Responding to a call. That story emerges as new details come to light about the gunmans past. That Community Members honor the life of the four Year Old Girl who was struck by a car and killed at a San Francisco intersection. The charges that driver is now facing. The news at noon starts now. This is ktvu fox two news at noon. Good afternoon. Im andre. We begin with developing news in the east bay now. Several antioch and Pittsburgh Police officers have been arrested in connection with an 18 month long fbi investigation into an alleged criminal network of Law Enforcement officers. According to the east bay times, the fbi rounded up the offices early this morning in a series of raids around the bay area. The raids followed, indictments handed down by a federal grand jury in San Francisco. It accuses the current and former officers with a wide range of offenses, including criminal conspiracy. The indictment is sealed until 330 this afternoon. Now the arrest marked the end of an investigation that started early last year after a tip to the fbi and contra costa district attorney. That probe widened to include alleged violent crimes, Drug Trafficking and scandals after seizing several officers cell phones. Investigatsages involving dozens of antioch Police Officers shedding light on racism within the department. Its resulted in about 40 of the department being put on paid leave. In a statement to kctv this morning, antioch mayor lamar thorpe says in part, quote, today is a dark day in our citys history as people trusted to uphold the law allegedly breached that trust and were arrested by the fbi. As our city absorbs the tragic news, we must come together as one. Todays actions are the beginning of the end of a long, arduous process. Well keep you posted. We have an update now to a story we brought you as breaking news yesterday at noon, san jose Police Officers were officer remains in critical condition, but stable right now after she was shot in the line of duty. We are now learning about the heroic actions of her partner who helped pull her to safety. Bailey ocarroll reports. What followed next was an act of undeniable courage that few of us will ever experience without hesitation or consideration for himself. The officers partner extracted the victim officer from the line of fire to a place of safety, according to cupertino assemblyman evan lowe, his brother ryan lowe, responded to a call on wednesday morning for a domestic disturbance with his partner. That partner who has not been identified yet, was shot in the upper body. Less than 30s after arriving, one of the officers attempted to call up to the front door balcony and announced announce themselves as san jose Police Officers. The suspect exited onto the balconies, landing and from a position of concealment discharged a firearm, striking our officer lowe, whos now being called a hero, pulled his partner to safety and started treating her injuries. No Family Member of someone who is in Law Enforcement wants to get that call, especially when that Family Member is on duty. But this hits home and this is a reminder for that. Number one, let us make sure that we keep in our thoughts the officer who was shot, but a clear reminder that Law Enforcement officials, public servants, Community Members, these are human beings. These are loved ones. These are brothers, sisters. And we must not forget that these two are human beings in our communities , putting on the uniform and keeping our Community Safe. His brother says he wasnt surprised by lowes selfless actions and said that his brother has a decade of Law Enforcement experience. As the assemblyman who was in sacramento, said, he rushed home to be with his brother last night. You can imagine that the next days and hours for him and so many will be very perilous to relive and to think about what actually happened and do the play by play. But, of course, lets also think about his partner who needs our thoughts, who needs our support. This marks the second time in just a year that a San Jose Police officer has been shot while on duty and marks the first time a female officer has ever been shot while on duty here in san jose, im bailey ocarroll, ktvu fox two news. Well people gathered at the busy intersection in San Francisco where a driver struck and killed a four Year Old Girl and seriously injured a father. The crowd gathered at fourth and king streets where that little girl and her parents were crossing the street when a car hit them tuesday evening. They placed balloons and flowers at a street light vigil. Organizers say many people have been emotionally t to definitely have a place for people to come, to grieve, to hear, to hear whats happening. And to be present and to be with each other. Officials have not released any information about the family. Police did arrest the driver, though. Karen kartalija, the 71 year old, faces three charges of failure to yield to a pedestrian and vehicular homicide. Investigators say neither drugs nor alcohol appear to be a factor in the crash. They say this is the 11th traffic death in San Francisco this year. Fire Officials Say lightning started dozens of fires in the far northern part of california. More than 50 firefighters are battling the flames right now. That are burning in the state. Most of them in federal land. Lightning is the suspected cause of three fires burning in siskiyou county, as