power, think again. >> definitely not. >> that's going to do it for us, a ceasefire in gaza that could bring at least a pause to the seven month long war. while here at home, campus protests continue with some signs that university administrators are willing to discuss the demands of pro-palestinian protesters. >> i think we can get a lot done between now and the end of the semester here. >> from ktvu, fox two news this is the four, and today there was a meeting held between the president of san francisco state university and student demonstrators over their calls for divestment from israel. >> welcome, everyone to the four this afternoon. i'm alex savage and i'm heather holmes. >> this all coming amid several significant developments in the middle east today. just hours ago, hamas accepted a cease fire

proposal brokered by egyptian and qatari negotiators. >> but israel said the deal did not meet its core demands and it still pushing ahead with an assault on the southern gaza city of rafah. as those negotiations continue. >> so if the cease fire talks are successful, it could bring at least a pause in the seven month long war that has devastated the gaza strip. currently at stake is the threat of an all out attack on rafah by israel, a move the united states strongly opposes. the area is the last major stronghold of hamas, and is also where more than a million palestinians have fled to escape the violence. israeli forces have begun warning civilians to evacuate eastern rafah, signaling their attack could begin at any time. israeli allies around the world, including the u.s, are still pushing for an end to the fighting. >> we still believe that reaching an agreement is the absolute best outcome, not only for the hostages, but for the palestinian people. and we're not going to stop working to that outcome. >> any escalation of hostilities resulting from a full scale

incursion into rafah will push residents and displaced people currently living there past their breaking point, while the white house says israel has agreed to reopen a key border crossing between gaza and israel for humanitarian aid deliveries after it was shut down yesterday during a hamas attack across the u.s. >> more than 2000 people have now been arrested on college campuses as police crack down on pro-palestinian protests. the latest clash between demonstrators and police officers unfolded at uc san diego early this morning as officers dismantled tents and took dozens of people into custody, officials say. nearly one third of those arrested at uc san diego were not students there. meantime, columbia university is the latest college in this country to cancel its commencement ceremony administered. administrators announced today that they will only hold smaller school based celebrations. >> definitely disappointed. i already invited a lot of friends

and family members, but, i think it's for me, it's definitely safer for them to stay away from this. >> none of these protests are productive. they only serve to divide campus to make jewish students feel unwelcome. >> the issue is dividing democrats, many of whom hope it will wane over the summer months. there are concerns the protests could hurt president biden's approval, with younger voters. republicans have pounced on the crisis, painting the president's response as weak. >> back here in the bay area, san francisco state university's president meeting with student demonstrators there to discuss the protesters concerns about the gaza war and also calls for divestment. >> and right now, students are holding a meeting amongst themselves to discuss their thoughts and a response to that discussion. ktvu jana katsuyama, joining us live from the campus of san francisco state with the latest on the back and forth there. jenna. >> alex and heather. the meeting of the students started about a half an hour ago, and you can see in the middle of the

encampment where they are gathering, they are having their own caucus just to decide what they're going to do and their next course of action. now, this group met around 1:00 this afternoon with the president, lynn mahoney. about eight student speakers were sitting on one side, and the sf state president was on the other side with two other administrators, three faculty members also were attending, seated in the middle. the protesters called for action to stop the violence against civilians in gaza. president mahoney said she was glad to meet and said she saw her role as protecting free speech on campus. she told students they have been exemplary in their peaceful protest. she'd be glad to craft investment solutions to share with other csu campuses. >> you have been heard for those of us you know, i'm a u.s. historian. i can't think of a time in the recent past where the president of the united states, whether we you agree with how we respond or not, he heard. they heard, we've heard. >> he's meaning to not only just talk to other presidents

individually, but have us. >> the students called on sf state leadership to take four actions disclose their finances, divest finances, and defend palestinian people, as well as declare the israeli occupation a genocide, which the president said she would not do because she said she's not a politician. president mahoney invited the group to give her names of representatives to meet to talk about creating transparent solutions and go over the university's investments. student protesters said they hope this can be a model for other campuses. >> we are very optimistic. i think this was a huge step forward into initiating further conversations and locking down a timeline so that we can pursue further action on our demands, and i would like to say that i do hope other universities are seeing the leadership that has been performed here today. >> and throughout the day, we've seen the tone of these meetings be very peaceful, very respectful. and right now, as we mentioned earlier, the students are in a caucus to decide how they're going to react to the

