To safety concerns. The Welcome Center and two cafes will also be shut down. Merchants say the priority is for everyone to be safe. Saturdays are a great day for birthday parties and all kinds of events, but we are mostly concerned about customer safety, so it is best for our customers that we close down on saturday. I have lived in the city for over 20plus years, and i have never seen anything like this. Im a little worried because that could happen again, and i hope for the best, that everybody is careful and safe. Parking lots at the south end of the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed from 9 00 tomorrow night through saturday night. And several roads will also be closed. The event zone, zone 1, is open only to pedestrians from the marina gate. The main post, zone 2, is off limits to pedestrians as well as binges and cars. That rally is planned by patriot prayer. Stay with ktvu for coverage of the rally. Back in the east bay, at berkeley two controversial speakers do plan to be on campus next month. Berkeley, of course, the home of the free speech movement. And the speakers will be part of a free speech program. Ktvus rob roth is live at cal after talking to the university about safety concerns. s reporter heather, the chancellor has said she wants to restore free speech as a core value here on campus. Well, it appears that next month that statement could be put to the test. At uc berkeley, free speech and Campus Safety could soon be on a collision course. A leader of a republican Student Organization called berkeley patriot has confirmed that conservative authors mile lo i cant Milo Yiannopoulos and ann coulter will be on campus. They are following policy to the letter. Reporter there were reports that recently fired strategist steve bannon was also coming but organizers say that has not been confirmed. Last february a riot broke out on campus where milo union yiannopoulos was set to speak. Uc says this will be different. Our Police Department did a comprehensive review of all the arrangements that were made before, during, and after the event. And those Lessons Learned are going to be applied going forward. Reporter the Berkeley College republicans which organized the previous ill fated events applaud the new effort. If were successful then berkeley will have made good on its promise that it is really the home of the free speech movement. Reporter but students on the left, many making anti racists sign for a counter demonstration this weekend do not want the conservative speakers on campus. Its disgusting, and trying to frame this narrative as a free speech issue when theres all sorts of violence and racism, it is totally unacceptable. Reporter the groups say they expect demonstrations. The concern is whether they will be peaceful. Heather and frank. Rob roth live at cal, thank you. We are following some developing news this afternoon out of san leandro where a medical emergency is causing some b. A. R. T. Delays. B. A. R. T. Officials closed the bay fair station earlier this afternoon due to a medical emergency involving a person on the tracks. Now trains are beg single tracked without stopping. The emergency was first reported just before 2 45. Officials say the person on the tracks is alive. Details are up to delays are up to 20 minutes. A judge delayed a Court Hearing with a suspect charged with killing a woman in charlottesville. He is accused of driving a car into a crowd of people. One of the organizers of the right wing rally surrendered to the police in virginia last night. Christopher cantwell is charged with bodily harm. Im not going to stop in my efforts to try to get it removed but im glad the city council recognized that it had to be addressed. The city is seeking state approval to remove the lee statue as well as one depicting stone wall jackson. A hearing is now set for september 1st. In the meantime officials ordered them covered with black tarps. This afternoon the white house said relations between President Trump and Republican Leaders in congress are fine. But the president s twitter feed seemed to tell a different story. Foxs Garrett Tenney has the story. Reporter the infighting between gop leaders continues with the president slamming Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan as well as the media. He campaigned on building the wall and is going to make sure that gets done. Reporter the white house confirming President Trump is committed to getting the wall built. But this morning the president was tweeting a much different tune with a tirade reading, quote, i requested that mitch m. And paul r. Work together to repeal and replace. Im a little concerned about some of the trade rhetoric, not only by the president , but by the people who were running against him. Reporter so the question remains, will the leadership and the president be able to set their differences aside. Speaker ryan is vowing that congress is on the same page as the president. Were working together to move that shared agenda. Reporter white house Officials Say there are plans for President Trump to meet with mcconnell and ryan after labor day. In washington, im Garrett Tenney, fox news. The white house is