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Hill questioned why Stanislaus County prosecutors needed more time to hand over evidence in the case. A lot of these items have been raised and litigated as part of the initial appeal. David harris, one of the original trial prosecutors, said peterson had raised many of the same issues before, including during an unsuccessful attempt to get a new trial in 2022. Theres a lot of back and forth from the record, and there is going to be a large amount of reading for both sides. Mr. Peterson has been waiting 20 yearsuto find some of these o recordings and video that should have been provided, paula mitchell, director of the la innocence project, says her client never got key evidence, even during his original trial. I dont think that the nature of the request, its not a fishing expedition. Theyre very precise, theyre very specific, and we believe that they are, probable, very easily accessible. The judge set future court dates over the next few months. Petersons sister in law, janiec and her husbandujoe, attended the hearingl but declined to speak for him. If they dont find anything, nobody else can do anything about this. Ktvu legal analyst Michael Cardoza says petersongs previous lawyers raised concerns over juror misconduct and constitutional violations. This time, he says, the defense has a different tack. This is digging into the evidence. What did the Police Evidence . From something that perchancec was exculpatory . Peterson was originally sentenced to death, which was set aside by the state supreme hes now serving life in prison without parole. Scott peterson is now 51 years old. He indicated he plans to attend all future Court Hearings via zoom from mule creek state prison in Amador County in redwood city. Henry lee ktvu, fox two news. An abandoned trailer caused a bit of a scare and a hazmat investigation in martinez today. Firefighters got a call about theutrailer on pacheco avenue. 930 this morning. The hazmat team was summoned after discovering it was not empty. Officials later learned three as abandoned outside the plant last week, and two were towed away on friday. Investigators ran tests on thec liquid inside this trailer and determined it was not hazardous. San Francisco Police have reopened a case from 2023 where a chinese woman died after reportedly being pushed to the ground. Ktvu is christian captain joins us now in the city, and Christian Police are giving this a second look after that same person initially suspected last year, was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting another asian woman. Yeah thats right. That woman now in jail facing charges for allegedlyuassaulting a 71 year old woman. Now, police are taking a second look at that previous case. San Francisco Police arrested 43 year old thea hopkins last week for allegedly assaulting a 71 year old chinese woman. Now, police are taking a spsecond look at another incide. She was reportedly involved in in july of 2023, where hopkins was investigated after 63 year old yanfeng wu ground in the Bayview District and later died. A Police Investigation at the time determined the incident was an accident. Investigators have released a statement reading in reexamining thec evidence in the july 3rd case on third street in egbert avenue after receiving new evidence. We are not disclosing what the evidence is. But the attorney defending assat case says she hasnt seen any evidence connected to the 2023 death, but says they need to be looked at as separate incidents. Theres nothing about these new allegations and charges that, change District Attorney and the police officially deemed the 2023 incident as an accident. Civil rights attorney and spokesperson for the asian justice movement, charles jones, says the community lost some faith in the Police Following last years case. The group says that incident was caught on camera and are asking for that video to be released. In their statement, police said, quote, the sfpd does not release evidence open cases because it could jeopardize the investigation. Jeung is encouraging police to investigate the two cases as part of a pattern of behavior, and see if these were possible hate crimesn here, the, the suspect, you know, reportedly, pushed or attacked two elderly asian women, within blocks of this pos still in custody for the assault last week. No word on if july ie District Attorney, whether or charge hopkins for that earlier death, that also has not yet been determined. Were live in San Francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. All right, christian, thank francisco is downuslightly, butn remains at a crisisulevel franco Health Department, 64 people died from accidental overdoses in february, including 47 from fentanyl. That is down slightly from january, when 67 people died, but an increase from the spsame period last year when 52 people died of overdoses, the Health Department announced today. It is expanding a type of addiction intervention called contingency management. Even though addiction is awc,tm chronic illness, recovery is possible and there is a way out of addiction and into a healthier life. Contingency management programs are available at zuckerberg, San Francisco general hospital, the San Francisco aids foundation,uand at a new report shows that boeing failed 33 of 89 audits during an examination done by the federal Aviation Administration. The six week audit was conducted after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines 737 max jet back on january fifth. Ktvu tom vacar live tonight out at Oakland International with more on the story. Tom well, lets put this at the