jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. at 11, a volunteer school crossing guard is being remembered after being killed while on the job a year ago, a special memorial and dedication taking place this evening for ashley diaz, the 45 year old volunteered as a crossing guard at stanley middle school in lafayette on september 8th. he was hit and killed after running into an intersection to push students out of the way out of an out of control suv. ashley's mom attended this evening's memorial honoring her son. i'm still waiting for the doorbell to ring. and to see ashley walk in. but this huge grain and contagious life. my daily mantra every day every hour is ashley. i miss you. i wish you were here. this memorial here and the one that stanley will forever stand as a reminder for us to take care to be present and to please drive carefully. investigators say the driver of the suv collided with another car and accelerated into the intersection. hitting diaz. the ds family has been recognized for ashley's heroics that day, saving

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. at 11, a teacher at a middle school in san jose has been arrested on suspicion of having inappropriate sexual communications with the students , police say 29 year old trade avante owens, a teacher at herbert hoover middle school, had inappropriate online contact with a 14 year old girl at abraham lincoln high school. they say he solicited sexual images from her and made arrangements to pick her up. the communication reportedly went on for three weeks. additional counselors will be available at hoover middle school and lincoln high school as the investigation continues after leaving a trail of destruction across florida, millions more are now preparing for hurricane ian. second landfall in south carolina. fox news. madeline rivera has the latest from fort myers, florida. ian strengthening back into our hurricane now taking aim at georgia and the carolinas now is the time to prepare. please do not wait. the national hurricane center, warning of life threatening storm search flooding an

ktvu jana katsuyama spoke with pg and e and explains the cause. the power outage in healdsburg wednesday came just as restaurants were preparing for their lunchtime crowds down, then. almost two hours little over two hours. terrible blow for noble yuki asahi's sushi restaurant, a waste of pricey raw fish that needed refrigeration and restaurants left with no connections for credit cards. so i decided to cross lunch business. pg and e. says 6000 customers lost power in healdsburg, geyserville and cloverdale cruz traced the cause to a damaged wooden power pole in cloverdale that appeared to have been hit by a vehicle. the transmission line to the substation was in a high risk fire area, but fortunately did not spark a fire. there were some low hanging lines, but there was no down lines. no spark. no fire department called up no ignitions or anything of that sort. pg and e says it's preparing extra equipment and crews for this hot weekend. just don't see the fire risk being that extreme that we would need to shut off the power for safety. california'

alright jana katsuyama reporting live for us tonight. thanks, janna. new at 11, another resident at a senior living home in san mateo has died and his family says it's because he was given dishwashing liquid to drink word of the second death at a tree. a senior living comes in a lawsuit filed by the family of peter schroeder. the lawsuit says schroder drank the red dishwashing liquid one staff mistook it for cranberry juice. police investigated two other cases of residents ingesting toxic chemicals there. one other residents also died and was brutally attacked in san francisco's mission district. and tonight his family is pleading for help to find the person responsible. ktvu zach sauce tells us the victim was returning home from work late at night. she told me my dad was bleeding. my dad was outside gilmore on the phone with his mother late tuesday evening, learning that his father, ramon raina had been attacked. i just told her okay, i'm coming. i'm coming home within 15 minutes, he arrived at his parents' home in the mission to find his 52 year old

we really community in oakland, jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. still ahead tonight, the father, who was hit by a car, along with his son as a plowed through a trader joe's earlier this month, is sharing his story coming up their road to recovery , and chevron is moving its headquarters. why it's not going, though too far. kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30. at 31 year old kenneth mikel sack is accused of forcibly entering an apartment on carol lane. police say he forced the family inside to duct tape them duct tape duct tape themselves before they fought back. the suspect now faces multiple charges, including chi

ktvu jana katsuyama spoke to protesters in the crowd at uc berkeley. awesome. putting their pain into signs and chants of protest. hundreds of people from the bay area's iranian communities joined together at uc berkeley friday night, they chanted the name of a 22 year old iranian woman who died in police custody after she was arrested september 16th by iran's morality police for allegedly not wearing her hijab headscarf tightly enough. police say she died of heart failure. witnesses say she was beaten in the head crowd, a mix of young and old spoken english and farsi , grieving for the young woman angry at the regime that imposes mandatory head coverings on women in iran and has cut off social media to quell the protests that have erupted across the country. vacation has been cut voices have been silenced. we're here to kind of bring that voice back. many of the candlelight vigil say they are inspired by the iranian women and supporters who have since taken to the streets in iran, removing their hijabs and burning them. dozens have been killed in the protests.