president's call and their invitation to bring some of the students in and talk about the investment policies of the university. they said that this could take an hour or even more as they try and make the decisions. alex and heather. >> jan, obviously it's encouraging that you have students and administrators having these face to face discussions. are the protesters giving any indication about how these discussions will factor into their decisions about how long they remain camped out there at the university? >> well, they definitely said that they are here until the university meets all of their demands today we saw some movement and some consensus on a few of those in terms of the investments, but certainly on the issue of whether to call this a genocide. that's something that the university president stopped short of saying. and it's unclear whether that's going to be enough to have these students remain out here. they say they plan to be out here as long as it takes, but certainly it is encouraging to see the dialog that happened

today on both sides. >> yeah, nice to see those conversations happening. all right. our jana katsuyama in the city for us. thank you gianna. well, the fourth week of donald trump's criminal trial started today in dramatic fashion with the judge threatening jail for the former president after he violated his gag order for the 10th time. fox's connor hansen has the latest now for us from new york. >> court started once again with a big fine for former president trump for violating his gag order. the $1,000 penalty marks the 10th imposed so far. now, judge juan merchan says financial penalties might not be enough, saying in court, quote, i do not want to impose a jail sanction and have done everything i can to avoid doing so, but i will if necessary. trump before entering the courtroom, complained again about the order. >> as you know, they've taken away my constitutional rights. i'm not allowed to answer that question. this has never happened in this country before. >> most still believe it's

unlikely for a former president to be put in jail. it would be disastrous. >> politics for the democrats, for the judge to put former president trump in jail over this. so he'll continue to find him. and as long as that's what it is, i think trump should just pay the fine and otherwise say what he wants to say. monday's witness testimony picked back up with jeff mcconney, the trump organization's former controller. >> mcconney was asked about his involvement in approving several payments to former trump attorney michael cohen around the time cohen paid stormy daniels $130,000. prosecutors are trying to prove trump was directly involved with falsifying business records to conceal another crime, like tax fraud, or to interfere with the 2016 election. hundreds of thousands of dollars to cohen were marked as legal fees. one payment was doubled for tax reasons, it's clear a crime was committed and it's clear what happened. >> did donald trump do it?

that's the thing that i think i think is, is what is missing. >> the prosecution's key witness will be michael cohen. he could take the stand as soon as this week in new york. connor hansen, fox news one state senator, says self checkout kiosks are contributing to a rise in shoplifting from stores across california. >> new proposed legislation aims to address this issue. ktvu tom vacar joins us now live from berkeley safeway store that's just across the street from a big cvs pharmacy. and, tom, how would this bill help to tackle the problem? >> self-checkout stands are coming more and more in use at more and more places. why? well, they are convenient. but the other thing is very real and that is fewer staff staffed cash registers, which means they pay less for labor. here's that story. >> welcome. if you have your la senator, lola smallwood, cuevas

says self checkout lines are a freeway to theft. >> in fact, self checkout machines cause about 16 times more loss than cashier checkout stands, with an estimated $10 billion in annual losses attributed to the machines. the senators proposed a law that sets a minimum staffing level of one worker for every two self checkout machines, a law she says will lower theft and save jobs. >> loan workers have become easy targets of theft and violence, and they're too often forced to stock merchandise, operate checkout, cater to customers, all while trying to monitor their stores for retail theft. leticia costa is a grocery store employee in pinole and says she was beaten when three women attempted to walk out of the store without paying for their groceries. >> at my store, i'm responsible for managing the entire self checkout area, but i also get tasked with processing money orders, money gram and selling

lottery tickets and all these things take away from the time of monitoring and assisting the customers. >> the prosecutors alliance of california says store staffs deter thefts better than the meager 10% of people who get caught. >> for those of us in law enforcement, we understand that deterrence comes from the fear of getting caught, not from the harshness of the punishment. >> shoppers we met say the proposed law probably needs to be refined and negotiated in a way, i think it's a start. >> yes, it kind of forces the businesses to think about it more than just kind of letting it go. >> whether or not it needs to be an actual law. that would be a secondary question for me. i would have to look into that one. >> now, while this is certainly likely to curb theft, it most certainly will not stop theft. theft and what theft is left will probably be less confrontational. that means it will be less violent, and that's something good. one final thing this is just a proposed law. as

