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Investigation. They say the officer summoned medics. At the enof the day people are going to make mistake, do dumb things, we need safer streets. And those come in the form of protected bike lanes. The man who was hit is recovering. Hes an experienced rider whos been cycling for 25 years. Hes a little shaken up, in some severe pain. Sound like hes on the road to recovery. The Bicycle Coalition says they hope the Police Department conducts a thorough and transparent investigation. That officer is not allowed to deprive until the investigations are complete. In this case what could happen to the officer . Do we know . We dont know. I asked Police Officers if hes treated like a regular civilian but they did not answer for me. Christina, thank you. You can go to ktvu. Com for more of this dash cam video. Youll find the video under our must see video column in our web links section. Cal osha is investigating an incident where a worker was killed this morning. This site came to a standstill this morning halted after a man was crushed to death. He became pinned between a cherry picker or high reach boom and a concrete schukture. Were gathering evidence and witness statements. Were still looking at the case to see what injuries were sustained. The victim was in his 40s or 50s and worked for an equipment reason tal company. Around 7 15 this morning he came to load the boom on to a flat bed truck he was inside when the accident happened. Our sympathy goes out to the mans family and colleagues and everybody thats part of this team. We reached out to the rental company but they declined to comment. The man was pronounced dead here at the scene. A Collision Team and cal osha are both investigating. In San Francisco Tara Moriarty ktvu fox 2 news. A six Hour Police Standoff has now come to an end in San Francisco. Officers told ktvu that a man involved in a Domestic Violence incident violated a restraining order and barricaded himself the a home. He was not armed so they waited him out while crisis negotiators talked with him. In san jose homicide investigators are investigating a deadly stabbing. They say the victim was stabbed in the neck during a fight. The victim managed to walk into the restaurant where he collapsed and died. No arrested have been made. The man accused of killing two people during a Home Invasion in the south bay was in court this afternoon. Hes facing two counts of murder one with special circumstances. The charges stem from an incident on wednesday he and an accomplice killed a man inside his home. Deputies say redmond led police on a high speed chase that ended in a crash and passenger in the car ended up dying. This is an Ongoing Investigation and there are a lot of details that are still being learned as this investigation continues. Because of that i dont want to go into too many of those facts and details because i dont want to speculate. Redmond did not enter a plea today and remains in custody without bail. Hes due back in court on may 31st. A judge is expected to rule within the next ten days whether this man can fire his attorneys. He is accused of kidnapping and killing a 15yearold girl from morgan hill in 2012. He was in court today for a status hearing. He asked the judge for new attorneys so he can start the trial by june 2 1s. His lawyers say they are busy and wont be able to defend him for four months. He has said he is innocent. A school taking drastic steps to deal with a stomach virus. How officials are working to get the situation under control. At this Elementary School nurses went classroom to classroom giving a refresher lesson in hand watching. A large number of students have come down with gastrointerriets symptoms. Over the last few weeks 100 kids have gotten sick and six teachers too. Parents have been asked to keep their kids home for 48 hours if they have symptoms. Theyre doing a good job communicating with us. There have been six to eight new cases a day so Public Health officials advised a thorough cleaning. They cleaned every single room, they cleaned the pillars t playground. Theyre going top to bottom. Theyd also like to limit contact between the students by eating lunch in the classroom and skipping the playground. That also meant putting off the schools musical which had been scheduled for this week. It was a big disappointment but too big a risk. It had to be postponed until we have zero new cases of symptoms. Were hoping thats next week. Owen lewis says hes being extra ca. She told us about where germs could be. Its a lesson hes taken to heart. Where can germs be . They can be anywhere. The school is being cleaned now and will be locked down all weekend. The hope is that come monday the worst will have passed. Ann rubin fox 2 news. Mayor ed lee and the police chief held a meeting to discuss property crimes ktvu crews were able to ask them both about the recent calls for the chief to resign or be fired. Protest ors want him fired or gone because of recent scandals. The mayor says he has no intention of firing the chief who is using reforms on deescalation tactics. I asked the president of the commission and the chief to say look weve got to have updated 21st Century Police practices. Where do those ideas come from . From president obamas, all the cities across the country where