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megan plane. >> next here at five, an investigation into possible arsons in san jose. the concerning developments with peak fire season underway. >> plus, when a mayor gets fired by her attorney and her communications director in the same day, it's not exuding a place of confidence. tonight, more frustration in the city of oakland. the latest resignation at city hall as the fallout from the federal raid continues to grow. also an update after 911 service to three east bay cities was cut. >> the crime that police say triggered the outage. >> ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> and good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes and i'm mike mibach. >> we begin in the south bay where san jose police arrested a man in his 20s for suspicion of arson after three fires were started, right in an area near highway 101. >> it is concerning news given

the high fire risk in the bay area tonight. new at five tonight. our south bay reporter jesse gary on whether these fires are all connected. >> around 1130 tuesday morning, not one, not two, but three simultaneous fires burning dry brush near watson park in san jose, drivers on highway 101 called 911 reporting smoke and flames, which brought a single engine and then more resources. investigators say the scene is suspicious. >> there's three different burn patterns. none of them are interconnected with each other, which means that they are set separately. there's no wind in the air. we really can't assume that it was a firebrands or or just pieces of flaming material going over and starting the other, the other fires. >> san jose police arrested a man in his early 20s near the fires. in an email, officials say an officer circulated the area and located the suspect as they were lighting another fire. he's charged with suspicion of

arson after officers found fire starting items in his possession . firefighters say this marks the seventh fire incident near highway 101. over the past nine days on june 16th, a three acre grass fire started at oakland road near highway 101, and on june 22nd, another vegetation fire. this time at alum rock avenue near highway 101. arson investigators are checking to see if the same suspect is responsible for the fires earlier in the month. >> there's always danger in fighting fire. we do have a freeway on one side which could distract drivers and cause traffic accidents. we also want a park on this side. the fire's kind of contained between cement, but we do have a lot of homeless encampments, unhoused encampments going through here, which we, you know, worry about their safety as well. >> within the past hour, one of these fire sites.

>> okay, that was our jesse gary reporting live or reporting for us all lanes on 680 are now back open after a fully loaded garbage truck burst into flames. sky fox was overhead the scene shortly after 11:00 this morning. this was on northbound 680 north of monument boulevard and concord. firefighters also had to control the flames from spreading to nearby vegetation. several lanes were blocked for much of the afternoon, causing a lot of traffic tie ups, but again, all lanes are now back open tonight. >> more fallout from the fbi raid of oakland mayor sheng tao's home. as we first reported earlier today, the mayor's chief spokesman has quit. >> and now this comes after the mayor spoke out against the federal investigation just yesterday and said she was the victim of a conspiracy. our crime reporter, henry lee, has been following the developments and joins us now live with this big update. henry. >> yeah, it seems like not a day can go by without some new revelation involving mayor tao, her office, and this ongoing federal investigation that has now cost her two advisers.

turmoil at oakland city hall after an attorney for embattled mayor sheng tao and now her chief spokesman, both parted ways with the mayor in the wake of an fbi raid at her home and her defiant speech in response to that search. >> when a mayor gets fired by her attorney and her communications director in the same day, it's not exuding a place of confidence. >> ktvu was first to report frances zamora, chief of communications for tao, resigned after just nine months on the job. media strategist justin burton worked as director of communications for former oakland mayor libby schaaf. he says zamora's departure speaks volumes. >> he resigned just a few hours after mayor tao gave a divisive speech, a polarizing speech, one that was self-pitying and one that was conspiratorial. >> everybody seems to be jumping ship. and again, that speaks to where leadership or lack thereof. >> ktvu legal analyst michael

cardoza says the internal strife within her office isn't a good sign. >> and to have people on staff that believe in her and would stand by her, and we're finding out that's not true at all. >> zamora had been at tao's side through thick and thin. you can see zamora on the top left of your screen at a news conference with the mayor downtown back in february, where she was interrupted by those supporting her recall. and it was just days after recall signatures were qualified that fbi agents searched her home on thursday. on monday, she questioned the timing of the raid, proclaimed her innocence and accused the media, billionaires and right wing elements of conspiring against her. >> i want to know what probable cause the fbi has, what evidence have they collected that justifies raiding the home of a city mayor without notice, and without the courtesy of a conversation? >> criminal defense attorney stuart caplan, a former fbi agent, told ktvu that courtesy could apply with an arrest warrant. but if the bureau wants

