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has played out. they say it stayed mostly peaceful last night until two small groups broke off from the larger main demonstration. video from early this morning showed graffiti and some clashes between protesters. police say the vandals destroyed property and obstructed traffic. the san francisco police department says some arrests were made near union square. mayor lori says the collaboration between the city's public safety departments and those organizers help keep things from intensifying. >> we are showing people how to
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do it, and i think what the coordination that we showed last night was key to it. we were all here late into the night working together. we had a measured response, and i think, i think we showed the country how you can peacefully protest. >> this morning we also saw some broken windows and graffiti left over from last night. sfpd says officers made several arrests as president trump sends 700 marines and now 4000 national guard troops to los angeles. governor newsom is taking more action. he says he filed an emergency motion today to block the deployment, saying in part, quote, trump is turning the u.s. military against american citizens. the courts must immediately block these illegal actions. but just in the past hour. breaking news. a judge denied blocking the deployment immediately and instead set a hearing for thursday in los
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angeles, crowds are growing for a fifth day of protests. abc news reporter melissa don is in la with the latest. >> in los angeles. business owners and residents are cleaning up after the ongoing protest against immigration and customs enforcement raids happening in downtown. city officials say more than 100 people were arrested during demonstrations monday night. today has been mostly quiet. national guard troops posted outside some federal buildings. mayor karen bass saying none of this is necessary. >> it's a sense of intimidation and fear that is just so unnecessary and so corrosive to our city. >> president trump ordering 700 marines and more than 4000 national guard troops to the city, despite objection from california governor gavin newsom. newsom today filing an emergency motion to block what he calls an unlawful militarization of los angeles, asking the court to step in and stop the deployment along with immigration enforcement.
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president trump has called the governor incompetent, even saying newsom should be arrested, house speaker mike johnson going further, suggesting a harsher punishment for newsom. >> i'm not going to give you legal analysis on whether gavin newsom should be arrested, but but he ought to be tarred and feathered. i'll say that today. >> the president defended deploying the military. >> if we didn't get involved right now, los angeles would be burning just like it was burning a number of months ago with all the houses that were lost. >> mayor bass saying the violence is not as widespread as the president has suggested. >> the unrest that has happened are a few blocks within the downtown area. it is not all of downtown, and it is not all of the city. >> in washington, angry democrats blasted the troop deployment. >> why are you sending war fighters to cities to interact with civilians? >> every american citizen deserves to be live in a community that's safe. uh- and ice agents need to be able to do their job. they're being attacked for doing their job, which is deporting illegal
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criminals. >> hegseth told congress that the deployment of these california national guard troops, plus the additional marines, it could cost $134 million and they could be deployed here for the next 60 days. melissa dawn, abc news, los angeles. >> and waymo is scaling back service in san francisco because of ongoing protests. people in la set several robotaxis on fire over the weekend. waymo was limiting trips near the protest in san francisco last night. at several points throughout the night, the waymo app said no cars were available. a waymo vehicle was vandalized in san francisco during sunday night's protests. waymo is stopping all service in downtown la for now, after five of its robotaxis were vandalized over the weekend. waymo does not believe its robotaxis were targeted. they just happen to be close to this weekend's protest in la. now to a live look in los angeles, you can see there's still lots of crowds gathered there. we will continue to track the protests
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across the state, including the actions planned here in the bay area. we're updating abc seven news.com constantly, so if you have the abc seven bay area app, you can get immediate notifications on the latest developments. president trump today also announced he was restoring the original names of u.s. army bases that had their names changed during the biden administration because those names had honored confederate war heroes. >> for a little breaking news, we are also going to be restoring the names to fort pickett, fort hood, fort gordon, fort rucker, fort polk, fort a.p. hill, and fort robert e lee. we won a of those forts. it's no time to change. >> the president made that announcement not too long ago at fort bragg in north carolina.
