removed from a news conference with the homeland security secretary. details on what was said and what happened next. then getting the california national guard troops off the streets and back home. california suing the trump administration. what's at stake as the courts prepare to weigh in over anti ice protests? then tragedy in the skies. a plane comes crashing down just minutes after takeoff in india. the latest on the investigation into what went wrong and the search for survivors. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at noon. >> good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian. let's get straight to some breaking news at this hour. california senator alex padilla, forcibly removed from a news conference while asking a question to the head of the department of homeland security,

kristi noem. padilla interrupted noem as she was speaking. we see then he was removed by the room by at least three men. our james torres is live with these developments and reaction. >> to that news conference. kristi noem talking about the recent immigration raids and customs enforcement in los angeles and the people that they've arrested. now, this is a comment that she made before senator padilla spoke up. >> we are not going away. we are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country. >> senator. away from the microphones. you couldn't quite hear what he was saying, but he tried telling the crowd that he is a senator and he had questions for the secretary, wanted to talk about some of the images she was showing as well, but didn't end up finishing a sentence before those guards took him away. shortly after, video shows those officers taking him to the ground, placing him in handcuffs. noem

did not immediately say anything to senator padilla as he was being removed, nor did she react to his outburst. she and other representatives continue to speak about their ongoing efforts in los angeles. now, i just got a statement from senator padilla's office within the last 15 minutes. it says in part, quote, senator padilla is currently in los angeles exercising his duty to perform congressional oversight of the federal government's operations in los angeles and across california. he tried to ask the secretary a question and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. he is not currently detained and we are working to get additional information. padilla's removal immediately prompted a response from other local leaders. east bay congressman eric swalwell posted on x saying america is dying. this is how freedom dies. governor gavin newsom also responding on x, saying, quote, this is outrageous, dictatorial and shameful. trump and his shock troops are out of control. fox news reports. noem and padilla met in a private room

after her news conference ended. we don't know the details of that conversation just yet, but we are reaching out to the senator's office for more, and we are awaiting for the secretary's response. gasia. >> all right, james torres, we'll have it live, as it happens in this next hour. a $25,000 reward is being offered by the fbi for information leading to the arrest of a woman who they claim assaulted an fbi officer in concord during a protest outside immigration courthouse. fbi agents say they think the woman stole an officer's badge during the incident. one immigration attorney says he saw at least four fbi agents working with ice agents. immigration advocates say it's unusual to see the two agencies working together. fbi agent we spoke with said it has the authority to enforce immigration law that the agency is supporting homeland security. the fbi says anyone who becomes violent toward a federal agent will be prosecuted. the fbi could not confirm if any agents were hurt during that incident in concord. the department of justice has announced the arrest of two l.a. county men who were charged with throwing molotov cocktails during last weekend's anti ice protests. the two were

charged in federal court with possession of an unregistered destructive device, which carries a possible sentence of ten years in prison. the u.s. attorney is using this case to send a strong message to those he calls agitators. >> throwing rocks, explosives, assaulting agents and committing other acts of violence are extremely dangerous and will not be tolerated. if you took part in these riots and were looking to cause trouble, we will come looking for you. >> prosecutors say they'll comb through all available video and social media to track down demonstrators accused of interfering with law enforcement. we talked with the uc berkeley technology law professor this morning on how law enforcement can take advantage of technology. most people carry. >> but it's true that today we all carry cell phones in our pockets wherever we go, and we're surrounded by video surveillance cameras. and even people who perpetrate crimes often post that footage to social media. and so law

enforcement just has a wide variety of tools to be able to analyze these events after the fact. >> professor crump said california provides certain privacy protections, such as a law prohibiting local agencies from sharing data, including automatic license plate readers with out of state or federal law enforcement. california suing president trump for his decision to federalize california national guard troops and send them to the streets of los angeles. in the next 90 minutes or so, a federal judge in san francisco is hearing arguments in this case. allie rasmus is live in studio to share what's at stake today. >> well, that hearing is scheduled for 130 this afternoon in northern district court here in san francisco. a judge will hear arguments from california's attorney general and arguments from trump administration, department of justice attorneys on the issue of whether it is lawful and constitutional for the president to call up a state's national guard without a governor's consent. >> the governor is going to say, i was never asked. this is my responsibility. i am commander in chief of the california