you can imagine, a lot of powerful interests, especially those that operate retail stores with such stands, are going to oppose this tooth and nail. so it's by no means a done deal. back to you. >> yeah. no. i can imagine that retail companies will be weighing in on this proposed legislation. tom vacar live for us in berkeley. tom, thank you. >> after a very chilly start to the day for many afternoon highs. a much warmer than what we had yesterday. a better look at the current conditions and the warming trend that will thinking i should bring back my 100% all-white meat popcorn chicken combos for $6.99? you're in luck, i did. if you weren't thinking that, i bet you are now. my popcorn chicken combos are only $6.99. get 'em sauced & loaded for just a buck more. welcome to jack in the box!

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the new york liberty, where she spent the past season as an assistant general manager. there, she says the warriors resources and winning culture is what attracted her to the position, and she was asked what her vision for the team will be. >> i think this team is going to be a compilation of pretty much everybody in this room and everybody out there, and then i have to hire some people. so, really just working with the team to, recruit the best minds, the best basketball minds, the best artistic minds, the best, eclectic minds to build the strongest team in the w. >> all right. and the excitement is already building here in the bay area for this new team. more than 7000 fans have put down their deposits for season tickets. >> it is exciting. so here to talk more about this big announcement is shawn fletcher, professor of public relations and sport communications at san jose state. shawn always a pleasure to see you, my friend.

so what makes her a good fit for the bay area's new wnba team? >> well, she comes highly decorated and highly qualified as you mentioned, she served as assistant gm for one of the original wnba franchises in the new york liberty. she also worked for fiba. she worked for usa basketball. she not only has domestic experience, she has experience internationally as well, which again, as we know, continues to be a growing aspect of not just the w, but basketball in general. so she brings a certain business savvy that, i'm interested to see how she's going to put her imprint on this growth spurt that we're seeing around women's basketball . yeah. >> let's talk about the task that nianhan has in front of her. as she said there in the soundbite we heard, she said, i got to hire a few people, you know, not the least of which is a head coach. and you're building a team from scratch. i mean, it just sounds and feels like a very daunting task. and

you're coming into an organization like the like the golden state warriors, this pedigree, a championship pedigree here. what how much of a challenge is this going to be for her to build this team from the ground up? >> one thing that we know from our history with with joe la'akea and how he is, has run the golden state warriors is that he empowers those around him. now he holds a very high bar and he expects results, but he empowers those to go do their jobs. so she's going to have the opportunity to really set the culture. i've been around general managers in both the nfl and the nba, and they don't just pick players, they set the tone for the organization. they set the culture. they hire those around them, not the least of which is a head coach who will further that culture of the organization. but she is entering into the first expansion franchise since 2008 with the atlanta dream. and typically expansions coming too.

that's not the case this time. so cathy engelbert, she mentioned the commissioner of the wnba, mentioned that there will be an expansion draft, likely around december. so she has to hit the ground running with her team. their philosophy a head coach, the direction they want to go because excitingly so in about a year's time, they're going to be tipping off. >> that's right. it is just soon just around the corner. shawn, you touched on this a bit earlier. all of this, though, this announcement of the new gm really coming at a, at a at a pivotal time for women's basketball, i mean, the momentum, the popularity, revenue ratings, i mean, it's all skyrocketing for women's basketball. >> yeah, absolutely. and i mentioned the growth spurt that we're seeing and true to form with growth spurts. oftentimes the things that that used to support you no longer fit anymore, like what we saw with the opening preseason weekend where there were missed opportunities after missed opportunities. we saw obviously the showcase of caitlin clark, but we also saw the missed

opportunity with angel, reese and camilla cordoza to, highly anticipated, draft picks that came in where we actually saw a fan almost get a million streaming views on x, because they were the only game in town who showed it. so you, we're seeing missed opportunities and hopefully we'll see with the new media rights deal. we'll see with the increased investment that's taking place around the w that we'll see fewer and fewer missed opportunities to continue to grow the game. >> you know, you talked about this a moment ago, but but in terms of ninon's experience, you know, along with working for the new york liberty, she spent five years working for usa basketball's women's national team. i want your perspective about why that experience with international competitions will be important in this new role. when you're looking to kind of grow the women's game on a global scale, well, first, it brings credibility, it also brings a positioning to where it

