On a muni bus, where a man pulls out a taser and goes on an antiasian tirade. Tonight we hear from one teen who says he witnessed the rant and is shaken up. I felt pretty fearful because i didnt want to do something that would, like, trigger him or offend him and cause him to maybe harm someone. A disturbing incident on a very busy muni bus in the sunset. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener. That incident happened wednesday in front of a group of teens who then ran off the bus in fear. And tonight the suspect still has not been arrested. New at ten ktvu. Amber lee joins us now live from San Francisco. After speaking with one of those witnesses and his mother, amber. Julie, were in the sunset district right by the bus stop where the teen and other passengers ran off the bus to get away from the man with the taser. The teen asked us not to show his face. Soon after boarding the 29 bus on his way home from lowell high school, a 14 year old vietnameseamerican student stood just a few feet away from a man sitting at the back of the bus who went on a rant. He was screaming like multiple racial slurs against asians, using the c slur. And, he said things like, the these people are ruining america and they should go back to their country. I felt pretty shocked at the same time, i felt pretty fearful because i didnt want to do something that would like, trigger him or offend him. The student says a latina teenager and a young caucasian woman tried to intervene and the situation escalated. At one point, he, he pulled out a taser and turned it on and pointed it at her. And the electricity. When he turned it on, it was really loud and it caused like a lot of people to scream and run out. The run out of the bus. The muni driver pulled over along sunset near taraval. The teen says he ran off the bus and hid behind a tree. The bus driver called 911, but Police Officers who responded did not locate the man who caused the chaos. The teens mother says she and her son are speaking out about the incident to raise awareness. I think its the only way that we can help prevent it for someone else. I mean, right now the suspect is still at large. Sf mta says it does have Surveillance Video of the incident and has turned it over to police. A spokesperson for the Transit Agency said we do not tolerate crime, harassment and attacks of hate on muni and we thank the riders who reported this to us as quickly reporting incidents of crime and harassment helps us begin our investigation immediately and help sfpd identify a suspect they should, have him arrested and he shouldnt just be roaming around freely. The teen says hes grateful to the two people who tried to intervene. They were very brave for doing that, and i respect them a lot. Now, police tell me they are investigating this case, but declined to release the Surveillance Video or an image of the man. Julie. Mike. Amber. What about a description . Have we heard about anything . Details on that. The teen tells me a slender billed man, african american, wearing a red leather jacket, black skinny jeans with black rim framed glasses. All right, amber lee reporting live in the city tonight. Amber, thank you for murder. Suspects have agreed to plead guilty to lesser charges after it was revealed they were arrested by antioch Police Officers involved in the departments racist tech scandal. The four suspects were charged in the killing of Arnold Hawkins and the attempted killing of Aaron Patterson in march of 2021. However, attorneys say all 12 officers involved in the case were also part of racist, homophobic and threatening text message chains. The District Attorneys Office admitted racial bias was involved in the case. The suspects faced a possible sentence of 25 years to life in prison, but will now spend anywhere between 13 to 20 years behind bars. They will be sentenced later this week. Today in antioch, a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide in stockton was arrested following an hours long search. Police told people in the area of gentry town this afternoon to lock all of their windows and doors as officers looked for 28 year old carlos palacios. He was taken into custody just before 6 00 tonight. No other details have been released. The Alameda CountySheriffs Office is mourning the loss of one of its Emergency Services dispatchers. Authorities say Antoinette Finau was killed by a drunk driver while she was heading to work. The crash happened last night, 1115 at east 14th and 150th in san leandro. Finau was taken to the hospital where she died. Ktvu has learned that 32 year old lynette jaime davis has been arrested for vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Authorities say the victim was a loving mother, sister, daughter and friend. The eyes of the world now on tense ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas, with the potential to pause or perhaps bring to a halt, the ongoing war in gaza. So far, hamas signing on to the agreement but israel not ready to do so. Ktvu zac sos has been following the ongoing talks. He joins us now live in the newsroom with late details. Zach and julie, those negotiations come as israel signaled its plans for more military strikes in Southern Gaza. The idf ordering some 100,000 palestinians in the region to evacuate. With the threat of a ramped up offensive by Israeli Forces in the Southern Gaza city of rafah looming, palestinians once again packing up and fleeing god knows whether we will stay alive or die. Monday, hamas accepting an egyptian qatari brokered cease fire proposal. But israel not ready to sign on, saying it failed