Mirkarimi talked about 45 minutes and 20 that he gave a prepared statement and he talked about the history of the case and what happened to get Francisco Sanchez in custody and they followed protocols to get Francisco Sanchez here and after the judge dismissed the charge of marijuana possession, that they released him without informing the ice that they were doing it because that is not their protocol, that the sanctuary city law prevents them from doing that unless theres a warrant or a court order in place. Mayor ed lee said that sheriff could have done a Courtesy Call to let ice know he was being released and Ross Mirkarimi disagrees. The mayors storys law under the buzz simply trying to walk away from the ordinance he signed into effect because if, in fact, that he is looking for some ambiguity in the law in order to cover his position, then it really defeats the whole purpose of the law in the first place. If you look very clearly in the declarative sense of the law if you follow his theory or logic, they are out for a subjective barometer that would then eventually conflict with the constitutional concerns that motivated the birth of the law in the first place. I really do think thats the mayor playing politics with Public Safety and i really think it is disingenuous the way he is going about it. And, of course, the sanctuary city law has come under fire locally and nationally and it has been debated as well as the whole immigration debate. It sounds like the sheriff is doubling down. Did he say there is anything his office could have done taking some blame saying maybe we could have done this or nothing at all . I specifically asked him was he or his office could have done to prevent or lead to the prevention of the killing of kate stineley and he said maybe they could have worked harder to get ice more on the ball and doing their job to get them in place to receive mr. Sanchez when he was released. And john, we know that sheriff was once a member of the board of supervisors, did he say what the current board do, maybe changes the policies. He referred to the fact he was on the board for a while but the purpose of the law is to prevent immigrants and maybe Illegal Immigrants in town in cases where they go to the police because if they say the police are used as a federal official and federal immigrations official the people to report a crime or witness a crime or a victim of a crime, they would no longer do that because of the fact that they would be worried about their own immigration status and worried that the police would just go to immigration officials. Now, this law does have exception when it comes to violent felons. Mr. Sanchez did not have a violent history. A lot of finger pointing. Ice officials would not speak on camera about the sheriffs comments but they did issue a statement saying that he strongly disappeared. Saying it was a tragic situation and we must not engage in finger pointing and Work Together it is not repeated. In fact despite a request from ice to the Sheriffs Department seeking notification of his impending release the individual was released without notifying ice. Had ice been notified, the agency would have taken the individual into custody and removed him from the country as dictated by isis authority. Mayor ed lees Office Released a statement saying that mayor lee stands behind what he has stated from the very beginning, this is a tragic incident. There is law with felons communicating with agencies. We reached out for more comments but we have not heard anything back. We are in the middle of a severe drought. It was raining this morning and some know in yosemite. Rosemary joining us what is going on. A bit unusual but this system that brought us drizzle and showers and thunderstorms for some areas and some sierra snow beginning to push out. Take a look at Storm Tracker two, late in the afternoon, we begin to see clearing and blue skies as we speak over parts of the north bay. We do have mostly dry conditions and the clouds continuing from santa rosa and the canyon. As we shift in the south bay, a few showers in the santa cruz mountain, and over to gil roy and this system moving to the east over the sierra and we do continue to see the thunderstorms. You can see a little bit of lightning along the california, nevada border. Showers in the forecast through areas of lake tahoe and the sierra but for the sierra as well as for us, this system will be pushing off to the east as we get into tonight and tomorrow and we do have dry weather in the forecast for your bay area week. We will have a look at the numbers and what you can expect coming up. Another top story we are following, a car slams into a south bay home killing one person and sending another to the hospital. It happened at 10 30 on ruby drive in east san jose. A witness says a truck lost control. The truck slams into a brick wall and went to a neighbors backyard hitting the twostory home and the loud noise alerted a man working nearby. He jumped into act when he saw the driver and passenger were trapped in the mangled truck. I went to the rescue and tried to get the guy out of the car and he was stuck. I tried my best and i used shovels and forks and nothing was working and so thats when the Fire Department came. The passenger inside the truck was killed. The driver was taken to the hospital. Now a family was inside the home at the time of the accident. They were not injured. A historic moment in Charleston South Carolina as the Confederate Flag is lowered and removed from the grounds of the state house. A political debate ignited after the mass shooting where nine people were killed including the state senator. That is being investigated as a hate crime. Crowds cheered as the Confederate Flag was removed and there were