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Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 6pm 20240714

Immigrants about their rights and resources available. Ann rubin reports. Reporter in santa clara county, the immigrant community is on edge. Naomi worries about her parents and about what a mass enforcement might mean for them. When this stuff happens i feel more scared than angry. Because i dont want to lose them. Because i dont want to raise my siblings myself. I mean, im 18. Reporter fear and panic is what Community Leaders want to avoid. And they say that is why their Rapid Response network exist. Created after the 2016 election it is a 24 hour hotline meant to give immediate help if and when i. C. E. Shows up. We will be able to give information at that moment and connect you to people who can be at your house, be it your neighborhood, be at your door within minutes. With content you with legal representation as well. Reporter it will inform people of their rights and inform the community i. C. E. Is there. That makes a big difference to communities. To know that elected officials welcome them here. And will do whatever they can to uphold their constitutional rights. Reporter Officials Say that they are simply upholding the law. That these are not rates, they are quote targeted Immigration Enforcement and in a statement they say they are prioritizing the arrest and removal of those who pose a threat to National Security and public safety. The Community Leaders say they are may be collateral arrest too. Those in the wrong place at the wrong time. We are standing in power. The Trump Administration will not, will not terrorize this community. Reporter while the threat looms, some local churches and synagogues are offering things ray to those who are undocumented and advising people to come up with an emergency family plan. Naomi and her parents have one. They have seen other family members got deported. They know what they have to do. I know what i have to do. Reporter the Rapid Response hotline number we will have that on our website, www. Ktvu. Com. Community leaders say it can be used to verify i. C. E. Activity. They have noticed problems with misinformation spending on social media. In san jose, ann rubin, ktvu fox 2 news. Happening now, protests are gathering in palo alto to call on the Trump Administration to Close Detention Centers where Migrant Children and families are being held. A group lled the coalition to o street Near University avenue at the headquarters of technologies. Protesters call on the company to and the 38 Million Contract with immigration and customs enforcement. The company uses the Government Software for data analysis. The company says the product plays no part in the deportations. In oakland a number of groups are holding two separate vigils as part of a nationwide protest against the Detention Centers at the border. The lights for liberty vigil at city hall is getting underway and another vigil is planned at the lake merritt amphitheater at 7 30 pm. A similar vigil will also be held in san jose and in San Francisco tonight. Those vigils night follow a day of protest in sam cisco. Ktvu s Paul Chambers tells us that outrage is growing over reports of overcrowded and inhumane conditions at the border. [ chanting ] reporter raid by u. S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement this weekend, here in the bay area and across the country demonstrators showed up with signs outside i. C. E. Headquarters in San Francisco venting frustrations on how families are kept after coming to the u. S. Illegally. At this country was built on illegal immigrants. But we tell them they dont have the standards. [ chanting ] my father came in the 50s. My father swam here three times. On the third time he made it through. Establish himself in San Francisco. Reporter jessica is a member of the brand berets, an organization that suffer the civil rights of mexicans in the 1960s. She said the way her people are being treated currently is she right perty. These people are the most impoverished in their own countries. And they dont have the it requ to get a passport and documents required to come here legally. Reporter many feel that the Living Conditions of the children were separated from their parents is inhumane. And saying having them live in Detention Centers is wrong. Some even dont want to equate the facilities to the same once jewish people lived in during the holocaust. The word is removed by people before and since the holocaust, that they are concentration camps and people are being held against their will. We are allowing children to die. Not gas but lack of medical care and lack of resources. Putting so much attention on that, taking the attention away from what is actually happening in th reporter protesters plan o, chambers, ktvu fox 2 news. In addition to San Francisco and oakland, lights for liberty vigils are being planned tonight in more than a dozen cities in the bay area including alameda, venetia, berkeley, castro valley, concord, fremont, and livermore. Other news out of san jose this evening, police are investigating a homicide that happened in east san jose. The entire block is shutting down for hours. That video of skyfox captured video of officers with guns drawn going house to house. Reporter jesse gary is on the scene with what he has learned. Reporter police are continuing to investigate a crime in east san jose. The crime scene starts technically here but also extends back where you see the police cars. Officers were called around 9 am. They have been here ever since. A short time ago, unit officers, the equivalent of s. W. A. T. Officers swept the area and police confirmed, checking to make sure the suspect or suspects are not in the area. Are also checking for clues in homicide that may be a home invasion. There