grade score was a d minus what its supplier of door plugs got was an f. The federal Aviation Administration says boeing failed 33c of 89uaudits f its manufacturing and Quality Control processes as its door plug supplier, the device that blew out on january 5th failed seven of 13 audits. Well, thats a very high failure rate, International Aviation attorney mary schiavo is a former Inspector General of the Us Department of transportation that oversees the faa, which in turn oversees boeing and the airline industry. They also have to see that boeing is doing all of the assembly in the exact and precise. So, you know, steps and procedures that are approved, documentation of how the door plug was installed is missing or never existed. Requiring that documentation is part of the certification process. Schiavo saysuthe faa may soon find itself under investigation. Did the faa do everything it was supposed to do in overseeing boeing . And has the government been robust enough in its oversight . A few years ago, in the wake of two 737 crashes that back the spcrashes, boeing agreed not to mislead, deceive or defraud the faa. That is why boeing is under criminal investigation its una. I mean, its a huge loss of confidence. The myers live inc saint helena. You get on the plane counting that the steps have been taken and everybodys takig ownership of everybodys safety. When the event happened, i just was like, okay, thats one of those freak accidents that youre just going to isolate in your mind and think, that wont happen again. Whenever a deadly accident does not happen, the ntsa lab often says it was lucky we dont rely on luck. We rely on, you know, engineering, safety. And get this united and southwest airlinesuannounced that they are cutting capacity and or slowing hiring due to slower new plane deliveries and that could in fact ktvu fox two all right, tom, thank you for that. Meantime tonight, more questions surrounding boeing after a former employee turned whistleblower was found dead over the weekend. The body of john barnett was discovered saturday in a holiday inn parking lot in south carolina. Authorities say he died of what appeared to be a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Barnett worked for boeing for 32 years before retiring back in 2017. Now, just days before his death, he had testified in a lawsuit against boeing, raising his concerns about serious safety issues in the companysucommercial airplanes. Charlestonupolice say they are awaiting a formal cause of death as they try to determine the circumstance surrounding barnetts death. A pair of thieves busted for stealing from the vta light rail. What investigators say they were after. Also, an east bay cities plan for rent control put on pause. Why the issue the November Ballot. Also ahead tonight, oakland Business Owners threatening not to pay their taxes as they accuse the city of failing to keep them safe. Moreuovernight showers again last night and this morning early now its clear. Plenty of sunshine and things warmingu. s g ng business. Its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. The gotos that keep us going. The places we cheer. And check in. They all choose the advanced Network Solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. See why comcast business powers more Small Businesses than anyone else. Get started for 49. 99 a month plus ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Dont wait call today. In response. They now plan to stop paying city taxes in the diamond district. Restaurantsuand Small Businesses are fed up with the distress its creating ford them. Some are throwing their manager of seibels pizza and diamond district says business business folks want to consider withholding taxes unless the city bolsters its efforts to crack down on the crime thats been plaguing the town. Were scared of our lives now. Diamond district isunot the same as back in the years that i have beenuworking. Tuesday morning, a mobile phone store was broken into on fruitvale for the fifth time in two years. The manager said it happened at 3 a. M. Thieves took an ipad, the Cash Register and other electronicuequipment. Other Small Businesses in oakland are on board with withholding taxes. One Small Business owner we spoke to shared shes very frustrated. I have already paid my business tax for this year,uof course, because it was already due, but, we dont have any services. And touthe credit, the police that i do see on the street are at a loss as well because they dont have any leadership. T city councilor for the diamond, john ramachandran, says shes been advocating for her districts for the year that the city needs to civiliansays roles that can enhance efforts by the police. You know, i hear them. I absolutely understand where theyre frustrated are coming for. Its already hard to do Business Post and then youre getting hit again. And again and again by robberies and burglaries. The counselor says getting unfilled civilian jobs will help, and thats something thert jobs in the city of oakland, but if you go on theres only 35 pos listed. And since last year, i have been trying to dig into what is blocking hiring, Public Safety and finance Committee Meetings are slated for tuesday. Both of which may impact gete resources for Small Businesses in her district. In oakland, alice wurtz, ktvu, fox two news tonight Governor Newsom touting the results of a chp sting operation targeting carjacking rings and gangs in oakland. n the chp, according to the governor, arrested 168 people and recovered s60 stolen vehicles in oakland spwere arrested on a number of charges, including possession of stolen property