national guard. and only on the rarest circumstances has that authority been circumvented. the president didn't even ask me on the other side, the governor. the federal government is going to say, well, we declared this to be so we had to take emergency action. we know that the governor is opposed to this. we had to protect federal buildings and federal personnel. >> it comes in the wake of several days of protests denouncing immigration raids and enforcement actions in los angeles. president trump federalized more than 2000 national guardsmen and authorized the deployment of 700 active duty marines to the streets of los angeles, claiming local police were unable to keep the peace and that federal ice agents needed additional military protection to do their jobs. >> if we didn't do what we did, we'd be burning to the ground. >> a federal judge in this case will have to decide whether that's really true. >> is this something that that civilian law enforcement cannot handle? does it require the use of the military to carry out

these police civilian policing tasks, these law enforcement tasks which our federal law forbids and has been something that has been taboo now for going back to the civil war. >> defense secretary pete hegseth says the administration is prepared to take similar actions. if there are protests like this in other cities. >> part of it is getting ahead of a problem so that if in other places, if there are other riots in places where law enforcement officers are threatened, we would have the capability to surge national guard there if necessary. >> maybe we are part of a national experiment to determine how far the federal government can go in reaching in and taking over power. >> now, it's not known exactly how quickly the judge could make a decision on this lawsuit, but because of the urgency of the situation and the fact that the national guard is already in los angeles, most legal experts expect the judge to issue some sort of ruling within 24 hours of today's hearing. now, we're expecting some possible protests and demonstrations outside the district court and a very packed

courtroom inside full of spectators for that hearing today. back to you, garcia. >> ali. rasmus. thank you. another court battle is looming between the state of california and the trump administration, this one over a resolution to block the state's ban on sales of new gas powered cars by 2035. president trump signed the resolution this morning. was approved by the republican congress last month. president trump also signed a resolution to kill california rules that phase out the sale of medium and heavy duty diesel vehicles, and a measure to overturn state policies curbing tailpipe emissions in certain vehicles. during the white house signing ceremony, mr. trump called the california regulations crazy. governor newsom and other state officials contend that what the federal government is doing is illegal, and say the state plans to sue. black smoke billowing from the site of a crash of an air india passenger jet. the boeing dreamliner 787 was bound

for london when it crashed into a medical college building shortly after takeoff from the northwestern city of ahmedabad. officials say one passenger survived out of 242 people on board. that person reportedly walked away from the wreckage with multiple injuries. first responders say most of the victims are charred beyond recognition. at least five medical students on the ground were also killed. about 50 other people were injured in a dining hall at the college. multiple agencies from india, the uk and likely the u.s. are expected to launch an investigation. earlier on mornings on two, we spoke with the president and ceo of the flight safety foundation, who said the search is underway for the plane's black boxes. >> these boxes are hardened. they are very, very much designed to withstand any type of impact like we've seen. so when it's safe for investigators to actually go into the site and retrieve those, they will retrieve those. they will take it to the lab, they will be able

to retrieve the data, and they will be able to analyze the data. it's going to be very important to extract that data, to be able to find out exactly what happened in this flight. >> the boeing jet crash is renewing scrutiny of the company's safety record after a years long quality crisis. this is the first crash of a boeing dreamliner since it went into service in 2009. according to the aviation safety network database, here at home service on bart's green line is back up and running after a man was hit by a train and survived. it happened a little after 730 this morning at the hayward station. the medical emergency caused a major transit service disruption in the east bay. witnesses told officials the man was hit by a train after his phone fell on the tracks, and he went to grab it, but they couldn't find the man. >> all we could find was blood, so we were looking all over the place outside of the station, on top of the station, around the station, and we started looking out, sending crews to go look out in areas that surround the

bart station, the parking structures nearby, some of the some of the streets in the surrounding area. and then while we were on scene, maybe a half hour or more, we got reports of a medical call just about 2 or 3 blocks away from the station and confirmed with the crews that were responding to that call and putting the pieces together to determine that that was the individual. >> officers say the man managed to walk away and is being treated at a hospital. service between south hayward and the bay fair bart stations in san leandro was suspended. it has since resumed. coming up, balancing the city's budget, a look at san francisco's financial picture and the pushback to mayor lurie's proposed cuts. then the new covid variant is being linked to a painful new symptom. after the break, a look at what doctors call razor blade throat and what some people are experiencing sure. >> has been a breezy to downright windy spring season. and look at that right there that june gloom. the impact it will have on father's day. we've got you covered with your bay

area forecast, and t t's coming up after this

after taking part in the escape from alcatraz triathlon. jose perez says when he jumped into the bay to start his swim, another competitor went into the water and landed on top of him. perez was face down in the water and couldn't move. another swimmer flipped him over so he could breathe. perez has been