moving ahead with its proposed military transgender ban. The wall street journal reports that the president s directive would give the military six months to prepare for the ban. The new rules would stop funding for procedural medical treatments and a lay out new guidelines that would allow the secretary of defense to remove any current Transgender Service member. The president sparked backlash back in july when he tweeted that transgender people could no longer serve in the military because of the, quote, tremendous medical cost and disruption it creates. President trumps Top Commander in afghanistan gave more details about the administrations strategy in the region. General John Nicholson said that the u. S. And nato will assist afghan forces. He said the push will be based on conditions on the ground, not a particular timetable. Nicholson would not say how many u. S. Troops would be involved. U. S. Officials have said as many as 3900 Additional Service members could be sent over. There will be additional capabilities. Some of that is already arriving but we are not going to talk about the specific numbers. We are not going to telegraph to the enemy what it is we are going to do and hue we are going to influence the battle field. U. S. And afghan leaders say they will also make efforts to get the taliban to the negotiating table. However, a spokesman for the taliban ruled out any cooperation and peace talks saying the group will keep fighting until u. S. Forces withdraw. Two sisters out of South Lake Tahoe who were reported missing after attending a Solar Eclipse rally in oregon have been found. They were reported missing wednesday. The parents last heard from them sunday night after they left for oregon to see the Solar Eclipse. The two were found this morning at a Grocery Store in oregon. There is no cell phone coverage in the area and they didnt call home to say they were going to stay a little bit longer in oregon. The parents also got an alert from the bank card which was recently used in petaluma. One of eight people accused in the killing of an oakland mother was sentenced in an east bay courtroom today. A judge sentenced alex davis to 40 years to life in prison. He was convicted in the death of a 30yearold hospital worker. Police say she was shot and killed back in march 2015 while using her body to shield her children from gunfire during a gun battle right outside her home in oakland. Davis attorney spoke to reporters outside the courtroom shortly after the judge handed down his sentence. I asked for manslaughter. Yeah. I thought it was a shootout, essentially, and its tragic, as a matter of fact. Davis was one of three men convicted in this case earlier this year. Prosecutors have connected five other suspects to the death of pearce. An Oakland High School football coach notices brown water coming from a drinking fountain. Coming up next, the high levels of lead that were uncovered and what the School District is now doing to fix the problem. Plus, a recent study finds tasers have been used in more Police Involved deaths nationwide than previously thought. And were tracking the weather around here which is coming up on the weekend. Were also looking at that hurricane, Hurricane Harvey in the gulf of mexico and the problems that it is going to cause travelers this weekend. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. 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Police say a disgruntled dishwasher who had recently been fared took one coworker hostage before being shot and killed by officers. A new report is raising questions about Police Tasers and whether they should be looked at as non lethal weapons. That report found more than 1,000 incidents where people died after being tased by police here in the u. S. As Trace Gallagher reports, it also found more than 100 of the incidents began with 911 calls for help during medical emergencies. Get on the ground reporter a common tool for police nationwide, tasers are viewed by some as non lethal stun guns, but no reporting suggests tasers have been used in more policeinvolved deaths than thought. A report found more than 1,000 policeinvolved deaths that have involved officers using tasers across the u. S. At least 153 autopsy reports show a taser listed as a cause or contributing factor. For lots of reasons tasers should be an absolute last resort. Reporter reuters found in that nine of 10 incidents the person who died was unarmed, and a quarter of people were suffering from a Mental Health breakdown or neurological disorder. Meantime the company that makes the stun guns has for years said that tasers are rare toll blame. When tasers are used, yes, they have killed people. Around 20. Reporter the company insisting that most people who have died after a taser was deployed died because of Underlying Health issues, drug use, or other police force. Im not saying that tasers havent killed people but i think people tend to jump in cases where you can pretty strongly exclude it, and yet they still say, well, the taser was the only force used, therefore it was the thing that caused the death. Reporter the manufacturer says its up to police to decide how and when officers use