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Times the officer has been fired and has been charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon for allegedly attacking a deal. I suspect who was not a threat. Its clear in the video that this this suspect is not appear to be resisting in the video. Richmond police chief visa french says the officers actions dont reflect the rest of the department. I want to apologize to the individual. Jewel. That was involved in this incident as well as the community at large. The chief says an internal investigation resulted in his termination officer. Smiths actions are unacceptable. For his behavior deviated from our training and will not be tolerated. The incident happened back in april after a car chase. The officer later catches up with mendoza, who begins to run away but then stops. Smith faces the suspect. But then the officer uses the taser to repeatedly hit mendoza. The d a. Has also charged the former officer with enhancements for causing Great Bodily Injury and using a dangerous weapon enforcement, too. Be the change that i wanted to see. This is a Richmond Police video profiling officer smith, who was previously a San Francisco sheriffs deputy and a pittsburgh officer. Somebody where when im long gone 30 years from now. People can say maybe i didnt like this situation. But of. Former offic. Smith will be arraigned at a later date in Contra Costa County superior court live in richmond. Henry lee ktvu fox two news. Alright, henry. Thank you. This afternoon, Berkeley Police officers remain at peoples park , facing off with protesters who are upset over the construction of new housing. At that site. A number of demonstrators have been arrested here. This was the chaotic scene earlier in the day early this morning, officers moved in to clear out that park so fencing could be put up and construction can begin. The park is listed on the National Register of historic places. And activists believe it should be preserved because of the role it played during the civil rights movement, among other reasons, one more in a moment. One woman says that she was injured. Her hand was hurt during the chaos was pushing on the fence with other people to get there attention. Them to stop. I live around the corner. This is the peoples park. My mother was here in 1970 when they put up this fence and they knocked down and this has been our park for film for 50 yan urgent Student Housing crisis. This university we provide fewer beds for students in any of the uc campuses. And we want this dorm to be open and ready to roll two years from now. The construction plan includes housing for students and disadvantaged groups, including those who are experiencing homelessness, with 60 of the park being left as green space. That is San Francisco, where the citys new District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins, is signaling a change in policy when it comes to drug dealing. Ktvu christian captain joining us live outside the hall of justice this afternoon. Question the new d a says that dealers will now face stiffer consequences and is also rescinded what she indicated work lenient plea deals in the works christians. Thats exactly right. The District Attorney is saying shes hoping that her new policies will disrupt the citys illegal drug economy. On any given day on the streets of San Francisco dealers peddle Illegal Drugs day and night now, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins says her office will break with her predecessor and cracked down on dealers. Change is about ensuring that we are not cycling , some of the most dangerous offenders back out there onto the streets without disrupting their business practice of selling lethal drugs. Dealers arrested with more than five g of drugs would no longer be eligible to be tried in Community Justice court court designed to get to the underlying issues that led a defendant to be arrested and will consider charging enhancements for drug dealers within 1000 ft of schools also revoked more than 30 open plea offers that were negotiated by prosecutors under chasing boudin offers. That were given in cases that were involving egregious amounts. A fentanyl that was possessed for sale and people who had numerous open cases. San francisco supervisor matt dorsey , who represents the south of market area, says he welcomes the change in policy to address the drug crisis in the city. This is a Public Health crisis that we have to address and Public Safety is a part of it, and prosecutions are part of it. I think too much and for too long we have taken a permissive approach. Two. Drug dealing and open air drug scenes. Randy shaw from the tenderloin housing clinic, says hes encouraged to hear about the changes, and its already seeing a change on some of the citys most impacted neighborhoods. Obviously what shes doing is essential and we finally have a committed but i have to say that the police have to make more arrests. Police have to break up the drug scenes and has been very supportive of that. And i just said just right. Like five minutes ago, i saw more Police Walking up high street and ive seen in two years. We have reached out to the Northern California to get a different take on the District Attorneys new policies, but so far we have not heard back. Weve also reached out to the citys Public Defenders Office to get their take on these new policies coming from the District Attorneys office, and they say that theyre working on some kind of a statement. But so far we have not received that statement. Were live in San Francisco at the hall of justice , christian captain ktvu. Fox