to meet its, quote, core demands. Middle east policy expert professor stephen zunes. Its clear that hamas is really interested in putting an end to the fighting. The question, of course, is will israel go along . The big Sticking Point has been that hamas has been pushing for a permanent cease fire in return for the hostages, whereas israel has only been wanting a temporary pause. The idf conducting, quote, targeted strikes in the region after a deadly rocket attack by hamas killed four Israeli Soldiers sunday, National Security expert hal kempfer. Israel is not going to agree to a permanent cease fire. Hamas has a long history of basically disregarding these agreements at a whim. So what they want is they want they want a much more tangible agreement in place, more limited in scope. The us and un weighing in on the cease fire negotiations. We still believe that reaching an agreement is the absolute best outcome. Any escalation of hostilities resulting from a full scale incursion into rafah will push residents and displaced people currently living there past their breaking point sunday, israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, showing no signs of bowing to International Pressure , no amount of pressure, no decision by any International Forum will stop israel from defending itself. Theres thousands of israelis rallied around the country monday night calling for an immediate agreement. Everybody is hoping that there is some agreement because they want to get the hostages out and they want to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in rafah. And while israel has yet to sign on to that cease fire agreement in its current form, netanyahu has certainly not walked away from the table. An Israeli Government spokesperson saying the country would continue negotiating nations. Julie. All right. Zac sos reporting live in the newsroom tonight, zach. Thank you. And tonight was the met gala in new york city. And while it was all glamor and gowns inside, that did not stop protesters from trying to get close to the museum to try to disrupt that event. I will live forever. I will live forever. Hundreds of propalestinian protesters gathered blocks away from the gala at hunter college. Demonstrators tried to march on the celebrity filled Fashion Event but were stopped about a block away by the nypd. Authorities say 25 people were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, and protests are continuing to grow at College Campuses in the bay area and beyond. A group of demonstrators just today at San Francisco state had the chance to meet with the universitys president. As ktvu Jana Katsuyama reports, the discussion was peaceful, was respectful, but students still pushing for more. San Francisco State student protesters sat down with the University President , lynn mahoney, at 1 00 monday afternoon. Eight Student Speakers facing the president and two other administrators, with three faculty members seated in the middle. The protesters called for action to stop the violence against civilians in gaza. President mahoney listened and said she saw her role as protecting free speech on campus. My role is actually to make it safe, and i dont just mean physically. I kind of mean culturally, politically and socially. For every group on this campus to if it cant play out on a university campus, then the us is doomed. Students presented their concerns and four demands to one disclose university finances to divest finances three. Defend the Palestinian People and four declare the Israeli Occupation a genocide. And how can you, as the president , give us the space and that board of Trustees Meeting to not only just talk to other president s individually, but have us directly talk to the board . Mahoney said she would work with students and invited the group to give her names of representatives to meet with their Investment Team to create a model for other campuses to follow on investment transparency and investment policies. Give me a couple of names of folks who want to sit down with me and jeff, and a representative from cambridge, and lets hammer out exactly what it would look like. Faculty members and the students said they were glad to see the dialog. Im very proud of the students for having very, very clear, specific and actionable demands. Im encouraged. I think, and i believe the university is acting in good faith. Theyve been supportive in their own way in terms of not shutting down the encampment. We are very optimistic. I think this was a huge step forward. I would like to say that i do hope other universities are seeing the leadership that has been performed here today. After the meeting with the president , the students held a caucus in the middle of their encampment to discuss their response to the president and the meeting. They say they plan to be out here as long as it takes to get their demands met. Reporting from San Francisco state Jana Katsuyama, ktvu, fox two news today, a group of students at uc davis set up a propalestinian encampment. Two dozen tents are now on the universitys quad. The group of protesters calling for total divestment from israel and has presented the school with a list of demands. We have a host of academic demands to increase speech around this. We want more teaching, more work that the university should be doing, taught by subject matter experts. Uc davis chancellor gary may, releasing a statement saying in part, as a public university, uc davis cannot and will not discipline students for speech protected by the first amendment. We allow peaceful protests and are committed to keeping everyone safe. We are reviewing the demands weve seen, posted and are working on responding. Classes at ucla are going remote for the rest of the week due to ongoing campus protests. 