Path of an suv driving on the great highway. Good evening im keba arnold. And im frank somerville. It had to be a big surprise, a kite surfer blown right on to the road. The man was hit in the southbound lanes of the great highway just before it reaches lake merced. We have these new developments from amber lee. Amber we heard the winds at the beach were strong 35 Miles Per Hour with gusts up to 45 and looks like its pretty windy now. Reporter thats right frank, ocean beach is often cold and windy but let me tell you not like this. As you can feel the sand hitting me in the face and you can taste it in your mouth. Ocean beach is entizing yet volatile with its strong winds and currents and not more son than this today. Today is on the upper limits of whats safe to ride. So you get a kind that match it is wind speeds. So you need a really small kite today. Reporter a kite surfer suddenly found himself being pulled by his kite away from the ocean and on to the great highway right on to the path of a silver ford toyota going south. Oh my gosh. Thats terrible. Thats terrible. Reporter the kite surfer ended up between the suv and concrete barrier. Police say the man suffered life threatening head injuries and was transported to sf general. Did it give you pause. I definitely thought about it. I just took extra care to make sure everything was set up correctly. The kite is up like this. If something crazy would happen you can just pull it and you are released. And then the kind will flag out and have no power. It cant drag you at all. Reporter but lowell says when the lines cross it can create a dangerous scenario one thats hes experienced himself. If the lines come out crossed on one side or the other the kite doesnt feel the uncontrolled loop. Its just spinning like this with maximum power over and other and over and it will drag you across the beach and he was flailing he couldnt even get to the jacket. Reporter the unusually high winds had them leaving soon after they arrived. Its really bad, kind of. I said whoa the minute i stepped out of the car. Reporter the stronger the winds the smaller the kite should be. Police have not released the identity of the kite surfer. Amber lee along the great highway in San Francisco. Thank you. New at 10 00, another vigil at the Santa Clara County jail after an in inmate was beaten to death. Several dozen people gathered to remember michael tyre. Three deputies are now facing charges in connection with tyres death. Theyre identified as Rafael Rodriguez and harris. Theres a culture of violence there at the jail and abuse is nothing new. They say they hope tyres death forces the county to make some changes. When we say we want you say justice. We want. Justice. We want. Justice. Reporter chanting loud enough so the inmates could hear. Carrying signs that read inmates deserve safety and they prayed for the family of michael tyre who was found a week ago inside his jail cell. He was found with blunt force trauma. For some at the rally some hit too close to home. They handcuffed him and beat him up. He was bruised all over his body. Reporter mendosa claims her son was beat while he was in jail. He says his son filed a grievance but the officers were exonerated. A lot of times theyre mentally ill and its not that theyre acting up its something setting them off. Things like this shouldnt happen. Reporter gonzalez respected tyre in Mental Illness court. And says that they have to have Better Services for the mentally ill. This vile and cowardly act to mr. Tyres life is not indicative of values that we respect and honor with the men and women of this department. Reporter besides reviewing policies and procedure it is sheriff also announced today she is requesting more cameras for the jail system. The District Attorneys Office says they are still reviewing the case and if charges are filed the arraignment for the suspect is on tuesday. In san jose, im azenith smith, ktvu news. San Francisco Police today arrest add 32yearold veteran of the force on charges including embezzlement, theft and grand theft. Ricky rodriguez resigned earlier this year amidst an internal Affairs Investigation that involved alleged abuse of a county vehicle. Police greg suhr says allegations damages the Publics Trust in local law enforcement. B. A. R. T. Is getting ready to suspends all the train service. Service not resuming again until next tuesday morning. Ken pritchett with the potential impact on bridge traffic, ken. Reporter frank, its hard to say how much more traffic we are to see on the bay bridge. We do know well spaoe we do know well see a lot more buses to try to get customers across the bay. Reporter the transbay tube shut down over the Holiday Weekend was not much of a concern. Im going to get out of here early and go the other way going to davis and just evacuating. Im off so thats a good thing. But for the other people working i think thats horrible. Reporter an inconvenience for those who work or for those like makayla, shes staying in berkeley an italian tourist with bad timing. I want to visit San Francisco and i know im not going to be able to. But she can, instead of the train b. A. R. T. Has a bus bridge from 19th street station in oakland to the transbay terminal in San Francisco. Hop on the bus bridge, theres going to be seats for everyone. Theres no wait. The buses leave every minute. And as long as the bay bridge isnt too congested with cars, its going to be pretty tame. Reporter there will also be extra ferries running throughout the Holiday Weekend but some are already sold out those going to and from saturday nights billy joel concert at