Oakland School Campus and the challenges facing the district. Everybody know your class is at. If you need help, come on over. Students at hoover elementary checked their teacher assignments and hurried to class. Its the first day of school for Oakland Unified School districts 34,000 students on 77 campuses citywide. Students, parents and teachers say theyre feeling hopeful about the year ahead. We safety just making sure that theyre safe at school. Theyre getting good education. Theres been a lot of improvements and were also hoping that with the raise that a lot of teachers that we will be able to recruit really excellent teachers o usd teachers will start the year with a new contra act and a raise after a ten day long teacher strike in may this year. First time teachers will earn about 10,000 more than they did last year. Im feeling really hopeful because just this last week with the new staff, we seem to get off on a really good start. Everyone seems really excited and even with that increased salary, osd is having a hard time recruiting. Theyre starting the year with 65 vacant teacher positions. Were also keeping in mind, you know, the fact that we are in a pretty significant Staffing Shortage as a field and education. Weve been making contingency plans all throughout the summer and dissipating that we would have some schools where we wouldnt have the teacher present the first day. We also asked the superintendent about declining enrollment. A budget document from the districts chief Business Officer earlier this year said the district estimates a nearly 11 drop in Elementary School enrollment this year compared to the 2018 2019 school year. We are doing okay. Most urban School Districts across the nation, actually not just california, are down. Birth rates in general are trending down. The cost of living right now is a huge barrier, and one of the reasons why families are moving out of the bay area, in some cases out of the state. And so were looking at the things that we can control and trying to be as aggressive as possible about that. Some of the things the superintendent says they can control are improvements to facilities and school grounds. Hoover elementary this year got a new coat of paint for the start of the school year. And as you can see behind us, the students here are enjoying this playground. It is brand new for them to enjoy this school year in oakland. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox two news. Well, the Oakland Unified School district is also still trying to hire more crossing guards. Sometimes theyll go straight through my stop sign or, you know, and i have a lot of that. Jacqueline king has worked as a crossing guard in this west oakland neighborhood for 21 years. She says she enjoys her job so much she plans on continuing to do it for another two decades. If shes able. She says the student she helps are the highlight of her day. I just love seeing them from growing, from being like elementary all the way to high school. They still come back and speak to me and they like, do you remember me . And im like, oh my gosh, you grew up. Anybody can come and do this work. Its a Pretty Simple job. That is, you do a couple of hours in the morning, a couple of hours in the afternoon. Hey, as far as i know from the city of oakland is pretty good. And so a lot of retired folks do this. Other folks who are just looking for some extra money, i think that you can make some pretty good money doing it. So we just want to get the word out, make sure people know that these opportunities are there and we do need the help there are about a dozen oakland schools in need of crossing guards. The job is part Time Starting pay is more than 18 an hour to apply. Go to the website the city of oaklands website and search for the keyword crossing. Were following developing news out of the south bay where San Jose City workers have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike to unionize, representing over 4500 city workers announced this morning that 99 of their members voted to approve the strike. The workers will hold a three day work stoppage beginning on august 15th. Theyve been working without a contract since the end of june. The unions demands include better pay, parental leave and more staffing. Mayor matt mehan says the city council would have to make cuts in other areas in order to meet the workers demands from a mayor and an administration constantly preaching back to basics approach. We believe going on strike and not investing in the employees and the city of san jose is not the best path forward to make sure that our city can thrive and that our residents and taxpayers have what they need to be successful and for our economy to be healthy. The more than 4500 workers represented by the unions and they include librarians, emergency dispatchers, Animal Shelter techs, engineers and airport staff as well. Contra costa county Health Officials want to find out whether more people have contracted legionnaires disease. As ctvs james torres tells us, it comes after two people died from the infection after visiting a day spa in richmond just outside the zen day spa in richmond. The front door is still locked. Signs on the front say it is close and it will stay closed until further notice. And its been this way since this past weekend. Contra costa county Officials Say the zen day spa is linked to two deaths as a result of legionnaires disease. They say those people spent time in the spa hot tub. However, county Officials Say the business did not have the right business