won't be so us centric. the game is grown as we have seen, which really kind of was ushered in during the early 1990s. and the dream team to where after that, we started seeing the rest of the world catching up to us in terms of their basketball prowess. it's really going to position her on an international scale. we saw a several of first round draft picks in this year's wnba draft are international players. she's going to have an international eye. she is going to understand when she also has to put together a scouting operation as well, and dispatch them. in terms of the philosophy that she is going to set the tone for, along with the incoming head coach, i'm excited to hear of her background because she will be able to be on pace and on par with the philosophy and the trending of the sport. so i'm excited to see, as she's implementing her philosophy and i wish her well,

i'll be supporting. i am one of the 7000 who put in their preseason. yeah, yeah, i put in my bid for season ticket. >> well, congratulations. yeah, it's really exciting. like you say, first tip is going to be here before we know it. >> yeah. and there are reports that we're going to find out the name of the team next week. so that'll be exciting. >> i want to take any guesses. sean, go. no. you know what i'm not going to i'm going to be surprised. >> like everybody else. so hopefully hopefully we can jump back on and we can chat about it next week when the excitement. >> that sounds fantastic to date. yeah. all right. we'll do it. thanks so much sean. appreciate it. >> all right. take care. >> all right. let's talk about the weather here in the bay area because we are seeing a big shift right now. we had cold conditions and that rain that came through on saturday. but now we're working with blue skies here as we give you a live look at the san francisco skyline and rosemary, it feels to me like we're starting to warm things up. it was so cold on saturday, i was really struck by that. >> it was cold. you're right. yes. and this morning, very

chilly as well. due to all that cold air that has now pushed off to the east. and we did see a rebound this afternoon. and we are looking at this warming trend to continue giving you a look here over san francisco, where we do have a partly cloudy, mostly clear skies across the bay area this afternoon. we are on just the southern edge of this weak system here you can see moving through the pacific northwest. meanwhile, if you take a look over towards parts of the intermountain west and farther east, that's the storm that provided us with the wet weather and a good amount of rainfall out there. we'll take a look at those numbers coming up in the next half hour. i want to focus first on the chill in the air this morning, 36 degrees reported at sonoma state, upper 30s danville as well as woodside. tomorrow morning. it'll be a cool one, but not quite as cold as this morning. and that's because our afternoon highs are coming up 58 degrees right now in san francisco. we have mid 60s in walnut creek, upper 60s in fremont. most areas anywhere from 2 to 4, even six degrees warmer compared to where we were yesterday. and we are just getting started. if you're going to the coliseum this

evening for the game, the game time for the a's is at 640. it's going to be a little bit cool, 59 degrees, a west breeze to 15mph and continuing to cool into the overnight hours when tomorrow morning we are likely to wake up with temperatures ranging from a low 40s to low 50s, so we won't have the 30s, but we are still going to have that little bit of chill in the air. afternoon highs will rebound and we'll see a nice warm up for tomorrow, followed by temperatures ranging in the 80s at some point. a better look at that coming up in just a little bit okay rosemary thank you. >> it is national nurses week and it comes as the nation faces a critical shortage of nurses. a federal official joins m

nurses, those who serve others and go above and beyond to keep us all healthy. but as we celebrate the vital role of health care workers, there are renewed concerns about the growing nurse shortage. the us, in fact, is projected to be more than 1 million nurses short by next year. joining me live this afternoon is carol johnson, administrator of the health resources and services administration. carol thanks so much for being here. talk about the critical role that nurses play nationwide. >> thank you so much for having me. i really appreciate the opportunity to thank nurses. i think we all across the country should be thanking nurses for