two need christian. Thank you. Federal Health Officials are ramping up their response to the monkeypox outbreak with more vaccines and the creation of a new monkeypox response. Team foxes Jonathan Serrie has more now from atlanta. Doctors and Health Officials are scrambling to make sure monkeypox does not become the new covid, california and illinois, joining new york and declaring the virus of Public Health emergency. They say they need more help from the feds, including testing and most importantly, vaccines and if they cant contain the outbreak soon, it could become another disease will have to test for on a regular basis. The next weeks the next month are really going to determine whether that is the case or whether we can, um, stop the spread of this virus. The white house says its already sent out a million doses of the vaccine with five million more on the way and on tuesday, President Biden appointed a monkey pox Response Team and named a coordinator, former acting fema administrator Robert Fenton welcome news for doctors in hard hit areas who say so far theyre not getting the resources they need. 35 40 individuals San Francisco. Should be vaccinated for monkey pox at this time, unfortunately , received nowhere near close to that another concern. At least five cases have been reported among children, leading to fears monkeypox could soon be spreading in schools. But doctors say thats not likely as long as parents are on the lookout for symptoms of flu like symptoms were looking for that the rush is very characteristic pustules vesicles. You look for that characteristic rash. The cdc says. There are about 6300 confirmed cases of monkey pox in the us the most of any country. In atlanta. Jonathan serrie, fox news forward down the county Public Health Officials Say theyve tracked down what may be the point of origin for a deadly outbreak of legionnaires disease. So far, one person has died and a dozen people have tested positive late today, napa county officials said. A sample taken from the cooling tower at the Embassy Suites hotel in the city of napa came back positive for legionnaires. That cooling tower has since been taken offline. The county says theyll continue to take samples from water sources. In the outbreak area. The devastating mckinney fire in Northern California leaves a small town in ashes why forecasters say firefighters could be in for several difficult days on the front lines in kansas voters mark their ballots to protect abortion rights up next were talking live with the Political Science professor about the impact of this vote. And whether never another summer like day out there with some fog, coast size and hot temperatures inland and still some humid conditions. The pattern will change the by the weekend. Well have the executive to protect Abortion Access here in the us, and this comes one day after kansas voters rejected an amendment to that states constitution that would have allowed lawmakers to ban abortions. Foxes Lauren Blanchard has the details now from washington. Through an executive order. President biden wants to make it easier for women to get an abortion or other Reproductive Services if they need to cross state lines were doing everything in our power to safeguard access to healthcare, including the right to choose virtually because of his rebound case of covid, the president kicked off the first meeting of his task force on Reproductive Healthcare access. It was formed after the Supreme Court overturned roe versus wade in june. We trust the judgment. Of the women of america. To make decisions. Based on what they know is in their best interest. The meeting comes just a day after kansas voters rejected a measure to remove abortion protections from their states constitution. If you like my state just showed up in boldly told me that they are going to take care of me get through this difficult period in women and children. Will be protected in the state of kansas, idaho, the Justice Department may face an uphill legal battle over that states nearly total abortion ban is set to go into effect later this month. The is suing to protect emergency medical procedures for women, which may require an abortion. Democrats believe reproductive rights will be a major ballot issue in november. The American People are fed up with politicians trying to tell them what to do with their lives and their bodies. This week, a Small Bipartisan Group of senators introduced legislation to make the freedom of reproductive rights federal law. Some democrats dont believe it goes far enough, and its unlikely to pass in washington. Lauren blanchard, fox news all right for more on the abortion vote in kansas last night and what it might signal moving forward. We are joined now. By donna crane, political lecturer at San Jose State University and at ben low college as well. Always good to have you on, professor. We appreciate the time clearly last night, a resounding victory for abortion rights supporters in kansas red state in the middle of this country. What do you think this vote signals about . How the Supreme Court overturning roe v. Wade is likely to factor into the midterm elections all across the country. Is this a bellwether . I think it signals a couple of really important points that political strategists, especially on the republican side, should be taking a close. Look at first of all, we need to know that more people turned out to vote in kansas yesterday on the abortion referendum, then voted in both primaries for governor. What i mean by that is people actually went to the polls just voted on this question. Didnt even bother voting on anything