Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Mornings Weekend Edition 20171210

KTVU KTVU Mornings Weekend Edition December 10, 2017

To put out brushfires on the side of the road. We will have more on that shortly. This is the time of year where you should be hearing bells ringing for a red kettle. There is a shortage of bell ringers. It is having a big impact on donations. Lets head over to see how our sunday is shaping up. It didnt feel as bad. Some areas are little bit warmer. Our pattern though is changing very little. Partly cloudy skies. This is the view from San Francisco. If youre going to be getting out early, be prepared. Some valley locations are back to freezing. Visibility is not bad. We typically see a little bit of fog developed over portions of the bay. The conditions are calm. There is a southeasterly breeze at seven at sfo. It is cold in santa rosa, 29 degrees right now. Fairfield is in the 20s. Livermore is just above freezing. Around the bay we have low 40s in hayward and oakland. Relatively mild at the Half Moon Bay. Foster city is 35, 34 in woodside and 32 in menlo park. Hannahville is freezing. It is another cold one. Heres a look at the day planner for santa rosa. Through 10 am, still in the 40s. It will be chilly. It will be in the 50s by about 11 00. Then into the upper 60s for the second part of the day. That is a goodlooking afternoon. It will take a while to get there. The afternoon highs expected around the bay are 60s for redwood city. In the north bay, 68 for santa rosa. Not a lot of change going on. When i come back, i will have a look at your extended forecast. There are new developments in the oakland workers strike. They could return to the bargaining table tomorrow. A mediator may help settle this dispute. Reporter it sounds like that is what is going to happen. The union and the city have both agreed to end the strike going into mediation. They dont know who the mediator will be. We know a third party will be involved to facilitate negotiations. Until there is headway with that, the future remains unclear. The unions and the city both say that the strike will continue until further notice. About 3000 workers have been on strike since tuesday. Nonemergency services have been cut off. The library and public works are shut down. The city offered a 4 raise for the first year and the possibility of another raise after depending on revenue. Workers say the strike is not about wages alone. They want more fulltime workers and rely less on mandatory overtime and part time workers. Members of one of the unions say they are their working conditions are bad. They are working over 80 hours. That is mandatory overtime. The working conditions in these areas are not good. There leading to injuries and mistakes. Reporter dispatchers have agreed to stay on the job during the strike. The latest Development Last night is that the city and the union have agreed to mediation. There is hope that the strike will end, but that is likely not to happen anytime soon. People should plan for another day of workers on strike tomorrow. Thank you for the update. A woman found dead on a walking trail has been identified as a Software Engineer who had worked at google. Authorities are investigating what led up to her day deaf. Death. Reporter a body has been identified. Her body was discovered by a bicyclist thursday morning. She was face down in the drainage canal. It was a five minute walk from the google campus where she worked as an engineer. The company said this, she was an excellent Software Engineer in our developer product team. We are devastated to learn of her passing. Our deepest condolences are with her family and friends. Police on friday were wondering what led up to her death in this recreational area. We are trying to figure out what occurred. That is what we will try to determine through the investigation. Reporter no foul play has been confirmed. Investigators say she was naked. It is not clear if she was dumped there or if the body floated from a different location. Her Facebook Page shows an active young woman with a love of life. We reached out to some contacts. Many were too distraught to give comment. Mystery lies in the water. Police say they have very little to go one. There waiting for the results of an opt off autopsy to determine the cause of death. Back to you. A preliminary hearing in a fire continues tomorrow morning. Two defendants are charged with involuntary manslaughter. The hearing began wednesday. Several former warehouse tenants have taken the stand and talked about safety violation. 1x tenant cried on the stand recalling the friends that she lost. San Francisco Police are investing a crash that killed an elderly pedestrian. It was in the sunset district. She was hit by a toyota sedan. She died at the scene. The driver stopped and has been cooperating. Firefighters from sonoma will brighten the holidays of children who lost everything in the north bay fires. They collected and repaired donated bikes. They will pass them out this morning to kids. Firefighters distributed bicycles to 550 people last month. That was in santa rosa. 700 bikes will be given away today in sonoma. There are also bicycles for adults. Bike helmets and Water Bottles are included in this giveaway. A man is being called a hero to put out some brushfires. Check out this video. He is using his jacket to try to put out some fierce flames. He said he was driving through on highway 99 when he saw four fires. He decided to take matters into his own hams hands. Other vehicles were trying to help to get those flames under control. When the fire crews showed up, they continued to fight. He was treated for smoke inhalation. No word on how those fire started. A home caught on fire last night. Crews got that fire under control in about 25 minutes. It cost about 300,000 in damage. And bay area activist is a special speaker today. Danny glover will speak. It kicks off a campaign to celebrate the declaration of human rights. Todays events will be held at the war memorial building. A private reception is at 1 00 with a discussion featuring