theyve had issues of officer involved shootings. A panel put together says the Department Lacks transparency and is biassed in policing minority communities. Others are also calling for the chief to be replaced but he says he has no plans. The number of calls for you to step down, how safe do you feel your job is . I have a lot to do and im going to be about doing it. I dont have any intention to step down. Vy a lot of work before me, keeping the city safe, supporting the officers. Were hoping to get body cameras by years end so theres a lot of technology. A lot of asks in the way of we want the officers to rethink and reengineer things. Under city rules only the mayor and the Police Commissioner can fire a chief. Coming up the battle for the democratic nomination heating up. A look at the upcoming primary races as Bernie Sanders speaks to us here at ktvu. We have run a very aggressive and Strong Campaign in california. And im tracking that weekend forecast. You can count on some sunshine, but how much . Its happened again, our Crime Reporter henry lee will be here on set and a live look right now on interstate 80 near the University Exit its heavy in both directions. Okay so you want to head into San Francisco now might be a pretty good time. Almost no one going into the city at this hour on a friday night. The california Highway Patrol is investigating yet another bay area freeway shooting this one happened on interstate 80 in hercules a 25yearold driver was wounded he was driving east when someone in another car pulled alongside and opened fire. He crashed into the Center Divide and was treated for two Bullet Wounds to his leg. Authorities say there have been at least 20 similar shootings since november including the Fatal Shooting of a mother of. This is only an epidemic. This is a crisis. Our public is suffering due to this and i really think that the state should be working with cal trance to put cameras on the onramps. We know where the problems are coming from. At least we can get a license plate number. The police chief in pittsburg plans to ask for cameras on highway 4. Joining us now is henry lee, henry do authorities think cameras would help . Theres a big stumbling block. Theres a reason why we have Traffic Cameras but theyre not used for law enforcement. We also have fast track tollbooth still cameras but thats because you agree to have your license plate photographed. Were talking about a lot of shootings. 20 since november. One proposal with cameras if theyre worried with big brother what is Something Else that can be done . Ive heard from many motorists saying lets get more chp coverage of the freeway. These officers cant be there at every single location at all times of the day. Other than that, you know, if youre a good witness if you see something say something. A shooting like that happens in a split second. What is going on. All of sudden it seems like were hearing about these freeway shootings . Are they only happening in the east bay . I cant seem to recall hearing about it in other parts. And i cant figure out why its just now. Did they realize its easier to shoot someone on the freeway . There have been some earlier shootings before. In pittsburg you have cameras all over city streets and you have young people targeting their rivals knowing this freeway is an easy get away. We didnt have so much camera coverage years ago. Its hard because authorities are saying the average driver shouldnt be concerned. Its hard to listen to that. Because innocent people have been, as weve seen, have been hit by the crossfire. They think theres some gang activity. Its no consolation if youre the young mother with your kids in the backseat who get injured. Its not reasewering reassuring to say it. Also we had to mother of four that was shot and killed earlier this week. Yesterday her 2yearold celebrated his birthday without his mom. Thanks henry. Transportation Officials Say theyre stepping up on enforcement of carpool lanes. One in four cars in h oshlgsv lanes cheat during the morning commute and one in five during the evening commute. So low drivers are willing to take the risk because enforcement is spotty and drivers who play by the rules arent happy about that. Yes it would a fend me. Have been much. Time to change that . Time to change that. Now the mtc is looking into ways to better monitor the lanes. Regardless it says patrols will increase and cheaters will be caught. General motors is halting the sales of suvs because of misleading stick kers. Gm says it notified the viert tal agency right away. They will be distributed to dealers once. Subaru is recalling more than 50,000 vehicles the automaker says that its legacy sudan and crossover models from 2016 and 2017 may have steering columns that can malfunction. In documents filed with the National Transportation Highway Safety administration subaru blamed the problem on a parts supplier. There are no reports of injuries but owners are advised to stop driving their cars until the problem can be. All right to the weather now. As we take a live look at the conditions on the bay. The new bay bridge there in the foreground. Looks like traffic is pretty heavy. It wasnt at the toll plaza but here traffic very heavy across the bridge. Lets go to bill in the weather center. It ended up being a nice day. It did julie. You