to search your property, they won't give you a heads up. >> we don't want to give them an opportunity to destroy or remove the fruits of evidence that may assist us in building our case against them. >> now, the feds are required to show you the court approved search warrant, but not the affidavit, which explains probable cause. that only happens if you're criminally charged after an arrest to make absolutely clear, tao has not been charged with a crime. she is working on finalizing arrangements for a new attorney and a former spokeswoman for her is returning on an interim basis. >> yeah, but no doubt about it, henry. i mean, this departure within her own staff is significant. do we know why francis zamora, the chief of communications, did he give any explanation on why he's resigning? no, he just issued a quick couple sentence statement saying he was thankful for working with his colleagues and made no mention of why he decided to. >> and all of this happening as the city faces a massive budget crisis. her budget proposed. the council is working on it. is she

in her office? is she at home? is she working with the council on this budget? >> do we know the council is going to be talking about it this week? they have until this week to. >> yeah, deadline is fast approaching. yes. >> a lot of challenges that the city needs to deal with at a critical time. >> all right henry thank you. >> yeah. thank you. well, alameda county district attorney pamela price, who is also facing a recall election, commented today on the fbi raid of the mayor's home. and price also addressed the juneteenth celebration that erupted in violence. our alice wertz is live now in oakland with that part of our coverage. alice. >> yes, heather. the alameda county district attorney, pamela price, only had a half hour press conference. she announced a couple of reorganization announcements in her department. however, she did take the opportunity to talk about the violence on juneteenth earlier last week, in a scheduled press conference, alameda county district attorney pamela price addressed the mass shooting at lake merritt on last week's juneteenth holiday. >> a mass shooting is generally

defined as anytime a person shoots more than four people in a single incident, and certainly we believe that the incident at the, following on the evening of juneteenth in at lake merritt qualifies for that. 17 people were shot. >> the shooting happened after a sideshow broke out on the north side of the lake just after dark. >> we know that there were multiple shooters. it does not appear that one target, one person, was targeting, particular people or targeted for people, but that there were multiple shooters and incidents that appear to have spiraled out of control. >> oakland police are still investigating the incident. >> unfortunately, i have learned that no one is currently charged at this time. >> the da is asking for the public's help. >> there are a lot of videos we need witnesses and we need reliable witnesses. so that oakland can. in fact, the oakland police department can in fact determine what happened and

who is accountable. >> when asked for comment on the fbi raid at mayor sheng tao's home on thursday, the district attorney had this to say do i have a comment on the fbi raid and the mayor's office? >> no, i have no comment on that. i am a resident of oakland. i am saddened by what we are experiencing in this season. i know that all of us are traumatized by the events that we have observed, starting with wednesday nights, shooting, mass shootings and then followed by the raid on thursday morning. i think that we all should reserve judgment until we know the facts, and i think we should all pray for our city. >> now, despite denouncing the gun violence, pamela price did share this. before the pandemic, we didn't have as many gun dealerships, legal gun dealerships. after the pandemic. now we have 42 throughout the county. for example, oakland had none before the pandemic. now they have four. another announcement not by pam price,

but rather one of her chief adas otis bruce jr, announced he's resigning from the alameda county district attorney's office. back to you in the studio. all right, alice, just one quick question in regards to this restructuring, did she elaborate on and what that will mean for her office? part of it has to do with gender based violence, as well as another division that will be handling other types of consumer justice and other types of, cases that are going to be handled kind of a focus on gender based violence as well as justice for others. consolidating some divisions, as well as a reassignment of some personnel. >> all right. our alice wertz reporting for us. thank you. alice, after several deadly mass shootings over the weekend, the us surgeon general, vivek murthy, is now warning that gun violence here in america is a public health crisis. >> our children should not have to live in fear that they are going to get shot if they go to

