protests have emerged across the city. ktvu is an reuben, also in santa clara, where students have been pushing their message. >> but we begin with ktvu jana katsuyama live in oakland for us, where protesters are on the move. jana >> yes, they just arrived here at frank ogawa plaza in front of oakland city hall. i'm going to step out of the way so that you can see what is going on right now. they have over here to the left, a big truck that was leading the march from the federal building down telegraph across grand and then back down broadway. they've been using that as a stage. and as you can see, there are hundreds and hundreds of people here at frank ogawa plaza. others are still arriving. many of them are from different groups. we understand as many as 100 different organizations in this coalition. and you can see there are lots of families here, too. they are all here calling on this may day, this worker's day for a ceasefire and an end to the violence in gaza. we are seeing

a lot of people who are here basically, it has been very peaceful so far. we have saw we saw a few police cars right behind the group as they were going, but there wasn't any disruption. we didn't see any incidents involving these protesters and the stores. we do understand right now they're having a bit of a dance right at the stage area, and then we understand that there are going to be speakers here a little bit later on. but certainly this is one of many protests. we were just down at west oakland bart, where there was another group that was protesting there, about 100 people. so this is something which here they're saying it's going to continue, probably at least for the next hour or so, and they are planning and hoping that they can get their message out to the public. >> and, jenna, when you say there's going to be speakers there, do you think they're going to address more about labor here in the united states, or will those speakers be talking more specifically about the war in gaza? >> well, a lot of the labor

unions are supporting an end to the violence in gaza. the ilwu, which is the longshore and workers union at the other protest, where we were at 4:00, they said they passed a resolution at their union meeting today to ask for a ceasefire. so there is a little bit of an intersection in interests for today. on this may day. certainly here we're going to be hearing from a number of different speakers. and of course, we'll keep you posted on how things are going here. >> anna gianna, you mentioned that there are families there. you talked about a dance happening. has the city taken a position kind of just a hands off position on what they're going to do and allow this peaceful protest to continue? certainly. is moving across the city? >> well, at this point, looking around, i haven't seen any city leaders so far here. i don't know. it is a very big crowd. so it is something that i've been looking for, but i haven't seen the mayor or city council members here and this has been peaceful. so certainly we see a

lot of protests here in frank ogawa plaza. and so far it seems like it's going to be proceeding just as many others have. >> all right. jana katsuyama, live tonight right there outside oakland city hall. jana, thank you for that. across the bay, there have been multiple rallies in san francisco today. >> let's go to ktvu. christian captain who has been following those marches all day. he joins us now live and christian, can you tell us what's happening now ? >> yeah, this is one of the marches that you were talking about. these are members of a local two hotel workers here in san francisco. they marched from union square and they've been marching around the area. we actually have one of the workers here, kombucha. one of. we can talk to you for just a moment about what's so important here. what's the message that you want people to know? >> we are here to make a statement. we are here to make our voices heard, to these companies. to know that we're ready, ready to fight for better benefits, better health care, better wages. and we are not going to stop. we are protest and we are protest until the

end. >> okay. >> thank you so much. i'll let you get back to your march. you can see just how many people we have here, hundreds of hotel workers, but also some other union workers that we've seen around the city. now, really, this has been a full day of may day protests throughout the city of san francisco, starting at 10:00 this morning at, 24th and mission street, where people rallied there this morning, then marched from that location over to, over to, city hall. a rally was held there and again, what they're saying is, they say that a lot of the people here want to have their labor recognized. they say that they're also speaking out for, immigrant workers, undocumented workers, and for the right for workers to organize, some of the workers here also had some overlap with, hoping that the war ends in gaza. so it is a in some ways, there are, some different causes

that come together, all brought together by may day here in san francisco. again, you are right in the middle of one of the marches here. these again, most made up of hotel workers from local two asking for higher wages. you heard also asking for, better medical benefits to come. they say that the hotel industry is doing well, and they say that they want to see more of that wealth from the hotel industry shared with them. for now, we are live here in san francisco. we'll send it back to you. it is an opportunity to air their economic grievances on this may first, christian, since we have you, i know it's, you know, it's the it's the commute time right now. what about traffic in the area? is that being affected? basically, from where your vantage point is? >> well, certainly traffic is being impacted right here in the union square area. if you take a look over here, you can see that clearly, taylor, the street that we're on right now is closed. you can see that there are