or environmental permits to offer that hot tub. Now the message is urgent. If youve been to this spa, keep an eye out for symptoms and get checked out by a doctor. Key point now is first trying to locate right individuals who use this business over the past couple of weeks to ensure that theyre healthy. I think thats really the Public Health goal right now. According to the experts, the bacteria can be found in water. And once its across lysed, people can inhale the bacteria in their lungs and thats how they become infected. Those involved in the investigation are sorting through credit card receipts and appointment books to try to track down anyone who might be at risk. The centers for Disease Control and prevention says symptoms for legionnaires can include a constant cough, muscle aches, fever, shortness of breath and headaches. One woman says her partner is one of those who passed from his infection. She says its a miracle she wasnt infected since they visited the day spa together. I just wanted nobody else to have to go through some of this. What i just dealt with is not anyone. Something, anyone should go through. We last saw an outbreak of legionnaires in napa county last year. Officials there saying the source was a cooling tower at an embassy. Suites of 12 people infected. One person died and several others were hospitalized. The Health Department in Contra Costa County took water samples from the day spa. We expect to hear preliminary results sometime early this week. Reporting in richmond, im james torres ktvu fox two news. Well new at noon, San Jose Police are releasing new details about a double Homicide Investigation in the bodies of an elderly woman and a young boy were found friday morning inside of an apartment on park moore avenue in the citys buena park neighborhood. Investigators say they were stabbed to death. The woman was the childs great grandmother. Their bodies were discovered by officers doing a welfare check. No arrests have been made and the motive is under investigation. Our homicide unit detectives immediately took up the investigation and have been doing so over the past weekend, trying to find more information, evidence, as well as possible witnesses to what happened and occur that Early Morning hour. As of right now, i can confirm that this is a double homicide number 23 and 24 for the year of 2023. The Santa Clara CountyCoroners Office has not yet released the names of the victims. Well, police are investigating another freeway shooting in the east bay. That one sent one person to the hospital. The victim was a passenger and was shot while traveling on interstate 580. It happened in san leandro yesterday afternoon near grand avenue. And ctvs Lamonica Peters has the latest details on the investigation and how the community is reacting. California Highway Patrol says a shooting was reported around 215 sunday afternoon. A passenger in a vehicle traveling eastbound on 580 was shot by someone in another car. Its definitely a big fear when youre driving because people get very angry for no reason when its driving the victim was taken to a nearby hospital and their current condition is unknown. Chp has not confirmed a motive for the shooting. Drivers we spoke to say theyre more concerned now for their safety on the road. And i want to get out of my comfort zone and i pull out a gun on me or something. So its definitely a fear. Even when were driving around, you know, we never know, especially gets late. You know, people on drugs and whatever this latest shooting is happening just a few weeks after an eight year old was hit by a stray bullet on 580in oakland and left paralyzed in the last two years, at least seven children have been shot on bay area freeways and last year there were 154 freeway shootings in the bay area. This driver from concord says people need to keep a cool head when driving and be aware of their surroundings. Things dont have no road rage right now. Its kind of dangerous. You know, you could literally lose your life just because someone cuts you on the freeway. As expected, this freeway shooting is still under investigation and theyre asking for anyone. If you have any information, if you saw anything to please contact california Highway Patrol. Lamonica peters , ktvu fox two news. Well two prominent bay area civil rights attorneys are asking the federal government to investigate the Antioch Police department. Lawyers john burris and ben nelson baum sent a letter to the Us Department of justice last week. It asks the Justice Department to look into the allegations of civil Rights Violations among Antioch Police officers. Most of those allegations are tied to the racist and homophobic Text Messages involving at least 45 police officers. New at noon, a protest is underway in San Francisco over the future of selfdriving cars on city streets. Taxi drivers and other opponents gathered at the California PublicUtilities Commission headquarters on venice. The cpuc is hearing from the public about a proposal to lift current restrictions on socalled robo taxis from companies cruise and waymo. Critics say those Driverless Cars are unsafe and are in violation of the california vehicle code. Theres flagrant violation of the vehicle code and yet theyre allowing them on the streets violating this code. And we say that that cannot be the people of california cant have a double standard for the robo taxis, the tech billionaires and the public and the drivers. Muni Officials Say about 90 complaints against Driverless Cars are filed each month. And in some cases