hospitalized since the incident at the beginning of the month. in a statement, the triathlon organizers say the swim used established safety protocols in line with usa triathlon recommendations. they say they're ready to support perez during this difficult time. a new covid strain making its way across asia, europe and north america is being linked to an intensely painful throat symptom. doctors say patients are reporting a searing sore throat, so intense they've nicknamed it razor blade throat. sore throat is a common covid symptom, but some say this pain is like swallowing shattered glass. others say they've been left unable to speak, eat or drink. the cdc is bringing back more than 400 workers who were laid off in early april. this follows a wave of cuts, and that resulted in nearly 2500 employees losing their jobs at the nation's top public health agency. a couple of months ago, federal officials say nearly half are coming back or for hiv, std and environmental health services. despite the reinstatement, some public health advocates have raised concerns that the move may not

fully solve the impact of the previous cuts. now to a stark warning for parents and caregivers about digital distress in teenagers. according to a new el camino health survey, many adults are missing the signs of digital distress in teenagers. it says the signs of alarming behaviors are being mistaken for normal adolescents, from social withdrawal to aggressive outbursts. experts say these could be signaling a mental health crisis, fueled by excessive screen time and the pressures of social media. >> and see the moodiness and irritability and the too much sleep. but we want to distinguish between, you know, the normal teenage moodiness versus something more serious, which is the digital distress. and so we do look for more signs of symptoms, of difficulty with sleep, difficulty making decisions, poor concentration. a lot of kids aren't able to go to school or finish their homework. so we see a lot of these things

that are really impacting their day to day life. >> doctor zumarraga says in the most extreme cases, experts have seen children turn to self-harm behaviors, eating disorders or suicidal thoughts and actions. let's get outside on this bay area thursday early afternoon. the oakland estuary has been gray for much of the week. as we see in this live picture right now, let's bring in our meteorologist, rosemary. excuse me not rosemary oroczo our other sunshine, roberta gonzalez. roberta, we are waiting for the sun here along the water. >> we are. and you know what i always wait for? i wait for the weekend. and when it's thursday, i start talking about it. and guess what's happening this weekend? that's right. it's time for the annual livermore rodeo. it's been going on since 1918, so you could do the math. how long is that? 83 degrees on saturday, low 80s on sunday. and i got to tell you, i cannot remember better weather in the forecast for the rodeo. you know, gus, you know the area out there, it's always smoking hot. >> can i tell you it's a great parade, even if that's all you

go to. the parade is so much fun. >> oh, you're so right. i should make up a forecast for that, too, then you just reminded me this is our live weather camera looking out from monument peak towards the santa clara valley. we have ample sunshine. the clouds, they're hanging tight to the coast. and as they do so, no clearing in half moon bay today. you saw it there all the way up to moss beach and montara beach. otherwise, later on tonight, the clouds make an appearance again, but not as intrusive, not expanding as far inland. and then they back off this time tomorrow with sunshine also in the forecast. now currently 57 degrees in san francisco, low 70s in concord, it's 74 degrees in fairfield. and these temperatures are averaging warmer than 24 hours ago. it's going to be pan out to be a warmer day today. now at sfo we do have some very windy conditions. those wind gusts up to 30mph. livermore 12. in fact today's winds pretty much 10 to 20mph with occasional gusts, especially along the coastline up to 30mph. your temperatures

tonight, overnight into the 40s and 50s. your forecast for today. the clouds. they hug the coastline. breezy to windy conditions, but it will be a warmer day. you can see, even though that deck of clouds, roughly about 2000ft deep, it's not as intrusive. so therefore it's backing off and it's not as expansive. and that's because we have a series of these little impulses that keep blowing through the bay area. that's what cooled us down yesterday. that's what continues in the windy weather pattern as well, going up to 86 today. antioch and also santa rosa, 76 in san jose, 63, in san francisco. your extended forecast a tad cooler on friday. a few high clouds, but still the clouds linger along the coast on saturday. dad's day for all your barbecue plans and the low 80s, but a bit on the breezy side as well. then we begin to warm up next week. garcia. >> roberta. thank you. we're going to mention here. we're still waiting to hear from california senator alex padilla,

expected to speak any minute now after he was forcibly removed from a news conference with the homeland security secretary. meanwhile, a purple heart medal awarded to a world war two veteran was once lost but is found thousands of miles away. how it was returned to his bay area family next here at noon. and our fox local summer zip trip season is just getting started. one week from tomorrow we get to see you in san jose's japantown neighborhood. as we hit the road to the south bay. we'd love to see your pictures of your favorite road trip. scan the qr code on your screen to upload yourhoto or videos, and we'd