police vehicles that are blocking traffic. and if you take a look over here, we're going to take a quick swing around. so you can see that there are some vehicles that are stopped over, just to the west of the intersection of, taylor and o'farrell, a bus that has been stopped hereimpact in the t a highly trafficked area, for commuters, because this is somewhat more central to the city. so the impact at this point, not dramatic, but for anybody who's going to be trying to get through the area, the 38 and a couple of other bus lines that do run through this area, a couple of the muni lines that do run through this area could very well be impacted. >> and we can see those police officers escorting on the back end to trying to adjust to that traffic as well. okay, christian kafton, thank you so much for that live report. we appreciate it. and students are demonstrating on the santa clara university campus today. with tensions heightened at universities across the country, organizers were determined to keep this event calm. ktvu is an

reuben live from campus with the very latest. >> anne, what's happening there now, if you don't end up with a status. >> yeah, a campus officials worked with the organizers to make sure that this would be a safe event. they say they set up ground rules that they hoped would balance free speech, free speech as well as safety. >> 34,000 palestinian lives. >> they're calling this a teach in student organizers at santa clara university say the goal is education and discourse around gaza. >> and just make sure that this comes across as an educational event and people really get something out of it instead of just heightened emotions. argument. we don't want any of that. >> what they do want a stop to the violence in gaza, to the us funding of israel, and to any investments the university may have there. >> we do not want any of our tuition and funding or any of that to go towards the support of the genocide of the palestinian people. we want to demand a current like a cease fire. >> with tensions heightened on college campuses everywhere, university officials say it was

important to balance free expression with campus safety. they worked closely with the event organizers ahead of time. >> one of the expectations is that expressive activities don't block access, so that the students who have class or have other commitments across the campus are able to access those those spaces. >> jewish students were offered campus escorts and asked for access to zoom classes if needed . >> what is terrifying is knowing what has happened at other university and how quickly it's gotten out of hand. i'm sure most of them started like this. >> a few counter-protesters walked the perimeter of the event without incident, but campus security at santa clara was on the lookout for outside agitators, speakers at the teach in included students in some faculty, as well as proclamations from several campus organizations. seeing everything going on in palestine and in gaza over our phones, over like just the heaviness that i feel in my heart, really compelled me to really be here. >> and like, tangibly stand in solidarity they want for the

future. >> the group is just wrapping up a session on historical context. now they have some alumni speeches and prayers coming up. the event is supposed to last until 8 p.m. tonight. claudine. well and i heard the students say, you know, a lot of the other protests that we've seen obviously become violent and having some issues, she said, started like this one as well. >> how confident are they that they can keep this one, you know, in the place where they and it appears that university administrators all want to kind of keep it with open communication and calm and peaceful. >> so far, everybody seems pretty confident. i mean, the student organizers and the university worked really closely together. there's a pretty strong, security presence here as well. but no, i think the intention is to keep it about how it is now, which is calm. everybody sort of sitting and listening, and, you know, there's a few hours left to go, but, you know, unless something changes drastically, i think they will have succeeded in keeping it an educational event today. >> yeah. communication is so

important. all right. anne rubin reporting live. thanks so much for that report. >> down south in los angeles, classes were canceled at ucla today after pro-palestinian and pro-israel demonstrators clashed into the early morning hours. those confrontations escalated just before midnight, when a large group of counter-demonstrators tried to tear down the barricades surrounding the encampment. fireworks were set off and then thrown toward the camp, along with other objects. police were able to separate the groups. after hours of arguing, one student describing the situation as unlike anything he's ever seen. >> like they started hitting each other with sticks and there were a lot of moments where there were a bunch of pepper sprays going on. i never seen this happen before. i've never seen people, like, get so heated at this moment. and, it was really bad. i'll tell you that. >> 15 people were hurt. it is unclear if any arrests were made. the uc president has launched a full investigation into the incident, and governor newsom is demanding answers for the school's handling of the