ktvu jana katsuyama live tonight in the newsroom with more on this new approach to california's lack of affordable housing, jenna mike san francisco unified school district plans to hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. tomorrow at an old school district site that's been transformed into affordable housing for teachers, and that could be just the beginning. governor newsome signs a bill to make these teacher housing projects easier statewide. fencing and construction equipment have sprung up on 43rd avenue between irving and judas streets in the cities. sunset district, the san francisco unified school district plans to hold a groundbreaking ceremony tuesday for its first affordable housing project for teachers, and it's going to have 100 and 35 affordable housing units, and that's a mix of studios 12 and three bedroom apartment. the apartment building will sit on 1.37 acres of school district land in the middle of a residential neighborhood, three person household old the max income would be 150,000 year. we definitely have a shortage of housing, and i know that teachers are are

ktvu is jana katsuyama joins us now live with the latest facts, and experts say vaccinations and boosters are essential to keeping ahead of this virus, jenna julie, the world health organization's director general , says it's important to seize this opportunity to get ahead of the stars. kobe to virus. the data is really remarkable. the more people who are vaccinated and boosted against the omicron strain with this new shot, the better the chance of putting this pandemic behind us. 2.5 years into the covid pandemic. nearly 6.5 million people have died worldwide. but on wednesday , some encouraging news came from the world health organization in geneva, a drop in the number of covid deaths. w h o data shows last week, 2812 people died of covid. the world has not seen a level that low since march. 9th 2020 when there were 2743 weekly covid deaths. we have never been in a better position to end the pandemic. we're not there yet. but. the end is inside. it's not a clear line where we passed from pandemic to know pandemic because covid is with us and it will be with us, you know for the for th

ktvu jana katsuyama went to the british consul general's residence in san francisco today and shares how people there are paying tribute to a queen many saw as a role model. the british flag flying outside the british consul general's residence in san francisco was at half staff the winds of change blowing for consular staff who have lost their queen. it is meant a lot to have the outpouring of condolences in the bay area have been deeply touched by all of the warm wishes, and i know that the royal family will be when they received those will be very happy to receive those i think will be very comforted, deputy consul general tammy sandhu says diplomats have been writing messages in a condolence book at the official residence near the presidio and at the british consulate offices in downtown san fran. cisco staff have set up a table with the queen's photo for people to write messages to the royal family in another condolence book, there we are accepting flowers, we are accepting mementos. flags outside san francisco city hall also were lowered in mourning for the queen and inside on

jana katsuyama live in oakland. jenna thank you for that and less than an hour after that, shooting that generals at oakland police say officers responded to another one that left one person dead. the shooting happened just before 8 30 tonight on the 2200 block of east 20th street. oakland police say they received multiple calls in the area, police say. when officers arrived on scene, they found the victim's suffering from a gunshot wound. that person died at the scene. anyone with information about this shooting, has also asked to call oakland police marijuana users will have new employment protections after governor newsom signed a package of legislation into law. the governor says the 10 bills will strengthen california's cannabis laws and expand the legal marijuana market. one bill specifically protects workers from being penalized for using pot while off the clock. the bill bans employers from discriminating discriminating against workers who fail a certain type of drug test that detects not whether a person is

ktvu jana katsuyama is tracking a back. you ation efforts, but first we begin with our chief meteorologist bill martin, who is monitoring the hurricane's path, bill. watching me and much of the day and actually, yesterday, too, but one of the things you're noticing here. if we go to the satellite loop, you're going to see the eye. which you, of course know is the center. and what we're looking at here over time. look at how well defined it is. it's strengthening. it appears this storm, especially when the guy gets real tight like it is there closes off a little bit there, but i suspect this because there's so much convective itty around the eye wall. but the bottom line here is this storm is projected to be stronger when it comes onshore, and when it's on shore than it was just a few hours ago. so if you look at this, you see on wednesday morning, the activity will category four just offshore that's going to be in the next couple of hours. by, you know by four in the morning or something like that. and then a few hours late

continuing now, with the power outages around the bay area tonight, ktvu jana katsuyama spoke with pg and e. the utility says people will need to conserve twice as much tomorrow or there could be even more severe outages. the power outage hit in the middle of the afternoon in pleasant hill. traffic lights went off gas stations couldn't pump gas or do business and the safeway store on the border of martinez and pleasant hill was completely dark. no power for life to do business outages, mostly in the east bay and south bay reached 40,000 customers by seven pm throughout the bay area. the main cause of averages that we're seeing is transformer failure because these components are not able to cool down overnight, pg and e spokeswoman maira tostadas says. they had extra crews stage to replace down lines and transformers in pleasant hill. cruz put signs up at intersections and urge drivers to be careful. we noticed stoplights back from all the way over to lafayette kind of happy valley road and then all the way up until taylor boulevard. sounds of generators filled many neighborhoods. we h

