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Business. And you know it could be it could be flooded. The wind storms could take it. You need to evacuate. Now youre gonna start feeling major impacts of this storm relatively soon. The eye of the hurricane inching closer to florida tonight. Good evening. Im julie julie haener mike mibach millions of people told to evacuate the heart of that storm still hours from making landfall, but already south florida being hit with gusty winds. Heavy rain in the storm surge is expected to bring life threatening conditions. Too many cities. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Ktvu Jana Katsuyama is tracking a back. You ation efforts, but first we begin with our chief meteorologist bill martin, who is monitoring the hurricanes path, bill. Watching me and much of the day and actually, yesterday, too, but one of the things youre noticing here. If we go to the satellite loop, youre going to see the eye. Which you, of course know is the center. And what were looking at here over time. Look at how well defined it is. Its strengthening. It appears this storm, especially when the guy gets real tight like it is there closes off a little bit there, but i suspect this because theres so much convective itty around the eye wall. But the bottom line here is this storm is projected to be stronger when it comes onshore, and when its on shore than it was just a few hours ago. So if you look at this, you see on wednesday morning, the activity will category four just offshore thats going to be in the next couple of hours. By, you know by four in the morning or Something Like that. And then a few hours later, its going to come onshore as a as a cat for or count three, and not only that it stays a cat 32 into the central part of florida, which was not in the in the in the game plan. Prior before the models were saying, maybe account one in that position. So whats the big deal . Tons of storm surge . One of the things that you can pick up on here is seattle. Tampa bay sits see the thats the mouth of tampa bay will the direction of the wind is going to come in in the swell . The storm surge is going to come right up that bay. Thats the direction the wind is blowing southwest, and its gonna funnel into tampa bay and theres a lot of homes around there. Its going to be almost like a harbor wave or a tsunami. If you will, as it comes into that bay. Thats a 12 ft, potentially a 12. Ft storm surge rainfall could get up to three ft. If you can believe that. Thats a real possibility. Um, and as this story and moves out. Its going to weaken once it gets over land, but thats tomorrow late afternoon. The real story with this is going to be that storm surge up to 12 ft. As i said, heavy rainfall, and on top of all this, its a slow moving hurricane is going to slow further as it gets onshore and slow is bad is bad because its going to go very slowly. With these strong winds, it may downgrade to Tropical Storm rapidly but the sheer amount of rainfall potential in this region which has already been wet. With numerous storms. Prior to this, theres a lot of full creeks already two ft of rain three ft of rain 6 to 8 ft of storm surge 12 ft of storm surge. Theyre going to have problems. Theres no way around it, so well watch it, of course, will be here in the morning for you as well. An update this at 11 oclock. Alright bill, well see you then. Thank you. All right now we go to ktvu Jana Katsuyama, who has the latest on the evacuations and the impact on residents in the hurricanes path, janna julie tonight. Floridas governor just a few hours ago gave an update and said, if you are in one of the evacuation zones now is the time to leave immediately. So far, there have already been 8000 customers in southeast florida, who he says have lost power, and he says they are preparing for widespread Power Outages that could reach into the millions. Images from southern florida tuesday night of branches ripped from tree trunks crashing onto cars shows what is to come as Hurricane Ian barrels towards florida expected to land with a cat four force on wednesday there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge on the gulf coast region. Officials also warned of another danger late tuesday night video from the North Perry Airport near Fort Lauderdale shows more than 15 planes damaged by suspected tornadoes. Several aircraft were flipped over. Others had wings twisted tropical tornadoes will occur very quickly. They will happen overnight tonight and will occur during heavy rain. You will not be able to see them coming, the florida Highway Patrol says. If winds and rain become too overpowering, they will close bridges as early as wednesday. Passengers scrambled tuesday to get flights out of florida at sfo flights already were being canceled. This man says he rushed to leave florida worried hed miss his sons wedding in napa. My kids and my ex wife was there was leaving. They left two oclock in the morning. I left four oclock in the morning. Well disney world announced it is closing theme parks on wednesday and thursday. Concern mounting that the storm could cause major Power Outages for millions of customers. In florida. President biden promised federal aid night. Miami airport does remain