protests. in a statement, the governor condemning the violence, saying the law is clear. the right to free speech does not extend to inciting violence, vandalism or lawlessness on campus. those who engage in illegalst accountabler actions, including through a thorough in criminal prosecution, suspension or expulsion. >> well, dozens of people rallied outside of columbia university in new york today following the arrests of hundreds of demonstrators who took over an administration building hours earlier. police carrying riot shields burst into that occupied building. the university said the takeover of the building was a drastic escalation of the encampment, which raised safety risks to a, quote, intolerable level. new york mayor eric adams said outside agitators had infiltrated the student protest, and the university asked the police to step in. >> we are processing the arrest to distinguish between who were actual students and who were not supposed to be on the ground, nypd says about 300 people were

arrested at columbia and nearby city college. >> protesters could face trespassing and burglary charges , and we will continue to follow today's may day protests. and those demonstrations that are happening across the country throughout tonight's newscasts. and you can always get the latest breaking news updates on our website at ktvu.com. all right. >> now to some breaking news. the recount in silicon valley's district 16 congressional race is over, and assembly member evan lowe is set to move on to face former san jose mayor sam liccardo in november, knocking out supervisor joe simitian. >> now san mateo county finished its recount, including its review of 16 challenged ballots. election officials say they accepted seven of those, which resulted in lowe gaining one vote, simitian receiving zero. lowe took the lead over simitian by four votes yesterday after santa clara county released its results, and lowe now leads by a total of five votes for second place and lowe saying in part here on social media, we are

very excited that my advancement into the general election was reaffirmed, and i now look forward to the real work of tackling the big issues facing our country, like reproductive freedom and affordability. >> simitian just released a statement saying, i lost, and i concede these numbers still need to be certified, though, by the secretary of state. >> well, the oakland ballers have big plans for the town. what the team is sharing about their new home in west oakland. >> also, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene makes good on her threat to try and take speaker mike johnson's gavel away tonight at 530. why her move may not have legs. >> but first, counting down the end of junk fees at restaurants in california, what businesses won't be able to charge customers this summer and how they're reacting on another beautiful day? >> temperatures got up into the low upper 70s, even some low 80s. of course, that rain is getting dialed in now for part of the weekend. we'll let you know which

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delivery charges, credit card processing fees, even impose tips. attorney general rob bonta, who had previously said that restaurants will be allowed to make surcharges if they disclose them, says they must be disclosed in all advertising, which presumably includes menus. however, the california restaurant association, ready to fight back, says that the written law only applies to advertisements because courts have ruled that advertisements for goods and services do not include menus. we came to walnut creek, a real dining out town, and we talked to three people. everyone had essentially the same opinion. >> yeah, it needs to be in the price of the food. it might help somebody decide on a menu item. >> if this bundling happens, do not expect the price of dining to decline. in fact, expect them to rise sharply. >> seeing the fee. we know about it. and i guess if you eat somewhere long enough and you see their prices raised, then you know that's where those fees

went. >> in fact, many folks think tipping fees and surcharges are way out of control. now, i absolutely agree with that, like i said, i've been to restaurants before and put a nice tip down and then realized later that the tip was included or something else. oh that's true. yeah >> they shouldn't be tipping on on those fees now for a carryout you're expected to tip. >> that never was the case. i didn't mind it during covid, but now we're back to somewhat normal and we're still expected to tip for carryout foods. >> now, restaurateurs say that they need clarity in specific answers asap, given that the somewhat fuzzy rules only go in effect in just 60 days. one example menus if you have to print them on photocopy, that's not a big deal. but like so many restaurants, they make specialized menus and that can take a long time time to get those rules. the final rules really out there. tom baker, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, tom, thank you. people who visit some of