some that jeered and waved their own flags, the ku klux klan has promised to demonstrate. It is not hate. The ncaa has towed that line long enough until they have convinced people. It is not a flag of hate. The klan carried the American Flag, if the Confederate Flag is a hate crime so is the American Flag down. This has come down given to the africanamerican that could have not worked here and to think about what it took, it is a bad bargain for us. I would rather work 40 more years to keep reverend pinckney alive and the loved ones alive. The flag will go to the relic room in charleston a few blocks away from the state house. Meanwhile in washington d. C. , the house of representatives is canceling a vote on whether to allow the Confederate Flag to be flown in cemeteries run by the National Park service. A Beautiful Island of San Francisco bay. A Processing Center for people seeking a new life in america. Coming up, the difficult history of angel island. And lets give you give you a live look like. Sluggish in both directions. You are watching the 4. While its the largest natural island in San Francisco bay. Really a tourist attraction and a nice place to go camping. For 75 years ago i should say it was a Processing Center for immigrants hoping for a better life. This weekend angel island will honor its legacy and joining us is the executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Foundation and the Community Relations director. Grant. Thank you for co in. It is the next place next to sams and timberron. From 1910 to 1940 it was a place that is not today. It is not. It is a Beautiful Island and great Recreational Area but it has a particular history and it is very symbolic. The station was set up to enforce the 1882 chinese inclusion act to disallow people from a different race to come to the country and unlike ellis island that was welcoming. There was exclusion comes to mind and some sent back across the pacific. There was attempts to do that. It was enforcement of the law to keep people from coming to the United States from the pacific. Your thoughts and memories from 1910 to 1940 . There were some loop holes that you could enter. A lot of chinese would say they had family that were born here and especially after the earthquake and fire destroyed the records and the chinese claim that they had family that were legally here and so they came over themselves and the reason why angel island has the poetry and the carvings because maybe their answers did not match. They were sent back simply because they were undesirable to be here in california and the United States . It was not quite so direct as that. They didnt answer the questions right for example, how many stairs went to your uncles room and maybe they hadnt seen their uncle or his room for a long time, how would they remember . Right. So they would match the answers with others and the other thing was held. They would try to turn them back for health reasons. The family day tomorrow, explain what is going on, if people can go. I know you can get out there through timber ron and the ferry and pier 41. What is it exactly . Besides the chinese that came in, people from 80 countries came here and not known as well as it should be. We will have descendents that came here that are filipino and jewish and russian and they include Jeffrey Cline whose mother came here in 1940, whose family escaped nazi control to austria and went to shanghai and she was going to get married to a man in new york but we will find out tomorrow what the real story was. And a son found out more about the mothers story because we took it from the National Archives and read about it and we ended it saying if rosa ever met her boyfriend in new york. If anyone knows tell us. Jeffrey found the article online and contacted us and he says im rosas son and they got married. Just one of many stories and a great day and im wishing you both success. I want to tell the viewers, Ferry Service starting at 9 45 a. M. And speakers begin at 11 15 followed by a time to explore the immigration there. You can find more about angel island and the immigrants at ktvu. Com and look under the web links on our home page. Mike, thank you, we are talking weather. Im with rosemary and it is summer. It is july. Check. We are gets moisture and rain but is it measurable rain, is it just fun to see. It wont make a dentin the drought but it does put a damper on fire weather and waters the grass and clean out the air. All plus, plus. But we are drying out in time for the bay area weekend. Take a look at san jose where the clouds have cleared nicely and partly cloudy as we get through the second half of the day and as we get in the evening, the clouds will roll back in giving you a live look at mount diablo. A few one hundredths reported in the last 24 hours, measurable for a few areas giving you one last look here across the bay towards the east, wow, what a Beautiful Day and actually shaped up to be. As we get to Storm Tracker two and dry and not working as hard as it was over the last couple of days and picking up a few scattered showers around morgan hill and gil roy and a few here lingering as it continues to push to the east. The system responsible for the west weather will be moving off to the east over portions of the great basin and by tomorrow we are looking at partly cloudy skies and mild weather. So in a nutshell partly to mostly cloudy skies and the showers coming to an end with a westerly breeze and light to moderate and for the weekend, partly cloudy skies and temperatures a little cool for this time of year but not bad and a lot of 60s and 70s and 80s for our warmer spots inland. Temperatures right now, 78 degrees in liver more and 77 in fairfield and along the peninsula. 