else and then left. So this is clearly a motive. Later, far beyond any other election question that kansans faced we should also have a look at the fact that when you look at up all the votes in favor of the measure, excuse me in favor of abortion rights against the measure. Its far more than there were democrats who voted so clearly this initiative is pulling over republicans and independents and moving forward to that point. Do you think the abortion issue is one that will Transcend Party as we move toward november . I do. I dont think it will Transcend Party as much as it did last night, because when people vote for congress or governor, theyre taking a lot of other considerations into account as opposed to just yesterday when they were voting on one policy issue, but i do think it shows that this issue has a lot more potency than most people thought, and that the decision the Supreme Court made to reverse roe has the potential to have really little fire under a pro choice voters absolutely, clearly motivating a lot of voters, mainly democrats, but republic kans as well. I mean, this measure was was put on the ballot here because opponents of abortion rights figured this would be a low voter turnout election here in august, and that would be to their advantage. But obviously we saw the numbers that turned out here. How do you think the abortion issue and the overturning of roe v. Wade will motivate specifically that that Democratic Base and get them to the polls this november . I think its going to motivate the more democrats to come out to vote then normally would have. I still would like to see a little bit more data. But the early indications last night were that in the voters that registered in kansas after the Supreme Court announced its decision to reverse roe democrats had a big advantage. We also have to make one last observation here. What kansans voted on was not an abortion ban, so it wasnt even the most extreme measure that pro lifers can put forward. It was a measure that would have stripped pro choice language out of the constitution and affect sort of making it neutral and the fact that it lost 40 to 60, i think really says something powerful about what voters think about the Supreme Courts decision. You talked a moment ago about about the issues that are likely to drive voters to the polls. We obviously still have to look at the economy record high inflation as being being one of the main drivers and one of the main motivators for voters come this november, but but do you think now that the abortion rights issue is moving up the list of Priority Issues for more voters in this country . I absolutely do and how fast things change. My understanding is that covid has dropped so low that its no longer even know agreement appearing on poll results, so abortion has moved up very high economy almost always remains high. And then theres one other factor we havent mentioned in in america. Our elections are very personality driven so especially in congressional districts, people people are going to vote by party and by the person and then they consider issues but when we look at stake wide races like governor or senator. Those are always almost always much more moderate races and you cant just appeal to the fringe of your party. Especially if youre on the gop side. You gotta you gotta appeal statewide and kansas showed us last night, which position for males. Alright you know, finally here not to try to make too much of what we saw play out last night , but but is it your sense that this might signal that the red wave thats been predicted during the upcoming midterms might not be quite as massive as some of us had thought. I think its too early predict the demise of the red wave, but i do think that the waters are now shall we say more turbulent. I think that with the easing of gas prices, perhaps, and with a couple of good weeks that joe biden has had, plus this these kansas results, i think we can say that its not a slam dunk that the republicans will take both the house and the senate in november. Yeah but obviously still a long way to go until we get to those midterms. We always appreciate your time. Dana crane from san jose state and menlo college. Thanks for coming on today. Thanks for having me in georgia, any unborn child with a detectable heartbeat can now be claimed as a dependent that new guidance was released just this week by the state department of revenue , and it allows any taxpayer who can prove they had an unborn child with a detectable heartbeat. After july, 20th two list that embryo as a dependent on their 2022, Georgia State tax returns. The law allows residents to claim a deduction of 3000 per embryo. This move comes after the states strict anti abortion law banned doctors from terminating pregnancies after six weeks or when a heartbeat could be detected. It doesnt of large fires are burning across the west this week, including the devastating mckinney fire burning Klamath National park that fire burning more than 50,000 acres. Warm temperatures are threatening to continue fueling that fire over the next few days. Fox weathers max gordon has more it was just coming down like a solid blow torture. There was nothing to stop it. Californias mckinney fire devastating this Small Community near the oregon border. Flames destroying the majority of homes in businesses in klamath river. Most of the towns 200 some residents have left. Its very sad. Its very disheartening. Um. Some of our oldest homes. 