it that belonged to a world war two veteran who died decades ago. his family lost track of it over the years. it was found in a georgia junkyard, still in its case. ktvu tom vacar reports how the people who made the discovery used the inscription on the back to find its rightful owner. >> this medal, a purple heart awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving in the military, was found in a newnan, georgia auto salvage lot under the seat of a forklift. >> i would say it's a minor miracle that it ever got found in the first place. >> the salvage yard employee turned the medal over to the local vfw post. how it got into a georgia scrap yard is yet unknown, but the vfw commander knew exactly what to do. he took it to a local historian who was able to find the medal recipient

inscribed with the name david t mcmahon, who was a resident of michigan when he died. lieutenant mcmahon was a lieutenant and world war ii p-51 mustang pilot in the 348th army air corps fighter group. he died in a crash in the philippines in 1945. 80 years ago. >> that medal, when it was first given to me. here. >> we'll put a quick pause on tom's report here to get to some breaking news we brought you earlier in this newscast. here we see california senator alex padilla speaking for the first time publicly. he was just forcibly removed from a news conference that featured the head of homeland security. let's listen in together. >> i'm here in los angeles today, and i was here in the federal building in the conference room, awaiting a scheduled briefing from federal officials as part of my responsibility as a senator to provide oversight and

accountability. while i was waiting for the briefing with general guillermo, i learned that secretary noem was having a press conference a couple of doors down the hall. since the beginning of the year, but especially over the course of the last, over the course of recent weeks, i several of my colleagues have been asking the department of homeland security for more information and more answers on their increasingly extreme immigration enforcement actions. and we've gotten little to no information in response to our inquiries. and so i came to the press conference to hear what she had to say, to see if i could learn any new additional information. and at one point, i

had a question. and let me emphasize this as we've emphasized the right for people to peacefully protest and to stand up for their first amendment rights for our fundamental rights. i was there peacefully. at one point, i had a question. and so i began to ask a question. i was almost immediately forcibly removed from the room. i was forced to the ground and i was handcuffed. i was not arrested. i was not detained. i will say this. if this is how this administration responds to a senator with a question. if this is how the department of homeland security responds to a senator with a question. you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, to day

laborers out in the los angeles community and throughout california and throughout the country. we will hold this administration accountable. and we'll have more to say. we'll have more to say in the coming days. let me say just briefly in spanish as well. so, senator alex padilla. una junta para recibir mas informacion de los, the. >> firsthand account here from california's senator alex padilla here, describing just minutes after a tumultuous scene was caught on camera. as he described it, he said he was waiting for a scheduled briefing in the same building as the homeland security secretary. he heard that the security secretary was, in his words, a few doors down. so he decided to go over to that news conference and said that he was asking questions after he and his

colleagues were unable to get answers from the department of homeland security in recent weeks about the action we're seeing there in southern california. he said he went to the news conference, had a question, tried to ask it. the senator said he was there peacefully. he says once he began to ask the question, he was immediately forcibly removed from the room. and we heard california senator alex padilla say that he was handcuffed. senator says he was not arrested. he was not detained. but he did go on to make the point that if this is the treatment he, as a california senator, receives, he can only imagine what other californians not in a position of extreme power may be subject to. so we see he's clearly still speaking with journalists assembled there. we'll stay on top of this developing story here. if you haven't seen the video, let's roll it for you again here. this happening in just the past hour or so. this morning, we shared it with you at the beginning when we had our james torres reporting. if we don't have it now, here it is. we see the senator there in the blue jacket. it looks like it takes at least three people, maybe now four, to remove him from the

room. he's essentially pushed out the door. and what we don't see in this video is the fact that the senator was handcuffed again. this, according to the statement he just made, live there in front of the journalist in southern california. we'll stay on top of this developing story, but certainly the images are going to garner a lot of conversation, and we'll keep focusing on what happened, what he was hoping to get from that hearing. and of course, the result of this now. we'll stay on top of this story. we have a lot more developments to brin you on this and boom! so munch for you. sounds like someone's got the munchies. is it too munch to ask for you to play a little bit better? wouldn't make munch difference with your aim. hard to miss your big head. okay... hey, we said no head jokes. build your own munchie meal. or get mine! welcome to jack in the box!

