Say they realize they dont live in oasis isolated from crime. Anyone with information about that alfa romeo is asked to Call Police Live in piemonte. Henry lee ktvu fox duty another day. Another close call in the east bay. Henry. Thank you. San Francisco Police say a 70 year old woman was robbed and attacked on sunday night. This happened around five oclock as the victim was standing in front of a building on francisco street near bay street. She was approached by four juveniles, but because of a language barrier, she didnt understand them when she went to enter the building. Those four suspects followed her inside. They attacked and robbed her and then ran off. Police call it a shocking crime. This is really something that you know, kind of. Um its just shocking that for someone, uh, an elderly woman whose fragile to be attacked by by young people this way the victim was treated for her injuries at the scene. The woman is of asian ancestry. But police do not know if that was why she was targeted. Oakland City Council Member president rather Nikki Fortunato basses reacting to yesterdays robberies of seven stores in one strip mall. It happened early yesterday morning in the Little Saigon neighborhood of oakland. The thieves came in through the ceiling of some of the Small Businesses there, broke into others and took off with thousands of dollars worth of items and just a matter of a couple of hours. Fortunately bass said today is unacceptable and that she is heartbroken. But she laid out some of the moves. The city is now making to try and make the area. And the residents there safe. She says theyve held a meeting between merchants in the area and now the new Oakland Police departments. Vietnamese lay as liaison officer. Theyre also working on opening and opd substation in that neighborhood and improving lighting and visibility in the area. San Francisco School board member faces official consequences for statements she made about black and brown students in the district. And the is calling for her resignation. Ktvu christian captain is at School Board Headquarters right now in the city, and the meeting is just about to get underway. Christian well, yeah, we are just outside the School Board Chambers and we are waiting for that meeting to start. You can see the live feed just now. The Board Members just now starting to enter the chamber, their board commissioner, anshu will be facing a formal admonishment from her fellow Board Members at the school Board Meeting, which is set to start just about now. But before that meeting various napa, the akp rather hosted a rally calling for her to resign. She has faced increasing calls for consequences following comments she made in a candidate questionnaire. In those comments , shoe said some of the major challenges facing the district was black and brown students from unstable family environments and a lack of parental encouragement to focus on learning in that rally before the Board Meeting the citys teachers, union and Latino Community groups all called on shoe to step down. Maybe in the black and so we took it to our membership because were a Membership Organization members overwhelmingly said. This is not on the job training. This is for our students, not just any students by muslim roma groups, black and brown students. For her part shoe has apologized and said the comments were inherently biased. Some have stepped forward to support you, saying that she has apologized and has learned from her behavior. That meeting is just now getting underway. We will continue to monitor the developments from that meeting, including whether or not the board chooses to censure as the crowd had asked, or whether theyre going to admonish er, also whether she steps down as that crowd had asked her to do at this point, no indications that that is going to happen. My colleague is in as well, amber lee, she will have the very latest developments for you throughout the evening. For now, were live in San Francisco christian caftan ktvu. Fox to look forward to updates as we move throughout the night, christian thank you. School districts across the bay area gear up for the start of the school year, superintendents are sounding off like back to school plans. You can find some of what they had to say up at our website just had two ktvu. Com. Governor newsom has declared a state of emergency over the monkeypox outbreak, and some local doctors are hoping for a similar declaration at the federal level. Another couple 100 people at sf general today received the monkey pox vaccine. People from all around the bay area arrived at the clinic early this morning for a chance at a shot. The clinic expects to open again tomorrow to give out whats left of 2000 doses that it received, then it will have to wait until more supplies arrive. Health officials hope the state of emergency will bring more needed doses. But they say a National Strategy would be even better. I think the administration has two and again. Its like, you know, to really have ah and to this outbreak. We need a National Strategy. We need everyone working together in a haydn way because were not doing a good job right now. This afternoon, San Franciscos Public HealthDepartment Said the citys next allotment will be 10,700 more than double the previous deliveries. But so far there is no date when those doses will arrive. Some members of the Lgbt Q Community or upset about remarks by the World Health Organization about monkey pox, and its spread, the w. H o declared a global emergency over the virus over a week ago with over 18,000 cases worldwide. The director general said that 98 of cases are among gay or bisexual men, and he suggested that gay men should reduce the number of sex partners to stop transmission. The board president of the billy dee frank l. G. B t q plus Community Center in san jose, said that remarks like that can stigmatized monkeypox as a quote gay disease. When anyone can contract the virus through close contact. President biden has appointed top officials from fema and the cdc to head his administrations monkeypox response team. President biden named Robert Fenton from fema is the white house coordinator and dimitri desk alajakis from the cdc as the deputy coordinator. The announcement comes, says the u. S aims to increase monkey pox vaccination efforts. The disease has affected almost 6000 people across the country. Monkeypox spreads through close physical contact, causing flu like symptoms and skin lesions. Its rarely fatal, though turning now to the mckinney fire burning near the california oregon border. Two more bodies were discovered today, bringing the death toll now to four. The wildfire started in Siskiyou County last friday, and since then it has grown to 56,000 acres or nearly 88 square miles. And so far, crews have zero containment. Many residents who evacuated that area are waiting to find out now. What happened to their homes boxes . Weathers gordon max gordon has more now on that part of the story. Californias mckinney fire, leaving behind a trail of destruction in Klamath National forest near the oregon border. We knew there was a fire. We just didnt think it would reach us flames have scorched more than 56,000 acres, making it the states largest wildfire this year. Firefighters have had their challenges facing steep terrain is the fire torched Northern Californias drought stricken forests. The flames moved quickly, forcing thousands from their homes in order area. Its really important that youre out of that area. Its an unsafe area it somewhere where it could be taken by fire very quickly. Mckinney fire broke out last friday. Fire Officials Say it exploded in size, dozens of homes, Grocery Stores and other structures have been destroyed. Roger dairy lives in Siskiyou County, where he says the losses extensive completely took out all the houses down river from here. Our 100 year old homes large. It was built in 1920. Its now gone cause of the mckinney farm is still under investigation. Residents here say theyve never seen anything like it up here for 17 almost 18 years now, and we had a might be evacuated once about seven years ago, but we didnt have to go. This is my first time in my whole 73 years. So far this year , wildfires have burned nearly six million acres nationwide to california mex gordon fox weather. Its the new National Number for Mental Health emergencies. 