100 year old homes are gone, sparking last friday. The mckinney fire has scorched more than 57,000 acres in Northern Californias Klamath National forest. Several 1000 people remain under evacuation orders, forecasters say warmer temperatures and less humidity could fuel this fire in the coming days. This week. Firefighters gain some control over the flames as thunderstorms moved through the area has really dampened the fire behavior. Its like kind of closing the flu on a chimney. Really um, so thats given us an opportunity to get in there and get a lot of good lines built. The mckinney fire is just one of several threatening homes across the us in western montana. The fast moving elmo fire has burned more than 18,000 acres in forced evacuations, Scientists Say we could see these destructive wildfires if the climate remains dry, unfortunately, due to the hot, dry conditions, we are seeing more frequent fires on the landscape of the mckinney fire remains under investigation and why. Rekha, california max gordon fox weather. One of your 70 National Parks most popular attractions, is set to reopen today after facing a threat from a wildfire Mariposa Grove shut down for nearly a month because of the washburn fire. As of yesterday, fire crews reported that fire was about 97 contained. The flames burn close to 5000 acres and threatened hundreds of those giant trees. Intense fires have destroyed many sequoias in the Sierra Nevada in recent years. Almeria. Whether the typical summertime day out there was some fog coast site some hot temperatures inland. Remember yesterday we had canadas humid conditions out. There are still some humidity today, but things are kind of a approaching what we would expect this time of year you heard about, of course, the huge fire up to our north up in extreme Northern California, the mckinney fire and as we check in some of the Current Conditions around that fire zone. Right now we have temperatures. Its a hot one. Unfortunately you see 94 to 96 that one site 101 degrees, and unfortunately, theres a bit of a breeze as well. So it is hot. It is dry. It is windy and those are all the ingredients. We all the ingredients. We do not like to see what the firefight but that is happening right now. With the mckinney fire up to our north now its interesting if you can see the fog just offshore, but im interested. You can see that the thunderstorms developing out towards the sierra. Look at all those lightning strikes detected over the past few hours, and its typical at this time of day. Whenever things heat up. The pattern like this things destabilized with the afternoon heating and thats when you get the thunderstorm. So right now we do have some pretty intense downpours across parts of the sierra, a flood watch posted right on through thursday, and all the areas in green is becoming closer right now, this area actually under a Flash Flood Warning until five oclock this afternoon, so still some downpours developing out towards the towards to our east right around. Tahoe, especially south of highway 50. Here is the fog pattern you can see out towards Half Moon Bay towards pacifica, the golden gate bridge, maybe a little bit, some clearing closer to the marine headlands and current numbers out there some hot readings out toward concord out toward fairfield of livermore, san jose 80 to San Francisco in the mid sixties and our live camera right now still showing you that fog bank, so its just amazing. I know its a typical pattern for us. We have the real hot temperatures inland , but then the cooling presence of that fog bank and its hanging tough near poor. Oceans of the coastline right around the golden gate bridge. Fog pushes back into the bay first thing tomorrow morning, clearing back to near the coastline and pretty much the same stories today. A big temperature range from the sixties all the way to the low to mid nineties. We will eventually cool things off and that could impact your weekend forecast. We will have the full update coming up in just a few minutes. Mark. Thank you. Remembering a baseball legend will take a look at the life, long career and legacy of dodgers broadcaster the wanna help kids get their homework done . Well, an Internet Connections a good start. But kids also need computers. And sometimes the hardest thing about homework is finding a place to do it. So why not Hook Community centers up with wifi . For kids like us, and all the Amazing Things were gonna learn. Through project up, comcast is committing 1 billion dollars so millions more students can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. Is remembering iconic baseball broadcaster vin scully. Today memorial is growing outside Dodger Stadium for the hall of famer who is regarded as one of the greatest voices in all of sports. Scully died tuesday night at the age of 94 in his los angeles home, according to the team, which spoke with family members. Ktvu joe fonzi looks back at the long life of scully, whose legacy was so much more than being a play by play announcer for the dodgers. Scottish description of kirk gibsons home run against the as and the 1988 world series was his usual mix of just the right words with just the right inflection who became the voice of dodger baseball for multiple generations of fans began his career with the brooklyn dodgers in 1950. There he broadcast that cities only world series championship. And was also the man behind the mic for the only perfect game in world Series History thrown by the yankees don larson in 1956 when the dodgers moved to los angeles two years later, scully was the voice that introduced fans to players from sandy koufax and don drysdale to steve garvey and ron say to Orel Hershiser and clayton kershaw. Scullys final game was in San Francisco. Fittingly the