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it's beefy, it's melty, and it's back! starting at $4.99. get so munch more! welcome to jack in the box! see him. ktvu james torres reports. it's a new first for fans of one of the most popular sports in the world. >> the stage is set at the oakland coliseum. a new sport breaking ground on one of the most historical stadiums in the country. >> it's not perfect. you know, we see a bit of warning track still. we see some odd angles, but this surface area really enables to showcase the game properly. the 22 yards of clay in the middle have come from new york. that was on five trucks. that took a lot of work. we're ready. >> leaders of major league cricket say the world is watching as they invest millions of dollars to bring the experience to the town of oakland. >> and now we're. >> breaking into another report here to sort of give you the counterpoint, if you will, from the homeland security secretary on the dustup we saw with

california senator alex padilla a minute ago at a news conference. let's listen in. >> la gets destroyed. why do we not care about every single citizen here? why would we not want to stop that violence from happening in downtown la, and make sure we're protecting those small business owners and those families, too? so the president just really believes that this country is a country of laws. and the only way that we pursue opportunity and success is if everybody gets treated the same. we don't get to decide the law applies to this person, but not to this person. and you don't get to pick winners and losers then. and that's what we're doing, is enforcing the law. we really wish that these leaders here in california would partner with us, rather than continue to spin up political rhetoric. so he and i exchanged phone numbers. we're going to continue to talk and we'll have conversations. and, you know, we may be as far apart on the political spectrum as possible, but we're all human beings and we all want we all love this country, i hope. >> and then last question, la mayor karen bass says what you guys are doing has to stop enforcement in la has to stop.

yeah. >> i think it's sad that she because our ice officers are out there working every single day to get gang members and criminals off the streets and people that have been breaking our laws and violating our laws for a long period of time. it's a city of immigrants, and we all love immigrants. we're all this is a country of immigrants. we are trying to clean up the criminals and the people that have broken our laws, and make sure that our border means something, and that people that are here illegally, we want to get you right with the law. there's consequences for breaking our laws, but we want you to work with us so that you have the opportunity to come back to live in this country and to pursue the american dream. so i served in congress with karen bass, so i know her. and, you know, she has led poorly as a mayor. but i would say that i'd still be willing to work with her if she wants to clean up her city. >> cool. know you got a flight to catch. anything else you want. >> to add? well, we're going to go feed and spend some time eating, i think mcdonald's, with our national guard troops and

with our military and some of our law enforcement officers. and that's the best part of my day, is letting them know. >> everyone listening in live here to the department of homeland security, the secretary, kristi noem, detailing her agency and the trump administration's mission there in southern california. she is pushing back against the california leaders, including the governor, who have engaged in a war of words and are suing the trump administration over the use of national guard troops to crack down on protesters who turned violent amid enhanced immigration law enforcement. so we saw a minute ago, california senator alex padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference featuring the dhs secretary. it looks like she has some more business to conduct there in los angeles. of course, we should note that at this point, the hearing over whether the president overstepped his authority and sending national guard troops to southern california. california leaders, including the governor, say it's a move to intimidate those living in southern california and to suppress any action against immigration action. here's that video that really kind of sparked, sparked this

whole round of back and forth between california leaders in the center there and the navy jacket. we see california senator alex padilla being forcibly removed from a news conference at which the homeland security secretary, kristi noem, was speaking a minute ago. we brought you the senator's comments live. he said. he was handcuffed, not detained or arrested. but still, it appears the homeland security secretary is very firm in her and the administration's stance and saying the president has sent the national guard troops here. they belong here to protect the people of los angeles. certainly many people in the southland and beyond disagree. we're staying on top of that developing story, bringing you live updates as we get them here at noon. that's why we are glad you are here to witness this. we're also going to focus on another story that affects every single one of us. that is the bay area, weather. we are four for four. roberto gonzalez when it comes to workdays that have been very gray. well, through the noon hour. pretty look at that gorgeous golden gate. i see just the tiniest bit of blue, though. >> yeah, and more than yesterday, right? for sure. certainly. june gloom in earnest around here. hey, the east bay is going to have a full dance

card this weekend. we have the bernardo circus in town. we also have the annual livermore parade and rodeo, and we also have the alameda county fair. it kicks off tomorrow through july 6th. boy, this is what they were hoping for. some very mild conditions. and they've got it for the opening of the alameda county fair tonight. overnight, we're going to dip into the 40s and 50s across the board. boy, it was a chilly morning, wasn't it? many locations, many neighborhoods into the 40s. meanwhile, this is the scene, as garcia was alluding to. we do have the clouds just hanging out over the golden gate bridge. no visibility issues at this hour, but because it's cloudy in the city, it's 58 degrees there. a pair of fives socked in in half moon bay and in concord. they're saying, what fog? what low clouds? we're gorgeous at 72 degrees. and these temperatures are averaging up to seven degrees warmer than this time yesterday. breezy to downright windy. and throughout that san bruno gap. and these winds will remain with us and increase