alright jana katsuyama live tonight in oakland, jenna. thank you. for that. the power grid did see its biggest strain yesterday and a miscommunication is being blamed for some unnecessary rolling blackouts yesterday in several cities not served by pg and e. now those cities include alameda. healdsburg palo alto, lodi, the authority that oversees the power in those cities, the northern california power authority says one of its dispatchers misunderstood communication from cal iso as calling for outages. the n c p a says it is now working with callous so to ensure such a miscommunication does not happen in the future. we're learning that a pg and e substation failure caused power to go down at two hospitals in san jose santa clara county, says both santa clara valley medical center and o'connor. hospital last power at about 6 30 last night. backup generators came online. but then the backups failed at some buildings at santa clara valley. medical officials say the emergency department was closed to stroke , heart attack trauma and ambulance arrivals. seven pati

jana katsuyama live for us tonight in oakland, jenna thank you for that. and of course, we will bring you new information tonight throughout the newscast as janet gets it, and also on the 11 o'clock. like news tonight. as we learn more from that crime scene. we're also going to be updating the ktvu news app in our website at ktvu .com. new tonight. two women were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds following a shooting in san francisco's mission district video posted the citizen app shows the aftermath of tonight's shooting on 23rd street near mission. the women were injured at about 6 30 tonight, authorities say. one has life threatening injuries. the other does not. investigators have not said anything about what may have led up to the shooting. or possible suspects. if you have any information about this case in san francisco, you're urged to contact police tonight. we're hearing from the family of three children, two boys and one girl who were critically injured when they were hit by a vehicle in antioch's tell us one child may not survive but to

ktvu is jana katsuyama is here now, with the impact on families and funerals, janna julian alex . forensic pathologists have very special training and skill sets, looking for evidence in autopsies that can really make a difference in whether victims family gets justice and a killer is found. but that meticulous work takes time and staffing and each day of delay can be heartbreaking for the family members that are trying to plan the funerals in oakland this week. families of each homicide victim are waiting, hoping to get their loved one's remains so they can prepare for funerals. but at the alameda county coroner's office a backlog of cases that we first reported on last february is not getting

all right now to our jana katsuyama. she's live in alameda tonight, where the municipal power company triggered outages. janna. yes julie. it really was a close call statewide today. kauai so did manage to avoid those rotating outages. but here at alameda municipal utility as well as down at palo alto, these smaller utilities did have some residents lose power temporarily. alice. oh made it clear tuesday that getting power to the people could be a problem with demand estimated to reach record highs. the calls to conserve came early for outages is real, and it's immediate. everyone has to do their part to help step up for just a few more days. pg and e put more than 525,000 customers on alert for rotating outages. pgd also posted an address. look up for customers to see whether their service block would be affected . pg need breaks it service territory in these blocks different cities not based on circuits not based on zip codes , but all based on kilowatt, so we know exactly how many kilowatts or how many megawatts repre

jana katsuyama. reporting on how the power outages are affecting bay area families, but first right to chief meteorologist bill martin, we go dangerous heat out there today, and we're not done yet, bill. not at all. this heat dome is so strong that it's not moving, really, for the almost entirely this week. it'll cool off a little bit on wednesday and warm up on thursday, but tomorrow is going to be equally as hot as today. and probably hotter. we had all time record set today we had to deliver more at 1 16 different stations and reporting here that was a straight record in downtown livermore at 1 13. but 1 16 at livermore got that sets the all time record of any month of the year any day of the year for living with the hottest it's ever been in that town. we're going to see more of that kind of thing tomorrow potentially could see some all time records in california that he told him as i pointed out earlier is massive. it went. i've never seen one this big it's you know, it's 15 1600 miles across th

heather there on the way thank you so much jana katsuyama. increased covid vaccination rates among people hesitant to get the vaccine here in california. scientists from usc and u c l. a randomly tried different public health messages with a group of unvaccinated people in contra costa county. now some of the messages included a 10 or $50 incentive to get the shot. they say that while some of the health messages increased intentions among the participants, none of the interventions raised vaccination rates a big political win for governor newsom today the state legislature passed in a stack of bills addressing climate change , they add up to $54 billion in climate spending. ktvu political reporter greg lee has the story on where those dollars will be going. in a late night final session, state lawmakers passed a package of bills to continue california's fight against climate change this legislation and this budget reassert california's leadership among the 50 states and in the world on fighting climate change. state senator john laird, who re

jana katsuyama ktvu fox two news and with the cdcs approval of two new special booster shots, the anticipation of their arrival is palpable. santa clara county is expected to begin receiving shipments of the boosters as early as today and will continue receiving them into early next week. county public health leaders explained how the county will distribute the new doses. we will continue to operate our mass vaccination sites at three different locations in the county. appointments can be found at scc free vax .org. we don't know exactly when our shipments of vaccine will arrive, but we anticipate mental mental late next week. covid cases in santa clara county have a seven day rolling average of 348, california remains just under 8000 cases a day with close to 18,000 vaccines administered daily. the details this noon have emerged from last month's fbi search or former president trump's florida estate. the justice department released a detailed inventory of items retrieved at mara lago to the public today. the list includes confidential us documents, photographs, empty folders with classified b