oakland's best known attractions could collect prizes as part of a summer long promotion. it is called oakland summer vibes, and participants are asked to download the vibe map app and check in at places like chabot space and science center, the oakland museum or children's fairyland. users collect points and badges to be in the running for those prizes, including a behind the scenes experience at the oakland zoo. >> well, the oakland ballers released new drawings today, showcasing their plans to transform richmond park into their home baseball park. the ballers are planning to build 4000 seats, over 1000 parking spots and will provide a free bike and scooter valet service. the team is also offering to shuttle fans headed to the game to and from the west oakland bart station. the ballers will host their first home game on june 4th, and tickets go on sale this upcoming monday, may 6th. >> all right, that's a good thing. that tipping story wasn't right before me. i'm not going to go into it because you don't want to hear it, but i got a lot

of opinions on it as well. so that's a waiter. you know, as a waiter, when you're a waiter, man, it's a whole nother deal. it's i got through college. okay. so as we go outside, we've got temperatures today. we're in the low 80s, 81 in castro valley. were you did you wait tables? >> i worked at a pizza place. i don't know if you could. yeah, more like bus tables. yeah >> okay. just checking. i don't want to leave you out. >> pizza pie at benicia. >> thank you. mike and i are old waiters through college, and that's how we made our money. and so we're very opinionated. here's a live camera outside. you can see how beautiful it is. great air quality, no fog along the coast. the winds have been blowing out of the north. the hay fever is off the hooks, temperature off the hook. temperatures are very warm. upper 70s, low 80s. we saw those low 80s. i showed you earlier and as we continue through this week, tomorrow, another very warm day, i'll get out of the way here. and then saturday it's just boom, big flip where we get into the rain. it looks like saturday is going to be the wet day starts at about. if you're in, let's call it the central bay, san francisco, berkeley, that kind of corridor right from north to south, north bay, central bay and the south bay,

san francisco to oakland starts running around 10:00 in the morning and kind of keeps going until about 3 or 4:00, maybe a quarter inch, maybe a half inch, maybe an inch. so that's pretty significant rainfall for this time of year. so i know it's as of now, here's the model. here we are at 5 a.m. well, i'm a little early on it. that's the model. and then it really gets going around 9 a.m. on saturday morning. and then 5 p.m. and then it's gone. so sunday looks like your best day. when i come back, we'll look at the model in a more slow motion kind of way. with the five day forecast as well. >> all right bill, thank you. a ruling tonight, four years after a brentwood police k9 officer bit a woman suspected of stealing from a store right in the head. what's next for the woman's case? >> and a reminder to you that you can stream ktvu news on your smart tv. you can watch live newscasts and stories on demand on your amazon fire tv, roku, apple tv, android tv. just search for that fox local app

move forward. the decision stems from the case of tom vacar bates in february of 2020. police say she was hiding in the bushes after stealing cosmetics. a k-9 officer located her and bit her several times in the head. bates says she experienced headaches, memory loss and depression from the injury. u.s. district judge rita linn found that the officer can't claim qualified immunity because of the duration of the

dog bite, and that she was bit in the head. the ruling clears the way for a jury trial. the city of brentwood did not respond to the ruling, but bates attorney expects the city will appeal. bates has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor grand theft. >> an update tonight on the ongoing power problems at a san jose court. an equipment failure back on march 4th caused multiple power outages at the family justice center courthouse. well, it's now been resolved on. this court handles a wide range of cases, mostly involving domestic violence and restraining orders. it was paying more than $150,000 a day just to keep the lights on, the court says, though with the help of pg ne, its permanent power source has now been restored, it's still not clear why it took so long to get that power back. >> well, people can once again take the ferry between sausalito and san francisco. service was paused for more than a week after damage was discovered to one of the pilings on the sausalito pier. repairs have since been completed, allowing normal operations to begin. we

did talk with some of the first writers in sausalito this morning about getting back out there on the water. >> just the beauty of this. the convenience. yeah, it's just, is a great way to start the day, a great way to end the day. it's fantastic. >> a larger $22 million project to replace the entire dock is in the works. construction is expected to begin next year. >> the united methodist church is lifting its 40 year ban on lgbtq clergy delegates at the church's general conference voted overwhelmingly to reverse long standing anti lgbtq policies. the decision calls for removing a ban that prevented the consideration of gay candidates for ministry, and a ban that prevented funding for gay friendly ministries. it also deletes mandatory penalties for conducting same sex marriages. more changes are expected as that conference continues through friday next at 530. >> continuing coverage of the may day rallies happening across the bay area as protesters make their messages heard from san