during the afternoon hours 10 to 20. an occasional gusts up to 30 along the immediate sea shore. so here's a look at some of your forecast high temperatures today. yes. antioch, pittsburgh. you're striking out towards 86 degrees. well, half moon bay will hover around 58 and 59 degrees. low clouds, fog parked next to the coast of california. we keep seeing these little small impulses rolling in and out, and as they do so, they either bring down a little cooler air mass, or they enhance that marine layer. as far as today is concerned, marine layer is backing off a little bit sooner. how about that? that should be 63 degrees there. part of me for that 76 in san jose and a pair of sevens around palo alto. go ahead and pick out your neighborhood forecast 74 degrees in vallejo, benicia, martinez, and american canyon, 74 mountain view through atherton and woodside. here's your extended forecast. numbers go up and down ever so gently. a good looking father's day and warming begins

next monday for at least three days. we're talking temperatures back near 90 or above for father's day. we've got a special forecast for you here. we do have the morning cloudiness and partly sunny. and for all your barbecue plans, and i'm in line for that 83 degrees for inland high temperature gasia. >> roberta. thank you. cancer has jumped to the leading cause of death among firefighters. they have a 9% greater risk of being diagnosed with the disease and a 14% higher risk of dying from it than the general population. this, according to a study published by the national institutes of health on the occupational hazards of firefighting. now, the hayward fire department has partnered up with the redwood city based biotech company nuvo to offer full body mri scans to firefighters and identify cancer early on. we are happy to welcome andrew ghaly, hayward fire's union president, and eric vollmer, interim fire chief of the hayward fire department, to our new newscast. gentlemen, thanks for being with us. >> hi, garcia. thanks for having us. of course. >> so many of us think about the risks firefighters face, and

most of us think, of course, of burning buildings. the fact that cancer is the number one death risk. now, what do you two make of that? >> yeah, i think it's one of those things that not many people consider in the profession that we have. it's considered one of the silent killers for us, and it's something that we need to put more attention towards. and, you know, that's what we're doing with nuvo and all these cancer screenings. early detection is the way that's going to save our lives. and, you know, i'm thankful for the city of hayward, our partnership with the fire department, the fire chief and everybody who's assisted to it assisted us with this. it's been a it's been an awesome experience to have, and we look forward to more opportunities in the future. >> and interim chief vollmer, can you tell me, was this awareness around when you started in firefighting? i imagine it's changed and grown immensely. >> no, it's changed tremendously. i mean, when i came on, we still had, you know, a handful of firefighters smoking cigarettes. so it's changed quite a bit drastically.

and with testing we've, you know, found that there we have more and more carcinogens that were available to or exposed to everyday. and this is just a way for us to work to keep our firefighters safe. you know, when we get into management roles, you know, i'm not necessarily out protecting the residents like i was, but now my job kind of shifts to protect those who are out there serving hayward and fairview. >> and andrew galli. tell me how the mris work. which firefighters are eligible? where does the process go from there? >> yeah. so the everybody in the organization is eligible to receive the mri scan, partnering with nuvo, obviously the city of hayward, they allowed us to go and do these tests. it was a pretty simple process. took about 20 minutes. the staff had was great. and within about a week it gave us the results that we were looking for. >> and what do you say to other fire departments who aren't able to offer this sort of service to

their firefighters? >> i'd say try to find a way to do it. we risk a lot on this job. we sacrifice a lot time away from our families. the risk that we take every day. i think it's an obligation for cities to do what we're doing. we have to find a way to do it. and until our primary care, health care or our primary care physicians are going to allow us to have these cancer screenings paid for by insurance, i think it's something that the city should look to do for their firefighters, just based off of what we do for a living. >> absolutely. and the fact that that, that the men and women on the fire department don't ask questions before they run in to save people should speak a lot of the service you provide. gentlemen. we'll have to leave it here. thank you both for your service to the community. and i wish you safe and happy work in the future. thank you again. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks. coming up, we're going to switch directions here and talk about something i just can't get enough of. and that is live music. oakland's own pianist and saxophonist will be performing at yoshi's soon. after a quick break, we'll get