tasers. Weatherwise a foggy start but a pretty good finish. So bill, are we going to warm up even further . We are. Some upper 90s, low 100s especially on sunday and monday. Big heat sunday into monday, and a warming trend. The big headline in the gulf of mexico is this hurricane, now a category 1. It is harvey. Here is the problem with harvey. Its coming up on texas. It is not just going to be a onehit deal. It is going to hang out. So were talking about this system moving up into this area as a hurricane, probably a category 2 or 3, and then hanging out until next week, right . Ive seen reports of maybe two to three feet of rain in some places near houston. Houston is low lying. They have major issues with drainage because of all tur ban any sayings all the urbanization there. Heres the wind bands. Category 01, 85mileperhour winds, moving northnorthwest at 10 miles per hour. So basically in the direction its going. So by tomorrow its starting to move on shore, and its a big story if youre doing any traveling, and it will lead all the network newscasts most likely tomorrow and into the bay area weekend. Not just for rain but storm surge looks like its going to be a player as well. Galveston, corpus christi, and some low lying areas are going to take a positive. So we will watch that. Here are some of the temperatures that we have experienced today. About like it was yesterday, which we did expect. Beautiful outside right now in san jose. Good, clear skies, good air quality, and thats how it goes again tomorrow. But as we head toward the weekend and High Pressure builds in, by sunday, low 100s in those inland bay valleys. Less fog that would equate to some warming. There are the forecast highs. It looks a lot like today but a little warmer with some more low 90s showing up in those eastern valleys. Thats tomorrow. Again, this whole week, its a wash. Its all been the same. But things start to change around as we head into friday, saturday, and sunday. When i come back we will talk about it. Thanks so much, bill. Crews and city officials are now working to make sure the water in oaklands Mcclymonds High School is safe to drink, this after high levels of lead were found. Reporter the good news is the School District says they have addressed the most serious concerns, and a now they are working on a longterm solution. The School Districts environMental Health and safety manager was called after the coach noticed a brown tint coming from the tap. He was actually using water from across the street at his mothers house. Crews have now installed new spigots on the football field. They have replaced the shower heads in those locker rooms, and they are also telling students that all fountains are now offlimits, and they will now be drinking from 11 new dispensers installed in and around the campus and the cafeteria. The School District says the water is no longer a health threat. Parents we spoke with this morning were still concerned that they werent notified in a timely manner. When you enroll your kid you sign a paper that theres no lead. But i signed that paper but then i looked at the news. I was never notified. We have prevented anybody from having any contact with any leadbased water. So right now the only lead based water we have is in the showers. We are still in the process of replacing all the shower heads, which are the source of the lead in that water. And so once that is done, the showers will be turned back on. So nobody is accessing those showers. In the meantime what we have done with the other things is, what we found was that the sources of lead on the campus were a couple of fountain heads and a couple of faucets in the kitchen. Weve replaced all of those items with items that wont leech this lead. So weve taken all the lead out of the equation. Right now there is still the longterm fix of replacing all the piping. That work will take about a year with an estimated cost of anywhere from 2. 3 million to 2. 5 million dollars. Rob malcolm, ktvu fox 2 news. Up next, californias Supreme Court rules in favor of prop 66 speeding up the appeals process of those on death row. So could there be an execution in our state very soon . Our legal expert will break it all down. Whats up guys . Were dude perfect. Make sure you check out Bass Pro Shops fall hunting classic, the biggest hunting show and sale of the year. male announcer hey, its time for great deals on great gear plus, weekends during the classic, you can get up to a 100 instant rebate on select gear when you purchase with your Bass Pro Shops mastercard. Are you taking the tissue test . Yep, and my teeth are yellow. Time for whitestrips. Crest whitestrips whiten. 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Nice smile thanks i crushed the tissue test. Crest. 