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Family members. Reporter it is a tragic story all around, especially knowing the victims are parents. Loved ones are saddened by how they died, saying it could have easily been prevented. He was just starting his life. I cant even explain it. A mother in need of comfort mourning the loss of her only son. He was loving, caring, a father, he was everything. It was saturday that she last saw her son, he left their home to work the graveyard shift at tesla. He and his coworker were killed early sunday morning. I would describe it as an exclusively horrific. Spec a 27yearold was allegedly driving drunk and driving the wrong way as she left south walnut creek. Its about 2 to 3 miles from where the first runway call comes out. Her ford fusion heading south on the northbound lanes and then crashed headon into the hunted civic killing that passenger and the driver. Friends of the victims want to know her whereabouts that night. Is a complete tragedy that could have been avoided. Nettie left behind a 20year old daughter who says that she had a soul of gold. You are taking peoples fathers from their kids, dont drink and drive. Torian leaves behind a two yearold and music and acting aspirations. His mother says she finds some solace knowing the to die together. I try to picture them holding each others hands from the impact and looking at each other and going out together. We learned tonight that the alleged drunk driver is in a Psychiatric Care facility facing regular manslaughter and felony dui. A vigil is planned for both victims at Deer Valley High School in antioch tomorrow night. Such a sad story. Palo alto police are searching for attempted homicide suspect, 30 say the person driving this red chevy suv shot a person in another car. The victim says he was waiting to turn onto embarcadero road when the suspect shot at his vehicle several times. The suspect drove onto highway 101 and the victim says the suspect is a male, Pacific Islander with dreadlocks in his 20s. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in oakland tonight with a message for mayor libby chef. The crowd marched up fruitvale avenue to the mayors home, calling on her to defund the Oakland Police department. Protesters took part on foot and in cars they also carried candles to honor victims of police violence. The Oakland School board met tonight to consider a new proposal to eliminate the School Police force. The superintendent endorsed the idea tonight and said the School Police chief asked to support the resolution. Jana katsuyama joins us now with more on what happened at that meeting. Reporter more than 300 people attended the Online Meeting and there was a lot of discussion. The board heard the resolution but there was no bow. There was plenty of public comment. Parents, teachers and Community Members stood with signs saying that the Oakland School District Police department should be eliminated. We dont want police in schools. We want teachers. The group has been calling for the change since 2011 after an officer shot and killed a 20 yearold near skyline high school. Board member rosie torres introduced the proposal wednesday night. This is the george floyd resolution to eliminate the oakland unified School District Police Department. The Police Department has 10 sworn officers and 57 sworn school officers. They say the 2 million spent on policing should go to other needs. I intend for this plan to be completed and ready for adoption i the end of december 2020. A petition by an oakland student had 15,000 signatures wednesday night. Board members and Community Members voice support but also noted the challenge. We ask that any resolution that is accepted to clear that we dont just replace these officers with opt officers. And others voiced concerns about student safety. We tried the Oakland Police department, contracting with them, but that did not work out because of their approach to the violence was unacceptable to many teachers and families. A representative of the Police Officers union said oakland officers are especially trained to work with students and that relying on the opd Police Officers is a concern. They dont have the bandwidth, vacancies are high and employment numbers are low. The School Police officers contract lasts until 2022 and they told the board that data shows they do help protect students. The board could vote on this at their next meeting on june 24. The superintendent says if it is passed they will form a Security Committee to help with the transition. The west Contra Costa School Board is considering something similar. The Teachers Union is proposing the district and its contracts with the the boards formal agenda but that union was asking people to speak out. Sonoma county is making a unified push toward police reform. The mayors and Police Chiefs from nine n. Bay cities came together today and pledged to review and reform their use of force. The leaders promised a new direction in policing with input from underserved communities. We are listening to you, we support you and we want to hear from you. The Sonoma County sheriff was also in attendance. One of his deputies was fired last year are using a chokehold on the suspect that died. That tactic has now been shelved by northbay agencies. One of the 4x Police Officers charged in connection with George Floyds death is out of jail today. Thomas lane posted the 750,000 cash bail today. He is due in court on june 29 and plans to request that all charges be dismissed. His Attorney Says his client is chauvin if they should roll floyd on his