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very own pianist mic composer kev choice returns to yoshi's stage with a soulful saxophonist, io brame and grammy winning vocalist fur. thank you gentlemen all for being here. you're collaborating together. kev choice, celebrating the new release of what he says is his most personal and powerful project to date. it is called something that's very dear to your heart here. when we talk

about music that's important to you. you and i have met before and we've talked sort of on, on and off the news. kev choice. it's important for you to share where this music comes from. >> well, you know, this music just really comes from number one, just personal experience of how i'm evolving as a human being and as a man. also just living here in oakland, california, seeing the things that we are all going through as a community and just trying to reflect that through music and give people inspiration and also hope in the times that we're facing right now. >> you were all three sitting in the studio here as we've been bringing our viewers news of what you talked about, what's happening here in oakland, right. a lot of feelings, you know, some protest, a lot of upset, also a lot to celebrate. how do you work all that into your music? >> i feel like first it's all about, you know, we have to be right within ourselves. we have to take care of ourselves. we have to make sure that we're available to be present, to do the work, whatever, whatever that may be, standing up for whatever causes being present in community, being parents, being friends, being mentors. you got to take care of yourself first and be present and be prepared to do whatever is called of you

to do. >> what are you guys doing at yoshi's? on the 27th? >> yoshi's was celebrating new music and also june is black music month, so i always like to highlight just the incredible contributions of black musicians, from jazz to hip hop to soul to gospel and just having fun with the people. you know, it's about to be summertime. we want to get out and have a good time with our family. it's all ages can come through and support and yeah, it's all about uplifting music in the community for sure. >> kev choice and fur, short for christopher. you've been doing this a long time. this gentleman comes along relatively new to the oakland scene, 18 years old. i know you just graduated oakland school for the arts. you headed off to college? tell me how you feel when you are playing the saxophone. >> i mean, it's just another vessel to express yourself. it's like an entire. >> art form. and it's really cool to be playing with, like, oakland legends like this and him, you know? so it's dope. yeah. >> do you ever allow yourself to think about maybe when i'm in their shoes, do i get to go back to osa and find the young kid who's on the saxophone, who maybe doesn't know if she or he can do it and help them get to

where you are? >> i mean, of course, i always like, think back to when i was watching kev when i was little, and i just want to give another child that feeling. so it's always good to inspire other people. >> all right. for what do you say you have done with this young man is about to do? he is. he's entering the same college you graduated from and teach and taught at. why is continuing that music education so important? i know a lot of kids who quit band in high school. >> right, right. well, i mean, not only can it be something that you can use later in your career as far as just another source of income, but that's how you can just get better as a musician. you know, you have to be around other like minded people so that you can grow, and so that you can kind of discover new ways, you know, to be a better artist. >> your dad encouraged you at a very, very young age. kev choice. was your family as supportive? because a lot of parents would say you need something to fall back on? >> you know, my family just kept music present in every, every aspect of life, whether that was cooking, whether that was hanging out. you know, it was always records playing music, playing people singing, not necessarily playing music on

instruments, but the music was in the space. and also going to church, where me and fur grew up in the same church in san francisco, you know. so it was always present wherever i was at. so i kind of just gravitated towards that sound and towards this instrument. >> all right. well, do we get to hear a little bit of your creation? >> i mean, we got it right here. >> well, let's i mean, since we plugged it in, tell me the name of the album. >> the name of the album is going to be the highest self. got it is the highest self. >> the highest self. kev. choice i of rain for gentlemen. i'm going to step out so you all can take it away. thank you for being here. let's listen in together everybody. [music]

[music] >> what i got left to prove. don't they see all my moves? i mean, god is my witness. always been the truth. you could say i'm living proof. if you believe in you, the universe will see you through what i got left to prove. don't they see all my moves? i mean, god is my witness. always been the truth. you could say i'm living proof. if you believe in you, the universe will see you through. i've been underestimated more times than global warming. i try not to complain. gratitude overflowing. [music] it's all said and done. hope they say he kept growing. [music] and every effort that he ever gave was heroic. we could go all the way back to daily dosage. i was just trying to make the world take notice. most musicians on the scene sounded like they was cogic. i sounded

like a mix of oakland and beethoven. [music] master's degree emcee. that's an anomaly. guess i need more street credit and less modesty. [music] i came up modestly, single pair

two year budget after months of contentious hearings. most notably, the new budget will keep all firehouses in oakland open. they'll also include funds to help boost the number of sworn officers in the police department, and it will prevent staff layoffs. oakland had been facing a huge budget shortfall to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. the new plan is aiming to use revenue from a new parcel tax that voters will decide on next year to close that deficit. mayor barbara lee said in a statement the budget reflected many of her goals. she added, i also want to thank the council for including $3 million in funds for business incentives, another $1 million for economic activation zones