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the nation's largest army base had been renamed temporarily by biden as fort liberty before it was changed back to fort bragg. san francisco mayor daniel lurie has introduced legislation to address the proliferation of people living out of their rvs parked on city streets. laurie's proposal restricts oversize vehicles from parking on a city street for more than two hours, with some exceptions. he also plans to send city staff to help those residents find homes indoors, and compensate them for giving up their vehicles. residents have complained about the issues, saying they take up parking, create hazards and create blight. advocates for rv residents say laurie's plan is not fair to those who are priced out of san francisco. rent oakland city council budget team says their new amendments will tackle the city's $265 million deficit in a fiscally responsible way. the four member teams outlined their plan on the steps of city hall this morning. they say their amendments
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prioritize essential core city services, like keeping all city fire stations open, reversing a planned brownout of two stations. it improves police staffing and doesn't include any staff layoffs, unlike the initial plan. it also includes improvements to public infrastructure and anti-blight efforts. >> our constituents are speaking loud and clear. we want public safety. we want clean streets. we want an economic revitalization. our budget amendments does exactly that. >> the team members didn't outline what programs they plan to cut to make up the deficit. the entire plan will be unveiled tomorrow. there's growing concern today after health secretary robert f kennedy jr fired all 17 members of the cdc advisory committee. the committee helped set vaccine recommendations for children and adults. the american academy of pediatrics is calling the mass
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firings an effort to, quote, silence independent medical expertise and stoke distrust in life saving vaccines. kennedy, who is a vaccine skeptic, says he is prioritizing the restoration of public trust. he also pointed out that former president joe biden appointed two thirds of the panel in the last year of his presidency. >> you know, you and i don't ask in our pilot flying our plane, are you a democrat or republican? you ask, can you fly this plane safely? do you have the experience and the expertise to do that? that's what this committee was all about. and it has served us very, very well over the years. >> several current and former cdc employees staged a walkout at the cdc headquarters in atlanta today, partly because of the recent firings. the chan zuckerberg initiative has been one of the world's top nonprofits in the past decade. but now, employees say politics and fear of retribution for facebook may be affecting their work. we'll talk with our media partner, the san francisco
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>> it's been ten years since meta founder mark zuckerberg and his wife, priscilla chan founded the chan zuckerberg initiative. they quickly made it one of the world's leading non-profits, donating nearly $7 billion just in the bay area, making a big impact in everything from science to housing to education. but our media partner, the san francisco standard, has a new article out giving us an inside look for the first time at how politics and image control have destroyed the chan zuckerberg initiative. at least, that's according to employees and
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former employees joining us live now to talk about it. the standard's wealth and power reporter, emily sugarman. emily, nice to have you back on. >> hi. nice to be here. >> hi. okay, so cci, as they call the chan zuckerberg initiative, was definitely viewed as one of the good guys, wasn't it? tell us what it did and what it supported. >> yeah. i mean, i think the good guys is subjective here, but but what i can tell you is that this was a very ambitious, very wide reaching philanthropy when it started. they did always support science and helping cure and manage disease, but they were also really focused on education. i think mark and priscilla both were really interested in sort of, for lack of a better word, disrupting education and finding better models for that. so a lot of their early investments were in education products and policy. and then also they had this third arm of the philanthropy, which changed names over the years but was often called justice and opportunity. and that's where they did these wide
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ranging social goals, like changing the criminal justice system or reforming the immigration system. >> right. in your article, you mentioned 2020. black lives matter really had a profound effect, especially on priscilla chan, who was really kind of the de facto head since mark zuckerberg was so busy running facebook. talk about what employees saw in that moment, and then what kind of happened in the years following that to now? >> yeah. so i think, you know, in that moment, employees really pushed both priscilla and mark to reckon with, you know, how race was affecting the work that they did. and priscilla seemed, you know, moved by that. she would often cry on calls with staff about these issues. and then, you know, they did wind up donating $500 million to racial justice causes at the end of 2020. but after those, when you really started seeing these changes that kind of lead to where we are today in 2021, they spun off that justice and opportunity work that we talked about earlier into two separate
