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And try to steal stuff. The encampment is being cleared out. A city councilman is overseeing the cleanup efforts. He says the home depot put the city on notice to resolve the growing homeless encampment around that store. The city cannot afford to lose their business. What concerns me the most, i have 300 people working here that are my neighbors that work here. I lose 300 jobs and then 8 million of annual tax money that house to pay for services. Reporter the 47 rise in the Homeless Population in the last two years. He says the city is allowing it to spiral out of control and neighbors plan to file suit. Not only is home depot ready to sue, there are neighbors that are ready to sue. The campers will continue to clear out with the option of relocating to this designated rv location by the oakland coliseum. Benjamin has had his rv part in this song for about a month now. We have electricity and everything. We dont have to use our generator out there. This is a blessing right here. For real. This is a blessing. There is a larger encampment on the other side of the shopping center. Attorneys will travel to meet with the mayor this thursday to discuss when that encampment will be cleared. The store is footing the bill for fencing to go what that would block access to everyone except residents and businesses on that street with police and the fire department. Is only on a mission, Homeless Population has jumped 47 since the last sent, senses two years ago. The oakland mayor was here this morning and the city is rolling out new programs to address the housing shortage. The numbers show even more needs to be done. Since those numbers have come out we are adding more than 700 supported beds whether those are cabin communities or our new successful rapid rehousing center or are safe rv parking. The organization that conducted the count says the biggest growth area when it comes to the homeless are People Living in cars or rvs because they cannot afford housing. Here are the numbers now. This years census volunteers found 4100 Homeless People citywide. In 2017 the number was 2700. That is a jump of 47 . The city council in berkeley is discussing proposals for overnight rv parking. What will grant two week parking permits for rvs in all areas of the city and the other would allow temporary offstreet parking in a designated area. It with direct city staff to look for an appropriates but for the overnight lot. Citizens are calling for a state of emergency after a series of pedestrian deaths. Some city leaders say the city is not doing enough. This call for a state of emergency began with the recitation of the names of those killed on san franciscos streets this year so far. And a moment of silence. Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety advocates, city and state officials saying enough is enough. We are all here in solidarity to call on our leaders to declare a state of emergency. That would free up funding to make changes for the citys most dangerous street immediately. With the number of fatalities in san francisco, this calls for extreme action. Safety advocates are calling for slower speed limits and scrambled crosswalks which will allow pedestrians to walk without cross traffic and they want police to step up enforcement on some of the most dangerous activities. This is something ktvu a, ktvu cameras have caught time after time after time. A disproportionate number of fatalities fallen this congressmans district. They are calling for a resolution to declare a state of emergency. Emergency funding will have quicker steps to address what is causing this which is streets designed like freeways. It could be tied to an overall increase of traffic. The head of the Municipal Transportation Agency says there are more cars on the road now than in 2010. We know that the traffic is growing. More and more people are deciding to write muni but the rapid pace of growth in the city and the growth of Transportation Network companies mean more cars on the road. Barriers were installed to stop drivers from turning right were sundays deadly crash happened. San francisco saw three deadly crashes and there are more than four months to go. Those are just the deadly accidents. Advocates say every day about three people are injured on san franciscos streets which means every year hundreds are sent to the hospital. Ktvu fox2 news. Information on Francisco Police rates targeting a freelance journalist. Investigators did not tell the judge he was a journalist with the Police Issued trespass when they sought a search warrant of his home and office. The journalist and his lawyers argued the police raid violated the shield law which protects journalists from being forced to identify their sources. Police want to find out how he gains a Police Report detailing the circumstances of public defenders death back in february. The san mateo sheriff is revising the use of force policy following public outcry over the death of last october. We are joined with e , the use policy and while it to razor is the blame for his death it makes up a small part of the changes. It was very transparent. Look, here are the policy changes. Get on the ground now. It comes after this incident last october where there was a confrontation between deputies and a man. The situation escalated and one officer use the taser several times. Others hit him with clubs and pepper sprayed until he died. The taser contributed to uny me and we worked with the aclu to create this policy. We have incorporated some of their ideas. The new language says deputies must feel the subject is causing immediate physical injury to a person. When it comes to the tasers, making sure that the tasers are deployed in the appropriate way. We were told by phone the changes are a step