regular season finale, with the dodgers playing the giants, he was presented with the plaque that is still at oracle park. Most known for baseball. Scully also called another very iconic bay area. Moment. Three. Well pick up something on the right side, possibly in the end zone. Joe fonzi ktvu, fox two news. A new report shows employed. Americans are working less hours than earlier this year what those numbers could meet ahead of fridays jobs report and drivers are finally seeing some relief at the pump details of the latest opec agreement to increase Oil Production and why cr for years, californias nongaming tribes have been left in the dust. Wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty. Prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates Online Sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. While helping every tribe in california. So whos attacking prop 27 . Wealthy casino tribes who want all the money for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. Vote yes on 27. Tyne use to put pressure on Global Energy supplies. Drivers are finally getting some relief at the pump as the National Average for regular gas dropped to 4 16 a gallon today, according to the white house that marks nearly two months of falling gas prices, experts say the study decline has been driven by multiple factors, including recession, fears that have knocked down oil prices and americans cutting back on driving when gas prices spiked time. Opec members reached an agreement today to increase Oil Production, but its not as much as some critics have. Hoped. Foxs Edward Lawrence has more now from the white house. For weeks, drivers have been seeing some relief at the pump gas prices, while still high continue to drop the National Average at 4. 16 a gallon. Thats down roughly 65 cents from a month ago. Its a good start, but its not just good news for consumers, the Biden Administration is touting their efforts to keep money in americans pockets 50 days into what remains the fastest decline. In gas prices in over a decade. Gas prices are now down 86 cents a gallon from their june peak, saving American Families with two cars on average over 90 a month on gas plus on wednesday agreed to increase their production in september by 100,000 barrels a day. But thats down from the bigger increases in july and august. The group pointing to the effects of staggering inflation and rising covid19 rates, which they say could impact demand for fuel in the fall. It is the smallest increase in production at opec has ever announced since 1986 2nd lowest ever plus a slight increase equates 2. 1 of global demand. Critics calling it an insult. Just weeks after President Biden went to saudi arabia and made the push for increasing the Global Oil Supply to bring down gas prices made worse by the russian invasion. In in ukraine. Still the white house remains upbeat, and i said this earlier and ill say this again. Um the fact of the matter is that oil and gas prices are coming down despite the small increase by opec plus President Biden says hes not making any changes to his Energy Policy at the white house. Edward lawrence fox business. Prices are forcing more families to buy their groceries at discount stores. Average spending on grocery products at discount chains increased by 71 from october of last year to june of this year. During that same time period, spending at Traditional Grocery stores declined by 5 shopping at club stores like costco or sams club. Thats up to shoppers searching for bargains. Club stores show a 9 increase in traffic spending up 15. Definitely go to Dollar Stores when i can like snacks for my daughter for daycare and stuff just so i can kind of cut the cost. A survey by numerator found people considered high income earners making more than 80,000 a year are showing the largest increase in visits to Dollar Stores up about 33 with an increased interest in shopping at discount stores. Big box retailers seeing losses. Stores like walmart say the high prices of groceries are forcing its customers to pull back on spending on clothing items. Walmart projects earnings will decline between 11 and 13 next year. The u. S employment report , set to be released on friday, is expected to show the labor market is cooling. And while we wait for that report, new data shows the number of people employed and hours worked fell in the month of july. The data was released by a Company Called home base, described as a platform for managing local businesses. For more on this, were joined by home based ceo john waldman. John thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. First off just kind of give us a sample size for this data. How accurate do you think it reflects whats happening across the country . Yeah. Thank you. For having me the data is quite accurate. We serve over 100,000 businesses across the united states, including over 2000 great local businesses here in the bay area when we hear the report that people are working less in the month of july, i think how does that even happen . Inflation is so high. Its really hard to make ends meet. How is this happening . Yeah well, in addition to the data that we have, we also did a survey of over 500 local businesses and over 700 workers and not surprisingly, 80 of both businesses and workers were worried about a recession, so their fear is creeping in here now theyre responding in different ways. Both businesses and workers are actually increasing their savings. So youre seeing that from a business standpoint and from a worker standpoint. The businesses, however, have been through a really hard last couple of years with the big