narcotics, and dui. The arrests were a result of undercover operations and uniform patrols. New at five tonight, san jos Police Say Following a tip, they were able to seize a number of illegal,uprivately manufactured guns. Officers served a search warrant on friday at an spundisclosed location in the city. They say they found three guns and six devices to convert weapons into a machine gun, along with a silencer, ammunition and two 3d printing machines were used to make,uthe firearms or materials to manufacture firearms. Benito hernandez was booked into the Santa Clara County jai for multiple felony firearm related charges. Police say they are working to find out if the weapons were being made for sale in san jose or elsewhere. Also pepper spraying another man who was preparing to celebrate the first day ofaman. It happ aund 830 last night outside the Islamic Center of north marpoce say this time it does not appear the suspect explicitly targeted the spcenter ttuat this point they did not have sufficient victimuwas treated for minor injuries. The Redwood City City Council voted against considering a resolution calling for a cease fire in gaza. The motion fails with two votes. Its okay, Jessica Howard j. Howard cave howard now, people debating as you heard there, hundreds signed up to speak at the meeting, some waiting as long as two hours to give their opinion. Manyualso spoke out against a resolution, calling it outside the scope of city business. Some Council Members voiced similar concerns, saying they hesitated to spend city resources onuan international issue. An effort to stabilize rent in the city of concord has been suspended. Just days after the council signed off on this plan. Ktvu is tori gaines explains whats behind. The concord citycucouncil adopted a plan just last week, which would impose a rent stabilization on multifamily rental complexes of two or more units that were built before february of 1995. We have heard from tenants for years, and it feels like as if at the 11th hour, there are homeowners, homeowners and landlords who to come, you know, make some noise about how this is going to affect our our bottom line, our profits. A new petition is in the works and some organizers hope to keep the ordinance from ever stabilization ordinance would have capped annual rent increases in the city to either 3 of rent cost, or 60 of the Consumer Price index, whichever was lesser. That means a monthly rental, which started at 2,500 per month in rent, could not be spraised more than 75 annually. The same ordinance aimed to make it tougher for landlords to evict residents without just cause. We spoke with one concord resident who maintains rental properties in the east bay, he says. This ordinance has done more to divide concord residents than support tenants. At the end of the last Council Meeting regarding this issue, the mayor sat up there on his in his, position in front of his placard and said, you know, i told you guys eight years ago when this was on the ballot tha city did it, it was going to be way worse for the homeowners. And now it is rising. Juntos supports tenants across the east bay and advocates for affordable housing. They say the fight for rentc control has been going on for years. Now that its been suspended, they are feeling overwhelmed, theyre feeling sad, theyre they feel like they cant they cant be celebrating right now that now theres more to do that after fighting for eight years now there is more that they have to do to fight back. If the wil choices is repeal the ordinance or November Ballot to let the voters decide. The opposition are spreading misinformation also about how rent control and just cause have lied to people in order to gather signatures. I just want to, you know, let people know to read before they sign she hopesn concord. Rent, and we have 50,000 peoplen the petition. Require over 7200 signatures from voters registered concord, tori gaines, ktvu, fox two news crews in capitola have begun to demolish the wharf house restaurant and capitola boat and bait shop. The city decided to tear down the buildings after determining they were no longer safe. This comes due to the damage caused by the storms in january of last year. Workers are breaking down the buildings piece by piece and then hauling them off the wharf to keep debris from falling into the water. All righty. Were checking in on the rain that we got last night and a little bit early this morning, much less than we had the before, but very that it came in overnight. It got some some raindrops on the ceiling or on the roofs. And then in the morning it lingered a little bit longer. So we did have a little bit of wetuon the very Early Morning commute, especiallyuin the north bay. So these are some of the totals down from the last bit. I mean,n marin county produced some places almost an inch and kentft just under a half inch today. Redwood city, 4 100. So there it is outside. You got a little wind. I think thats going to be our story the next couple of days. Looking at the flag the, flagpole where they belong, you can see that west wind. Whats going to happen is the pressure. The High Pressure is going to start coming down out of to come. Its going to come out of there. North and itll create. We have a wind advisory. Its going to go in effect, come down like this out ofuthe valley. And so in the valley areas like sacramento, the modesto, marysville, red conditi wouldnt i know i shouldnt say wind warning, but maybeuthey could. We have a wind advisory for parts of the bay area. And its because of that high Building Back in after the

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