their incredible dedication and work, their lifesaving work that , you know, got us all through to this point, on the other side of the pandemic, have really, you know, nurses are the backbone of the health care system, the largest health profession in hospitals and primary care and schools and behavioral health and maternal care, you know, nurses are the critical part of the workforce that is keeping us all healthy and safe. yeah. >> and all of us here at ktvu join in your thoughts about, you know, thanking these nurses and health care workers for all that they do. and while they are certainly vital, i mean, there just aren't enough of them. what are you seeing across the country in terms of the current workforce? >> yeah, i really appreciate you raising that. there are there's good news and then there's work to be done. so the good news is we do the biggest national survey of nurses by the federal government. and we just got our first results post the pandemic. and what we see is that despite all the challenges, job satisfaction remains high. the nursing workforce is becoming

more diverse and it's becoming slightly younger, all of those are good indications. but we know at the same time the population is aging. so the demand for health care services continues to grow. so we need more nurses and we need to make it possible for more people to become nurses. that's why in the biden harris administration, we're supporting scholarships and loan repayment and stipends and upskill training and all career ladders, all kinds of steps that are necessary so that we can make it possible. if someone wants to become a nurse, that there's a pathway for them to become a nurse. >> nice to see that your survey points out some of the positives here. but but as i mentioned, we are facing a critical shortage. what are some of the factors that you believe are leading to the staffing crisis right now? you know, one of the challenges is sort of the underlooked challenges here is that because there's such a demand for nurses in clinical settings that we just don't have as much faculty as we need.

>> and so when there isn't enough faculty, schools can't take in as many nursing students. that's why we're investing in nurse faculty, in helping to support people become faculty. there's a lot of people who are later in their career who might be thinking about retirement, but if we can incentivize them to stay in practice and play a role as faculty training the next generation, that's a win win for everyone. >> yeah, it certainly sounds like a possible solution here. what are the consequences, carol, of not having enough nurses? >> look, all of our health and well-being depends on nurses. nurses, again, they are the backbone of the health care system. we saw it again and again during covid, but we see it every day in our lives. your children's school nurse, your the nurse who's helping with labor and delivery in the hospital emergency room, nurses, nurses at your primary care practice. one of the things that we saw in coming out of the pandemic, in making sure kids got vaccines and all the things that were necessary to get back

to school, one of those critical issues was making sure there was a workforce available to provide services. and that to nurses are yeah, no doubt about it. >> i mean, what nurses did, especially during the pandemic, is commendable. and again, we honor them all week long. carol really appreciate your time this afternoon. thank you. >> thank you. >> all right. coming up here on the for this afternoon. later on this evening, boeing is making its first attempt to send two astronauts up to the international space station. we'll tell you everything we know about tonight's starliner test mission. that's been years in the making. plus you think that we've got to create hope. >> we've got to create a sense for folks in the middle that there is a way out of this. it may not be perfect. >> a palestinian-american man says he's, quote, tired of stupid people on both sides. as the war between israel and hamas rages on. coming up after the break, how h w

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starliner space capsule into orbit, marking the first crewed mission of the new spacecraft. two nasa astronauts will be on board as the starliner heads up to the international space station. the capsule is slated to launch at around 730 tonight from cape canaveral space force station in florida. this test flight could be an important milestone for boeing, as the company works to catch up with spacex, which has flown nine missions for nasa since 2020. now, if tonight's flight goes well, nasa will begin to alternate between boeing and spacex to get astronauts to and

from the space station. and for more on tonight's flight, we are joined now by abhishek tripathi. the director of mission operations at the uc berkeley space sciences lab. always good to see you, abby. thank you for the time. how much is at stake for boeing with this test flight tonight? >> yeah, there is quite a bit at stake for boeing, as you mentioned in the lead up on boeing's several years behind where they thought they were going to be able to launch this first crewed mission, their first uncrewed mission had, some technical problems, including with the software. their second one went pretty okay. although nasa discovered a couple of major issues they wanted to resolve before putting crew on, those issues had to do with the flammable tape being found, a little bit more parachute testing. they wanted to do, and of course, more due diligence on software for. i'm pretty confident nasa is confident that this mission will go well, otherwise they wouldn't have given it permission to launch.