we really put the community in oakland, jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. back now to hurricane ian, which has left a path of destruction across florida. crews are busy with rescue operations that are now well underway. these are dangerous missions, and i'm grateful for the brave women and men and federal, state and local governments working as one team risking their lives to save others. president got an update from fema this morning, said his administration is pledging federal resources to help people and businesses as the recovery gets underway. ktvu james torres shows us the videos of ongoing search and rescue missions. about 30 helicopters are in the air, rescuing people stranded after the storm. here's a view of what they're seeing over key west. what you got home coast guard in nassau county, just north of jacksonville, rescued a man from his sailboat. after he nearly fell overboard. they were forced to grab him by the waist and pull him into their boat to safety back. the orange county sheriff's office. does he need to be evacuated? step out of your

mike jana katsuyama live tonight in oakland. jenna thank you tonight we are learning more about two men who were killed in a drive by shooting in oakland pill hill neighborhood. gunfire broke out right in front of river nile market and lay alina restaurant about 7 45 last night, police said there appeared to be multiple shooters in a vehicle that opened fire on individuals at those two locations. the victims have been identified as 27 year old hussam al audrey, who is originally from yemen and 59 year old be law, isa, who friends said was a fixture in the local ethiopian community. bilal. he was helping people. he has his children. he has a family. very nice boy. one of our family or homicide sections, investigating all angles of this crime. this incident is very obviously tragic. shocking. a 19 year old man was also shot in the leg and wounded. police say the motive is not known, and anyone with information about the case is asked to call police oakland pd did send out a tweet today mapping recent gunfire. police say there were

jana katsuyama ktvu fox. two news people in san jose, looking for a new place to live after a car crashed into an apartment complex, police say just before two o'clock this morning and car drove through the intersection of center road and silverdale avenue, hit a parked car, then slammed into the building. the driver and the occupants were gone when police arrived, but later found nearby and arrested for suspicion of dy. police say the driver was an 18 year old man who had two juveniles with him at the time. people who live in that building say they were awakened by the car and car parts crashing into their apartment. i was sleeping in my bedroom and then i heard the noise. just like something heading i thought the 1st 1st start up. i thought that the car hit my house. but then when i came out i saw the whole cabinet kitchen is broken loose. nobody in the building was injured, but two apartment units were red tagged due to the damage. meantime, check this out and moving truck crashed into an apartment in bull

jana katsuyama live in the newsroom. janet. thank you, california now looking to expand in pole resources, all in hopes of preventing gun violence , attorney general rob bonta announced the launch of a new state office. ktvu is brooks jarocz has more on the attorney general's plan, destroying guns. we actually doing this in real life? gathering about guns, violence, prevention groups and victims. families joined california's attorney general in san francisco's soma district wednesday, armed with a message epidemic has paralyzed all of us . it has gotten out of control and is out of hand. scott lost her son 26 years ago, gunned down in a graduation party. since then, she says gun violence has only increased beyond belief. we must turn it around, and we can do because this is about all of us, and none of us. every every time i hear of a mother losing her son or someone losing. their mother to domestic violence because of a gun. it's rounders, my soul. we are not immune to this disease. so attorney general rob bonta just announced

center last covid infection julie jana katsuyama reporting live tonight. thanks. janna officials at johns hopkins university are scaling back on reporting on covid-19 cases and deaths. the university has closely tracked coronavirus case numbers, deaths and other vital metrics since the start of the pandemic, the chronicle reports that starting next wednesday. the amount of information released will slow down. that's due to a lack of covid public health data from local and state agencies. as part of the ship, the university's tracker will eliminate case numbers altogether, officials say those numbers have become an unreliable pandemic marker due to the widespread use of home testing. tonight an outpouring of support for vallejo high school football coach is recovering after being shot right outside the school. his work to better the lives of students in the city. as we get closer to the weekend, the weather is changing from hot to cool to now rain in the forecast back here with a five day also an update on the mosquito fire burning in the sierra foothills . new num

ktvu jana katsuyama has a look at inflation and its impacts on families and business owners here in the bay area. rare blend cafe in oakland, omar the barista put care into each cup of coffee, but the costs have shot up for a shot of caffeine other than rent. i think everything increase even wages. um from the smallest things like toilet paper to for sure, coffees increased by a lot from our cups to our spoke to our straws, and the milk has been extremely high. even our pastries, pastries are up about 20% inflation remains stubbornly high. and on tuesday the consumer price index report by the bureau of labor statistics showed costs in august rose 8.3% in the past 12 months. some of the largest increases were for food, such as meat, eggs, fish, milk, fruits and vegetables and coffee. other goods such as new and used cars also have seen prices rise. trading my car into getting used car and it's very difficult, you know, because surprisingly, the thing that used to be a little bit more inexpensive. is so expensive. one encouraging sign was that gas prices have dropped slightly , but the hi