mr. Glover at 2 pm. The task forced against Human Trafficking will receive the Un Association Global Human Rights award during the ceremony. This is the sixth day of wildfires burning in Southern California. The progress that is being made. All that and more coming up after the break. Stay tuned, well be right back. Welcome back. Isnt that a gorgeous start to the day . It is a spare the air day. I will have a look at your numbers coming up. How about some football. The raiders season has not gone as planned. The silver black are now in a threeway tie for the west. They have the we have the raiders, chiefs and chargers. Something has to give today. The raiders are in kansas city this afternoon. Michael crabtree will return from a onegame suspension. Cooper is questionable as he is recovering from a concussion. The chiefs are in a freefall. They have lost six of their last seven games. The 49ers lost its first nine games. Jimmy gets another start at quarterback. He is making things look up. Heres a game day preview. This is jimmy gs first start. After a month of anticipation the 49ers got to see what he would look like as a starting quarterback. The knowledge of the shanahan offense is a work in process. He could not help but be impressed. It is obvious for everyone. He can get rid of it quickly. Hes good on his legs. He can put a zip on a ball. You can make throws and people can get excited. I am pretty hard on myself. For being the first time, i think things went pretty well. Reporter the offense where the subject of most attention in chicago. The defense turned in a respectable performance allowing one touchdown from scrimmage. The defensive staff is trying to keep things simple. I believe that we will be able to do it through four quarters. We did some things we wish we could take back. We are not to our capability yet. We are headed in the right direction. They must feel like they have a good shot. Reporter they will have something that they havent had since 2014, a winning streak. In houston, back to you. We would like to see that happen. Heres how the first start went. Joe montana played against the cardinals it cardinals. He was pulled. How about steve young, he went to the buccaneers before finally becoming a diner. His first start was 11. In 1987. He never finished his first start. Kaepernicks first start was on a monday night. He had the best performance compared to the others. 16 of 23, almost 250 yards. He had a victory. About jimmy g . He started last sunday. He won against the bears. Nearly 300 yards passing. No touchdowns. One pick. Five field goals. That was enough for him to win. You can see the game this afternoon. The game kicks off at 10 00 followed by the eagles at the los angeles rams. Then it is 5 00 news and a sports wrap. For new new more news we will head over to ktvu plus. It is good football weather today, it is a shame the game is not here. Texas has a dome. It is going to be nice here. We have dry weather on the way. For the next 10 days, we will have dry weather in store. It could turn back to a wet pattern as we get into the holiday week. Lets take a look at the glorious start to today. We will deal with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures will be similar to where we have been. We have a bit of a light breeze out there. We have wage from the northeast. That dries up the temperatures. Half moon bay starts out mild. 7 to 8 degrees warmer than where we were yesterday. Spare the air. We may have a little bit of smoke drift. We will have moderate to slightly unhealthy air quality. The bay will get the worst of it. It is just something to be aware of for people who suffer from respiratory issues and little ones. Dry and mild will be the call for the day when it comes to our temperatures and the pattern. Temperatures will range from low 60s to near 70 degrees. It will be dry during the business week. For futurecast, there is the storm track. It is well to the north of us. It does not budge until about friday. Friday afternoon we have week wave approaching northern california. It does not look like it will reach us. We might have some cloud cover. No rain in the forecast. Around the 20th is where we think we might get wet weather. The wind out there is generally light. Half moon bay has wind gusts out about 25 miles per hour. Nofault to speak of. The headline reads 28 in santa rosa. A very cold start for valley locations. 30 six 36 in oakland. Today will be a lot like yesterday. Freezing in menlo park and woodside. Afternoon highs today will be widespread 60s. San francisco checks in at 65. Mid to upper 60s for the east bay. South bay looks like 69 degrees. 74 in santa cruz. That looks beautiful. Do you feel like a broken record . I do. You will start ignoring me after a while. Never. Forget the north pole. There is a toy workshop right here in the bay area. All that and more coming up after the break. Stay tuned, well be right back. It feels good to be back. And i am a senior Public Safety my namspecialist for pg e. My job is to help educate our First Responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. Everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. I live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. Once i moved here i didnt want to live anywhere else. I love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other peoples lives. Together, were building a better california. Welcome back. Donald trump is focusing on Illegal Immigrants in his weekly address. A man was found not guilty of killing kate steinle. Her death is a tragedy that was preventable. She was shot by an illegal alien and a convicted felon who had been deported five times. He was free to harm an innocent american because our leaders refused to protect our border. San francisco is a sanctuary city. The president went on to say that innocent americans are at the mercy of criminals because officials are defying immigration laws. Thatll his family said they had been frustrated and sad but never felt anger over her death. They told the crank chronicle that they want her name and photo to stop being used for those