at t park. The closure of the transbay tube is a rare event. B. A. R. T. Says every four years for track paint tphapbs which should provide a smoother, quieter and safer ride. Its going to cause issues so why not over the Holiday Weekend. I mean they have to do it at some point. You have to fix the the track. You have to fix the track. Reporter if you take that bus bridge, add an extra 30 minutes to your trip. You may have to add more than 30 minutes if its heavy. Now the last time the b. A. R. T. Shut down the transbay tube that was on the weekend of august 1st. Its part of this same construction project and there were no significant traffic back ups to report. All right, ken, thank you. Aaa is projecting more than 35 million americans will travel 50 miles or more this Holiday Weekend. Thats the highest number since 2008. And an overwhelming majority of them will be on the road. They crediting cheaper gas prices and the economy. Right now the average for gas 2. 40. You can find gas under 3 as well but we still pay on average more. Aaa says a gallon of regular in San Francisco is 3. 29 and San Francisco is 3. 12 and in oakland its 3. 15 a gallon. A reminder you can download the ktvu news app on the latest for conditions on the road. And one way to stop them is at a dui checkpoint. This is a live picture now of the sobriety checkpoint at El Camino Real and st. Francis way thats in san carlos. It went up at 8 00 and police say it will be staffed. And this is part of san mateos county avoid the 23. The 23 is for the 23 agencies involved. This enhanced the dui enforcement. Officers look for signs of alcohol or drug impairment. Mostly its about warning people not to drive under the influence. Were doing this to spread awareness to drunk drivers and hopefully deter them from being out on the street. Some people say they dont expect to make a whole lot of arrests but anyone who is arrested can expect to pay thousands of the dollars in fines, fees and dui classes. Sometime that is can be more than 10,000. At t is blaming a huge Communications Outage in five Northern California counties on cooper thieves. And at t is now offering a 10,000 reward in the case. At t says it has restored phone and Internet Service to tens of thousands of the customers now. The outage is similar to 14 other incidents other the past year including one in danville a few years ago. The disruptions can knock out 911 service and are raising questions about the vulnerability of our interconnected society. Danvilles police chief says his department is doing what it can. We spend plenty of time doing table top exercises and being prepared for emergencies and im very confident that when another emergency comes well be ready. Reporter the vandals cut the cable in hopland. And the outage affected all of the mend mendocino as well as parts of sonoma. A new study puts the National Unemployment rate at a seven year low. Unemployment dropped. 2 of a point. Thats the lowest rate since 2008. Employers added 723,000 jobs thats considered modest growth. The previous five months had been stronger. The fed will now take this new data into consideration in two weeks. Now wall street sold off ahead of the long weekend. The dow dropped 272 points. Nasdaq lost 49 and the s p fell back 29. Analysts say the jobs report failed to provide any clear guidance on a rate hike. Coming up here a new development in the Sexual Assault of a Bay Area College student. At 10 30, the sketch that police hope will lead to an arrest. Plus the possible link to another on campus assault. It is going to get cold for your saturday morning. Some overnight lows will get into your mid40s. Well talk about that plus increasing temperatures. And its been called the worse refugee crisis since world war ii. The latest on the conflict forcing millions of the people from their homeless. Millions of people from their homes. The syrian refugee crisis has been building up for months if not years but tens of thousands of people and families on the move looking for help. But now the death of a syrian boy has prompted the call for aid. Reporter these photographs have spread widely on social media and the newspapers around the world. Theyre images that have shocked people and they are difficult to see. But the United Nations today said it is a reality that the world must face. This little boy and his brother just last week were among the nameless masses, a deluge of people seeking refuge. Rough waves captized the boat, the two kurdish boys and their mother were found dead. The photos heartbreaking and shocking. Of the toddler found on a turkish beach. The father returned to syria to bury his family. His aunt in canada who had tried to bring them west making a plea to the world. They were going for a better life. For i think any human being it brings home the tragedy, the human tragedy that this involves. Reporter human tragedy on a massive scale. This is one of the most severe refugee crisis thats been seen any where. At least since world war ii. Berkeley law scholar Jamie O Connell said 15 million have left. Others pleading for help to be allowed to continue their journey. Dont give up. Reporter still more went on foot leaving budapest to try to reach the austrian border 100 miles away. Germany has now agreed to accept 40,000 people. A call for action but too late for a 3yearold boy whos name people around the world now know. Reporter the United Nations said today that more European Countries need to share the load with germany and take in refugees. The United States has accepted 15,000 and theres calls now for the United States to do more. What is the