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we really community in oakland, jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. and our coverage of the shooting continues at ktvu dot com. we will be monitoring the latest developments and bring you updates as we do learn more about the hurricane in. it has weakened to a category one storm tonight as it continues to move across florida, the severe storm bringing fierce winds, catastrophic flooding and drenching rain. residents who did not evacuate are hunkering down, watching the storm tear right through their communities. this is a house from across the street at the beach. there used to be a tree right there. somebody's rv came in our backyard. that's our pool. that's our deck. that that was my house. my house is gone. fort myers, about 100 miles south of tampa, is among the places hit hardest video showing vehicles in debris from destroyed buildings floating in flood waters. some homes completely gone. people are trapped in others that remain. the city is under right now. a 48 hour curfew except for emergency workers in brenton, florida, about 45 miles south

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. very nice. well, the 12 pianos will be on display at the san francisco botanical gardens through tuesday. as we head into the final weekend of summer rain in the forecast, i'll have a look at when you can expect it to arrive and how much i expect we'll get coming up. also experts are predicting the sharpest turning the housing market since 2008 the choice between prop 26 and 27? let's get real. prop, 26 means no money to fix homelessness, no enforcement oversight and no support for disadvantaged tribes. yikes! prop 27 generates hundreds of millions towards priorities like new housing units in all 58 counties. 27 supports non-gaming tribes and includes strict audits that ensure funds go directly to people off the streets and into there's only one choice. yes on 27. ♪ ♪ wow, we're crunching tons of polygons here! what's going on? where's regina? hi, i'm ladonna. i invest in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to the nasdaq-100 innovations, like real time cgi. okay... yeah... oh. don't wor

ktvu jana katsuyama live in the newsroom tonight with the president's pledge and reaction, also from those struggling to cope with cancer now jenna and julie, the cdc says cancer is the nation's second highest killer, with more than 1600 people dying from cancer every day here in the united states today, president biden announced a new national cancer institute's scholars program. that's the fund more cancer research, and he signed an executive order on biotechnology to make the us less dependent on foreign countries for medical tools and materials. oh it was the scariest thing ever. that's scare of a lifetime for nancy sin or was seeing her grown daughter, also a mom battling cancer. she was bald laying in her bed. i handed her her water . i ran out and started crying. so monday when seen or heard president biden, a father, who lost his own 46 year old son, beau to brain cancer seven years ago. his words were like medicine. the goal is to cut cancer death rates by at least 50% at least 50. in the next 25 years old daughter and many people touched by cancer, a nationwide cancer moons

tbs jana katsuyama explains the impact on families and funerals too. in oakland this week. families of each homicide victim are waiting, hoping to get their loved one's remains so they can prepare for funerals. but at the alameda county coroner's office a backlog of cases that we first reported on last february is not getting any better and continues, causing delays. the recent spike in homicides in oakland and in our other county jurisdictions has been problematic for us lieutenant ray kelly with the alameda county sheriff's office says thursday morning. there were 35 autopsy's pending with a total well wait list of 90 dissidents. he says. the big challenge is a staffing shortage. one of our chief pathologist just took another job somewhere else. we've had a hard time keeping forensic pathologists here in alameda county. finding replacement staff has been hard . lieutenant kelly says. alameda county has had to bring doctors in from outside the area. we have a shortage of forensic pathologist people qualified to do um, forensic medical exams, particularly in the case of hom

canada is a forum that we will no doubt be covering jana katsuyama live tonight in oakland. thank you. oakland unified school board president gary. he issued a statement today about the mass. she reading, he said the board joins acting superintendent dr sandra gilera in expressing our sorrow and grief in response to yesterday's shooting. the statement goes on with we have seen and heard a united message from every segment of our community leadership that violence is never the answer. and that this epidemic of gun violence must be eradicated. the gunshot victims have ties to the school or district. two of the victims are students. one is a counselor. one is a security guard and two others work at the school. one of the victims is school district carpenter jason arbuckle, and he tells us he was working at the school when he was shot in the head. the bullet grazed his scalp and nicked the bone. he texted us. i'm good and alive. hospital reports that it has treated twice as many gunshot wound victims in 2021 in this year compared to the previous two years, and the medical commun

ktvu jana katsuyama spoke with witnesses and city leaders about the city's fourth homicide in just 24 hours. along frank ogawa plaza near oakland city hall on 14th street. a normal tuesday afternoon turned violent and deadly. i heard the shot i was there. i have come across the street right here. yeah the shots. how many shots were there about 45, starting again fired gunshots and i just ducked. you know, scary. i've never experienced anything like this, tanya cole says when police arrived, they started doing cpr officers say one victim in oakland resident in his twenties, died there in the plaza. we are now at 91 homicides. for this year in the city of oakland, compared to 100 lives last the same time last year, police said they are reviewing surveillance video. one witness says he saw a car at the scene shooting in the car. need to round one dude fell out of the car ran and got on the grass. over here. shooting happened just yards from city hall as the oakland city council meeting was underway. most of the members were participating remotely, but some staff were inside and heard the