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organizations that were completely separate from cci. they gave those some, you know, $450 million in initial seed funding, but it looks like they are no longer funding those organizations from what we can tell. so that was a real sign that they had kind of formally separated themselves from this social advocacy work and some of those broader ranging goals. and then you see changes, you know, leading up to 2024, when they kind of formally declared themselves a science focused philanthropy, right? >> like not so much the dei anymore or the social equity aspect. and one notable moment you wrote about in your article, president trump's inauguration this past january, and we all saw photos of that. the zuckerberg's were front and center and promoted their attendance on social media. what did chan chan tell cci employees when she returned from that? because that had a big impact on the employees? >> yeah. i mean, i think the message from cci leadership about the trump administration, the second trump administration
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has been, you know, we have to be optimistic. we have to be hopeful. we have to wait and see where this goes and how this changes things for us. but priscilla, when she returned, you know, addressed some staff and talked about it and actually got emotional talking about a little tearful, talking about witnessing the peaceful transfer of power at the inauguration and translating that moment for her parents, who are immigrants later. >> all right. so, you know, those were tears that were interpreted differently by the employees from, i guess, five years ago. but let me ask you how things have changed since we reported on the closing of that private school in east palo alto that they funded, which other, i guess, arms or areas have they stopped funding? and, you know, how are people reading that? >> yeah. so they've declared an end to all of their social advocacy funding, and they have wound down, you know, starting years ago, their educational policy funding, they are still funding some community groups,
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sort of in san mateo county. and where that money is going, we're still figuring it out. but as we talked about before, you know, i have talked to organizations that have been told that these are local organizations, nonprofits that have been told they're not going to get another grant. they're not eligible to apply for another grant, mainly because these are organizations that work with specific demographics. >> so, okay, so if you read between the lines, that's one thing. but what are employees telling you? what do they think is happening here? what do they think has led to the change in priorities? and does it have anything to do with facebook and meta? >> yeah, i mean, i think there's a wide range of views on this, but i think a lot of folks who worked at cci over the years told me that mark and priscilla both were very averse to anything that could be seen as controversial, that could reflect negatively on them and then by default, on facebook or meta. and so i think they aren't surprised to see these changes that seem like they're leading away from some of the more
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politically divisive or controversial issues. other people said, you know, it could also work the other way around that, because mark especially is such a public figure. when cci got involved in advocacy around political issues, the story quickly became about him and about meta or facebook, and so that they might be leaning out of these issues, because that made it really difficult to do this kind of work. >> so is there any sign that they, the couple may get out of this business altogether, running this nonprofit? >> yeah. i mean, some folks at the, at cci right now have expressed doubt that they're going to continue helming this organization long term. some of the, you know, leadership there has been taking on a larger role. we're speaking roles and meetings and things like that. and they just hired their first ever president, who actually came from meta and had spent 16 years at meta before now coming to cci. this is the first ever president of the organization,
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right? >> of course, if they wanted to focus on the science part, their money would be welcome. since a lot of scientific research is being cut right now in terms of from the federal government. so we'll see how that goes. but does this raise the bigger question of what about billionaire philanthropy? right. philanthropy started by people who have inherent business interests that may be subject to the powers of an administration? >> yeah. i mean, i think that this is a larger, you know, allegory that proves a bigger point about billionaire philanthropy, which is that it is always subject to the whims of the founders, and that while it can do good, it's also very circumstantial and is based on what the people who are funding the work ultimately want and see as beneficial for them. and so i think it is there's a larger takeaway here, absolutely, about billionaire philanthropy in general. >> all right. emily sugarman, san francisco standard's wealth and power reporter, which, by the way, the fact that that is a b says something about the bay
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area. thanks, emily. >> thank you. >> you can check out emily's article and more of the san francisco standard's other original reporting on their website. sf.com and abc seven will continue to bring you more segments featuring the standard's city focused journalism every week, right here on abc seven news at three. and coming up next, more meta news ceo mark zuckerberg is planning out his next moves for the future of ai called
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there was public comment today at the california dmv, as the agency considered new regulations for heavy duty autonomous vehicles. currently, california doesn't allow for the testing and deployment of heavy duty self-driving vehicles, but the agency is considering changes to its regulation to create a path for self-driving vehicles heavier than 10,000 pounds. the proposed regulations would add additional data elements and more frequent reporting for manufacturers.