so a lot is riding on tonight. >> yeah, it has been two years since starliner has launched into space. and obviously you talk about the issues they faced with with some of the launches that were scrapped and some of the failed missions before you have any concerns at all, though, about that kind of a delay between test flights? it's a pretty big gap. >> i'm not worried about delay, mainly i want to know and really believe boeing did what it needed to do to fix the problems, but even more than that, i'm confident in nasa's oversight team. that team has worked with not only boeing, but spacex for at least the last 10 or 12 years, and they leave no stone unturned. i know from personal experience, working on the spacex dragon vehicle. and so i feel really good that nasa has done everything it possibly can to try and ensure that this mission will be safe. >> what is the difference here between in your mind, you know, we talk about the fact that

spacex has already carried out nine successful missions to the iss, and boeing is still working on it on its first successful mission. what's the difference between the way these two companies are operating, you think? >> great question. i think the main difference is one of, based on culture, two things in specific distinguish boeing's current culture from spacex's culture. one, they had subcontractors. they had to work with in order to put this flight successfully together. and the more major subcontractors you have, the more opportunity there is for culture clash among your partners. the second thing is many of boeing's divisions are geographically spread out, and when a company has been around for a long time and bureaucracy sets in, there can be a little bit of divergence in culture between the different places that they have workers. and i think both of those played in heavily into the reason behind some of these delays. >> yeah, that certainly makes

sense. finally, as we wrap up here, as we're watching the launch later on tonight, what should we be looking for to know if things are going as boeing has planned? >> i think first and foremost, just soak up the excitement, soak up the atmosphere, the comms that nasa will broadcast out to the general public are pretty insightful, and you should be able to follow along pretty well. they've done a lot, both on their website and in their communication, if something goes wrong, i think you'll be pretty aware of it right away. but i personally have a lot of confidence in tonight. i think things will go well for boeing and for nasa. all right. >> really appreciate your perspective. abhishek tripathi, director of mission operations at uc berkeley's space sciences lab. always good to see you. thank you. >> you as well. thank you. >> well, tesla announcing new staffing cuts from its software, service and engineering departments. the move comes after the automaker disbanded its ev charging department following an announcement last month that the company was cutting its global workforce by more than 10. employees at tesla

received emails over the weekend as part of broader layoffs, according to tech publication electric. >> the latest innovations in automation technology are on display right now in chicago. the automate show is drawing thousands of people and companies from across the world specializing in robotics. one company from south korea showed off a device that will make a cocktail entirely with a robot. >> it provides our customized the cocktail and recipe, and afterwards, our robot. this is a robot. collaborative robot is a very safe and, you know, it's a very similar to our human arms. >> this is north america's largest robotics and automation event, and it runs through wednesday. >> well, a palestinian american and former berkeley resident expressing some of his frustrations with the current discourse surrounding the war in gaza. in a blog post that has since gone viral, mo husseini tells ktvu that his medium post, titled 50 completely true things, has gotten more than

250,000 clicks since he posted it just three days ago. in it, he writes, quote, that he is an american. is it a palestinian american who is tired of stupid people and goes on to list 50, quote, indisputable facts, including that people of both jewish and muslim faith can be awful and that both israeli governments and palestinian organizations have committed acts of terror and violence. husseini says he believes delusion exists on both sides. i tend to not care so much about those issues and to focus more on what the realities are and how you create a future that allows people in the region to live what i call safe, boring lives. husseini says his goal of this post was to invoke a feeling that the violence in the middle east is not inevitable, and if you want to hear more of

our interview with husseini or read his full blog post, you can find a link right there on our website at ktvu.com. >> all right. coming up this afternoon on the four, a new report indicates california tourism spending is at a post-pandemic high. ktvu allie rasmus takes a closer look at those numbers and helps to put them into context. >> and we're tracking your forecast on this beautiful monday ro

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post-pandemic record. in fact, tourists spent $150 billion visiting our state last year. ktvu sally rasmus takes a closer look now at the numbers and the reasons for the increase. >> a big boost in tourism spending across california, but the main reason behind it is inflation. things cost more in 2023 than they did four years ago, and vacations are no exception. >> food. lodging. expensive? yeah more expensive than europe here. >> an economic impact report released by the state tourism group visit california, found that tourists spent a record $150 billion in california in 2023, up from the previous record set in 2019 of $144 billion. but the report also admits the growth is wiped out if you adjust for inflation, saying, quote, adjusted for inflation, travel spending in