francisco to san jose, plus arizona lawmakers. >> a vote to repeal an abortion ban from the civil war era. why a woman in that state will still face restrictions as another abortion ban takes effect on the east coast and missed opportunities costing the city of oakland millions of dollars. >> what a new audit reveals about the failure to secure a retail theft grant

workers are holding demonstrations to make their voices heard on this may day. a rally in san francisco started off at 24th street and mission, the city's mission district, where workers gathered and rallied around ten this morning. the workers say they're speaking out for immigrant worker and undocumented workers rights, as well as the right to organize labor. may day is a globally recognized day for people to speak out, speak up, and make their voices heard. >> it's a day for us to emphasize that this country, the bay area, everything runs only through the efforts and all of the work of the workers that includes immigrant workers, that includes undocumented workers, and that includes all of us as city workers. >> this year, workers also say they are rallying and marching in solidarity and in sympathy with palestinians that they say are being targeted by the war in gaza. may day originated back in 1971, when more than 12,000

people were arrested across the country for protesting the vietnam war. decades later, college students are rallying against israel's war on hamas, urging their schools to take action. ktvu jesse gary has more on the message. and if this latest effort to organize on campuses can create change free palestine on the uc berkeley campus wednesday, voices of dissent continue crying out for change. >> i participate in, you know, any number of progressive movements. i've been involved in this movement for 20 years, joseph anderson says. >> seeing the signs and spectacles across the country brings him back to his younger days, successfully demonstrating in the 1980s. >> of course, it has an impact. i mean, this exactly parallels the anti-apartheid movement against south african apartheid. and i said that this is the new anti-apartheid movement across the bay and country. >> those committed to pro-palestinian causes are capturing attention in mixing

with may day rallies in san francisco, occupying campus buildings in new york and los angeles, which have led to mass arrests. >> if you are able to recruit the unlikely protesters into your demonstration, that might be more effective. >> political scientist lisa mueller is an expert on social change tactics. she says mass occupations and demonstrations geared toward moving the global needle in another direction are not as successful as they were in years past. >> protests have overall become less effective at winning their demands over the past handful of years, that has coincided with the continued frequency of protest. >> mueller believes using the same tactic repeatedly reduces the chance of recruiting sympathetic ears to the cause. others say this movement is based on a thorny narrative oppressor oppressed really doesn't apply very well here, but that's the lens that this is being examined through palestine

for now. the tents, signs and chants ringing out here are finding a home in the hearts and heads of the most ardent believers in berkeley. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news and as the college campus protest movement enters another week, we are seeing some examples of universities successfully negotiating with students. >> after five days of protests at northwestern university in illinois, student organizers and the school announced a deal to curb protest activity in return for the reestablishment of an advisory committee on university investments and other commitments, and then today, the site of a large encampment was silent. >> we want divestment. that's the goal. and yeah, disclosure is the floor to get to divestment. i know that a lot of students and people, community members are disappointed in this agreement, but i just want to say that there's things in this agreement that i think a lot of palestinian arab muslim students have been fighting for a long

time. >> northwestern said the terms include penalties for students who fail to comply, including suspension. a similar deal was made at brown university in rhode island. >> palestinians in the gaza strip are sharing gratitude for the support they're receiving from the campus protests. many hung up signs around their camp thanking their various schools for their solidarity. the protests began with columbia university and spread across the country and then overseas to europe and canada. israel has reopened the border crossing on the northern gaza strip. this comes amid pressure from world leaders to get more aid into that area. the entry point was used as a passenger crossing for palestinians who were going through gaza, but was forced to close after suffering heavy damage in the ongoing war. the us is working to set up its own maritime aid corridor that could distribute 2 million daily meals into gaza, secretary of state antony blinken is in israel pressing for a cease fire deal with hamas. fox's jeff paul reports the u.s. is also trying