open, but all of this could really cascade far beyond the borders of florida. They are saying that there could be expected flight delays cancelations coming out of miami and Orlando International airport is planning to stop all commercial flights at 10 30 tomorrow morning so that could again have a Ripple Effect throughout the country with some of those flights and the delays. Joy and anxious time. Not a good time for people on the east coast there in florida, janet thank you. Rescue crews from around the country are gearing up now to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. They will join utility workers who are staging to help restore power after the storm, as well as other aid workers. The u. S has 28 regional fema task forces that are trained in rescue operations. Eight of them are here in california, including a 90 member unit at menlo park, now on standby. We are up and ready to go based on what the impacts are for the hurricane deployment is dependent on famous decisions. Should the task force be called into action, they would fly on military aircraft to assist with aids. Cuba already in recovery mode tonight after hurricane made landfall of this morning as a category three storm, cutting off power to the entire island. Cubas electric union says work is underway to gradually restore power to the countrys 11 Million People. Ians wins devastated some of the countrys most important tobacco farms. Officials evacuated 50,000 people from the storms path and more than 50 shelters have been set up across the country following some breaking news right now in Pleasant Hill, where police have surrounded Nordstrom Rack store want to show you some pictures from the scene of a standoff with the person inside Concord Police tell us a man wanted by police ran into the store on contra costa boulevard and has been holed up there for several hours. The Nordstrom Rack was evacuated, as was the Safeway Store next door. Our crew on the scene has heard demands over a megaphone for the subject to come out peacefully. It is not clear what the man is wanted for. Police are asking that you avoid that area in Pleasant Hill. As soon as we learn more, we will update you from the scene. A double shooting in oakland left one man dead and another man injured. This happened around 10 oclock this morning near the intersection of 98 the needs in the Brookfield Village neighborhood. Police say two men were shot several times. Both were transported to the hospital. One died and at at last check, the other was being treated. No arrests have been made, and a motive for the shooting is not yet known. Todays violence comes after eight people in oakland were shot and killed last week. That is the deadliest week in the city has seen in this year. Ktvu demagogues tells us how Oakland Police and violence prevention groups are now responding to this sharp uptick in in violence. 9 10 in the last 10 days, all in oakland all by gunfire. We are going all hands on debt to address gun violence in the city of oakland, Oakland Police chief addressed the spree of deadly shootings tuesday. Hes added eight permanent officers to the criminal Investigation Division and has begun bolstering Police Presence in east and west oakland, where gangs and groups are known to congregate. Of the 450 shootings this year. 30 of them have been tied to oakland Gang Violence for Oakland City Council member trivia read, whose district is in east oakland. Support from opd sends the right message to the community, and youre feeling that sense that we all have in this community that weve had enough. This cannot be our norm. Tuesday march the 96th homicide of the year, six fewer than the count at this time last year, which was oaklands deadliest year since 2006. And police have also taken more than 1100 guns off the streets, but guns are still getting into the hands of youth. And theres more randomness to the shootings, according to glenn upshaw, senior who works for youth alive Violence Intervention Program in east oakland right now is its so hard to know when and where to be, because violence is so bad, and theres so many guns. We have not invested enough in communities like east oakland, and were feeling the weight of that city wide. Right now. The extra officers at night are ones who are being called in during their days off, and others are having their shifts extended. The chief said that more officers are joining the force next month when they graduate from the Police Academy reporting in oakland. Emma dos ktvu, fox two news. 10 of fremont massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting his clients. 