2023 was down 14% from the peak of 2019. even so, governor gavin newsom touted the statewide tourism spending numbers as a win magnificence of the san francisco bay. >> what a perfect place to announce our record breaking tourism numbers. >> when asked about the inflation driven growth, visit california spokesperson say they prefer to focus on a different metric the jobs recovery is really the better metric. one bright spot in the report 98% of the travel industry jobs that existed in california before the pandemic have now returned. >> 1.2 million california workers across the state depend on travel and tourism. the hospitality industry to pay their mortgages and put their kids through school. >> the tourism spending boost was not seen here in the bay area. tourists spent $37.7 billion in 2023, down from 39,000,000,000 in 2019. the important thing these people are spending and you know, that's a plus, right? >> hopefully it's going to pick up international tourists at fisherman's wharf today. >> say their bay area travel

experience so far has exceeded their expectations. >> it was great. yesterday. shows young people dancing and it was lovely. >> it's our first day today and we enjoy the silence here. it's very nice and have a good weather. >> tourism officials here in california hope those positive experiences and an ad campaign in the us and abroad help bring more visitors back in san francisco. ali rasmus, ktvu, fox two news well, today is opening day of san francisco's small business week. >> there will be special events, workshops, ceremonies and networking opportunities for small business owners all across the city. organizers say the goal is to celebrate san francisco's entrepreneurs and acknowledge the vital role that small businesses play in the city's economy. mayor london breed hosted the first small business week conference today at pier 70 and in san jose. >> five new retail shops are now open for business downtown, and they're all owned by women. mayor matt mehan joined the leaders of san jose's downtown

association for a ribbon cutting ceremony over the weekend, celebrating the grand opening of these five new pop up shops between third and fourth streets. they are part of the city's efforts to open up more brick and mortar stores in the downtown area, and people who left california to work remotely in a cheaper state may still have to pay california taxes. >> during the pandemic, many people left for states with no income tax, such as texas, florida and washington. but many of those workers are now discovering some or all of their income could still be taxable in california, the franchise tax board could rule in favor of taxing the money they make while working in other states. all right. it is a beautiful start to the workweek as we take a live look outside on this monday afternoon over the oakland estuary. want to bring back rosemary? because today started a little chilly for me in san francisco, but that's not going to be the case later on this week. >> no, heather, our temperatures are going to soar. in fact, we will be in the 80s eventually.

at least our inland cities. i have a look at that in the extended forecast coming up here in just a moment, giving you a live look outside our doors again, taking a peek there. san francisco yes, a chill in the air this morning. many areas in the upper 30s to upper 40s due to all that cold air and that was brought on by this storm that also provided us with a good amount of rain for may. san francisco, oakland coming in just below an inch. meanwhile, ben loman in the santa cruz mountains an inch 67/100. we had a snow in the sierra with more than two feet reported by the uc berkeley snow lab. storm tracker two there. we've got a few clouds hanging overhead for today. we are on the southern edge of a system that is moving through the pacific northwest. so all the action going on here and the system that provided us with the rain and sierra snow now right about here. so for us, a ridge is going to be building in. and with that, our temperatures are going to warm to near average tomorrow and then above average as we get

into the coming days. notice just how high that storm track is pushed well into canada. high pressure off our coastline. but with the system dropping on the backside of california, it's creating that northeast flow. we also know as the offshore flow that brings us the drier, warmer air. there is a wind advisory for parts of the bay area. it's for the carquinez strait as well as through the delta. this comes in tuesday night, so tomorrow looks good, but the winds will be increasing over the course of the evening, and the wind gusts could reach 45mph at times. notice it continues all the way until early thursday morning again, due to that shift in the weather pattern i showed you just a moment ago. so that's what's coming. here's where we are right now 59 degrees in san francisco, mid 60s, walnut creek, upper 60s in livermore. temperatures coming up by at least a few degrees today. and the trend is going to continue for tomorrow morning. a chill in the air, not quite as cold as this morning, but 43. in santa rosa. you're going to need a jacket. upper 40s, redwood city,

