bay area news tonight, another battle between california and the white house. trans athletes in girls sports. what the trump administration is threatening to do if we don't change the rules. also, our ice agents changing their tactics as they detain more people in the bay area. what we witnessed today, plus, is san jose's push to get people off the streets paying off. we have a big challenge ahead of us, and we can't just solve this problem by building shelter. we talked to mayor mahan about the

recent homeless count and how he fought back against governor newsom over funding. and here's something new a group of surfers hoping to create a surf park right along the bay. we have the renderings. good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight, i'm raj mathai. we start with the new accusation and threat from the feds to california. the trump administration says our schools are violating federal law by allowing trans athletes to compete in girls prep sports. the accusation is the result of an investigation from the u.s. department of education. it concluded the cif, the california interscholastic federation, violated the civil rights of female students by allowing trans athletes to compete. the department also gave california ten days to change its rules and issue an apology to female prep athletes. if not, we could be stripped of all federal title nine funding.

this comes just weeks after a 16 year old trans athlete from southern california competed and won in that statewide high school track and field meet. the department of education opened the investigatation, we should add, months before this track meet. california is one of 22 states that currently have laws requiring schools to allow transgender students to compete. governor newsom's office releasing this statement today. it reads it wouldn't be a day ending in y without the trump administration threatening to defund california. now, secretary linda mcmahon is confusing government with her wrestlemania days dramatic, fake and completely divorced from reality. this won't stick. secretary mcmahon was the former ceo of the wwe. our other headlines tonight. a new clue in the search for a missing woman in oakland. 21 year old heaven mcgee has been missing for five months now. she was last seen on january 17th on thermal street

in oakland. she told people she was heading to hayward a few days later, january 20th, mcgee was spotted in a commercial corridor in stockton. she hasn't been seen or heard from since oakland police and the fbi saying today they now believe she's a victim of human trafficking. they didn't offer any more details on how they came to that conclusion. mcgee's mother is pleading with the public to help find her daughter. heaven was a genuine person who would never leave her family. heaven loved shopping. she loved, of course, making tiktok videos. she loved cooking. she loved spending time with her friends. and this is not becoming of her. human trafficking is a brutal crime and preys on the most vulnerable and isolates victims from their from those who care about them the most. the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward for any information that leads them to heaven. mcgee. well, in the

south bay, they're still counting the votes in san jose after last night's special election. this is to elect a new councilmember for downtown san jose's corridor, their district three. late today, updated numbers show anthony tortillas leading gabby chavez lopez 64% to 36% in this special runoff election. tortillas is the planning commission chair who barely advanced from the primary election as the second qualifier. lopez was the clear frontrunner. tortillas was also endorsed by mayor matt mahan. we're going to hear more from the mayor about this race and about his recent battle with governor newsom over homelessness. that's in just a fewinutes. well, a lot of tension surrounding the ice activity in the bay area, detaining undocumented migrants, a series of south bay community groups now accusing the santa clara county sheriff of helpingg ice agents, which would violate the county's sanctuary policy. the criticism began after four people were recently detained by ice agents immediately after being released from the county

jail. critics blasted the sheriff, saying his office had provided information that led to the ice detentions. the county has declared itself a sanctuary location and has vowed not to assist in any ice operation. sheriff robert johnson emphasized his department does not assist ice. but he also says he cannot prevent ice agents from accessing public information and acting on it. we're not deciphering or segregating. well, who are you with? how are you related? we're not vetting individuals. we're just responding to a question that we would respond to, to any other member of the public. we contacted county executives, the office there where officials say they agree with the sheriff's assessment. critics are calling for another meeting with the sherf and the county to clarify how much ice agents ice agents can be told about a person's incarceration status. they don't. stay back. do not impede. we're also witnessing more ice activity in the