well as others in trinity. Shasta nevada del norte and mendocino counties. Cal fire says its preparing for peak wildfire season. We are really going into a period now where were at the mercy of the weather and that really is the heat, the wind and any potential lightning that comes through the fuels are the driest. We traditionally see the offshore wind events this time of year. Californias normal weather patterns have the wind and heat extending at least through september. And possibly through october. In maui, search and rescue crews continue to sift through the rubble in the town of lahaina. As robert ray reports, the number of People Killed in the wildfire is expected to rise as that work continues. Ive always called this home, no matter how far ive been away from this place, people across the island of maui are eager to return to their homes. More than a week after wildfires decimated the town of lahaina. But on wednesday, some residents were turned away at checkpoints, desperately waiting to see whats left of their possessions. Not just me lost everything. Everybody. Everything is gone. Hawaiis governor is vowing to protect landowners from developers seeking to buy damaged properties. The states attorney general now working toward a moratorium on land sales in lahaina. My intention from start to finish is to make sure that no one is victimized from a land grab. Meanwhile search and rescue efforts are expanding across the island. Hawaiian officials estimate more than 1000 people are still missing as of wednesday, more than a third of the burn area has been searched. Dozens of canines from across the country remain on the scene, combing through the rubble of what used to be homes and businesses. Additional teams are deploying to support crews who have been working around the clock. Basically, were completing the searches in all those structures for the missing folks that they have that theyve been looking for, for the last few days. Now, officials are concerned that potential storms on the way this weekend to the Hawaiian Islands could impede the search in lahaina. In maui, robert rae, kctv, fox two news in butte county, theyre set to be a sense of sympathy, empathy and understanding here with survivors of the maui fires. Before last week, the nations deadliest wildfire in the past century was the camp fire. Five years ago, that incident killed 85 people, destroyed nearly 1900 buildings. And like maui, people in paradise say there were no Early Warning signs here. Thats why the town is installing 21 siren towers. Sirens can be more reliable than modern phone alerts because Cell Phone Service are often disrupted during emergencies. So the sirens are created to make our town safer. Early warning sirens that will go off. And theres kind of mixed viewpoints on it because a lot of people think there wont be a fire here again. But its not for right now. Its for the future, for our kids. Town leaders held meetings with residents after the campfire, officials said making people feel safe again was a priority in the rebuilding process. An Early Warning system was number noon, we are taking e now, taking steps to ensure they can Work Together following a major bay area disaster. Pga the San FranciscoFire Department and the Citys Department of Emergency Management held a drill this morning on treasure island. They simulated an underground gas leak and fire following a magnitude 7. 3 earthquake. This is a two day exercise which includes Gas Emergency Operations Center in vacaville and a simulated evacuation of the utilitys oakland headquarters building. Pga says all of the agencies are learning from each other about how to handle emergencies. The key here is how do we Work Together to manage the incident so that we are supporting the First Responders to keep the Community Safe and ultimately helping them understand how to work in and around a potential gas emergency and how to do that safely. Pga says this is just one of hundreds of yearly training exercises it does with local Fire Departments. Even though state regulators gave robotaxis a thumbs up in San Francisco, the debate remains far from over. Why the City Attorney is now involved. Plus, were tracking hurricane hillary setting its sights on california. How emergency crews are prepping for the potential of strong winds and heavy rain in parts of cal. And if you havent heard about it yet, you will for th days. Well track that system together and your bay area forecast, its all coming up next right here on kctv , fox alex mateo, hey hows business . Great. You know that loan has really worked wonders. Thats what u. S. Bank is for. And youre growing in california . Yup, socal, norcal. Monterey . All day. A branch in ventura . Thats for sureah. Atms in fresno . Tas . Yes, indeedus. Anaheim . Big time. More guacamole . Im on a rollay. How about you . Im just visiting. U. S. Bank. Ranked 1 in Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in california by j. D. Power. San jose Police Say Two students were stabbed here, both taken to the hospital. The suspect or suspects fled the scene before police arrived. The school is currently on lockdown now. Well continue to follow the story for you and bring you updates throughout this newscast and at ktvu as well. Moving to this story now, San Franciscos City Attorney is now asking california regulators to halt its approval of driverless taxis