is no information on the victim other than it was an elderly man murdered inside his home. We have the suspect description information or possible vehicle to be looking for. Neighbors are concerned about what has happened. We caught up with a couple of them. One woman said her mother called her out of concern after seeing the Police Activity in the area. I was concerned. Im not sure about the whole situation. This is like the wild side of san jose. Reporter police say they are not evacuating residents but they are not letting residents have visitors in the area either. The neighborhood is closed off until the investigation is completed. Police promise to update the media at some point this evening but that has not yet happened. When it does we will bring it to you either on social media or over the air. In east san jose, evergreen neighborhood, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. Information, governor gavin newsom has tapped Marybel Batjer as president of the cpuc. It regulates utilities including pg e in the bankruptcy progress. The Company Faces billions of dollars in claims for damages from wildfires. The governor said hes confident that batjer will challenge utilities to embrace reforms. Batjer is secretary of the california Government Operations agency. Governor newsom signed a bill to shore up the biggest electric utilities as another welfare season heats up. Power companies will have to spend at least 5 million on safety improvements. The project also creates a fund of up to 21 billion to compensate victims of future wildfires, caused by utility equipment. The governor said pg e will have to pay out past welfare victims as well. Most importantly theyve got to sit down and make a deal with these victims. It has been 1400 days and some of these victims havent been compensated. You know, you dont walk away and sit down with these victims without a tear in your eye. The measure caps utility liability of wildfire damage from equipment failure. Calfire has spent the last few weeks retraining and getting seasonal firefighters prepared for what is likely to come this summer. Ktvu s tom becka has more from napa where the academy graduated its latest class. Reporter calfire ended a two week Training Academy today for returning seasonal firefighters of the sonoma, lake, napa district. They will be on the frontlines of every wildfire in this district or anywhere else needed during what will be the driest, hottest months of the summer and fall. They will also deal with procedures and technologies from field radios to enhance personal breathing systems with a buddy breather accessory to a new faster way to unload and set up their hoses. They are all getting familiar with the new hose bundle and theyre very universal. If they go to one station here, in napa and next week they are in lake county, the hose bundle to the same. Reporter at the station they take a knot tying class, essential in rescue operations using a triangular brace over deep holes or backlit sites. At the station, this is where firefighters learn to fight fire with fire. Not to actually fight the fire but to save their own life and that of their compatriots. What they are teaching them is to rent to their safe zone and where they will do play fire shelter. On the way to that location, their safe zone, they will light a fuse and throw it toward the fire heading toward them. That, in turn will burn material between them and the main fire. And give them a larger buffer, a larger safe zone. Reporter finally at the so called dollhouse station, the firefighters learn how to read smoke coming from a burning structure that they may have to enter. And how to keep flames and smoke from overwhelming them. They see that once the compartments are closed, the fire is being starved and that shows a different colored smoke and a different velocity of the smoke coming out of the cables and eats. Reporter so far california has been under less siege this season than this time last year. The largest fire season in california history. Leisure this time the state have lost 149,000 acres. This year, the acres burned is 19,000. About 1 8 of last year, up to this time. And only a 3rd of the fiveyear average of 60,000 acres. Storms are coming up and we will continue to monitor Tropical Storm barry, that system is ready to make landfall in louisiana. You are looking at live pictures and we will tell you the main concern tonight as the storm moves closer to shore. We dont know the intervals between periods of heavy rain. We dont know whether theres going to be time for some of the rain to drain. We have more of the forecast track of barry and our local weather pattern. High temperatures inland and we have the forecast coming up. More than three dozen arrests as well as guns and drugs off the streets. We just learned about a six monthlong Investigation Called operation red desert. There are moments in life that leave a lasting impression. Like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, warmed by the morning sun. You might remember new flavours, or a view that defies all expectations. These are the memories that stay with you, long after the moments have passed. Not to the latest on Tropical Storm. The system on track to make landfall in louisiana. Rain is biggest threat. Casey steagall has the latest from new orleans. Reporter wind is picking up on the gulf coast, heralding the arrival of mary. Slated for landfall on saturday morning near morgan city. Parts of louisiana could get a whopping 20 to 25 inches of rain. A dangerous amount on its own, made even worse by the already saturated ground from wednesdays flooding. We dont know the intervals between periods of heavy rain. We dont know whether theres going to be time for some of the rain to drain. Reporter Officials Say it is a slow moving storm. So folks need to be