to keep israel from advancing into rafah, where the lives of more than a million palestinians hang in the balance. >> us secretary of state antony blinken met with israeli leaders, including prime minister benjamin netanyahu, on wednesday. it was his latest push for a cease fire deal between israel and hamas that would free hostages and bring a pause to the nearly seven months of fighting. there is a proposal on the table and, as we've said, no delays, no excuses, no excuses. >> the time is now and the time is now. long past due to bring the hostages home to their families. >> blinken, biden, blinken also met with families of hostages and told them setting their loved ones free is, quote, at the heart of everything we're trying to do. >> he was very fair. i must tell . he told us all the problems that they have as as united states. and he spoke with every,

every everybody, each. and it was fantastic. >> blinken, making his seventh visit to the region since the war between israel and hamas broke out in october. the secretary is trying to advance a truce and convince israel to hold off on carrying out a major ground operation in rafah until it has a plan to manage the estimated more than 1 million palestinians there. palestinian prisoners are also expected to be released as part of the deal. blinken has said hamas would bear the blame for any failure to get a deal off the ground. hamas has yet to respond to the latest deal on the table. however, secretary of state antony blinken has pressured them to accept it, calling israel's offer extraordinarily generous. in tel aviv, israel, jeff paul, fox news. >> and we continue to follow a developing story out of washington, dc, where far right republican representative marjorie taylor greene now says she's calling for a vote next week to oust house speaker mike

johnson. greene and a small faction of republicans are outraged that johnson did not cut government spending and helped pass ukraine aid without addressing the southern border. her move is expected to fail because house democratic leadership have already announced that they'd protect johnson's job, and greene does not have enough support from members of her own party. once he became speaker, he has become a man that none of us recognize. >> it's kind of ironic for her to sit here on the one hand and decry the uni party and say, oh, democrats are going to save mike johnson, she would need democrats to remove mike johnson. >> so it's a bunch of nonsense, frankly, what she's talking about. >> in a statement today following greene's announcement, speaker johnson said, quote, this motion is wrong for the republican conference, wrong for the institution, and wrong for the country. >> arizona lawmakers have voted to repeal the state's 160 year old abortion ban. two state senate republicans voted with 14 democrats to move the new bill

forward. three weeks ago, the state supreme court revived the old law banning all abortions unless the life of the mother was at risk. arizona's governor is expected to sign the bill, effectively leaving the state's 15 week abortion ban in place. it does not include exceptions for rape and incest. vice president kamala harris in florida today, on the same day that state six week abortion ban took effect, abortions up to 15 weeks are still allowed in cases of rape, incest or human trafficking. vice president harris, putting the blame for the ban squarely on former president trump. >> present day. because of donald trump, more than 20 states have abortion bans. this truly is a health care crisis. yes yes. and donald trump is the architect. and by the way, that is not a fact. he hides. in fact, he brags about it. >> my view is now that we have abortion. >> trump has said if elected again, he would allow states to decide on abortion restrictions

and appear to oppose a national ban, leaving tens of millions of dollars on the table. >> why? a new report claims the city of oakland is not doing enough to address its massive budget deficit. >> also, taking the pulse of your mental health now, some experts say artificial intelligence and social media are fueling an even larger crisis. >> and the federal reserve chair defending his decision to not lower interest rates. what that move will mean for your wallet this summer

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might be brought down from their 23 year high, but as fox's connor hansen reports, any move will come later than expected. >> but inflation is still too high. further progress in bringing it down is not assured and the path forward is uncertain. >> federal reserve chairman jerome powell says interest rates will stay the same for now. americans have been hopeful rate cuts would soon translate into lower borrowing rates for mortgages, car loans and credit cards. but economists say inflation has been too stubborn and say rates could stay put through the end of the year. >> well, the big story really on the economy has just been resilience. you know, everybody's been expecting a slowdown. >> there'll be no rate cuts this year. i'm investing under the premise that we're going to be living with this rate cycle,