in the city. Just last week, the California PublicUtilities Commission voted to allow cruz and waymo to expand their services and start offering driverless rides. But theres been some pushback and safety concerns, too. Amanda quintana spoke with a professor who is confident the technology is safe. All of my experiences, personal experiences have been have been amazing and it works very, very well. Ron padilla says hes taken many waymo rides in phenix long ones about 20 miles each way. Waymo has been operating there for about three years. Ive had no issues whatsoever with the technology. Every ride has been smooth. Every ride has actually involved me multitasking. So after about five, five ish minutes, im actually not paying attention anymore. Hes an engineering professor at Arizona StateUniversity Researching transport nation and the implication of autonomous vehicles. Although he admits San Franciscos traffic patterns are more complex than those in phenix, hes confident Driverless Cars like waymo and cruise will do well here, too. Theres like ten of them, but incidents like this one, where about ten cars stopped in north beach last week have City Attorney david chiu convinced the city will suffer serious harm from the expansion of these driverless taxis . He wants the Public Utilities commission to halt its approval from last week. In a motion filed wednesday. Chiu lists dozens of similar incidents, including a time when a driverless car blocked fire trucks for nearly ten minutes. A viewer sent us this photo of cruise cars. Apparently blocking a school bus just this morning. Chiu fears adding more of these cars will mean more interference with First Responders. Public transit, construction and the general flow of traffic. Padilla says those instances are rare in phenix. Theres a lot of pedestrian activity. Theres a lot of students just running around, you know, in a rather chaotic manner. And these vehicles are navigating all of that just fine. He says the headaches are caused because the cars are overly cautious and programed to stop when they come across an issue. Will there be annoying situation as these roll out and so on . Absolutely there will be. But i think no technology has ever rolled out without a quirk or an annoyance. He says his waymo rides are reliable and usually about 30 cheaper than uber and lyft. And for his special needs son, who cant drive these cars, give him the potential to travel with this technology. He could be really a game changer for such individuals and for such families. If you download the waymo or cruise apps right now, youll need a special code. You can be added to a wait list. But waymo is reportedly going to start charging drivers on monday in San Francisco. Amanda quintana, ktvu, fox two news. Well, Tropical Storm hillary has now strengthened into a category one hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and it is on track to pass along mexicos baja peninsula on saturday. And if it stays on its current course, its expected to bring heavy rain to Southern California by the end of the weekend. This is something to be ready for now. Exactly what that means for our area. Theres a lot of uncertainty, but the potential exists for those dangerous conditions to work their way into the area. Well, right now, the hurricanes path has it moving east of the bay area. The tahoe area could see a lot of rain and thunderstorm activity when it does eventually make its way to that area. And ive got to tell you, ive been keeping an eye on this myself, just being through so many hurricanes myself, not too many actual hurricanes have actually hit california. But the remnants of them have affected our state. Exactly true. Because our water is too cold. So it starts to shear off and lose a lot of its energy and support. Right. It needs the warm bath waters like its receiving right now just off the Baja California coast. Water temperature there is in the 80s right now. You could see the welldefined eye of hurricane hillary. This is a potent hurricane. Its gathering some intensity very rapidly. Currently, its 600 miles just south of that Baja California coastline there. And by 6 00 tonight, i strongly believe it will be a category two hurricane on its way to be a cat four. Thats extremely powerful. So theres a lot to be said about a hurricane. It has a mind of its own. It determines its own path. And this is why computer models are suggesting a lot of different alternatives. But one thing is certain, Southern California will bear the brunt of the Tropical Storm force winds and potentially flash flooding as well. And this hasnt happened in 80 years. Now whether it comes into Southern California and drifts up to northern california, it depends on the area of low pressure thats off the coast. So we are going to have to keep you updated on that. It will change hour by hour. I think strongly adversely affected will be san diego well into palm springs and even in las vegas. Now, we will keep that update by later on this afternoon, even in our 12 00 newscast, which we are in right now, about 1245. This is the finger of fog that continues to linger over the city of San Francisco, where our current air temperature sits at 66 degrees. It is now 84. And walnut creek, 87 degrees. And throughout livermore, i got to tell you, i was out walking my dog early this morning about 730 and i was working up a sweat in throughout th