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Now, your headline was the Supreme Court upheld prop 66, and in large measure thats true, but for most voters who voted for prop 66 in november, they will see this as a defeat. And the reason why is that at the heart of this, and certainly on the ballot proposition, the heart of it was that the initial stages of the appeals would be finished in five years. And what the california Supreme Court did is that all seven justices agreed that if you interpreted the proposition literally, that the word shall means that the word they used was directive. Its a suggestion that we move along with these. Two of the justices said, come on, the voters voted for this, but its unconstitutional, we should strike it down. So none of the justices wanted to do what i think most voters who voted for prop 66 wanted. And, david, we were talking offcamera, i forgot to introduce you, david, our legal expert here, does this have any teeth at all . Because the big worried was mandatory. They said, no, were not going to say its mandatory, but heres the guideline. For this piece it wont have any effect. On the margins it might speed things up but the reality is our system is very com play indicated, and there are two big choke points. One is not enough people taking on these cases, whether its in the Public Defenders Office or whether its attorneys who are willing to take them. To some degree prop 66 will require more attorneys who take criminal cases to take on these cases. But it really wont speed up the process. We need a lot more resources. And the other thing that would help if you wanted to speed it up, not everybody does, but if you wanted to speed it up, you would need a constitutional amendment to allow lower courts to hear some of these initial appeals. Right now the choke point is the california Supreme Court has to hear all of them, and it takes a very long time to go through that, let alone the rest of the process. So can we expect to see more executions . I guess not, right . Not for awhile. Any number of issues. Number one we have an issue as to the method of execution. Now, prop 66 makes a relatively minor change in terms of the approval process, but theres still federal constitutional issues around that. So we are not going to see any executions in california in quite some time, and while this what is going to happen is this wont speed things up. And for those, i think theres over 750 on death row right now correct. 400 plus still have their cases pending in appeal. At least that many. And that will take years, right . Decades. 20 years is nothing in this business. Now, you might remember there was a competing proposition in november which was to eliminate the Death Penalty. Of course that would have wiped all this off the process because this takes so long because it is death. Its something very special. It has to be done with great care. All right, david levine, thanks so much. U. S. Diplomats may be victims of sonic warfare. The symptoms they experienced that caused the u. S. To pull them out of cuba. And coming up next, the ousted google employee has now lawyered up. Were going to sit down with our legal analyst to talk about the options that he has against his former employer. Remember that Google Engineer who was fired by the company after he criticized google for its diversity policies for ignoring differences between the sexes . He has hired a prominent San Francisco civil rights attorney. He was let go after writing a memo suggesting that biological differences played a role in the shortage of women in tech and leadership positions. That memo was later posted on line and went viral. The woman that you just saw there, a San Francisco attorney, also a member of the Republican National committee, will now represent the employee in a case before the fascial Labor Relations board. So does he have a case . Lets bring in our legal analyst michael cardoza. On the surface what do you think . Well, number one, google invited comments from their employees. He writes a 3300word memo. People are picking that apart and saying, oh, look, this appears to be misogynistic, he hates women. It is going to be an interesting litigation because they are going to be parsing words. What did he mean by this, the or was this a political statement, which is allowed . If he got fired because he made a political statement, then google is going to lose this lawsuit. He says, listen, i was shamed because of the views that i expressed in that memo, and that this really goes against, and im quoting here, the left bias of google for creating a politically correct mono culture. It certainly teaches me if im working for a big company and they invite comment, im going to give them nothing but vanilla back. Im not really going to express my views, because this memo got out. A lot of groups start criticizing it. Google, being a large corporation, reacts to that. And im sure he is going to say, well, you fired me because it got out and people in certain groups didnt like it, they pressured you, you fired me. And now what his attorney is doing is trying to get other people that have been fired at google to start somewhat of a class actiontype lawsuit against them. The more they get, the more they can prove google is that way. He is asking for current or former employees who believe they might have been discriminated against to come forward. If they are successful, what does that mean for the case . Certainly it goes to proof. If you have more than one person saying the same thing, a jury sin kleined to believe it. I have talked to people