start off with a few clouds like we did today. Tomorrow a lot like today. A little bit more drizzle and a slower burnoff. Well almost to vacaville wasnt there this morning but tomorrow morning. Good flow. Theres a low pressure system offshore. I mentioned some drizzle because that low is a little closer to us. It will lift the fog up. You can see these are the map shows temperatures but you can almost see the fog. See the groan, the moist cool air . Really its pretty thick. Getting all the way to sea breeze if you wanted to look at it that way. You can see it intensify tonight and tomorrow. A little cooler or about the same but a slow burn off. Lots of mid and upper 60s around the bay. Low 70s in the warmest bay spots and mid70s and perhaps an upper 70 in antioch or fairfield. Sunday got some changes to talk about and next week well see you back here. Turbulence with the tsa what the agency is saying about long lines across the country, plus. Challenge here is not the isolate anybody its not to discriminate. Controversy over a new directive from the white house concerning transgender students. And trying to get a win on the road mark will join us later to tell us if they are having any luck. How dozens of students using science to va little fun on the water. music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha Getcha Getcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette a Government Spokesperson is calling a luggage problem at the Phoenix Airport significant and unprecedented. It failed yesterday in the system that scans luggage for explosives that led to more than 3,000 checked bags being left behind. They still havent figured out why that switch broke. The tsa is experiencing some turbulence due to long lines. Homeland security Officials Say they are working with airports to deal with that while keeping safety a top priority. More and more passengers are signing up for the precheck program. Just yesterday for the first we hit the 10,000 number. Over 10,000 signed up for tsa precheck in a single day. Last Week Congress approved the request to redirect 24 million in funding for new screening officers. Midland High School Students launch add special watercraft today to promote the benefits of solar. Nice look there. Annual solar boat rega ta got underway today. Student teams took as long as a year to build their craft. Competitors say the Practical Application of science has real benefits in the real world. You can get to learn how to use power tools and wire electronics. It features kids a lot of good skills that you ca life. The solar powered boats are judged in cat dpoirs including speed, distance, and maneuverability. This is the fifth year for the competition. Bernie sanders not giving up in the race for the white house. Bottom line is we think our message is resonating in california. More of his interview with us as we approach the california primary. Plus a congressman speaking out about a new directive about transgender students why he says the issue hits very close to home. And later the gift of sound for an east bay woman who lost nearly all of her hearing 40 years ago. Thats next. More than 17 million californians are registered to vote according to a new report from california secretary of state. Thats about 70 of eligible voters. So far more democrats tha republicans. Almost 44 of california voters are democrats. 28 republican. Most of the rest said they had no party preference. If you want to vote in the june primary you must register by may 23rd. Youre watching ktvu fox 2 at 6 30. During our live interview he talked about his Campaign Financing and the money necessary to stay in the running. Right now we are in a good financial position. We are going to run a very aggressive and Strong Campaign in california like all campaigns we have got to assess the best way to spend our resources. And in general what we do is put our resources in the strong grassroots organizations knocking on doors, making telephone calls, doing face to face contact with the people. We think our messa resonating in california. Sanders spoke to us from north dakota which holds its Democratic Caucus kuss on june 7th. Hillary clinton made no appearances today instead bill clinton campaigned on her behalf in new jersey. He said mrs. Clinton had a record of dealing with republicans. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in kentucky and oregon next week. Those are the last two contests of the month. Sanders is currently favored in the polls. Donald trump is gaining more support within the party. He now has the endorsement of 68 members of congress. He met with paul ryan yesterday. No word on what the House Speaker will do but Trump Supporters say he will come on board. Today their room was overflowing and most of the Committee Chairman are coming on board. Its where we want it to be. At the same time democrats are turning up the heat on trump over his refusal to release his tax returns. Elected officials in texas and arkansas are vowing to defy a directive from the white house to Public Schools nationwide. Issued today it tells educators that they have to allow transgender students to use bathrooms that match their gender identity. Rich tells us that some politicians are digging in their heels in opposition. 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