in the right direction. I think it sounds proactive. I appreciate that when things are not going the way they should, the public will find out whether or not theres a better way to get things done. Also on the list is body cameras and car cameras as department. The need to make sure we have different ways to address the situation. I applaud the sheriff. The sheriff said he is working to get a final draft of the policy right now. Thanks. Affordable housing is hard to come by in the bay area. A lottery decide to alone a condominium price and market level affects nearly 1 million. Robert mueller is set to appear before congress. What the fbi director says about the testimony and last minute requests from Robert Mueller. We will find temperatures in the midto upper 90s. I will see you back here with timing. Also ahead, a new an area re hard by wildfires. A live look at the tuesday evening commute. The direction on the left is headed to hayward. 4 on 2 at 6 00 will be right back. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Im introducing them to crab. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Whoa. Travis in it made it. Theres two of them. Theyre multiplying. No, guys, its me. See, im real. Im real he thinks hes real. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. Dozens of families buying for a home of their own. Jesse gary tells us about a new program the paris low income buyers with Affordable Housing. Reporter a prime piece of free so state inside ofone bath garnering attention. It comes with a view. A view of the ikea parking lot. What is churning has is the asking price. Comparable units are selling for the high six figures that this is 177,000. It is part of our cities rate program. The East Palo Alto below market rate Ownership Program or bmr peers buyers making up to 60 of the area Median Income with Affordable Housing. This condo had 101 interested parties. A lottery. The list down to 60. They are looking to own. I am surprised there were not 1000. Our intention is for it to go to a member of the community. People who live here and work here. There are 100 properties that would be deemed affordable if there is a sale. Moser in neighborhoods like this. They come online if Developers Come in. 20 of the developments must be Affordable Housing. The process begins to see who gets the condo. If the family can qualify for the mortgage, its their house. One family stream means the remaining 59 must go back to their search and try again for Affordable Housing in the land of sevenfigure sales. Ktvu fox2 news. Fire crews are watching out a grass fire in dublin. It was reported at 2 30 this afternoon. Crews from three east bay Fire Agencies managed to contain the flames within an acres and did not threaten homes and no injuries were reported. Emergency agencies uncovered a new fire Warning System today. The new sirens are programmed into every marked sheriffs deputy vehicle across the county. These mobile sirens will speed up emergency evacuations in the event of another tragedy like the campfire. It will allow her deputies to go through neighborhoods and it would alert people to a problem. This does not replace the other mechanisms of notifying people. We still need people. Authorities in butte county send the si far more people in the event of an emergency. We have been mild around here the last few months. We have had low temperatures and daytime highs are below what you expect for the average. Last week and the week before that we had this kind of a pattern. Sometimes over 2000 feet deep. And now weve got this pattern which is the opposite. It warms and puts the fog at the codes. Look at the west. It is pretty warm out there. This building is building out of the desert southwest. It will build out from the east and move in our direction. That will bring significant he for bakersfield, fresno, and modesto where an excessive heat watches gone into effect. It will likely be a heat warning by the end of the week. So the real heat will be down around bakersfield. It is beautiful out there right now. Those clouds are producing thundershowers around the bishop area. Into summer now, the fire danger goes up and temperatures go what. As we go through tomorrow, get ready for highs back in the mid 90s. Tomorrow morning Robert Mueller will speak out in public for just the second time since he was appointed special counsel. His congressional testimony on russian interference in the 2016 election is expected to fit closely to his report. House democrats are planning to about the Mueller Report and what is expected to be a heated hearing tomorrow. Democrats are using the hearing to make the president look at. They did a report and there was no obstruction and yet it goes on and they think this is helping them. Reporter wednesday i know its will be on washington as committees pepper the former special counsel about the findings in his report. I dont know how many times we want to see this movie again. I think the American People have moved on. Tomorrow will be the first time they hear bob muellers voice. We cant assume that most americans know what happened. They are sending a letter to Robert Mueller instructing him to keep his testimony to only what was in the 448 page public report citing executive privilege. Democrats are protesting the dojs move. They asked us for guidance in writing to explain or to tell them what our position was. We responded in writing. The e questioning the fbi director Christopher Wray about what he knows ahead of Robert Muellers testimony. Ray declining to get ahead of muellers testimony and publicly giving mueller his support. I have considered him to be the consummate professional and a straight shooter. Robert mueller has requested to have as former top aide on the report present as his counsel for the Judiciary Committee