administrations response, will there be more action. Itll be interesting to see. Still theres been a lot more calls. To accept people from that region right now would involve an extensive review process that could take 18 to 24 months and thats just to screen every person for any terrorist connections. Cant get that picture of that little boy lying in the sand there. Just tough to see. Yeah, it really is. Difficult to see but certainly i think the family has been saying they want his story out there. Absolutely. And well see what happens as a result. Jana, thank you. The first marriage licenses for samesex couples were issued today in rowan county kentucky. Demonstrators on both sides of the marriage issue gathered outside the courthouse. The attorney whos representing jailed county Clerk Kim Davis says she considered the licenses void since they dont have her signature on them. Davis husband who happens to be her fourth husband took a defiant stance when asked about the situation. No theyre not going to let her out and shes not going to bow i promise you that. How long is it going to take . As long as it takes. Its unclear if the licenses are valid without her signature. The judge who ruled that davis was in contempt of court for not issuing the licenses, says samesex couples would have to take their chances on that matter. A right to die measure cleared another hurdle in the state legislature. The Assembly Finance Committee Approved the bill without any debate. Its expected to go to the Assembly Floor next week. The case of a bay area woman 29 yearold Britney Menard inspired it. The bill would allow terminally ill patients to ask a doctor for medications to let them die. , menard moved to oregon where that state has a similar bill allowing patients to end their lives on their own terms. Now to San Francisco and a Major Development in the kate steinle case. Today a judge ruled that Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez will stand trial on a Second Degree murder trial for and for being a felon in possess of a weapon. The defense says it was an accident not murder. Reporter a photograph flowered and stuffed animals were reminders of a life lost too young. This video captured that horrific day july 1st. People rushing to help kate steinle. The 32yearold shot and killed while walking with her dad. You believe he wanted to kill kate steinle why not get closer to her. Why not fire more than a single shot. Reporter the attorney for her accused killer Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez says it was an accident. That he picked up the gun and wrapped it in his shirt without knowing what it was. He is a homeless person, theres no evidence that there was ever an effort to commit a crime. Reporter they say that sanchez was sitting in one of these spinning chairs when the gun went off. The bullet hit the ground before striking steinle. Sanchez then says that he threw the gun into the water in order to keep it from firing again. Sanchez initially told police he was shooting at seals or fish which contradicts the defenses claim that the gun misfired. It is an individual with a second grade education tries to put out an accident you know explanation for what happened because he doesnt understand. Were confident that we have sufficient evidence to bring justice for kates family. Reporter he could be looking at up to 19 years in prison because of his priors and the gun charge. If Second Degree murder sticks it could be 43 years to life. His next arraignment is set for september 18th. Tara moriarty, fox 2 news. Tracking your Holiday Weekend forecast. Its been windy out there. Its pretty chilly right now throughout the bay area. So if youre out there at a friday night football game. Its chilly. Temperatures are in the low 50s right now. Some areas are getting up into the upper 40s. This weather system is going to bring cool air to the pacific northwest. Rain to parts of eastern North Eastern california and cool overnight lows for us. Especially around lake tahoe. Theyre going to see overnight lows next couple of days are going to get down to mid20s probably on sunday morning in truckee. So the winds are blowing. Its been windy all day. Less wind tomorrow, warmer day tomorrow. As that low moves off those winds should start to die down. 25 sustained at sfo. When you get going tomorrow morning, 51 in vallejo. Thats chilly. Thats in the winter but for Early September thats pretty chilly. You will know its kind of cool in the morning. Daytime highs tomorrow slightly warmer than they were today. So no fog, when its windy fog has a tough time forming. Lots of sunshine right off the bat. Less breeze. But its already cool. We start off cool. Yellows are 70s so were going to see lots of 70s with lots of low and mid80s in the inland bay valley. As we move forward into the Holiday Weekend theres more heat. Governor jerry brown signed law to keep homeowners from being fined by their homeowner associations. Now homeowners can rip up their turf and replace it with water saving landscape. A dog dead after swimming in the Russian River. Well tell you whats in the water. The 49ers have made their roster moves alead of the regular season. At 10 45, mark ibanez will tell us who made the cut and who did. And its prevented thousands of students from graduating school. But now the exhibit exam can make history. The action taken today by the governor. This is the model rear end event. The model year end sales event. Its year end its the rear end event. Year end, rear end, check it out. Talk about turbocharging my engine. Youre gorgeous. What kind of car do you like . New, or many