labor shortage, so they want to retain the team members that they have. The way that they are coming back is by reducing hours and in terms of these Rising Interest Rates we know inflation is at all time high, trying to kind of control that how do we think that its going to have an impact on the Small Businesses that are trying to stay afloat . Yeah well, it has been a couple of really hard years for Small Businesses, uh, through covid through the labor shortage and now into inflation, despite all of that, you know, one of the things thats amazing about local business is they are optimistic and they find a way and they remain optimistic today , even with inflation, you know, one of the things that we did see in our survey is that 89 of the Small Businesses were still planning on hiring. So even though they are absolutely worried about a recession, they are still thinking about how can i grow my business . How can i improve my team . How can i improve the performance of my team to my customers . Thats still very much top of mind for these businesses. I think another interesting thing that we saw come out of the data is that people have said even though they are concerned about, uh, the inflation and the possibility of a recession. And they didnt plan to change their spending habits in anyway. Why do you think that is yeah, well , i think we looked at that as a great sign for local businesses. You know, folks have been really pent up for the last couple of years and to see workers that we surveyed said that hey, i might be cutting back in other places, but i still want to go out and have go out to restaurants and travel is a great sign for local businesses and the resilience that local businesses may have through any incoming recession that may happen and in terms of layoffs, i know that thats something that a lot of businesses are grappling with right now. Especially here in the bay area. Weve seen the tech sector just have a bunch of layoffs. Do you think that we will continue to see more layoffs here in the bay area out of the recession fears . Yeah you know, he was certainly seen a lot of layoffs at large companies. I think what we are seeing in Small Companies is that they are still hiring well , they may be hiring at a reduced rate. Theyre still optimistic and want to be hiring through the remainder of 2022. And Small Businesses, as we know are great places to work. You know, the other thing that we know is despite the Great Resignation and everything that weve been talking about on the Labor Market Turnover for the last couple of years. 50 of hourly workers actually want to stay in the job that theyre at over the next 1 to 2 years. Thats actually quite high. 80 believe that their current job is a great place to work. Thats amazing. Lastly here before we let you go any advice you have for Small Business owners, or maybe just even employees. As they kind of go through this their new reality here. Yeah i think in all of this, its good to prepare, and one of the things that local businesses have been doing is adapting their businesses over the last couple of years to a new reality of labor shortages, reduced team sizes, even in a recession, those kinds of pressures probably arent going away. So it remains a great time for local businesses to be investing in technology that can help them manage the business more effectively and still attract and retain workers. In this environment. Its a great time not just to grow your team if you can do that as a business, but frankly also to go find the team members who might be great for you through this next stage of your business. John waldman, ceo of home based actually based in San Francisco, thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. Thanks for having me. Baby bottle sold exclusively on amazon is now being recalled markings on the outside of some of the nuke baby bottles contained lead with levels higher than the federal limit. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says 100 units of those bottles were sold here in the us with 77 bought in canada. The bottles were sold between january of 2018 and may of 2022. They were initially designed for newborn to six month old babies in the uk market the age c says no injuries have happened as a result of those lead levels. Also the Parent Company of t. J. Maxx getting slapped with a hefty fine Tjx Companies is paying a 13 million civil penalty to settle charges its sold and distributed recalled Consumer Products for five years. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says most of those products were recalled because of the risk of infant suffocation and death. They included infant sleepers sold at the companys brick and Mortar Retail stores, including t. J. Maxx marshalls, homegoods as well as online. However the agency says the agreement does not constitute an admission of guilt by the company. Helping food insecure families get the meals they need this summer. Were going to speak live with usda administrator about the Summer Food Service program and how bay area kids are benefiting. 