immigration court in san franciscsco. this was today. we saw two men led out of that court in handcuffs. federal agents telling our nbc producers to stay back. you heard him there. immigration attorneys tell us ice agents at the courthouse are mostly targeting people with pending asylum cases, who have been in the country for less than two years. many do not have a criminal record. attorneys also claim ice is moving those detainees out of the bay area and then asking a judge to rule on their motion to dismiss the asylum case. a dismissal allows ice to immediately deport them. it appears the government is renewing their motion to dismiss in front of a judge they think will be more favorable to completely abandoning this individual's claim for asylum. a lot happened here. joining us now is our investigative producer, michael bart, who's been witnessing these ice agents detaining people for the last several weeks. michael, nice to see you again. you were at that courthouse. what was different today, if anything, than in your previous visits? yeah. raj. i mean, we've personally seen ice

agents at the courthouse about a half dozen times now, and i think i've filmed them arresting people. i think this is my third time. and today, this morning, i started filming when i saw agents take two men in handcuffs out of a side entrance to the courthouse where i'd previously seen one of their undercover vans waiting in a red zone outside the door. and i think what stood out to me this time was how aggressive some of the agents were. when i started filming with my cell phone. i mean, as agents were loading the two migrants into the van, two agents immediately blocked my path on the sidewalk, and one of them starts yelling at me to stay back and don't impede this arrest. of course, you know, i was just standing there on the sidewalk filming and not trying to get in their way. you know, i was trying to ask the men who are being detained what their names were so we could figure out more about them and track them in the system. you know, luckily i'm six foot four and have long arms, so i could just

hold my camera over their heads and we're still able to film. but yeah, i think that's what stood out was this time they were seemingly more aggressive with me as i was f filming.ure. michael, give us more context. we see you out there. is there a crowd of people? are there tensions high, or is it just you and a couple other people? yeah. so this morning it was very quiet, you know, because word had not got out at this point courthouse. you know, sometimes when we when we report an arrest or attorneys there, you know, put it out on social media that ice agents are there, you know, a crowd of people show up to start protesting. but that hadn't happened yet. it was just me with my camera. but as the agents were loading the men into the van, a crowd of people did start to form and some people were did start yelling at the agents and, you know, asking what jurisdiction they had here and sort of expssing their outrage over over the arrests. and, michael, remind us, why are these people, at least most of these people in that courtroom today or the previous weeks in

the first place? do you know, have they been charged with a specific crime at all? yeah, right. so it's important for people to know that this is not a criminal court, right. these people have not are not showing up to these hearings to defend themselves from, you know, an accusation that they've committed any kind of crime. these people are in immigration court. it's an administrative proceeding, and they're basically trying to fight their removal from the united states. many of the people showing up for these hearings are families with young children. i mean, they have toys in the courtrooms to amuse the children during these hearings. some of the people here are even unaccompanied minors who crossed the border as children without their parents. and, you know, most of these people have pending asylum cases, which means they're arguing they could be in serious danger if they are sent back to their home country. some say they are victims of domestic violence or they're fleeing political turmoil. you know, last month, i heard one man explain to a judge that his father had been assassinated and he feared he would be next if he

didn't flee his country. and yet they are still showing up to court for these asylum hearings, even though they might be detained. have you talked to any of these people of why they're taking that risk, that gamble? yeah, absolutely. and it is, you know, they do see it as a risk. and a lot of people we talk to are fearful. you know, we talked to one father who's two children who ar 19 and 21 had a hearing today. and he he attended because he wasn't sure that they would come out. he feared they would be detained by by agents. but immigration attorneys are stressing how important it is, despite that fear for people to show up to their hearings. because if they don't, a judge can order their removal in absentia. if they don't show up, they could face a deportation order. and in fact, i was in a hearing this afternoon where we counted 15 people did not show up there to their hearing, which a judge noted was an unusually high number. and many of those people were given a removal

order. and so this is what's upsetting immigration attorneys about ice hanging out in immigration court is that they say these are people who are doing what's asked of them to show up here, but the presence of these agents is scaring people away and sort of, you know, so putting them at risk of an immediate deportation. it's an uneasy time not only for these people directly involved, but forheir family, their work members, their people at work that they work with, and the community itself for a lot of people. michael, but our investigative producer, thanks for your insight. thanks, raj. let's move on now. is san jose's plan to move people out of camps and into shelters, actually working the latest homeless count in the south bay shows mixed results. here's what we have. homelessness is at the highest level ever in santa clara county, but more people are being moved into housing. take a look now. the numbers come in from the point in time. homeless count, which was released this week. the total number of people experiencing homelessness is up 8% since the lastst count, which was in 2023. but the numbers also show a 30%