ready to go it alone for an extended period of time. Especially if the power goes. We also need to be prepared for widespread power outages. That wont be remedied as quickly as we would like. We are going to ride it out. We kind of have taken the attitude that this is what we signed up for. We live in new orleans. This is what happens. I cant get scared every time something that happens. Reporter normally this time of year the Mighty Mississippi river back here is about 6 or 8 feet above sea level. Right now, it is 16 or 17 feet. Expected to cross over the weekend at 19 feet. The highest levy built post katrina, 25 feet tall. Before the storm even hits, it is already getting way too close for comfort. That is the latest from new it is almost 15 years and new orleans is rebuilding from katrina. Marcus is here with more on how the storm will affect this area. We are talking about a slow moving storm, not a good thing. You could almost out jog the storm, it is moving so slowly and achy concern is the extreme rainfall totals intensely. That is a big concern heading into the weekend. As we head into tonight and into tomorrow. Infect heres a live camera looking toward louisiana. You see the camera shaking around as you expect. The storm center is still 80 miles offshore. 80 miles to the southeast of morgan city louisiana. You see it looks like the conditions are changing just within the last hour or so with more wave action. The wind is picking up. This will not be a major cracking but we have possibly injure problems out of the system as it comes on board. Here is the satellite and radar. It is not well organized but there is a chance it could briefly top out as a category one hurricane prior to landfall. Right now the wind is 65 miles an hour. When wind reaches 74 that is a hurt cane. The northwest at four miles an hour. Heres the forecast track as you can see into saturday morning. And into saturday afternoon. As we come closer this could be to the west of oregon city. There is the forecast track, a closeup. As far as paul expectations in general, most areas could pick up a 10 15 inches. This forecast model showing some expectations of different numbers as well. That will be a big concern in addition to the storm surge. It is not a major hurricane but possibly amounts of storm surge 3 to 5 feet above normal tide levels into saturday. We will keep an eye on what is Tropical Storm barry. For us in the bay area we have a low clouds and fog with hot temperatures inland. Were on the weekend for us coming up. Modesto police say they may made 38 arrests and seized 21 guns in a investigation into a notorious gang. The efforts to make streets safer for residents. Reporter this is what Ishmael Williams calls his awakening thursday morning. Startled he recorded this  footage on telly road in modesto. A swarm of officers, a helicopter and a community, confused. We have people kind of afraid. You know what i mean . People living in these areas and never like that. Reporter this is one home searched and a number of neighborhoods in the Stanislaus County was also scoured. 24 hours later, the Modesto Police department revealed guns, booking photos and charges that dozens of people face as a result of a six month long investigation that they call operation red desert. Our goal at the beginning was to as i said before get at the root cause. A lot of times we treat the symptoms. Reporter police along with chp and the department of justice investigated the street gang after an uptick in unsolved homicides and robberies in recent months. The deeper they thought that there would be a reduction between a prison gang. Reporter the captain said the gangs in a highly sophisticated, wellfinanced machine. To disrupt and dismantle which is our goal and disrupt as much of the regiment that we could. Reporter some of the men facing charges are in jail for murd josi gutierrez. It resulted from an assault in custody on attempted murder charge. The gentleman committed while invasion,. Kidnapping and violating parole or probation. For that time being, to help subside violence in our city. Reporter he never witnessed anything in his neighborhood but after this operation, he is left to wonder. Are there Illegal Drugs . Are there illegal guns . Is this a safe area to raise my kids . Following criticism of a secret plea deal with jeffrey epstein, labor secretary alex acosta announces his rep we will tell you a new date scheduled for the hearing with robert mueller. Thanks for the ridealong, captain ive never been in one of these before, even though geico has been ohhh. Ooh ohh here we go, here we go. You got cut off there, what were you saying . Oooo. Oh no no. Maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years . Is that what you wanted to say . Mhmmm. I have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. Geico. Proudly serving the military for over 75 years. You ok back there, buddy . A member of Congress Delayed the highly anticipated testimony of former special counsel robert mueller. He was supposed to speak before two panels next wednesday. With over an hour ago, new word that the hearings are rescheduled for july 24. As kevin harris too lawmakers one more time to question robert mueller. How many bites at the apple do you get . They want to go it again and again and again because they want to hurt the president for the elections. Reporter President Trump was in frustration the democrats want more from former special counsel robert mueller. There is nothing he can say. He has written a report. The report said no collusion and it said effectively, no obstruction. Reporter the president remarks coming days ahead of Robert Muellers congressional testimony scheduled for july 17. The House Judiciary Committee discussed delaying the appearance another

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