988 well show you how those calls are being handled here in Santa Clara County just ahead. In our drought stricken state. Weve all been encouraged to do our part to try to reduce water use and Water Conservation efforts have mostly been below with the governor was asking for a big part of the bay area is actually answering the call to conserve. Its a murky and muddy mystery. For more than a week. Many have wondered whats in the water and we have to brooks jarocz coming up. How are persistence is paid off what we now know about the water and how a team of scientists is looking to get clarity on the Brown Oakland estuary. And some inland spots today warmed up 10 to almost 20 degrees is quite a bit warmer, almost hot inland. Well talk about that. 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Now at togos enter to handle calls from the new national Mental Health hotline. 988 is now up and running today, Santa Clara County unveiled its call center , which is also directly tied to a wide range of other emergency county services. Ktvu marks air joining us live from inside that call center mark. How are things looking there . Well alex had a Mental Health emergency. Every second can count. And that is the goal of the people who are working here in this room tonight from the time theyre phone rings to the time people are connected to the services they need. They hope that time is about to be vastly reduced. When you dial 988 anywhere in Santa Clara County, you are not reaching a call center in a distant city with people who are unfamiliar with local resources. 24 7. This room is staffed with trained professionals to get you the help you need and fast if youre in a crisis you want you want to talk to somebody. You want to talk to somebody. Now Joseph Stancik is with Santa Clara County behavioral health, which provides the suicide and crisis prevention staffing to the call center. The 98 group is going to be not only providing suicide prevent and suicide crisis hotlines services, but theyre also connecting to our mobile Crisis Response team or t. Theyre going to be connecting to our our continuum of Community Response agencies. Last year, the countys Crisis Response number received more than 50,000 calls with the simplicity of 988. The call volume is expected to increase if somebody calls 988 and is not having a Mental Health crisis, but is looking for local Substance Abuse resources. That 988 responder can immediately hand that call off to another expert in the same room. Its hoped that seamless operation between areas of expertise gets to help where it is needed and when it is needed at the National Standard is six rings or 30. Seconds there are 10 full time employees and 75 trained volunteers who will help staff the 988 system. Call taker speak multiple languages and can tie into a translation system for others. Also housed here is what is called a Navigation Center to help callers locate and connect with the full range of county services. Thats a county initiative. To again provide. The community, the whole Community Information around Community Resources or problems. Theyre having getting Community Resources. Back to a live picture. Now. Now in some cases, calls from this room can be directly transferred to county clinics where people can make appointments to actually get the kind of screening that they need. And while the actual system is now fully operational, not everybody is working here in this same room at the same time, they expect that everybody in one place in about two weeks reporting live in san jose, im mark sayer. Ktvu fox two news really appreciate the look inside their market. You talked about the call volume and the expectations that obviously its going to increases more people learn about this hotline. Are they prepared their in terms of Staffing Levels to be able to handle more calls as they start to come in . Well the predictions on that are kind of difficult, alex because now that its so much easier to remember, just 988 instead of 1 800 something they do expect more calls. They dont know how many, but they feel that they have a very well trained staff. Here. They have 7 75 well trained volunteers, and they say that theyre ready for whatever this new system brings them. Of course, nationally, interest was rolled out a couple of weeks ago. So its all brand new for everyone. Well keep an eye on it and see how it goes. Yeah we certainly will. Mark sayer live for us in the south bay. Mark. Thank you. A bill that would allow a city run supervised drug sites in San Francisco, oakland and los angeles is on its way to Governor Newsoms desk. The state senate narrowly approved that measure yesterday. It allows people in those three cities to use Illegal Drugs under the supervision of trained staff members. Supporters say it would save lives and cities dealing with an illegal drug crisis. Critics argue the sites would encourage drug use. A previous version of the proposal was vetoed by then governor brownback in 2018. Governor newsom has not said yet if he will sign the bill. Rent a center has been ordered to pay more than 15 million for overcharging for rental furniture and Appliances Company violated our state Consumer Protection laws relating to unlawful leasing practices and deceptive marketing. Specifically our investigation. Internet to center found that the companys kiosks operating out of Traditional Retail Stores used and inflated cash price for products in its preferred lease program. These products were 15 higher than the retail price violating californias rent to own law. You can go to California Attorney general rob bonta says the company also misled consumers about their lease agreements. Rent a center did not admit wrongdoing in agreeing to the settlement. The company has not commented so far on the deal. New details now in the Water Quality of the oakland estuary for more than a week, the water has looked dark brown, muddy and murky. Ktvu Investigative Reporter brooks jarocz has been working for days to try to figure out why brooks, what have you learned well, julie, the situation has not improved. Even with the change of the tides. Ive contacted every agency with ties to the oakland estuary, and right now, water tests are happening all while im getting flooded with complaints, pictures, even samples of that brown water after reporting this to several officials, the San Francisco bay regional Water Quality control board send someone to check it out. Im told there is no odor or unusual field to the water and no reports of any toxic spills or sewage overflows. East being mud says it has no signs of issues with its sewage system. The port of oakland also sent out a dive boat and a team of scientists just yesterday. They say there was no sheen or film on the water to indicate oil