school. none of us should have to worry that going to the mall or a concert, or a house of worship means putting our lives at risk. >> advisors are typically used by the surgeon general to warn of the risk of things including cigarettes, motor vehicles and most recently, social media. but with the number of deaths and injuries from guns increasing exponentially, the surgeon general says this issue also deserves to be treated as a public health crisis. his recommendations include banning assault weapons and requiring universal background checks. >> the alameda county district attorney's office has filed charges in the dui crash that killed an alameda county dispatcher. investigators say antoinette finau was driving to work on may 5th when she was struck and killed by a drunk driver in san leandro, the 37 year old was remembered fondly by her coworkers for her positivity and passion for helping others. the suspect, 32 year old lynette davis, has been charged with felony gross vehicular manslaughter while

intoxicated tonight. fremont police say they are still investigating the june 13th shooting that took the life of a cvs security guard. the guard, identified as abukar mohamed amin of sacramento, was shot during what police describe as a fight with the customer. another man was stabbed several times and is expected to survive. police say they could submit their case to the da's office here in the coming weeks. >> we are getting some new details on 2911 outages that happened this month, affecting three bay area cities, police say two men were arrested for stealing copper cables, which took out the emergency phone systems in pinole, hercules and san pablo. the first outage occurred june 4th and lasted a week. the second happened june 22nd, and that system is still down. all calls are being rerouted to the contra costa county sheriff's office. >> we want to be able to provide as fast as service as possible to our citizens. you know, they are out there, you know, in the

community, their taxpayers. it's a service we provide and also it is a burden on the sheriff's department to answer additional, phone calls. >> officers arrested 31 year old jesus arias elia of hayward and 49 year old daniel diaz of richmond in connection with the thefts. police are still looking for a third suspect. so far, the two men have been booked but not yet charged, and oakland native is heading to paris still ahead tonight. how the young man is getting the chance to compete in the 2024 olympics. >> also tonight at 530, post-pandemic reality is forcing the san francisco unified school district to make tough cuts. how the board is moving forward with plans to close or merge several schools. >> it was slightly cooler today, but felt a little warmer. i think that humidity from those clouds this morning really ramped up the feel of the temperatures, but it's going to cool a little bit tomorrow.

we'll look into that and what you can expect the next couple of days. >> and up next, governor newsom gets political in his address to the golden state. his defense of california's progressive values and his message to those on the other side of the aisle. >> anyone who really knows california knows that the state of our state is strong and resilien a beacon to the world

this morning. ktvu tom vacar joins us live tonight from the newsroom with some of the top priorities the governor is focused on here in the years ahead, tom. >> that's true. but you know what it may just be that historians will see this speech as governor newsom's first 2028

presidential campaign speech. >> we're building a state that transforms the world over and over and over again. >> i begin today with the governor began his state of the state, essentially warning that the nation's extreme right has put democracy itself at dire risk. with california as its target. >> but the california way of life we recognize is under attack for conservatives and delusional california bashers, their success depends on our failure. they want to roll back the same time social progress, social justice, racial justice, economic justice, clean air, clean water, and basic fundamental fairness. >> newsom says that california will not bend on diversity, universality, civil rights, immigrants rights, lgbtq rights and women's rights as extreme politicians and other states take away women's rights. >> california stands as a beacon of self-determination. together with this legislature, we have

passed some of the strongest laws in the nation protecting women's health, homeless relief remains a priority. while the causes of homelessness are indeed complex, the solution is rather simple housing and supportive services that also includes care court, a way to force the seriously mentally ill or addicted into treatment. now for the first time, we're helping to find meaningful solutions for families with relatives suffering from acute mental health and substance abuse disorders, gun control remains a priority. 30 years ago, california is. gun homicide rate was 50% above the national average. now today it's 33% below the national average. a lower homicide rate now than 29 other states, including florida and texas. >> newsom said that california taxation does not lead the nation except for the very rich. >> you pay higher percentage of taxes if you're poor in texas

than you do if you're wealthy in california, the state of the state, anyone who really knows california knows that the state of our state is strong and resilient, a beacon to the world . >> and that finish seems to be tailored for the campaign stump more than it is for the legislature. tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. >> all right, tom, thank you. >> well, state republicans released their response to the governor's state of the state. they said it is clear to them that the governor is more focused on the national political scene than troubles here at home. >> he has nothing to show to you in this record of accomplishment . of all the things that he said he was going to do a california for all, none of it has come to fruition. we have the crime out of control. we have inflation out of control. he spent hundreds of millions of dollars in california, and he's got nothing to show for it. yeah, i mean, it is a slap in the face, but more importantly, like, it's