43 people were arrested today, including two journalists, for violating the campuss overnight curfew. The Los Angeles CountySheriffs Department worked with Campus Police to clear out the protesters. Those arrested have been booked on conspiracy to commit burglary charges. Uscs main campus was back open today after police cleared out a propalestinian encampment there over the weekend. Lapd dismantled tents and cleared out debris. No arrests were made, but members of uscs divest from Death Coalition say at least 1414 students were given interim suspensions because of the protests. She did promise on record that she would not use academic sanctions or Police Repression against students unless the students engaged in violence. We now know her promise was a bald faced lie. The University Says it is unable to discuss disciplinary matters due to student privacy laws. Uscs president says officials tried to deescalate the situation for several days, but action needed to be taken as the encampment violated School Policies and put other students at risk in lieu of a traditional commencement ceremony. The school is now planning to hold a graduation celebration. This thursday. A bay area lawmaker pushing for more oversight when it comes to driverless vehicles coming up todays hearing and the growing pushback on the peninsula. A nice day today. A pretty nice day on sunday. And then saturday we had the big rain and the snow in the mountains. Thats all about to turn around into a warmer pattern this week. The five day forecast is coming up. Also ahead tonight, state lawmakers demanding answers from california housing officials. The concern t t thinking i should bring back my 100 allwhite meat popcorn chicken combos for 6. 99 . Youre in luck, i did. If you werent thinking that, i bet you are now. My popcorn chicken combos are only 6. 99. Get em sauced loaded for just a buck more. Welcome to jack in the box driverless vehicles operate here in california. This all comes as companies, including waymo, plan to expand in the bay area. Ktvu south bay reporter Lamonica Peters live tonight in redwood city after speaking with the state senator who proposed the bill, lamonica. Mike, state senator dave cortese says the bill has already passed in two committees. But in the meantime, residents here say waymo is already testing the vehicles on the street and some of them have mixed feelings about it. In foster city, i see them all the time. When im coming home from work, they practice on one of the roads i take home after pushback from San Mateo Countys board of supervisors failed to stop its expansion, waymo and its driverless vehicles are preparing to operate in the coming months, state senator dave cortese introduced senate bill 915 back in january, proposing that local governments have more oversight with driverless vehicles. It does create an opportunity for cities like san jose, san diego, los angeles, San Francisco to come in and say, heres how you get into our airport. Heres where you pick up passengers, heres where you dont pick up passengers, heres how you behave around schools. Waymo says it plans to expand from the peninsula to sunnyvale after multiple incidents in San Francisco led to criticism about safety. Some residents in San Mateo County say theyre skeptical of how well theyll operate on their streets. I just dont know if i trust the selfdriving technology yet. Like im sure theres something there, but in practice, i dont know. Its a little scary. It should be on the company for their autonomous vehicle, violating some sort of traffic law, but instead. Oh, its fine. We dont get in trouble. We dont get a ticket because no ones driving it. Whether senate bill 915 passes or not. Driverless vehicles are coming to the south bay, and one resident says she likes the idea of it, but still wants more assurance about safety. When i think about innovation and the future, i can see driverless vehicles fitting that future. I definitely would especially, initially would like to see some kind of override option. Cortese says that the bill will be voted on by the Appropriations Committee on may 16th, and if it passes, he says that he hopes to have it on the governors desk in the fall. Mike la Monica Peters live tonight in redwood city. Lamonica, thank you for that. State housing officials in sacramento were questioned this afternoon during the assemblys budget subcommittee hearing on oversight and accountability. Both democrats and republicans asking for data showing if the states multibillion dollar homelessness, housing and Assistance Grant program for cities and counties has actually been working. This hearing comes less than a month after a state audit found the administration did not track the effectiveness of the 20 billion spent on the states growing homelessness problem. The things that i worry about a lot is that the public is losing confidence in the ability of government to solve this problem. You guys arent even providing excuses. Its just a failure. Governor newsom is expected to provide his updated state spending plan sometime this month. San Francisco City leaders say they have counted fewer tents on city streets. A city report at the end of april counted 360 tents and structures across the city. That is the lowest number in more than five years. When the city started doing regular tent counts, the city says there were only nine encampments with more than five tents each citywide mayor london