hearing. Republicans are oppose calling it a stunt. In washington, fox news. We will have live coverage of muellers testimony starting at 5 30 tomorrow morning on ktvu plus and ktvu. Com. After the break, new details on the nationwide Immigration Enforcement operation. A surprisingly low number of arrests. Britains new Prime Minister hours taking office. Written has a new leader tonight. Boris johnson was elected to replace theresa may. Johnson won by an overwhelming majority. Theresa may step down because she was unable to carry out brexit a decision made by uk voters. Johnson is a brackets it hardliner and has vowed to lead the union by october 31 with or without an agreement. He meets with the queen and takes office tomorrow. New details on an ice enforcement. The white house release this showing a sweep earlier called operation crosscheck. Ice said that ran from may 13 to july 11 and resulted in 890 nice arrests. , 890 arrests. Ice tells us these operations are not arrayed. Taking a targeted action against the person violation of the law is not a raid. A raid brings up all sorts of emotions that conjures images of indiscriminate enforcement acts and that is not what we do and Everybody Knows that is not what we do. The operation is ongoing. Ice gave audit notices to more than 3000 employers for possible worksite immigration violations. The u. S. Senate confirmed as the next secretary of defense. He has been serving as acting secretary of defense. There were concerns about his past including when he worked as a defense contractor for raytheon but he was approved in a vote of 908. This marks the end of the longest time in history when they have gone without a defense secretary. Jim matta step down in december. We have new information about her freeway shooting that shut down 880 near the coliseum. We will care from a man who says its a case of road rage. His friends were in the car that was shot at. Today the raiders rookies for camp and we will hear from him a little later in sports. Working to improve the dmv. Why all dmv locations across the state will be closed for several hours tomorrow. This is fred. Hes dancing like nobodys watching. And because all of the devices on freds wifi network are protected with xfinity xfi, literally, nobodys watching. Except for millions of you, of course. Wait, millions of people are watching . Yeah. Were making a commercial. If its connected, its protected with xfinity xfi. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Xfinity delivers the best inhome wifi experience. E for enhanced network security. Click, call or visit a store today to learn more. That leave therea 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. People living in a homeless encampment behind the home depot were forced to pack up and leave today. The city councilman led the effort and told us he was concerned that home depot might leave town if the city did not cleanup the blight. The pedestrian and Bicycle Safety advocates are calling on officials to declare a state of emergency following a crash in that tenderloin on sunday. They want lower speed limits, better traffic lights and scrambled crosswalks that allow pedestrians to walk. They want police to step up enforcement speeding and stop signanning to change their use force policy. This came in response to public right over the death of a man tasered. The current policy allows the deputy to use the taser when there is active resistance. New link which says the deputy must feel the suspect is causing immediate physical injury. Tonight the chp is trying to determine if roadways, road rage played a part in a shooting. At hyatt, we talked to the owner of the suv targeted. Reporter it happened within moments. Gunfire on a busy oakland freeway. I open the window and he pulled a gun. He owns this toyota rav4 the came under fire on monday night. You can see the bullet hole in the passengerside door. Two of his friends were in the suv and they were near 98th avenue where they tried to move in the lane from the right. The driving made a gesture. He did whats up, whats wrong. The upper driver reacted rolling down his window before firing a single shot. The bullet came from the left. They came from the other side from the right to the left. It went through the drivers right hand before lodging in his leg. Thankfully he will survive. Today he had surgery and they took out the bullet. He is counting his blessings. He says it is disturbing the drivers resort to violence over traffic incidents. My god, this is the first time something happen like this. People are crazy. They think they own the whole street or the road. Officers diverted cars off the 880 and search for evidence. No arrests have been made. G people have died and even if you feel like youve been cut off, let it go and take a deep breath. In oakland, ktvu fox2 news. Police are offering a 10,000 reward as part of their efforts to find a killer. He was killed by a stray bullet outside of his home while checking his mail on may 14. The bullet came from a violent confrontation between two groups two blocks away. Police have released the photo of a Dodge Durango they say is tied to the killing. Investigators say they know who the driver was but they have been unable to determine who was with him. They hope the reward will generate tips. He was a father of three and worked as a custodian at kpix television. The dmv will be shutting the doors for the first part of the day tomorrow. We will let you know what the governor said about more changes ahead. Reporter wednesday morning the doors to every dmv office in california will remain closed. This is historic. Reporter at a news conference, the Government Operations Agency Secretary said the reason for the closure is to train more than 5000 em

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