gavin newsom is refusing to address the real issues that are going on in the state. he'd rather talk about national politics. >> tonight, we have learned governor newsom will be attending thursday's debate between president biden and former president trump. the governor is scheduled to travel to atlanta for the debate. now, according to the new york times, the biden campaign asked newsom to serve as a surrogate in the spin room to speak to reporters following the debate. newsom has been a vocal public face of the president's reelection campaign. now to some breaking news. sky fox overhead a grass fire burning in newark. this is in the area of eureka drive and stevenson boulevard, basically on the west side of interstate 880. you can see some hose lines out there as they are getting water on those flames burning in a grassy area. firefighters say this is wind driven. you can see the wind blowing that grass and those flames not clear on the acreage as of yet. the skyfox does give us this live picture once again, or any structures in the area. it's a bit of an

industrial area. the bay is not far from these flames. again, firefighters in newark battling this grass fire that kicked up just about around 4:00 this afternoon. as we get more information, of course we'll bring it to you. >> and i'd love it if we got. if we can get that picture back, why don't we throw that up? since it's what's happening now. this brush fire in newark. there it is. thanks guys, the wind right now, it is blowing. it's that time of day, right? you can see just from the trees alone. the bushes down low. so it's a surface wind looks like it's up er 1 20 miles an hour, it keeps dropping off. but what you're seeings if the smoke comes back up, you'll see that sme lang down. okay, when we get it back, we'll take it. whe that smoke starts laying down like that. you g wind driven fire. now the temperatures are on the mild side for this time of year. in newark. you're in the 70s for the most part, and humidity is probably around 16, 17% in that fire zone. so again, a lot of concern for fire today and yesterday because we had those lightning potential and we

still see lightning showing up. let me pop it in here right now. this is the visible satellite meets the radar and we'll back out. you can see these lightning pops up here right. so out in the west slope of the sierra nevada and out by reno and these, you know, these this is cloud to ground stuff, some cloud to cloud lightning, but probably some cloud to ground. and so you are sparking some fires. these are relatively dry storms. why. because the moisture level is up around 10,000ft in between 10,000ft. and surface is extremely dry. so rain falls at 10,000ft by the time it gets to the surface, it's mostly evaporated. so we would call that dry lightning for the most part, and something to be concerned with. and then this is our moisture plume. this is a, a north american monsoon. this is sort of the precursor. it's a drying tropical storm. but this is that seasonally reversing wind, which monsoons can be dry or wet, quite frankly. but this in this time of year, the monsoon can be wet for us as it draws wind up right from the south and the west, which is an unusual direction

for us. and that's what this where this moisture came from. and that's why chico's got looks like potentially maybe a few sprinkles. but again, that lower elevation in the atmosphere super, super dry. again, we're going to keep up on that fire out there in newark area. and we'll keep the get you updated as soon as we can. >> bill. thank you. meantime, the san francisco fire department and pg and e are working together to prepare for the next big earthquake. they staged treasure island. today is the site of a powerful quake. it was part of an exercise to simulate major damage to gas and power lines. during a 6.1 earthquake, fire chief janine nicholson says this is just part of the damage the city could see in a major earthquake. about three dozen pg and e workers participated alongside firefighters in this training exercise. >> when we actually, have an earthquake or some other large incident, we already know each other. we know what's expected of one another. we know how to work together, and we have a better understanding of how to better take care of the city and

the citizens in it. >> the drill included a live structure fire, along with simulated sounds of a large gas leak and an evacuation scenario and victim recovery. well, from oakland to the olympics. a young man born and raised here in the bay area, now set to make his olympic debut this summer, 22 year old malcolm clemens is on the track and field team at the university of florida. he was the runner up in this week's olympic trials in the men's long jump, and earned a strong enough world ranking to punch his ticket to paris. clemens family says his love of running started when he was just five years old. he began running track with the oakland police activity leagues. >> up next, the us government's yearlong pursuit of julian assange is coming to an end. the founder of wikileaks is closer to freedom. after cutting a deal with the justice department. >> he's looking forward to, you know, spending time with his family and being free, being able to have the sunshine on, on hi ce