increase in people using shelters. that's in line. that lines up with san jose mayor's matt mahan push to add 1000 new units of homeless housing in san jose by the end of the year. joining us now is the mayor of san jose, mayor matt mahan. nice to have you back on the program. all right, so we're talking homelessness, which is obviously just a huge issue. and it still is. these numbers come out every couple of years here, up 8% overall from two years ago, but also a major increase in people in shelters by 30%. what are the positives. what are the negatives here? yeah, you're absolutely right. it's a mixed picture. the numbers you're quoting are countywide for santa clara county. we haven't gotten the san jose specific numbers yet. i'm excited to see those. and what what trends and insights we can gather. to your point, i think the biggest insight here is that when we build interim housing and basic, dignified shelter, we can move people off the streets. the 30%

increase in the number of people who are sheltered is a proof point that building more shelter works. it creates an alternative to encampments. it allows us to restore public access to our parks, trails, sidewalks. but no doubt we have a big challenge ahead of us. and we can't just solve this problem by building shelter. we need to invest in prevention and we need more housing supply. yeah, i'm sorry to cut you off here. it's been interesting to see how you operate in the last couple of years. mr. mayor, going publicly at gavin newsom, governor newsom, when you need to, most recently to try to get that $500 million for homeless housing projects. lawmakers just struck a deal. democratic lawmakers. that includes that money to get it into your budget where the governor didn't want to do it. how did that happen behind the scenes? did you call him? did he call you? look, for me, it's not personal and it's not about specific people. these are systemic policy questions. but i am willing and i think the voters deserve the our residents deserve to know the tradeoffs

that we're making when it comes to homelessness funding. the state can't say cities go end homelessness and then pull back on the only major source of flexible state funding for ending homelessness. so i'm glad to see this compromise. it's not everything we wanted, but it's a lot better than where we were a week ago, and we will use those dollars to deliver impact. we will measure our programs. we will report through dashboards on how many people we bring indoors and how many graduate to permanent housing, and we will hold ourselves accountable and continue to make san jose a model for what accountability on homelessness should look like statewide. you're in san francisco tonight to speak at manny's cafe. is this something about homelessness? among the topics, is this something that you're trying to evangelize, what you're doing in san jose and hopefully help san francisco and oakland? well, we all have things to learn from one another. we have things to learn from san francisco and san jose can teach others. you know, my goal is to build a coalition of

leaders in and beyond san jose for common sense reforms and policies that will make us safer, make our neighborhoods cleaner and more affordable, help move everybody indoors, whether that's into shelter or into into treatment, as the case may be, and just show that government and big california cities can work and deliver results. and that requires building alliances and coalitions beyond san jose. so i'm honored to be invited up here to share a little bit about what we're doing in san jose. that's working notable election district three, which is parts of downtown san jose. you backed anthony tortillas, the candidate who had a really nice showing in this election last night. really strong early results. believe two thirds or more of the vote is in and he's up 30 points. so really incredible outcome. and look i think it just shows that people want problem solversrs. he's data driven. he's an engineer by training. he didn't talk about partizanship or ideology. it was all about we need to hire more police

officers. speed up permitting, build interim housing, get people off the streets faster. i'm thrilled to have somebody else on council who shares that mindset around being accountable, being data driven and finding solutions that work. mayor mahan thanks for your time. have a good evening. thanks you as well. raj up next. are there waves in alameda? could it become the bay area's next surfing spot? yeah, we're joined by a surfer who wants to build a surf park right alo the bay. you're watching

that's a lot of fun. or is this a lot of problems. for alameda? the former naval site may soon be transformed into a point, into a surfing spot with a manmade wave machine, so to speak. the project is in its early stages. if all goes well, the neptune beach surf club, that's the name of it, could be open by 2029. all right. it's going to include a wave pool big enough for 50 surfers, a bar, restaurant and beach all open to the public. the nearby navy building would be transformed into a surf center with gear rentals. wow. joining us now is william duncanson, the architect and developer of this project and a surfer himself. william, thanks for being with us tonight. okay. so is this like a