46 in livermore. and then getting into the afternoon, calling for about 60 degrees along the coastline of pacifica. mid 60s in san francisco, upper 60s, low 70s for our bay side communities as well as low to mid 70s expected inland, 74 for concord in the north bay, 72 in napa. your extended forecast notice the notable warm up coming on wednesday again as that offshore flow begins to set in, even the possibility of just a minor heat risk for some of our inland cities. just something to be aware of. we will be well into the mid 80s on thursday for inland communities, so again, just be aware of how you're feeling in towards the afternoons. meanwhile, our bayside community is also going to be really warm. upper 70s to low 80s. temperatures come down just a smidge on friday and then into the weekend. dry weather mostly sunny skies, low 60s at the coast to low 80s inland for mother's day sunday. back to you . >> okay, rosemary. thank you. let's head outside. see how traffic is moving along on this monday afternoon, shall we. and we take a live look now at the

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all right. a new survey found the number of stressed out americans just keeps going up. the american psychiatric association recently questioned more than 2000 adults across the country. 43% reported their stress and anxiety levels had climbed during the past year. the association says that figure has been slowly rising during the past two years. it found the increasing anxiety is directly linked to concerns about the us economy, rising gun violence and this november's presidential election. >> governor newsom is bringing attention to the importance of mental health for young people here in california. he's declared the first week of may as children's mental health awareness week. newsom says between 2018 and 2022, suicide was the second leading cause of death for people between the ages of ten and 25 in california. he says the state needs to take the mental health and wellbeing of its children seriously. the governor says

this proclamation is part of the state's master plan for kids mental health, and the children and youth behavioral health initiative. >> 6 in 10 parents, meantime, are reportedly burned out by their responsibilities as a mom or dad. that's according to a new survey from ohio state university. about two thirds feel the demands of parenthood sometimes, or frequently feel isolating and lonely. nearly 2 in 5 feel they have no one to support them in their parenting role. experts advise parents to set some realistic expectations, such as making sure that your to do list matches your energy levels, and to take some small moments for yourself, like creating rituals in your life that can give you some energy. >> king charles the third marks one year as monarch. the number of personal challenges he has faced since his coronation, greg palkot has more on that. i believe we have the greg palkot

story, but are we going to talk about the met gala? because we did see that video there? yeah i think we are going to go to that king charles story and more of that from greg palkot. >> a 41 gun salute ringing across london monday as the uk marks the first anniversary of king charles the third coronation. the 75 year old monarch was crowned in an historic ceremony at westminster abbey after the death of his mother, queen elizabeth the second. his wife camilla, became queen. >> this first year is very much been the reign of charles and camilla in a way that we would never have imagined, but the king's first year in the throne has been overshadowed by his recent cancer diagnosis, and an announcement by his daughter in law, the princess of wales, that she is also undergoing cancer treatment. >> british health officials say the king's decision to be open about his health has helped him connect with people across the commonwealth. >> they really appreciate the honesty, openness of the king in

sharing his diagnosis and using his role and experience to put a spotlight on the importance of looking out for the signs and symptoms of cancer. >> despite his health challenges , charles has followed through with a promise to trim down the number of working royals. and on saturday, the palace announced the king and other senior british royals are relinquishing patronages of nearly 200 charities and organizations following a review launched after queen elizabeth's death. the queen lived a long, wonderful life and was very good for the british empire and i think if any of you know he was, he's a good one to replace her. the king returned to public duties last week for the first time since his cancer diagnosis in london. greg palkot, fox news ktvu, fox two news at five starts now. >> now at five. a murder investigation in the central valley has brought authorities

to a neighborhood in antioch. police now combing that area for the alleged killer. neighbors are being asked to stay inside and lock their doors during the search. good evening everyone. >> i'm julie julie haener and i'm mike mibach. the lockdown was issued just before 2:00 this afternoon. sky fox live tonight. overhead, the area of gentry town drive, jefferson way and putnam street. now, right now, police are asking anyone living in this neighborhood to shelter in place. lock all the doors, lock all the windows. neighbors are also being asked to stay off the phone and not call 911 unless there is a life threatening emergency. police say the suspect, by the way, is 28 year old carlos palacios. >> we go live now to our crime reporter, henry lee henry. you met with the city's community response team, which is meant for non-emergencies. what can you tell us about them? but first, what's the latest on the search? >> yeah, julie, that search is still ongoing at this hour for that murder suspect, 28 year old carlos palacios. he allegedly ran from