miles on it . The volkswagen model year end sales event ends on labor day. So hurry in to your local volkswagen dealer today. Rescue crews are working to free a blue whale thats trapped in a fishing line. The whale has been spotted in the channel between long beach and catalina island. A team from the Oceanic Administration is on the scene trying to untangle the whale but they had to stop for the night. The whale is considered to be endangered its also the largest creature on earth. This one estimated to be 75 feet long. East bay Regional Park says an autistic teenager drowned after falling into lake tamiscal. Felipe medina was walking with his sister yesterday when he apparently slipped and fell into the water. Police say his sister jumped in to save him but then she had trouble as well. So a bystander jumped in and managed to get the sister out safely but could not get to her brother. Investigators say neither medina nor his sister knew how to swim. A warning going out, a toxic algae in the water is being blamed for the death of a family dog. People could be at risk too. Reporter with a warm weather and a three day weekend ahead the Russian River for many is the place to be. But theres a dark side hanging over these days in the sun. Bluegreen algae is along the rivers shoreline. The toxic kind. Warnings are up. We will be more cautious and it kind of lowers the fun level a little bit. Reporter the problem is taking an even bleaker turn. Checking for levels of toxin a found in green algae. The Sonoma County Health Department has issued a new advisory to pet owners to keep their dogs off the river completely that includes boats. Dr. John fitzpatrick is a long time Russian River veterinarian. He has seen two dogs recently stricken by the algae, the dog survived. It was losing hair on all four limbs. The other dog they think had gotten into a small stagnant area and drank some water and it had some vomiting. Reporter the Sonoma Health official told us by phone no humans have reported issues. And theyre facing having to close the water. They do advise however keeping small children away from where algae collects. Businesses along the Russian River say they dont believe the algae will keep people from coming here this weekend. Historically Labor Day Weekend is a big weekend. The weather is supposed to be pretty beautiful. I imagine were going to have a few very busy days ahead of us. Reporter but you may see fewer dogs. We still came, but the dog we had to say, keep it at home. Reporter for dogs who do get into the river the best advise for owners is to rinse it out thoroughly with fresh water. If your dog shows any signs of sickness see a veterinarian immediately. Ken pritchett. A Bay Area College student sexually assaulted in an on campus bathroom. For women and college students. Up next, new developments in the search for who did it and what police are saying about a possible similar assault. Plus a chicken ruffling feathers. The bird found at the bay bridge toll plaza. New developments tonight in the Sexual Assault in the bathroom of a campus of a Napa Valley College. Police released this sketch of the man theyre looking for. Investigators are also trying to determine if that napa assault is connected to another similar one on a different campus north bay. Ktvus Debora Villalon is live in napa with what weve learned, deb. Reporter were at Napa Valley College where warnings went up wednesday after the victim came forward. Now she has helped a sketch artist come up with this imagine of the man who attacked her. Young swimmers churning up the water at Napa Valley College. They practice here six days a week. And this week some special instructions from coaches. Scary, scary to feel we have to be scared. Reporter after a young woman reported she was sexually assaulted by a man hideing in a bathroom stall across campus last monday afternoon. To go in pairs, not be alone. They can be alone in the deck if they want to get a water bottle. But if they want to go to the bathroom or go down any where to be with someone else. The dogs in their ears and there looks to be a scar here in the bottom of his eye. Reporter the victim got a good look at attacker. It makes it unusual and a little suspicious. Reporter investigators in both cities are comparing notes. I dont think that we can ever really say exactly what a criminal mind is doing. So could it be a copy cat . Yes. You think your campus is really safe. But how safe is it you know. Napa campus of 7,000 students was quiet friday. No classes. But this student says everyone will still be talking about the assault when School Resumes tuesday. Usually theres long lines but for it to happen at that particular time and no one came in, its unnerving. Your defenses are down because you think its going to be a stranger in a dark alley. Reporter the restroomed had been cleaned losing any evidence. These coaches hope their advice about personal safety stays with their swimmers. Sexual assaults happen on campus more frequently than we would like to admit. Reporter one in five women in college will be victims of Sexual Assault. Jc is a bigger campus about four times as many students but this sketch is likely to make the rounds there as well as here in napa in case anyone recognizes him. Keba. And with social media you ewe have to hope that the word will be spread very quickly. This as family and friends remember the student who was killed in a shooting. 