staying the same for the rest of the year. i'm sorry. it's just reality. >> not long ago, traders expected up to six rate cuts in 2024. the fed's rate has sat around 5.3, a 23 year high since its last hike. almost a year ago. but powell says that hasn't stopped people from shopping. >> consumer spending has been robust over the past several quarters, even as high interest rates have weighed on housing lately. >> some economists have even expressed concern that rates could go up again before they start to come back down in new york. connor hansen, fox news. >> and stocks ended the day mixed on that interest rate news. the dow gaining 87 points and change today. the nasdaq lost 52 and the s&p was down 17 points. shares in cvs fell more than 16% on weaker than expected quarterly earnings. starbucks was down nearly 16% after also falling short of expectations. >> hiring by private companies rose more than expected in

april, according to the adp national employment report. private companies hired 192,000 workers last month. about 20,000 more than predicted. leisure and hospitality had the most gains in april, with 56,000. new jobs followed by construction at 35,000. education, health services, transportation and utilities also saw significant gains. >> we do these reports to improve the functioning of our city government, and we have an obligation to the public to call it as it is. >> a new report takes a deep dive into what went wrong, costing the city of oakland $15 million in free grant money. why? the auditor says a, quote, lack of leadership is to blame. >> plus, changes could be coming to san francisco's great highway . what city leaders say is forcing them to close a section of the road for good. >> and we are tracking the forecast. it does include a bit of rain as we go to the weekend. unfortunately for with part of the weekend, the rest of the weekend might be okay. i'll see

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suggest those are the main reasons behind the city of oakland missing the chance to secure a $15 million grant to fight retail crime from city hall to the police department. >> ktvu james torres breaks down the auditor's 37 page report and the changes the city still has yet to make. >> lots of people wanted to

know. >> michael houston spent more than six months investigating how the city of oakland missed submitting an application for a state grant worth $15 million. it would have helped combat organized retail theft, something chinatown community leader carl chan says the town struggles with in the city. >> and the leadership is, you know, really caring about what we're looking for, what we want for the people and for the businesses. okay, you know the utmost priority now is public safety and the things that they could have done, has been failing. >> the report reflects details of an investigation by ktvu back in december of the 85 days the application process was open, the audit reports. oakland was only fully engaged for about 16 days, and that was only when the department of economic workforce development stepped in, not realizing opd already started the process. they didn't try to submit the application until minutes before the deadline,

despite a warning from the state to submit well in advance. >> it was a case of a lot of people wanting this grant to succeed, and there just wasn't sufficient. the executive sponsorship right, just to make sure that basic things were covered, houston says. >> a lack of communication, grant policy and leadership doomed the grant application. mr shengtao not offering guidance to the city administrator's office and opd, forfeiting leadership to a non-crime related city department. council member noel gayo weighed in. >> you know, the department heads are extremely important, but at the end of the day, it's the city administrator that needs to provide the coordination and that is his job. >> in an attempt to provide that coordination, mayor tao vowed to fast track hire a central grant analyst for the city. that hasn't happened yet, but city council members say the city administrator is in the final stages to hire one by the end of

the month. houston says his audit came at the request of an unprecedented number of people who live in oakland, as well as the city administrator himself. >> we do these reports to improve the functioning of our city government, and we have an obligation to the public to call it as it is. the city auditor did make two recommendations in his report. >> the first, the city administrator will be required to implement a citywide grants management policy. and when a grant application does come through the city, it is the administrator's job to assign someone with authority to handle it. reporting in oakland i'm james torres, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, late this afternoon, the oakland city administrator responded to the audit, saying in part, quote, as mayor tao stated during her october state of the city address, we in leadership roles take accountability for the outcome of this grant process. we have reviewed the city auditor's recommendations are working to implement them. we are pleased

that the audits analysis validates what we observed and the initial corrective action we have taken. now we did reach out to the oakland police department. they declined to comment on the audit. >> a new report released by an oakland city council member reveals the city has left $50 million on the table in uncollected business taxes. councilmember ramachandran says the money the cs not after covers nearly a third of oakland's current budget deficit. she says the money went uncollected between 2020 and 2023. from 12,000 businesses. the report was presented at yesterday's special city council meeting. the council will hear from the city's finance department on this very matter at a meeting on tuesday. >> well plans to permanently close part of san francisco's great highway are moving forward. a one mile stretch of the highway will close to car traffic due to rising sea levels and coastal erosion. the city plans to build a mile long trail and a beach front plaza. the full board of supervisors will vote on the permanent closure later this year. if approved,