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meta ceo mark zuckerberg is assembling a team to build a superintelligence, which are machines capable of surpassing human capabilities, according to bloomberg, zuckerberg plans to hire about 50 people and has shifted the layout at the company's menlo park headquarters to put the new ai team near his office. that's what he always does his top priority. he puts those people right around him. he is reportedly frustrated with meta's work in the artificial intelligence space. meta and zuckerberg have not commented on this move. today, san francisco based ai chatbot chatgpt experienced a partial outage. according to downdetector. it started this morning. openai's generator is also feeling the effects of the glitch. company officials say some of the problems have been sorted out. it's unclear what caused the outage. a new kind of playground that taps into several senses is coming to san francisco. how soon before it becomes reality? and a live look outside as we keep tabs on your forecast. this
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week might be kind of cool for our taste, but the sea lions appear to be loving it. abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma will have your it can develop in people who experience trauma as kids and don't get the support they need. when they have their own kids, it can be hard for them to be the type of parent they wanna be. - learn more at first5california.com.
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a new attraction is coming to the san francisco pier 70. it's called the elevation sky park, and it's being billed as a multisensory playground to experience live concerts, transformative art, movie screenings and events. the park features three domes in a pyramid able to hold up to 800 people. mayor daniel lurie says the project is part of the city's efforts to reimagine what's possible while creating new opportunities for residents, artists and local businesses. it should open next year. turning
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to accuweather forecast. abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma has a look at your temperatures. drew. >> looking at highs this afternoon, we are going to find it's a cooler than average day in most areas. in fact, we'll stay within this pattern of cooler than average temperatures for much of the week through friday. so temperatures, warmer spots trying to hit 80 degrees like concord and livermore for the most part will be in the 60s and 70s because we have those morning clouds that are really slow to break down throughout the morning time frame. the afternoon we do get sunshine, but that just slows the warming process all day long. so taking a look at our temperature trend for the next ten days, you can see through the start of the upcoming weekend cooler than average temperatures really dominate the forecast, but heading into next week, it looks like we'll do a 180. it looks like we'll flip the pattern and we'll start to see some warmer temperatures work into the picture. this would be the middle part of next week, so enjoy the cooler air now and then. it's likely going to get
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warmer as we head into next week. winds are breezy. we're seeing winds gusting 20 to 35mph this afternoon. that onshore flow is helping keep those temperatures just a little bit below average, and we will have that breeze with us again tomorrow afternoon as well. so taking a look at your weather wellness today, good air quality fresh air out there the next 24 hours. pollen levels, no change from yesterday. it's still moderate and the uv index is a ten that is very high. so we get a lot of the sun's direct rays in the afternoon. highs in the microclimates starting in the south bay 70s and 80s today 78 in san jose, 73 in cupertino, about 84. in morgan hill. it's really cloudy along the coast today along the peninsula and its cool temperatures mainly in the 50s. it's warmer and brighter. menlo park 7071. in palo alto, 76. in redwood city. the clouds are really stubborn today across much of the city. it's breezy out there. it feels cool with temperatures in the upper 50s to the mid 60s. now heading into the north bay, it's
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cool. along the coast we find warmer temperatures as you head into our valleys, 70s and 80s and some of our warmest areas today in the east bay. took a long time to see that sunshine. this morning. temperatures will be slightly below average in the 60s and mid 70s this afternoon, and inland, a little bit cooler than yesterday. upper 70s to the mid 80s for daytime highs. now this evening you will see that cloud cover does thicken once the sun goes down. we do turn to mostly cloudy skies and temperatures, mainly in the 40s and in the 50s overnight tonight. so we have coastal drizzle developing tonight. cloudy skies around the bay shoreline and again tomorrow morning we will find a gray start to our day. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a pretty steady pattern of morning clouds. slow to break for sunshine through thursday. now friday looks like we'll have a lot less fog, meaning more sunshine to finish the week and then heading into the upcoming weekend both saturday and sunday. lots of sunshine in the afternoon, warmer for father's day on sunday afternoon. that
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warming trend will continue for much of next week. >> and you can watch game three of the nba finals tomorrow right here on abc seven. with the series tied one game apiece, you definitely want to tune in to see who will take the lead. coverage starts at five and then stay with us for after the game. with sports director larry beil and the crew. that's tomorrow right here on abc seven, and that's going to do it for now. thank you so much for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here at 4:00. bye bye.
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