71 year old abdul baseer, qatar. Zara was arrested earlier this month after two separate women told police that he had touched them inappropriately during a session. He is currently out on bail but is facing eight felony counts, including Sexual Battery and sexual assault, Authorities Say at the time of the incident, qatar zara was a contract employee for a Doctors Office located padre parkway in Fremont Police in San Francisco are searching for a man who swung an ax at, um, uni bus driver this morning. It happened at about eight oclock in the area of california and venice. The driver says he heard an argument on his bus. And then a man approached the front of the bus swinging an ax or hatchet. Police say that transparent shield that was installed to protect operators from covid may have also protected the driver from an attack. Investigators are still trying to piece together what happened. No arrests have been made. Its important that we have witnesses come forward if they see an incident thats important, too. But nothing beats Surveillance Video and us being able to actually see what occurred. Transit Officials Say the bus operator was not hurt. Police have not released a description of the suspect. The cleanup of oaklands largest encampment now forcing Homeless People into other parts of west oakland, the rising concern among residents in that area. Also tonight, the fallout continues after dozens of Alameda County sheriffs deputies failed their psychological evaluations, the impact its having on the department and the community. Prop 27 sends 90 of profits from Online Sports betting to outofstate corporations in places like new york and boston. No wonder its so popular. Out there. Yeah i cant believe those idiots are going to fall for this. 90 hey mark, did you know california is sending us all their money . Suckers. Those idiots [ laughter ] imagine that, a whole state made up of suckers. Vote no on 27. Its a terrible deal for california. We win. You lose. 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Theres no theres nobody to talk to. Theres no no ones going to come help these people or us to deal with any of these problems. Thats what it feels like. It feels like oakland feels like a failed city, at least for us. And there is still another phase of cleanup plan for the side. With more evictions coming, caldron says it dont scheduled fully close the encampment by the beginning of november duty San Francisco Police Officer chased down and nabbed a carjacking suspect. It happened today near john your drive and lake merced boulevard. Authorities say the 22 year old suspect tried to hide on a balcony, but the officer found him. The San Francisco State University Police Department assisted with the arrest dozens of Alameda County Sheriff Deputies now on desk duty at ktvu uncovered that they all failed psychological evaluations tonight. More outrage over the revelation. Ktvu Crime Reporter henry lee as the story fallout after revelations that the Alameda County Sheriffs Office improperly hired 47 deputies who had done poorly on psychological evaluations. 30 deputies based at santa rita jail in dublin and 17, others assigned other duties , including patrol were stripped of their weapons and peace officer powers. One deputy has since been reinstated, but the others are now on limited duty out of uniform and wont be in contact with the inmates until theyre given the chance to undergo a second psych exam. Ktvu obtained this memo sent to jail staff from the sheriffs captain. It reads in part, i want to make it clear these deputies in question have done nothing wrong. We know these people and work alongside them. They have done great work for the Sheriffs Office and our community. Its hard to shock my conscience anymore at all the atrocities that ive seen at santa rita jail and followed, but this really takes it over the top. Jose bernal is organizing director at the Ella Baker Center for human rights. Hes also spent some time in jail. The Sheriffs Office chose to turn a blind eye at the expense of the general, public and incarcerated individuals. This is horrifying, absolutely horrifying. Some say the controversy, especially concerning because dozens of inmates have died at santa rita jail while under the custody of deputies. They questioned whether any mentally ill inmates were abused or mistreated by deputies who themselves had psychological issues not properly hired and not proper fit to do their job. We cant trust them to do those things, we cant rely when anything, they said. County public defender brendan woods is asking for the names of the deputies involved to go back and look at the case. Theyve been involved in and see if they provided any sort of testimony were critically involved in the case if they were in those cases really should be dismissed or reversed. The public defender tells me hiring these deputies with poor psych exam results will be like him hiring attorneys who hadnt passed the bar now both the sheriffs administration and the Union Representing deputies say they are hopeful that these deputies will regain full peace officer status once they get a second psych exam. Henry lee ktvu, fox two news in the south bay seismic work on anderson dam and the cross valley pipeline is progressing on schedule. Valley water says the project will keep the reservoir drained for 10 years. The work is being done to strengthen the existing dam and spillway. The pipeline project will build a larger outlet next to anderson to allow valley water to release more water safely during major storms or emergencies. Our new outlet tunnel capacity will be 2000 cubic feet per second and ultimately, after the stage to project is completed, that will go all the way up to 6000 cubic feet per second, so well have about 12 times the capacity water is currently working on five projects connected to the anderson seismic retrofit. Next year it plans to begin const