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in american history through his website wikileaks. he spent seven years hiding in asylum in ecuador in the past five years in a london prison. well, tonight, fox's griff jenkins reports that after cutting a deal with the us department of justice, assange will soon be a free man. >> the years long legal saga between the us and julian assange should be coming to an end soon. the wikileaks founder

is heading for an american courtroom in the northern mariana islands, where, according to court documents, he'll plead guilty to a single felony charge under the espionage act. the agreement comes after years of intense diplomatic and political pressure by the australian government. >> we have been very clear on we have consistently stated that there is nothing to be served by the ongoing incarceration of mr. julian assange. >> under the plea deal, assange will be sentenced to time served, getting five years of credit for the time he spent in a british prison fighting extradition to the us. supporters say it was critical to get assange out because his health has been deteriorating. >> it's a pretty unpleasant prison and it's a prison for violent people. and so it was, i think, very distressing for him to be there. and i think it was rather cruel that he was there before being jailed in the uk, assange spent years in the ecuadorian embassy in london claiming political asylum. >> he was once feared by governments around the world for his ability to expose secrets, but now he's reportedly planning a more quiet life away from the spotlight.

>> he's looking forward to, you know, spending time with his family and being free, being able to have the sunshine on, on his face. >> the northern mariana islands was chosen for the plea because it's the closest u.s. federal courthouse to assange's home country of australia. in washington, griff jenkins ktvu, fox two news we know that the district has not made the hard decisions that it's needed to for a decade. >> and so it it that band-aid that they're ripping off now is that much bigger and hurts that much more. >> some hard decisions that must be made to get the san francisco school district back on track. new. at 530 tonight, the latest efforts by the board to address its multimillion dollar deficit also pivotal rulings from the united states supreme court coming here in the days ahead, the cases that could have major implications for those living in homeless encampments. also, a judge partially lifts a gag order for donald trump, who the former president is now allowed

to talk about as it relat to his hus

difficult decisions about its future. >> it's not a question of if schools there will close, but how many and what is the criteria for shutting down a campus. and they are questions the school board hopes to really answer at tonight's very critical meeting, ktvu ali rasmus reports. >> san francisco unified has 106

schools district wide, but there are about 4000 fewer students now than before the pandemic. the district expects to lose another 4000 kids in the coming decade. >> we know that the district needs to rightsize the ship. we know that the district has not made the hard decisions that it's needed to for a decade, and so it it that band-aid that they're ripping off now is that much bigger and hurts that much more. >> tonight, the san francisco school board will discuss what criteria or guidelines it should use to determine which sfusd schools it should merge or close in 2025, according to the superintendent. some of the criteria could include things like school access, historical inequities, academic performance, enrollment, building condition, and teacher turnover. the board will not decide which schools tonight. only the guidelines for scoring or ranking schools for possible closure. even so, the thought of any school shutting its doors is worrisome for parents that would be really stressful because we

are we are used to that school and we know the teachers and we have. >> she's been going since to that school, since two years, since kindergarten. >> i think everybody's kind of suffering. you know, the teachers, the students, principals are really, you know, just having a hard time. >> this is not going to be easy. >> meredith dodson with the nonprofit s.f. parent action, says her group wants to make sure the decisions about future school closures are kid centered . >> we've been talking with a parent group over in oakland and trying to learn from how they responded when their district was closing schools a few years ago. >> one idea offering some students from shuttered schools an opportunity ticket elsewhere. >> if a kid from especially a family or community that's been historically underserved by the district, can the district guarantee that they have a spot to any school of their choice within the district? >> now, again, the board will not decide which schools could possibly close. tonight, a list of schools is expected to be released in the fall, with a

final vote on it slated for this december. but the public comment of tonight's meeting starts at 630 this evening in san francisco. ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, new at five tonight, a homeless advocacy group released a new report today on what it says needs to be done to release reduce homelessness here in the bay area. the nonprofit all home says it would take five years to reduce homelessness by 75. it would cost $9.5 billion, on top of the money already going to homeless programs. those funds would go towards homeless prevention to 19,000 households, and the creation of tens of thousands of new housing units. east bay assembly member buffy wicks says she is seeing success with a similar program in her district. berkeley saw a drop in their unsheltered homelessness by almost half in the past two years. >> that is demonstrated success and demonstrated a change based on the model that you all are