side. Developing news now on the Central Coast where the search is on for a con man who ambushed a sheriffs deputy. Official said the deputy was shot in the face outside the Police Station at about 3 45 this morning. Investigators say the shooter tried to draw officers to the area by opening fire near the Police Station. The deputy was responding to the report of shots fired when he was hit. He was airlifted to a Trauma Center with a head wound and is listed in serious but stable condition. Investigators say they think the killing of a homeless man found in the area is also related. They say the shooter intended to harm law enforcement. This was an ambush that he planned and intended for officers to come out of the Police Department and to assault them. It did not unfold in seconds as you heard from my timeline, it occurred over a period of time where the suspect was intending to harm or kill law enforcement. The San Luis Obispo Sheriffs Office released photos of the man they believe may be responsible for the shooting. He has dark hair and a beard and was wearing a tan sweatshirt, jeans and work boots. Up next, new details about a shooting at a vallejo home that left two people dead and three others hurt. Why neighbor say they believe the wrong house was targeted. Also ahead, protecting prisoners from covid19. The new requirements from the state for both inmates and people that work in prisons. The weathers perfect. Family is all together and we switched to geico; saved money on our boat insurance. How could it get any better than this . Dad, i just caught a goldfish theres no goldfish in this lake. Whoa its pure gold. Were gonna be rich. Were gonna be rich it only gets better when you switch and save with geico. Two women are dead following a shooting at a Childs Birthday Party in vallejo last night. Three more people were wounded including a 10yearold boy. Our Crime Reporter says the gunmen may have targeted the wrong house. A number 4 balloon sits outside his house in vallejo where five people were shot during a birthday party. To women were killed and three other people were hurt. It happened in north vallejo just before 10 tuesday night. Vallejo police say a group of shooters were in the car and opened fire on the victims. They killed a 63yearold that was a year from retiring. Also killed was a 37yearold, family members say she was passionate and a single mother. I spoke phone to a woman who was smiths niece and washingtons best friend and said she was grazed by gunfire and her 10yearold son was shot and wounded. The boy is expected to survive as well as a fifth victim, a man. They think the shooters were gunning for the people next door. The victims were outside celebrating the birthdays of two girls, ages 1 and 4. Vallejo police have not discussed a motive for the shooting but ask anyone with information to give them a call. The state of california is prepping to require coronavirus testing at Florida State prisons. The sacramento b is reporting that knows swabbing will start at san quentin and the state prison in cochran next week. Workers are also being screened for virus related symptoms. More than 3000 telephone inmates have tested positive and 12 have died from publications related to the virus. U. S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement is expanding testing for people held at detention facilities. The move all is criticism of its response to the outbreak hurried according to the latest data there are about 788 people with covid19 among the nearly 25,000 people in ice custody around the nation. At least four Big Companies are announcing bay area layoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lending club will cut 367 jobs according to the mercury news. Lyft is laying off 3 to 25 workers and yelp is laying off 325 jobs. The company says some of those layoffs could be temporary. Stocks were mostly lower on wall street but the nasdaq set a new record. The dow dropped 282 point, decline of 1 and the s p fell 17 points. But the nasdaq was up 66 to close above 10,000 for the first time thanks to a surge in text stocks. The federal deficit has hit a record, the shortfall reached 1. 88 trillion from last october through may. Government spending has been skyrocketing during the coronavirus pandemic and tax revenue has plunged during the economic shutdown. The pandemic is causing many people to change their summer plans. It also has caused a surge in the rv rental business. One of the nations largest Music Festivals will not take place this year. Coming up, why it was officially canceled. We are checking out the temperatures which warmed up quite a bit in the inland valleys, but they are getting ready to cool off just as quickly. I will see you back here with those. Look here, its your very own allinone entertainment experience, xfinity x1. Its the easiest way to watch live tv and all your favorite streaming apps. And now x1 also comes with peacock. Ooh la la. This rare bird lets you stream tons of movies, shows, news, sports and more. With x1, its all at your beck and call. Show me parks and rec. See . The best really did get better magnificent. Xfinity x1 just got even better with peacock premium included for no additional cost. No strings attached. Nettie perkett taurean the katella Music Festival will not take place this year. The festival is scheduled for april and moved to october but today the Riverside County Public Health officer signed and order canceling the festival. She said she was concerned about another outbreak of the virus this fall. The country Music Festival stage coast that takes place