alright jana katsuyama live tonight in hillsboro, jenna. thank you for that kauai so actually tweeted just about an hour ago that conservation efforts kept the power grid stable tonight. that is a positive tomorrow there will be another statewide flex alert from four in the afternoon to nine o'clock at night. people once again being asked to conserve energy to prevent those outages kauai, so is asking people to hold off on using major appliances in the home like dishwashers, washing machines, charging electric vehicles and setting your thermostat to 78 degrees or higher during extreme heat events. california often depends on power imports from other states, but that may not be possible during this heat wave. this is going to be a west wide heatwave, which makes it harder to buy power from elsewhere in the west, and that could really caused the problem. there is some reason for cautious optimism. several bornstein says the california power grid is better prepared for this type of event than it was a couple of years ago, and we're keeping an

like even more alright, jana katsuyama their in the newsroom thank you for that and as the stocks were tanking at the end of the session today, president biden and fellow democrats, including san jose mayor sam liccardo, were celebrating the inflation reduction act at the white house . there are opportunities for san jose residents in americans to save a lot of money, uh, with various provisions of this bill. the health care climate and tax bill was signed into law a few weeks ago. president biden says it increases spending on green energy and related technologies and as corporations paying more in taxes while also lowering the cost of prescription drugs. the congressional budget office projects a 300 plus billion dollar net savings over nine years. but some economists say such measures could be negligible on the economy. changes in medicare and um the but and taxation are small contributions to that overall effort. mayor liccardo said his trip to d c had a dual purpose. he also spent time lobbying federal officials for more funding for the bart extension through downtown san jose. alr

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news. california drought conditions continue to worsen, we'll take a closer look at california's heatwave last week is impacting, impacting the state's water supply. and a barrier weather a bit of a cool down this week, as you know, and eventually maybe some shower chances we'll have more on your forecast coming up. consider new police reforms focused on curbing excessive use of force. city council members monica wilson and to misha torres walker and chief stephen ford this morning announced a plan to introduce use of force legislation. they say city leaders will meet to develop the policy council member wilson says recent cases of abuse allegedly by antioch police are unacceptable and that police must be held accountabler and i are going to seek to enact into legislation the following reforms, canine bite policy. early intervention to track and monitor use of force implementation of a system to monitor cell phone use. currently the fbi and contra costa county da's office are investigating

jana katsuyama ktvu, fox two news health officer in santa clara county, warns everyone don't drop your guard with covid-19, even as a number of cases go down santa clara county now reports about 270 new cases of covid each week even though that number does not include at home tests. dr sara cody told county supervisors that high vaccination rates have helped bring down the case rates from ohio 6500 week at the start of the year. as time has gone on and the very high level of vaccination and boosting in our community does does show a decrease in our desks. how in our deaths, however, we still have 10 to 15 county residents dying of covid at each week in the county, um, which which is still significant. last week, santa clara county started administering the updated coronavirus booster shot the county's encouraging everyone 12 and older who have received their last booster more than two months ago to get the new vaccine shot weekly covid test to no longer be required for unvaccinated teachers and other school staff will remain on school campuses a public health order forcing all school e

ktvu jana katsuyama has details on this new approach to california's lack of affordable housing. fencing and construction equipment have sprung up on 43rd avenue between irving and judah streets in the city, sunset district. it's going to have 100 and 35 affordable housing units, and that's a mix of studios 12 and three bedroom apartment. the apartment building will sit on 1.37 acres of school district land in the middle of a residential neighborhood. three person household the max income would be 150,000 year. we definitely have a shortage of housing, and i know that teachers are are really important. we need them here in the city. some neighbors, though, have concerns, saying the district did not seek enough neighborhood input has been really loud. this neighbor named dave says many people are concerned about noise congestion and the parking problems. i hope they thought about how much people they're going to cram right here. now there is a bill before governor newsom that could see more of these. elopement statewide. 22 95 is really significant because we have an opportunity t

greg jana katsuyama live in oakland for us, jenna. thank you. the oakland roots set to celebrate the start of oakland pride tomorrow. the soccer club has festivities planned before their match against san antonio fc at laney college activities include a queen show a march past like merit and a half time trivia game hosted by oakland's jeopardy champion amy schneider . earlier on the floor, we spoke to co founder of the oakland roots might get ease. he says. the team also helped workshops for players to discuss gender dynamics identity and how to embrace all members of the oakland community. and we're really happy that our players when they come to oakland when they're part of oakland routes, they understand that it's much more than just wanting to build a winning soccer team. it's about embracing the values of oakland and supporting us in all the things we want to achieve off the field as well. the oakland roots have three more games left in the regular season . tomorrow night's game starts at seven o'clock. a death investigation, underway after