the country, including right here in the bay area, are awaiting the ruling, which could affect their own efforts to address homeless encampments. >> president biden's student debt relief plan was set to take effect next week, but it has now been put on hold by two federal judges. parts of the safe plan were due to be implemented on monday. they would cut payments on some loans in half and grant some borrowers credit toward loan forgiveness. yesterday, a federal judge in kansas said the president does not have the authority from congress to enact the plan. another judge in missouri said mr. biden's plan illegally deprives state loan operators of revenue. the last time president biden took a student debt relief plan to the supreme court, it was struck down the court saying it's not that different. >> that is, you're still trying to do something that i don't see any evidence that congress gave you authority to do. >> these rulings do not affect president biden's aid package for student debt forgiveness under the higher education act.

now, the white house released a statement today reading in part, quote, we will never stop fighting to lower monthly payments and help borrowers get out from under the burden of student debt, no matter how many times republican officials, elected officials try to stop us, a white house spokesperson says the department of justice plans to appeal both rulings. >> a judge has partially lifted a gag order on donald trump and his hush money case in new york. the former president, now allowed to speak publicly about witnesses and jurors in the case that led to his felony conviction. he may not, though, discuss other connected to the case, such as prosecutors and court staff, until he is sentenced on july 11th. trump was convicted may 30th on 34 counts of falsifying records to cover up a potential sex scandal with stormy daniels, and donald trump's lawyers have asked the judge presiding over his classified documents case in florida to prevent prosecutors from using the boxes of records seized as evidence. >> those arguments came at the end of a three day hearing in which prosecutors and defense

lawyers fought over topics ranging from whether special counsel jack smith was illegally appointed, to whether a new gag order should be placed on donald trump. in this case, judge aileen cannon, a trump appointee whose handling of the case has generated intense scrutiny, did not immediately rule. >> still to come, a new man in charge at cruz, the former video game executive tapped to lead general motors push to get back in the driverless taxi game. >> plus, more than a year after the toxic derailment disaster there in east palestine, ohio. how investigators say the company in charge of the train made the environmental impacts even worse and five people killed after several shootings in las vegas. >> coming up, how police are connecting the victims and the crime scenes

people dead and a 13 year old girl in the hospital. authorities say they found two women dead while investigating reports of a shooting late last night at an apartment in north las vegas. an investigation led officers to the remaining victims in a nearby apartment that suspect, 57 year old eric adams, later killed himself after police confronted him outside of a home. it's unclear whether he knew any of those victims or what the motive for the shooting was. >> there was a hearing today for the man charged with killing

rapper tupac shakur. dwayne davis is asked asking to be released from jail and put under house arrest before his trial in november. but a judge wants him to prove that the money used for his $750,000 bond was obtained legally. the former la area gang leader is the only person ever charged in the 1996 killing of tupac shakur. the ntsb today voted to accept the results of an investigation into the fiery train derailment in east palestine, ohio, last year. investigators say a trackside sensor failed to catch a burning rail bearing miles from where the train eventually derailed. and according to their findings, the disaster unfolded and was made even worse due to railroad management errors delayed information and communication gaps among key decision makers. >> we are here to ensure that the lessons learned from this derailment will lead to meaningful change, so no other community has to relive the challenges faced by the people of east palestine. >> the ntsb also criticized the

decision by norfolk southern to vent and burn the toxic chemicals inside those train cars, saying they ignored evidence showing there was a risk of the cars exploding. the decision forced evacuations and said a plume of toxic smoke over the town, leading some residents to complain of long term health issues. >> us secretary of defense lloyd austin met with israel's defense minister at the pentagon today as tension between israel and hezbollah continues to rise. crossfire on the israel lebanon border has become almost a daily occurrence since hamas attacked israel back on october 7th. secretary austin telling his israeli counterpart that he's growing concerned over the increased tensions. >> i also remain extremely concerned about the attacks by violent israeli extremists against innocent palestinians in the west bank. and so i look forward to discussing how both of our governments can work with the palestinian authority and our regional partners to increase security in the west