and an additional 1 million for community safety ambassadors in business corridors across the city. now, the san francisco mayor, daniel lowry, has delivered his budget proposal that cities grappling with tough decisions and plenty of criticism. ktvu christian captain reports the head of one local nonprofit has launched a hunger strike to get his message across. >> on the front steps of san francisco's city hall, demonstrators and supervisors spoke out against proposed cuts to free legal aid programs in the mayor's budget proposal. advocates say the city spends $4.2 million to support the free legal aid programs. they also say that that money saves about 300 people from homelessness each year, which would cost the city even more than that $4 million. now, the head of open door legal is taking a drastic step to bring the issue to the forefront. >> so that's why i want to bring the suffering out into the open, to expose what happened to our clients and communities. if this budget passes as proposed. so as a statement of solidarity, i've decided to embark on a hunger

strike and not eat again until the funding is restored. >> those who've used the free legal help say it's kept them off the streets. >> if open door legal didn't exist, i would be homeless. my mental health would be drastically affected and i would still be under a depression. >> in response, the mayor's office referred ktvu to his budget proposal announcement, where he said he is facing down the $800 million deficit head on, that some painful decisions are necessary, and that the city is doubling down on core services to keep people safe. inside city hall, the budget and appropriations committee got to work tackling the budget, city departments head said. they know positions may be on the line. for example, the city administrator said positions that the public regularly deals with directly, including the team that answers 311 calls in the community. ambassador programs may both be impacted. >> while the numbers may not sound like a lot to us, it makes a big difference. these are people that we work with. so i

think just to recognize that that impact is not only felt on people most profoundly who are impacted by the job loss potentially, but is also by all of their colleagues who get to know them. >> budget chair connie chan said all along that this would be a difficult and painful process, one that she says is compounded by the likelihood of cuts from the federal government. >> for every dollar that we may have on our reserve, we now cannot really spend it to bridge some of the existing deficit gap, because we're facing the threats from trump administration. >> the board of supervisors will continue working on the budget through june. the mayor needs to sign off on that budget by the end of july in san francisco, christien kafton, ktvu, fox two news. >> three more small businesses in san francisco are opening their doors in downtown san francisco. the openings are part of the city's ongoing vacant, a vibrant project to revitalize downtown and fill empty storefronts. the taqueria al pastor papi officially opened yesterday on o'farrell. the craftivity art space will open tomorrow on fremont, and new

works will offer artist designed apparel. on powell street there in union square. this afternoon, the san francisco giants will try to sweep the colorado rockies, baseball's worst team, and extend their winning streak to eight games. giants beat the rockies last night, 10 to 7. rallying back from behind, the giants scored a combined seven runs in the eighth and ninth innings, one of their best offensive totals in weeks. >> you know, once we get a couple runners on base, we feel like we really have a chance. and the more you play these games and the more you have success doing that, the more you have success coming back and having to score multiple runs, you know, the better the feeling is in the dugout. once it gets started, it feels like there's a lot of momentum. >> after today's game against the rockies, the giants will go to los angeles this weekend to play the first place dodgers. right now, the giants are just half a game back for the lead in the nl west. this week is california state parks week. there are celebrations and activities across california. this year's tagline is this is where you live. more than 170 events are planned in marin county. samuel p taylor park

celebrated with activities including tai chi, some mural painting, games, birding, hikes and much more. the state parks director says it's important now more than ever to protect natural spaces. >> right now, we need places like this more than ever. it's a place where you can reconnect and really just sort of, you know, get yourself ready to go back to another day and bring the memories of these places with you. >> california has 280 state parks, more than any other state. everything from redwood forest to sunny beaches to sweeping deserts. you'll find a list of upcoming events, including those that are offering free admission on the state park website. yosemite is set to open all its park campgrounds starting this month, marks the first time since 2019 all 13 campgrounds will be open. this will free up about 500 campsites for people to enjoy. reservations are released daily. you can book two weeks in advance. the campground opening dates are staggered through the month, and you can find more by going to yosemite's website. well, my goodness, this was a

busy noon newscast! we are so glad that you are with us. i know our team in the ktvu newsroom is working to learn more about what happened when california senator alex padilla was forcibly removed from a news conference featuring the department of homeland security secretary kristi noem. of course, watching the weather as well, which is changing, i promise you it will get warm. in just the past few minutes since we last saw this picture. thanks to roberta, the skies are gettin ev more hey, what's going on? everyone i'm alex savage. welcome to this edition of like it or not. you know how the show works. we put out the hot topics here to our panel, and they let us know if they like it or not. we have a fantastic group here for today's show, of course, rosemary orozco from here at k tv taking a break from the weather department just to just for a moment. yes, we appreciate it always. and we also have you. you know him from ig all american p? yes la what's going on? oh, i no, i want a

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