that section of the great highway would close in 2026. >> all righty. taking a look at the weather, it's been a nice day again today. it will be a nice day again tomorrow. and then friday things flip around, it starts to cool off and saturday we get into the showers. these were the highs from today. certainly warmer than yesterday by a good five and six degrees. highs tomorrow will follow suit. they'll be just like these. the plan is for this. temperatures kind of peaked today and a bit tomorrow. and then they pull away on friday they drop down and then saturday you get the showers. so that's an all too familiar familiar bell curve that we've we've seen a lot this spring time quite frankly, and a lot on the weekend with the dip showing up on saturday and sunday this high pressure there it is. it's pretty strong. it hung out hung strong all week right. for a good six seven days. and it's going to get bumped off by this low which occurs on friday night into saturday. so here's the model we're going to look at a couple of times. so here's 2 a.m. saturday morning. here's 6 a.m. saturday morning okay. this is your day. this is 9 a.m.

saturday morning. and then then around lunchtime saturday afternoon. so that's one look at the model. we'll look at it again soon. and then you can see the live camera shows no fog along the coast. the fog has been blown away. the winds are going out of the northwest. kind of a classic spring pattern. hey, fevers are going to be helped. it's been hay fever. sufferers will be helped by this newer pattern, which develops on friday and saturday. cooler weather, scattered showers. just knocks the pollens down because this whole week has been definitely a handful in terms of tree pollen sufferers, these are the highs right now. so it's 81 in fairfield. it's 78 in walnut creek, 80 in santa rosa. a nice day and then much warmer, very significantly warmer than it was yesterday five and six and seven degrees. so here's the model again. here's the thursday afternoon. so we just went through the whole day thursday little patchy fog along the coast. and then we go through the whole day on friday not much fog returns as this system gets closer. and then we get into saturday morning again. saturday

around 10 a.m. and then saturday at around 5 p.m, around 3 or 4 or 5 p.m, something like that. so yeah, it looks like saturday is getting dialed in. systems not as cut off as it originally. when we looked at this thing on sunday or monday, it was like, okay, this is going to cut off and it's going to wobble. and timing could change and anything could happen. and it's kind of become more entrained in the jet stream. so it's more predictable. at least that's what the models are suggesting. so we will see in this case it is predictable for saturday. it looks like everybody's kind of zoning or focusing in on saturday as being the wet day. i concur temperatures will warm up rapidly after that sunday's best day on the weekend. >> thank you bill. protesters has taken their concerns to the streets of san francisco, oakland and san jose. coming up tonight at six. we do have live team coverage of the ongoing demonstrations in response to the war in the middle east,

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and body dysmorphia could worsen as artificial intelligence and filters become used more regularly. psychologists also recommend parents talk to their children about how the media they consume and how it can negatively impact their thoughts . >> there's a lot of research that shows that engaging with appearance focused content is worse for us, so if it's very appearance focused, body focused, etc, those tend to be worse for mental health. >> the national institute of mental health estimates that more than 1 in 5 adults are living with a mental illness. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> on this day of action, we continue to follow the latest developments of protests here in the bay area tied to pro-labor rallies, as well as the war in the middle east from san francisco to oakland to the south bay. demonstrators taking their concerns to the streets. good evening everyone. >> i'm mike mibach and i'm

claudine wong. we do have live team coverage of several protests happening today. we want to start with ktvu jana katsuyama, who is live for us in downtown oakland, and then christien kafton is also in san francisco. jana, tell us about the demonstrations you've been seeing at frank ogawa plaza. it is still going strong. in the past hour that we've been out here at claudine and mike, take a look behind me. you can see we're right in front of city hall at frank ogawa plaza, and they have been having speeches, musical performances and a lot of community outreach here you can see there are hundreds of people who came out today. a lot of families is a lot of people from throughout the bay area. >> if you take a look earlier, we did get pictures from sky fox , two of the march. they started at the federal building and then they marched up telegraph. they went across grand and then back down broadway and then ended up here at frank ogawa plaza shortly before 5:00. they have been here ever