crane presented the 46th president was a special astros jersey at 73, baker was the oldest manager ever to win the world series. President biden jokingly told him he could relate. All right. Coming up tonight at six, a 75 year old man was shoved to the ground and killed in an apparent robbery in oakland. Now a new twist as the trial against the two suspects gets underway today. Also ahead, new developments in the shakeup of college athletics. 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Driverless taxi operators want to roll out their cars across more areas in the state. But some San Francisco leaders tell regulators not so fast. Theyre still not ready for prime time because of how they have impacted our operations. The Fire Department says stalled vehicles have gummed up city streets stalling. The response to many emergencies. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach. And im julie julie haener. In a much anticipated meeting with state regulators, leaders from waymo and crews answered tough questions about their opera kats us now, the cpuc will take up the issue again later this week. Safety was the top concern for this california Public Utilities Commission Meeting, bringing Autonomous Vehicle Companies Waymo and crews face to face with First Responders whove raised concerns about the vehicles. 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