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We do have a crew headed to the scene of that shooting again a shooting that we understand happened onboard immunity bus thats left one person dead accrue, headed to that scene will work to get more details and hopefully live update from the scene coming up soon. In here and today two top officials from the u. S department of agricultureice pry funded program ensures children have healthy meals and snacks, even when school is not in session from more. Were joined now by usda Nutrition Service administrator cindy long. Cindy thank you for taking the time. We appreciate it. So you and your colleagues you stopped by one of the summer meal sites in the west Contra Costa Unified School district today. What was the goal of todays visit . Well, thanks, alex. Its a pleasure to be here. You know, the goal of todays visit was really to lift up the importance of the program you described, which is the Summer Meals Program and the wonderful wonderful people that operated to ensure that kids have meals during the summertime when school is out. Obviously the program is aimed at children and teenagers who live in low income communities here in the bay area and across the country. How how do you determine where these summer Meal Distribution sites are going to be set up . Well its largely based on data from the schools, you know the number of free and reduced price kids in the schools in that area or sometimes theres an option to use census data, but its a its a data based assessment of the need of the community. Obviously weve talked about the fact that times are tough for people here in the bay area and across the country, we have record high prices on especially on food. And so families are struggling. What . What how has that played out is that meant more kids and their families turning to these summer meal programs. Well i think youre certainly right that these these programs really are a tool for families to cope with the challenges that they may be facing. As you described, uh, you know, we were the side that we visited today served something on the order of over 250 children from the community , so its certainly serving an important need, and were just really happy that they can be there to meet that need i was going to say i mean, have have the has the program been able to keep up with the demand. Well the great thing about these programs as they are designed so that, uh, the communities have the flexibility to serve the families and the children who who show up and, uh are are in need of meals, so theyre not. Theyre not capped at certain numbers or have other limitations like that, so they can really meet the needs of the community. Do you think enough children and their families know that these summer meal programs exist . I always sort of wonder that ive seen in some of them set up in my neighborhood and that you know some of the school sites nearby, and you know, they had a lot of meals to give out and they really were trying to get the word out. Do you think more needs to be done to make sure that children and their families know that this option exists during the summer months . Yeah you know, i certainly want every family that is eligible for and could benefit from these meals to know about them. So i really appreciate you all bring this story, for example. So but, yeah, we, you know, we really do everything we can to support and encourage all that. You know the schools and the y m. C a s and the Community Centers in the churches that operate these programs to get the word out. There are there are numbers that we what you can call and you can look at state and local websites. But yeah, its a constant effort to make sure that families know that the resources they they can utilize her. Theyre absolutely and finally here were talking about offering children, healthy meals , Healthy Snack options. That is not always going to be the case, if maybe they just head down to the store and pick up a snack. But can you talk about the importance of giving them those healthier meal options . Yeah thats such an important point. And i just want to lift up the beautiful meals we saw today they have the children had a you know a burrito and rice and some slaw and a beautiful assortment of fresh fruit. They were actually having a fresh fruit tasting today and had a local farmer on site. So yeah, absolutely. Its so important, not only that those meals be consistently available, but that they offer you know Good Nutrition and good options that kids will really want to eat and enjoy. Alright yeah, those Summer School summer meal programs happening obviously. Across the bay area and across the country. We appreciate you coming on today to highlight them, usda Nutrition Service administrator cindy long. Thank you. Thank you so much. Beginning this weekend, San Francisco movie goers can regularly enjoy open air theater because outdoor cinema at the crossing will show two films every night on fridays, saturdays and sundays. Movies are projected on a 23 ft led screen south of market near the salesforce tower. Tickets cost about 30 per person. Fridays films are the Barbra Streisand 1972 romantic comedy. Whats up, doc . And milk the oscar Award Winning film about the life of slain gay activist and San Francisco politician harvey milk. All right. Check out this stunning video from iceland as a volcano erupts near a mountain by the capital city of reykjavik. Lava flows were seen using over a field of in an uninhabited valley. This is in fact, gral dolph shock. This volcano is located not far from icelands international airport. Authorities are warning people and tourists not to go near the site. The countrys meteorological authorities say. The eruption comes just eight months after its last eruption ended. Scientists had anticipated and eruption after a series of earthquakes in that region over the past week. Well over the past couple of days, we have been tracking some of the showers, even some thunderstorms across parts of the state. Looks like most of the unsettled weather kind of shifted on out to the north and to the east. In fact, that to our east we have some thunderstorms out towards the sierra. In