bank and bring stability to gaza by credible planning for postwar period and by moving on a path towards a two state solution. >> the us military has reopened a floating pier built to deliver aid to gaza. soldiers have the $230 million pier running again. operations resumed last week after it had to pause four times, all because of rough seas. the military says about 6200 metric tons of aid have been delivered to gaza. millions of palestinians, though still face shortages of food, medicine and other supplies. >> next, at five, if you want to ride in a waymo driverless vehicle, now is your time. how anyone can order up a waymo self-driving taxi in the city of san francisco, and generally similar temperatures today as we had yesterday, it was warmer inland in a couple of spots. >> we'll look into that and then we'll look at the forecast. that does include some milder weather. >> also tonight, a dam in danger of failing after the midwest

gets slammed with heavy rains. the dangers they are now dealing with and how here could

resuming its driverless taxi service in san francisco. mark whitten, one of the engineers behind the xbox video game console, will take over the role. general motors, which owns cruise, calls whitten a proven technology and business leader with extensive experience in

scaling products. it's been nearly nine months since the cruise robotaxi dragged a jaywalking pedestrian in san francisco who had just been struck by another vehicle. that incident, and cruise's alleged efforts to cover it up, led the california dmv to suspend its license to operate driverless taxis here in the state. waymo is opening its service to anyone in san francisco, while the company has been operating its self-driving cars in the city for nearly three years. until now, the service was limited to people who signed up for a waitlist or were invited. waymo says anyone can hail a driverless taxi through the waymo one app. last week, state regulators approved waymo, expanding its services beyond san francisco to the rest of the peninsula. >> tesla's cybertruck being recalled once again, the latest recall intended to address issues with trim pieces that can come loose and fly off the truck, as well as with the windshield wipers that could stop working more than 11,000 trucks are affected, though

tesla says it knows of no crashes or injuries from these specific problems. this is the fourth time the cybertruck has been recalled since it went on sale back in november, and more pushback tonight in the auto industry, tied to a rule that would require automatic emergency braking in all new vehicles, though it's not scheduled to take effect until the year 2029. a trade association representing nearly every major automaker says the system is impractical and would cost too much to implement. >> a growing number of car dealerships say that it could take several months now to recover from a massive cyber attack. cdk global, which provides software for many car dealers here in the u.s, experienced two hacks last week that shut down its technology. the company says the outage will continue into at least next month, forcing some dealerships to back to go back to pen and paper. but they are still continuing with sales operations through alternative means, security experts say. customers who shopped at dealers with cdk

technology may have had their data compromised. another round of rain threatening folks in the midwest as people across the region scrambled to clean up from this past weekend's devastating floods in minnesota, rising water washed out a portion of the rapidan dam, about 50 miles southwest of minneapolis, the damage putting the dam in danger of failure. neighbors now bracing for the worst, biggest fear of the dam is, of course, that the water is going to break loose and flood a bunch of small communities that are down the river. >> it'll happen. i just we don't know when, but it's going to be inevitable that the house is going to go. >> dozens across the region and dozens of rivers remain at flood stage and could crest later this week with another round of heavy rain expected in just a few days. on thursday, president biden approved a major disaster declaration for the state of iowa after heavy flooding there damaged roads, destroyed businesses and left some cities without power or safe drinking

water. >> all right, another pretty warm day today around here. temperatures tomorrow will cool a little bit and be more mild. it was pretty warm today. inland spots in the mid 90s. most of us were about the same or a little cooler than yesterday. it'll be a little cooler inland. tomorrow i'll show you why. here's the plan and maybe you pick out the trough. can you see it? that area. right. i wonder if you can see it. see the little area that dips down right. so this is the model. this takes us through wednesday. see how the trough is kind of rotating counterclockwise through the area or just north of the area. that's enough to do it. that's enough to keep things kind of cool so or mild for this time of year maybe at where we should be for this time of year, or maybe a little below. and then next on friday and saturday it starts to flatten out and that's a warm up. so we'll see temperatures warm up a little bit, especially as we go into next week. just wanted to show you that. so you get a vibe for what's going on which is more of the same. but a little bit cooler and no big heat wave in the offing, which is i think is the most important thing to note. these are the