topgolf for surfing? kind of. i, i wouldn't call it a topgolf for surfing, but i mean, it is a, you know, it is it is a recreational facility that provides surfing in a man made environment. a lot of people do, i suppose, liken it to top golf, but we're trying to create a destination for the community, for surfers, people that have experiences surfing and people that don't. yeah, that's actually my next question. who's your target audience here? it sounds like surfers and just kind of families and kids. yeah, we would expect that the majority of people that come to the park don't have a lot of experience surfing, although we can create waves that accommodate expert surfers, novice surfers and people everywhere in between. so it really is for everybody. and but we, we, we, we think the majority of the people that are going to come are people that are curious about surfing and are interested in progression

and honing their skills, experiencing surfing and, you know, a controlled environment that's maybe more safe and a little less intimidating than the ocean. but it isn't. it isn't a it isn't a substitute for the ocean. it looks really cool. why alameda? did you look at other sites across the bay area? and i don't think we've ever had one here. why did you end up in alameda? well, that's a good question. i mean, we did look at other potential locations in the bay area, the bay area, it is tough to find a good opportunity site. we think alameda is the best opportunity site for a host of reasons. one, alameda point has a lot of underutilized land. it's flat, which is also helpful. and you know, we're we're excited about the opportunity here to synergize with other nearb neighboring businesses like the community sailing center and stacked adventures, which is a kayak rental facility. there's a boat launch there. lots of people go to that beach and

practice stand up, paddle boarding and wing foiling and such. so, you know, we're interested in being part of what's already a pretty vibrant aquatics corner in alameda point. we think we can uplift those uses as well as benefit from what's already a pretty good ecosystem of folks. it could be really cool. okay, as we wrap this up, what still needs to happen? what's next in your plan here? what's next? what's the next hurdle you need to clear? and what's really the biggest pushback that you're getting so far, if any? well, i'll start with the pushback. i mean, traffic is historically the third rail of politics in alameda. we think we've got a good traffic story when we're able to tell it. really the main story there is we don't have any significant peak generation, so we think we're in good place there. next steps are informational hearing with rec and park department, and then session with city council. we do have a long road ahead of us, but we've, you know, been building stakeholder support. and we think we're in a good

place. it seems pretty exciting. best of luck with the project william duncanson. and keep us posted on on the progress. thanks so much. we'll do have a good night. you too. let's go outside now. a little gloomy out there. middle of summer here. live. look across into the bay bridge. jeff is going to join us with our forecast as we head into pride w

it's kind of interesting out there right now. yeah, we got microclimates, in effect, cold fog at the coastline. still some nice mild weather inland. and we're going to see more of that tomorrow. really the temperature staying very comfortable here. we have cooler air to the north. high pressure to the south. they're kind of battling each other here. but the result will be some nice temperatures. let me show you the fe and we'll see some fog near the bay and the coast. otherwise, sunny for san jose, right up to the north bay. let's get it into that microclimate forecast. and as we head through tomorrow morning, we're going to start it off with temperatures in the 50s. and again, that patchy fog near the coast and the bay. then as we head through the day tomorrow, numbers are going to be warming up about 4 to 6 degrees. and we'll get in on that sunshine away from the beaches. that will put us to 86 in santa rosa, 84 in martinez, 85 livermore, 80 here in san jose, 79 in palo alto. and this temperature trend of pretty comfortable conditions will continue while we do get into some 90s here in livermore friday, saturday and sunday.

look at next week. we'll stay with 80s as one hundredths in any kind of heat waves right now. look to not be on the table for us into the start of july. so on that 7-day forecast, you can see this weekend 90 on saturday, 88 right there on sunday. it's a big weekend. thank you jeff. here's what's coming up in prime time here on nbc. it's chicago night at eight chicago med followed by chicago fire and chicago p.d. and then we're back at 11:00 for our late news. live and local. that's going to do it

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