purposes. Donald trump is endorsing roy moore. The message will be played as part of a robo calling campaign. Donald trump was at the grand opening of two Civil Rights Museum in mr. In mississippi yesterday. Several prominent leaders boycotted the ceremony because of the president s visit. They said he has made Race Relations worse during his time in office. This is a tribute not only to the state of mississippi, a state that i love, a state where i have had great success. This is a tribute to our nation at the highest level. He did not show up. He does not deserve to be in jackson for the celebration of the Civil Rights Museum opening. Members of the naacp said they will held threshold a separate event at a later date. The Salvation Army needs a bellringers. There are 32 possible sites for bellringers to collect change. So far they have an average of 10 bellringers a day. Last year they took in 160,000. The donation support donations support Food Assistance programs. An event started at Harley Davidson in San Francisco and ended at the medical center. Toys collected will go to less fortunate children. Coming up next, firefighters make progress against wildfires burning in california. All that and more coming up after the break. Stay tuned, well be right back. I was looking at my yard and say thats thinking it was time to do some work. It is a spare the air day so i cant do it. Good morning. Welcome back everyone. Today is sunday, december 10. We are about two weeks away from the big day. What . Good morning. If you dont talk about it, we have more time, right . Yes. If you deny it, you have hours and weeks and months to shop. We are waiting for a perfect gift idea to just pop into your head. It is a spare the air day. It is a mild afternoon. A cold start this morning. This is the golden gate bridge. We have mostly clear skies. No fog out there. If you are jumping onto the roadways, you should be all right there. The wind is stirring and temperatures are up because of that. In santa rosa it is calm and cold, 28 degrees. Here is a beautiful view over san jose. Low 40s in oakland, and San Francisco. The east bay, dublin, danville, they are in the 30s once again. We are cooler in sfo and santa rosa. In napa we are warmer. Half moon bay is several directory degrees warmer. The wind plays a role in what we see in how we feel. Look at hayward. We will be in the 40s. By the time it gets to about 10 a clock, 50s. 10 a. M. , 50 degrees. Along the peninsula, upper 60s. San jose will also get into the 60s. Temperatures will not budge as we get into the business week. We are tracking rain. Hopefully that is several days out. I will have moral that coming up. New developments in the oakland workers strike. There may be movement between the city and employees. A mediator may be used to settle this ongoing labor dispute. Reporter that sounds like that will happen. The unions have agreed to end the strike using mediation. Back and take some time. The union and cities say they expect the strike to continue until further notice. There has been an interruption of City Services. Head start programs, parking enforcement, library services, public expect inspections and Senior Care Centers have been affected. There would be a 4 raise after the first year and a possibility of another raise after that. Workers say they want the city to hire more fulltime workers and rely less on mandatory workers overtime. They also want more fulltime employees. It is heartbreaking for the library staff. All we want to do is get back to work and start taking care of people and serving them and getting them what they need. People need to use the wifi and computers. We need to have story time for children. Reporter the emergency dispatchers are part of the union. They have agreed to stay on the job because their work is so essential to Public Safety. The working conditions for dispatchers are particularly bad. Many work 16 hour shifts and are subject to mandatory overtime. The city and the union has agreed to enter into mediation. There is hope that the struggle and. That is going to take some time. We dont know who that third Party Mediator will be. Going forward, there will be a thirdparty at the table facilitating things. So picketers, will they put that on hold . We have not seen anybody picketing. The only office that is open typically on a sunday our libraries. They dont open until later. If there are picket lines, it probably will not happen until later on this morning. All right. Thank you. Police in oakland are investigating an assault on a college campus. The victim was taken to the hospital. No one is in custody. It is not clear whether the victim was a student. A 5000 reward is being offered. Chp is now looking into excessive speed as a reason why a party bus flipped over in San Francisco on the 101. 29 people were on board the bus. All were injured. Two people remain hospitalized. Both of them are in fair condition. Officials are not releasing any information about the condition of other patients. The crash happened friday night 1101 at the at the 101. The liberty fire is now contained. The thomas fire and the most north fire is just 15 contained. 800 homes have been destroyed. 90,000 people have been forced to evacuate. Some of those people are being escorted into the burn zones to find out if there homes are still standing. Reporter a crowded evacuation site. Is anybody going to skyline . Reporter they had to say there neighbor homes. Sharon florez and her daughter hop on the van. They get to their home. They see it did not make it. It doesnt seem like it is real. We just spent thanksgiving here. Reporter this was a retirement home. This would have marked the anniversary of moving in on wednesday. We sacrifice to get this. Reporter when they saw the fire on the news, they were hopeful the flames would not get to their house. My mother said she saw a street fill up. I was thinking okay, there is no way that the fire could have gotten here. Reporter it blew through almost every car and house. The street looks like a war zone. The

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