as ktvu jana katsuyama explains. he's accusing them of negligence for not having enough security in place. it was my first time going to oakland says it was his friend's birthday. and so they went to celebrate at the gallery art bar on 14th street in oakland, but after an hour says as he walked out of the restroom, he heard gunshots inside the bar around to see where the sound was coming from. and then all i remember was everything going black that night, april 17th 2021 bert said he got four bullet holes in his right leg, was shot three times in the stomach and received three bullet holes in his left leg, which had to be amputated, doctors at highland hospital told his family and fiance tessa . they weren't sure he would live for about a month. approximately a month and i was in the hospital for more than five months to stay strong for him, so i tried not so like cry by his bedside, says he movedino had received three medals and said he'd never been shot during military service. i was just out the marine corps tryin

ktvu is jana katsuyama spoke with witnesses in city leaders about the city's fourth homicide in just 24 hours. along frank ogawa plaza near oakland city hall on 14th street, a normal tuesday afternoon turned violent and deadly. i heard the shot i was there. come across the street right here. yeah the shots. how many shots were there about four or five starting and gun fire gunshots and i just duck, you know, scary. i've never experienced anything like this, tanya cole says when police arrived, they started doing cpr officers say one victim in oakland resident in his twenties , died there in the plaza. the second victim was transported to a local hospital, where he is currently undergoing surgery. police say that second injured victim is a berkeley man in his twenties. we are now at 91 homicides. for this year in the city of oakland, compared to 100 lives lost the same time last year. police said they are reviewing surveillance video. one witness says he saw a car at the scene shooting in the car. need to round one dude fell out of the car ran and got on the grass over here happened j

ktvu is jana katsuyama live tonight in the newsroom janet. no rolling blackouts, but cities across the bay area still saw some outages today. yes it's hard to believe how long this has been lasting right now. there are still thousands of people in san jose and morgan hill, who have lost power with other spots scattered mostly throughout the peninsula and the east bay. we talked with the pg any worker today about the challenges that they are facing out in the field. just getting the power back on. in san jose wednesday. it wasn't such a lucky day for the lucky seven supermarket workers and their customers, but we had a power outage around right before five o'clock manager vanessa says. for the second time in the past few weeks, they lost power right at the busiest time of day when the heat drives customers in in the evenings. it's busy so then definitely lots of business, and then employees were sent home early. they're losing wages, too. so it's a lose lose situation. pg and e says by six p.m. more than 23,000 customers had lost power, mostly

we're going to check in with him in a moment, but first to ktvu jana katsuyama, with the impact already being felt tonight, janna million people are under an evacuation order right now, and already there are reports of tornadoes and power outages in florida. the governor desantis warned tonight that people in those evacuation zones should leave immediately. some people rushed to catch flights, says orlando airport is shutting down all commercial flights at 10 30 tomorrow morning with possible delays nationwide. images from southern florida tuesday night of branches ripped from tree trunks crashing onto cars shows what is to come as hurricane ian barrels towards florida expected to land with a cat four force on wednesday there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge on the gulf coast region. officials also warned of another danger late tuesday night video from the north perry airport near fort lauderdale shows more than 15 planes damaged by suspected tornadoes. several aircraft were flipped over. others had wings twisted tropical tornadoes will occur very quickly.

katsuyama tells us the accusation is negligence for not having effective security measures in place. that was my first time going to auckland says it was his friend's birthday. and so they went to celebrate at the gallery art bar on 14th street in oakland, but after an hour says as he walked out of the restroom, he heard gunshots inside the bar around to see where the sound was coming from. and then all i remember. was everything going black that night, april 17th 2021 bert said he got four bullet holes in his right leg, was shot three times in the stomach and received three bullet holes in his left leg, which had to be amputated, doctors at highland hospital told his family and fiance tessa . they weren't sure he would live for about a month. approximately a month and i was in the hospital for more than five months strong for him, so i tried not so like cry by his bedside, says he moved to san francisco with his fiancee to start a new life. together he is a marine corps veteran who had received three medals and said he'd never been shot during military service. i was just out the ma

katsuyama joins us now live to explain what prompted that big selloff. janna julia new report today on consumer prices showed that u. s inflation last month did not decrease as much as economists had hope. and that prompted the dow to drop by nearly 4% returning the market to 2020 levels of former fed economist says that investigation, investors are bracing for another hiking interest rates that could come as soon as next week. rare blend cafe in oakland , omar the barista put care into each cup of coffee, but the costs have shot up for a shot of caffeine other than rent. i think everything increased even wages. um from the smallest things like toilet paper to for sure, coffees increased by a lot of the milk has been extremely high. even our pastries, pastries are up about 20% inflation remains stubbornly high. and on tuesday the consumer price index report by the bureau of labor statistics showed costs in august rose 8.3% in the past 12 months. some of the largest increases were for food such as meat, eggs, fish, milk, fruits and vegetables and coffee.