in the industry in silicon valley, and they say there are not a lot of women that go into engineering, not like the number of men. You look at the engineers, and i hope this doesnt offend anyone, but its sort of a geeky maletype atmosphere. There are not a lot of women that go in. An example i think about, when i went to law school there were many more men in law school than women. But that changed. Women started to get into law school. Now more than 50 of graduating people from law school are women. And i think thats what might happen to engineering. Women will hear about this. They will say, gee, this looks like a good career, because im sure google is looking for qualified women to put into the Engineering Department at google. There just arent a lot of women in that industry. Lets go back to the fact, though, that he is taking on google. Right. I mean, that in itself is a david versus goliath action. No question. Look at google. They have massive amounts of money. They will have the biggest law firms. Theyre going to get papered to death with this. What they have to do is get in, do a lot of early discovery, then a lot of negotiations trying to get this settled. But he has said, look, i dont want hush money. I didnt do this. That memo is not saying what you say its saying. I didnt mean any of that. This was specifically my opinion. It was more of a political statement than anything. All right. So we are going to say. It is going to be interesting. Theres going to be a lot of money thrown at this. The u. S. Government is calling them incidents of great concern in referring to potential attacks on american diplomats in cuba. This comes as a u. S. Doctor diagnosed some diplomats with everything from nerve damage to brain injuries. And now the incidents are under investigation. This is unprecedented. We have not seen this type of activity take place before. Mystery in havana, cuba with u. S. Diplomats and their canadian counterparts reportedly suffering serious injuries while working and living in havana. Now some have reportedly been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and even damage to the Central Nervous system, the injuries coming after the diplomats complained of balance issues and headaches, this after what the u. S. Is calling unprecedented incidents in havana that started in late 2016. These are u. S. Government employees. They were serving in an official capacity in cuba. Those incidents have caused a variety of physical symptoms. Reporter the u. S. Is now looking into whether the diplomats were victims of targeted sonic or acoustic attacks with some type of audio device directed at their homes. The investigation is still ongoing. It is an active investigation. Reporter a number of victims have been evacuated to the u. S. To be treated with some having to get hearing aids. Some we asked to leave because their condition necessitated that. There were others that have chosen to stay there, and some of them are still there. Reporter at this point the u. S. Has warned the cuban government of its responsibility to protect diplomats. Cuba has denied any involvement in the episodes. So far retaliation has involved ex spelling two officials from washington. The first major hurricane of the season now barreling towards texas. We will have an update for you on harvey. And harvey is going to be a big story especially going into the weekend. Our big story will be the heat. We are looking for some triple digit numbers as we head towards the end of the weekend. I love you, couch. You give us comfort. And we give you bare feet, backsweat, and gordos. Everything. I love you, but sometimes you stink. Soft surfaces trap odors. Febreze fabric refresher cleans them away for good. Because the things you love the most can stink. And plug in febreze to keep your whole room fresh for up to 45 days. Breathe happy with febreze. What was a Tropical Storm is now a hurricane. It is Hurricane Harvey and it is packing 85mileperhour winds. Right now it is moving towards the texas gulf coast. The storm is expected to reach major hurricane status by the time it makes landfall later this week. The National Weather service is predicting the storm will intensify and could be packing winds up to 125 miles per hour. Reporter along the texas gulf coast, multiple communities are now ordering evacuations preparing for what is now Hurricane Harvey approaching in the gulf. That could be packing up to 20 inches of rain for parts of texas. Weve got all of our drainage crews out. Were trying to get all the drain inlets cleared. Reporter with the surf starting to get rough, storm surge is now a concern in places like galveston. We are actually asking people to gather supplies, bread, water, eggs, some of the essentials. We want to make sure you have stuff in the fridge. Reporter nearly the entire texas coast is under a hurricane or Tropical Storm watch, and people are being urged to prepare for a storm that could stall for up to five days. The National Hurricane center is predicting the storm will be a major hurricane by the time it hits the texas coastline, packing winds greater than 110 miles per hour. Landfall is expected sometime between late friday