fact, that will kind of be the main part of the state, picking up at least the most interesting weather in terms of showers and thunderstorms. In fact, right now, just the south of lake tahoe we do have this Flash Flood Warning until five oclock this afternoon to these warnings will probably come and go and just gives you an idea of just how what quickly things can change in the mountains, and thats what we have right now, especially for the afternoon. Now, if youll notice the radar, not a lot of activity this morning, but then with the help of the daytime heating and look at all those all those lightning bolts detected on the radar as well. So it looks like we have some more showers and some thunderstorms out toward the sierra. In fact, becoming closer right now you can see all the lightning strikes this afternoon. Back out toward the coast, though we have this low clouds and fog, keeping it cool for the beaches out towards San Franciscos ocean beach towards lindholm are right around the pillar point as well. Looks like a little bit of some clearing closer to the marine headlands this afternoon, but we have a pretty good fog bank just offshore current number of San Francisco 65. While the creek 93 fairfield, very hot 99 degrees, so we have the hot temperatures, england but the fog out towards the coast and that fog will gradually pushed back into the bay. Overnight temperatures will be in the fifties and the sixties to start out your thursday morning, and here is a set up a lot happening that big h heating up portions of the state that is not good news for the firefight. Around the mckinney fire with the hot temperatures that monsoonal moisture weve been watching over the past couple of days. Its going to move out of town over the next couple of days. And with that tomorrow, cool for the coast, some hot temperatures inland, and we definitely cool things off into your weekend. Heres the forecast model once again. Another round of showers and thunderstorms. Not here, but out toward the sierra. Tomorrow afternoon high sport tomorrow will be in the sixties seventies , eighties and nineties. Not a big change today, but we will eventually cool things off into the weekend. A bit of a cooling trend headed our way as you can see for friday, saturday and into a sunday so pretty quiet pattern over the next few days. Alright, mark. Thank you. Conspiracy theorist alex jones, testifying in a defamation lawsuit trial today, his explanation for calling the deadly sandy hook shooting hopes also, e bikes abandoned in the east bay coming up tonight at five oclock micro Mobility Company suddenly bolting. So whats happened to the bikes . Also at five. Our month long drowned series takes us to lake shasta to see how a lack of water in californias largest reservoir is impacting policy in reservoir is impacting policy in the im bringing back my spicy chicken strips. While im at it, my most popular former employee, mark hamill. Well, whats my motivation . 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Now this is not your average toy car. In fact, these are cards that kids can actually ride on. Each car is modified to fit the needs of the child. Now, for example, this is your gas pedal that if a kid cant reach it, you can always take it off and move it somewhere else where they can go, baby go and comcast are working together to build right on toy cars to give back to the community brought joy to my heart thinking about that we can make a difference and helping local kids get around. Yeah there it is. 15 cars will be given to children with disabilities like Cerebral Palsy , down syndrome and other developmental disabilities, giving them the chance to play with their peers. We also have kids that may be ambulatory and may get tired after a certain period of time, like maybe low endurance they could have, like flare ups or Something Like that , that they could use the car at sometimes and maybe not needed at others. These cars are built for children from six months to five years old and with safety in mind using pool noodles, kick boards, pvc pipes and a harness child needs additional trunks, support or head support. We have a higher back for them to be able to rest on each car can cost up to 200. But you cant put a price on happiness. Ktvu fox two news at five starts now. Now at five explosive moments and peoples park in berkeley as demonstrators stopped new Housing Construction there at the historic park following hours of angry protests, uc berkeley some breaking news out of San Francisco, where a shooting on immunity bus in the sunnydale neighborhood killed one person. We have a reporter heading to the area, and well bring you more details when he arrives. Now to that long day that demonstration at peoples park, a rally is scheduled to take place right now at sprawl plaza, and then demonstrators say theyre planning to march to peoples park. Heres a live look right now from sproul plaza in berkeley, ktvu brooks jarocz is on the ground here also at the park, and he has the latest on the situation there. Brooks. Whats it like . Well, things have really calmed down significantly over the last several hours, the heavy machinery and the workers who were here have moved out as well as all of the police that were here earlier, dozens and dozens of them. Since then, weve seen several protesters that have pushed down fences, remove the barricades and also vandalized parts of the park, and they are demanding and vowing that they will save peoples park. For hours. Tension was building all well. Crews were cutting and trees were falling. Mm mhm notice had been given people needed to leave peoples