on the same grounds was also canceled. Many americans are changing their summer plans to stay safe during the pandemic that has led to an increase in business for a local rv outfit. As amber lee reports, people are looking for safe ways to travel. Motorhomes make for a perfect cocoon for self isolating, your entire family can stay in here. At el monte rv in dublin the general manager tells me that renters have increased five times compared to last year at the same time and sales have increased at 50 . We are getting a huge number of people calling in trying to make reservations. With yosemite reopening on thursday and other Outdoor Attractions reopening soon, 75 rvs are being rented out each week. They are pretty much staying close to home so motorhomes lend themselves to that. Before the pandemic 70 of his customers were european families coming to rent an rv to travel to other destinations. This summer 100 domestic customers. They cant take a cruise, they dont want to fly, this opportunity makes it easy for a family to travel. At Sports Basement in berkeley, one manager tells me that camping gear is popular. Getting away from the noise of the city and spending holiday time. This customer is a nurse and is looking forward to the relief from covid19. Its my time to chill out and decompress and touch base with nature. Many canceled plans to fly this summer. Im afraid i could be the one that catches something on the flight. Back at el monte rv, he sees a lot of firsttime customers, wanting to rediscover america. Many are closer to home, shorter trips. The cost of renting an rv ages from 1500 2500 a week. Anyone with a regular drivers license can drive one of these motorhomes. Okay, welcome back to the weather. Weve got some fog out there to talk about. A bunch of it. As we go into the next few hours that fog will be player into the bay, berkeley and alameda. Then it will get stuck up there in the bay. The next night, the fog is going everywhere. We are talking about temperature drops on friday from another 10 to 15 degrees in some places, so a big change in our weather into friday. For the Third Straight week weve had a couple of warm days, now weve got a situation where weve got temperatures that will gradually begin to cool tomorrow and then significantly cool as we head into friday. Those onshore winds have been significant in promoting that cool, moist air well inland. As it does so we can expect temperatures along the coast and around the bay to be cooler, which you would expect. The computer is lagging a little bit but you can see the marine layer stretching out. Thats when you get your cooler atmosphere. The plan tomorrow is going to be some cooling and then big time calling on friday. Then we get into this trough that will move down from the pacific northwest. So the change is unnoticeable, for sure. Especially friday, maybe not so much tomorrow but certainly by friday you will notice the changes. And as we try to get you into the five day forecast, temperature start to warm up again, pretty early next week. And so as we get into saint monday and tuesday, actually sunday, too, things will warm up pretty quickly. So that is the hope and the plan. Lets see if we can get the five day, 90 degrees in brentwood, 88 in fairfield, here comes the five day, there it is. I will see you back here tomorrow night but just know that friday we will be calling down quite a bit. The protest signs that hung on the security fences around Lafayette Square in washington dc may be headed to the smithsonian. The fencing was added as protection during the recent protest. While it was up people decorated it with signs and slogans supporting black lives matter, Racial Justice and equality. Now the smithsonian is trying to reserve as much of the artwork as they can. Coming up, majorleague baseball holds the 2020 draft and the topic is from petaluma. Mark will fill us in on the hometown kid, next. But first, hundreds of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers in san jose dropped to a need today in the wake of the death of george floyd. They kneeled outside of the Santa Clara Medical Valley Center and observed silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds. You are watching the 11 00 news on ktvu. We will be right back. A slice. A piece. A portion. A chunk. With dollarbased trading you can spend what you want, even on just a slice of a share. Wiheres what we wantding you everyone to do. You want, count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent taken. Keep track of them. Each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. So for now, keep your distance. But dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. Hows it going everybody, mark yvonne is coming to you from home very talk about the ultimate local kid makes a good story, out of petaluma, the number one pick in todays majorleague draft. Out of casagrande high school, welcome spencer torkelson, soon to be a big leaguer. This kid has loved the game since he grew up idolizing barry bonds, came out of casagrande high school out of the eastside of petaluma. The tiger say they will turn him into a third baseman, he is all up for that. I told my dad as soon as like five minutes after i said you can punch me in the face and i dont think i do feel it. It was the biggest adrenaline rush and the happiest moment of my life to this date, its unreal. The giants at the number 13 pick they go for pat bailey out of North Carolina state. The best catching prospect in the draft it is said in the top player available. The as at number 26 also a catcher named tyler soderst