and early saturday. The system was bumped up from a Tropical Storm to hurricane status thursday as during the day winds were clocked at 80 miles per hour. I think that the city will give us plenty of notice to get out of here if we have to get out of here. Reporter along the coast in some areas residents are now being warned that rescuers might not be able to reach them during the storm. While on twitter President Trump is warning now is the time for people to plan for the storm. In new york, fox news. Well, we are talking, what, two to three feet of rain in the houston area . Yeah. Thats a little scary. And they mentioned two, three, four, five days of rain. Theres a blocking. It is going to get stuck between two High Pressure systems. It will be a depression when it comes ashore but it is going to continue to rain and rain and rain. That will be the story in the weather world for the next five days. Heres the system now. You see the surface winds. Theres the spiral, the heavy winds in the center. Those heaviest winds are now gusting to 85 miles per hour. And as this thing tracks friday into the gulf, or into this area, right into here, you are going to see extreme storm surges around houston, up around corpus christi, maybe six, seven foot. Also in this area youve got thousands of oil derricks, and theyre movable oil derricks. Theres a lot going on economically, when you talk about moving that many derricks and that many adjustments. You are going to see some changes in gas prices, certainly down in that region. So here is what we are checking right now. The fog along the coast. Weve got a day tomorrow like today. This whole week, right . Ive been saying the same thing over and over. It seems like that. This week has just been consistently the same. Weve warmed a little bit, but weve had a little bit of fog at the coast. Weve had a good run of weather. We did have thunderstorms up in the mountains on monday and tuesday. Its just flat line. As we go into saturday afternoon, sunday, and monday, those days are going to have a pop of heat. Theres San Franciscos forecast in the morning. This looks very familiar because it looks like wednesday, thursday it looks like every day this week. Theres friday in San Francisco. A beautiful day. Foggy at the coast, but then it ends with this sunday compression of High Pressure. The air is going to sink, and it is going to warm. We are going to get into some significant heat in the inland bay valleys. Still cool along the coast but inland it is going to get up there. Check out your saturday. Pretty warm inland. Sunday and monday, those are the days. Thats the weather headline here. The weather headline there is going to be Hurricane Harvey, which is forecast to make category 3 by the time it makes landfall, which is a significant major hurricane. 87 in livermore tomorrow. 92 in brentwood. Youre from that area, heather holmes. I am. Chime in on what you think of the five days of rain. My heart really breaks for houston, just getting that amount of rain over the next couple of days is just going to be traumatic. But i remember being there, gosh, its been 15 years or so ago, and heading down to the Galveston Area to cover a hurricane, and people down there, they know that its likely to happen. They know how to be prepared. But when it does, its unlike what youre really prepared for. I can imagine. You think of hurricanes, and you think of florida and the panhandle of florida. Not so much texas. And houston, you guys, since the 1950s has grown 650 . Its huge. Its one of the biggest american cities. And its flat and its concrete. So nothing is going to drain. Ktvu fox 2 news at 5 00 is coming up, and julie is here. Amazons acquisition of whole foods is a go. Today we learned what some of the first steps will be and what shoppers should notice starting as early as next week. Also you are going to have much more on that planned rally in berkeley. Permit denied. The city tells the group it cannot hold its rally at civic center park. Some of the reasons the city is now giving. All right, julie. We will see you then. Thank you. Coming up next on the four on two, bringing together next on the four on 2, bringing together Law Enforcement and communities. Do i use a toothpaste that whitens my teeth or. One thats good for my teeth . Now i dont have to choose from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy. Its our best whitening technology. Plus, it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. 