25yearold Roman Gonzalez was shot and killed after two groups of men began arguing next to the baseball field. Police say one man pulled out a gun and thats what led to the shooting. Friends and relatives gathered at the crime scene to remember gonzalez. Roman was a good dude. He always gave good advice. Always made everyone feel comfortable you know. Investigators say the shooting may have been gang related. California is one step closer to makeing the High School Exhibit exam history. Hundreds of students have failed it since it was first required in 2006. Now Governor Brown is asking that all students get their diplomas no matter when their class graduated. Last month he signed a different bill to awarddiplomas to students in this graduating class. A bill would suspend the exit example for the next three years. That chicken that caused a traffic mess on wednesday morning she appears to be pretty comfortable in her new temporary home. Theyve named the hen chip. The shelter plans to hold chip for a few more days. Theyre hoping chips Rightful Owner will show up if not she can go home with a different family. A big honor for sacramentos hometown hero. Up next, how one of the three men who stoped the terror attack in france was honored today. We talked about the cool overnight lows, now were going to talk about those daytime highs as we head into the tail end of the Holiday Weekend. Some areas could reach into the low 90s. [female announcer] when you see this truck. It means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. Because they went to sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic event. Through labor day, save up to 500 on select tempurpedic sets. Plus, get up to four years interestfree financing. Sleep riskfree with sleep trains 100day money back guarantee. And of course, free sameday delivery are you next . But dont wait sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic is ending soon your ticket to a better nights sleep one of the three sacramento heros in the foiled french train attack got another honor tonight. Anthony sadler threw out the first pitch at the River Cats Minor League Baseball game. The 23yearold and his two friends stopped a heavily armed man from killing and wounding passengers on a high speed train heading to paris last month. Sacramento plans a parade for all three men a week from today. And were tracking your Holiday Weekend weather. It looks pretty good right. Temperatures are going to warm up a few degrees. Winds are going to die down. These are the numbers from today. And theyre pretty cool but temperatures tomorrow are coming up. So that 80 in fairfield tomorrow. That 80 is going to end up being 85. 84. Antioch is coming up. Theyll be 84 tomorrow. Temperatures on your bay area saturday warmer than they were today. Warmer still as we go into the next couple of days theres no fog out there right now. The system im tracking already illustrated to the north. This thing is going to move off as it does its going to bring snow perhaps up to mount lassen. Its going to bring very cool weather overnight in the lake tahoe area. Ive been thinking about that burning man deal out in the Black Rock Desert as that moves through. Maybe a few showers for them but most certainly temperatures in that area that could easily get down into the low 30s, mid 30s. A lot of campers out there and theyre not wearing a lot. Its burning man so its deaf definitely going to be a combo. Swells coming out of the southwest. Increasing the rip current potential. The more perpendicular the swell is the more rip currents you get. Its going to be rippy tomorrow out there. But the beach is chopped up because of all the winds today. So its not like a lot of guys are going to go out there surfing. Sunday and monday significantly warmer with monday labor day being the warmest day on bay area weekend. So lets break it down for you. The Holiday Weekend, hope you have them all off. Warmer on monday and almost hot as you get into monday those inland bay valleys which could mean an increase in fire danger. Not hot hot but just warmer than it has been. 86 in vacaville tomorrow. 86 in clear lake. Good air quality. The visibility there is great. The wind cleans everything out. We talked act it earlier in that unfortunate kite surfer story. Its blowing a lot of sunday. Theyre going to have to shovel it off. Theyll close it for a while tomorrow. That sand is blowing out there. Wont be as windy tomorrow. Five day forecast all three of them look good. At least for the holiday then we get back into the mid90s. Nice looking forecast. Just what you want for the Holiday Weekend. Truckee is going to get down to like 25 degrees on sunday morning. All right, thanks bill. Thats all for us for tonight. Mark ibanez up next with a full plate of sports. Thats right everywhere i go viewers frank always ask why dont you have more time for sports. Well the time has come. Tonight is the first friday night fox 2 sports weekend. Going to check the entire baseball scene as the losses mount for the giants so do all the mistakes. The losing Streak Continues to grow in colorado and the raiders not only make a roster move but its a deal that sends a clear message to other players. Its a no nonsense approach from here on out. Fox2 sports weekend right after this. This is fox 2 news sports weekend. Driven by mercedesbenz. Hi how is it going everybody, im mark ibanez. Welcome to the extended sports weekend. You can understand loseing the dodgers. But you cant call yourself a true threat when you keep losing to door mat teams like the rockies and it happens for the second straight match. Firstinning, chris heston big trouble. Carlos gonzalez deep but fouled. Take a deep breath. He homered last night, kind of gives it the
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