67 in San Francisco and 70 redwood city and portions of the east bay. And tomorrow morning we will wake up with the low clouds back and patchy fog i do expect along the coast and just inside the bay and 59 degrees to start your day and vallejo and 60 for livermore and 60 for san mateo. Not a bad start. The clouds will clear out and partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies and 77 in na vayo and richmond in the afternoon, walnut creek to 80 and 80 for danville and 70 for san leandro and the south bay, 78 san jose and mid80s for gilroy and one of the warmer spots tomorrow. A nice 77 with partly cloudy skies in santa cruz and the peninsula 78 and 76 in San Francisco. Giants will play this evening low 60s and with a breeze 5 to 20 and partly cloudy skies for your evening and the extended forecast for your bay weekend temperatures warming slightly for saturday. It will be warmer because we will have more sunshine and sunday a tad warmer and the warming trend for monday, tuesday and wednesday. Thats beautiful. Thank you, rosemary. The most comprehensive study on the danger of crumb rubber arc story that ktvu has been investigating. Allegations from athletes that play in synthetic fields and we will examine that in our 4 by 4 egment. Couch surfing, the unique ways you can travel this summer if you are willing. That and more coming up. It is summertime and vacation is on many peoples minds and we talked about how web site and apps are changing the way we travel. Lets talk to veronica on ingadget. Com. How are you. Great, how are you. Good, thank you. You have been talking about some of the unexpected ways people are traveling now. Lets start with high camp. What is that . Thats actually hip camp and it is basically what it sounds like. It is alternative to renting a house or condo you can rent camp grounds. People can post the land on the web site and you can go and stay in a cabin on their land or bring your own tent with you. It is a lot cheaper and a lot of different options and it is a cool alternative way to spend time in the area. Great places in San Francisco, oakland, all over the bay area and country. I think it is a really kind of different and neat way to travel. Hip camp. So you can rent out your land and go camping and use cabins. It is something different. What about hotel tonight. Hotel tonight is great because a lot of Different Hotels have extra inventory at the end of the week and using this app you can look for Hotels Available in a weeks time. Either you need something that night or that week maybe you have unexpected trip coming up and looking for rooms to be less expensive than if you booked them in advance. It sound for someone not into that long term future planning and you have to be spontaneous. I like the spontaneity factor, you can save money but it does have a mobile app it is great if you are on the road and no web interface that may be an issue. I have one that may be an issue. What about couch surfing. It is old and it is a way to search for locals willing to share their couch. It makes me nervous. You can work with people that have only verified accounts that is a great way to start. But if you are willing to just take a risk and go around the world and stay with locals that know the area very well. It might be interesting to save money. And also be spontaneous as well. What about for the ladies can you say that the people have to qualify and in their network but it seems risky you dont know them. It is an issue but the smart thing to do is tell friends and family in the area or wherever they happen to be where you are standing and what nights and make sure you check in with people you know and probably the safest way. Or travel with groups. Okay. All good ideas and interesting hosts of inver conca. Thank you. Possible links between cancer and crumb rubber. We dig deeper into a new study looking at Health Concerns about the fields. Coming up on ktvu at five and six, eric radmustsen was talking about a dealership with rolled back odometers. More on ktvu tonight. Welcome back. After months of debate the state of california is launching a study to look at whether synthetic playing fields made of crumb rubber are making athletes sick. We have been investigating this for months and we are taking four minutes at 4 00 to take a look at this next step and try to find out once and for all if crumb rubber is safe. Joining us is senator hill that is pushing for research on the impact of crumb rubber. Thank you for coming in. Sb47, what is it and where is it right now in sacramento . The bill was designed to conduct and require the State Government to do a study, a comprehensive study, there hasnt been a study to look at the health risks of using crumb rubber in artificial fields. Studies have been done and some of them have determined that there is a heavy level of lead and others have said there is toxic chemicals but none of them conclusive. So we wanted the state to do that and they started doing that looking at the health risks related to whether you injesuit or if you are a goalie and you hit the ground and you ingest it and you bring it home in your uniform and socks and you are living living with it for a while. There are studies that looked at the air quality when that gets hot and emits it in the air, whether the compounds are getting larger and greater but not the health risks. There have been studies. Yes. But not like one where the state got 2. 2. 58 millions for a new study and we have a slide to break it down and lets talk about the ingestion of it. When you inhale it but what about if you digest it. That is true and we want to get at that. When you ingest it, it gets in your system and theres a reason, high concentrations of lead have been found in the crumb rubber and the Los Angeles School