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We started at the barbershop forums because it was a small forum and we wanted to build our base. We also want to make sure that were focused on a solution and not just point fingers, but what can we do together so we can make our communities better. Over the past eight months the discussions have grown from a small barbershop in san leandro to this our seventh and Largest Forum yet. I want to welcome you all once again. Thank you so much for joining us. This is a huge crowd. Reporter more than 200 people showed up in east oakland with panelists ready to answer direct questions from citizens. Police chiefs, city officials, and the District Attorney of alameda a county were on hand to explain their policies. One of the most emotional topics, officer involved shootings. There is a paradigm shift going on in Law Enforcement about just because you could, i. E. Legally meet a threshold for the use of force doesnt mean you should. Reporter chief kirkpatrick says the department has reduced use of force by 70 . It was a chance to explain how an investigation into an officerinvolved shooting takes place. And for the first time those making the decisions were put in the hot seat, directly answerly tough questions from the public. Do they have drug testing for these drug officers who do the shootings . If theres a reason to test them, we test them. I havent been here for a shooting yet. Apparently we do not do that as a practice. Why is it okay for officers to open and close a body cam whenever they want . Because were interviewing children, like for a sexual assault. We do not have it on then. One man questioned how is it that Law Enforcement and the legal system say theyre independent of each other when they work side by side. Why do you claim that these investigations are done independently when theyre actually done side by side some. They will observe or participate in the statement taken by the officers who are involved in the shooting, but after that theres no side by side. My issue isnt how the investigation took place. The issue that i am concerned about is why did the shooting take place in the first place, because that is the issue. Reporter and for some, the issue boils down to are you racist . Reporter Paul Chambers, ktvu fox 2 news. Good work there. Absolutely. Discussion always important. The winner of the 756 million powerball jackpot, i cant believe it but she has come forward. She didnt wait a moment. 53yearold Mavis Wanczyk out of chicopee, massachusetts. She is a mother of two. She found out she had won last night while leaving work. She had been working at a Medical Center for 32 years until yesterday. I have called and told them i will not be coming back. The first thing i want to do is i just want to sit back and relax and i had a pipe dreams, and my pipe dream has finally come true. My numbers were basically random, like maybe it was our birthdays, one from here, one from there. Whatever could work. Well, it worked. It did work. She purchased that ticket at a pride market store there in western massachusetts, right there in her hometown of chicopee. Here in california, though, three Winning Tickets were sold that matched five of the six numbers, and two were sold right here in the bay area. The tickets sold in milpitas and daly city. Each have a cash value of 818,000. She picked birthdays. Here are the numbers one more time a if you won a lower prize. 6, 7, 16, 23, 26, and the powerball number was 4. Some sad news to tell you about from the u. S. Navy. The search for survivors from the u. S. S. Mccain collision has now been suspended. The latest on that deadly collision coming up right after the break. Often is a brought tole reminder that what we do is dangerous work in an unforgiving environment. The search at sea was called off after 80 hours, but divers will continue searching flooded compartments of theines. Some ex the u. S. S. Mccain. I think youre seeing a culmination of years of the Senior Leadership here in d. C. Have whoa have failed to equip some train the men to do their jobs. Reporter but others say it was caused by thousands of shipping clogging up busy shipping lanes every day. This is the fourth major mishap for the navy in the passive since late january, including the collision between the u. S. S. Fitzgerald and a car go ship in june, drowning 47 u. S. Sailors. Permit denied. Berkeley sends a letter to the organizer of an antimarksism rally for sunday tilling them they denied the personal it based on several factors, including lack of security. About 34 hurricane people were expected at that event at Berkeley Civic Center park. Its one of several rallies and counter protests planned around the bay area this weekend. In a letter, they said the application was incomplete late. The city said it denied the permit because the application didnt include required information, including a photo i. D. Of the applicants, or the specific location and the park they want to use. The letter also said the application lacked a description of first aid arrangements, or an explanation of security arrangements. Authorities say they will continue to prepare for the event as if it will take place. Even though that permit has been denied in berkeley, the city of San Francisco and berkeley are still planning power to rallies this weekend. Today a group created tens of thousands of antihate signs to spread across the bay. They went doortodoor in the east bay asking people to hang them in their store fronts, churches, and homes. Reporter members of the oakland Mayors Office are fanning out ought all over the city, passing out 240,000 signs inscribed with an antihate message. Some severalled out following the events in several reached oust following the events in charlottesville. Reporter the group hired an artist and printed
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