highs from today, and i say the heat wave thing only because you get air quality issues. then you get the, you get the temperature, you know, heat advisories and fire danger stuff. so we don't want any of that if we can avoid it. and in this time of year, it's the time of year you get it. the subtropical moisture kind of waddled on through the area. it's still showing up. let's see if we can see any here. maybe a little bit a little hazy out there. this is the fog. that's the north tower of the golden gate, right? that's about 720, 100, 720ft. so the marine layer is below that, which is kind of interesting. it'll deepen up tonight. we'll see more fog tomorrow morning. and that will help temperatures trend down. and the reason it'll deepen up is because of that trough i showed you that kind of semi quasi stationary trough in that long range model. so cooler. and for novato, petaluma and santa rosa. but some of the inland spots were a couple of degrees warmer. if you got farther in like fairfield, vacaville in those areas, there's the trough we're kind of tracking. i don't want to see that. i want to see this. this is the forecast for the microclimates tomorrow, which is just fun to look at

when it's summer, because it does exactly what you'd expect it to do in the berkeley hills, mid 70s, upper 70s, and over the hill into walnut creek. you're easily into the 80s, mid 80s and then low 90s in the hot spots tomorrow, but most of us tomorrow will be a degree or two cooler. here's the fog forecast for the morning. pretty significant. and then there's the fog cat forecast for the afternoon. and then here's tomorrow morning. and then here's tomorrow afternoon. kind of got ahead of myself there. but you get the idea. there's a bunch of fog in the morning. it burns back. and it's a little bit cooler tomorrow. so these are the forecast highs as you can see here. more seasonal temperatures a little cooler a little lower temperatures. and then the five day forecast there it is nothing big nothing stands out a lot that subtropical moisture made it through the area without any real issue. well except for humidity. i'll see you back here in a few minutes with an update at six. >> all right, bill, thank you. lauren hill has announced a new tour that includes a stop right here in the bay area. the iconic singer and rapper canceled several shows in november, citing vocal strain. and three years ago, a reunion show with

the fugees in oakland was also canceled. this new tour will see her playing at shoreline in mountain view on september 13th. that show will also reportedly include her hits with the fugees, as well as chicago man is recovering well now after undergoing a kidney transplant while he was awake, and a first of its kind procedure at northwestern medicine. >> john nicholas received a new kidney with just a spinal anesthesia shot in light sedation instead of general anesthesia. the shot is similar to what pregnant women received during a c-section. doctors say that staying awake during the surgery allows patients to recover quicker. the surgery took less than two hours, and nicholas even got to see his kidney before doctors placed it inside him had been given a lot of sedation for my own comfort, but, you know, i was still able to be, you know, somewhat aware of what they were doing, especially when they called out my name and told me about certain milestones they had reached, like, oh, hey, you know, we actually connected it. >> hey, we're sewing things up

now. >> typically kidney transplant patients spend 3 to 4 days in the hospital after surgery. but nicholas well, he returned home after just 24 hours. pretty remarkable. >> coming up tonight at six, the latest developments connected to oakland mayor shengtao as she parts ways with two of her advisors and two people found dead inside a tiny home in oakland. >> oakland polic

life is precious and i guess it's true. but to tell the truth, i shifty shellshock, the frontman of the rap rock group crazy town, has died at the age of 49. family members say the singer, whose real name is seth binzer, died in his los angeles home. he formed the crazy town group back in 1992 with a big hit in 2001, butterfly binzer battled drug addiction throughout his life and documented his struggles on vh1 shows like celebrity rehab and sober house. a cause of death has not been revealed. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> more fallout tonight over the

fbi raid of oakland mayor shang tao's home. her chief has quit just one day after the mayor and her attorney parted ways. >> the first thing you need to do as mayor is exude confidence. you need to let your residents know that you're on top of it, that you got this right. now, residents in oakland are not feeling that. >> good evening everyone. i'm heather holmes and i'm mike mibach. >> this latest shakeup comes as the mayor criticized the federal investigation that she alleges is a conspiracy against her. ktvu henry lee has been working the story. he joins us here in studio. very fluid situation. this one. yeah, indeed. >> mike and heather, this seems like not a day can go by without some new revelation involving mayor tao, her office and this ongoing federal investigation that has now cost her two advisors turmoil at oakland city hall after an attorney for embattled mayor sheng tao and now her chief spokesman both parted ways with the mayor in the wake of an fbi raid at her home and

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