jana katsuyama live in the newsroom tonight, jenna. thank you. oakland police are investigating a stabbing that took place in chinatown. witnesses say an argument broke out between two men and a gas station at eight and harrison shortly after one this afternoon. that's when one of them took out a knife. police. we're about a block away and responded. within minutes. the victim was conscious and taken to the hospital. police have not released any details about the man with the knife. the driver of a stolen car who was hit and killed on the seven tail bridge early this morning, has now been identified as 31 year old eric dagger of fremont. the chp says it started with a report of a home invasion and a burglary in half moon bay about four a.m. the homeowners reported that their white ford mustang was stolen. police on the peninsula tried to pursue the car but kept losing sight of it. but then there were reports of a car stopped on the san mateo bridge, and that car turned out to be the stolen mustang. we do believe that the suspect did run out of ga

ktvu is jana katsuyama spoke with witnesses and with city leaders about the city's fourth homicide in just 24 hours. she joins us live in oakland with details, janna the shooting was so loud witnesses outside and inside city hall said that they could hear the gunfire. it was loud enough. it stopped the city council meeting for about 30 minutes today, i did reach out and try to talk to the corners investigators and they tell me that so far they have not been able to release the name because they are still working to identify the victim. along frank ogawa plaza near oakland city hall on 14th street, a normal tuesday afternoon turned violent and deadly. i heard the shot i was there. i have come across the street right here. yeah the shots. how many shots were there about four or five, starting again fired gunshots and i just ducked, you know, scary. i've never experienced anything like this, tanya cole says when police arrived, they started doing cpr officers say one victim in oakland resident in his twenties, died there in the plaza. the second victim was transported to a local hospital

ktvu jana katsuyama live tonight in the city of alameda. with the latest on the stress to that great jenna. yes mike. they did have for one hours and rotating outages here in alameda. but they canceled the second hour saying that they did not need it. the state did manage to avoid those rotating outages. and they say that a text message across the state might have helped make a difference. so made it clear tuesday. they're getting power to the people could be a problem, with demand estimated to reach record highs. calls to conserve came early, everyone has to do their part to help step up for just a few more days. pg and e put more than 525,000 customers on alert for rotating outages. pgd also posted an address look up for customers to see whether their service block would be affected . pgd breaks it service territory in these blocks. different cities not based on circuits not based on zip codes, but all based on kilowatt. so we know exactly how many kilowatts or how many megawatts represented by these blocks, so we easily be able to catch

here in studio ktvu jana katsuyama with reaction from people right here in the bay area, jenna mike and julie. some people took flowers to the british consulate office in downtown san francisco this evening, and many people said that they will remember her dignity, her grace and sense of duty as the world absorbed the shock of queen elizabeth. the second sudden death, people began bringing bouquets of flowers to the british consulate in downtown san francisco. for many brits in the bay area, it is a loss felt more deeply grieving from a continent away. i was shedding tears, especially when we first heard about it. kathleen koumura, its former president of the british american business council in san francisco, and she remembers being a child when queen elizabeth took the throne for kimura, a precious memory being invited to buckingham palace and receiving an award when the queen honored her. i went to my husband and went to buckingham palace. and prince charles made the presentations to all of those who had gotten to receive their awards. for many other brits, such as christopher dean ,

ktvu is jana katsuyama live now in the newsroom with the details on the president's actions today, jonah julie today, president biden signed an executive order on biotechnology to reduce the united states dependence on foreign countries for medical tools and materials . he also announced a new national cancer institute scholars program to fund more research. and all of that brought great hope for many cancer patients and survivors. oh it was the scariest thing ever scare of a lifetime for nancy senor was seeing her grown daughter, also a mom battling cancer. she was bald laying in her bed. i handed her her water. i ran out and started crying monday when seen or heard president biden, a father who lost his own 46 year old son, beau to brain cancer seven years ago. his words were like medicine. the goal is to cut cancer death rates by at least 50% at least 50. in the next 25 years old daughter and many people touched by cancer, a nationwide cancer moonshot effort is a morale booster in a desperate search for answers when time is precious, and life turns into a race against cancers clock. s

we really for the community in oakland, jana katsuyama ktvu fox . two news ktvu coverage of the shooting continues at ktvu dot com. we're going to keep watching all the latest developments and bring you updates as we find out more. alright it is 509. we're also getting updates on ah, now tropical storm, but it is going to head out and then come back and steve's talking about it can definitely pick up some steam and it comes back towards the states again. little steam. okay stuff. okay that's good right on the atlantic side near daytona beach, cape canaveral, and now the warm gulf stream. yes could feed into it before it makes another landfall, which would be if not late tonight, tomorrow for south carolina, but it's on its way up the coast there towards jacksonville. it's over orlando daytona beach to jacksonville. but again, maybe you could briefly do that. but right now it's just trouble only travel still 65 mph, but you know, feeding off those off the warm atlantic. you can still get some heavy duty rain bands coming in, so there could easily be