have blocked the path of emergency vehicles. The Companies Say excuse me, those cars are safe, adding Autonomous Vehicles dont get drowsy, drunk or text at the wheel well. The pac 12 conference is down to just four teams. The impact it could have on both cal and stanford athletes. Plus, dramatic video out of alaska. Check this out. As a home is pulled into a raging river, record flooding has residents and tourists now on high alert across the bay area this afternoon. Temperatures still running well above average, but expected to come in slightly cooler than the weekend. Ill have a look at what you can expect for today and the cooling trend that will continue into the week ahead. Ng up feel the power of osteo biflex®. Taken every day, its clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. want more from your vitamins . Get more with natures bounty. Over time. From the firstever triple action sleep supplement. To daily digestive support. To more Wellness Solutions every day. Get more with natures bounty. The deadly collision between two firefighting helicopter was in southern california. Now this happened last night in riverside county. One of the helicopters was being used for observation on the other to drop water and retardant. The observation helicopter was able to land safely, but the other helicopter crashed, killing the three people on board. They included a Cal Fire Division chief, a cal fire captain and a contract pilot. Governor newsom issued a statement this morning about that deadly collision and it says in part, quote, this terrible tragedy is a reminder of the dangers of our courageous firefighters face daily while working to keep our community safe. We owe them our deepest respect and gratitude and will always honor their bravery and sacrifices. Well, judge sentenced the last of the former Minneapolis Police officers convicted in the death of george floyd to utah was sentenced to four years and nine months on state charges of aiding and abetting Second Degree manslaughter for his role in floyds death in 2020. The sentence handed down today will run concurrently with those three and a half year sentence on a federal civil rights charge. While two other officers took plea deals to all went to trial. But instead of a jury, he allowed a judge to decide the verdict. Well, oscar winning director William Friedkin has died. He was best known for his classics, the exorcist and the french connection. Friedkin was born in chicago. He began working in local Tv Productions as a teenager. And by the age of 16, he had been directing live shows. A representative and his wife, former Paramount Pictures head sherry lansing, confirmed he died today in los angeles from Heart Failure and pneumonia. He was 87 years old. Well, there is a deadline today for former president Donald Trumps legal team in federal court. Prosecutors asked the judge overseeing trumps election interference case to issue a protective order limiting what trump can say. And the judge ordered trumps lawyers to respond by 2 p. M. Today to the protective order request. This after trump lashed out at prosecutor t ahe judge on his social media siteormer Vice President , mike pence, resisted his efforts to block certifying of the 2020 election. President trump was wrong then, and hes wrong now. I had no right to overturn the election. Well, trump is also asking the judge overseeing the case to recuse herself, writing that he wont get a fair trial with federal judge tanya chacon. And he says he will also ask that his case be moved out of washington, d. C. Well, now to this story. Devastating floods in alaska, pulling a house into a raging river. There goes there goes. Dramatic images there of the men haul river near juneau, alaska, surging right now with the flood waters breaking records, too. All that water comes from a glacial dam which broke over the weekend, sending huge amounts of water downstream river levels have started falling, but the area is still under a state of emergency. All right. Lets talk weather at 1217. And it was hot this weekend, rosemary. We were watching those temperatures all weekend and they just kind of cruised on into monday with us. Yes we are continuing with the hot weather, claudine, although we are expected to come in for the second part of the afternoon, a little bit cooler than where we were yesterday afternoon, giving you a live look here into San Francisco where, wow, a beautiful weekend in San Francisco. Even at the coast yesterday, mostly blue skies and a lot of folks out there enjoying the beach. Heres a look at the Storm Tracker two. We have just a very weak onshore breeze at this time. This is going to strengthen in the coming days. And the marine layer is going to deepen as well, becoming a little bit more widespread by tonight and into tomorrow. Look at the winds very light and variable in most areas. Oakland reporting a northwest breeze at 13mph. We have fairfield reporting just a light breeze at three miles per hour. Look at the 25 temperature change. Some of us are a little bit cooler, but most of us a little bit warmer. Livermore up by six degrees at this time compared to yesterday. San jose by nine. So when we get the afternoon heat, the day before, it kind of carries over into the next day usually and thats what were seeing today. But we do expect again, a little bit of the onshore breeze to turn on a bit more today, as well as those low clouds expected to develop. 75 degrees right now in the city of San Francisco. So a beautiful lunchtime there. Low 80s and napa already 90 degrees for y